ofer-drífan
to cover by drifting ⬩ to overcome, refute, repel, defeat
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Gif hig sacan stande ðæt hig .viii. secgaþ and ða ðe ðǽr oferdrifene beóþ gilde heora ǽlc .vi. healfmarc if they (the twelve) disagree, that which eight of them say shall stand: and those that in such case are out-voted shall each pay six half-marks,
án-steled
One-stalked ⬩ having one handle or stalk ⬩ unicaulis
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One-stalked, having one handle or stalk; unicaulis, L. M. I, l; Lchdm. ii. 20, 15 : Lchdm. iii. 70, 2
Linked entries: -steled án-steallet
hægsteald-hád
The unmarried state, bachelorhood, virginity
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The unmarried state, bachelorhood, virginity Hehstaldhád virginitas, Rtl, 105, 19 : Lk. Skt. Lind. 2, 36. Hægstealdhád cælibatus, Mone B. 1419
drop-fáh
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Dropfág stronius (cf. stærn stronus, 29, 39), Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 27
munt-clýse
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He garte close all þe entreeȝ wit stane and lyme and sand. Prose Life of Alexander, p. 104, E. E. T. S., no. 143. v. mann-cynn ; II.2.] —
Linked entry: clýse
hwæte-healm
The straw ⬩ stalk of wheat
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The straw or stalk of wheat Genim hwǽte-healm and gebærn tó duste, L. M. 1, 60; Lchdm. ii. 130, 14
un-timber
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Hié hira godu hæfdon geworhte of treówum and of stánum and of óðrum untimbrum (antimbrum ?) missenlicum, Verc. Först. 176
ge-miltan
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Hé ádrígþ þá wǽtan, and wirð se swile swá heard swá stán, and ne mæg hine mon gemeltan ne gehnescian, Lch. ii. 212, 22. Gemaelted (liquefacta) is eorðe, Ps. Srt. 74, 4. Healfe cuppan clǽnes gemyltes spices, Lch. iii. 5.
rǽcan
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L. 26, 50. to hold out a thing and give to a person, a material thing Cuidestú ðone stán ráeceð (rǽceð, R.) ł seles him ? numquid lapidem porrigit ei?, Mt. 7, 9. Rǽces, 10.
snǽd
A cut, slice, morsel, bit ⬩ a slice
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Genim spices snǽde þynne, lege on hátne stán Lchdm. ii. 58, 16. Heorotes horn gebærned tó ahsan . . . and mid hunige gewealcen tó snǽdum 238, 2. Genim þreó snǽda 52, 23. Genim fǽttes flǽsces, sele twá snǽda 268, 31.
a-sterian
To agitate ⬩ stir ⬩ move ⬩ commovere ⬩ movere
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To agitate, stir, move; commovere, movere He astereþ ðone ródor and ða tungla it moves the sky and the stars, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 6, note
Linked entry: astered
treów-lic
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Add: safe, to be trusted Treówlicre hit is be staðe tó [swim]manne ðonne út on sǽ tó seglanne, Prov. K. 64
clipian
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Grn. 11. 37. of sounds Þone swég þára fíf clipiendra stafa, Chrd. 57, 8
á-swengan
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Ðá stánas wǽron áswengde on ðára onsýn þe þǽr onsǽton, Shrn. 81, 3. Add
of-scotian
to shoot, wound or kill with an arrow, spear, etc.
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Mid flánum ofscotod and mid stánum oftorfod sagittis, saxis contriti Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 206, 14
Linked entry: scotian
on-tygness
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the state of a person in respect to the frequency of the charges brought against him Be cirlisces monnes ontygnesse at ðiéfðe, Ll. Lbmn. 22, 23. v. §37
be-habban
to compass ⬩ encompass ⬩ surround ⬩ cingere ⬩ circumdare ⬩ to comprehend ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ continere ⬩ to restrain ⬩ detain ⬩ stay ⬩ detinere
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Spl. 76, 9. to restrain, detain, stay; detinere Hí behæfdon hine detinebant illum Lk. Bos. 4, 42
hliþ
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Streámas weorpað on stealc hleoða stáne and sonde, Rä. 3, 7. Stealc hliðo stígan, 88, 3. as the first part of compounds: On þone hliðwege, C. D. iii. 436, 25. Þis sint þá denstówa . . . hliþwíc, ii. 318, 30
of-stician
to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce, transfix
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to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce, transfix Ofsticoþ configet, Kent. Gl. 844. Ic ofstikode hyne jugulavi aprum, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 17. Antonius hiene selfne ofsticade Antonius sese ferro transverberavit, Ors. 5, 13; Swt. 246, 30.
Linked entry: of-stingan
cweorn
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Stán coern (cern, R.) lapis molaris, Lk. L. 17, 2. Æt cweorne (on coernæ, L.) in mola, Mt. R. 24, 41. On coern, Lk. p. 9, 11.