ge-stæððig
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Add: grave, staid Gestæþþig, ánrǽde constans, stabilis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 69: gravis, 41, 74. Hé wæs gestæððig on léce, Hml. S. 31, 296
dúfan
DIVE, sink ⬩ mergi
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Dúfe seó hand æfter ðam stáne óþ ða wriste let the hand dive after the stone up to the wrist, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 16. Gif ðú dýfst if thou sinkest, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 35. Mid ðam ðe he deáf when he was sinking, ii. 392, 2: 390, 21
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fore-lǽrende
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[Þá cwæð hé], 'Ealle þá þe ymbe standaþ hié syndan betran þonne ic; and þú eart forelǽrende on ðára apostola gebede then said Peter to Paul, 'Brother Paul, do thou arise and pray first . . . ' [Then said he], 'All those that stand about me are better
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.
camp-rǽden
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State or condition of contest, contest, war; certandi modus, certamen, pugna Nó hyra þrym alæg camprǽdenne their vigour did not fail in the contest, Andr. Kmbl. 7; An. 4
sóþ-sagu
true speech ⬩ truth ⬩ a true saying ⬩ a history ⬩ a true tale
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true speech, truth On manna gehwylces móde and múðe sóðsagu stande, Wulfst. 74, 16. a true saying, a history Sóðsaga historia, Mt. Kmbl. p. 9, 4: historiae, 7, 9
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.
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pál
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a pale, pole, stake Pál palus, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 69. a kind of hoe or spade Delfísen vel spadu vel pál fossorium, 16, 14
sundor-seld
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A special seat, a seat that stands apart, a throne:?-Ðæt hé sundurseld wuldres nimeþ ut solium gloriae teneat, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 186, 27
wiþer-sínes
Withershins ⬩ backwards
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Withershins Similar entries (v. widder-sinnis in Jamieson's Dictionary), backwards Steorran yrnaþ wiþersýnes the course of the stars shall be reversed, Blickl. Homl. 93, 19
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wyrdness
Condition ⬩ state
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Condition, state Se godcunda foreþonc heaþeraþ ealle gesceafta ðæt hí ne móton tóslúpan of heora endebyrdnesse (wyrdnesse,v. l.), Bt. 39, 5 ; Fox 218, 32
ge-reócan
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fumigate, steam Wyrc beþinge . . . hǽt stánas swíþe háte . . . hé sitte on stóle ofer þǽre beþinge ꝥ heó hine mæge tela gereócan, Lch. ii. 340, 8
bisceop-hád
BISHOPHOOD, the office or state of a bishop, the episcopate, a bishopric ⬩ munus episcopale, flaminium, episcopatus, episcopi provincia
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[bisceop a bishop; hád hood, condition, state] BISHOPHOOD, the office or state of a bishop, the episcopate, a bishopric; munus episcopale, flaminium, episcopatus, episcopi provincia Wæs se bisceophád befæsted the bishopric was established, Elen.
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flint-grǽg
Flint-grey ⬩ cánus
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Flint-grey; cánus Ic sceal to staðe þýwan [MS. þyran] flintgrǽgne flód I shall impel the flint-grey flood to the shore, Exon. 101b; Th. 383, 31; Rä. 4, 19
loft
air
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air Heó ne líþ on nánum þinge ac on lofte heó stynt it (the earth) does not rest on anything, but stands in the air, Hexam. 6; Norm. 10, 20
bora
One who bears or sustains the charge of anything, a ruler ⬩ qui rem aliquam gerit, gestor
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One who bears or sustains the charge of anything, a ruler; qui rem aliquam gerit, gestor Ríces boran the rulers of the state, Cd. 224; Th. 296, 10; Sat. 500
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wyrp
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A throw, cast, the distance which a thing may be thrown Swá mycel swá is ánes stánes wyrp (weorp ł wyrp, Lind.) quantum jactus est lapidis, Lk. Skt. 22, 41
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sund-corn
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Wið ðæt stánas on blǽdran wexen, genim ðás wyrte, Lchdm. i. 212, 7-11 (see the plate at the beginning of the volume). Sundcornes leáf, ii. 342, 9. Gif men weaxan stánas on ðære blǽdran, wyl sundcorn on ealaþ, 320, 6.