syn-full
Sinful; used substantively, a sinner
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MSS.) bytledon uppe on mínum hrygge, Past. 21; Swt. 153, 9: Blickl. Homl. 71, 35. Geseald on synfulra hand, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 45. Synnfullum mannum tǽcan, Blickl. Homl. 43, 15. Þeófas and synfulle men, 75, 28.
lecþ
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Ducange gives 'peanius lignum tectis conficiendis aptum;' Spanish has peana a pedestal, a frame put at the foot of an altar to tread upon. ?
swiftlere
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Gyf þú swyftleras habban wylle, þonne sete þú þínne scytefinger uppon þínne fót and stríc on twá healfa þínes fét þám gemete þe hí gesceapene beóð, Tech. ii. 126, 8. Add
fleótan
To FLOAT ⬩ swim ⬩ fluctuāre ⬩ nătāre ⬩ nāvĭgāre
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Ageót ele uppon wæter oððe on óðrum wǽtan, se ele flýt búfon pour oil upon water or on another fluid, the oil will float above, Homl. Th. ii. 564, 13. Oft scipu scríðende scrinde fleótaþ illic nāves pertransībunt, Ps. Th. 103, 24.
Linked entry: a-fleótan
móna
the moon ⬩ moon as in new, full moon
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Sunna and móne (but næs se móna ðágyt uppe, 29, 22), Nar. 28, 20: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 73; Met. 29, 37. Ðæs sunnan ásprungnis oððe ðære mónan, Nar. 28, 10.
gár-torn
Spear-anger ⬩ rage of darts ⬩ īra tēlis manifestāta
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Spear-anger, rage of darts; īra tēlis manifestāta Hí gártorn geótaþ gífrum deófle they shall pour the rage of darts upon the greedy devil, Salm. Kmbl. 291; Sal. 145
Linked entry: torn
alewe
The aloe ⬩ bitter spice ⬩ aloes ⬩ aloe
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Aluwan gegníd rub up aloes, Lchdm, iii. 2, 15. Nim alewan [MS. alewen] take aloes, 104, 26: 134, 9
aspide
An asp ⬩ viper ⬩ serpent ⬩ aspis ⬩ ĭdis ⬩ άσπίs ⬩ ίδοs
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. = άσπίs, ίδοs; f. a sort of serpent remarkable for rolling itself up in a spiral form: a negative, and σπίζω to extend, Scapulæ Lexicon Aspidas aspides, Ps. Th. 139, 3.
a-wegan
to lift up ⬩ take or carry away ⬩ levare ⬩ auferre ⬩ to weigh out ⬩ weigh to any one ⬩ appendere
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to lift up, take or carry away; levare, auferre Hí á sibbe gelǽraþ, ða ǽr wonsǽlge awegen habbaþ they shall ever advise peace, which the unblest have before taken away, Exon. 89 a ; Th. 334, 25; Gn. Ex. 21: Homl.
ge-fylce
A collection of people ⬩ army ⬩ troop ⬩ division
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A collection of people, army, troop, division Ða Wylisce menn gewinn up ahófon and syððan heora gefylce weóx hí hí on má todǽldon the Welshmen raised war . . . and after their number had increased they separated into more [bands], Chr. 1094; Erl. 230
Linked entry: ge-filce
ge-helan
To conceal ⬩ hide ⬩ cover up ⬩ cēlāre ⬩ occŭlere ⬩ tĕgĕre
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To conceal, hide, cover up; cēlāre, occŭlere, tĕgĕre Se ðe dearnenga bearn gestriéneþ and gehileþ [geheleþ MSS. B. H.] he who secretly begets a child and conceals it, L. In. 27; Th. í. 120, 2.
trumlíce
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Eahta sweras syndon ðe rihtlícne cynedom trum*-*líce up wegaþ, L.I. P. 3 ; Th. ii. 306, 19. Trumlícor firmius, Rtl. 34, 26. Freóndscype trumlícust (firmissimé) wunaþ, Sciut. 197, 18. in a way that encourages (?)
fiþere
a wing ⬩ a wing
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Se kok, ǽr ðǽm ðe hé cráwan wille, hefð úp his fiðru, Past. 461, 13. Seó bródige henn tósprǽt hyre fyðera and þá briddas gewyrmð, Angl. viii. 309, 26.
ge-hirstan
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Haran sina gedrýgede and mid sealte gebrǽdde and gehyrste, i. 344, 13. figurative Hwæt is ðinga þe ðæs láreówes mód swíður gehierste and gegremige ðonne se anda ðe for ryhtwísnesse bið úp áhafen quid vere acrius doctoris mentem quam zelus Dei frigit
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hlid
A lid, ⬩ cover, ⬩ the opening which is closed by the cover
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Ðá lédon ða þegenas ðone Hǽlend ðǽron and mid hlide belucon úre ealra Álýsend then the thanes laid Jesus therein, and closed up with a cover the Redeemer of as all, Homl. Th. ii. 262, 4.
á-wyrtwalian
to pluck up or out by the root ⬩ to extirpate ⬩ eradicate ⬩ exterminate ⬩ to pluck ⬩ draw away
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Add: to pluck up or out by the root, lit. Onweg ácorfenum þám tungum swylce hí áwyrtwalode wǽron abscissis radicitus linguis, Gr. D. 241, 12. fig. to extirpate, eradicate, exterminate Ic áwyrtwalie extirpo (gaudia carnis ), An. Ox. 186, 26.
hege
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Hé stáh upp on þone hege ascendit sepem, 24, 21. Hyrdel, hege cratem, i. flecta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 51. Hegas crates, 105, 49: 15, 47. Hegum sepibus, Germ. 401, 15.
ge-seón
To see ⬩ videre, conspicere
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Abraham beseah upp and geseah þrí weras Abraham looked up and saw three men, Gen. 18, 2. Hie ðone heora scyppend geségon they saw their creator, Blickl. Homl. 121, 28: Exon. 15 b; Th. 38, 7; Cri. 554.
Linked entry: ge-sión
on-tyge
What one takes upon one's self, an undertaking
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a mass-priest or deacon to enter a monastery for the purpose of celebrating mass ... they shall not presume to do anything or take anything upon themselves except only the mass, R.
Linked entry: on-tige
land-gesceaft
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The earthly creation, created things on earth Bǽdon bletsian eall landgesceaft écne drihten they called upon all created things on earth to bless the Lord eternal, Cd. 191; Th. 238, 25; Dan. 360