west-dǽl
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Se steorra ne cymþ nǽfre on ðam westdǽle, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 30. Breoton is geseted betwyh norþdǽle and westdǽle Brittania inter septentrionem et occidentem locata est Bd. 1, 1 ; S. 473, 9. <b>II a.
Linked entry: eást-dǽl
FREÓSAN
To FREEZE ⬩ gĕlāre
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Men steorran mágon [MS. magan] geseón swá sutole swá on niht ðonne hit swíðe freóseþ men may see the stars as plainly as at night when it freezes hard. Homl. Blick. 93, 20. Hit frýst [frýsþ MS. D.] gĕlat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 8
Linked entry: ge-froren
sund-búend
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Ðone Saturnus sundbúende hátaþ (cf. stiorran ðe wé hátaþ Saturnes steorra, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 12), 24, 21. Hí ( acc.) ne gesáwon sundbúende (cf. Hí (the people of the golden age) hió (acc. ) nánwuht ne gesáwon, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 5), 8; 13.
tungol
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Saturnes steorra wandraþ ofer óþrum steorrum ufor ðonne ǽnig óþer tungol, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 14. Swá heofenes tunglu sicut astra coeli, Deut. 10, 22.
tyrnan
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Se firmamentum went on ðam twám steorran swá swá hweogel tyrnþ on eaxe, Lchdm. iii. 270, 22. Se cwyrnstán ðe tyrnþ singallíce and nǽnne færeld ne ðurhtíhþ, Homl. Th. i. 514, 20.
Linked entry: turnian
scínan
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Ða steorran scínaþ beforan ðam mónan, and ne scínaþ beforan ðære sunnan, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 30. Scaan ardebat , Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 3. Scán, 7, 29. Se steorra ( comet ) scán iii. mónþas, Chr. 678; Erl. 41, 4.
swán
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Swána steorra (cf. swán-steorra) hesperius. Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 39. Oxena hierdas bobulcos, swánas subulcos, 80, 18. Cúhyrdas bubulcos, swánas subulcos, Hpt. Gl. 464, 23. a man, warrior (? cf.
dæg-réd
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Gongað þá .vii. steorran on dægered on setl, Shrn. 146, 8. Se cocc hlúdor singð on úhtan ðonne on dægred, Past. 461, 2. On dægred siþþan hit frumlýhte, Bl. H. 207, 35. On þæt dægred sylf, Jud. 204
seld-cúþ
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Add: strange Uppon Sc̃e Michaeles mæssan ætýwde án selcúð steorra on ǽfen scýnende and sóna tó setle gangende, Chr. 1097; P. 233, 27. various, different, not of one kind Hé forgeaf ǽlcum ðǽra wyrhtena seltcúð gereord, and heora nán ne cúðe óðres sprǽce
a-metan
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Seó heofon is mid steorrum ámétt (-mét, v. l. ), Lch. iii. 232, 21: Angl. viii. 310, 1. Hí beóð ámétte and ámearcode mid gildenum stafum, Wlfst. 302, 27
Linked entry: on-métan
a-metan
To paint ⬩ depict ⬩ adorn ⬩ pingere ⬩ depingere ⬩ ornare
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Firmamentum [fæstnes] mid manegum steorrum amett the firmament adorned with many stars. Bd. de nat. rm; Wrt. popl. scienc. 10, 12 Lchdm, iii. 254, 9
wiþ-habban
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Úðwitan sǽdan ꝥ heó feólle . . . gif þá dweligendan steorran hyre ryne ne wiðhæfdon (-hæfton, v.l.) rueret, ut sapientes dixerunt, si non planetarum occursu moderaretur, Angl. vii. 12, 112.
æt-íwan
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Steorran hié ætiéwdon (-éwdon, MS. E.), Chr. 540; P. 16, 14. Ætýw (-eáw, R. , ædeáw, L.) ðé þára sácerda ealdre, Mk. 1, 44. Ædeáua, Lk. L. 5, 14. His wíte þǽm Godes þegne ætéwed wæs, Shrn. 86, 5.
Linked entry: æt-eáwan
a-þýstrian
To overcloud ⬩ to be obscured or eclipsed ⬩ obnubilare ⬩ obscurari
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Ðonne aþeóstriaþ ealle steorran then all the stars are darkened, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 15. Byþ sunne aþeóstrod, Mk. Bos. 13, 24. Hér sunne aþýstrode here the sun was eclipsed, Chr. 538; Ing. 22, 18 : 540; Ing. 22, 22
Linked entries: a-þeóstrian a-þéstrian a-þiéstrian a-þístrian for-þeóstrian
fǽrlíce
Suddenly, immediately, by chance ⬩ sŭbĭto, repente, forte
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Suddenly, immediately, by chance; sŭbĭto, repente, forte Cometæ synd gehátene ða steorran ðe fǽrlíce and ungewunelíce æteówiaþ the stars are called comets which appear suddenly and unusually, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 16, 20; Lchdm. iii.
dearnunga
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Hé begeat mid his sméhwrencan eall dyrnunga æt Steorran ꝥ him gewearð se þridda penig of þǽre tolne, C. D. iv. 56, 29. Add
þæge
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Ic ðé secge, fram iiii steorrum. Saga mé, hwæt hátton ðage? Salm. Kmbl. p. 180, 1
Linked entry: þage
EAX
An axis, axle-tree ⬩ axis
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Twegen steorran synd gehátene axis, ðæt is ex, forðamðe se firmamentum went on ðam twám steorran, swá swá hweogel tyrnþ on eaxe, and forðí hi standaþ symle stille two stars are called axis, that is axle-tree, because the firmament turns on the two stars
eást-dǽl
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'Wé gesáwon his steorran on eástdǽle,' Hml. Th. i. 78, 4-7. Of eástdǽle, Chr. 2; P. 4, 28. Heofon biþ open on þǽm eástdǽle, Bl. H. 93, 1. Mathéum hé gedyde gangan tó þám eástdǽle, 239, 16.
-a
A person ⬩ an agent ⬩ actor
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Some abstract nouns, and words denoting inanimate things, end in -a; and these words, having the same declension as those which signify Persons or actors, are masculine; as Hlísa, an; m. fame: Tíma, an; m. fame: Líchama, an; m. a body: Steorra, an; m.