swǽrness
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Þá ðá ic hine bær ne gefrédde ic nánre byrðene swǽrnysse, Hml. Th. i. 336, 25. Add
seonu
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Árǽran of duste flǽsc and bán, sina and fex, i. 236, 21. On ða sáran sinua, Lchdm. ii. 282, 6. For flǽsc and for bán and for sinuwan, L. Edg. C. 9; Th. ii. 264, 4. Sinuwa, Anglia xi. 101, 47
Linked entry: sinu
for-weorþan
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S. 2, 104. (1 a) of food, to go bad :-- Gif salt forworðes si sal evanuerit, Mt. L. 5, 13. (1 b) to come to a bad end :-- His geféran ealle forwurdon tó deáðe, Ap.
scínan
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Hí hine hetelíce swungon oð þæt ðá bán scinon, Hml. Th. ii. 302, 10. to be splendid Seó hwítness þǽre lilian scíneþ on þé, Bl.
a-smeágan
To look closely into ⬩ examine ⬩ trace out ⬩ elicit ⬩ meditate upon ⬩ consider ⬩ contemplate ⬩ ponder ⬩ judge ⬩ deem ⬩ be of opinion ⬩ think ⬩ perscrutari ⬩ investigare ⬩ indagare ⬩ elicere ⬩ contemplári ⬩ pensare ⬩ censere
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examine, trace out, elicit, meditate upon, consider, contemplate, ponder, judge, deem, be of opinion, think; perscrutari, investigare, indagare, elicere, contemplári, pensare, censere Nú ne máge we asmeágan hú God of ðam láme flǽsc worhte and blód, bán
CLÚSTOR
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A lock, bar, barrier, cell; claustrum, clausura Meahte ðæs ceasterhlides clústor onlúcan might unlock the lock of the city-gate, Exon. 12 a; Th. 20, 8; Cri. 314.
Linked entry: clauster
Fróm-múþa
The mouth of the river Frome in Dorsetshire, where the Frome discharges itself into Poole Bay ⬩ Fromi ostium in agro Dorsetensi, ŭbi se in sĭnum ilium ad quem Poole oppĭdumassĭdet, Fromus exŏnĕrat
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The mouth of the river Frome in Dorsetshire, where the Frome discharges itself into Poole Bay; Fromi ostium in agro Dorsetensi, ŭbi se in sĭnum ilium ad quem Poole oppĭdumassĭdet, Fromus exŏnĕrat Hér wende se here eft eástweard into Frómmúþan, and up
Linked entry: Fróm
þurh-þeówan
to thrust through ⬩ pierce through ⬩ transfix
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Mín bán bið mid sárnysse þurhðýd os meum perforatur doloribus (Job 30, 17), Homl. Th. ii. 456, 12. Óþre wǽron mid stengum þurhðýde, i. 542, 28
Linked entry: þurh-þýn
un-tíma
a wrong time ⬩ an improper time ⬩ a bad time ⬩ an unhappy condition of things ⬩ a mishap
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Skt. i. 12, 76: Anglia xi. 113, 26. a bad time, an unhappy condition of things, a mishap (cf.
Linked entries: un-tíme un-tímness
á-licgan
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Álicgan heonan forð þá unlaga henceforth let there be an end of all bad laws, Ll. Th. i. 312, 13. Þæt on his dagum sceolde rihtwísnes and wísdóm beón swá swíðe álegen ( be brought so low ). Ps. Th. 11. arg.
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hýr
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(cf. hé bæd ꝥ hé móste healdan heora æceras and him móde earnian, 216), Hml.
of-healdan
to withhold, keep back, retain ⬩ to retain
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to withhold, keep back, retain Hé lét niman of hyre ealle ða betstan gærsuma ðe heó ofhealdan ne mihte he had all the best valuables, that she could not keep back, taken from her. Chr. 1035; Erl. 164, 23.
mægen-þreát
A mighty band
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A mighty band, Cd. 174; Th. 218, 26; Dan. 45: 169; Th. 210, 8; Exod. 512
trinda
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A round lump, a ball Geóte tó trindan . . . wyrce tó trindan, Lchdm. iii. 14, 10, 13
bisceop-weorod
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a bishop's band Mid ealle his biscopweorode (campwerede, v. l. ), Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 309, 11
rima
A rim ⬩ border ⬩ bank ⬩ coast
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A rim border, bank coast Rima crepido, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 45. Rimo, Txts. 55, 601
wǽg-stæþ
A shore ⬩ bank
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A shore, bank Cwom .LX. monna tó wǽgstæþe rídan, Exon. Th. 404, 3; Rä. 23, 2
borgian
to borrow ⬩ to lend
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Voc. ii. 16, 8. to be surety, bail for. Similar entries Cf. byrg(e)a, and Icel. borga fyrir to be bail for : Borgiendre sequestra, An. Ox. 3812
aler
The alder ⬩ alnus
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The alder; alnus Aleres rinde seóþ boil bark of alder, L. M. 2, 39; Lchdm, ii. 248, 17
Linked entry: alor