cot-líf
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.,' 192, 6: 'ðat cotlíf Stáne (cf. cum coenobio quod Stána uocatur, ii. 367),' 211, 25: 'ðat cotlíf Euerslea,' 204, 19.
BEN
A wound ⬩ vulnus
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A wound; vulnus ; With this word the MSS. often confound the pl. of bend, as in Cd. 195; Th. 243, 12; Dan. 435, where benne stands for bende: and in Andr.
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wearp
the warp, thread stretched lengthwise in a loom ⬩ a pliant twig that may be used in basket-making.
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[Warp, threde for webbynge stamen, licium, Prompt. Parv. 517
fulla
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The full, the highest stage reached by anything, the perfection, perfect specimen of a kind or class Hwæt mæg beón wóp oððe sárignys, gif þæt næs se mǽsta ǽgðres? oþþe hwæt mæg beón geómrung and wánung, gyf ꝥ næs se fulla ǽgðres?, Hml. S. 23, 104
leás-bregdness
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Mercurius wæs swíðe fácenful and swicol on dǽdum, and lufode stala and leásbrédnysse, Sal. K. p. 122, 74
stæflíc
literal ⬩ literate ⬩ pertaining to letters
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Hí nellaþ understandan bútan ðæt steaflíce (stæf-, MSS. C. D.) andgit the literal meaning, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 73. literate Stæflecum liberalitatis (literatis?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 55
on-fón
to take ⬩ to take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have given ⬩ to take what another offers, receive favourably, accept ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to undergo a rite, undertake a duty ⬩ to conceive ⬩ to take to, to begin ⬩ incipere
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Ǽrest on cattes stán . . . eft on cates stán ðǽr hit (the boundary ) ǽr onféng. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 313, 33
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
brim-flód
a flowing, flood ⬩ The sea's flowing, the ocean-flood, sea ⬩ maris fluctus, cataclysmus ⬩ κατακλυσμός ⬩ mare
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The sea's flowing, the ocean-flood, sea; maris fluctus, cataclysmus = κατακλυσμός, mare Heofonsteorran búgaþ brádne hwearft óþ brimflódas the stars of heaven encircle the spacious orb unto the ocean floods, Exon. 53 b; Th. 187, 30; Az. 38.
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wíg-steall
The part of a church where the altar stands
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The part of a church where the altar stands Weocsteall absida Engl. Stud. xi. 64, 6.
ge-sníþan
To cut ⬩ cut off
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Gif ðú stǽnen weofod me wyrce ne tymbra ðú ðæt of gesnidenum stánum if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone, Ex. 20, 25
lúcan
To close ⬩ conclude ⬩ fasten ⬩ lock
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On ðæt gerád ðe ðæt stande ðe wit beforan ðam ealdormen lucan on the condition that that arrangement stand which we concluded before the alderman, 597, 32. Hrím and forst lucon leóda gesetu rime and frost shut up men's dwellings, Andr.
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stǽnan
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Nú ðonne gif Maria unbeweddod wǽre and cild hæfde, þonne wolde þæt Iúdéisce folc mid stánum hí oftorfian, Hml. Th. i. 196, 10. Add
igil
A hedgehog ⬩ porcupine ⬩ an urchin
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Stán is gener iglum [Blickl. Gl. ílum] petra est refugium erinaceis, Ps. Lamb. 103, 18
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tigele
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Hig hæfdon tygelan ( lateres ) for stán, Gen. 11, 3
gim
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Ne mæg hit steorra ne stán ne se steápa gim be-swícan, Sal. 284, Is seó eággebyrd híwe gelícast gladum gimme, þonne in goldfate smiða orþoncum biseted weorðeð Ph. 303. Ðá giemmas, Past. 135, 3, 4, 16. Gimmas, 7.
gýmen
Care ⬩ heed ⬩ solicitude ⬩ diligence ⬩ superintendence ⬩ rule ⬩ cura
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Se stæf getácnaþ gýmene and hyrdrǽdene the staff is a symbol of care and guardianship, Homl. Th. ii. 280, 35. Man sceal healdan ðæt hálige húsl mid mycelre gýmene the holy eucharist must be kept with great care, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 11.
sturtan
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To start, jump up Sturtende (styrtende (wk.)? v. examples from Middle English) se halta gistód exiliens claudus stetit, Rtl. 57, 27. [Arður up sturte (storte, 2nd MS.), Laym. 23951. Pharaon stirte up, Gen. and Ex. 2931. Stirte forth, Havel. 873.
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þrǽsting
Torment ⬩ affliction
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MS.) ðæs líchoman ðæt mód ne áscrence mid upáhæfennesse ne aut illos appetitus gulae a mentis statu dejiciat, aut istos afflicta caro ex elatione supplantet, Past. 43; Swt. 316, 7
be-streðan
To bestrew ⬩ scatter over ⬩ cover
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Similar entries (v. be-stregdan. ) Biþ stánum bestreþed (v. Prehn, p. 253, desuper multis sternor), Rä. 81, 38. Þas geweorc stondað stíðlíce, bestryþed fæste miclum meahtlocum, Sch. 87. Substitute: