notian
to make use of ⬩ employ ⬩ enjoy ⬩ to discharge an office
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Gif ðú his wel notast hwæt biþ wæstnbǽrre if you make good use of it (dung), what is more productive? Homl. Th. ii. 408, 34.
hwǽr
Where ⬩ anywhere ⬩ somewhere ⬩ wheresoever ⬩ wherever
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Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 34; Wand. 92: Cd. 213; Th. 267, 11; Sat. 36. in dependent clauses Gif ic cweþe tu scis ubi liber tuus est ðonne biþ ubi relativum.
til
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Sum biþ beórhyrde gód, sum biþ bylda til hám tó habbanne, Exon. Th. 297, 29; Crä. 75. Till, Beo. Th. 5436; B. 2721. Hié wǽron an wíg gearwe . . . efne swylce mǽla swylce hira mandryhtne þearf gesǽlde ; wæs seó þeód tilu, 2505; B. 1250.
tó-slítan
To tear in two, ⬩ tear to pieces, ⬩ tear asunder ⬩ to tear in two, ⬩ in pieces, ⬩ rend material, ⬩ to give a torn appearance to anything ⬩ to serrate ⬩ to rend, ⬩ cleave, ⬩ break asunder that which is hard or bulky ⬩ to tear the flesh, ⬩ rend, ⬩ bite, ⬩ wound ⬩ lacerate ⬩ to tear asunder ⬩ part ⬩ separate what has been joined ⬩ sever ⬩ to pull to pieces ⬩ destroy the existence of an object, abstract or concrete ⬩ to destroy ⬩ dissipate ⬩ to distract the mind ⬩ To be different
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Gif ðé hwæt yfeles biþ, hraþe hyt byþ tósliten, swá wæs Abdias gyrdels ðæs wítegan.
weorold-wíte
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Gif hǽðen cild binnon .ix. nihton þurh gímelíste forfaren sí, bétan for Gode búton worldwíte; and gif bit ofer nigan niht gewurðe, bétan for Gode and gilde .xii, ór, L. N. P. L. 10; Th. ii. 292, 7
hægtesse
A witch, hag, fury
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Gif hér inne sý ísenes dǽl hægtessan geweorc hit sceal gemyltan ... gif hit wǽre ylfa gescot oððe hit wǽre hægtessan gescot nú ic wille ðín helpan if herein there be a bit of iron, a witch's work, it shall melt ... if it were an elf's shot or it were
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æt-bredendlíc
Taking away ⬩ ablativus
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Taking away; ablativus Ætbredendlíc is ablativus: mid ðam casu biþ geswutelod swá hwæt swá we ætbredaþ oðrum, oððe swá hwæt swá we underfóþ æt óðrum, oððe hwanon we faraþ, — Fram ðisum menn ic underféng feóh ab hoc homine pecuniam accepi, Fram ðisum
a-secgan
To speak out ⬩ declare ⬩ express ⬩ tell ⬩ say ⬩ relate ⬩ explain ⬩ announce ⬩ proclaim ⬩ edicere ⬩ effari ⬩ exprimere ⬩ referre ⬩ enarrare ⬩ annunciare
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Gif seó gemyndelíc wíse asǽd biþ if that memorable thing be told, 4, 22; S. 590, 32 : Bt. 34, 8 ; Fox 144, 22 : 35,1; Fox 154, 18. Hím engel Godes eall asægde God's angel told him all, Cd. 179; Th. 225, 19; Dan. 156.
be-beódendlíc gemet
The imperative mood ⬩ modus imperativus
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Ðis gemet sprecþ forþwerd, and næfþ nǽnne præteritum, forðanðe nán mann ne hǽt dón ðæt ðe gedón biþ the other mood is the imperative, that is the commanding; with this mood we order other people to do something, or to suffer something, - Read thou, let
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écan
EKE, increase, prolong, add ⬩ augēre, appōnĕre
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Hwæt biþ ðé ealles seald oððe éced swá from ðære inwitfullan yflan tungan quid dētur tĭbi aut quid appōnātur tĭbi a lingua dŏlōsa? 119, 3
for-grindan
To grind thoroughly ⬩ grind to pieces ⬩ grind down ⬩ crush ⬩ pulverize ⬩ mangle ⬩ consume ⬩ destroy ⬩ commŏlĕre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ contundĕre ⬩ confringĕre ⬩ pulvĕrāre ⬩ lăcĕrāre ⬩ demōlīri
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Biþ beorhtast nesta bǽle forgrunden the brightest of nests is pulverized by the fire, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 20; Ph. 227. Wundum forgrunden mangled with wounds. Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 9; Æðelst. 43. Glédum forgrunden consumed or destroyed by fire, Beo.
be-scúfan
To shove, thrust, cast, hurl or throw, to precipitate ⬩ intrudere, immittere, detrudere, præcipitare
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Wá biþ ðǽm, ðe sceal sáwle bescúfan in fýres fæðm woe shall be to him, who shall thrust a soul into the fire's embrace, Beo. Th. 371; B. 184.
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ge-hladan
to load ⬩ burden ⬩ freight ⬩ heap up ⬩ onĕrāre ⬩ impōnĕre ⬩ congĕrĕre ⬩ cŭmŭlāre ⬩ to draw [water] ⬩ haurire
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Biþ seó módor wistum gehladen the mother is laden with provisions, Exon. 128 a; Th. 492, 16; Rä. 81, 16. Ða wǽron ofætes gehlædene which were laden with fruit. Cd. 23; Th. 30, 4; Gen. 461. to draw [water]; haurire To gehladanne haurire, Jn. Skt.
freóndscipe
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Gl. 601. cf. freónd, Manna freóndscipe biþ swíþe hwílwendlic; for þon úre yldran swultan and swíþe oft ús from wendan, ah sé þe Godes freóndscipe begyteþ, ne þearf sé nǽfre wénan ꝥ hé him onwended weorþe, Bl.
gader-tang
Contiguous, conjoint, in contact or connexion ⬩ continuous
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Se maga biþ neáh þǽre heortan . . . and geadortenge (connected with) þám bræg[en]e, 176, 3. of non-material things, continuous Sóþe lufe gædertange hæbbende caritatem continuam habentes, Scint. 1, 4.
hǽðen-scipe
Heathenism, paganism
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Hǽðenscipe biþ ðæt man ídola weorðige ðæt is ðæt man weorðige hǽðene godas and sunnan oððe mónan fýr oððe flód wæter-wyllas oððe stánas we earnestly forbid all heathenism : heathenism is to worship idols, that is to worship heathen gods, and sun or moon
HEALM
HAULM, straw, stem or stalk of grass, stalk of a plant ⬩ a roof of straw ⬩ stipula ⬩ culmus, calamus, stipula, festuca ⬩ a reed
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Ciricsceat mon sceal ágifan tó ðam healme and tó ðam heorþe ðe se mon on biþ tó middum wintra ciricsceattum, debet reddere homo a culmine et mansione, ubi residens erit in Natali, L. In. 61; Th. i. 140, 13
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of-settan
to beset, press hard, oppress
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Swéte etan on manegum leahtrum biþ ofsett hit getácnaþ to dream of eating sweets betokens a man will be sunk in many faults, 202, 25. Ofsettum obsessis, Wülck. Gl. 251, 5
weoloc
A kind of shell-fish ⬩ a whelk ⬩ cockle ⬩ also the dye obtained from such fish
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Hér beóþ swýþe genihtsume weolocas, of ðám biþ geweorht se weolocreáda tælhg sunt et cochleae satis superque abundantes, quibus tinctura coccinei coloris conficitur, Bd. 1. 1 ; S. 473, 19. Uuiolocas, uuylocas cocleas, Txts. 53, 542. Wilocas Wrt.
a-cennan
To bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ beget ⬩ renew ⬩ parere ⬩ gignere ⬩ renovare ⬩ renasci
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Ðonne se móna biþ acenned [geniwod, v. geniwian] when the moon is changed [born anew ], Lchdm. iii. 180, 19, 22, 28
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