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tó-sprǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sprǽdan, p. de

To spread outextendexpandspread in different directions

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Heó tósprǽt hire bósm ðǽr ðǽr ða réðan wuniaþ . . . and heó is genyrwed on ðone ende ðe ða gesceádwísan wuniaþ she expands her bosom where the fierce dwell. . . and is straitened in the quarter where the discreet dwell. Homl. Th. i. 536, 18.

D

(n.)
Grammar
D, is sometimes changed into ð, as Ic wurde, or Ic wurðe: snídan, sníðan

to cut

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root, and is usually considered as a participle, although no verb may exist to which it can be assigned; such words have, therefore, generally ge prefixed to them; as gehyrned horned; gesceód shod, Rask's Gr. by Thorpe, § 326. the perfect participle ends

dígol

(adj.)
Grammar
dígol, dýgol, diógol; gen. m. n. dígles, f.dígolre ; def. nom. m. dígla; f. n. dígle; adj.

Secret, hidden, private, dark, obscure, profound, abstruse, unknownsecrētus, occultus, obscūrus, ignōtus

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Sóþlíce nis nán þing dígle, ðæt ne sý geswutelod non est enim occultum, quod non manifestētur, Lk. Bos. 8, 17. He ðǽr wolde dígol beón he would there be hidden, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 44. On dígle, deorce stówe in an obscure, dark place, Ps. Th. 142, 4.

Swíþ-hún

(n.)
Grammar
Swíþ-hún, es; m.
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Chronicle, under the year 861, is the entry Hér forðférde S. Swíðún biscop, Erl. 71, 20; but in a charter of 863, Swíðhún episcopus is given as one of the witnesses, v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 117, 22.

swylt

(n.)
Grammar
swylt, es; m.
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Ende becwom, swylt æfter synnum, Beo. Th. 2514; B. 1255. On galgan rídan, seomian æt swylte, Exon. Th. 329, 14; Vy. 34. Deáðberende gyfl ( the forbidden fruit ) ða sinhíwan tó swylte geteáh, 153, 10; Gú. 823.

Linked entry: swilt

witodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
witodlíce, adv.

certainlyindeedsurelytruly

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Witodlíce enim, Mk. Skt. 1, 38. Wiotudlíce ergo, Jn. Skt. Rush. 18, 3. Witedlíce etenim, Ps. Spl. 15, 6. Witudlíce, Angiia xiii. 365, 3. Witodlíce igitur, Gen. 4, 11: Mt. Kmbl. 12, 28: inquam, Kent. Gl. 945. Wutudlíce itaque, Jn. Skt. Rush. 18, 4.

ge-þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeówan, to press.
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Th. i. 506, 12. to cause to move by pressure, to thrust Geþýdum adacto, i. coacto (ense capulo tenus per utraque latera adacto, Ald. 70, 24), An. Ox. 4946.

ge-férness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-férness, (?), e; f.
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Going For þon þe mycelre tíde ǽr þǽre hálignesse hús geclǽnsod beón sceolde and seó gastlíþnes þæs Crístes wícsceáweres and seó gifernes gebúend wæs þæs Crístes engles and seó heall þæs hálgan gástes mundabatur enim longo tempore sacrificii domus, sanctitatis

manig-feald

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Ǽlc deáþlic man swencþ hine selfne mid mistlicum and manigfealdum ymbhogum, and þeáh willniaþ ealle þurh mistlice paþas cuman tó ánum ende omnis mortalium cura, quam multiplicium studiorum labor exercet, . . . ad unum finem nititur pervenire, 24, 1 ;

sceaþan

(v.)
Grammar
sceaþan, scód, sceód ; sceaþen . [This strong form seems almost confined to the poetry, the prose maiking use of sceþþan, q. v.]

To scathe, hurt, harm, injure

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Ðæt him feóndes hond æt ðam ýtemestan ende ne scóde, 129, 1; Gú. 414. Sceaþen is mé sáre, frécne on ferhþe. Cd. Th. 53, 31; Gen. 869. with acc. Oft mec ísern scód sáre on sídan, Exon.

tó-gán

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to go in two different directions,to part,separateto be sundered,to partto go in many different directions,to disperse,go away

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Engl. Stud. xi. 65, 23. Hé slóh mid ánre gyrde on ða sǽ, and heó tóeode on twá, Wulfst. 293, 15: Homl. Th. ii. 194, 19. Seó eá on emtwá tóeode, 212, 22. Ðá tóeodon ða stánas, and geopenode ðæt get, H.

lóc

(v.; con.; int.)
Grammar
lóc, lóca

lookseehowever

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Efne oððe lóca nú hér hit is en, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 56 : Homl. Th. i. 358, 9. Hig cwǽdon Lóca nú hú hrædlíce þæt fictreów forscranc dicentes : quomodo continuo aruit ficulnea, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 20.

Linked entry: LÓCIAN

steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
steáp, adj.
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Schinende and schenre þen eni ȝimstanes, steapre þen is steorre. In Chaucer's line, Prol. 201, the meaning might be prominent.

horn

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</b> each end of a bow. Cf. horn-boga Hé forbricþ hornas bogana confringit cornua arcum Ps. Rdr. Vos. Srt. 75, 4. See Rä. 15 for various uses of the horn, and Tupper's notes on the riddle

tó-dál

(n.)
Grammar
tó-dál, -dǽl, es; n.

Division.a dividing into parts,partitionseparationa part of a whole,separate portion,sectiona mark which divides,dividing-pointdistinction,differencedistributionscattering,dispersingdissension,want of union or peace,discretion

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Ðæra ǽgðer on þrím tódálum wunaþ, Lchdm. iii. 440, 31. a mark which divides, dividing-point Tódál comma, Engl. Stud. xi. 65, 9. Distinctiones, ðæt sind tódál, hú man tódǽlþ ða fers on rǽdinge.

Linked entry: tó-dǽl

ge-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-settan, p. -sette; pp. -seted, -set, -sett

To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay

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Hwonne he ðisse worlde ende gesettan wolde when he meant to fix the end of this world, Blickl. Homl. 119, 9: 27, 24.

ceaster

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Ceastra beóð feorran gesýne, orþanc enta geweorc, Gn. C. 1. Cýmast ceastra, Ps. Th. 86, 2. On ceastrum ( Sodom and Gomorrah ), Gen. 2507: 2546. Of ceastrum and cynestólum and of burgsalum, Pa. 49. ¶ with weak inflection :-- Ceastran civitatis, An.

ealdor

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Dele bracket at end, and add: one occupying a position of superiority. of human beings, one (man or woman) having authority over others, of public authority Manna ealdor tribunus, þúsendes ealdor ciliarcus, fíftiga ealdor quinquagenarius, fíf hund cempena

ge-wissian

(v.)
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S. 16, 9. to direct to an end Hé his híwrǽdene tó ðám ylcan gewissode, Hml. Th. ii. 348, 17.

weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
weorpan, (wurpan, wyrpan); p. wearp, pl. wurpon; pp. worpen.
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Th. 478, 11; Ruin. 39. (2 a) where the direction or end of throwing is marked :-- Streámas weorpaþ on stealchleoþa stáne and sonde, Exon. Th. 382, 5; Rä. 3, 6. <b>I a.

Linked entries: worpian wurpan