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windan

(v.)
Grammar
windan, p. wand, pl. wundon; pp. wunden

of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start to fly, wheel, springof the movement of living thingsof inanimate thingsof abstract subjectsof twistingrolling movementof living thingsof inanimate thingsto waverto twistrollto brandishwaveto twist, plait, weaveto twist, give a curved form to

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Th. 417, 15 ; . 36, 5. Wundne loccas, 428, 7; . 41, 104. Wundnum rápum fótas gefæstnian, Ps. Th. 139, 5. to twist, give a curved form to (mostly as an epithet of gold made into ornaments; cf. O.

Linked entry: winde

DEÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
DEÁD, def. se deáda; seó, ðæt deáde; adj.

DEAD mortuus

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Mec deádne ofgeáfun fæder and móder father and mother gave me up as dead, 103 a; Th. 391, 7; . 10, 1: Beo.Th. 2623; B. 1309.

Linked entry: déd

EARM

(n.)
Grammar
EARM, es; m.

ARM, the limb extending from the shoulder to the hand brachium ocean, etc sĭnus, rāmus

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Næfde séllícu wiht exle ne earmas the wonderful thing had not shoulders nor arms, Exon. 108 b; Th. 415, 4; . 33, 6: 129 a; Th. 494, 24; . 83, 6. Ðe me mid his earmum worhte who made me with his arms, Cd. 26; Th. 34, 28; Gen. 544: Ps. Th. 90, 11.

Linked entries: ærm arm

HELM

(n.)
Grammar
HELM, es; m.

HELMhelmeta crownthe topovershadowing foliage of treesa covering

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Under lyfte helm under the air's covering, Exon. 102 a; Th. 386, 19; . 4, 64.

Linked entry: helmiht

ge-rǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽcan, -rǽcean; p. -rǽhte; pp. -rǽht

To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer

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Siððan ic ðurh hylles hróf gerǽce when I reach through the hill's summit, 104 b; Th. 397, 30; . 16, 27. Ðe gerǽcaþ wǽpen whom weapons reach, 102 a; Th. 386, 7; . 4, 58. Ðú me gerǽhtest mid handa extendisti manum tuam, Ps. Th. 137, 7.

Linked entry: mis-rǽcan

lyft

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Stille þynceð lyft ofer londe and lagu swíge, . 4, 11. Cómon twégen deóflu tó him of þǽre lyfte velut ex aere lapsi, Guth. Gr. 123, 7. Fliógan ofer þám fýre þe is betwux þám rodore and þǽre lyfte, Bt. 36, 2 ; F. 174, 10.

rídan

(v.)
Grammar
rídan, p. rád, pl. ridon.

to ride on horsebackequitareto rideto rideto swingrock

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Th. 489, 14; . 78, 7. Hwá rít intó ðam porte quis equitat in civitatem? Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 52. Ðín cyning rít uppan tamre assene, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 5.

Linked entries: a-rídan rid rídusende

á-cumba

(n.)
Grammar
á-cumba, an; m: ǽ-cumbe, an; n ? [cemban to comb] .

oakumthat which is combedthe coarse part of hemp,—Hards, flax, towstuppathe thing pruned or trimmed, properly of treesPruningsclippingstrimmingsputamenreduced to ashesWood ashes

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Nam quicquid ex quacumque re projicitur, putamen appellate Ácumba puta-men, Mone B. 3702.

Linked entries: á-cuma ǽcumbe

CEORFAN

(v.)
Grammar
CEORFAN, ceorfende; ic ceorfe, ðú ceorfest, cyrfst, he ceorfeþ, cyrfþ, ceorfaþ; ic, he cearf, ðú curfe,;curfon; corfen; v. a.

To cut, cut down, hew, rend, tear, CARVE, engravesecare, concidere, succidere, excidere, conscindere, incidere, infindere

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Híg curfon ðone ram eall to sticceon they cut the ram all to pieces, Lev. 8, 20. Corfen cut, Exon. 107b; Th. 410, 24; . 29, 4. Treówa ceorfan to hew trees, Obs. Lun. § 11; Lchdm. iii. 188, 24: Cd. 200; Th. 248, 11; Dan. 511.

Linked entries: curfon cerfe

DWELLAN

(v.)
Grammar
DWELLAN, ic dwelle, ðú dwelest, dwelst, he dweleþ, dwelþb, pl. dwellaþ; p. dwealde, dwelede; pp. dweald, dweled.

To lead into error, deceive, mislead in errōrem dūcĕre, decĭpĕreTo prevent, hinder, delay impĕdīre, tardāre To continue, remain, DWELLmănēre, habĭtāre

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To prevent, hinder, delay; impĕdīre, tardāre Ic dysge dwelle I delay the foolish, Exon. 103 b; Th. 392, 27; . 12, 3. Ne hine wiht dweleþ, ádl ne yldo nothing prevents him, disease nor age, Beo. Th. 3475, note; B. 1735.

Linked entry: ge-dwellan

EÁM

(n.)
Grammar
EÁM, es; m.

EAM, uncle chiefly on the mother's side avuncŭlus

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Th. 1766; B. 881: Exon. 112b; Th. 431, 35; . 47, 6: Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 17. Nim ðé wif of Labanes dóhtrum ðínes eámes accĭpe tĭbi inde uxōrem de fīliābus Labāni avuncŭli tui.

laðian

(v.)
Grammar
laðian, p. ode

To invitecallcall upon

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To invite, call, call upon Hwílum ic rincas laðige tó wíne at times I invite men to wine, Exon. 104 a; Th. 395, 32; . 15, 16. Ðyder ðe unc laðaþ and cégþ uncer Drihten whither our Lord invites and calls us, Blickl.

swinge

(n.)
Grammar
swinge, swynge (both forms occur in the Pastoral), an; f.
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R. A. 703) tó swingum, L. In. 48 ; Th. i. 132, 10: 54; Th. i. 138, 4.

Linked entry: swynge

wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
wrenc, es; m.

a trickartificewilestratagema stratagema modulation of the voice

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Ic þurh múþ sprece mongum reordum, wrencum singe (vox mea diversis variatur pulcra figuris), . . . ic búgendre stefne styrme, 390, 15; . 9, 2

Linked entry: wrencan

brand

a fire-branda torchburningbrand

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Brandas p(re)usti, Txts. 111, 18. Branda titionum, An. Ox. 2470. Brandum flammantibus scindulis, 2459. Fýrum, brandum torribus, i. ignibus, 3520: Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 56. Swilce sum hús forburne, brastligende mid brandum, Hml.

Linked entry: brand-óm

ge-níwian

(v.)
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</b> to repeat :-- Giníwia frequentare, Rtl. 9, 13

ge-þræc

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the processes to which the thread is subjected in weaving: cf. the original riddle of Aldhelm 'De lorica,' Nec radiis carpor, duro nec pectine pulsor) does the thread resound with me (nec garrula fila resultant, Ald. 257), . 36, 6

hete

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Dele passage (. 34, 5) in 1. 4, and add: as a human passion Wæs here and hete on gehwilcum ende oft and gelóme, Wlfst. 162, 14. Hit ná næs búton hete and gewinnum, Ors. 3, II; S. 143, 17. Ic mé wið heora hete hýde, Ps. Th. 54, 12.

rówan

(v.)
Grammar
rówan, reów

to row or sail

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To go by water, to row or sail Ic rówe navigo, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 40. Ic ástíge mín scyp and rówe ( navigo ) ofer sǽlíce dǽlas, Coll. Monast. Th. 26, 31. Wérig sceal se wið winde róweþ, Exon. Th. 345,12 ; Gn. Ex. 187.

Linked entry: ge-rówen

hangian

(v.)
Grammar
hangian, p. ode; pp. od

To hang, be suspended, depend

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Ðá ðá Crist hangode on róde for úre álýsednysse when Christ hung on the cross for our redemption, 240, 22: Lk. Skt. 23, 39.

Linked entry: hongian