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sceádan

(v.)
Grammar
sceádan, scádan; scéd,sceád ; sceáden.

to separate, divide, make a line of separation betweento distinguish, decideto scatter, shedto separate, divide, partto be distinguished, to differto scatter, shed

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T. 13, 6. intrans. to separate, divide, part Tigelum sceádeþ hróstbeáges hróf (róf, MS.) the woodwork of the roof parts from the tiles. Exon. Th. 477, 29 ; Ruin. 31.

æl-beorht

All-brightall-shining

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Hwílum cerreþ eft on up ródor ælbeorhta lég the all-bright flame returns sometimes again up to the sky, Bt. Met. Fox 29,104; Met. 29, 51

folc-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
folc-cúþ, adj.

Known to the peoplefolk-knownwell-knownpubliccelebratedpŏpŭlis nōtuspublĭcuscĕleber

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Be folc-cúþum strǽtum by the public roads, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 4

þeóden-hold

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóden-hold, adj.
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Petrus and Paulus ðeódenholde ðrowedon on Róme, Menol. Fox 243; Men. 123. Wígend unforhte, þeódenholde, Cd. Th. 189, 10; Exod. 182. Hé wígena fand æscberendra .xviii. and .ccc. eác þeódenholdra (þeonden, MS.), 123, 10; Gen. 2042.

ymb-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-licgan, p. -læg.
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to lie round, surround, encompass Ealne ðisne ymbhwyrft ðises middangeardes, swá swá Oceanus útan ymbligeþ orbem totius terrae, Oceani limbo circumseptum, Ors. 1, 1; Swt 8, 2.

hwaþerian

(v.)
Grammar
hwaþerian, hwoþerian; p. ode
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To roar ꝥ gewealc þára ýða hwaðerode mid windum the tumult of the waves roared, lashed by the winds, Ap. Th. 11, 2.

Linked entry: hwoþerian

neb-wlitu

(n.)
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Heora nebwlite wǽron swilce rose and lilie, 23, 780

for-hergian

(v.)
Grammar
for-hergian, -heregian, to -hergianne; part, -hergiende, -hergende; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To lay wastedestroyravagedevastateplundervastāredevastāredepŏpŭlāre

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Féng to ríce Honorius, twám geárum ǽr Róma burh abrocen and forhergad wǽre Honorius succeeded to the sovereignty, two years before the city Rome was broken into and devastated, Bd. 1, 11; S. 480, 10.

Linked entry: hergian

þennan

(v.)
Grammar
þennan, þenian; p. þenede.
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Þenian to stretch on the cross, Rood Kmbl. 103; Kr. 52. Ðennende ðú áðenes bogan ðínne tendens extendes arcum tuum, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 190, 5. to prostrate, overthrow Ðæt hé þenede hig on wéstene ut prosterneret eos in deserto, Ps.

Linked entries: þænnan þenian

ge-bletsian

(v.)
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</b> to make the sign of the cross upon an object :-- Eallum Cristenum mannum is beboden ꝥ hí ealne heora líchoman seofon síþum gebletsian mid Crístes róde tácne, Bl. H. 47, 15, 12. Hí ne cunnon ðone geleáfan, ne eác hí gebletsian, Hml.

sóna

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(so) soon (as) denoting 'at the very time or moment when, whenever' Sóna ic þínes suna róde geseó, ic mid þám wiðsace þissere worulde, Hml. S. 23 b, 451. Se gegyrla þe ic hæfde, sóna swá ic Iordanen oferfór, mid ealdunge tótorene forwurdon, 570.

sceaga

(n.)
Grammar
sceaga, an; m.

A shaw, small wood, copse, thicket Shaws broad belts of underwood Shaw a natural copse of wood

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Shaws broad belts of underwood, two, three, and even four rods wide, around every field, Farming words, 4 (Sussex). Shaw a natural copse of wood, Cumberland. The word occurs in the following passages of charters.

HEBBAN

(v.)
Grammar
HEBBAN, hæbban; p. hóf, pl. hófon; pp. hafen, hæfen

To HEAVE, lift up, raiselevare, extollere

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Siððan ic hond and rond hebban mihte since I could lift hand and shield, Beo. Th. 1317; B. 656. Hé wæs upp hafen engla fæðmum he was lifted up in angels' bosoms, Exon. 17 a; Th. 41, 5; Cri. 651: 756; Th. 284, 7; Jul. 693.

Linked entries: ge-hebban hafen

trendel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
trendel, es; m.

a circleringa diskorba round placea circus

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On trendle in rota. Hpt. Gl. 471, 2. Stríc ðú mid ðínum scytefingre, swilce ðú trændel wyrce, Techm. ii. 129, 9. Trendla circulorum (the rings on a peacock's tail), Hpt.

Ine

(n.)
Grammar
Ine, es ; m.
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Hér Ine férde tó Róme and ðǽr his feorh gesealde, 728 [726, MS E] ; Erl. 44, 33. Ine wæs Cénréding. pref; Ert. 4, 10. The laws of Ine are given in Thorpe's Ancient Laws and Institutes of England, vol. i. pp. 102-150

Linked entry: Cénréd

pistol

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Wið útsihte; þysne pistol se ængel bróhte tó Róme þá hý wǽran mid útsihte micclum geswæncte, Lch. iii. 66, 5. an epistle of the New Testament Swá swá se apostol Petrus on his pistole áwrát, Hm. A. 52, 51

rúm-gifol

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-gifol, adj.

Liberal, bountiful, munificent

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Hé gewende of Róme mid ðam rúmgyfolan (-geofolan, MS. V.) þegne, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 330

Linked entries: gifol rúm-gifa

þæc

(n.)
Grammar
þæc, es; n.
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Nam ic wyrðe ðæt ðú gá under þacu mínne ( sub tectum meum ), 8, 8. the material of which a roof is composed, thatch Ðæs húses hróf wæs mid ðæce beþæht culmen domus erat foeno tectum, Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 32.

ge-niman

(v.)
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ge-niman, -nyman, -nioman; he -nimeþ, -nimþ; p. -nam, -nom , pl. -námon, -nómon; imp. -nim, pl. -nimaþ; subj. p. -náme, pl. -námen; pp. -numen

To take, take up, take away, assume, receive, accept, obtain, comprehend, enter intosūmĕre, tollĕre, auferre, assūmĕre, accĭpĕre, nancisci, comprehendĕre, inīre

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Genámon me ðǽr strange feóndas strong enemies took me there, Rood. Kmbl. 60; Kr. 30: 120; Kr. 60: Cd. 210; Th. 260, 10; Dan. 707. Þýstro ðæt ne genámon tenebræ eam non comprehendērunt, Jn. Bos. 1, 5.

wealca

(n.)
Grammar
wealca, an ; m.

a roller a wave billow a garment that may be rolled round a person a muffler wrap veil.

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Kmbl. 3047 ; An. 1526. a garment that may be rolled round a person, a muffler, wrap, veil. Similar entries v. wealcian Ðá dyde heó of hire wydewan reáf and nam hire walcan (theristrum), Gen. 38, 14

Linked entries: walca wealcan