on-bryrdan
to instigate, stimulate, incite, inspire, animate ⬩ to excite to a feeling of compunction
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Wearþ Johannes swá onbryrd þurh ðæt tácen, ðæt hé his brýde on mægþháde forlét, Homl. Th. i. 58, 16. Him wearþ onbryrded breóstsefa, Exon. Th. 122, 15; Gú. 306.
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wefl
weft, woof, thread which crosses the warp ⬩ an implement for weaving ⬩ a shuttle (?)
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Wundene mé (a coat of mail) ne beóð wefle (ueflæ, Txts. 151, 5), ne ic wearp hafu the threads of the woof are not twisted for me, nor have I a warp, Exon. Th. 417, 15 ; Rä. 36, 5.
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stúpian
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To stoop, bend the back Gyf seó sunne hine ( the moon) onǽlþ ufan þonne stúpaþ hé (it has the light part curving downwards ) . . . for ðan ðe hé went ǽfre ðone hricg tó ðære sunnan weard, Lchdm. iii. 266, 20.
á-cólian
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Wearð se sóða geleáfa ácólad, Wlfst. 270, 2. Bið manna lufu ácólod, Hml. Th. ii. 542, 26. Ic Godes þeówdóm ácóledne behreówsige, C. D. iii. 349, 8
drípan
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Lǽt drýpan wearm on ꝥ eáre, 310, 12. [v. N. E. D. dripe. O. H. Ger. troufen distillare: Icel. dreypa.]
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dust
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and add: dried earth reduced to powder Dyslicre ðonne hwá lufige hwelcre wuhte spor on ðǽm dúste, and ne lufige ðæt ðætte ðæt spor worhte, Past. 353, 1, Seó eorðe wearð manegum tó bóte. Mid þám dúste wurdon áflígde deófla, Hml. S. 26, 198.
ge-wirpan
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Wearð him ðá geðúht swilce heó gewurpan (áwyrpan, v. l. ) mihte, ac heó gewát of worulde, Hml. S. 20, 65. reflex.
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leger
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Basilius wearð gebróht on legere tó his forðsíðe, Hml. S. 3, 564. Heó wæs gestelled mid líchamlicre mettrumnesse and seomode (seon- MS.) laman legre ea quam medici paralysin vocant molestia corporale percussa est Gr. D. 284, 2.
á-dídan
to destroy, &c. ⬩ to deaden, make torpid; to mortify ⬩ morti tradere, mortificare
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Wearð se mǽsta dǽl mid hungre ádýd, Hml. Th. i. 404, 11: Hml. S. 17, 33: 4, 428. On ðám inran menn ádýdd, Hml. Th. i. 492, 4. Ðæt ðá leahtras ðurh ðá bebodu ádýdde beón, ii. 210, 6: 218, 28. Ðá deádan ðe ðǽr ádýdde wǽron, Hml. A. 68, 77.
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HREÓH
ROUGH ⬩ fierce ⬩ savage ⬩ rough ⬩ stormy ⬩ tempestuous ⬩ disturbed
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Ne mæg wérig mód wyrde wiðstondan ne se hreó hyge helpe gefremman a weary heart cannot withstand fate nor the troubled mind afford help, Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 18; Wand. 16: 94 b; Th. 354, 9; Reim. 43.
regnian
To set in order, arrange, dispose, regulate
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Sum biþ searocræftig goldes and gimma ðonne him gumena weard háteþ máððum rénian one is a cunning workman in gold and gems, when a prince of men bids him set a jewel, Exon. Th. 296, 33;Crä. 60.
á-blendar
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Him burston út his eágan . . . hé wearð áblend, Hml. S. 19, 129. Wulfeáh and Ufegeat wǽron áblende, Chr. 1006; P. 136, 10.
á-flíman
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Wearð áflémed út (man útlagode, MS. D.) Ósgot Clapa, 1044; P. 165, 15. fig. Áflýman eliminace (verborum tonitrua ), An. Ox. 1963. Út áflýmed explosa (vesania ), 5012. Út áflédum gálfreólsum abdicatis (i. ex-pulsis) lupercalibus, 4860
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be-geótan
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Hé wearð begoten mid fantwætere, Hml. Th. ii. 346, 24. Ic wæs mid blóde begoten of ðæs guman sídan I was drenched with blood from the man's side, Kr. 49. Þaacute; stánas wǽron mid his blóde begotene, Hml. S. 15, 55. <b>I a.
freóls
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Of ðǽre stówe wearð árǽred þises dæges freóls, Hml. Th. i. 502, 7. On mǽrum dæge eówres freólses ( sollemnitatis ), Ps. L. 80, 4. Ealle dagas freólses Godes omnes dies festos Dei, 74, 9.
ge-teórian
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Bt. 40, 5; F. 240, 23. (2 a) to grow weary of doing, cease from weariness to do :-- Ic þ é bidde ꝥ þú ne geteórige for mé gebiddan, Hml.
ge-beórscipe
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Wearð seó þénung in geboren and æfter þám cynelíce gebeórscipe, Ap. Th. 14, 15. Se cyning bebeád þám gebeórum, ꝥ hí blíþe wǽron æt his gebeórscipe, Hml. A. 92, 21. Se þearfa . . . þe mid þé is tó cumenne tó engla gebeórscipe, 142, 107.
hræd-ness
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Rǽdnessum, 15, 26. where litele time is taken Se stán wearð upp áhafen mid swá mycelre hrædnysse (celeritate) swylce hé ǽr náne hefinysse næfde it took as little time to lift the stone as if it had no weight to start with, Gr. D. 123, 13.
tó-drǽfan
To drive asunder, ⬩ drive in different directions, ⬩ drive away, ⬩ expel, ⬩ dispel, ⬩ scatter, ⬩ disperse
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Fela wearð tódrǽfed Godes ðeówa, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 12. Heora heriges wæs mycel ofslægen and eall tódrǽfed cunctus eorum caesus sive dispersus exercitus, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 36. Byþ seó heord tódræfed dispargentur oves gregis, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 31.
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sigor
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Sigores ágend, ealdor, freá, fruma, God, weard, Cd. Th. 307, 11 ; Sat. 678 : Hy. 3, 20 : Exon. Th. 25, 21 ; Cri. 404 : 19, 2 ; Cri. 294 : Andr. Kmbl. 1519 ; An. 761 : Exon. Th. 15, 29 ; Cri. 243.