eax
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Áhóh þæt heáfod nyþerweard oððæt seó ex sý gesóht hang the head downwards until the vertical axis is reached (until it is hanging vertically downwards? ), Lch. iii. 2, 11. Add
ge-grápian
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Add: to lay hold of with the hand; to reach Seó clǽne beó oft wíde and síde blósman gegrét . . . and hig grimme windas gemétað, and þá wreccan geswencað, ꝥ heó earfoðlíce cýððe gegrápað ( that hardly can she reach home ), Angl. viii. 324, 15.
ge-hwirfedness
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S. 23 b, 523. conversion Seó sóðe gehwyrfednes ( conversio ) mæg beón on þǽre ýle-mestan tíde, Ll. Th. ii. 172, 31. Ðás herigendlicestan gehwyrfednysse ǽgðer ge dǽda ge þeáwa . . . þǽre árwurðan Egyptiscan Marian, Hml.
on-íwan
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Add: to show Ðá seó sunne begann onýwan eallum mannum hire ðone beorhtan leóman, Hml.
un-wíd
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(cf. seó hell ys twá swá deóp, and heó ys ealswá wíd. Wlfst. 146, ll), Verc. Först, 109, 5
Linked entry: wíd
wíc-stów
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Hwylc man is . . . þe nát hwæt se man sý þe seó wícstów (mansio) getimbrod is, Gr. D. 321, 14. Manige wícstówe ( mansiones ) syndon in mínes fæder húse, 315, 17: 319, 5. Hí onfóð ánre méde, and beóð tódǽlede in manige wícstówa, 315, 23. Add
ofer-sceadwian
to cover with a shadow, overshadow
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Seó lyft hí ofersceadewude, Mk. Skt. 9, 7. Ðû oferscadudest (-sceaduwedest, Ps. Lamb.) obumbrasti Ps. Spl. 139, 8. Ofersceadwa obumbra, Ps. Surt. 139, 8
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fird
A force ⬩ army ⬩ expedition ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ expĕdītio
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A force, army, expedition; exercĭtus, expĕdītio Ne mehte seó fird hie ná hindan offaran the force could not overtake them, Chr. 894; Erl. 93, 7: 895; Erl. 93, 22: 905; Erl. 98, 19.
métan
To paint
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Seó ðe métan sceall pictura, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 45, 3. Métton ofergeweorke depicto mausoleo, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 35. [Þeȝȝ haffdenn liccness metedd, Orm. 1047
Linked entries: métere méting wiþ-métedness
reáfung
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Plundering, spoiling Atheniensum se sige and seó reáfung ðæs Persiscan feós tó máran sconde wurde forðon siððan hié welcgran wǽron hié eác bleáðran gewurdon castra regiis opibus referta ceperunt, non parvo quidem antiquae industriae damno.
un-átellendlíc
Innumerable
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Innumerable Seó fyrd wæs unátellendlíc ðe hé gegaderod hæfde, Chr. 1049; Erl. 172, 23. Hí bereáfedan hí æt eallon ðan gærsaman ðe heó áhte; ða wǽron unátellendlíce, 1043; Erl. 168, 34.
Linked entry: á-tellendlic
rípe
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Þá seó tíd neálǽhte ꝥ þá feáwa clystra þára bergena mihton rípe beón cum tempus exigent, ut racemi maturescere potuissent, Gr. D. 57, 23.
Cneoferis burh
Burghcastle ⬩ Suffolk ⬩ villæ nomen in agro Suffolciensi
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Burghcastle, Suffolk; villæ nomen in agro Suffolciensi Ðá wæs fæger mynster getimbred on wuda neáh sǽ on sumre ceastre, seó is nemned on Englisc Cneoferis burh erat monasterium silvanum, et mares vicinitate amænum, constructum in castro quodam, quod
studu
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Ðæt hús forbarn nemþe seó studu án (bútan ðære ánre stýðe, MS. B.), Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 28-35. Se lég ðære studu (ða ilcan studu, col. 2) gehrínan ne mihte. . . .
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weax-bred
a table, tablet for writing on ⬩ a table, list
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Techm. ii. 128, 6-12. a table, list Seó forme abecede ys bútan pricon, and seó oðer ys gepricod on ða swýðran healfe, and seó þrydde on ða wynstran healfe, swá ús hér æfter gelustfullaþ tó ámearkianne on þissum æfterfyligendum wexbredum, ðe se árwurða
aler
The alder ⬩ alnus
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The alder; alnus Aleres rinde seóþ boil bark of alder, L. M. 2, 39; Lchdm, ii. 248, 17
Linked entry: alor
CWACIAN
QUAKE, shake, tremble ⬩ tremere, contremere
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To QUAKE, shake, tremble;tremere, contremere Seó eorþe wæs cwaciende the earth was quaking, Ors. 2, 6; Bos. 49; 41. Seó cwacigende swustor the quaking sister, Homl. Th. ii. 32, 26, 31.
ge-liþian
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Seó hálige sáwl wæs álysed and geleoðod of þám líchaman sancta illa anima carne soluta est, Gr. D. 282, 17. Seó geleoðode syn þǽre unhýrsumnesse wearð him tó deáde in þám wege peccatum inobedientiae in ipsa fuerit morte laxatum, 294, 26.
Linked entries: on-liþian ge-leoþian
húsel-hálgung
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For ' Se . . . gehálgaþ' in 1. 4 substitute þæt fulluht ús áþwehð fram eallum synnum, se húselgang ús gehálgað, seó dǽdbót gehǽlð úre misdǽda. (From this passage it would seem that húsel-hálgung and húsel-gang have the same meaning.)
sígan
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</b> add :-- Seó sunne sáh tó setle, Hml. S. 23, 246. Add Þá sáh him on ꝥ cyrlisce folc swíðe wédende (cf. gearn mycel menigeo tó him and ealle swíðe erre wǽron, Bl. H. 223, 5), Hml. S. 31, 466.