syn-grin
the toil ⬩ snare which a sin constitutes
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the toil or snare which a sin constitutes Ðæt ús deófol of rihtan wege þurh deriende þýstra belǽdan ne mǽge, ne mid syngrinum tó swíðe gehremman not hamper us too much with the snares of sin, Btwk. 196, 19.
girran
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D. yirr, yerr to snarl, growl, yell: N. E. D. garre: O. H. Ger. cherran stridere, strepere.] See next word
be-galan
to enchant ⬩ charm ⬩ to recite a charm
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[Þe londes men hire (a snake) begaleðO. E. Hml. ii. 197, 20. Aluen bigolen þat child (Arthur), Laym. 19256. O. H. Ger. bi-guol; p.t
sigel-beorht
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sun-bright, bright with the sun, sunny Wintres dæg sigelbeorhtne genimþ hærfest mid herige hrímes and snáwes winter's day takes captive sunny autumn with its army of frost and snow, Menol. Fox 404 ; Men. 203.
reáfian
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Se snáw gebryceþ burga geatu, reáfaþ swíðor mycle ðonne se swíðra níð, Salm. Kmbl. 65; Sal. 307. Reáfiaþ hine ( the vineyard ) ealle ða farende, Ps. Spl. 79, 13 : Blickl. Gl.
slá-wyrm
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Angl. 343), a kind of snake: — Sláwyrm stellio, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 25: 78, 60: spalangius, 24, 27: Hpt. Gl. 450, 26: regulus (cf. regulus est serpens, avis, et rex parvulus omnis, Wrt. Voc. i. 221, 9), Kent. Gl. 913: Engl. Stud. x. 40.
sǽtung
A lying in wait, plot, snare
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A lying in wait, plot, snare Sǽtunge aucupatione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 43. Setunge, 101, 25. Gif him þince ðæt hé feala earna ætsomne geseó, ðæt biþ yfel níð and manna ǽtunga and seara, Lchdm. iii. 168, 11.
hruse
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Þonne flǽsc onginneð hrúsan ceósan tó gebeddan, Rún. 29. as suitable for cultivation, soil, land Rén, hagal and snáw hrúsan leccað (cf. leccaþ þá eorþan, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 16) on wintres tíd; or þǽm eorðe onféhð eallum sǽdum, gedéð ꝥ hí grówað, Met
sǽtnung
plot, snare ⬩ seditio
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a lying in wait, plot, snare, Hé hine bæd ðæt hé his líf gescylde wið swá mycles éhteres sǽtningum obsecrans ut vitam suam a tanti persecutoris insidiis tutando servaret, Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 513, 5.
be-swíc
Deceit, a deceiving, treachery ⬩ fraus, deceptio, dolus = δόλos
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Ða woruldwélan synt gesceapene to bíswíce monnum worldly riches are created for a snare to men, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 3
CÍÞ
a CHIT, sprout, germ, sprig, mote ⬩ germen, festuca ⬩ seed ⬩ crementum
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Se snáw bewríhþ wyrta cíþ the snow covers the germ of herbs, Salm. Kmbl. 605; Sal. 302. Seó eorþe cýþ mid hire cíþum, ðæt se tíma is geáres anginn the earth makes known by her plants, that the time is the beginning of the year, Homl. Th. i. 100, 16.
oft-rǽde
frequent ⬩ ready at many times
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frequent Hæglas and snáwas and se oftrǽda rén leccaþ ða eorþan on wintra, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 16. ready at many times Gafolswán sceal beón swá ic ǽr be beócere cwæþ (cf. 1. 3, beóceorl sceal hwíltidum geara beón on manegum weorcum tó hláfordes willan
slite
a slit, tear, rent in cloth, ⬩ a rent, tear made by an animal, a bite ⬩ a coil ⬩ a breach, infraction of a law
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Slita morsuum Germ. 392, 30. a coil of a snake (?) Nædre sprotum slitas (?) lices clyniende vipera sarmentis laqueos corporis inplicans Germ. 401 24. a breach, infraction of a law Similar entries v. lah-slit
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DROPA
DROP ⬩ stilla, gutta, stillicĭdium
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Snáw cymþ of ðam þynnum wǽtan, ðe byþ upatogen mid ðære lyfte, and byþ gefroren ǽr ðan ðe he to dropum geurnen sý snow comes of the thin moisture, which is drawn up with the air, and is frozen before it be run into drops, Bd. de nat. rerum ; Wrt. popl
þynne
Thin ⬩ thin ⬩ lean ⬩ the opposite of fat or stout ⬩ thin ⬩ the opposite of thick ⬩ thin ⬩ the opposite of broad ⬩ thin ⬩ thin ⬩ thin ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ delicate ⬩ fine
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Snáw cymð of ðam þynnum wǽtan, iii. 278, 23. Hé elles ne ðeah nemne medmicel hláfes mid ðynre meolce lac novum in phiala ponere solebat, et post noctem ablata superficie crassiore, ipse residuum cum modico pane bibebat, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 35.
þeccan
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Forst and snáw eorþan þeccaþ, 215, 7; Ph. 249. Ic gealgan þehte I was stretched upon the cross, Andr. Kmbl. 1932; An. 968: Apstls. Kmbl. 44; Ap. 22. Ealne middangeard mereflód þeahte, Exon. Th. 200, 18; Ph. 42: Cd. Th. 8, 1; Gen. 117.
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tredan
to tread ⬩ tread down ⬩ trample upon ⬩ to tread upon ⬩ step upon ⬩ walk upon
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Ðá hét ic ðone here ðæt hié mid fótum ðone snáw trǽdon calcare militem niuem jubeo, Nar. 23, 18: Jos. 10, 24. Ða ðe mé trǽdan canculcantes me. Ps. Th. 56, 3. Ðæt hig hine trǽdun, Lk. Skt. 12, 1. Trédun proterunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 2.
pæþ
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Snaca on wege and nǽddre on pæðe coluber in via, cerastes in semita, Wlfst. 192, 21. On ðone gréne pæð; of ðám paðe, C. D. iv. 98, 23. On þone smalan pæþ, of þám smalan pæþ, C. D. B. iii. 468, 15. Ofer herepað ðæt onsticelan pað, C. D. iii. 403, 18
FORST
FROST ⬩ gĕlu
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Forstas and snáwas frosts and snows, Cd. 192; Th. 239, 31; Dan. 378
Linked entry: frost