on-spreccan
to enliven, to make sprack(?)
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to enliven, to make sprack(?) [Sprack lively, active, Halliw. Dict.: Icel. sprækr active. ] Ðá wæs wæstnum áweaht world onspreaht (-spreht, MS.), Exon. Th. 353, 8; Reim. 9. [Cf.(?) ich sprechi in ham sprekes of lustes swa luðere ðæt ha forberneþ, Marh
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tinclian
To tickle
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To tickle Náht swá onǽlþ and tinclaþ gecyndlima ðænne gemylt mete nihil sic inflammat et titillat membra genitalia quam indigestus cibus, Scint. 52, 5. Hé wiðstynt weorce se ðe tincligendre ná geþwǽrlǽcþ lustfullunge resistit operi qui titillanti non
byrn-wígende
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Clothed in armour, mailed; loricatus Swá hire weoruda helm byrnwiggendra beboden hæfde as the prince of the mailed armies had commanded her, Elen. Kmbl. 447; El. 224. Gehlódon byrnwígendum werum wǽghengestas they loaded the ships with men covered with
fór-syngian
To sin greatly ⬩ multum peccāre
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To sin greatly; multum peccāre Ne wurþ ǽnig man on worlde swá swíðe fórsyngad, ðe he wið Gode gebétan ne mǽge no man in the world is so very sinful, that he may not make atonement to God, L. Pen. 12; Th. ii. 282, 1
friðo-webba
A peace-weaver ⬩ an angel ⬩ pācis tector ⬩ angĕlus
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A peace-weaver, an angel; pācis tector, angĕlus He up lócade swá him se ár abeád, fǽle friðowebba he looked up as the messenger commanded him, the faithful weaver of peace. Elen. Kmbl. 175; El. 88. v. Grm. And. u. El. pp. 143-5
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mǽrsung-tíma
A time of celebration or glorification
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A time of celebration or glorification Ðá wæs his mǽrsungtíma, ðæt se Fæder hine mǽrsode swá ðæt hé hine sette tó his swíðran on heofenan ríce, and him forgeaf andweald on heofenan and on eorþan, and eác ofer hellwarum, Homl. Th. ii. 360, 25
geornful-líce
Anxiously, diligently, earnestly ⬩ stŭdiōse, dīlĭgenter, sēdŭlo
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Anxiously, diligently, earnestly; stŭdiōse, dīlĭgenter, sēdŭlo He húsulfatu and leóhtfatu geornfullíce gegearwode vasa sancta et lumĭnāria stŭdiōsissĭme parāvit, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 4. Swá he geornfullícor ðæs écan lífes gewilnode he the more earnestly
á-cýþan
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Þeáh hé ǽr yfel wolde, þonne nyste hé hú hé hit swá fullíce ácýðde, ǽr hé fullne anweald hæfde, Bt. 16, 3; F. 56, 23. Sý on þone synnigan bróðor seó sóðe lufu ácýd and gefæstnod confirmetur in eo karitas, R. Ben. 51, 7. Add
cúþ-lic
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Certain, evident Úre Dryhten cwæð: 'Saga hym . . . ꝥ ic hym gylde hys méde'. . . Hé ymbe þá cúðlican méde gehýrde, Shrn. 98, 20. Heó onféng swá cúþlicra geháta, 99, 37. Bið þis þá cúðlæcestan (-lec-, v. l.) tácnu habet evidentissime signa sua, Gr. D.
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ge-meltan
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Add: to melt (intrans.) Mín heorte is gemolten swá þæt weax factum est cor meum tamquam cera liquescens, Ps. Th. 21, 12. Gemolten liquefacta, Bl. Gl. to digest (intrans. ) Tácn ádeádodes magan, hú ꝥ ne gemylt ꝥ hé þigeþ, Lch. ii. 158, 15: 186, 21
torfian
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add: to throw, scatter Hyt nyþer torfaþ iacit cumulos, Germ. 390, 80. to toss (intrans.) Þá geseah hé án scip út on þǽre sǽ, swá swíðe torfigende fram þan wealcendum sǽs ýðum ꝥ ealle þá men wéndon ꝥ heora scip tóbrocen wǽre, Nap. 62
sǽ-ríric
a reed-bed in the sea (?), an ait
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a reed-bed in the sea (?), an ait; — Swylce wórie bí ófre sondbeorgum ymbseald sǽrýrica mǽst, swá ðæt wénaþ wǽglíþende ðæt hý on eálond sum eágum wlíten (the reference is to the whale, which mariners mistake for an island), Exon. Th. 360, 24; Wal. 10
út-here
A foreign army
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A foreign army Se here férde swá hé sylf wolde, and seó fyrding dyde ðære landleóde ǽlcne hearm, ðet him náðor ne dohte ne innhere ne úthere, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 13. Ða scipu sceoldan ðisne eard healdan wið ǽlcne úthere, 1009; Erl. 141. 25
ge-þýwe
Customary ⬩ usual
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Customary, usual Him geþýwe wæs ðæt he oft ðǽr wunode [other version has his gewuna wæs] sæpius ibidem diverti ac manere consueverat, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 24. Swá him geþýwe ne wæs as was not usual with him, Beo. Th. 4654; B. 2332
CYLL
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Gesomnigende swá swá on cylle wætera sǽs congregans sicut in utrem aquas maris, Ps. Spl. C. 32, 7. Ðas cylle istum utrem, Greg. Dial. 3, 37. Swá ðú on hríme setest hlance cylle sicut uter in pruina, Ps. Th. 118, 83. Flaxe oððe cylle asscopa [= ascopēra
miltsung
Mercy ⬩ pity ⬩ compassion ⬩ a shewing mercy ⬩ pardon ⬩ indulgence
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Mercy, pity, compassion, a shewing mercy, pardon, indulgence Hit is rihtre ðæt him mon mildsige ðæt is ðonne hiora mildsung ðæt mon wrece hiora unþeáwas it is more fitting that mercy be shewn them. Now this it is to shew them mercy, to punish their vices
stíþ-líc
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firm, strong Stíðlíc stántorr ( the tower of Babel ), Cd. Th. 102, 14 ; Gen. 1700. of immaterial things, weather, conflict, discipline, penance, hard, severe Stíðlíc hreóhnys a severe storm, Homl. Th. ii. 18, 5. Wæs ðæra deófla gefeoht swíðe stíðlíc
un-tela
Not well ⬩ ill ⬩ badly
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Not well, ill, badly Ða scamleásan nyton ðæt hié untela dóð, búton hit mon him sæcge impudentes se delinquere nesciunt, nisi a pluribus increpentur, Past. 31; Swt. 206, 1. Swá micle hí onfóð ðǽr máre wíte, swá hí hér gearor witon ðæt hí untela dóð, and
cyn
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Add Cyn propago, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 33. Gé sint ácoren kynn (genus), Past. 85, 18. Cinnes stirpis, An. Ox. 4587. Cynnes gentis, 26, 32. On mæniges cynnes misdǽdan, Ll. Th. i. 322, 20. Mid ǽlces cynnes gimmum geglenged, Bt. 28; F. 100, 27. Ǽlces cynnes
for-ceorfan
to cut up ⬩ to cut off ⬩ to cut down
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Add: to cut up, cut asunder Hé gelæhte his sex and forcearf his basing ... þá hlógon his geféran þæs forcorfenan basinges, Hml. S. 31, 69-72. Heó wæs forcorfen on middan on twá styccu per medium secabatur, Gr. D. 340, 20. to cut off, out, away Hió forcearf