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CYRTEL

(n.)
Grammar
CYRTEL, kyrtel; gen. cyrtles; m. A

KIRTLE, vest, garment, frock; coat palla, tunica

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Lind.] lǽt him tó ðínne wǽfels ei qui vult tecum judicio contendere et tunicam tuam tollere, dimitte ei et pallium, Mt. Bos. 5, 40; to hym that wole stryue with thee in dome, and take awey thi coote, leeue thou to hym and thin ouer clothe, Wyc.

ge-lettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lettan, ðú -letest; p. -lette; pp. -lett, -let; v. a.

To hinderdelayletstopretardareimpedire

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Ne lǽt ðec síðes getwǽfan láde gelettan lifgendne monn let not living man divert thee from the course, hinder thee from the way, Exon. 123 b; Th. 474, 3; Bo. 24 : 37 b; Th. 123, 29; Gú. 330.

Linked entry: lettan

sciftan

(v.)
Grammar
sciftan, p. te.
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. , but cf. 1. 21: Ðá læg Godwine eorl and Beorn eorl on Pefensǽ) up ðæs cynges scipe ðe Harold eorl ǽr steórde, Chr. 1046; Erl. 174, 4. Moyses be Godes ágenum dihte rihte lage scyfte. Wulfst. 176, 8.

Linked entry: scyftan

sticca

(n.)
Grammar
sticca, an; m.
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</b> the pointer of a dial :-- Se sticca on ðæm dægmǽle, Anglia viii. 317, 20. a spoon (cf. spón) Lǽt yrnan ðæt blód on grénne sticcan hæslenne, weorp ðonne ofer weg áweg, Lchdm. ii. 142, 20: 144, 7: 104, 7.

wreccan

(v.)
Grammar
wreccan, p. wreahte, wrehte ; pp. wreaht, wreht.

to raiselift upto take upundertaketo rouse

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Wé feóllan on slǽpe, ac hé læg þurhwacol, and wræhte ús siððan, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 241. Hié wrehton cumbolwigan, Judth. Thw. 25, 5; Jud. 243: 24, 37 ; Jud. 228.

on-weald

(n.)
Grammar
on-weald, es; m.

Power

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Ne lǽt áwyrgde ofer ús onwald ágan, Exon. Th. 10, 28; Cri. 159. Ða kyningas ðe ðone onwald hæfdon ðæs folces ... hié heora onweald gehióldon, Past. pref.; Swt. 3, 5-7. Ðú áhtest alra onwald ( power over all ), Cd. Th. 268, 24; Sat. 60.

Linked entries: weald on-wald on-wealda

for-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
for-weorþan, -wurþan; ic -weorþe, ðú -weorþest, -wyrst, he -weorþeþ, -wyrþ, pl. -weorþaþ, -wyrþaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; pp. -worden

To become nothingto be undoneto perishdiead nihilum devĕnīrepĕrīreinterlredeficére

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Ðý-læs ðú forweorþe lest thou perish, Cd. 116; Th. 151, 3; Gen. 2503. Hí forweorþan ad nihĭlum devĕnient, Ps. Th. 57, 6. Ða wénunga ic forwurde on eáþmódnesse mínre tunc forte pĕrissem in hŭmĭlĭtāte mea, Ps. Lamb. 118, 92.

swæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swæðer, swaðer (= swá hwæðer, cf.
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Ðeáh wé spirian swá mid læs worda swá mid má swæþer wé hit gereccan mágon though we use more or less words in our enquiry, according as we can explain the matter, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 12: 36, 7; Fox 184, 16.

Linked entry: swaðor

ge-méting

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Ox. 2, 437. a convention, an agreement Þý lǽs se Godes þeów ǽniges teónan óht ongeáte for þissere gemétingce (gemittinge, v. l. ) ex conventione eadem, the agreement that he should be brought to Rome, Gr. D. 35, 27

-tig

(suffix)
Grammar
-tig, -ty, a numeral suffix in words denoting the decades; up to 60 such words are formed with a suffix only, from 60 to 120 hund is prefixed and tig suffixed, hund-seofon-tig, hund-twelf-tig. Other dialects make a distinction in the numerals at the same point. Gothic uses tigus (pl. tigjus) in the earlier, -téhund in the later, O. Saxon -tig in the earlier, while 70 is given by ant-siƀunta; in
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O. H. Ger. the two forms are -zug and -zó. In O. Frs. and Icel. the same forms are used throughout. Tig is another form of the root seen in ten (tehan, g for h according to Verner's Law)

drenc

(n.)
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</b> what is drunk as medicine :-- Hit is se lǽce*-*dóm and se drenc ðe ðú wilnodest, Bt. 39, 12; F. 232, 21. For hwí se góda lǽce selle ðám hálum men séftne drenc, 39, 9; F. 226, 11

witan

Grammar
witan, <b>. I</b> I.
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Th. i. 90, 3. with gen. , cf. nytan Ꝥ is lǽsse, ꝥ man wite gehwæt hwylces, þonne ꝥ sý, ꝥ his man wite and eác bodie, Gr. D. 138, 4. Hit is earfoð tó witane þára biscopa þe þǽr tó cómon, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 26.

lufian

(v.)
Grammar
lufian, p. ode

To love

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Lufiaþ mid lácum ða ðe læs águn shew their love with gifts to those that have less, Exon. 33 b; Th. 106, 32; Gú. 50. Hé ágsode hý, hwá wolde on ðære geférrǽdenne beón ðe hé wǽre, and ðæt lufian ðæt hé lufode, L. Edg. 4; Th. i. 162, 6.

ge-grípan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grípan, p. -gráp, pl. -gripon; pp. -gripen

To gripegraspseizecapererapereprehendereapprehenderecomprehenderearriperecorripereeripere

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Ðí læs áhwænne gegrípe swá swá leó sáwle míne ne quando rapiat ut leo animam meam, Ps. Spl. 7, 2. Ðá wæs he fram deófle gegripen then he was seized by a devil, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 13 : Ps. Spl. 17, 31.

ufera

(adj.)
Grammar
ufera, uferra; cpve.: ufemest; spve.

upperhigherupmosthighestlaterafter

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Ðý læs hit mono uferan dógore wrǽce ne quis eum umquam ulcisci meditaretur, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 168, 6. Gif eówre bearn eów befrínaþ eft on uferum dagum quando interrogaverint vos filii vestri cras, Jos. 4, 6. On uferan dagum, Wulfst. 88, 20: Chart.

hwǽte

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Þe lǽs gé þone hwǽte ( triticum ) áwurtwalion, 29. gathered Gadriaþ þone hwǽte (hwéte, R., hwætte, L.), 33. as part of the plant, the grain with the husk Heó ábæd án hrídder tó feormianne sumne dǽl hwǽtes ( triticum ). Gr. D. 97, 3.

weás

(adv.)
Grammar
weás, adv.

By chance, by accident, fortuitously

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Ic his wundrode micle ðý læs, gif ic wiste ðæt hit weás gebyrede búton Godes willan and búton his gewitnesse minus mirarer, si misceri omnia fortuitis casibus crederem, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 212, 32: 214, 6: 39, 3; Fox 216, 3: Met. 28, 72.

wefan

(v.)
Grammar
wefan, p. , pl. ; pp.

to weave a webto weave, construct, put together, arrange, plan, contrive

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Ðus ic fród wordcræft wæf and wundrum læs, Elen. Kmbl. 2473 ; El. 1238. Ic wef intexui (funibus lectulum meum, Prov. 7, 16), Kent. Gl. 199. Wefan contexere (coronam), Hpt. Gl. 439, 68. Wefan texuisse (oraculorum seriem), 442, 39.

hreóh-nes

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Ne lǽt ús besencan on ðissere cealdan hreóhnysse, Hml. S. 11, 187. Ýstende reóhnesse tumentem (aequoris) insaniam, An. Ox. 2500. Gedréfednesse ðreóhnessum tribulationum turbines, Wülck. Gl. 251, 41. Scúra hreóhnessa procellarum turbines, An.

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wæl-reáf

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-reáf, es; n.

what is taken from the slainspoil taken in warspoilpreyrobbing the slain

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Ic sceal langne hám ána gesécan, lǽt mé on láste líc eorðan dǽl wælreáf wunigean weormum tó hróðre. Apstls. Kmbl. 189; Ap. 95.

Linked entry: weg-reáf