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un-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
un-strang, adj.

Not strongweakfeeble

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Hyra handa wǽron unstrange hine tó ácwellanne, Shrn. 117, 31. Hé ( Peter ) mid his gange getácnode ǽgðer ge ða strangan ge ða unstrangan on Godes folce. Cristes gelaðung ne mæg beón búton strangum, ne búton unstrangum.

scencan

(v.)
Grammar
scencan, te

To skink

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Þegn, se ðe on handa bær hroden ealowǽge, scencte scír wered, Beo. Th. 996; B. 496. Feónd byrlade ðære idese, and heó ( Eve ) hyre were scencte, Exon. Th. 161, 12; Gú. 957. Mé þyrste, and gé mé scencton (cf. drincan sealdon, l. 21) ...

á-cwellan

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Domicianus wearð ácweald æt his witena handum, Hml. Th. i. 60, 3. Sié ácwelled moriatur, Mt. L. 15, 4. Ácwealde multate, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 21. Add

holt

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B. ii. 246, 34: gehæg-holt. wood, a piece of wood, handle or shaft of a weapon (?). v. gár-holt Holt capulus (armet dextram capulus ceu parma sinistram, Ald. 214, 17), Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 33: 20, 17

dragan

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Dele the derivatives and the passage from Gú. given under and add Heó creáp on þám handum and dróh ( trahebat) on ðǽre eorðan ealne hire líchaman . . . þá ongan heó hider and þider dragan hí selfe (se trahere ) geond þá cyrican, Gr. D. 228, 10-18.

stycce

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Add Feóll án leóhtfæt of his handum ꝥ hit wearð tóbrocen on unárímedlicu styccu, Gr. D. 49, 22. Hit wæs tódǽled on twá sticceu (stycciu, styccu, v. ll.), 97, 7: 17.] Þurh sticceo per cola [cf.

ne

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ne, The word often occurs with other negatives.

NotnonnenonayNorneithernenequenec

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Nor, neither; ne, neque, nec Ne tunge ne handa oððe eágan syngion ne lingua nec manus oculive peccent, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Som. 45. 47. Ne ic ne herige ne ic ne tǽle nec laudo, nec vitupero, 45, 49.

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seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
seóc, ; adj.
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Ofer seóce (aegrotos) hí hyra handa settaþ and hí beóþ hále, Mk. Skt. 16, 18. ¶ used as a noun þurh his hrepunge beóþ gestrangode ða unstrangan seócan, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 54. of moral disease Hǽðne wǽron begen, synnum seóce, Exon.

teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively.a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga line of animals harnessed together, a team

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I. 21; Th. i. 477, 11; the defendant had to declare how the property came into his hands, and to give security that he would produce his geteáma in court: Gif hwá befó ðæt him losod wæs, cenne se ðe hé hit æt befó hwanon hit him cóme, sylle on hand and

sleán

(v.)
Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen. <b>A.</b> trans. I.
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. , Rush. ) on his ansýne mid hyra handum, and cwǽdon: Sege hwæt is se ðe ðé slóh (slóg, Rush. ) Mt. Kmbl. 26, 67, Me weras slógon and swungon, Andr. Kmbl. 1927; An. 966. Hí mé mid sweopum slógun, Exon.

Linked entries: a-sleán feoh slege

hearde

firmlytightly

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Him bonena hand hearde gesceóde, An. 18. Wyrd bið wended hearde . . . and hwæðre him mæg wíssefa wyrda gehwylce gemetigian, Sal. 435.

sál

(n.)
Grammar
sál, es; m. : e; f. (?)

a rope, cord, line, bonda reinthe loop which forms the handle of a vesselthe fastening of a doora necklace, collar

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Sálum ł gewealdleþerum habenis, 42,60 . the loop which forms the handle of a vessel (?) Sál ansa (cf. hringe ansa, 284, 7, and see nostle. The word occurs under the heading nomina vasorum), Wrt.

Linked entries: sweor-sál salpanra

be-smítan

(v.)
Grammar
be-smítan, p. -smát, pl. -smiton; pp. -smiten; [be, smitta smut]

To BESMUT, defile, dirty, pollute, contaminatepolluere, inquinare, coinquinare, contaminare

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Ðis synt ða þing ðe ðone mann besmítaþ; ne besmít ðone mann, ðeáh he unþwogenum handum etc hæc sunt quæ coinquinant hominem; non lotis autem manibus manducare, non coinquinat hominem, Mt. Bos. 15, 20: 15, 18 : Ps. Th. 54, 20.

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ge-niman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niman, -nyman, -nioman; he -nimeþ, -nimþ; p. -nam, -nom , pl. -námon, -nómon; imp. -nim, pl. -nimaþ; subj. p. -náme, pl. -námen; pp. -numen

To take, take up, take away, assume, receive, accept, obtain, comprehend, enter intosūmĕre, tollĕre, auferre, assūmĕre, accĭpĕre, nancisci, comprehendĕre, inīre

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Heó genam cúðe folme she took the well known hand, Beo. Th. 2609; B. 1302: 4850; B. 2429. He his folc genam swá fǽle sceáp abstŭlit sīcut oves pŏpŭlum suum, Ps. Th. 77, 52, 69.

of-teón

(v.)
Grammar
of-teón, pp. -togen and -tigen.

to withdrawto take away what a person has, deprive a person of anythingto withhold, keep back, deny a person anythingabstrahere

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Hond feorhsweng ne ofteáh the hand refused not to strike a fatal stroke, Beo. Th. 4972; B. 2489 : 3045; B. 1520.

strǽl

(n.)
Grammar
strǽl, strél, streál, es ; m. : e ; f. : stræle, an ; f.
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Swá seó strǽle byþ strangum on handa sicut sagittae in manu potentis, Ps. Th. 126, 5. Leóhtes strǽle ł leóma lucis spiculum, Hymn. Surt. 30, 6. Se mon wæs ofscoten mid his ágenre strǽle mid ðý ðe hé wolde ðone fearr sceótan, Shrn. 83, 6.

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fæstnian

(v.)

to betroth

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Wríte hé ðá fæstnunga mid his ágenre handa, and on ðám gewrite ródetácn mearcige and hý swá fæstnigende uppan ðám altare álecge, R.

þæt

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On sumre stówe se hróf wæs ꝥ man mid his handa neálíce gerǽcean mihte, Bl. H. 207, 22.

beáh

(n.; part.)
Grammar
beáh, beág, bǽh, bég, béh; gen. beáges; dat. beáge; pl. beágas; m. [beáh, beág; p. of búgan to bend]

Metal made into circular ornamentsA ringbraceletcollargarlandcrownanulusarmilladiademacorona

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April 1837, pp. 372, 373, and May. p. 499 Ic nyme ðínne hring and ðínne beáh and ðínne stæf, ðe ðú on handa hæfst capiam anulum tuum et armillam et baculum, quem manu tenes, Gen. 38, 18, 25.

scild

(n.)
Grammar
scild, sceld, scyld, es; m.
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Næfde hé scyld (scutum) æt handa, ðæt hé ðone cyning mid gescyldan mihte, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 22. Nán scyldwyrhta ne lecge nán scépes fell on scyld, L. Ath. i. 15 ; Th. i. 208, ii. Ðǽr læg secg mænig ofer scild scoten, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 19.

Linked entries: scyld hrung sceld