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rówan

(v.)
Grammar
rówan, reów

to row or sail

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Wérig sceal se wið winde róweþ, Exon. Th. 345,12 ; Gn. Ex. 187. Drihten tó ðam lande reów, Homl. Th. ii. 378, 31. 'Utun seglian ofer ðisne mere.' And hig seglydan ðá. Ðá hig reówun ðá slép hé (navigantibus illis obdormivit) Lk. Skt. 8, 23, 26.

Linked entry: ge-rówen

wǽr-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽr-fæst, adj.

Faithful,

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Wǽrfæstra wera ( Abraham and Lot ), 113, 34; Gen. 1897. of things Ðǽr sceal lufu uncer wǽrfæst wunian, Exon. Th. 173, 19; Gú. 1163

wildan

(v.)
Grammar
wildan, p. de.

to tamesubdueto make submissivehave dominion overrulecontrolto take into one's powerto seize

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Se ðe ðone mǽran noman abbodes underféhð, hé sceal mid twyfealdre láre ðáwyldan and týn, ðe him underþeódde synt qui suscipit nomen abbatis duplici debet doctrina suis preesse discipulis R. Ben. II, 12.

slídan

(v.)
Grammar
slídan, p. slád; pp. sliden

To slide, slip, fall to slide, glideto make a mistake, to fail, errto fall into an unhappy conditionto pass away, be transitory or perishable

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Kmbl. 758;Sal. 378. to fall into an unhappy condition Gif seó sáwl slídan sceal in ða écan wíte Wulfst. 187, 16. to pass away, be transitory or perishable Ðeós mennisce tyddernes biþ swá slídende swá glæs, ðonne hit scínþ and ðonne tðbersteþ; ac Godes

Linked entry: sliden

sóm

(n.)
Grammar
sóm, e; f.

agreement, concordthe bringing about of concord, reconciliation, adjustment of differencesan agreement, arrangement of a matter in dispute

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sceal beón symle ymbe sóme and ymbe sibbe he shall ever be engaged in promoting concord and peace L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 13.

spelian

(v.)
Grammar
spelian, p. ode

To act as the representative of anotherto representto take, or stand in, the place of another

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Nán gehádod man ne sceal him tó geteón, ðæt hé Crist spelige ofer his hálgan híréd, búton him seó notu fram Godes láreówum betǽht sý, Homl. Th. ii. 592, 29

Linked entry: speliend

ÆCER

(n.)
Grammar
ÆCER, æcyr, es; m.

a fieldlandwhat is sownsown landagerseges

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Sax. times, a yoke of oxen could plough in a day, an ACRE, that is 4840 square yards; jugeri spatium, jugerum, a jugo quod tantum fere spatii uno jugo boum arari posset: also ager - Ger. acker an acre Ǽlce dæg ic sceal erian fulne æcer oððe máre omni

clíða

(n.)
Grammar
clíða, clýða, an; m.

A plaster, salve, poulticeemplastrum, malagma = μάλαγμα

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Man sceal him wyrcean clíðan tofóran his heáfde one must make him a poultice for his forehead, Lchdm. iii. 8, 13, 16. Swylce ðǽr clýða togelǽd wǽre as if a poultice were laid there, Herb. 51, 2; Lchdm. i. 154, 18.

Linked entries: cleóða clýða

langoþ

(n.)
Grammar
langoþ, es; m.

Longingdesirediscontent

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Wá biþ ðam ðe sceal of [on?] langoþe leófes ábídan woe to him that must wait, with unsatisfied longing, for one that he loves, Th. 444, 26: Kl. 53.

Linked entry: langaþ

rǽdere

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdere, es; m.
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Gebróðra gereorde ne sceal beón bútan háligre rǽdinge. Ne nán ne gedyrstlǽce, ðæt hé fǽrlíce bóc gelæcce and ðǽr bútan foresceáwunge onginne tó rǽdenne, ac ðære wucan rǽdere on ðone Sunnandæg mid bletsunge hit beginne ...

blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
blǽd, bléd, e; f.

A flower, blossom, fruitflos, olus, fructus

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Wudu sceal blǽdum blówan a wood shall blow with flowers, Menol. Fox 527; Gn. C. 34. Geseh he geblówene bearwas standan, blǽdum gehrodene he saw blowing groves stand, adorned with blossoms, Andr. Kmbl. 2896; An. 1451. Bléda wyrta olera herbarum, Ps.

GEÓ

(adv.)
Grammar
GEÓ, gió; adv.

Formerly, of old, beforequandam, olim, pridem

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Formerly, of old, before; quandam, olim, pridem Ða lióþ ðe ic, wrecca, geó lustbǽrlíce song, ic sceal nu heófiende singan the lays which I, an exile, formerly with delight sung, I shall now mourning sing, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 7: Bt. Met.

stíþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ-líc, adj.
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Scrd. 21, 6. of speech, hard, harsh, severe Ne sceal nán mon geþrístlǽcan ðæt hé áht stíþlíces spræce ongeán his abbod, R. Ben. 16, 2.

swífan

(v.)
Grammar
swífan, p. swáf, pl. swifon; pp. swifen.
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Sceal on ánum fét searo-ceáp (a ship) swífan, swíþe féran, faran ofer feldas, Exon. Th. 415, 6; Rä. 33, 7. [Here are added examples of á-swífan omitted in their place :-- Asuáb exorbitans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 74.

Linked entry: a-swífan

sútere

(n.)
Grammar
sútere, es; m.
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Gif hé smeáwyrhtan hæfþ, ðám hé sceal tó tólan fylstan; sútere and óðran wyrhtan ǽlc weorc sylf wísaþ hwæt him tó gebyreþ, Anglia ix. 263, 18. Sútera hús sutrina domus, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 3. [A sutare þet haueð forloren his el, he secheð hit anonriht.

Linked entry: scóh-wyrhta

wíte-þeów

(adj.)
Grammar
wíte-þeów, adj.

In slavery as a consequence of crime

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Wíteþeówne monnan Wyliscne mon sceal bedrífan be twelf hídum tó swingum, L. In. 54; Th. i. 138, 3. Ic wullan ðæt man gefreógen ǽlcne wíteðeówne man on ǽlcum ðæra landæ ðæ ic mínon freóndon bæcwedden hæbbæ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 128, 10.

fæþm

a bosomlapthe fore-arma cubitarmsbosom a fathomfist

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(embracing) arms, bosom Sceal beón seó góde sáwel on Abrahames fæðmum oð dómes dæg, Wlfst. 238, 7: Ps. 188. the distance covered by the arms outstretched, a fathom Faeðm vel twégen stridi passus, Wrt.

fót

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Sum sceal mid hearpan æt his hláfordes fótum sittan, Vy. 81: B. 500: 1166. Ealle gesceafta þú legst under his fét, Ps. Th. 8, 7: 46, 3. a foot as a measure of length Seó eá þæt land oferfleów mid fótes þicce flóde, Ors. 1. 3; S. 32, 6.

grimme

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Þæt sceal wrecan sweart líg sáre and grimme, Gen. 2415: Cri. 971. Secg wundað grimme, Rún. 15. Ofn wæs gegléded swá hé grimmost mihte, Dan. 227

hreósan

(v.)
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On þæt éce fýr gé hreósan sceal, Cri. 1524. Hreósende cassabundus (cf.(?) in tetrumtartarum cassabundus, Ald. 10, 35), Wrt.