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a-sceóp

gave

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gave, Cd. 161; Th. 201, 32; Exod. 381

a-sceortian

(v.)
Grammar
a-sceortian, -scortian; p. ode; pp. od

To be shortto grow shortshortenelapsediminishfailbreviareeffluere

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To be short, to grow short, shorten, elapse, diminish, fail; breviare, effluere Ðæt wæter asceortode the water failed, Gen. 21, 15. Ten þúsend geára ascortaþ ten thousand years will elapse, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 12

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a-scerpan

(v.)

to sharpen

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to sharpen

a-scóp

gave

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gave, Ors. 1, 8; Bos. 31, 16

a-scortian

(v.)

to shorten

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to shorten, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 12

a-screopan

(v.)
Grammar
a-screopan, p. -scræp, pl. -scrǽpon; pp. -screpen

To scrape offscraperadere

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To scrape off, scrape; radere Ascræp ðone wyrms of his líce testa saniem radebat, Job 2, 8; Thw. 166, 33

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a-screpan

(v.)
Grammar
a-screpan, -scrypan; pp. en

To bearcast or vomit outegerere

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To bear, cast or vomit out; egerere, Cot. 71

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a-scrypan

(v.)

to cast out

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to cast out

a-scúniendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
a-scúniendlíc, adj.

Detestableabominabledetestabilis

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Detestable, abominable; detestabilis Befóran Gode ys ascúniendlíc abominatio est ante Deum, Lk. Bos. 16, 15

a-scyrigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
a-scyrigendlíc, adj. [ascirigende disjoining, from ascirian]

Disjoiningdisjunctivedisjunctivus

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Disjoining, disjunctive; disjunctivus, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Som. 45, 43

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a-scyrpan

(v.)

to sharpen

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to sharpen, Ps. Th.126, 5 : Ps. Spl. C. 63, 3

a-sealcan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sealcan, pp. asolcen

To languishto be or become weakidleslothfulremisslanguescereremitteredesidiosum fieri

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To languish, to be or become weak, idle, slothful, remiss; languescere, remittere, desidiosum fieri Ne lǽt ðú ðe ðín mód asealcan wǽrfæst willan mínes let not thou thy mind languish [to be] observant of my will, Cd. 99; Th. 130, 30; Gen. 2167. Asolcen

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a-sendan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sendan, ic -sende, ðú -sendest, -sendst, -senst, he -sent, -sendeþ, pl. -sendaþ; p. -sende; pp. -sended, -send

To send forthsend outsendemitteremittere

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To send forth, send out, send; emittere, mittere Asend gást ðínne and biþ gescapen emitte spiritum tuum et creabuntur, Ps. Spl. 103, 31. Ðonne ðú of líce aldor asendest when thou sendest forth life from thy body, Cd. 134; Th. 168, 29; Gen. 2790. Drihten

Linked entry: a-sændan

a-séðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-séðan, p. -séððe; pp. -séðed

To affirmconfirmaffirmareconfirmare

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To affirm, confirm; affirmare, confirmare Sume [adverbia] syndon ad vel confirmativa, mid ðám we aséðaþ úre spræce some adverbs are affirmative or confirmative, with which we affirm our speech, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 16

a-séðan

(v.)

to boil

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to boil

a-slacian

(v.)
Grammar
a-slacian, -slæcian ; p. ode,ade, ude ; pp. od, ad, ud

To slackenloosenuntieremitdissolveenervatelaxareremitteresolveredissolveredimitterehebetareenervare

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To slacken, loosen, untie, remit, dissolve, enervate; laxare, remittere, solvere, dissolvere, dimittere, hebetare, enervare, Cot. 103 : 169 : Prov. 19 : 10

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a-slæcian

(v.)
Grammar
a-slæcian, p. ude; pp. ud

To dissolvedimittere

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To dissolve; dimittere, Cot. 62

a-slægen

(v.; part.)

struck

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struck,Lye

a-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
a-sleán, p. -slóh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slegen, -slagen, -slægen

To strikebeathammerto fixerectferireicerecæderefigereponere

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To strike, beat, hammer, to fix, erect; ferire, icere, cædere, figere, ponere On býman aslegenum [Lamb. onaslagenum], Ps. Spl. 97, 6; in tubis ductilibus, Vulg; in trumpis beten out, Wyc. Hí aslógan án geteld tetenderunt tentorium, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543,

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a-slídan

(v.)
Grammar
a-slídan, ic -slide, ðú -slidest, -slíst, he -slídeþ, -slít, pl. -slídaþ; p. -slád, pl. -slidon ; pp. -sliden

To slide or slip awaylabare

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To slide or slip away; labare Ne aslít his fót non supplantabuntur gressus ejus, Ps. Th. 36, 31. Ðæt mín fór asliden wǽre motus est pes meus, 93, 17. Asliden beón labi, Scint.13, 24, 78

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