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tó-teran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-teran, p. -tær, pl. -tǽron; pp. -toren

To tear to piecesto tear to pieces a material to tear to piecesto harassdistractdestroy

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Hit ongeat his láre swíþe tótorene . . . se wísdóm sǽde ðæt his gyngran hæfdon híne swá tótorenne, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 31-6, 2. Wolde he teteren roted fleshs . . . auh tetereð and tolimeð cwike fleschs, A. R. 84, 5-8.

hryre

(n.)
Grammar
hryre, es; m.

Falldownfallruindestructionperditiondecaydeclinedeath

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On myclum hryre seó heord wearþ on besceofen magno impetu grex præcipitatus est in mare, Mk. Skt. 5, 13. Ðone hryre ðe se feallenda deófol on engla werode gewanode the loss which the falling devil had caused in the host of angels, Homl.

un-wemme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wemme, adj.

spotlesswithout blemishwithout defectuninjureduninjuredinviolateundefiledpureimmaculateperfectpureimmaculate

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Hé gelǽdde ðæt folc ealle unwemme ofer ða Reádan he led the people all of them uninjured over the Red Sea, Btwk. 196, 2. of abstract objects, uninjured, inviolate Cyninges handgrið stande unwemine, L. E. G. 1; Th. i. 166, 21 (cp. L.

Linked entries: -wemme on-wæmme

wanung

(n.)
Grammar
wanung, e; f.
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(Ia) waning of the moon. v. wanian, II. (1 a) :-- Ǽfre seó and se móna beóð geféran on wæstme and on wanunge, Lchdm. iii. 268, 13: Homl. Th. i. 102, 28. decline, decay, v. wanian, II.

ge-þwǽrlǽcan

(v.)
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A. 8, 193: 9, 214. to agree together, be companions, act in concert Seó and se móna geþwǽrlǽcað heom betweónan, ǽfre hig beóð geféran on wæstme and on wanunge, Angl. viii. 327, 25. to agree with another, be a companion, accomplice of, consent to the

Linked entry: þwǽrlǽcan

feówer

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Wyl ealle feówer on buteran, Lch. ii. 128, 8. with a multiple of ten Weaxeð ꝥ flód ðæs sǽs feówer and twéntigum síða, Shrn. 63, 29

wiþ

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
wiþ, prep. (adv. conj. ).

towardstoin the direction oftowardstoatwithtowardstoatagainstover againstopposite toagainstfrombynearagainstbesideuntoatagainstwithagainst onover againstoppositeagainstin the way ofwith.withpart withfromforin return foras payment forforin consideration offorin exchange forforfor in reward ofin return forin answer toforas compensation forin consideration ofin return foron condition ofagainstagainstas a set-offby the side ofcompared within contrast withwithtowithwithagainstto.withforagainstfromforagainstcontrary toin opposition to.withatagainstbeside by,atbyagainstatuntowithfromforwithagainstto weigh one thing with or against anotherin comparison withwithtowith a personwithtowardswith in respect towithwith againsttowithto.againstfromforagainst contrary toagainstbythrough,to rest on the armtill.till tountil

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Heó sæt wið (secus ) ðæs Hǽlendes fét, Lk. Skt. 10, 39. Seó bóc líð wiþ (juxta ) ðé, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 225, 2. Eal ðæt his (Norway ) man áþer oððe ettan oððe erian mæg, ðæt líð wið ða , Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 18, 26.

for-ealdian

(v.)

to run outexpire

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Ic him sǽde ꝥ hé forealdod wǽre, and tó þæs eald wǽre ꝥ hé ne mihte elcor gewearmigan búton æt fýre, Nar. 18, 14. Swá forealdod mon decrepitus senex, 21. Foreald[od] decrepita, An. Ox. 2109. On fótum forealdudes (ueterani), Scint. 223, 13.

niht

(n.)
Grammar
niht, næht, næct, neaht, neht, nyht, e; f.: but also with gen. es.

nightnightdarknessnight

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Hé fór ymb áne niht tó Ígleá, and ðæs ymb áne tó Éþandúne ... and ðǽr sæt xiiii niht ... and hé was xii niht mid ðam cyninge, Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 12-24. Embe seofon niht, Blickl. Homl. 45, 31. Emb tén niht, 117, 16.

helpan

to succourto be serviceableto profitavail

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.), hió dereð ðíém óðrum saepe aliis officiunt, quae aliis prosunt, Past. 173, 19. Ðǽm synfullan náuht ne helpað his gódan geðóhtas, . . . ne ðǽm ryhtwísan ne deriað his yrflan geðóhtas, 423, 25.

wág

(n.)
Grammar
wág, (-h),wǽg, es; m.

A wall, mostly of a building

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Hé slóg mid his heáfde on ðone wág, ðonne hé on his setl sæt, Ors. 5, 15;Swt. 250, 12. Wáh, Ps. Th. 61, 3. Ða wágas ( the walls of a church) nǽron rihte, Blickl. Homl. 207, 18 : (the walls of a palace ), Nar. 4, 24.

Linked entries: wǽg wáh

stalu

(n.)
Grammar
stalu, e; f.
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See Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 329. anything done by stealth Ðæt scs Petrus on dæge folce be Criste sǽde, ðonne wrát scs Marcus ðæt on niht, and hé ðæt hæl sce Petre; for ðon his godspell is swá cweden, furtum laudabile, hergendlíco stalo, Shrn.

ge-fyrn

Grammar
ge-fyrn, long ago.
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Ic ðé sǽde gefyrn ǽr on ðisse ilcan béc, 35, 3; F. 158, 32. Ǽr gefyrn, 36, 7; F. 182, 29. Gefirn ǽr, Solil. H. 54, 1. of a period considerable, in respect to a person's life Hé wiste his geendunge gefyrn ǽr hé férde fram ðissum lífe, Hml.

ge-endung

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Z. 24, 4: 26, 12. a concluding passage Seó geendung ús sǽde ꝥ þá Iudéiscan þóhton ꝥ hí Críst ofslógon, Hml. A. 71, 161. temporal, a final period Wé sind ðá ðe worulda geendunga on becómon in quos fines saeculorum devenerunt, Hml.

wesan

Grammar
wesan, I a.
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Add Ic sælf þæt ierfæ tó gestríndæ þæt þǽr mon siððan bí wæs ( unde interim pauperes vixerunt), Cht. Th. 162, 31. Cf. bí-wist. Add Bégen þá consulas wǽron mid firde angeán Hannibal, Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 30.

sleán

(v.)
Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen. <b>A.</b> trans. I.
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Hé on scip ástáh and slóh út on ða put to sea, Ap. Th. 6, 6. Se lég slóh tó leofonum, Shrn. 73, 36. Ðá slóh ðǽr micel mist a great mist came on suddenly. Gen. 15, 17. Seó slóh tógædere occurrerunt aquae, Ex. 14, 27.

Linked entries: a-sleán feoh slege

Æ

Grammar
Æ, The short or unaccented Anglo-Saxon æ has a sound like ai in main and f
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The ǽ is found in the following words, which are represented by English terms of the same signification, having ea sounded as in deal, fear; Dǽl, fǽr, drǽd, lǽdan, brǽdo, hǽto, hwǽte, hǽþ, hǽðen, clǽne, lǽne, , ǽr, hǽlan, lǽran, tǽcan, tǽsan, tǽsel,

scínan

(v.)
Grammar
scínan, p. scán, sceán
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In ðære reádan , Salm. Kmbl. 198, 14. Wígbord scinon, Cd. Th. 207, 14; Exod. 466. Eoforlíc scionon, Beo. Th. 612; B. 303. Án cyn ys olocryseis , ðæt is on úre geþeóde gecweden, ðæt heó eall golde scíne, Lchdm. i. 242, 13.

beótian

(v.)

to threatento threatento threaten witha weapona penalty, to promise

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gylpa; forþon oft man cwæð . . . þet hí nǽfre tó gán ne sceoldan they waited for the great things that had been threatened; for it had often been said. . . that they should never get to the sea, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 5. with dat. infin.

ge-síne

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Nú is geséne þæt þú eart sylfa God, Sae. 441 : 230. Hit is on ús eallum swutol and geséne (-syne, v.l.) þæt wé ǽr þysan oftor brǽcan þonne wé béttan, Wlfst. 159, 5. Mið ðý uæs áuorden cuðlíce geséne ꝥte . . . quo facto cognoscitur quod . . .