wreccan
to raise ⬩ lift up ⬩ to take up ⬩ undertake ⬩ to rouse
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to raise, lift up Wreceþ to rǽde Drihten ðara manna bearn ðe sér man gebræc Dominus erigit elisos, Ps.
Linked entries: a-wreccan ge-wreccan wræccan wrehtend
clawu
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Clawwess). a claw, of a bird or beast Earnes clawa, Hml. Th. ii. 434, 9. Him ( birds) wǽron þá cleá blace (pedibus nigris ), Nar. 16, 16. Clawa ungularum, An. Ox. 8, 385. Seó culfre is unréðe on hire clawum, Hml. Th. ii. 44, 26.
wír
Wire ⬩ metal thread
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Næbbe ic fǽted gold, ... ne wíra gespann, landes ne locenra beága, Andr. Kmbl. 604; An. 302: Elen. Kmbl. 2267; El. 1135. Wírum gewlenced, 2525; El. 1264: Exon. Th. 402, 19; Rä. 21, 32.
CNÓSL
A race ⬩ progeny ⬩ offspring ⬩ kin ⬩ family; ⬩ proles ⬩ genus ⬩ generatio
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Bearn vel cnósl soboles vel proles Ælfc. Gl. 91; Som. 75, 19; Wrt. Voc. 51, 64. Cnósle genere Mone B. 1608. Héht from hweorfan mánscyldigne cnósle sínum he bade the crime-guilty depart from his kindred Cd. 50; Th. 64, 12; Gen. 1049.
spyrian
to track ⬩ go in a track ⬩ follow ⬩ make a journey in search of something ⬩ to make a track ⬩ go ⬩ to enquire ⬩ investigate ⬩ examine ⬩ to enquire after or into ⬩ seek to know about ⬩ to search after ⬩ seek to attain ⬩ to ask ⬩ investigare, indagare, sciscitari ⬩ to track; to investigate; to ask
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.; Swt. 5, 16. to make a track, go Mec fugles wyn geond speddropum spyrede geneahhe . . . beám telge swealg stóp eft on mec síþade sweartlást me (a book) throughout the bird's joy (the pen) with drops made frequent tracks, . . . swallowed the tree's
Linked entries: æfter-spyrian spirian
fédan
to suckle ⬩ nurse ⬩ to feed up ⬩ fatten ⬩ to support ⬩ maintain ⬩ nurture ⬩ educate ⬩ foster ⬩ to nourish ⬩ sustain ⬩ to bring forth ⬩ To graze
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Gyf þú wille fédan cyniges bearn, oððe ǽðeles monnes, geleód hine in þín hús, and féd hine, Lch. iii. 178, 11.
slítan
To slit, tear, rend ⬩ to tear a garment ⬩ rend ⬩ to tear, split, rend, cleave, divide ⬩ to tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, ⬩ to tear, bite ⬩ irritate ⬩ to tear ⬩ to destroy, waste, consume ⬩ to carp at, back-bite ⬩ to tear ⬩ attero ⬩ to tear, split ⬩ to tear, break ⬩ scindere, lacerare, laniare, lacessere, saevire, delere ⬩ to slit, tear, break
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Hié (lions and bears) noldon slítan hý (St. Tecla ) Shrn. 133, 10. Gesáwon fuglas slítan Cd. Th. 126, 1; Gen. 2088 Ðé sculon moldwyrmas slítan Soul Kmbl. 145; Seel. 73.
þeccan
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Seó hyre bearn gesihþ brondas þeccan, 330, 7; Vy. 47. Beágas sceal brond fretan, ǽled þeccean, Beo. Th. 6022; B. 3015
Linked entry: þacian
wenian
To accustom ⬩ to accustom ⬩ train ⬩ prepare ⬩ fit ⬩ to draw ⬩ attract ⬩ to draw to ⬩ to draw ⬩ to wean ⬩ ablactare
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Hú mon ðæt deáde blód áweg wenian scyle 8, 15. to wean; ablactare Swá módor déþ hyre bearn, ðonne hió hit fram hire breósta gesoce weneþ R. Ben. 22, 21
wundor
a wonder ⬩ a circumstance ⬩ act that excites astonishment ⬩ a circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature, ⬩ a prodigy ⬩ portent ⬩ a wonder ⬩ miracle ⬩ a miracle ⬩ a wonderful object ⬩ wondrous thing ⬩ wonderful ⬩ miraculous power ⬩ wonder ⬩ admiration
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Mycel ys his wundur ofer manna bearn, 106, 20. Eal ðis wæs geworden tó ðon ðæt wé sceoldan úres Drihtnes wundor oncnáwan, Blickl. Homl. 71, 23. wonder, admiration Þeóda wlítaþ, wundrum wafiaþ, hú seó wilgedryht wildne weorþiaþ, Exon.
bysmerian
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Ne lǽt bysmrian banan mancynnes ða ðín lof beraþ let not the murderers of men revile those who bear thy praise, Andr. Kmbl. 2587; An. 1295. Bysmeredon hie bútú ætgædere they reviled us both together, Rood Kmbl. 95; Kr. 48: Andr. Kmbl. 1923; An. 964.
Linked entries: bysmorian bysmrian bysmrigan beosmriende bismærian bismerian bismiriende bismrian
FEALO
FALLOW, pale yellow or red coloured as withered grass or leaves, dusky, bay? ⬩ flāvus, gilvus, fuscus
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Meahte ǽghwylc wegan fealwe linde each could bear the yellow shields, Cd. 94; Th. 123, 14; Gen. 2044. Wineleás guma gesihþ him bifóran fealwe wegas the friendless mortal sees before him seared ways, Exon. 77a; Th. 289, 11; Wand. 46: Beo.
swingel
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Gl. 510, 40. d. a swingle, a stick to beat flax [cf. a swiuglestok pessel, the swingle le pesselin, to swingle the flax estonger vostre lyn, Wrt. Voc. i. 152, 39-44. A swyngelstok excussorium, excudia, Wülck. Gl. 581, 30: studia, 614, 1.
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for-gifan
to give ⬩ bestow ⬩ grant ⬩ dispense ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give up ⬩ hand over ⬩ deliver up ⬩ commit ⬩ practice ⬩ to give back ⬩ restore ⬩ to marry ⬩ to grant ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ to grant ⬩ to give ⬩ cause ⬩ to forgive
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Hafað þám treówe forgiefen Meotud þæt hé is ealra beáma beorhtast geblówen, 175. Eów weorþeþ forgifen hwæt gé sprecaþ, Bl.
heard
firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ resolute ⬩ bold ⬩ resolute ⬩ obdurate ⬩ rigid ⬩ unyielding ⬩ oppressive ⬩ rigorous ⬩ strict ⬩ harsh
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Flinte heardra, Rä. 41, 78. used of a tree; Similar entries cf. hard-beam Hé ástág in treé heard (treó heord, R.) ascendit in arborem sicomorum, Lk. L. 19, 4.
Linked entries: heard-fyrde heard-lic heardlíce heardness hearh-eard
æþelo
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Þá wǽron æðelum Abrahames bearn by birth they were children of Abraham, Dan. 193. Fór cynn æfter cynne; cúðe ǽghwilc mǽgburga riht, eorla æðelo, Exod. 353. <b>IIa.
smæl
Small ⬩ small, little, not great ⬩ narrow, not broad ⬩ slender, thin, not thick ⬩ fine ⬩ not coarse ⬩ not loud ⬩ gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus ⬩ a sheep, small cattle
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Se Smala ciið . . . se greáta beám Past. 33; Swt. 224, 3. Æt ǽlcon smalon orfe penig, L. Ff.; Th. i. 224, 22. Dó tó smale netelan Lchdm. ii. 68, 4. Smæle þearmas the small guts; ilia Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 46.
hraðe
Quickly ⬩ immediately ⬩ at once ⬩ soon ⬩ forthwith ⬩ straightway
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He wæs Godes bearn swá hraðe swá he mannes bearn wearþ he was the Son of God so soon as he became the Son of man, Homl. Th. ii. 526, 1. Swíðe hræðe repente, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 166, 14.
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ge-strínan
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Þeáh manige bearn beóþ gestrýned, Bt. 31, l; F. 112, 9. (O.H.Ger. ge-striunen ; p. ita lucrari.)
neát
A neat ⬩ an ox or a cow ⬩ cattle ⬩ beast ⬩ animal
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A neat, an ox or a cow, cattle, beast, animal Gif neát mon gewundige, weorpe ðæt neát tó honda oððe foreþingie, L. Alf. pol. 24; Th. i. 78, 9. Nán neát nyste nǽnne andan tó óðrum, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 10.