á-dwǽscan
to extinguish fire, light ⬩ to put an end to, put dawn, suppress a practice, doctrine, &;c. ⬩ to put down, suppress, destroy a person
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Ðǽm gelícost ðe mon drýpe ǽnne eles dropan on án micel fýr, and þence hit mid ðǽm ádwǽscan; ðonne is wén, swá micle swíðor swá hé þencð ðæt hé hit ádwǽsce, ðæt hé hit swá micle swíðor ontýdre, Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 25. Sunne wearð ádwǽsced, Cri. 1133.
þicce
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Swá þicce is þeó heofon mid steorrum áfylled on dæg swá on niht, Lchdm. iii. 234, 31. Wæl þicce gefylled the corpses lying thick on the ground, Cd. Th. 130, 16; Gen. 2160.
micel
Mickle ⬩ great ⬩ magnus ⬩ much ⬩ many ⬩ multus ⬩ great
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On swá miclum heó hæfþ genóg swá wé ǽr sprǽcon. Gif ðú heore máre selest ..., Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 11. Ðæt hé mid swá lytle weorode swá micel anginnan dorste, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 124, 16. Hú mycel scealt ðú quantum debes? Lk. Skt. 16, 5.
for-druwian
To dry up ⬩ wither ⬩ arescĕre
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To dry up, wither; arescĕre He byþ aworpen út swá twíg, and fordruwaþ mittētur fŏras sīcut palmes, et arescet, Jn. Bos. 15, 6
eard-stapa
A land-stepper, wanderer ⬩ terras peragrans, peregrīnātor
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A land-stepper, wanderer; terras peragrans, peregrīnātor Swá cwæþ eard-stapa so said a wanderer, Exon. 76 b; Th. 286, 25; Wand. 6
Arabisc
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Hie Fenix, swá hátte án fugel on Arabiscre ðeóde, 70, 12
bell-tácn
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A signal given by a bell Sóna swá hý ꝥ belltácen gehýrað þǽre nigoðan tíde, ꝥ is seó nóntíd, Hml. A. 140, 65
dwǽsian
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To become foolish, stupid Ðá ðe wódlíce drincað and heora gewitt ámyrrað, swá ꝥ hí dwǽsiað for heora druncennyssum, Hml. A. 6, 146
fild-burne
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.; swá ondlang bróces on ðone gemǽrhagan; ofer fild*-*burnan, C. D. iii. 393, 27
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heáh-clif
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Add: — Swá bið eác gelíce be þám heáclifum þonne hí hlifiað feor úp ofer þá óðre eorðan, Wlfst. 262, 10. Cf. heáh-torr
un-cúþness
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Strangeness, novelty Ne mihte se cniht ádreógan þá neównesse and uncúþnesse swá mycelre gesihðe tantae visionis novitatem non ferens, Gr. D. 278, 15
un-scyttan
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to un shoot, push back a bolt Hé gelæhte þá dura, and ne mihte þá scyttelsas unscyttan swá hraðe, Hml. S. 31, 863
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un-wríþan
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Swá þæt nánra þinga hí (the ropes) mihton beón undón and unwriðene (tólýsede, v.l.) ut dissolvi non potuissent, Gr. D. 164, 16. Add
wæter-frogga
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A water-frog Wæterfrocgan (ranę in aqua) hwílon hí man gesihð of wætere, and swá þeáh sécað tó fúllicum mórseohtrum, Chrd. 96, 27
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mearc-hlinc
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A boundary hlinc (q. v. ) Eást tó mearchlince; and swá eást be ðæs bisceopes mearce, . . . be Byrhtswýðe mearce, C. D. vi. 33, 32
wíf-leást
Lack of women
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Lack of women Menn hæfdon on frymðe heora mágan tó wífe, and swá wel mósten for ðære wífleáste, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 216
oferlíce
Excessively ⬩ excessive
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Excessively Hí mid heora synnum swá oferlíce swýðe God gegræmedon, ðæt hé lét Engla here heora eard gewinnan, Wulfst. 166, 18: 83, 14
þurh-teón
to carry through ⬩ get a proposal accepted, a request granted ⬩ to carry out a plan, orders, etc. ⬩ give effect to an intention ⬩ to carry through ⬩ carry on to a (successful) end ⬩ to accomplish ⬩ perform ⬩ to perpetrate ⬩ to carry on ⬩ continue ⬩ to bring to a successful issue ⬩ to achieve ⬩ bring about ⬩ bring to pass ⬩ to afford ⬩ to go through ⬩ undergo ⬩ to draw ⬩ drag
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Áne feorme swá góde swá hí bezte þurhteón magon a refection as good as ever they can afford, Chart. Th. 531, 15.
or-wirðlíc
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Ignominious, shameful God hine forlét in ðisse nyþerlícan worulde swá orwyrþlícne déþ þrowian, ðæt hé hine wolde in ðære heán worulde gelǽdan, Shrn. 123, 10
súþ-heald
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Swá súðhealde swíþe hlimman sicut torrens in austro, Ps. Th. 125, 4