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þurh-faran

(v.)

to go through or over ⬩ to traverse ⬩ pertransire ⬩ To pass ⬩ to pierce ⬩ pass through ⬩ to pass beyond ⬩ transcend ⬩ to penetrate

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Ðǽr scipu þurhfaraþ (ðorhfearaþ, Surt.) illic naves pertransibunt, 103, 26. of a weapon, to pierce, pass through His swurd ðíne sáwle þurhfærþ, Lk. Skt. 2, 35. Ísen þurhfór sáwla his, Ps.

Linked entry: þurh-féran

mæsse

Grammar
mæsse, <b>: I.</b>
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</b> the service held on a saint's or martyr's day, a (person's) mass :-- Sćĭ Rufi mæsse biþ geméted on þám yldran mæssebócum, Shrn. 121, 30. Sśă Sabine mæsse bið geméted on þám níwran bócum, 123, 17 : 124, 33. Add

líðan

(v.)
Grammar
líðan, p. láð

To go ⬩ sail

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Ða ðe sǽ séceaþ mid scipe líðaþ qui descendunt mare in navibus, Ps. Th. 106, 22. Hé ofer sǽ láð in Gallia ríce navigavit Galliam, Bd. 3, 19; S. 550, 1: Shrn. 60, 5.

oððe

(con.)
Grammar
oððe, conj. I.
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Ða scipu eall oððe tóbrǽcon oððe forbærndon oððe tó Lundenbyrig brohton oððe to Hrófesceastre, Erl. 91, 25. with óðer, áðer Hé sǽde ðæt hé wolde óðer, oððe ðǽr libban oððe ðǽr licgan, 901; Erl. 96, 32.

Linked entry: eðða

wlǽta

(n.)
Grammar
wlǽta, wlǽtta, an; m.

nausea ⬩ loathing ⬩ what produces nausea ⬩ an object of loathing ⬩ defilement ⬩ disfigurement

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Gif hwá on scipe wlǽttan þolige, i. 206, 9. Ðone wlǽttan ðæs magan, 204, 20. Ne yrne hé, ðe læs hé mid ðæs rynes éðgunge hwylcne wleáttan (wlǽttan, v. l. ) and sogeðan on his heortan ne ástyrige, R.

Linked entries: wlǽtung wlott

be-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
be-cirran, (-cerran, -cyrran, q. v. in Dict.).

to turn round ⬩ about ⬩ to go round ⬩ pass by ⬩ avoid ⬩ to turn ⬩ pervert ⬩ seduce ⬩ to beguile ⬩ deceive ⬩ to get round a person

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(-cirred, v. l.) ðonne ðeós weorld bið geendod, Past. 31, 21. to go round, pass by, avoid Sume unðeáwas ðæt mód ǽr gesihð and útan becierð (declinat); ðæt is ðæt hit ðá ungedónan foreðoncelíce becierre, swá se stióra déð; sume ýða hé becerð mld ðý scipe

Linked entries: be-cerran be-cyrran

dwolian

(v.)
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Scípa ðá ðe ne duoladon oves quae non erraverunt, Mt. L. 18, 13. On wudum dwolgende, Bl. H. 193, 8. Swylce hwylc man urne þǽr geond dwoliende ac si in eis aliquis erranda discurreret, Gr.

efen

(n.)
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Hé démð rihtne dóm and emne dóm, Wlfst. 253, 20: 254, 9. equal, of like condition Sé ðe conn wel emn bión wið óðre menn, ond hé hine ná bettran ne déð qui scit ceteris aequalitate componi, Past. 113, 23.

feórþa

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Cuóm feórþe healf hund scipa, Chr. 851; P. 64, 16. Wæs xxxiii wintra and þæs feórþan dǽl þæt hé lífes wegas tácnode for 33 years and part of the thirty-fourth he pointed out the ways of life, Bl. H. 129, 16.

ge-blandan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blandan, ge-blandan; pp. ge-blanden, -blonden [In the two instances where the past tense occurs the forms are ge-blond,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 16,
ge-blondan,
    An. 33.
Under blandan is given blénde as apast subjunctive, but this form might be placed as a present (or past) under blendan. v. ge-blendan. Cf. gang as a past tense of gangan.]
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Eów wæs ád inǽled áttre geblouden, Gú. 640. to make turbid, disturb, trouble : — Scír bið gedréfed burna geblonden, Met. 5, 19 : An. 424: Rä. 4, 22. Scúr winde geblanden, Gn.

ge-lǽtan

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Icel. láta til lands, at landi to stand towards land], to stand, shape a course :-- Gelíce þám þe on léfan scipe neáh lande gelǽtaþ (like those that in a crazy vessel shape a course near land, have nearly made the land ), and hit þonne se storm út ádrífeð

teran

(v.)
Grammar
teran, p. tær, pl. tǽron; pp. toren
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Terende weleras mordens labia, Scint. 78, 14. Teorende hine discerpens eum, Mk. Skt. Rush. 9, 26. Mid slítendum ł terendum tóðreómum validis (voracibus) gingivis, Hpt.

fæstan

to fast ⬩ to abstain

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Þá fram middangeardes gyrninge fæstað qui a mundi ambitione jejunant, Scint. 53, 18.

tó-teran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-teran, p. -tær, pl. -tǽron; pp. -toren
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Be góde óþres ná sáriga ðú, for nánes gesun[d]fulnysse ðú sí tótoren de bono alterius non doleas, nullius prosperitate lacereris Scint. 77, 9.

íg

(n.)
Grammar
íg, [Besides íg there seems to be a form íge; m. e. g. on Meldaníge eástewerdne, C. D. v. 303, 2. Of eallum Lindesíge (v. Lindes), Bd. 3, 11; Sch. 237, 10. In insula quae dicitur Seolesíge, C. D. v. 41, 27: 52, 10. Moreover there are instances of íg in the accusative, e. g. Wið-westan hunddes-íg (cf. tó hu[u]ddes-íge, 5), C. D. v. 298, 7. On swannes-íg, vi. 108, I : such forms seem to belong neither to íg; f. nor to íge; m., jó-, ja- stems respectively.]
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The word occurs in place-names Locum qui apud Anglos nuncupatur Ceroteég, id est Cirotis insula,C. D. ii. 122, 27. Hengestes-íg, v. 401, 26. On Beferíge; ðonne on Fyrsíge, 300, 17. On meldaníge . . . tó Ceólesíge, 303, 2-3. Ðis sind ðá landgemǽra tó Gósíge

hoppe

(n.)
Grammar
hoppe, an; f.
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hung from a dog's neck Hryðeres belle and hundes hoppe ǽlc biþ ánes sciłł. weorþ and ǽlc is melda geteald an ox's bell and that on a dog's collar, each is worth a shilling and each is reckoned an informer, L. Edg. H. 8; Th. i. 260, 16.

Linked entry: ge-hopp

tó-ferian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-ferian, p. ede
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settan ðæt ðæt sylfe ðæt wé synd tóferede ná godcundre byþ geteald rihtwísnysse ac gyltes úres quotiens orantes non cito exaudimur, nostra nobis facta in oculis proponamus, ut hoc ipsum quod differimur non divinae reputetur justitiae sed culpe nostre, Scint

þæslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þæslíce, adv.
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Scint. 46, 1 : R. Ben. 70, 21. Hé hlód ða flówendan láre ðe hé eft þæslíce bealcette, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 22. Þæslícor dignius, Germ. 390, 33

þrǽd

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽd, es; m.
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Webb byþ gefylled mid þrǽdum tela consummatur filis, Scint. 216, 2

á-smeágan

to investigate, ⬩ to find out by investigation ⬩ devise

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Ásmeáð requirit, Scint. 42, 16. Ásmeáde exquirit, i. investigat, An. Ox. 2796. Ásmeágian percunctari, Angl. xiii. 366, 11. Sé bið on geþance wísast, sé ðe óðerne can raðost ásmeágean, Wlfst. 55, 22. Ásmeáde exposita i. tractata, An.

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