á-byffan
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To mutter, mumble (v. buff to stammer, D. D. and N. E. D.) Ábyffan muttire Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 62. was of speche hastyf, boffyng, R. Glouc. 414, 14. Cf. bufferes stammerers Wick. Is. 32, 4.]
a-bylgnes
Linked entries: a-blignys æ-bylignes ǽ-bylgness
á-cealdian
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Swá ðæt wearme wlacaþ ǽr hit eallunga ácealdige ita a calore per teporem reditur ad frigus Past. 447, 6. Hé læg ácealdod on nyþeweardum limum, Hml. Th. i. 534, 10. Add:
á-célan
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Substitute: v. trans. To cool, make cool (lit. and fig.) Ácéle ðú wealhát ísen, Lch. ii. 256, 14. Ðæt ic beó ácéled ut refrigerer Ps. L. 38, 14. Ðæs þearfan ne bið þurst ácéled, Met. 7, 17
á-cennedlic
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Ácennedlica nascentia R. Ben. I. 70, 16. Ácennedlicum nativa Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 75. Add
á-cennedness
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Gif gé willað ðone fruman sceaft geþencan, and ðone scippend, and siþþan eówer ǽlces ácennednesse si primordia vestra, auctoremque Deum spectes Bt. 30, 2; F. 110, 18. v. eft-, frum-ácennedness; á-cenness. Add
Linked entry: á-cenness
á-ceócian
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Se deófol gefrédde ðone angel Crístes godcundnysse, þurh ðá hé wæs tó deáðe áceócod, Hml. Th. i. 216, 16. Add
á-ceorfan
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Add: To cut away, cut down a tree Ic of áceorfe abscido, Ælfc. Gr. 172, 2: amputo 277, 7. Wé scylda mid láre anweg áceorfað, Past. 167, 7. Ácearf abscindet Ps. Spl. C. 76, 8. Hé his eáre of ácearf ( amputavit ), Mk. 14, 47. Se engel him ðá cennendan
á-ceósan
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Add: To pick out, elect; á-coren; pp. choice, excellent, select, elect Hié ácuron endlefan þúsend monna, Ors. 2, 5; S. 78, 24. Ðára monna ðe hé him tó fultume hæfde ácoren ( consilii causa legerat ), 6. 2; S. 256, 2. Paulus wæs bodigend and ǽcoren láreów
á-cígan
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Fram deáþes ðrescwalde wæs ácígende mortis limite revocans Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 34. Tó giriord áceigido aron ad coenam vocati sunt Rtl. 70, 37. Add
á-clǽnsian
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Add: to cleanse an object from impurity Hé mid hys worde hreóflan áclǽnsode, Hml. A. 152, 45. Ðá deádan árǽran and áclǽnsian ðá hreóflian, Hml. S. 16, 145. Horwum áfeormad, þearle áclǽnsad sordibus ablutus, Dom. L. 157. Mid ælmesðǽdum áclǽnsode, Hml.
á-clingan
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To wither Áclungne flaccentia, contracta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 22
Linked entry: clingan
á-cnyssan
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Út ácnysed hí synd expulsi sunt, P. Spl. 35, 13. Add
á-cólian
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Add: lit. Ðæt se líg in him sylfum ácólode ( refrigesceret ), Gr. D. 48, 10. Seó hǽto ðæs fýres ácólode, Hml. S. 30, 451. Se ofon ácólode sóna, Shrn. 31, 22. Ðú ðíne fét léte in deáðe ácólian, Angl. xii. 508, 15. Gif wund on men ácólod sý, Lch. i. 194
á-costnian
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To try, prove Ácostnod exercitatus, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 21. Ácos[tnode] probatos, Angl. xiii. 367, 33
Linked entry: costnian
á-cumendlic
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Add: tolerable Ðá sárnyssa on ðyssere worulde oððe hí sind leohte and ácumenlice, oððe hí sind swǽre and hrædlíce ðá sáwle út ádrǽfað, Hml. Th. i. 592, 13. Ús is ácumendlicere eówer gebelh ðonne Godes grama, 96, 5. possible Ácumenlic possibile, R. Ben
á-cunnan
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to accuse Tó ácunnenne ad excusandum, Ps. Srt. 140, 4. Ðæt hí ná ne álýsað (printed -lýf-) ðá hálgan stówe áne fram heora synnum, ac eác hí beóð ácunnen (printed -cum-) ðý swýþor for ðám gylte ðǽre unálýfedlican bælde quatenus eos sacra loca non liberent