metan
to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ to measure out ⬩ mark off ⬩ assign the bounds of a place ⬩ to measure by paces ⬩ to traverse ⬩ pass over ⬩ to measure one thing by or with another ⬩ to compare
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Hwílum mid folmum [hé] mæt weán and wítu, Cd. 229; Th. 309, 22; Sat. 714. to measure out, mark off, assign the bounds of a place Se geleáfa and seó lulu mǽton ðone stede hwǽr hió drihtnes tempel rǽran woldan, Prud. 80.
for-wiernan
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L. 30, 27. (1 b) with dat. of person only to refuse to give Hé heóld his ǽhta him tó weán, and forwyrnde (-on, MS.) þám Drihtnes þearfum ... ꝥ to refuse admittance Hé slóg on þæs húses duru and heó him ne forwyrnde, ac heó hié ontýnde, Bl.
líhtan
To shine ⬩ lighten
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Wedercondel (the sun) wearm weorodum lýhteþ, 58 b; Th. 210, 18; Ph. 187. Ne hér dæg lýhteþ day shines not here, Cd. 215; Th. 271, 14; Sat. 105. Líhte auroresceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 54. Ðá dæg lýhte at dawn, 180; Th. 225, 23; Dan. 158: Andr.
reáfere
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Ueriatus wæs micel þeófmon and on ðære stalunge hé wearð reáfere Viriathus latro, primum infestando vias, deinde vastando provincias, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 216, 8.
ge-bletsian
To bless ⬩ consecrate ⬩ benedīcĕre ⬩ consecrāre
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Gebletsode Romulus mid his bróðor blóde ðone weall Romulus blessed [consecrated] the wall [of Rome] with his brother's blood, Ors. 2, 2; Bos. 41, 5.
steort
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Of ðæm weall tó steorte, 464, 25. Be gemǽre ðæt on ðone steort; of ðam steort on ða strǽt, 438, 22. Oð ðone steort; fram ðam steorte andlang ðæs fúlan bróces, ii. 250, 22. Cf. Penwiht-steort the Land's End, Chr. 997; Erl. 135. 10
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un-þearf
Disadvantage ⬩ hurt ⬩ harm ⬩ detriment
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Hé gegaderode his folc tó ðæs cynges unþearfe, ac hé wæs gelet (hé gaderode his folc þan cyngce tó unþearfe hé þóhte, ac hit wearð heora seolfan tó mycclan hearme, MS. D.), Chr. 1075; Erl. 213, 27.
wrenc
a trick ⬩ artifice ⬩ wile ⬩ stratagem ⬩ a stratagem ⬩ a modulation of the voice
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Tó fela manna wearð mid þyllícan wrencan þurh deofol forlǽred, Wulfst. 54, 12. Tógeánes ðæs deófles wrencum, 198, 12.
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fót-lǽst
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Ǽlc þǽra stæpa and fótlǽsta þe wé tó cyricean weard gestæppað, Wlfst. 302, 26. the sole of the foot, the foot Sóna swá hí gesetton heora fótlǽst on þǽre eá ófre as soon as they set foot on the bank of the river; ingressis sacerdotibus Jordanen etpedibus
ge-wítnian
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Gode ic hæbbe ábolgen; for þon ic þus bittre wearð gewítnad, Hy. 4, 79. Þá þe gewítnode beóð for hiora scyldum, Ps. Th. 44, 16: Bt. 39, 11; F. 230, 6. <b>I b.</b> </b> with noun Wommum gewítnad, B. 3073.
hoh-full
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Hé ðá swíðe hohful wearð and feól tó his fótum flówendum teárum (cf. provolutus ejus pedibus fusis cum gemitu lacrimis. Vit. Cuth. c. 28), Hml. Th. ii. 152, 10. Nelle þú leng beón hohful be þínre déhter. Hml.
wiþ
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Ors. 6, 33; S. 288, 14. (14) add :-- Hé wearð gebolgen mid mycelre hátheortnysse wið þone ǽfæstan wer, Gr. D. 20, 22. (. 15) add :-- Be Libertines geþylde þe hé hæfde wið his abbod, Gr.
flówan
to pass away ⬩ be transitory ⬩ to issue ⬩ to flow ⬩ to be flooded ⬩ to flow ⬩ to abound
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S. 3, 626. to be or become fluid Weax þe fleúwð ł melteþ caera quae fluit, Ps. L. 57, 9. Flýwð, 67, 3. fig.: Þæt deáde flǽsc rotað leahtorlíce, þonne se deádlica líchama ðeówað þǽre flówendan (fluid, and so capable of rotting ?)
fisc-noþ
fishing ⬩ a fishing-ground ⬩ a catch
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Wearp þá út his net, and þǽr wearð oninnan án ormǽte leax, Hml. S. 31, 1273. Ne bærst heora net on ðisum fixnoðe . . .; and þes fixnoð getácnað þá hálgan gelaðunge, ꝥ is eall crísten folc . . .
be-swícan
to decoy ⬩ ensnare ⬩ beguile ⬩ to betray ⬩ to defraud ⬩ supplant ⬩ to circumvent ⬩ to seduce ⬩ mislead
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Cnut gewende him út, and wearð þet earme folc þus beswican þurh hine, 1014; P. 145, 22
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ge-yppan
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Hit þurh ǽnne þeówne mon geypped wearð existente quadam ancilla indice Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 31. Eall heora sprǽc wearð geypped and gewýdmærsod, Nic. 8, 25
lyft
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Add: I. air as one of the four elements Sié eorþe is drýge and ceald, and ꝥ wæter wǽt and ceald; sié lyft . . . is ǽgðer ge ceald ge wǽt, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 35. ꝥ lyft ys wǽt and wearm. . . fýr býð wearm and drigge. . . eorðe ys ceald and drigge . .
síd
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Kmbl. 1304; An. 652. figuratively, far-reaching, large Geþol*-*ode wine Scyldinga weána gehwylcne, sídra sorga, Beo. Th. 300; B. 149. Ic worn hæbbe sídra sorga gehýred, Exon. Th. 11, 13; Cri. 170.
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á-hebban
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Wearð hreám áhafen, 106. <b>B.</b> as a weak verb. v. a-hefan in Dict., and cf. á-hefednes :-- Heó hire heáfod of ðǽre mýsan áhefde, Hml. Th. ii. 184, 4. Þá áhefde Moyses his handa on gebedum, Hml. S. 13, 14, 19.
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sefa
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Weá biþ in móde, siofa synnum fáh, Frag. Kmbl. 28 ; Leás. 16. Módcræfte séc þurh sefan snyttro, Exon. Th. 28, 5 ; Cri. 442. Sécan sefan ge*-*hygdum, Cd. Th. 219, 4 ; Dan. 49. Sefan sídne geþanc, 249, 26 ; Dan. 536. Sefan (seofan, MS.