lácan
to swing ⬩ wave about ⬩ to play ⬩ fight ⬩ to play
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Met. Fox 28, 44; Met. 28, 22. Leólc on lyfte he took his flight through the air [of the lost angel who was to tempt Adam ], Cd. 23; Th. 29, 10; Gen. 448: Exon. 114 a; Th. 438, 15; Rä. 57, 8.
ge-reccan
to put forth, shew, relate, express, denote, explain, interpret, translate ⬩ exponere, demonstrare, narrare, referre, disserere, exprimere, interpretari, reddere ⬩ to set forth, extend, direct, order, rule, control, reprove, correct, subdue, reduce to subjection ⬩ exponere, extendere, dirigere, regere, corripere, corrigere, subigere, sub imperium redigere
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Met. Fox 11, 197; Met. 11, 99. Me sóþfæst symble gerecce and mildheorte móde þreáge corripiet me justus in misericordia et increpabit me, Ps. Th. 140, 7: Exon. 66 b; Th. 247, 4; Jul. 73.
Linked entry: ge-hræcan
yþ
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Stunede sió brúne ýð wið óðre, Met. 26, 30. Wédende ýða frementes fluctus, Hpt. Gl. 464, 74. Ýða flustra, 478, 57. Swá swá ýþa for winde ða sǽ hréraþ, Bt. 39, 1; Fox 210, 25: Met. 27, 3: Cd. Th. 83, 25; Gen. 1385: Ps. Th. 77, 53: Exon.
feorh
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Ic cweþe tó eów ꝥ gé ne sorgige eówrum fere (animae) hwæt gé etan . . . ah nis máre ꝥ ferh (anima) þonne se mete?, Mt. R. 6, 25. On earfoþum þǽr wé úres feores ne wénaþ, Bl. H. 51, 28.
ge-brocian
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Th. 28, arg. þéh þe hié swíðe gebrocode wǽren on hiora licgendan feó cum pudenda penuria esset aerarii, Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 17. þone mete dǽle man swá gebrocedum mannum þe swá fæstan ne magon let the food be distributed to men so afflicted with infirmity
Linked entry: brócian
fæt
A thin plate of metal, gold-leaf, ornament ⬩ lāmĭna, bractea
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A thin plate of metal, gold-leaf, ornament; lāmĭna, bractea Sceal se hearda helm, hyrsted golde, fætum, befeallen the hard helmet, adorned with gold, with ornaments, shall be fallen off, Beo. Th. 4504, note; B. 2256.
ge-wérgian
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Geþanc metta on ídelnysse gewéregud ( lassata ) ne forspilð gebedes streacðe, Scint. 50, 11
un-gesewenlíc
Invisible
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Mid ðære gewilnunge ðara ungesewenlícra ðinga, Past. 16; Swt. 98, 3: Bt. 21; Fox 72, 30: Met. 11, 5. Wið mínum wiþerwinnam gesewenlícum and ungesewenlícum, Bt. 42; Fox 260, 11. Hé offrige ða ungeswenlícan lác, Homl. Th. i. 584, 3
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ymb-standan
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Hí bióþ úton ymbstandene (printed -standende, but see útan ymbestandne, Met. 25, 7) mid miclon geférscipe hiora þegna septos tristibus armis Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 4
deáþ-lic
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H. 197, 16. mortal, grievous Underlútan ꝥ deáþlice geoc ( mortale jugunt; cf. þæt swǽre gioc, Met. 10, 20), Bt. 19; F. 68, 27. dead Hrǽwas oððe ðá deáþlican morticina, Ps. L. 78, 2
of-dæle
A downward slope, descent, incline ⬩ at ibdaljin this fairgunjis ad descensum montis ⬩ downwards.
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Sió sunne scýft on ofdæle the sun descends, Met. 13, 58
on-uppan
upon, on ⬩ besides, over and above
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Th. ii. 292, 4. besides, over and above Hé hét ácwellan ða rícostan witan, and onuppan ágenne bróðor and his módor ofbeátan, Met. 9, 28
Linked entry: uppan
seowian
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Met. 8, 24. Byrne, searonet seowed smiþes orþancum, Beo. Th. 816; B. 406. Golde siowode segmentata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 49
steór-leás
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-Þeáh hió (the earth) unwísum wídgel þince, on stede stronglíc steórleásum men, Met. 10, 11. without rule, not living under rule:?-Gif bescoren man steórleás (not living under the rule of any religious house) gange him on gestlíðnesse, L.
Thráceas
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The Thracians Ðrácia cyning, Met. 26, 22, 59, 7. Dorus Thrácea cyning, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 152, 3. In other passages Latin forms occur, Traci, Thraci :-- Be westan ðære byrig sindon Traci, 1, 1; Swt. 22, 8.
for-teón
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Þá men ... fnǽstiað swíþe, beóþ fortogene, Lch. ii. 242, 7. to pull in the way of, obscure, cover up; obducere Þæs líchoman hefignes mid gedwolmiste fortíhð mód foran monna gehwelces, ꝥ hit beorhte ne mót blícan, Met. 22, 34.
hunta
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Deáð æfter moncynne, egeslic hunta, á bið on waðe, Met. 27, 13. Of huntan gríne losian, Ps. Th. 123, 6. Tó huntan wícan, C. D. iii. 219, 9. Ðis is ðára .iii. hída landbóc . . . ðe Æðelréd cing gebócode Leófwine his huntan, 230, 25.
wæcnan
To waken ⬩ arise ⬩ spring
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Thai wakned Crist, Met. Homl. 134, 9
Linked entry: a-wacnian
wealwian
To fade, wither ⬩ wallow = to fade away
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To fade, wither (Halliwell gives wallow = to fade away, as a Somerset word) Hæfð se Ælmihtiga ðæt gewrixle geset, ðe nú wunian sceal, wyrta grówan, leáf grénian, ðæt on hærfest eft hrést and wealuwaþ (cf. fealwaþ, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 23), Met. 11, 58.
Linked entries: walwian wealowigan wealowigan
on-sagu
A charge brought against a person, accusation
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A charge brought against a person, accusation Á biþ andsæc swíðere ðonne onsagu, i.e. in a case where a charge is brought against a person, and it is met with a denial attested by the proper legal formalities, the case against him fails, L.
Linked entry: sagu