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tówendan

(v.)
Grammar
tówendan, p. de

To overthrowupsetsubvertoverturnto overthrowdemolishto overthrowdestroyto destroy by changingto repeal a lawabrogateabolishoverthrowdestroy

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Skt. i. 22, 158. where the object is of great extent, to overthrow, destroy God ealne ðone eard tówende Dominus subvertit omnem regionem, Gen. 19, 25. Ðá tówænde se cyning heora winsuman burh, Homl. Ass. 102, 8. Hí tówendon ðæt tempel, 68, 83.

CROP

(n.)
Grammar
CROP, cropp, es; m.

a sprout or top of a herb, flower, berry, an ear of corn, a bunch of berries or blooms, cluster cymathyrsusspica, corymbusracermus, uvathe CROP or craw of a bird vesicula gutturisa kidney rien

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a sprout or top of a herb, flower, berry, an ear of corn, a bunch of berries or blooms, cluster; cyma= κῦμα thyrsus = θύρσος spica, corymbus = κόρυμβος racermus, uva Crop cyma Ælfc. Gl. 60; Som. 68, 18; Wrt. Voc. 39, 4.

Linked entry: croppa

arctos

(n.)
Grammar
arctos, acc. arcton; f. [ἄρκτος, m. f. a bear; ἄρκτος, f. the constellation Ursa Major, called also ἅμαξα, carles wǽn the churl's wain: the bright star in Boötes is denominated by ancient astronomers and poets Ἀρκτοῦρος, the bear-ward].

The constellation Ursa Major

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It never goes down under this earth, as the other constellations do, but one while it turns down and another while up, over day and over night, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 16, 3-7; Lchdm. iii. 270, 9-15

Linked entries: carles wǽn Boéties

twi-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-sprǽce, adj.
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Gehega ðíne eáran mid þornigum hege, ðæt ðú ne gehýre lustum móde ðæra twysprǽcena word, Wulfst. 246, 10

wáwa

(n.)
Grammar
wáwa, an ; m.

Woe misery

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Ðæt gé swá earme eów sylfe fordóþ on wíton and on wáwon, 23, 186. Hí gesáwon ða mænigfealdon wáwan ðe Cristes ða gecorenan þoledon, 23, 124

Linked entry: weá

sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
sceaft, es; m. : e, f.

creation,origina creation, what is created, a creature

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Swilc safte (the tabernacle) was ear neuere on werlde brogt, Gen. and Ex. 3628. For be a man faire or foule 'it falleth nouȝte for to lakke þe shappe ne þe shafte' þat God shope hymselue, Piers P. B. 11, 387

gár-secg

(n.)
Grammar
gár-secg, -sæcg, es; m. [gár a spear, secg man] .

a spear-manthe oceanhŏmo jăcŭlo armātusoceănusa seamăre

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adduntur, l. xliii : c. iii Úre yldran ealne ðysne ymbhwyrft ðyses middangeardes, cwæþ Orosius, swá swá Oceanus ymbligeþ útan, ðone man gársecg háteþ, on þreó todǽldon our forefathers, said Orosius, divided into three parts, all the globe of this mid-earth

Linked entry: secg

from-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
from-cyn, -cynn, es; n.

a from-kinoffspringprogenyposterityprōgĕniesprōlesthe race from which one springsancestryorigingĕnusŏrigo

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Fyllaþ eówre fromcynne foldan sceátas fill the regions of the earth with your offspring, Cd. 75; Th. 92, 25; Gen. 1534: 100; Th. 133, 1; Gen. 2204. the race from which one springs, ancestry, origin; gĕnus, ŏrigo Fród wæs mín fromcynn my ancestry was

ge-útian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-útian, p. ode; pp. od

To ejectbanishalienateejĭcĕreexpellĕre

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To eject, banish, alienate ; ejĭcĕre, expellĕre Se cyng hine geútode of earde the king banished him from the country, Chr. 1002; Erl. 137, 29. Wæs Óslác geútod of Angelcynne Oslac was banished from England, 975; Erl. 127, 8.

Linked entry: útian

GLÍDAN

(v.)
Grammar
GLÍDAN, he glídeþ, glít; p. glád, pl. glidon; pp. gliden

To GLIDEslipslidelabi

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Heofenes gim glád ofer grundas heaven's gem had glided over the earth, Beo. Th. 4152; B. 2073: Homl. Th. i. 78, 23: Exon. 94 a; Th. 353, 15; Reim. 13: Andr. Kmbl. 741; An. 371: Chr. 937; hrl. 112, 15; Æðelst. 15: Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 37.

Linked entry: ge-glídan

tucian

(v.)
Grammar
tucian, (or túcian ?; in Piers P. (v. infra) touked occurs, but the form of the noun is tokkere as well as touker, Prol. 100 A-text, and Halliwell gives tucker = fuller as a western word); p. ode
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To treat ill, to afflict, harass, vex Unrihtwíse cyningas ðe ðis wérige folc wyrst tuciaþ (quos miseri torvos populi timent tyrannos; ða unrihtwísan cyningas . . . ðe ðis earme folc heardost ondrǽt, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 26-29), Met. 24, 60.

Linked entry: ge-tucian

ge-ceápian

(v.)
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Hæfde seó earme wudewe mid ánum feórðlinge þæt éce líf geceápod, Hml. Th. i. 582, 21. Þǽr is máðma hord grimme gecea[po]d ( purchased with Beowulf's life ), B. 3012

hínþ

Grammar
hínþ, hínþu, hínþo.

miserypovertyhurtinjurydestruction

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., and add: misery, poverty Sume beóþ wídcúþe on heora gebyrdum, ac hi beóþ mid wǽdle and mid hénþe (hǽnþe, v. l.) ofþrycte, ꝥ him wǽre leófre ꝥ hí wǽran unæþele þonne swá earme hunc nobilitas notum facit, sed angustia rei familiaris inclusus esse mallei

Linked entry: hýnþ

a-rédian

(v.)
Grammar
a-rédian, p. ode; pp. od, ad

To make readyprovidefurnishexecutefindto find the way to any placereachpararepræparareexsequiinvenirepervenire aliquo

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Ðú eart cumen innon ða ceastre, ðe ðú ǽr ne mihtest arédian thou art come into the city, which thou couldest not reach before, 35, 3 ; Fox 158, 11

Linked entries: a-rédad a-rédod

un-rót

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rót, adj.

sadsorrowfultroubledgloomydispleasedharshangry

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Geómormód, earg and unrót, eallum bidǽled dugeþum and dreámum, 86, 14; Cri. 1408. Hwæðer ðú ǽfre áuht unrót wǽre ðá ðá ðú gesǽlgost wǽre inter illas abundantissimas opes numquam ne animum tuum concepta ex qualibet injuria confudit anxietas?

Linked entries: rót un-rétu

ge-sib

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Ne eart þú þon leófra méder ne fæder, ne nǽnigum gesybban (naǽngum gesibbra, v.l.), þonne se swearta hrefn, Seel. 54. Hé bebeád ꝥ ǽlc mǽgþ ymbe geáres ryne tógædere cóme þæt ǽlc man þý gearor wiste hwǽr hé gesibbe hæfde, Ors. 5, 14; S. 248, 17

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, p. ge-teóde.
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Earm bið sé þe sceal ána lifgan, wineleás wunian, hafað him wyrd geteód, Gn.

weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, es; m.

a guard, warder, watchman, sentinel a guardian, protector, lord

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Ðú (Nebuchadnezzar) hæleðum eart ána eallum eorðbúendum weard and wísa, 251, 19; Dan. 566. Engla weard ( Lucifer ), 2, 20; Gen. 22. Cyning, beáhhorda weard, Beo. Th. 1847; B. 921. Ríces weard, 2784; B. 1390. Folces weard, 5019; B. 2513.

DRÍFAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRÍFAN, drýfan,ic drífe , ðú drífest , drífst , he drífeþ , drífþ , dríft , pl. drífaþ; p. ic, he dráf, ðú drife, pl. drifon, dreofon; pp. drifen .

DRIVE, force, pursue pellĕre, mināre, impellĕre, persĕqui To drive, rush with violence ruĕre

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Abraham dráf dreorig-mód tú of earde Abraham drove the two sad of mind from his dwelling, Cd. 134; Th. 169, 23; Gen. 2804. Ne eart ðú se sylfa God, ðe us swá drife nonne tu, Deus, qui repŭlisti nos? Ps. Th. 59, 9.

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m. . I. the word, which is almost confined to poetry, may be rendered by words denoting the surface of the ground taken in their most general sense,
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II. the earth, the surface of the earth :-- Ic (creation) eorþan eom ǽghwǽr brǽdre, and wídgelra ðonne ðes wong gréna (cf. O. Sax. gróni wang the earth ), Exon. Th. 426, 34; Rä. 4I, 83. Cýþan werum on wonge, 414, 2; Rä. 32, 14: 439, 11; Rä. 59, 2.

Linked entries: ge-wenge wencge wenge