spann
A span ⬩ cubitus ⬩ a span
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Wæs se líchoma sponne lengra ðære ðrýh invenerunt corpus mensura palmi longius esse sarcofago, Bd. 4, 11; S. 580, 5
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be-helian
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Ðæt mód mid ðǽre beheleð his fét, Past. 241, 20. Heofon behelað eal ðæt him beufan bið, Sal. K. p. 178, 9. Moyses behelede ðá bierhto his ondwlitan, Past. 459, 19. ꝥ Þá heortan æt þínum burhgeatum behele (-a, v. l. ), Lch. i. 328, 24.
of-teón
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Ðonne him micles oftogen bið si multa sibi subtrahit, Past. 325, 15. add: with same government as Gif hié feoh habbað and his ðonne him oftióð . . . hié oftióð ðǽre láre ðǽm synfullum bróðrum, Past. 377, 2-5.
telg
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Th. 357, 2; Pa. 22
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ge-fýsan
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Beornþreút monig farað ofestum gefýsde many a man marches on, hastening and hurrying, Pa. 52. Swá lagu tóglídeð, flódas gefýsde ( wind-driven waves ), El. 1270
fóre-weard
FORWARD ⬩ fore ⬩ former ⬩ early ⬩ prōnus ⬩ antĕrior ⬩ prior
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Hit wæs fóreweard middæg it was the fore [part of] midday; hōra sĕcunda diei, Bd. 4, 32; S. 612, 5. Wæs fóreweard niht it was the early [part of] night; prīma hōra noctis, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 19.
óþ-fæstan
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Ðæt hié síen tó liornunga óþfæste, Past. pref. ; Swt. 7, 12. II. to inflict, impose (pain, punishment.
sceár
A pair of shears or scissors;
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A pair of shears or scissors; but the word is generally used in the plural (dual?) as the modern shears, scissors Scér forfex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36,65. Scéroro, scérero forices, Txts. 60, 401. ísern*-*scéruru forfex, 65, 903. Sceára forfex, Wrt.
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tó-sceacan
to shake to pieces, ⬩ shake violently, ⬩ to disturb ⬩ to shake off, ⬩ drive away, ⬩ disperse
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Wynde may the plantes bigge toshake, Pall. 52, 240. The word is used also intransitively: All þe worlde shall toshake, Anglia iii. 546, 156
norþe-weard
Northward ⬩ north
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Ðonne is tóemnes ðæm lande súþeweardum Sweóland, óþ ðæt land norþeweard; and tóemnes ðæm lande norþeweardum Cwéna land alongside the south of the country (Norway), up to its northern part, lies Sweden; and alongside its northern part the country of the
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tilian
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Past. 449, 24. Tilian wé georne ꝥ wé þonne gemétte synd on gódum weorcum, Verc. Först. 130, 6
yfel
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Hí him ondrǽden ðá écan yflu, Past. 393, 29
a-yrnan
To run over ⬩ to pass or go over ⬩ pass ⬩ go ⬩ præterire ⬩ decurrere
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To run over, to pass or go over, pass, go ; præterire, decurrere To náhte híg becumaþ swá swá a-yrnende wæter ad nihilum devenient tamquam aqua decurrens, Ps. Lamb. 57, 8.
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un-nytlíce
uselessly ⬩ vainly ⬩ to no purpose ⬩ to ill purpose
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Ðý læs hié unnytlíce forweorpen ðæt ðæt hié sellen for hira hrædhýdignesse ne praecipitatione hoc, quod tribuunt, inutiliter spargant, Past. 44; Swt. 321, 17: 15; Swt. 95, 24.
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eówan
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Eóweð (-að, v. l.) hé útan eádmódnesse, Past. 313, 2. Ðæt ðæt hé útan eówað (iówað, v. l.), 55, 13. Eáuað ostendit, Lk. L. 3, 7. Hé eówode þǽm hundum þone hláf, Bl. H. 181, 22.
for-lǽran
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Hé (the devil) tiolode menn forlǽran, Past. 233, 22. Add
óleccung
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Add Ðæt hé náuðer ne nánum men ne ólicce, ne hé nánes monnes óleccunga ne réce, Past. 383, 12
oþ-wítan
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D. 129, 24. with charge only Ðæt ilce oðwát Dryhten, ðá hé cwæð, Past. 89, 16
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á-sláwian
to become dull of hearing ⬩ to become torpid ⬩ sluggish ⬩ inert
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Ox. 18b, 64. physical, to become dull of hearing Ðá eáran ásláwiað þá þe ǽr wǽron swifte tó gehýrenne, Wlfst. 148, of conduct, to become torpid, sluggish, inert Swá ðeáh hé ásláwað quamvis torpescat, Past. 282, 7.
ge-frédan
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Past. 139, 16-20. of the sense of easte Ðý lǽs hé ðá bieternesse ðǽre wyrte gefréde, Past. 303, 15. to be sensible of a state or condition Hé swilces nán þing ofer ꝥ on him sylfum ne gefrédde (ongæt, v.l. ), Gr. D. 102, 4.