a-sundrian
To put asunder ⬩ to sunder ⬩ separate ⬩ disjoin ⬩ sever ⬩ separare
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To put asunder, to sunder, separate, disjoin, sever; separare Se deáþ asundraþ líc and sáwle death separates body and soul, Exon. 98 a ; Th. 367, 7 ; Seel. 4 : 50 a ; Th. 172, 27; Gú. 1150. Asundrod fram synnum separated from sins, Elen. Kmbl. 2615;
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be-hweorfan
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Substitute: to attend to, see to the good condition of Gif hé wáccor hý behwyrfð, þonne ꝥ hé him tó ágenum teleð, Ll. Th. i. 272, II. Þá leóhtfatu þe hé behwearf lam-pades quas reficiebat, Gr. D. 46, 31. Þæt manna gehwylc his ágen hús wel behweorfe,
on-þræc
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Þá ofseáh hé ðá hǽðenan ferian án líc tó eorðan mid anþræcum gehlýde, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 17. Scuton hí intó ðǽm anðræcum cyle prosiliebant in medium rigoris infesti, 350, 11. Seó dene wæs weallende mid anðræcum lígum, on ánre sídan (cf. unum latus flammis
sam-wist
A living together, cohabitation, matrimony
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A living together, cohabitation, matrimony Samwist jugalitas, Hpt. Gl. 438, 63. Samwiste matrimonii, 481, 36: copulae, connubii, 485, 57: copulae, 508, 75. Samwiste contubernium, 511, 76. Ne ceara ðú (Hagar ) fleáme dǽlan somwist incre, Cd. Th. 137,
wæl-wulf
a war-wolf, one who is as fierce to slay as is a wolf ⬩ a fierce cannibal, one who preys on the dead like the wolf
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as an epithet of a warrior, a war-wolf, one who is as fierce to slay as is a wolf Wódon wælwulfas, wícinga werod, Byrht. Th. 134, 38; By. 96. as an epithet of a cannibal, a fierce cannibal, one who preys on the dead like the wolf Wælwulfas bánhringas
be-sittan
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Besitt obsidet, Scint. 148, 12. Ðá hellican gástas besittað þæs mannes forðsíð, Hml. Th. i. 410, 3. Þá þe ꝥ líc besǽton, Hml. S. 10, 59. Þá hǽþenan hæfdon hí besetene, 25, 391. [Goth. bi-sitan: O. Frs. bi-sitta to possess: O. Sax. bi-sittian to besiege
geador
Together ⬩ altogether ⬩ ūna ⬩ sĭmul
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Together, altogether; ūna, sĭmul Þenden gǽst and líc geador síðedan while soul and body journeyed together, Exon. 76 a; Th. 285, 15; Jul. 714 : Bt. Met. Fox 13, 98; Met. 13, 49 : Salm. Kmbl. 899; Sal. 449. Gecyre ic ætsomne S. R. geador I turn at once
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hwelian
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To turn to matter; in pus converti Ðanon se andiga hwelaþ inde invidus contabescit, Lchdm. iii. 365, col. 1. Gif ðæt líc heard sí útan lege on ðane lǽcedom ðe ðæt heard forði hwelige and ðæt yfel út teó if the body be hard on the outside apply such leechdom
ge-reáfian
To rob, steal, spoil
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To rob, steal, spoil Gereófage diripere, Mk. Skt. Lind. 3, 27. Secgaþ ðæt his ðegnas gereáfodan his líc on us and forstǽlan say that his disciples robbed his body from us and stole it away, Blickl. Homl. 177, 29. Gereáfydon diripiebant, Ps. Spl. C. 43
þeów-weorc
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Servile work, work to be done by a slave Gif hwá freót forwyrce ... sý hé ðæs þeówweorces wyrðe ðe ðǽr tó gebyrige if any on forfeit his freedom ... let him have such servile work assigned him as pertains thereto, L. Ed. 9; Th. i. 164, 12. Gif esne ofer
þorf-fæst
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Useful Ne on eorðo ne in feltúne ł on mixenne ðor[f]fæst is neque in terram neque in sterculinium utile est, Lk. Skt. Rush. Lind. 14, 35. Ðor[f]fæst utilis, Rtl. 192, 7. Sié ðor[f]fæsta ús prosint nobis, 91, 27. [Cf. All þatt hemm wass purrfe, Orm. 9628
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ge-wilnigendlic
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Add: desirable All gewilnien[d]lic omne desiderabile, Kent. Gl. 238. Gewilniendlic goldhord thesaurus desiderabilis, 791. Gewilnigendlic, Hml. Th. i. 116, 34. Gewilniendlice ofor gold desiderabilia super aurum, Ps. L. 18, 11. concupiscent, libidinous
Æ
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airy, as appears from these cognate words Wæl wail, brædan to braid, nægel a nail, dæg, spær, læt, snæce, mæst, æsp, bær, etc. The short or unaccented æ stands only before a single consonant; as Stæf, hwæl, dæg: a single consonant followed by e in nouns
molsnian
To moulder ⬩ become corrupt ⬩ decay
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To moulder, become corrupt, decay Sóna hé molsnaþ and wyrþ tó ðære ilcan eorþan ðe hé ǽr of gesceapen wæs soon it (the body) suffers corruption, and turns to the same earth from which before it was made, Blickl. Homl. 21, 28. Ðonne hit (húsl) molsnaþ
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beorg
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Add: a hill Dún mons, hyll oððe beorh collis, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 43. Beorh ufeweard monticellus, 54, 7. Þa dúna dreósað and beorga hliða myltað montes ruent, collesque liquescent, Dóm. L. 101. an artificial mound Beorh agger, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 43, 15: tumulus
bær
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Bær without clothes, Rä. 32, 22. Bare (nudam) róde bar (mudus) folgaþ, Scint. 218, 15. Hé læg on þǽre baran flóra, Hml. S. 31, 853. Wísdóm geseón bærne, Shrn. 186, 30. Hine lyst bet cyssan óðerne on bær líc þonne þér þǽr cláðas betweónan beóð, 185, 31
CYRTEL
KIRTLE, vest, garment, frock; coat ⬩ palla, tunica
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KIRTLE, vest, garment, frock; coat; palla, tunica Cyrtel vel oferbrǽdels palla, Ælfc. Gl. 4; Som. 55, 86; Wrt. Voc. 16, 56. Ic gean sancte Æðelþryþe ánes wullenan cyrtles [kyrtles MS.] I give to saint Æthelthryth one woollen kirtle, Cod. Dipl. 782; A
Acsan mynster
AXMINSTER in Devonshire ⬩ hodie Axminster, in agro Devoniensi
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AXMINSTER in Devonshire; hodie Axminster, in agro Devoniensi; ita dictum quod situm est ad ripam fluminis Axi Se Cynewulf rícsode xxxi wintra, and his líc líþ æt Wintan ceastre, and ðæs æðelinges æt Ascan [Acsan, Gib. 59, 3; Ing. 71, 28] mynster Cynewulf
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bismer-nes
disgrace ⬩ pollution ⬩ reproach ⬩ insult ⬩ contemptibleness ⬩ pitifulness
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Substitute: disgrace, pollution Seó bysmernes (besmitenes, v. l.) inquinatio, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 95, 13. [Lendenu] mín gefyllede synd on bysmyrnyssum, and nis hǽlo on flǽsce míne, Ps. Spl. C. 37, 7. reproach, insult God wolde ðá bysmernyssa úra feónda
seld-hwanne
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Seldom, rarely Oft ðonne ðæt mód ðæs fæst*-*endan biþ mid ðý irre ofseten, ðonne cymþ sió blis seldhwanne, swelce hió sié elþeódig, Past. 43, 6 ; Swt. 313, 24. Ðeáh seldhwænne leáf geseald sié tó sprecenne quamvis rara loquendi concedatur licentia,
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