nídan
To force ⬩ compel ⬩ urge
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Gif gé gesáwen hwelce mús ðæt wǽre hláford ofer óðre mýs and nídde (Cott. MS. nédde) hié æfter gafole ( exacted tribute from them ), Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 3. Hé nýdde his leorningcnihtas on scyp stígan, Mk. Skt. 6, 45.
BÓSUM
The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior parts ⬩ sinus, gremium, pectus, interna ⬩ sinus
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Án man mihte faran ofer his ríce, mid his bósum full goldes, ungederad a man might go over his kingdom, with his bosom full of gold, unhurt, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 4.
synnig
sinful, wicked ⬩ guilty, culpable
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Sleáþ synnigne ofer seolfes múð, Andr. Kmbl. 2601; An. 1302. Synnig cynn ( the people of Sodom ), Cd. Th. 152, 35; Gen. 2531. Háliges láre synnige ne swulgon, Andr. Kmbl. 1419; An. 710. Beóþ ða syngan flǽsc scandum þurhwaden, Exon.
self
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Ǽgðer ge hié self wéndon ge ealle ðá neáhþeóda ꝥ hié ofer hié ealle mehte anwald habban, 3, 1; S. 96, 6: Bd. pref.; Sch. 4, 12. <b>B.
þæt
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Ðá wæs ymb clxxxviii wintra fram Drihtnes menniscnysse ꝥ Severus cásere ... sé wæs seofonteogeða fram Agusto, ꝥ hé ríce onféng, 1, 5; Sch. 17, 6-11: 1, 4; Sch. 16, 8. 2. add: where the verb in the main clause is passive Ne wæs hé forlǽten ꝥ hé ofer him
weard
a guard, warder, watchman, sentinel ⬩ a guardian, protector, lord
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Hé sette him weardas ofer, Jos. 10, 18: Homl. Skt. i. 11, 210. :--- fig. Geác, sumeres weard, Exon. Th. 309, 8; Seef. 54. Bánhúses weard the mind, Cd.
Linked entries: æftan-weard ǽg-weard fóre-weard
cot-setla
A cottager ⬩ casārius
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On sumon he sceal ǽlce Móndæge ofer geáres fyrst his láforde wyrcan, óðð iii dagas ǽlcre wucan on hærfest: ne þearf he landgafol syllan.
CÍÞ
a CHIT, sprout, germ, sprig, mote ⬩ germen, festuca ⬩ seed ⬩ crementum
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a young shoot of a herb or tree, a CHIT, sprout, germ, sprig, mote; germen, festuca Swá dropan ofer gærsa cíþas quasi stillæ super graminum germina, Deut. 32, 2.
FÚS
Ready ⬩ prepared ⬩ prompt ⬩ quick ⬩ eager ⬩ hastening ⬩ prone ⬩ inclined ⬩ willing ⬩ ready for death ⬩ dying ⬩ promptus ⬩ cĕler ⬩ părātus ⬩ prōnus ⬩ cŭpĭdus ⬩ propĕræ morti devōtus ⬩ mŏrĭbundus
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Gesáwon randwígan segn ofer sweóton, fús on forþweg the warriors saw the sign over the bands, hastening on its onward way, Cd. 148; Th. 185, 27; Exod. 129.
hruse
The earth ⬩ ground
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Wæs hungor ofer hrusan there was a famine upon the earth, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 29; Edg. 55. Hreás on hrusan nalles æfter lyfte lácende hwearf, Beo. Th. 5654; B. 2831. Heofonas ðú wealdest hrusan swylce tui sunt cæli et tua est terra, Ps.
mǽte
Moderate ⬩ mean ⬩ small ⬩ poor ⬩ bad ⬩ inferior
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Ðe mǽtu sprecaþ ofer me qui maligna loquuntur super me, Ps. Spl. T. 34, 30. Biþ seó síþre tíd sǽda gehwylces mǽtræ in mægne (inferior in virtue), Exon. 33a; Th. 105, 2; Gú. 17.
Mirce
The Mercians ⬩ Mercia
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Hé fór ofer Mierce on Norþ-Walas, 853; Erl. 68, 10. Innan Mierce (Myrce, MS. E.) tó Snotengahám, 868; Erl. 72, 21, Of Wesseaxum on Merce, 853; Erl. 68, 22
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seld
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God siteþ ofer seld hálig his, Ps. Surt. 46, 9 : 9, 8. Ealdormenn sǽton on seldum, Ps. Th. 118, 23. Hí on seldon sǽton æt dómum, 121, 5. a seat, residence, mansion, hall Scyppendes seld, Salm. Kmbl. 160 ; Sal. 79.
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sceran
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to cut, shear Ðonne sweord swín ofer helme scireþ, Beo. Th. 3579; B. 1287. Hæleþ higerófe linde heówon, scildburh scǽron, Judth. Thw. 26, 2; Jud. 305. Lǽtaþ íren ecgheard ealdorgeard sceoran, Andr. Kmbl. 2364; An. 1183.
un-friþ
absence of peace ⬩ hostilities ⬩ the state of being out of the king's peace
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Hér áspón Æðelwald ðone here tó unfriðe, ðæt hié hergodon ofer Mercna land in this year Ethelwold enticed the Danes to hostilities, so that they went across Mercia harrying, 905; Erl. 98, 14.
æþeling
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Se cyng ( Ethelred) sende Ælfún ƀ mid þám æþelinge (-um, v. l. ) Eádwarde and Ælfréde ofer sé, 1013; P. 144, 15. Hé gean Ælfriðæ ðæs cyningæs wífæ ðæs landæs ... and ðám yldran æðælingæ, ðæs cyngæs suna and hiræ, ... ánæs swurdæs, C.
cild
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Ofer hiora dei, wífes and cilda, C. D. i. 316, 16. Of cilda (cildra, R., infantium ) múeð, Mt. 21, 16: Bl. H. 71, 17. Hé ealra ðǽra cildra plegan gestilde, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 17. Ic Eádwine munek, cildre meistre, Cht. Th. 321, 26.
hege
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Gewunode án þeóf ꝥ hé stáh ofer þone hege fur consueverat fer sepem ascendere, Gr. D. 23, 24. Hé stáh upp on þone hege ascendit sepem, 24, 21. Hyrdel, hege cratem, i. flecta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 51. Hegas crates, 105, 49: 15, 47.
scínan
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</b> of that which appears clearly :-- Ðæt feax gréwð and scínð ofer ðǽm brægene capilli super cerebrum oriuntur, Past. 139, 18. Hí hine hetelíce swungon oð þæt ðá bán scinon, Hml.