swǽr
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<b>V a</b>. inactive from weakness, enfeebled, weak :-- Mé is mín gást swǽr geworden defecit spiritus meus, Ps. Th. 142, 7. <b>V b</b>. of sleep, heavy :-- Swá fram slǽpe hwylc swǽrum áríse, Ps. Th. 72, 15.
Linked entry: swár
strǽl
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Ðá sóna mid ðan ðe se strǽl on flyge wæs, ðá com swíðe mycel windes blǽd, ðæt seó strǽl wearð eft gecyrred, and ðá ðone ilcan mon, ðe heó ǽr from sended wæs, hé sceát, Blickl. Homl. 199, 17-23.
Linked entry: streál
styrung
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exercise, practice :-- Sió wiþerweardnes biþ wæru áscerred mid ðære styringe hire ágenre frécennesse adversam fortunam videas ipsius adversitatis exercitatione prudentem, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 6. of violent movement, literal, disturbance, agitation, commotion Wearð
súpan
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Seóð on wíne, súpe hit swá wearm and healde on his múðe, i. 94, 20. Wyl on gáte meolce and súpe, ii. 100, 24. Þeáh ðú mid cuclere ðæt súpe, ðæt hylpþ, 184, 25. Genim fífleáfan seáw . . . syle him súpan, i. 86, 25, 28: 82, 23.
wissian
to shew ⬩ to shew ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ rule ⬩ declare ⬩ make known
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Wearð ðæt mǽden hohful, hú heó ǽfre wæras wissian sceolde, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 122. Hú mæg úre gegaderungc búton geþeahtynde beón wissod (regi )? Coll. Monast.
blǽd
a blowing ⬩ breath ⬩ breathing ⬩ spirit ⬩ inspiration ⬩ flame ⬩ blaze ⬩ prosperity
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Ðurh ðæs dracan blǽd seó menigu wearð geuntrumod, 294, 22. Ðone líflican blǽd the breath of life, 92, 12. Blǽdas spiracula, An. Ox. 4864: flabra (chelydri), Wrt.
Linked entry: blæst
ge-teón
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Add: to do, effect, cause Heora feorh generede Metodes weard . . . hálige him þǽr help geteóde, Dan. 236.
on-sendan
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Þæt him folca weard onsende wíse geþóhtas, Crä. 21. Ðætte him wæs onsended mid tô diélgianne hira synna quod acceperant, ut possent delere peccata, Past. 429, 15. Add Þâ þe hine forð onsendon ofer ŷðe, B. 45. <b>IIa.
þæt
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Add Hé eác gedyde þæt Antonius his freónd wearð, Ors. 5, 13; S. 244, 28. Hé næfþ his fóta geweald ꝥ hé mæge gán, Bt. 36, 4; F. 178, 13. On sumre stówe se hróf wæs ꝥ man mid his handa neálíce gerǽcean mihte, Bl. H. 207, 22.
scealc
a servant ⬩ a man, soldier, sailor
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Babilone weard hét his scealcas scúfan ða hyssas in bǽlblyse, Cd. Th. 230, 10; Dan. 231 . as a term of reproach Ðá hine heówon hǽðene scealcas, Byrht. Th. 137, 5; By. 181. Hwílum ic gehére helle scealcas, gnorniende cynn, Cd.
Linked entry: scilcen
be-feallan
to fall, ⬩ to get into ⬩ to fall into sin ⬩ into the hands of a person, ⬩ to fall to action ⬩ to fall upon ⬩ take effect on a person ⬩ to fall to ⬩ be assigned to ⬩ deprived (of)
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Th. ii. 246, 1. to fall to action Wearð hé tó manslehte befeallen, Hml. Th. i. 484, 13. to fall upon, take effect on a person Þonne óðres mannes dǽd befylð on mé oððe on ðé, þonne byþ þæt passivum verbum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 120, 11.
fóran
Before ⬩ in front ⬩ in front ⬩ in front ⬩ before all ⬩ opposite ⬩ over against ⬩ Before ⬩ Beforehand ⬩ before ⬩ before ⬩ Before ⬩ in front of
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Cóm mycel windes blǽd foran ongeán, ꝥ seó strǽl wearð eft gecyrred the arrow was met by a great blast of wind and turned back. Bl. H. 199, 21. tó. foran tó.foran-tó as prep. Before.
Linked entries: fóran-onsettende fóran-to
eald
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H. 107, 11. (1 a) used substantively :-- Ongan seó leó fægnian wið þæs ealdan weard, Hml. S. 23 b, 778. of material things Sylle hé earmum mannum his ealde hrægl, Bl. H. 53, 13. <b>I a.
gilp
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Voc. ii. 146, 41. ꝥ mycele gylp and seó unrihtgítsung . . . ꝥ iss Hí flugon forhtigende . . . gylp wearð gnornra, Exod. 454. Hié gylp beswác, wíndruncen gewit, Dan. 752. Þý lǽs him gilp scedðe, oððe fore þǽre mǽrðe mód ástíge, Crä. 100: Cri. 684.
tó
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Add Þæt wæter wearð tó twá tódǽled, Ex. 14, 21. Add ꝥ ic eów tó ǽfen ǽr sǽde, ꝥ ilce ic eów nú segce, Hml. S. 23, 449. add: cf. I. 1 a ꝥ gé tó þýs húsle ne gangen. Rtl. 114, 21. cf.
ELN
the Royal
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Babilónes is fíftig elna brád, and twá hund elna heáh ... and ymbútan ðone weall is se mǽsta díc ... and wiðútan ðani díce is geworht twegra elna heáh weall the wall of Babylon is fifty ells broad, and two hundred ells high ... and round the wall is
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FREÓGAN
to free ⬩ make free ⬩ manumittĕre ⬩ lībĕrāre ⬩ to honour ⬩ like ⬩ love ⬩ honōrāre ⬩ dilĭgĕre ⬩ ămāre
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Ða gecorenan freógaþ folces Weard the chosen shall love the Lord of mankind, Exon. 32a; Th. 100, 27; Cri. 1648: 1143; Th. 436, 36; Rä. 55, 12. Freóþ hý fremde monnan strange men love them, 90b; Th. 339, 32; Gn. Ex. 103.
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nebb
a neb ⬩ nib ⬩ a beak ⬩ a beak-shaped thing ⬩ a nose ⬩ the gristle of the nose ⬩ the face ⬩ countenance
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Ðá forceáw hé his ágene tungan and wearp hine on ðæt neb foran ( in os tyranni abjecit ), Bt. 16, 2; Bt. 52, 25. Hý habbaþ twá neb on ánum heáfde duas in uno habentes capite facies, Nar. 35, 24
scild
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Hlyn wearð on wícum scylda and sceafta, Cd. Th. 124, 13; Gen. 2062. Síde scyldas, randas regnhearde, Beo. Th. 656; B. 325. fig. a shield, protection: — Scild mín beo ðú refugium meum es tu, Ps. Spl. T. 70, 4. Ðam biþ Dryhten scyld, Exon.
sumer
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Sumer and winter; on sumera hit biþ wearm and on wintra ceald, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 23. Swá háttra sumor, swá mára ðunor and líget on geáre, Lchdm. iii. 280, 9. Gé witun ðæt sumor (-er, MSS. A. B. Lind. Rush.) ys gehende, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 32.