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ASSA - A-STREAHTE

assa, an; m: asse, es; m. A male ass; asinus :-- Se assa geseah ðone engel asinus cernebat angelum, Num. 22, 23, 25. Beót ðone assan verberabat asinum, 22, 23, 25. Gif ðú geméte ðínes feóndes assan, læ-acute;d hine to him si occurreris inimici tui asino erranti, reduc ad eum, Ex. 23, 4: 23, 5. Wilde assan wild asses; onagri, Ps. Spl. C. 103, 12. Ðá feóll se asse adúne tum concidit asinus, Num. 22, 27. He hæfde on olfendum and on assum micele æ-acute;hta he had great possessions in camels and in asses, Gen. 12, 16: 22, 5. [O.Nrs. asni, m. asinus.] v. asse, esol.

Assan dún, e ; f. [assan, dún a hill: 'Assendun S. Hovd. i. e. vertente Florent. mons asini,' Gib.] Assingdon or Ashingdon, in Essex :-- Se cyning offérde hi innon Eást-Seaxan, æt ðære dúne ðe man hæ-acute;t Assandún the king overtook them in Essex, at the hill which is called Assingdon, Chr. 1016; Th. 282, 19, col. 2: 1020; Th. 286, 16, 19, col. 1.

asse, an; f: assen, e; f. A she-ass; asina :-- Uppan assan folan sittende seders super pullum asinæ, Jn. Bos. 12, 15. Finde gyt áne assene ye [two] shall find a she-ass, Mt. Bos. 21, 2. Rit uppan tamre assene rides on a tame she-ass, 21, 5. Læ-acute;ddon ða assene to him adduxerunt asinam, 21, 7.

Asse-dun; adj. [asse asina; or asce ash, cinis; dun dun or grey, fuscus] ASS-DUN or ASH-DUN, of a dun or dark colour; dosinus, cinereus :-- Assedun dosinus vel cinereus, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Wrt. Voc. 46, 39. ' Glossæ Isidori : Dosius vel dosinus, equus asinini pili,' Du Cange.

ass-myre, an; f. A mare ass, she-ass; asina :-- And xx assmyrena and twenty of mare asses, Gen. 32, 15.

Assyria, æ; f. Assyria, Cd. 12; Th. 15, 13; Gen. 232.

Assyrias; gen. Assyria, Assiria ; dat. Assyrium ; pl. m. The Assyrians ; Assyrii :-- Assyria ealdorduguþ the people of the Assyrians, Judth. 12 ; Thw. 26, 4; Jud. 310.

Assyrige; gen. a ; dat. um ; pl. m. The Assyrians ; Assyrii :-- Ðæt synd Assyrige and Rómáne these are the Assyrians and the Romans, Ors. 2, 5 ;

Bar. 77, 31. v. Assyrias.

ast a kiln; siccatorium :-- Cyln oððe ast siccatorium, Ælfc. Gl: 109; Som. 78, 132. v. cyln.

a-stælan [a, stælan to steal] To steal out, to seduce; obrepere :-- Ðæt me næ-acute;fre deófol on astelan ne mæ-acute;ge that the devil may never secretly creep on me [seduce me], L. De. Cf. 9; Wilk. 88, 49. v. stelan.

a-stæ-acute;nan; p. de; pp. ed To adorn with stones or gems; lapidibus vel gemmis ornare :-- Gimmum astæ-acute;ned adorned with gems, Salm. Kmbl. 128; Sa1. 63. Mid deórwyrþum gimmum astæ-acute;ned de lapide pretioso ornata, Ps. Th. 20, 3. Astæ-acute;ned gyrdel a girdle set with stones, Cot. 201.

a-stáh ascended, Chr. 1012; Th. 268, 29, col. 2 ; p. of a-stígan.

a-standan; p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen. I. to stand up, get up, rise up, rise; exsurgere, resurgere, surgere :-- Ðá astód he semninga exsurrexit repente, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 20. He up astandeþ of slæ-acute;pe he rises up from sleep, Exon. 96 a ; Th. 358, 4 ; Pa, 40. Eft lífgende up astódon they stood up living again, 24 b; Th. 71, 18; Cri. 1157. II. to insist, persist, continue; persistere, instare :-- Ðæt hi on ðam geleáfan sóþfæstnysse symle fæstlice astódon and awunedon ut in fide veritatis persisterent semper ac proficerent, Bd. 2, 17; S. 520, 21, note: 4, 25; S. 599, 31. Hig astódon illi instabant, Lk. Bos. 23, 23.

a-steápan, -steópan, -stépan ; p. -steápde, -steápte ; pp. -steáped, -steápt To deprive, bereave, as children of their parents; orbare, orphanum reddere :-- Síen bearn his asteápte fiant filii ejus orphani, Ps. Surt. 108, 9. [O. H. Ger. stiufan orbare, arstiufan viduare : Swed. stufwa, stubba to cut off : O. Nrs. stýfa abrumpere, abscindere.]

a-stellan; p. -stealde, -stalde ; pp. -steald ; v. a. To set forth, to set, place, afford, supply, appoint, establish, ordain, undertake, undergo, begin; statuere, collocare, instituere, præbere, stabilire, fundare, suscipere, inire :-- Bisene astellan exemplum præbere, Past. 3, 1; Hat. MS. 8 b, 5. Asteald to býsne set for an example, Ors. 2, 4 ; Bos. 44. 33. Crist hit astealde and tæ-acute;hte Christ established and taught it, Homl. Th. ii. 582, 29. Heofonas, and móna, and steorran, ða ðú astealdest cælos, lunam et stellas, qu&oelig-acute; to fundasti, Ps. Th. 8, 4. Astealde ðæt gewin undertook the war, Ors. 2, 5 ; Bos. 46, 26. Stephanus ðóne martyrdóm astealde Stephen suffered [underwent] martyrdom, Homl. Th. i. 50, 2. Ðone fleám æ-acute;rest astealde Þurcytel Thurkytel first began the flight, Chr. 10l0; Th. 262, 43. DER. up-a-stellan. v. stellan.

a-stemnian; p. nede; pp. ned [a from, stemnian to build] To proceed from a foundation, to found, build, erect; condere :-- Ðe hí sylf astemnedon which they themselves built, Bd. Pref; S. 472, 17.

a-steópan to bereave. v. a-steápan.

a-steorfan; p. -stearf, pl. -sturfon; pp. -storfen To die; mori :-- Fæ-acute;runge astorfen sideratus vel ictuatus, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 29; Wrt. Voc. 61, 9 : Wanl. Catal. 43, 17.

a-stépan; p. -stépte; pp. -stéped,-stépt to bereave, as children of their parents, Gr. Dial. 1, 2 : Ps. Vos. 108, 8. v. a-steápan.

a-stépnes, -ness, e; f. A privation; orbatio, Cot. 187.

a-stépte bereaved, orphans, Ps. Vos. 108, 8. v. a-stépan, a-steápan.

astered disturbed, stirred, moved; pp. of a-sterian.

a-sterfan; p. de; pp. ed To cause death, kill, destroy; necare, eradicare, Mt. Rush. Stv. 15, 13. v. a-styrfan.

a-sterian; p. ede; pp. ed To agitate, stir, move; commovere, movere :-- He astereþ ðone ródor and ða tungla it moves the sky and the stars, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 6, note. v. a-styrian.

asterion, es; n. [ = &alpha-tonos;στ&epsilon-tonos;ριον] The herb pellitory, so called from its star-like form; astericum, Herb. 61; Lchdm. i. 164, 1, 10.

a-stífian; p. ede, ode; pp. ed To stiffen, grow or wax stiff; obrigere, Cot. 146. His sine astífode his sinew stiffened, Gen. 32, 32.

a-stífician, -stificigan ; p. ode ; pp. od ; v. a. To eradicate, extirpate, destroy, exterminate; eradicare :-- Ðæt he astíficige unþeáwas that he exterminate vices, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 94, 23.

a-stígan, ic -stíge, ðú -stígest, -stíhst, he -stígeþ, -stíhþ, pl. -stígaþ ; p. -stág, -stáh, pl. -stigon; impert. -stíh; pp. -stigen [a, stígan to go]. I. to go, come, step, proceed, climb; ire, venire, gradi, procedere, scandere :-- Hwider sceal ðæs monnes mód astígan thither shall the mind of man go, Exon. 32 b; Th. 103, 21; Cri. 1691. Egsa astigeþ dread shall come, 102 a; Th. 385, 24; Rä. 4, 49. Word-hleóðor astág the sound of words came, Andr. Kmbl. 1416; An. 708: Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 2. Se Hálega Gást astáh lichamlícre ansýne the Holy Spirit came in bodily form, Lk. Bos. 3, 22. Se mót wuldres dreám astígan he may climb the delight of glory, Exon. 84 b; Th. 317, 30; Mód. 73: Ps. Th. 79, 10. Ic astíge scando, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Som. 32, 30. II. to go in any direction : 1. generally indicated by a preposition or adverb, hence to rise, ascend, descend, etc; surgere, ascendere, descendere :-- Ðe þurh oferhyd up astígeþ who comes up through pride, Cd. 198; Th. 247, 11; Dan. 495. He from helle astág he came from hell, Exon. 48 b; Th. 168, 14; Gú. 1077. Ðæt he mid ðam dynte nyðær astáh that he came down with the blow, Chr. 1012; Th. 268, 29, col. 2. Astígaþ [Spl. C. upastígaþ] múntas, and niðer astígeþ feldas on stówe the mountains ascend, and the fields go down into their place; ascendunt montes et descendunt campi in locum, Ps. Lamb. 103; 8. Moises ána astíhþ to Drihtne Moses alone goes to the Lord; solus Moyses ascendit ad Dominum, Ex. 24, 2. Astíh on Fasgan múntes cnæpp go to the top of mount Pisgah; ascende cacumen Phasgæ montis, Deut. 3, 27. He astáh on scyp he went into a ship; ascendit in naviculam, Mt. Bos. 8, 23 : 9, 1. He nyðer astíhþ swá swá rén on flýs, and swá swá niðer astíhþ droppetung, droppende ofer eorþan he shall come down as rain on a fleece, and as falling [rain] comes down, dropping over the earth; descendet sicut pluvia in vellus, et sicut stillicidium stillantium [MS. stillicidia stillantia] super terram, Ps. Lamb. 71, 6. 2. but sometimes the direction is indicated in the sentence without a preposition :-- Hire mód astáh her mind rose, Cd. 101; Th. 134, 35; Gen. 2235: 205; Th. 253, 18; Dan. 597. He astígeþ swá se rén fealleþ on flýs he shall come as the rain falleth on a fleece; descendet sicut pluvia in vellus, Ps. Th. 71, 6.

a-stígend, es; m. A rider; ascensor :-- Hors and astígend [MS. astígende] aweorpeþ on síe equum et ascensorem dejecit in mare, Cant. Moys. Ex. 15, 1; Thw. 29, 6. v. stígan.

a-stígnes, -ness, e; f. An ascent, ascending; ascensus, Ps. Spl. T. 103, 4.

a-stíh go, ascend, Deut. 3, 27 ; impert. of a-stígan.

a-stíhst, a-stíhþ ascendest, ascends, Jn. Bos. 3, 13 ; 2nd and 3rd pres. of a-stígan.

a-stihtan; p. -stihte; pp. -stiht [a, stihtan to dispose] To determine on; decernere :-- Fleám wearþ astiht flight was determined on, Chr. 998; Th. 246, 22. v. stihtan.

a-stintan; p. -stant, pl. -stunton ; pp. -stunten = -stinted, Som. Lye, = -stint = -stynt To make dull, to blunt, stint, assuage; h&e-short;b&e-short;tare, obtundere, Scint. 12: Cot. 101. v. a-stynt, stintan.

a-stirian to move, remove, agitate, stir up, raise, Lk. Bos. 6, 48. v. a-styrian.

astíðian; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud [a intensive, stíðian to become hard] To become hard, dry, dry up, wither; indurare, arescere :-- Astíðude swá swá tigle miht mín my strength dried up as a tile, Ps. Spl. 21, 14. Hit astiðaþ and drugaþ induret et arescat, 89, 6.

a-stód stood up, insisted, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 20: Lk. Bos. 23, 23 ; p. of a-standan.

a-stondnes, -ness, e ; f. An existence, a subsistence; subsistentia :-- Ána God on þrým astondnessum one God in three subsistences; unum Deum in tribus subsistentiis, Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 38.

a-storfen; part. Starved, like a dead body; cadaverosus, Wanl Catal. 43, 17. v. a-steorfan.

a-streahte, -streaht stretched out; p. and pp. of a-streccan.