lícan
to please
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Wel lícaþ Drihtne ða ðe hine him ondrǽdaþ beneplacitum est Domino super timentes eum, 146, 12
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mann-eáca
An increase of human beings
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An increase of human beings Ðæt hié wǽron ortriéwe hwæðer him ǽnig moneáca cuman sceolde ut defectura successio crederetur (on account of pestilence no children were born alive), Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 158, 20
óþ-grípan
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to snatch away Gif wén wíére ðæt hé ðǽr hwylce mihte deófle óþgrípan and tó Criste gecyrran si quos forte ex illis ereptos Satanae ad Christum transferre valeret, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 19
be-weddian
To espouse, wed ⬩ spondere, despondere
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To espouse, wed; spondere, despondere Ic beháte oððe ic beweddige [MS. bewedige] spondeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 10. Gif he híg his suna beweddap si filio suo desponderit eam, Ex. 21, 9
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ge-diernan
To conceal ⬩ cēlāre
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To conceal; cēlāre Se ðe þiéfþe gedierne, forgielde ðone þeóf be his were let him who conceals the theft pay for the thief according to his value, L. In. 36; Th. i. 124, 17
geond-sendan
To overspread ⬩ perfundere
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To overspread; perfundere Wæs gúþ-hergum wera éðel-land wíde geondsended the people's native-land was widely overspread with hostile bands, Cd. 92; Th. 118, 21; Gen. 1968: 119; Th. 154, 6; Gen. 2551
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þunor-wyrt
Thunder-plant ⬩ house-leek ⬩ sempervivum tectorum
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[On plants that were a protection against thunder, see Grmm. D. M. pp. 167, 1147.]
wudu-fugel
A bird of the woods
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A bird of the woods Wudufuglas, ðeáh hí beón wel átemede, gif hí on ðam wuda weorþaþ, hí forseód heora láreówas, and wuniaþ on heora gecynde, Bt. 25 ; Fox 88, 15 : Met. 13. 35
holm-wudu
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He wes ifloȝen into þan haȝe wude, in tó þan haȝe holme, Laym. 20712.] cf. firgen-beám
un-snotorness
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Add: iniquity Weg unsnoternesse ł unrihtwísnesse uiam iniquitatis, Ps. L. 118, 29. Unrihtlíce unsnoternesse hý dydon on mé iniuste iniquitatem fecerunt in me, 78. Þú canst míne unsnotternysse (insipientiam) and míne gyltas, 68, 6
lyft-helm
The air ⬩ atmosphere ⬩ cloud
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Wǽron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht their lands were covered with cloud, Cd. 145; Th. 181, 13; Exod. 60
tow-hús
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The women who worked were called geniciariae pensiles, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 7. v. tow-cræft, -líc, -tól
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wlǽtung
sickness ⬩ nausea ⬩ defilement ⬩ disfigurement
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sickness, nausea Mid micelre wlǽtunge gewíteþ ðæt sár on weg, Lchdm. i. 80, 14 note. Similar entries v. morgen-wlǽtung, Lchdm. iii. 44, 19. defilement, disfigurement. Similar entries v. wlǽta, Wléttuncg deformatio, Hpt. Gl. 510, 6
folde
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Hál wes þu, folde, fira módor, Lch. i. 404, 2. Se líchama in þǽre cealdan foldan (eorðan, moldan, v. ll.) gebrosnað, Wlfst. 187, 12. Wæs Waldendes lof áfylled on foldan, Chr. 975; P. 120, 14. Add
stéran
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Add: stýran Ðonne þú stórfæt habban wille, þonne wend þú þíne hand ofdúne and wege hí swilce þú stýre, Tech. ii. 120, 15. Se abbud stére abbas turificet, Angl. xiii. 403, 547. Stérende turificando, 402, 531
lyb-lác
Sorcery ⬩ witchcraft
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Wé cwǽdon be ðǽm wiccecræftum and be liblácum gif ðǽr man ácweald wǽre ... we have ordained concerning witchcrafts and sorceries, if in such cases anyone were killed..., L. Ath. i. 6; Th. i. 202, 10. Be liblácum.
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betost
Best ⬩ optimus
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Best; optimus Nú is ófost betost, ðæt we þeódcyning ðǽr sceáwian now is speed best, that we may see there the great king, Beo. Th. 6007; B. 3007
gésine
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Void, destitute; expers Módum tǽcan ðæt we gésine ne sýn godes þeódscipes to teach our minds that we be not destitute of God's communion, Cd. 169; Th. 211, 18; Exod. 528
fela-sprǽce
loquacious
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Huelc wíte wéne wé ðæt se felasprǽcea (-sprǽca, v. l.) scyle habban ðe simle on ofersprǽce syngað pensemus quae poena multiloquium maneat, in quo etiam per noxia verba peccatur, Past. 281, 14.
leornung-mann
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Þæs láreówes hǽs and þæs leornincgmannes weorc, R. Ben. 20, 6. Þæra fíf bóca andgit geopenode se Ælmihitiga Láreów his leorningmannum, Hml. Th. ii. 396, 12. Add