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holm

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Sǽýþa vel holmas equo[r], maria 143, 74. low-lying land by a stream, occurring in local names Man beónn ealle Cantware tó wigge tó Holme, C. D. ii. 387, 19. ꝥ Into Holme minstre, 113, 29.

a-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lǽtan, a-létan; p. -lét, pl. -léton; pp. -lǽten; v. a. [a from, lǽtan to let]

To let go ⬩ lay down ⬩ leave ⬩ give up ⬩ lose ⬩ renounce ⬩ resign ⬩ remit ⬩ pardon ⬩ deliver ⬩ sinere ⬩ abjicere ⬩ deponere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ remittere ⬩ condonare ⬩ relaxare ⬩ liberare

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Hý heora líf aléton they lost their lives, Ors. 3, 8: Bos. 63, 10. Ðá ðæt fýr hie alét when the fire left them, 4, 7; Bos. 87, 19

Linked entries: æ-lǽten a-lét a-létan

fǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
fǽle, adj.

Faithful, true, dear, good ⬩ fĭdēlis, constans, cārus, bŏnus

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Onfóh me fǽle Drihten accept me dear Lord, 118, 116. Sprǽcon fǽle freoðoscealcas to Lothe the faithful ministers of peace spoke to Lot. Cd. 115; Th. 150, 25; Gen. 2497. He his folc genam swá fǽle sceáp abstŭlit sīcut ŏves pŏpŭlum suum, Ps.

Linked entry: fælsian

LÚTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LÚTAN, p. leát; pl. luton; pp. loten

To lout ⬩ bow ⬩ stoop

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To lout, bow, bend forward, stoop, fall down before one Hé lúteþ æfter he boweth after it, Salm. Kmbl. 806; Sal. 402. Leótt [hleát, Lind.] tó fótum his procidit ad pedes ejus, Mk. Skt. Rush, 5, 22.

Linked entry: ge-loten dæg oððe ofernón

ge-nerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nerian, -nergan, -nerigan; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od

To save, deliver, take away, set free, preserve, defend ⬩ servare, redimere, liberare, eripere, salvum facere, defendere

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Abraham Loth generede Abraham saved Lot, Cd. 121; Th. 156, 12; Gen. 2587. Ðú hí generedest liberavisti eos, Ps. 105, 8: Exon. 98 a; Th. 369, 28; Seel. 48. He híg generode of Egipta lande he delivered them out of the land of the Egyptians, Ex. 18, 9.

Linked entry: nerian

for-loren

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-loren, pp. of for-leósan.

forlorn ⬩ lost

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forlorn, lost. Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 41;

ealdor-cearu

life-care, care for life, life-long care

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life-care, care for life, life-long care

ungemet-lange

(adv.)
Grammar
ungemet-lange, adv.

Excessively long

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Excessively long, Cd. Th. 20, 23; Gen. 313

Linked entry: lange

heáh-steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-steáp, adj.
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Lofty Se hálga heáhsteáp reced timbrede, Gen. 2839

Linked entry: steáp

ágend-freá

(n.)
Grammar
ágend-freá, an; m.

The owning lord ⬩ possessor ⬩ dominus ⬩ possessor

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The owning lord, possessor; dominus, possessor He heofona is and ðisse eorþan ágend-freá he is the owning Lord of heaven and of this earth, Cd. 98; Th. 129, 10; Gen. 2141: Beo. Th. 3770; B. 1883

Linked entry: ágend-frió

eald-hláford

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Substitute: An old lord, a lord whose right to rule is of ancient date, a rightful, liege lord Hiera ealdhláfordes sunu regis filium, Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 33.

freah-drihten

(n.)

a lord ⬩ master

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a lord, master, Beo. Th. 1596, note; B. 796

wíd

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd, adj.
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Á tó wídan feore sý úrum Drihtne lof, Blickl. Homl. 65, 24: 103, 29. Ða ðe gewordun wídan feore from fruman worulde, Exon. Th. 272, 33 ; Jul. 508. Wídan feore as long as life lasts, 301, 23 ; Fä. 23.

ge-niðerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niðerian, -niðrian, -neðerian, -nyðerian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn

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To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn Nelle gé ge-nyðerian and gé ne beóþ genyðerude polite condemnare et non condemnabimini, Lk. Bos. 6, 37. Ne ic ðech geniðro nec ego te condemnabo, Jn. Skt. Lind. 8, 11.

Linked entries: ge-neoðerian ge-nyðerian

ge-limp

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Mid gesǽligum gelimpum fortuitis casibus, 4186. what happens in the case of a person, lot, hap, fortune Þ endenécste gelimp suprema sors, An. Ox. 1835.

dráf

(n.)
Grammar
dráf, <b>. I.</b> driving. Take here Hml. Th. i. 502, 10 in Dict., and Bl. H. 199, 7. &para; the phrase dráfe drífan, C.D. iii. 450, 33, seems to refer to the transport of the lord&#39;s goods by vehicle which the geneát had to &#39;drive&#39;. Cf. drífan;
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III. and see lád. a drove [v. N.E.D. drove; I 3.] a road Of ðám hlince andlang dráfæ, C.D. v. 217, 6

lang-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
lang-mód, adj.

Patient ⬩ long-suffering

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Patient, long-suffering Longmód longanimis, Ps. Stev. 7, 12

éþel-wyn

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Hé mé lond forgeaf, eard, éðelwyn, B. 2493. Add

án-genga

(n.)
Grammar
án-genga, -gengea, an; m. [án unus, solus; gengan ire]

A lone-goer ⬩ a solitary ⬩ solivagus ⬩ solitarius

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A lone-goer, a solitary; solivagus, solitarius Blódig wæl eteþ ángenga the lone-goer will eat my bloody corpse, Beo. Th. 902; B. 449. Fela fyrena atol ángengea oft gefremede many crimes the foul solitary oft perpetrated, 332; B. 165

gealdor

(n.)
Grammar
gealdor, es; n.

An incantation ⬩ a charm ⬩ lore ⬩ incantātio

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An incantation, a charm, lore; incantātio Be ðam gealdre through that lore, Exon. 83 a; Th. 313, 26; Mód. 6. Sing ðis gealdor sing this charm, L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 350, 28 : 3, 24; Lchdm. ii. 322, 6

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