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leásung

(n.)
Grammar
leásung, e; f.

fictionfalsehoodfalsenesshypocrisydeceptiondeceitfulnessartice

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Wrec ðé gemetlíce ðy læs ðe men [man?] leásunga teó ðæt ðú ðíne cysts cýðe revenge thyself in moderation, lest the charge be falsely made, that thou display thy virtues, Prov. Kmbl. 46. Leásunga frivola, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 55.

Linked entry: bisleásung

swincan

(v.)
Grammar
swincan, p. swanc, pl. swuncon; pp. swuncen.
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Ðe læs ðe unmihtig man feorr for his ágenon swince, L. Ff. ; Th. i. 226, 1. Ic wundrige hwí swá manige wíse men swá swíþe swuncen mid ðære sprǽce, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 250, 20. Ðú swíþor swincst on ðam sporé, ðonne hí dón, 38, 5 ; Fox 206, 13.

wís-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
wís-dóm, es; m.

wisdomdiscretionknowledge cognizancewisdom knowledge learning philosophy

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Ðú mé lǽr wísdómes word, scientiam dace me, 118, 66. Sefa deóp gewód, wísdómes gewitt, Elen. Kmbl. 2379; El. 1191. Wísdómes gife, 1189; El. 596: Exon. Th. 178, 1; Gú. 1220. Wísdómes philosophiae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 28.

of-sleán

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(betweoh þám ofslegenum, v. l.) gelíc deádum læg cum inter cadauera occisorum similis mortuo iaceret, Bd. 4, 22; Sch. 455, 4. (1 a) in the laws of manslaughter, which involved payment of wergild Gif man frigne mannan ofsleahð, Ll. Th. i. 4, 6.

(n.; adj.)
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má, indecl. cpve. used as subst. and adj.

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Swá mid læs worda, swá mid má, Bt. 35. 5; Fox 166, 12. Hé ne úde ðæt ǽnig óðer man ǽfre mǽrða ðon má gehédde ðonne hé sylfa he would not allow that any other man should have any more distinctions than he himself had, Beo. Th. 1012; B. 504.

Linked entries: mǽst

BORD

(n.)
Grammar
BORD, es; n.

a BOARD, planktabula sectilis, tabulawhat is made of a board, - A table, shieldmensa, clypeusthe board, covering or deck of a ship, the ship itselftabulatum, stegaconstratum, navisat home and abroaddomi et forisa foot-stool

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Lǽd under earce bord eaforan ðíne lead thy children under the covering of the ark, Cd. 67; Th. 80, 23; Gen. 1333: 67; Th. 82, 4; Gen. 1357. Bord oft onféng ýða swengas the ship often received the blows of the waves, Elen. Kmbl. 476; El. 238.

Linked entries: bord-gelác bord-wudu

wrégan

(v.)
Grammar
wrégan, (wrecan) ; p. wrégde, wréhte; pp. wreged, wreht

To bewrayaccusedenounceto accuseto accuseto accuseto denounce

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Ðe læs hé wrége ðé tó Drihtene ne clamet contra te ad Dominum, Deut. 15, 9. Ðeáh ðín wíf ðé hwane tó wrége, ne gelýf ðú ná tó hraðe, Prov. Kmbl. 4. Ongan hé hí wrégean tó ðam cyninge, Lchdm. iii. 424, 21.

ge-sund

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Se wǽn biþ micle leng gesund þe lǽs biþ tódǽled from þǽre eaxe, Bt. 39, 7; F. 222, 26-29. Hí eallne his líchaman gemétton onwealhne and gesundne inuenerunt corpus totum integrum, Bd. 4, 30; Sch. 534, 18. Heora reáf wǽron ealle gesunde, Hml.

leornian

(v.)
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</b> to read :-- Þý lǽs ic lenge þone þanc hefige þára leornendra (legentium ), Guth. Gr. 102, 32. to acquire knowledge of a fact, hear of something Wé leornodon ꝥ hwílum gebyrede swíþe ungecyndelic yfel, Bt. 31, 1; F. 112, 12

mid

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Add Ðý lǽs hié mid ðý tóle ðæt hále líc gewierden, Past. 365, 11. Hí ne dorston þæt hálige hús mid ingange geneósian, Hml. Th. i. 504, 10. Add Hé mid ðám dæge eóde him út of ðám scræfe, Hml. S. 23, 489.

weá

(n.)
Grammar
weá, an; m.

woe misery evil afflictiontroubleevilwickedness malice

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Th. 85, 3; Cri. 1385 Ne lǽd ðú ús tó wíte in weán sorge, Hy. 6, 27. Hé þearfende of wǽdle weán álýsde adjuvabit pauperem de inopia, Ps. Th. 106, 40. Gif ðé ǽnig mid weán gréteþ if any man afflict thee, Cd. Th. 105, 18 ; Gen. 1755.

Linked entries: wáwa weó

lácnian

(v.)
Grammar
lácnian, p. ode

To healcuretendtake care oftreatdress(a wound)

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Se lǽce ðonne hé on untíman lácnaþ wunde hió wyrmseþ secta immature vulnera deterius infervescunt, Past. 21, 2; Swt. 153, 3. Ðæt lácnaþ ðone milte that heals the milt, L. M. 2, 38; Lchdm. ii. 246, 11.

Linked entry: lǽcnan

lyðre

(adj.)
Grammar
lyðre, adj.

Evilwickedbasemeanpoorsordidvilelewddepraved

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lǽne and hú lyðre ðis líf is on tó getrúwianne, 189, 3. Eálá ðú lyðra þeówa serve nequam, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 32: Lk. Skt. 19, 22: Homl. Th. ii. 552, 6. Ic eom se lytla for ðé and se lyðra man, se syngige swíðe genehhe, Hy. 3, 41; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 41.

un-sib

(n.)
Grammar
un-sib, un-sibb, e; f.

unfriendlinessunkindlinessenmitystrifehostilitieswardivisionvariancedisagreementdisunion

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God úslǽrð sibbe and wynsumnesse, and deófol ús lǽrð unsibbe and wróhte, Homl. Ass. 168, 112: Cd. Th. 281, 13; Sat. 271. Ic andette mínes módes morðor and unsibbe and ofermódignesse, L. de Cf. 8; Th. ii. 262, 32.

cot-líf

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Add used of a single habitation Ǽlcne man lyst, siððan hé ǽnig cotlýf on his hláfordes lǽne myd his fultume getimbred hæfð, ꝥ hé hine móte þáron gerestan, and huntigan and fuglian and fiscian, Shrn. 164, 3. [Cf.

feormian

(v.)

to maintainfosterto feast

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Ꝥ ne geweorðe ꝥ hine man læng feormige, Ll. Th. i. 38, 14. to harbour a criminal, fugitive Be ðon ðe cierlisc man fliéman feormige, Ll. Th. i. 120, 16: 210, 12: 224, 5: 248, 8. Sé þe þeóf dearnunga feormige, 228, 21.

rúh

(adj.)
Grammar
rúh, adj.

rough, hairy, shaggy rough, untrimmed, uncultivatedrough, knottyrough, undressed

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Ne turf ne toft, ne land ne lǽse, ne fersc ne mersc, ne rúh ne rúm, Lchdm. iii. 286, 24. Tó ðære rúwan hecgan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 172, 32. On ðone rúwan hlync; andlang ðæs rówan linces, v. 297, 22. On rúwan beorg; of rúwan beorge, 277, 18.

Linked entries: rýht rúg rupe

synder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
synder-líc, adj.

Separate, special, privatethat is apart, separate, remoteprivate, that is done apart, not publicprivate, without distinction, ordinaryspecial, peculiar, properseparated by superiority, singular, excellent, specially good

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Gr. 5; Zup. 14, 6. separated by superiority, singular, excellent, specially good Ðys is synderlíc lǽce*-*dóm wið eágena dymnysse, Lchdm. i. 178, 8. Synderlícere singulari, speciali, Hpt. Gl. 431, 23

Linked entries: sundor-líc syndrig

ge-ortríwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ortríwan, ge-ortreówan; p. de.
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Þá ðé ne lǽtað geortréwan (-treówan, v. l.) be þýs andweardan lífe quae nec praesentis solamen temporis abesse patiantur, Bt. 10; S. 23, 7. Ne sceolon wé nǽfre geortrýwan be Godes mildheortnesse, Ll.

ge-bringan

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Cuce orf hé on gemǽnre lǽse gebringe, 274, 26. Hé hine sceal æt stæðe underfón, and eft þǽr gebringan, 354, 25. Hét hé hine gebringan on carcerne and þǽrinne belúcan, Bt. 1; F. 2, 25.

Linked entry: ge-brengan