leóf-líce
Kindly ⬩ graciously ⬩ gladly ⬩ lovingly
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Kindly, graciously, gladly, lovingly Ðeáh ðe ic scyle ealle wucan fæstan ic ðæt leóflíce dó though I have to fast all the week, I will do it gladly, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 7.
lísan
To loosen ⬩ release ⬩ redeem ⬩ deliver
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Alf. pol. 6; Th. i. 66, 5: Byrht. Th.132, 57; By. 37: Elen. Kmbl. 592; El. 296: Rood Kmbl. 82; Kr. 41
mǽþ
Math in after-math ⬩ mowing ⬩ hay-harvest
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ǽne tó mǽþe and óðre síþe tó rípe free from every secular service except three things; one is church scot, and (the other two) that he [work] with all his might twice a-year, once at hay-harvest, the other time at corn-harvest, Cod. Dip.
ge-fá
A foe ⬩ an enemy ⬩ inimicus ⬩ adversarius
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Alf. pol, 42; Th. i. 90, 2, 4, 14. Ðá métte hine his eald-gefána sum, and hine ofstang then one of his old foes met him, and stabbed [killed] him, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 62, 22.
Linked entry: -fá
geornan
To desire, beg ⬩ desīdĕrāre
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To desire, beg; desīdĕrāre Gé geornaþ ðæt gé woldon eówerne naman tobrǽdan geond ealle [eallne, MS.] eorþan ye desire that ye should spread your name over all the earth, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 4.
Linked entry: gyrnan
ge-stǽnan
To stone
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Ðæt folc all gestǽnaþ usig plebs universa lapidabit nos, Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 6. Óðer gestǽndon alium lapidaverunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 35
sinder
Dross ⬩ impurity of metal
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Seaxes ecg sindrum begrunden (with all impurities ground off), Exon. Th. 408, 3; Rä. 27, 6
ge-tremman
To strengthen ⬩ establish ⬩ confirm ⬩ firmāre ⬩ confirmāre
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To strengthen, establish, confirm; firmāre, confirmāre Eall úre líf he getremede he strengthened all our life, Blickl. Homl. 9, 36.
cantic
A canticle, song ⬩ canticum
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A canticle, song; canticum Hafaþ se cantic ofer ealle Cristes béc wídmǽrost word the canticle hath the greatest repute over all Christ's books, Salm. Kmbl. 99; Sal. 49.
ge-rídan
To ride, reach or obtain by riding, get into one's power, subject
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He gerád eall Norþhymbra land him to gewealde he got all Northumberland into his power, 948; Erl. 117, 9.
duguþ
multitude, troops, army, people, men, attendants, the nobles, nobility, the heavenly host ⬩ cōpiæ, exercĭtus, pŏpŭlus, hŏmĭnes, comĭtātus, prŏcĕres, mīlĭtia cœlestis ⬩ majesty, glory, magnificence, power, virtue, excellence, ornament ⬩ majestas, magnificentia, potentia, virtus, dĕcus ⬩ advantage, gain, good, happiness, prosperity, riches, blessings, salvation ⬩ commŏdum, lucrum, bŏnum, prospĕrĭtas, divĭtiæ, ŏpes, sălus ⬩ benefit, gift ⬩ benefĭcium, mūnus, dōnum ⬩ that which is seemly, suitable, seemliness ⬩ dĕcōrum
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manhood and all who have reached manhood; ætas vĭrīlis [O. H.
tæfl
Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time ⬩ The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess ⬩ Among the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd
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See also Strutt's Sports, Bk. iv, c. 2. The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game.
Linked entry: tebl
a-feormian
To cleanse ⬩ clean thoroughly ⬩ purge ⬩ wash away ⬩ mundare ⬩ emundare ⬩ permundare ⬩ diluere
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Hit afeormaþ of ealle ða nebcorn it will cleanse away all the face pimples. Herb. 22, 3; Lchdm, i. 118, 24
a-spendan
To spend entirely ⬩ consume ⬩ squander ⬩ to spend ⬩ expend ⬩ lay out ⬩ bestow ⬩ distribute ⬩ consumere ⬩ dissipare ⬩ expendere ⬩ sumptum facere ⬩ erogare ⬩ impertiri
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To spend entirely, consume, squander, to spend, expend, lay out, bestow, distribute; consumere, dissipare, expendere, sumptum facere, erogare, impertiri Ðonne hys gestreón beóþ ðus eall aspended when his property is thus all entirely spent, Ors. 1, 1
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éðian
to breathe, inspire ⬩ hālāre, spīrāre, inspīrāre ⬩ to smell ⬩ ŏdōrāre
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Hý ealle éðiaþ they all breathe, 4, 3. Éðode him on ðone múþe inspīrāvit ei in as, Martyrol. ad 28 April. to smell; ŏdōrāre Habbaþ opene nóse, ne mágon éðian nāres hăbent et non ŏdōrăbunt, Ps. 113, 14
forad
Broken ⬩ weakened ⬩ void ⬩ fractus ⬩ lăbĕfactus
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Alf. pol. 54; Th. i. 94, 24: 62, 63; Th. i. 96, 14, 17. Gif ða earmscancan beóþ begen forade if the arm-bones be both broken, 55; Th. i. 94, 26. Beó ðæt ordál forad let the ordeal be void, L. Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 212, 9: iv. 7; Th. i. 228, 1
fór-wyrcan
To work or place before ⬩ obstruct ⬩ barricade ⬩ oppōnére ⬩ obstruĕre
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He hæfde ealle ða geatu fórworht into him he had barricaded all the entrances against him, Chr. 901; Erl. 96, 31. Synt ðissa heldóra wegas fórworhte the ways of these hell-doors are obstructed, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 21; Gen. 381
Linked entries: un-forworht for-worhta
Gandis
The river Ganges ⬩ Ganges ⬩ Γάγγ951;s
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Gandes seó eá is eallra ferscra wætera mǽst, bútan Eufrate the river Ganges is the greatest of all fresh waters, except the Euphrates, 2, 4; Bos. 43, 45. Æt Gande ðære eá, Nar. 3, 22
nihte-gale
A bird whose note (v. galan) is heard at night ⬩ the night-raven ⬩ the nightingale
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A bird whose note (v. galan) is heard at night. the night-raven Naechthraebn, ali dicunt nectigalae noctua, Ep. Gl. 16 b, 15; but more generally the nightingale Naectegale luscinia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 30 : roscinia, 119, 23.
Linked entry: -gale
ge-béd-rǽden
The office of prayer ⬩ prayer ⬩ precātiōnis offĭcium ⬩ prĕces
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Hí beóþ on ealdra eorþlícra gebédrǽdenne ðe Cristene wǽron they shall be in the prayers of all earthly folk who have been Christians, Blickl. Homl. 45, 37.
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