un-boren
Unborn
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Unborn Se ðe unborenum cildum líf sylð, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 429. Ða unborenan bearn, Past. 48; Swt. 367, 20
ge-beorgan
To save ⬩ protect ⬩ defend ⬩ secure ⬩ spare ⬩ preserve ⬩ servāre ⬩ salvāre ⬩ tuēri ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ arcēre ⬩ parcĕre
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Scyldweall gebearg líf and líce the shield-wall secured life and body, Beo. Th. 5134; B. 2570. Ðæt gebearh feore which protected his life, 3101; B. 1548 : Cd. 197; Th. 246, 6; Dan. 475.
and-warde
Present ⬩ præsens
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Present; præsens Ðis andwarde líf manna on eorþan vita hominum præsens in terris, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 14
for-lecgan
to cover up
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to cover up Wið foredum lime, lege þás sealfe on ꝥ forode lim, and forlege mid elmrinde, Lch. ii. 66, 22
Linked entry: lecgan
ge-logian
To place, lodge, dispose, regulate ⬩ ponere, disponere, reponere, collocare
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Ða geleáfullan folc híg sylfe gelogiaþ and heora líf for Gode the faithful folk dispose themselves and their life for God, Ælfc. T. Lisle 28, 13. Gelogaþ his ágen líf regulates his own life, Tract. de Spir. Septif : Homl. Th. i. 168, 11.
Linked entry: lógian
á-sníþan
to cut out, off ⬩ to cut away ⬩ amputate ⬩ to cut corn
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Lim áceorfan oððe ásníðan of líchoman, 84, 22, 27. to cut corn ꝥ ásnidene gerip, Gr. D. 290, 20
Linked entry: sníðan
strúdigendlíce
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Rapaciously, greedily Gif hé ofermódlíce and andiendlíce and strúdgendlíce his líf drohtnað si superbe, si inuidę uiuat, Chrd. 108, 18
eordian
To dwell, inhabit ⬩ hăbĭtāre
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To dwell, inhabit; hăbĭtāre Ða on lífes hús eordiaþ they dwell in the house of life. Ps. Th. 134, 21
ge-lícian
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[Goth. ga-leikón (with or without sik) to be like, imitate; to liken, compare: O. H. Ger. ge-líhhen assimilare.] to like (v. N. E. D. like to seem, lock like), seem likely.
níd-behóflíc
Necessary
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Necessary Hé sǽde ðæt him wǽre his líf nýdbehóflíc quia multum necessaria sibi esset vita ipsius, Bd. 5, 5; S. 618, 3
bretta
A steward, lord, the Lord; ⬩ dispensator, dominus, Deus
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A steward, lord, the Lord; dispensator, dominus, Deus Lífes Bretta Lord of life, Ps. C. 50, 122; Ps. Grn. ii. 279, 122
dihtere
An informant, expounder, disposer, manager, steward ⬩ auctor, commentātor, expŏsĭtor, dispensātor
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An informant, expounder, disposer, manager, steward; auctor, commentātor, expŏsĭtor, dispensātor Ic wríte swá me ða dihteras sǽdon ðe his líf geornost cúðon I write as the informants who knew his life most accurately told me, Guthl. prol; Gdwin. 4, 23
Linked entry: dihtnere
for-gieldan
to pay for ⬩ repay ⬩ requite ⬩ reddĕre
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Forgield me ðín líf give me thy life, 29 b; Th. 90, 20; Cri. 1477. Forgielde he hine let him pay for him, L. In. 35, 36; Th. i. 124, 9, 18: 9; Th. i. 108, 5: 11; Th. i. 110, 4: 31; Th. i. 122, 6
bí-leofian
To support
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To support Féng hé tó medmycclan bigleofan, þæt wæs tó þám berenan hláfe, and þone þigede and his líf bíleofode, Guth. 34, 7
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ge-hildelic
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Safe (cf. ge-hild; ) Se weg is mycele gesund-licra, and ꝥ is myccle gehyldelicre líf tutior est; via . Gr. D. 348, 10
Linked entries: ge-heald ge-hyldelic -hildelic
ginnan
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Add: to begin Þá gunnon (ongunnon, v. l.) hí þæt apostolice líf onhyrgan coeperunt apostolicam uitam imitari, Bd. 1, 26; Sch. 56, 21
of-þefian
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to be exceedingly heated Þis líf bið áléfed on langsumum sárum, and on hǽtum ofþefod, and on hungre gewáht, Hml. S. 34, 144
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áninga
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Is se dæg cumen ꝥ ðú scealt áninga (certainly) óðer twéga líf forleósan oððe lange dóm ágan mid eldum, Wald. 14. Add
lahlíce
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Þæt hý lǽran þæt gehádode regollíce and lǽwede lahlíce heora líf fadian, Wlfst. 307, 15. Laglíce legitime Angl. xiii. 394, 413. Add
eorþ-wéla
Earth-wealth, fertility ⬩ terrestres dīvĭtiæ, fertĭlĭtas
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Biþ him eorþwéla ofer ðæt éce líf earthly wealth to them is above the eternal life. Exon. 33 a; Th. 105, 34; Gú. 33. Ne ic me eorþwélan ówiht sinne I care naught for earth's wealth. Exon. 37 a; Th. 121, 17; Gú. 290.