wæstm-leás
Without fruit(lit. or fig.)
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¨ Without fruit(lit. or fig.) Ðæt word westem*-*leás geweorðæd verbum sine fructu efficitur, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 22. Ðí læs ðe se Hláford ús wæstmleáse geméte, Homl. Th. ii. 408, 27. [Itt liþ uss wasstmeleas off alle gode dedess, Orm. 13858.]
þeóster-cofa
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Ðæt heó ðis bánfæt beorge bifæste, láme bilúce líc orsáwle in þeóstorcofan, Exon. Th. 173, 29; Gú. 1168
un-geféled
Not possessed of feeling ⬩ insensible
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Gif ðæt líc tó ðon swíþe ádeádige, ðæt ðǽr nán gefélnes on ne sié, ðonne scealt ðú eal ðæt deáde and ðæt ungefélde of ásníþan, 82, 27
Linked entry: ge-félan
gyden
A goddess ⬩ dea
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Seó hæfde geháten heora gydenne Dianan ðæt heó wolde hiere líf on fǽmnháde alibban she had promised their goddess Diana that she would live her life in virginity; virgo vestalis Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 17
glóf-wyrt
lily of the valley ⬩ convallāria mājālis ⬩ hound's tongue ⬩ cynoglossum officĭnāle
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lily of the valley; convallāria mājālis Lin. Ðeós wyrt ðe man Apollĭnārem, and óðrum naman glófwyrt nemneþ this plant which is called Apollĭnārisand by another name glovewort, Herb. 23, 1; Lchdm. i. 120, 3: L. M. 1, 40; Lchdm. ii. 106, 7: Wrt.
hlid-fæst
Having a lid
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Having a lid Hió becwyþ Eádmǽre áne hlidfæsþe cuppan she bequeaths to Eadmer a cup with a lid, Chart. Th. 536, 4
a-syndran
To put ASUNDER ⬩ to separate ⬩ disjoin ⬩ sever ⬩ separare
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Se deáþ asyndreþ líc and sáwle death sunders body and soul, Soul Kmbl. 7 ; Seel. 4
Linked entries: a-sindrian ge-asyndrod
stincan
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Add Þá líc weóllon eall maðon and egeslíce stuncon, Hml. S. 4, 212
ge-hǽman
To lie with ⬩ cohabit ⬩ commit fornication ⬩ concumbĕre
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To lie with, cohabit, commit fornication; concumbĕre Gif he mid gehǽme if he lie with her, L. Alf. pol. 11; Th. i. 68, 16
Linked entry: hǽman
leóht-bǽre
Luminous ⬩ brilliant ⬩ splendid
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Á ðæs dóm áge leóhtbǽre lof se ús ðis líf giefeþ ever therefore may he have glory, splendid praise, who giveth us this life, Exon. 80 a; Th. 299, 34; Crä. 112
be-hogian
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Ðá ðe his líc behogodon qui funus ejus curaverant, 297, 17. Ealdor þe georne behogige (curiose intendat) hwæþer hé God geséce, R. Ben. 97, 14. ꝥ þá á
andgit-leást
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Want of understanding, senselessness Hwónlíce fremað þæs mannes líf ðe for andgitleáste ne cann his mód áwendan tó ðám écan lífe, Hml. Th. ii. 442, 9. Be andgytléste, Wlfst. 47, 11.
swicol
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Swicolost, 268, 17. of things Ðis líf is swá swicol, ðæt hit symble bepǽcþ, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 65. Ne sceole wé ná besettan úrne hiht on ðissum swicelum lífe, Homl. Th. i. 162, 18.
Linked entry: sweocol
leoþu
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Icel. lið a host, people, or lið a ship ], Exon. 94 a; Th. 353, 18; Reim. 14. [?]
hungor-lǽwe
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Add: cf. lim-lǽweo
BÆR
BARE ⬩ naked ⬩ open ⬩ nudus
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BARE, naked, open; nudus On bær líc on the bare body, Exon. 125a; Th. 482, 7; Rä. 66, 4. On barum sondum on bare sands, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 24.
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ænbręce
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ǽn (cf. ǽn-lic), and the meaning be unique (?)
a-dylegian
To destroy ⬩ delere
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] letum death, which destroyeth life, Ælfc.
ge-lútian
To lie hid ⬩ lătēre
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To lie hid; lătēre Ðæt ic gelútian ne mæg on ðyssum sídan sele that I may not lie hid in this wide hall, Cd. 216; Th. 273, 2; Sat. 130
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.