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hlinaþ

(n.)
Grammar
hlinaþ, hleonaþ, es; m.

A place to lie down in

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A place to lie down in Ic getimbre hús and hleonaþ, Exon. 36 a; Th. 117, 10; Gú. 222

Linked entry: hleonaþ

blǽce

(n.)
Grammar
blǽce, bléce, es; n.
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Wið dám micclan líce and wið óðrum giccendum bléce, iii. 70, 28. [Take here passages from Lchdms. given in Dict. under blǽco.] Bléci viti(li)ginem, Txts. 105, 2117: 114, 107: pruriginem, 111, 24

bals-minte

(n.)
Grammar
bals-minte, an; f.

BALSAM-MINTspear-mintwater-mintsisymbriummentha aquatica

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BALSAM-MINT, spear-mint, water-mint; sisymbrium: q. mentha aquatica, Lin. Ælfc. Gl. 43; Som. 64, 52; Wrt. Voc. 31, 62

cwealm-bǽrnes

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Heó heóld þá líc oþ ꝥ seó éhtnys geswác, and se crístendóm ácucode æfter þǽre cwealmbǽrnysse, Hml. S. 29, 330. Add

swicol

(adj.)
Grammar
swicol, sweocol; adj.
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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

feól

Grammar
feól, fiil, fél, e: feóle, an
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Fiil lima, An. Ox. 53, 34: Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 7. Feól, 78, 28: 49, 75: i. 287, 2: An. Ox. 1769. Feole, Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 17. Byð fremedre feóle þwyrnysse erit aliene lima prauitatis, Scint. 150, 5. Sum heora mid feólan feólode ábútan, Hml.

cearian

(v.)
Grammar
cearian, cearigan, carian; ic cearige, ðú cearast, he cearaþ, ceariaþ; ode; od [cearu = care]

To take care, heed, to be anxious or sorrycurare, sollicitum esse

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He æt gúþe ná ymb his líf cearaþ he cares not about his life in battle, Beo. Th. 3077; B. 1536. Ne ceara ðú fleáme dǽlan somwist incre care not thou to part your fellowship by flight, Cd. 104; Th. 137, 25; Gen. 2279: 130; Th. 165, 16; Gen. 2732

Linked entry: carian

smeáþancollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
smeáþancollíce, adv.

Exactly, in a searching manner, thoroughly subtiliter

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Hí smeádon swíðe smeáþancollíce ymbe ðæt éce líf they went into the question of eternal life in the most searching manner Homl. Skt. i. 3, 44.

ge-streónan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-streónan, p. de; pp. ed

To gaingetobtainacquirelucrāriacquīrĕre

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Ðǽr is cúþre líf ðonne we on eorþan mǽgen ǽfre gestreónan there is a life more glorious than we may ever obtain on earth, Cd. 226; Th. 302, 11; Sat. 597.

Linked entry: streónan

a-lifian

(v.)
Grammar
a-lifian, p. ode; pp. od

To livevivere

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To live; vivere He geþohte ðæt he wolde on fellenum gegyrelan ealle his dagas his lífes alifian he resolved that he would live all the days of his life in clothing of skins, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 13

aprotane

(n.)
Grammar
aprotane, an; m.

The herb southernwoodwormwoodabrotonumἀβρότονον

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The herb southernwood, wormwood; abrotonum = ἀβρότονον [artemisia, Lin.] Genim aprotanan take wormwood, L. M. 1, 16; Lchdm. ii. 60, 1

híd-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
híd-mǽlum, adv.

By hides

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By hides Ðæt líþ hídmǽlum and æcermǽlum it lies by hides and by acres. Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 98, 4. : —

betwih-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
betwih-licgan, he -ligeþ

To lie betweeninterjacere

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To lie between; interjacere Gif mycel feornys síþfætes betwihligeþ si longinquitas itineris magna interjacet, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 39

Linked entry: be-twih

strewung

(n.)
Grammar
strewung, e; f.
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What is spread to lie on, a couch On bedde mínre strewunge in lectum strati mei, Ps. Lamb. 131, 3

Linked entries: streáwung streówung

strúdigendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
strúdigendlíce, adv.
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Rapaciously, greedily Gif hé ofermódlíce and andiendlíce and strúdgendlíce his líf drohtnað si superbe, si inuidę uiuat, Chrd. 108, 18

wéne

(adj.)
Grammar
wéne, adj.

hopefulfair

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hopeful Similar entries v. or-, un-wéne. fair, beautiful v. wén-líc Wénre (? wénðe, MS.) formosior Hpt. Gl. 417, 23

Linked entry: wénþ

culmille

(n.)
Grammar
culmille, an ; f.

The lesser centaury erythræa centaurium, Lin

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The lesser centaury ; erythræa centaurium, Lin Genim ða lytlan culmillan take the small centaury, L. M. 1, 16 ; Lchdm. ii. 58, 20

níd-behóflíc

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-behóflíc, adj.

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

þurh-irnan

(v.)

to run through

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Ðæt swurd ðe ðæra cildra lima þurharn, Homl. Th. i. 84, 18

wit-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wit-leás, adj.

Witlesssenseless

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Witless, senseless On ðam fíftan mónþe hé (the fœtus) biþ cwica and weaxeþ and seó módur líð witleás, Lchdm. iii. 146, 12