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láðian

(v.)
Grammar
láðian, p. ode

hatefulloathed

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Hió ðæm folce láðade she was hateful to the people, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 148, 15

gilplíc

(adj.)
Grammar
gilplíc, adj.

Ostentatiouspompousproudvain-glorious

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Ostentatious, pompous, proud, vain-glorious Ðæt wǽre swíðe gilplíc dǽd gif Crist scute ðá adún it would have been a very vain glorious act if Christ had thrown himself down then, Homl. Th. i. 170, 21.

siltan

(v.)
Grammar
siltan, p. te
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On ðæm ðe gé hit syltaþ ( condistis ), Mk. Skt. 9, 50. Selte mon hiora mettas, Lchdm. ii. 234, 14. Láreówum gedafenaþ ðæt hí mid wísdómes sealte geleáffulra manna mód sylton, Homl. Th. ii. 536, 17. ge-, un-silt (-sylt)

Linked entries: seltan syltan

þideres

(adv.)
Grammar
þideres, þidres; adv.
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Thither Ðæt sió úterre ábisgung ðissa worldðinga ðæs monnes mód gedréfð and hiene scofeð hidres ðidres, óððæt hé áfilþ of his ágnum willan quod cor externis occupationum tumultibus impulsum a semetipso corruat, Past. 22; Swt. 168, 13.

Linked entry: þidres

wleccan

(v.)
Grammar
wleccan, pp. wleced, wlecced, wleht

To make lukewarm

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Wlece hyt eall tógadere, ðæt hyt wlæc beó, iii. 106, 2. Ǽlc wæter bið ðý unwerodre tó drincanne, æfter ðæm ðe hit wearm bið, gif hit eft ácólaþ, ðonne hit ǽr wǽre, ǽr hit mon ó ongunne wleccan, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 21

á-brégan

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Ðæt níwe wíte ábrégeþ (terret) ðæs mannes mód, Gr. D. 135, 19. God heora mód ábrégde. 249, 10. Ábrége terreat, Lch. i. 69, 5. Áfyrhted and ábréged territus, Gr. D. 222, 15. Swíðe ábréged vehementer exterritus, 39, 7.

ambeht-mann

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Ðæs embehtmonnes ministrantis, Lk. p. 7, 1. Ðǽm embehtmenn (-biht-, R.), Lk. 4, 20. Æmbehtmenn discipuli, Jn. L. 20, 25. Ðá embehtmenn ministri, Mk. L. R. 14, 65. Hé sænde his ambihtmæn (an-, v. l.) suos apparitores misit, Gr. D. 238, 21. Add

on-scógan

(v.)
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His mǽgas hine anscógen óðre fét, ðæt mon mæge siððan hátan his tún ðæs anscódan tún unum ei pedem propinquus discalciet, ejusque habitaculum domum, discalceati vocet, Past. 43, 16. [O. H. Ger. ant-(int-)scnohón denudare (pedem).] Cf. un-scóg(i)an

Linked entries: an-sceón an-scód

úhta

Grammar
úhta, l. úhte
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Ðæs cocces ðeáw is ðæt hé micle hlúdor singð on úhtan ðonne on dægred gallus profundioribus horis noctis altos edere canius solet, cum vero matutinum tempus in proximo est, minutas ac tenues uoces format, 461, 2. V.

slipig

(adj.)
Grammar
slipig, adj.

Slippy, slimy, viscid

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Wið slipegrum wǽtum ðæs miltes 246, 17

Linked entry: slipa

sóþ-líc

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
sóþ-líc, adj.

truegenuineunfeignedtruerightprobable; just; fit

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true, genuine, unfeigned Nǽnig óðerne freóþ in fyrhðe, ðæt hé sóðlíce (or adv.?) sybbe healde, gástlíce lufe, Fragm.

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, e; f.

Lawstatutedecreeregulationrulefixed custom

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Manna gehwilc óðrum beóde ðæt riht ðæt hé wille ðæt man him beóde and ðæt is swýðe riht lagu let every man offer that justice to another that he wishes to be offered to himself, and that is a very just rule, 49; Th. i. 326, 32.

Linked entries: laga lah ge-lagu

leác-tric

Grammar
leác-tric, leáh-tric, es; m.
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Lactucas ðæt is leáhtric, L. M. 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 194, 6: 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 352, 20.

Linked entry: cærse

líþ

(n.)
Grammar
líþ, es; n.
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Of mistlícum dryncum ðæs líþes from various strong drinks, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 17. Se ðe his oferdrencþ mid ðæs écan lífes líþe aeterna nos dulcedine inebrians, Past. 36, 9; Swt. 261, 15. Ðá bær unc mon líþ forþ oblato poculo, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 31

mægen-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-cræft, es; m.

Main forcegreat power or mightmighty power

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Is ðæt mægencræft micel móda gehwylces ofer líchoman (cf. hit is micel cræft ðæs módes for ðone líchoman, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 10), Bt. Met. Fox 26, 209; Met. 26, 105. Ðæt hé þrittiges manna mægencræft on his mundgripe hæbbe, Beo. Th. 765; B. 380.

seht

(adj.)
Grammar
seht, adj.
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Hí him ðæs gætíðodon wið swylcon gersumen swylce hí ðá sehtæ wǽron such as they were then agreed upon, 198, 16. Hí wurdon sehte on ða gerád ðæt . . ., Chr. 1093 ; Erl. 229, 25.

teóðung-mann

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-mann, es; m.
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ðæs teóðingmannes, L.

þurh-sceótan

(v.)

to shoot throughtransfixpierce

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Ðǽr wearð Alexander þurhscoten mid ánre flán ... hé þurh ðæt folc geþrang ðæt hé ðone ilcan ofslóg ðe hiene ǽr þurhsceát in eo praelio sagitta trajectus eatenus pugnavit, donec eum, a quo vulneratus esset, occideret, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 134, 22-27.

wésten-setla

(n.)
Grammar
wésten-setla, an; m.
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Óþer cyn is muneca, ðæt is wéstensetlan, ðe feor fram mannum gewítaþ, and wéste stówa and ánwunung gelufiaþ. . . Swilce wéstensetlan . . . on wéstenes wununge gelustfulliaþ, R. Ben. 134, 11-16. Óþer cyn is ancrena, ðæt is wéstensetlena, 9, 5

ge-leórnes

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Ðæs giliórnise ( depositionem ) wé gimérsia, Rtl. 89, 14. Giliórnise hiora exitus illorum 86, 16. the anniversary of a person's death On ðone nygeðan dæg ðæs mónðes bið Sc̃e Pegean geleórnes, Shrn. 48, 38: 51, 28: 52 15, and often