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lád-teów

(n.)
Grammar
lád-teów, es; m.

A leaderguideconductorgeneral

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Hig synt blinde and blindra látteówas (Lind. látuas) cæci sunt, duces cæcorum, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 14. Wǽron heora látteówas and heretogan twegen gebróðra Hengest and Horsa, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 27.

níwe

(adj.)
Grammar
níwe, neówe; adj.

newnot yet usednewrecentnot of long standingnot long madenew (to anything)inexperiencednewnoveldifferent from what has gone before

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Calic níwre ǽ ( novi testamenti ), Mt. Kmbl. 26, 28. Nemde níwan stefne; nama wæs gecyrred, Elen. Kmbl. 2119; El. 1061. Him ne wæs nǽnig earfoþe ðæt líchomlíce gedál on ðære neówan wyrde ( in their new condition ), Blickl. Homl. 135, 31.

Linked entry: níwung

wrecca

(n.)
Grammar
wrecca, wræcca, an ; m.

one driven from his own countrya wanderer in foreign landsan exilea strangerpilgrima wretchan evil persona wretched persona miserable, feeble creaturea wretchedunhappymiserablepoor person

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Wineleás wrecca (Cain), Cd. Th. 64, 16 ;Gen. 1051. Ðú ðás werðeóde wræccan láste feorran gesóhtest, 149, 22 ; Gen. 2478 : 171, 3 ;Gen. 2822 : Exon. Th. 306, 30; Seef. 15. Wreccan, 420, 24; Rä. 40, 8.

Linked entries: wræcca wrec

ge-rǽcan

(v.)
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(l a) with immaterial object, to present a case, claim, & c. :-- Hé móste mid his foráðe his hláford áspelian æt mistlican neódan, and his onspǽce gerǽcan mid rihte, LI. Th. i. 192, 3.

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ, m. f.; sǽs, sǽes, , sǽwe, seó; ǽs, ; dat. sǽm, sǽum, sǽwum.

Sea .sea seaseaa seaa sea, lake

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sǽwe), Cant. Moys. Thw. 29, 4. Ðá métte hié micel ýst on sǽ, Chr. 877; Erl. 78, 18. Hié micel ðæs folces ofer sǽ ádrǽfdon, 878; Erl. 78, 30 : Bd. 1, 15; S. 484, 7. Ofer ðone sǽ, 1, 12; S. 481, 2. Gif hwá his ágenne geleód bebycgge ofer sǽ L.

here

(n.)

an armyan armya hosta division of an armyarmy corpslegioncohorttroopinfantrycavalryan armyan armymultitudehostcrowdmultitudeharryingdevastationplunderingravaging

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Eádmund gegaderode fyrde and þone here áflymde, l. 5), Chr. 1016; P. 150, 2. used of things that can injure Mid herige hrímes and snáwes, Men. 204. a large number of people, multitude, host. of persons engaged in acts of violence, Similar entries v.

líf

(adv.)
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Unlǽde bið on eorðan, unnyt lífes . . . sé þurh þone cantic ne can Críst geherian, Sal. 21. (For other instances see Dict. )

DÉMA

(n.)
Grammar
DÉMA, an; m. [déman to deem, judge, think] .

a deemer, thinker, judge, an umpire censor, consul, jūdex, arbĭter the judge, who gave a wrong judgment, was subject to a fine of one hundred and twenty shillings; and if a man could not obtain justice, the judge to whom he applied was fined thirty shillings. As the judge represented the king, he was at the king's disposal

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Him egsa becom for déman dread came over them before their judge, Cd. 221; Th. 288, 13; Sat, 380: 175; Th. 220, 15; Dan. 71. Ic ðone déman in dagum mínum wille weorþian I will worship the judge in my days, Exon. 41 b; Th. 139, 8; Gú. 590.

Linked entries: dǽma doema

be-healdan

(v.)
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Th. 75, 2. to take care, beware Beheald þæt ðú ðás dǽde ne dó, Hml. Th. i. 38, 25: Lch. i. 332, 6: ii. 318, 19. Behealdað ðæt Adam ne ete of ðám treówe, Hex. 26, 15. Behaldas attendite, Mt. L. 6, 1. Tó behaldenne cavendum, 16, 12.

cépan

(v.)
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Th. i. 240, 1. to care about, desire to have. with gen. Hé lufaá ðá áteorigendlican edleán . . . Hé cépð þǽra sceatta, Hml. Th. i. 240, 18. Ne cépð nán man ðeórwyrðra reáfa búton for ýdelum gylpe, 328, 28.

ge-streón

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D. 162, 32. begetting of children, procreation, production Genitiuus is gestrýnendlic: mid þám casu byð geswutelod ǽlces (ðinges gestreón, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 22, 13. Ðá ðe for bearnes gestreóne hǽmed begáð, Hml. Th. i. 148, 22: ii. 94, 3 : 590, 23.

heán

lowpoormeanignoblebasehumbleddepresseddejectedcast downmiserablewretchedmeanbaselow

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Sé þe hine sylfne áhefeð heáhmódne, sé sceal heán wesan, Mód. 54. depressed, dejected, cast down, miserable For hwon wást þú weán, gesyhst sorge, sagast lífceare heán, hygegeómor, Gen. 879: 866.

hwanan

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Hé nyste hwanon hyt (the wine made from water) cóm, Jn. 2, 9. (2 d) from what quarter action should proceed :-- Þæt ic ongiton mæge hwonan ic þín tilian scyle (from what side I am to set about thy care) and hú ut, qui modo sit tuae curationis, intelligam

níd

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Seó þearlwísnes þæs heardan lífes him ǽrest of nýde (néde, v. l.) becóm (ex necessitate obuenerat) for bóte his synna, Bd. 4, 25 ; Sch. 493, 19. necessity from the facts or circumstances of the case Nales oð bewerenesse þá symbelnesse tó mǽrsienne mæssesanges

slítan

(v.)
Grammar
slítan, p. slát, pl. sliton; pp. sliten

To slit, tear, rendto tear a garment rendto tear, split, rend, cleave, divideto tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, to tear, bite irritateto tear to destroy, waste, consumeto carp at, back-biteto tear attero to tear, split to tear, break scindere, lacerare, laniare, lacessere, saevire, delere to slit, tear, break

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Lind. 5, 17. to carp at, back-bite Similar entries v. bæc-slitol Æt ǽrestum lyst ðone monn unnyt sprecan be óðrum monnum ðonne æfter firste hine lyst tǽlan and slítan ðara líf bútan scylde ut prius loqui aliena libeat, postmodum detractionibus eorum

syndrig

(adj.)
Grammar
syndrig, adj.

separate, alone, not joined with othersstanding apart, not accessiblespecial, set apart for a particular purposespecial, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual qualityfor the unusual degree in which some quality existsof that which concerns a single person, private, ownproprius, privatusseparate, several, sundry, each separatelyone a-piece, one each

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</b>in a distributive sense, one a-piece, one each :-- Ðá onféngon hig syndrige penegas (cf. ǽlc his pening, v. 9, the Latin in each case being singulos denarios ) Mt. Kmbl. 20, 10.

gifu

(n.)
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Beneficium freme, i. donum gife, 125, 29. a giving, bestowal Dativus is forgyfendlic : mid ðám casu byð geswutelod ǽlces ðinges gifu, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 22, 17. Gefe ðoncungo gidóe wé gratias agimus, Rtl. 36, 33. <b>I a.

healf

(adj.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

a half

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or can healfe be taken as adverb qualifying fornumen ?) hire líchama mid hreófnisse fornumen ecce jam medium carnis ejus devoratum est lepra, Num. 12, 12. Ic gean healfes ðæs landes, C. D. iv. 300, 6, 28. Be healfre þǽre bóte, Ll. Th. i. 70, 1.

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ge-cirran

(v.)
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L. 7, 6. to come to a condition, arrive at Hér cuóm micel sciphere on West-Wealas, and hié tó ánum gecierdon ( the Danes and Welsh came to an agreement ), Chr. 835; P. 62, 16.

Linked entries: ge-cerran ge-cyrran

FOR

(prep.)
Grammar
FOR, prep. dot. acc. and inst.

FORon account ofbecause ofwithbypropropterperaccording toprosĕcundumjuxtaForinstead ofprolŏcovĭceForon account ofbecause ofthroughpropropterper

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Ðe for ðám lárum com that came by reason of those wiles, Cd. 29; Th. 37, 32; Gen. 598. Moyses wearþ gebýsgad for heora yfelum vexātus est Moyses propter eos. Ps. Th. 105, 25.