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hladan

(v.)
Grammar
hladan, p. hlód;pp. hladen.

to heap, pile up, build, place, lade, load, freight to lade, draw [water]; haurire

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gelíce sceolon leánum hleótan swá weorcum hlódun we shall obtain rewards according as we built with our deeds [cf. 1 Cor. 3, 12-14, Exon. 19 a; Th. 49, 12; Cri. 784.] Hlódan they loaded, 106 a; Th. 404, 19; Ra:. 23, 10.

Linked entries: hlæd hlædel hlæst

án-forlǽtan

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Chr. 658; P. 32, 7. to give up what one has a claim to Gif ússe brýde ánforlǽtað if we give up those who ought to be our wives. Shrn. 86, 22

Linked entry: for-lǽtan

ge-mágas

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mágas, pl. m.

Kinsmen, relationsconsanguinei

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Kinsmen, relations; consanguinei Wit synt gemágas we two are kinsmen, Cd. 91; Th. 114, 14; Gen. 1904. God hí gesceóp to gemágum God created them as relations, Bd. 24, 3; Fox 82, 31

swerigend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
swerigend-líc, adj.
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Má syndon swergendlíce adverbia, ac hwæt sceolon hí gesǽde, nú swerian ne móton? Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 227, 3-11

wræc-weorold

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-weorold, e; f.

A world of miseryexile

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A world of misery or exile; Adam wæs gesceapen on neorxnawonge, and for his sylfes synnum ðanan ádrǽfed on ðás wræcworuld, and on eall ða earfeðu, ðe siððan drugon, Wulfst. 1. 2

heáfod-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
heáfod-líc, adj.

Chief, capital

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Ðæt ús healdan wið heáfodlícan leahtras to keep ourselves from deadly sins, Blickl. Homl. 37, 3

frætwe

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Nelle ꝥ þǽr mon ǽnig þing inne healde, bútan þá þe tó þǽre cyrcean frætwum belympað, ꝥ is, hálige béc and húselfata and mæssereáf, Ll. Th. ii. 406, 33. Add

glemm

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Godes cyrice . . . sculan nǽfre hyre derian wordes ne weorces, ac griðian hý symle and healdan unwemme and á bútan glemme (bútan womme vel glemme, v. l. ), Wlfst. 67, 18. Add

hreów

Grammar
hreów, sorrow.
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Hæbben góde hreówe úra synna, Verc. Först. 95, 15. v. ge-hreów, and next word. Add

mid-spreca

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Sege ús ꝥ sóðe búton ǽlcon leáse, and beóð þíne geholan and ealne wæg þíne midsprecan. Hml. S. 23, 590. Leahtra anspecan and manna midspecan (liberatores), Chrd. 62, 26. Add

nearu-þanc

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Forlǽten . . . tǽlnessa and twy-sprǽcnessa, nlðas and nearoþancas, Verc. Först. 94, 3. Add

simble

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Add beóð þonne mid úrum sáwlum éce symle earme oððe eádige, Wlfst. 145, 13

ymb-swífan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-swífan, p. -swáf; pl. -swifon; pp. -swifen
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To revolve round Þeáh þe þonne gýt þá sunnan sylfe geseón ne magon, for ðan seó sunne hafað þonne mid þý heofone þás eorían útan ymbswifen and ymbcerred, Nap. 88

Linked entry: ymb-cirran

be-cuman

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Add becumað tó þám andgite swá mycles gerýnes, Angl. viii. 302, 39

gest-hús

(n.)
Grammar
gest-hús, es; n.

A guest-houseguest-chamberhospĭtium

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A guest-house, guest-chamber; hospĭtium Gán we sécan úre gesthús let us go and seek our hostel, Th. Apol. 18, 16. In gest-húsum in hospitiis, Ps. Surt. 54, 16

Eást

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
Eást, es; m.
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Rufinus wolde habban þone anwold þǽr eást, and Stileca wolde sellan his suna þisne hér west, 6, 37; S. 296, 6. Eást mid Crécum, Met. 30, 1. Secga sitlu súð, eást, and west, 9, 42: 14, 7. v. norþ-, súþ-eást; cf. west; adv

ge-séðan

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magon ꝥ tó sóðe geséðan, ꝥ hyt swá wæs, for ðon habbað trume gewitnysse, Angl. viii. 307, 3. Ús gedafenað þæt hit wénon swíðor þonne unrǽdlíce hit geséðan, Hml. Th. i. 440, 31.

bletsian

(v.)
Grammar
bletsian, bletsigan; part. bletsiende, bletsigende; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad; v. a.

To BLESS, wish happiness, consecratebenedicere, consecraremerciful, kindto have mercy

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We ðec bletsiaþ, Fæder ælmihtig we bless thee, Father almighty, Cd. 192; Th. 241, 6; Dan. 400: Exon. 64 b; Th. 239, 12; Ph. 620: Ps. Lamb. 128, 8. Ðú bletsodest [bletsadest, Th.] Drihten eorþan ðíne benedixisti Domine terram tuam, Ps. Spl. 84, 1.

Linked entries: bletsung bledsian

LÁR

(n.)
Grammar
LÁR, e; f.

LOREteachinginstructionlearningknowledgecunningsciencepreachingdoctrinedogmapreceptexhortationadmonitioncounselsuggestioninstigationpersuasion

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sceolan healdan ða lára ðara feówer godspellera we must keep the precepts of the four evangelists, Blickl.

Linked entries: folc-lár lǽr

flǽsc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
flǽsc-líc, adj.

Fleshlycarnalcarnălis

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Hwæt gódes mágan we secgan on ða flǽsclícan unþeáwas what good shall we say of the fleshly vices? Bt. 31, 1; Fox 110, 25: Boutr. Scrd. 21, 43: Past. 11, 4; Hat. MS. 153, 17