wlíte
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Lustfulliende þǽre stówe swétnesse and wlite delectatus suauitate ac decore loci illius, Bd. 5, 12 ; Sch. 629, 12
West-mynster
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The place is mentioned in a (doubtful) charter of Offa of the year 785 : In loco terribili, quod dicitur æt Uuestmunstur, i. 180, 3
ge-dreóg
suitable, fit, meet ⬩ quiet, orderly. ⬩ of persons, serious in behaviour; ⬩ gravis ⬩ of animals, gentle, tame; ⬩ mitis
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Lomb is drih, þing and milde agnus est animal mansuetum, O. E. Hml. ii. 49, 9. Maide dreiβ and wel itaucht, 256, 34.]
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FREÓGAN
to free ⬩ make free ⬩ manumittĕre ⬩ lībĕrāre ⬩ to honour ⬩ like ⬩ love ⬩ honōrāre ⬩ dilĭgĕre ⬩ ămāre
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Fæder and módor freó ðú love thou father and mother, 80a; Th. 300, 21; Fä. 9. Hit gedéfe biþ ðæt mon his winedryhten freóge it is fitting that a man love his dear lord, Beo. Th. 6334; B. 3177
Linked entries: freón freónd fría ge-freógan
ge-lícian
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D. like to seem, lock like), seem likely.
bí
By, near to, at, in, upon ⬩ juxta, prope, apud, in ⬩ Of, about ⬩ de, quoad ⬩ By, through, because of, after, according to, in comparison with ⬩ per, secundum, pro, ex
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dat. By, near to, at, in, upon; juxta, prope, apud, in Arás bí ronde oretta the champion arose by his shield, Beo. Th. 5069; B. 2538. He bí sesse geóng he went by the seat, 5506; B. 2756. Bí staðe fæste fast by the shore, Exon. 96 b; Th. 361, 11; Wal
in-dryhto
Nobleness ⬩ honour ⬩ glory
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Nobleness, honour, glory Blǽð is gehnǽged eorþan indryhto ealdaþ and searaþ glory is laid low, earth's honour grows old and withers, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 8; Seef. 89.
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temesian
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Tosser's Husbandry, 39, 10: 'Some mixeth the tie with the wheat Temmes lofe on his table to haue for to eate.' In such a loaf the coarse bran only is removed. v. Glossary. Temse-bread is given in Ray's South and East-Country Words, E. D. S. Pub.
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axe
Ash ⬩ ashes ⬩ cinis
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On ðære stówe ðe man ða axan gít in loco in quo cineres effundi solent, Lev. 1, 16. Bearwas wurdon to axan and to ýslan the groves became ashes and embers, Cd. 119; Th. 154, 9; Gen. 2553
gilp-georn
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Cf. lof-georn Men beóð ofergrǽdige woruldgestreóna and tó manege weorðaþ tó wlance and ealles tó rance and tó gylpgeorne erunt homines cupidi, elati, superbi ; men shall be covetous, boasters, proud (2 Tim. 3, 2), Wlfst. 81, 15.
snǽdan
to slice, cut into slices ⬩ to snathe ⬩ to lop, prune, cut branches off trees ⬩ to hew ⬩ trim stones. ⬩ putare ⬩ to cut into slices
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Jamieson gives sned to prune, lop off, sned a branch pruned off.] to lop, prune, cut branches off trees Snédit putat Txts. 117, 249. Sume snéddun telgran of treówum alii caedebant ramos de arboribus Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 8.
heonu
Lo ⬩ behold
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Lo, behold Heonu [henu, Rush.] ecce, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 8. Heono, Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 29. Hona lá mín hláford ecce dominus meus, Shrn. 60, 14
lócian
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ǽngan hláford from the wretched solitary often are his lord's looks turned.
hlǽw
a low ⬩ law ⬩ a rising ground, ⬩ an artificial as well as a natural mound, ⬩ a funeral mound; ⬩ tumulus ⬩ the interior of a mound, ⬩ a cave
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The word is found in local names, e.g. Cwicchelmes hlǽw. Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 21 [for other examples see Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxxi], and exists still in the forms -low, as Ludlow, Hounslow; and -law, frequently applied to hills in Scotland. [Cf.
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drúsan
To sink, become low, slow, inactive, to DROWSE ⬩ cadĕre, lentum vel segnem esse
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To sink, become low, slow, inactive, to DROWSE; cadĕre, lentum vel segnem esse Cén drúsende the sinking flame, Elen. Kmbl. 2514; El. 1258. Lagu drúsade, wǽldreóre fág the stream became slower, stained with deadly gore, Beo. Th. 3265; B. 1630.
for-hýnan
To cast down ⬩ humble ⬩ oppress ⬩ waste ⬩ hŭmĭliāre ⬩ opprĭmĕre ⬩ vastāre
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Mid ðam bryne Róme burh wæs swíðe forhýned the city Rome was brought very low by that burning, Ors. 6, 1; Bos. 115, 41
nép-flód
A neap-tide ⬩ a very low tide
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A neap-tide, a very low tide Népflód vel ebba ledona, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 11 : ledo, 63, 74: ii. 98, 22.
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cipp
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a beam, log, stock Cip cadurcus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 38: catercus, 129, 49. Cyppes stipitis, cippi, Germ. 399, 271.
ge-síclian
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Sé þe un-endebyrdlíce mægenu gegrípan hogað, raþe hé byð gesíclud (períclitatur), Scint. loi, 15. Hé wearð gesícelod. Hml. S. 7, 65. Wearð his hors gesíclod (-sícclod, v.l.) and sóna feóll (v. Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 229, 18-), 26, 205.
wel-hwǽr
Everywhere ⬩ generally ⬩ commonly
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Wæs wíde and welhwǽr Waldendes lof áfylled Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 11. Wiód ða ðe willaþ welhwǽr derian clǽnum hwǽte Met. 12, 4. Mæniges þinges ðe monnum wunder welhwǽr þynceþ 28, 82
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