brád-þistel
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A thistle with long leaves, sea-holm, sea-holly; eryngium = ήρύγγιoν, eryngium maritimum, Lin Brádþistel eryngion, Cot. 212
byrging
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Dele Jn. 20, 1, 4 Lye. and add Be Crístes líce and his byrgenge, Angl. xi. 173, 14
leódan
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Him brega engla of líce áteáh liódende bán ( the rib from which Eve was made), Gen. 182. Add
seomian
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Th. 7, 20; Gen. 109. to remain supported, to lie so as to press, lie heavily, lie securely Se wong seomaþ eádig and onsund, Exon. Th. 199, 2; Ph. 19. Seomaþ (-ad, MS.) wír ymbe ðone wælgim. 400, 19; Rä. 21, 3.
Linked entry: semian
blód-reów
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Sanguinary; sanguinolentus Breóst-hord blódreów a sanguinary heart [lit. breast-hoard or treasure ], Beo. Th. 3442; B. 1719
fen-minte
Fen-mint ⬩ water-mint ⬩ silvestris menta
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Fen-mint, water-mint; silvestris menta, Lin Fenminte fen-mint, L. M. 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 8
línete
A linnet
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A linnet [for connection with lín cf. Ger. hanf hemp, hänfling linnet] Línete cardella, Wrt. Voc. 62, 46
of-leógan
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to lie, be false Ða ælþeódgan bearn mé oflugon filii alieni mentiti sunt mihi Ps. Th. 17, 43
earm-full
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Wretched, miserable Hí for hellewítes ógan and for Crístes lufan þis earmfulle líf forlǽtaþ, Lch. iii. 440, 34
un-heánlíce
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Add: in no mean fashion Hé þǽr his eáwfæste líf unheánlíce ( non mediocriter) ádreáh, Gr. D. 43, 25
ful-bryce
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Cf. líf-lyre, 11: feorh-lyre, 14
sǽtnian
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To lie in wait for (with gen. ) Ðá wǽron ðǽr Sarocine gesamnode, ðæt hig sǽtnodan manna, Shrn. 37, 34
Linked entry: sǽtian
stóc-wíc
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Lit. 200, 34
wann-fýr
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Lurid fire Wonfýres wælm, se swearta líg lurid fire's glow, the dark flame, Exon. Th. 60, 7; Cri. 966
Linked entry: wan-fýr
resten-dæg
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Se Sæternesdæg wæs geháten restendæg... on ðam dæge læg Cristes líc on byrigene, and hé árás of deáþe on ðam Sunnandæge, and se dæg is cristenra manna restendæg, Homl. Th. ii. 206, 3-33.
seld-hwanne
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Heó wolde seldhwænne hire líc baðian, Homl. Skt. i. 20, 44. Seld*-*hwonne biþ ðaette áuht manegum monnum ánes hwæt lícige, Bt. 18, 3 ; Fox 64, 29
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heáfod-leás
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Þæs bisceopes líc . . . árás and nam his ágen heáfod þe of áheáwen wæs, and eóde forð . . . his Drihten herigende . . . Ꝥ wæs syllic wundor ꝥ se martyr heáfodleás mihte gán God herigende, Hml. S. 29, 307.
mægden-ǽw
Marriage with a virgin
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Marriage with a virgin Ðæt biþ rihtlíc líf ðæt cniht þurhwunige on his cnihtháde óþ ðæt hé on rihtre mǽdenǽwe gewífige and hæbbe ða syððan and nǽnige óðre ða hwíle ðe seó libbe that is right life, that a young man remain a bachelor until in lawful matrimony
ge-wítendlíc
Transitory ⬩ transitorius
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Ðis lǽnelíce líf and ðis gewítendlíce this poor and transitory life, Blickl. Homl. 73, 9. Yrfenuma to wítendlícum ǽhtum heir to transitory possessions, Homl. Th. i. 56, 13
and-warde
Present ⬩ præsens
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Present; præsens Ðis andwarde líf manna on eorþan vita hominum præsens in terris, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 14