hwít
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whiteness Hwít ásolað nitor squalescit Angl. i. 285, § 2 : ii. 374, 3. something white, the white of an egg. Cf. hwít; ¶ Mid ǽges þý hwíte. Lch. ii. 82, 9. Dó ǽges hwít tó, 342, 18. Nim ǽgra hwít, iii. 134, 10. certain kinds of food, cheese, eggs, butter
hyld
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Dele, and see <b>hild, es;</b> m. and <b>hyldu;</b> f
hweól-weg
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A cart-road On hweogelweg, C. D. iii. 386, 4
hwíl-fæc
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For 'Lye' substitute Hwílfæc interuallum An. Ox. 1178. Cf. hwíl-stycce, hwíl-þrág, hwíl-tídum
hwirfe-pól
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A whirl-pool Hwyrfepólum charybdibus Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 56
Linked entry: hwyrfe-pól
in-gyte
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Infusion Þurh ingyte háliges gástes per infusionem sancti spiritus, Angl. xiii. 395, 424
in-laþigend
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One who invites Ꝥ inlaþigendum þínum þú gearwige mettas ut inuitaiori tuo prebeas cibos, Sciut. 170, 12
Linked entry: laþigend
-líce
lang-gestreón
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Treasure that had existed long, ancient treasure Wénde hé þæt hé lytel fæc longgestreóna brúcan móste, B. 2240
lár-fæsten
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A fast imposed as discipline Ǽfæstenu . . . and mínra dǽda gewitena lárfæstenu ic oft ágǽlde, Angl. xi. 99, 63
láþ
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Nis him nán láð, hé rest hine eáðe, Ps. Th. 40, 9. Þæt nán wiht ne sý . . . þæs leófes ne þæs láðes þæt hig þonne mihte fram úres Drihtnes lufan ásceádan, Wlfst. 185, 2. Ne cweðe gé nán láð ðǽm deáfan non maledices surdo Past. 453, 1. Gif hit ꝥ wǽre,
lyre-wrenc
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A trick that causes damage or loss Lá, hwí ne mót ic habban þæt ic mé sylf beget mid mínum lyrewrencum ?, Verc. Först. 168
mǽd-æcer
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A meadow Þæne hagan þe Eádwerd áhte, and þæne mǽdæcer þe þǽr tó hýrð, Swt. A. S. Rdr. ii. 203, 13. .viii. rnǽdæceras. . . gebyriað tó Cenelmestúne, C. D. vi. 33, 28
mæsse-steall
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The place where the priest stood when saying mass (?), the altar (cf. gif preóst búton gehálgodon weófode mæssige, Ll. Th. ii. 292, 18. Se Geearnian wé mid gódum dǽdum. 'þæt is mid clǽne ælmessan and mid leóhte tó úrum ciricean and tó úrum mæssesteallum
mæþel-friþ
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Peace secured by law at a public assembly, the violation of which had to be compensated twofold Ciricfriþ II. gylde; mæthlfriþ II. gylde, Ll. Lbmn, 3, 6
leás-wyrcend
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A deceiver, a doer of what is false Deófol is yfeltihtend and leáswyrcend, synna ordfruma and sáwla bepǽcend, Hml. Th. i. 102, 1
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lenden-ece
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Pain in the loins Wiþ lendenece. Lch. ii. 64, 16, 21 : 234, 29
leód-geþyncþ
líg-berend
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AJlame-bearer; flam-miger, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 9. Líg-berende; adj. Flame-bearing; flam-miger, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 52. Substitute:
líget-sliht
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and add Swá légeðslæht scínende sicut fulgor coruscans, Lk. R. L. l 7, 24. Mycel mægn lígetslehta (liégiet-slyhta, v. l.) tanta coruscationis virtus, Gr. D. 167, 24. For hreónessum and lígetslehtum (-slihturn, v. l.) tempeslatibtis cortiscis, 133, 31