sceatt
property, goods, wealth, treasure ⬩ price, gift, bribe, tax, tribute, money, goods ⬩ a coin
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Mænig welig man is ðe wolde mycelne scet and ungerím feós syllan, gif hé hit gebicgan mihte, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 101. Gif hit fácne is him man his scæt ágefe if the marriage-contract be fraudulent, what he has paid shall be returned to him, L.
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wác-líc
Poor ⬩ mean ⬩ of little dignity or worth ⬩ paltry.
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Wé mihton eów secgan áne lytle bysne, gif hit tó wáclíc nǽre, Homl. Th. i. 40, 27. Wáclíc bið him swá lytel tó sendenne, 400, 20. Hí wǽdliende on ánum wáclícum wǽfelse férdon, 62, 29. Him þúhte tó wáclícre dǽde, ðæt hé fordyde hine ǽnne, Homl.
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LǼDAN
TO LEAD ⬩ conduct ⬩ take ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bring forth ⬩ produce
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Hé hét smiðian áne lytle róde ða hé lvdde on his swíðran he ordered a little cross to be forged, that he laid upon his right hand, Homl. Th. ii. 304, 16. His ðegnas lǽddon him tó ðone eosol his disciples brought the ass to him, Blickl. Homl. 71, 6.
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bealu
Baleful ⬩ pernicious ⬩ wicked ⬩ malicious ⬩ dirus ⬩ perniciosus ⬩ pravus ⬩ malus ⬩ malitiosus
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Baleful, pernicious, wicked, malicious; dirus, perniciosus, pravus, malus, malitiosus Awrítaþ hie on his wǽpne bealwe bócstafas they cut baleful letters upon his weapon, Salm. Kmbl. 325; Sal. 162
rówan
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Se geréfa reów him tó lande (cf. Hí eódon tó scipe and heora segel árǽrdon, 61), Hml. S. 36, 29: Ap. Th. 5, 11. Cómon hí tó sǽ and þǽr gemétton scip standan, and hí on ꝥ eódon and mid him reówan ( they went on board and sailed in it ), Hml.
on-fón
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Sé þe hine tó men onfó, Ll. Th. i. 86, 9. Ðá fǽmnan þe gewuniað onfón gealdorcræftigan, 52, 9. Gif hí sumne freónd onfón willað tó him, Hml, Th. ii. 316, 8. <b>IV b.
leófian
To be dear ⬩ pleasant ⬩ to delight
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To be dear or pleasant, to delight Him leófedan londes wynne bold on beorhge the pleasures of the country were dear to him, the house on the hill, Exon. 34 b; Th. 110, 19; Gú. 110
þæt
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Se deófol genam ðæt wíf him tó gefylstan, þæt hé ðone hálgan wer ðurh hí geswice, Homl. Th. ii. 454, 1. Hí cómon him tó, þæt hí hine geneósodon, 7. <b>II a.
lengþ
Length
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Length On lengþe mid him hé begeat ealle ða eástlond at length with them he gained all the east country, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 144, 1. [Hit weáx on lengþe it grew in length, Chr. 1122; Erl. 249, 22.]
ge-yflian
to injure ⬩ to become ill
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Lind. 22, 6. to become ill Hine geyflade he fell sick, Th. Chart. 272, 29. Him geyfelade and ðæt him stranglíce eglade he fell sick and it afflicted him severely, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 33. Lazarus wæs geyfled Lazarus infirmabatur, Jn. Skt. 11, 2
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ge-lácnian
To heal ⬩ cure ⬩ sānāre ⬩ mĕdēri
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Mon geseah hine laman gelácnian people saw him healing the lame, Blickl. Homl. 177, 16. Hine gelácnode curam ejus egit, Lk. Skt. 10, 34, note
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wlencu
pride ⬩ high spirit ⬩ pride ⬩ arrogance ⬩ haughtiness ⬩ insolence ⬩ distinction ⬩ splendour ⬩ pomp ⬩ dignity ⬩ magnificence ⬩ wealth ⬩ greatness
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Ðone naman ic sceolde habban, ðæt ic wǽre wela and weorþscipe; ac hié hine habbaþ on mé genumen, and hine habbaþ gesealdne heora wlencum and getehhod tó heora leásum welum, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 30: Blickl. Homl. 53, 9.
ríceter
power ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ greatness ⬩ glory ⬩ violence ⬩ force
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Gyf kyng mid his ríccetere his folc ofsit, ðon biþ hé tyrannus, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 20; Som. 51, 47 : Homl. Th. i. 242, 4.
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un-geþwǽre
not in harmony ⬩ at variance ⬩ discordant ⬩ not in agreement ⬩ given to discord ⬩ quarrelsome ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ troublesome ⬩ vexatious
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Gód and yfel bióþ simle ungeþwǽre betwux him and simle on twá willaþ bonum malumque adversa fronte dissideant, 37, 3; Fox 290, 13. Fýr and wæter and manega oþra gesceafta ðe beóþ á swá ungeþwǽra betwux him swá swá hí beóþ, 21; Fox 74, 16.
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wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Næs him wihte ðe sél it was not a whit the better for him Beo. Th. 5368 ; B. 2687. Nát ic hit be wihte ( at all; cf. be dǽle in part ), Exon. Th. 468, 7 ; Phar. 4.
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eaht
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Hwæt is mannes sunu, þæt hit gemet wǽre, þæt þú him aht (áht?) wið ǽfre hæfdest quid est filius hominis, quoniam reputas eum?, Ps. Th. 143, 4.
scyld
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Hé ða scyld forlét wið hine debitum dimisit ei, 27: 30
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deófol-cræft
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Se moncwealm wæs swá ungemetlic, ðæt hié mid deófolcræftum sóhton hú hié hit gestillan mehte, and gefetton Escolafius þone scínlácan, Ors. 3, 10; S. 140, 7. Add
lád-teów
A leader ⬩ guide ⬩ conductor ⬩ general
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Þurh sume ða Wyliscean ðe him tó wǽron cumen and his lǽdteówas wǽron by means of some of the Welsh who had come to him and were his guides, Chr. 1097; Erl. 233, 39. Hig synt blinde and blindra látteówas (Lind. látuas) cæci sunt, duces cæcorum, Mt.
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ge-cynd
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úp áhebbe, his blïóh hine gescent, Past. 411, 25-32.