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LÚTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LÚTAN, p. leát; pl. luton; pp. loten

To loutbowstoop

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Loð and Josue luton wið heora (the angels they saw), Homl. Th. i. 38. 21. Ðeáh heó onsíge and lúte tó ðære eorþan though she [the sun] sink and stoop to the earth, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 25. Forþ lúten wé procidamus, Ps. Surt. 94, 6

sín

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sín, possess, pron.
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Áhealtedon fram stígum sýnum ł fram heora paðum claudicaverunt a semitis suis, Ps. Lamb. 17, 46. [Goth. seins : O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. sín : Icel. sínn (sinn).]

á-wǽgan

to deceiveto make of no effect,to fail to performto invalidatenullify

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heora fulluhtes behát ðurh forgǽgednysse áwǽgdon, Hml. Th. ii. 338, 9. Ne sceall nán mann áwǽgan ꝥ hé sylfwylles behǽt, Hml.

hlǽfdige

a queenOur Ladylady

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Seó sáwul is þæs líchoman hlǽfdige, and heó gewissað þá fíf andgitn swá swá of cynesætle ... Hyre gedafnað ꝥ heó swá swá hlǽfdige foresceáwige hwæt heó gehwylcum lime bebeóde tó dónne, Hml.

gearcung

(n.)
Grammar
gearcung, e; f.

A preparationpreparingpræpărātioappărātus

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A preparation, preparing; præpărātio, appărātus Gearcunge heortan heora gehýrde eáre ðín præpărātiōnem cordis eōrum audīvit auris tua, Ps. Spl. second 9, 20 : 32, 14. Gearcung appărātus, Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 44; Wrt. Voc. 50, 26

tǽlness

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Heora lár bið eall tó tǽlnesse geþeóded, Verc. Först. 118, 9. Forlǽtan wé tǽlnessa nnd twysprǽcnessa, 94, 3: Ll. Th. ii. 262, 26. Add

wæter-búc

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-búc, es; m.

A pitcher

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Gedeon hét heora ǽlcne geniman ánne ǽmtigne sester oððe ǽnne wæterbúc Gedeon dedit in manibus eorum lagenas vacuas, Jud. 7, 16

ærce-stól

(n.)
Grammar
ærce-stól, es; m.
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heóld ðone arcestól mid mycclan weorðmynte, Chr. 1069; P. 204, 11

lísing

(n.)
Grammar
lísing, es; m.

A freedman

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Búton ðam ceorle ðe on gafollande sit, and heora [the Danes] liésingum [lýsingum]; ða syndan efendýre, ǽgðer tó cc. sciłł., L. A. G. 2; Th. i. 154, 3

storc

(n.)
Grammar
storc, es ; m.
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Storc and swalewe heóldon ðone tíman heora tócymes, Homl. Th. i. 404, 25

efen-lǽcend

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Þæt forme werod bið þǽra apostola and heora efenlǽcendra, Hml. Th. i. 396, 18. Hwæðer þes árwurða wer lǽfde ǽnie efenlǽcendras ( imitatores ) his mægena, Gr. D. 23, 1. Add

horsc-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
horsc-lic, horx-lic;adj.
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Heora heortan horxlice wyrmas (cf. Dante's 'fastidiosi vermi') ceorfað, Dóm. L. 167. Horslice wítehúsa squalentium ergastulorum, An. Ox. 4752. Horslice fýlþu putidos squalores, 1789

sám-cwic

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Mid flánum ofscotene, mid wǽpnum ofsette, hí heora burh sámcuce (cf. healfcwice, Bl. H. 203, 19) gesóhton, Hml. Th. i. 506, 2. Add

gafeluc

Grammar
gafeluc, Add
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Hí scuton mid gafelucum ... oð ꝥ hé eall wæs beset mid heora scotungum swilce igles byrsta, Hml. S. 32, 116

wer-hád

(n.)
Grammar
wer-hád, es; m.
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Ðæt hí heora clǽnnesse healdan be heora háde, swá werhádes swá wífhádes, swá hwæðer swá hit sý, L. Edm. E. 1; Th. i. 244, 11

ceahhetung

Grammar
ceahhetung, ceahhettung.
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Forbeóde gé þá hǽðenan sangas þǽra lǽwedra manna and heora hlúdan cheahchetunga, Ll. Th. ii. 358, 3. and add :--

ge-þingan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þingan, p. -þang, pl. -þungon; pp. -þungen

To thrivegrowbecome excellent

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Ǽghwæðer heora wæs ælþeódig ðǽr and hwæðere for heora lífes geearnunge geþungon ðæt hí bútá wáeron Abbudissan on ðam mynstre quæ utraque cum esset peregrina, præ merito virtutum ejusdem monasterii est abbatissa constituta, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 23.

Linked entry: þingan

tyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
tyhtan, p. te.
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[Tuhten is used in Layamon with the meaning of teón, IV :-- Ure drihten heo bilæueð, and to Mahune heo tuhteð, Laym. 27321.

Linked entries: a-tyhtan tihtan

án-daga

(n.)
Grammar
án-daga, an; m. [dæg a day = daga, q. v.]

A fixed daya time appointeda day or term appointed for hearing a causedies dictusdies constitutus

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Ðæt gehwilc spræc hæbbe ándagan hwænne heó gelǽst sý that every suit have a term when it shall be brought forward, L. Ed. proœm; Th. i. 158, 6: 11; Th. i. 164, 21: L. Edg. H. 7; Th. i. 260, 13: L. C. S. 19; Th. i. 386, 14

Linked entry: án-dagian

be-swícian

(v.)
Grammar
be-swícian, p. ode, ede, ade; pp. od, ed, ad [be, swícian to wander]

To go from, evade, escape, be without, be free fromevadere, carere

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Ðæt heó ðære langan untrumnesse beswícede se infirmitate longa carere, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 24. Torhtgyþ ðære tungan onstyrenesse be-swícade Torctgyd linguæ motu caruit, 4, 9; S. 577, 17