lutian
lurk ⬩ skulk
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To lie hid, be concealed, lurk, skulk, be latent Sum gedwyld lutaþ ðǽr aliquis latet error, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Som. 45, 46. Of ðam fýre ðe him on lutaþ from the fire that is latent in it, Lchdm. iii. 274, 4. Hú moniga dígla costunga ðæs ealdan feóndes lutigeaþ
MǼD
MEAD ⬩ meadow
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MEAD, meadow Mǽd pratum, Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67, 75; Wrt. Voc. 38, 1 : 96; Som. 76, 45; Wrt. Voc. 53, 52. xii æcras an westhealfe ðære strǽte and án médwa beneoþan ðæm hliþe xii acres on the west side of the road, and one meadow beneath the hill, Cod.
rǽcan
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intrans. To reach, extend, stretch forth Ic wíde rǽce ofer engla eard, Exon. Th. 482, 26; Rä. 67, 7. Yldo rǽceþ wíde, Salm. Kmbl. 588; Sal. 294. Heó rǽhte mid handum tó heofoncyninge, Cd. Th. 292, 7; Sat. 437 : Beo. Th. 1499; B. 747. Rǽhton wíde geond
Linked entry: a-rǽcan
under-niman
to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal ⬩ to take into the mind ⬩ receive what is said, taught ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to blame ⬩ resent
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to take surreptitiously, to steal. Similar entries v. under-fón, VIII Gif feoh sý undernumen (under numen?), Lchdm. i. 392, 8. in figurative senses, to take into the mind, receive what is said, taught, etc. Gehádede men hit sceolon him ásecgan, undernimð
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án-rǽd
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Add: , -rǽde. of one (and the same) counsel, agreed, in agreement, in harmony, of persons Þurcil and hé wǽran ánrǽde, Chr. 1023; P. 157, 30. Ealle hi wǽron ánrǽde æt eallum þám ðingum. Ll. Th. ii. 336, 11. of things ꝥ man menn blód ne lǽte ǽr þám
eardian
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Add: intrans. of human beings. to live, dwell, be inhabitant of a country, city, &c. Seó mégð þe nú eardaþ on Wiht, Chr. 449; P. 13, 18. On þǽm mórum eardiað Finnas (cf. the word used for less permanent dwelling On feáwum stówum styccemǽlum wíciað
for-ealdian
to run out ⬩ expire
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Add: of living material, animal or vegetable, to grow weak with age Æpla, græs, and wyrtan foraldiað and forsériað ... Ge furþum manna líchaman forealdiað ... hý árísað on dómes dæge swá þæt néfre syððan þá líchaman ne geendiað ne ne forealdiað, Solil
ge-reordan
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Add: absolute, to take food for refreshment, take refreshment, eat, feast Hí sǽton ꝥ híg gemǽnelíce gereordodan, Hml. S. 23, 243. Gehriordig epulare, Lk. 12, 19. Gif þá gebróþru on middæg gereorden, gereorde (ge-reordige, v. l. ) hé on nón si fratres
hálgian
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Add: to make holy, sanctify Hálgig ł hálga ðú (gehálga, W. S., R.) hiá . . . Fore him ic hálgiga (hálgige, W. S., gihálgo, R.) mec seolfne sanctifica eos . . . pro eis ego sanctifico me ipsum, Jn. L. 17, 17-19. . to consecrate, set apart as sacred to
hlæder
a ladder ⬩ flight of steps ⬩ stairs
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a ladder, set of moveable steps (lit. or fig.) Seó hlǽdder (hlǽddra, R. Ben. I. 28, 7) (scala) tácnað úre líf ... þǽre hlǽdre sídan tácniað líchoman and sáule; on ðǽm twám sídum missenlice stæpas eáðmódnesse sió gelaðung gefæstnode, R. Ben. 23, 9-14.
hleahtor
a laugh
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Add: the action of laughing. as an expression of joy, merriment Plega and hleahtor . . . þǽr wigan sittað on beórsele blíðe ætsomne, Rún. 14. Hlehter (risus) eówer on heófunge byþ gehworfen and bliss on gnornunge, Scint. 171, 6. Hlehter sáre byð gemincged
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nese
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Add: saying no to a question 'Hwæþer ðín woruld eall wǽre æfter ðínum willan.' Ðá andsworode Boetius: 'Nese, lá, nese; næs ic nǽfre gít náne hwíle swá emnes módes . . .', Bt. 26, 1 ; F. 90, 24, Nese, lá, nese; ne mín ne nánes mannes nis tó þám creftig
Wendel-sǽ
the Mediterranean. ⬩ In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it
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the Mediterranean. In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it Andlang Wendelsǽs (mare Nostrum, quod Magnum generaliter dicimus) Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 12. Wendelsǽ mare Nostrum 12, 14:
swefen
sleep ⬩ a dream ⬩ a dream ⬩ sleep: a dream ⬩ sleep ⬩ sleep
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sleep : — Hit wæs deáðes swefn . . . menniscra morð. Cd. Th. 45, 1 ; Gen. 720. Hí slépon swæfnum dormierunt somnum, Ps. Spl. 75, 5. Gif ic selle swefnu ł slǽp eágum mínum si dedero somnum oculis meis, Ps. Lamb. 131, 4. a dream Hé rehte him his swefen
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slǽpan
to sleep ⬩ to sleep ⬩ lie with a person
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[The Northern Gospels also shew forms from slépian Gif hé slépaþ. Jn. Skt. Lind. 11, 12. Slépiaþ ł slépeþ árísaþ (slépiaþ árísas, Rush.), Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 27. Slépade (geslépedon, Lind.) dormitaverunt, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 25, 5.] to sleep Ðú slépes, Mk
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gift
a gift; as a technical term ⬩ the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ nuptiæ
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a gift; as a technical term, the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife Gif mon wíf gebycgge and sió gyft forþ ne cume if a man buy a wife and the sum agreed upon be not forthcoming, L. In. 31; Th. i. 122, 5. See
ge-dón
To do ⬩ make ⬩ put ⬩ cause ⬩ effect ⬩ reach a place ⬩ facere
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To do, make, put, cause, effect, reach a place; facere Ic sceal cunnan hwæt ðú gedón wille I shall know what thou wilt do, Andr. Kmbl. 684; An. 343. Ðú ne miht ǽnne locc gedón hwítne non potes unum capillum album facere, Mt. Bos. 5, 36. Gedó dé hálne
wícing
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A pirate, sea-robber Wícing (wigcing, v. l.) oððe scegðman pirata, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Zup. 24, 9.: pirata vel piraticus vel cilix, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 59. Wícing oððe flotman pirata, 73, 74: archipirata, Hpt. Gl. 501, 35. Yldest wícing, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 60. Philippus
Linked entry: scegð-mann
ge-hál
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Add: whole, unbroken Se tægel sceolde beón gehál on þám nýtene æt þǽre offrunge, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 39. Gif mon óðrum rib ofsleá binnan gehálre hýde, Ll. Th. i. 98, 11. entire, sound, in good condition, uninjured Hire líchama wæs gefunden eal gehál,
ge-myþe
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A mouth of a river, valley, opening of one road into another, of an enclosure. where one stream joins another Of Temede gemýðan; andlang Temede in wynnabæces gemýðan . . . in Temede múðan (cf. of Temede streáme in wynnabæce . . . in Temede streám, 386