lecgan
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Gen. 21, 7 in Dict.]. (1 a) to annex, attach :-- Lagiað góde woroldlagan, and lecgað þǽr tóeácan, þæt úre crístendóm fæste stande, Wlfst. 274, 7. to lay before, bring to the notice of, Gen. 31, 37 (in Dict.). with object denoting a member of the body, Rä
wealh
a foreigner ⬩ properly a Celt ⬩ a Celt of Britain; the word occurs mostly in pl., ⬩ the British ⬩ the Welsh ⬩ Wales ⬩ a Roman ⬩ a slave ⬩ servant ⬩ a shameless person
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Th. 485, 7; Rä. 71, 10. [Icel. Valir; pl. the Celtic people in France.] wealh is found in many proper names. v. Txts. 489. See also the compounds in wealh-. Grammar wealh, Wealas; gen.
dæg
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Þá sume dæge rád se cyng be þǽre eǽ, 896; P. 89, 11. Hyt wæs þá on dæg restedæg it was the sabbath at that time, Nic. 7, 5. Hyt wæs on dæg þá gé mé beclýsdon it was at the time when you shut me up, 10, 35: Chr. 1083; P. 215, 7.
láf
remnant ⬩ remains ⬩ relic ⬩ remainder ⬩ rest ⬩ lave ⬩ legacy ⬩ heirloom ⬩ a relict ⬩ widow
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, 20. used in poetry of weapons with the gen. of the implement employed in making them Ic eom wráðra láf fýres and feóle I am the leaving of foes, of fire and of file [a sword, forged in the fire and sharpened by the file], Exon. 126 a; Th. 484, 6; Rä
brúcan
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Þǽ;ra (hláfa) ic breác, Hml. S. 23 b, 521. Wé brécon ł éton manducavimus , Lk. L. 13, 26: Mk. L. 6, 44. Þǽ;ra éwena meolc gé brucon ovium lacte fructi estis , Ll. Th. ii. 202, 23. Ett ł brúc manduca , Jn. L. R. 4, 31. Brúce (brýce, R.) comede , Lk.
flǽsc
flesh ⬩ animals ⬩ human beings
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Wile monna sum mín flǽsc etan, felles ne réceð, Ra. 76, 5. Þæs lambes flǽsc gebrǽd etan, Angl. viii. 323, 47. Ic eotu flésc ferra (carnes taurarum), Ps. Srt. 49, 13. Flǽsca ǽt carnium esus, R. Ben.
hebban
to lift ⬩ to lift ⬩ to raise ⬩ lift ⬩ make a sound ⬩ to exalt ⬩ elevate ⬩ to extol ⬩ exalt ⬩ to set up ⬩ institute ⬩ to raise ⬩ bring up ⬩ to direct ⬩ bear ⬩ To rise ⬩ mount
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S. 8, 212. trans. to raise material to a higher level or towards a vertical position Se esne his ágen hrægl ofer cneó hefað, Rä. 45, 5. Hine gelæhte án hors mid tóðum and hefde him upp, Hml. S. 8, 212. Hyse hóf his ágen hrægl hondum úp, Rä. 55, 3.
úte
Outside ⬩ without. ⬩ out ⬩ from one's position ⬩ on the outside ⬩ outside ⬩ on the outer side ⬩ out ⬩ out of doors ⬩ in the open air ⬩ out ⬩ away ⬩ at a distance ⬩ out ⬩ away from habitations ⬩ in open country ⬩ out ⬩ from home on service ⬩ out ⬩ not in one's own country ⬩ abroad ⬩ out ⬩ away from land
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Th. 429, 10; Rä. 43, 2. out, away, at a distance Úttor exterius, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 240, 7: Exon. Th. 426, 35; Rä. 41, 84. out, away from habitations, in open country Hé ne mihte on ða ceastre gán, ac beón úte (foris) on wéstum stówum, Mk.
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winnan
intrans ⬩ to labour ⬩ toil ⬩ work ⬩ to labour, endeavour, strive after ⬩ to labour, struggle, be troubled ⬩ to labour under, suffer from ⬩ to strive, contend, fight ⬩ of hostile action towards a person ⬩ of competition ⬩ of opposition to things ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ with cognate accusative ⬩ to win ⬩ make one's way ⬩ trans ⬩ to labour at ⬩ bestow labour upon ⬩ to labour under ⬩ suffer ⬩ undergo ⬩ to win ⬩ get ⬩ attain
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Th. 398, 1; Rä. 17, 1. to make war(lit. or fig.), fight Mec gesette Crist tó compe ... Hwílum ic fréfre ða ic ǽr winne on, Exon. Th. 389, 14; Rä 7, 7. Ǽlc ðæra ðe on gecampe winð, Homl. Th. ii. 86, 22.
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wyn
delight ⬩ pleasure ⬩ delightfully ⬩ pleasantly ⬩ a delight ⬩ that which causes pleasure ⬩ the best of a class, ⬩ the pride of its kind. ⬩ the name of the w-rune
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Ðæt treów wæs on wynne, wudu weaxende, 435, 18; Rä. 542. Beóð on wenne ða bán ðe on hǽnðum wǽron exultabunt ossa humiliata, Ps. C. 80. Habban ða mid wynne weorðe blisse exultent et laetentur, Ps. Th. 69, 5.
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á-cumba
oakum ⬩ that which is combed ⬩ the coarse part of hemp,—Hards, flax, tow ⬩ stuppa ⬩ the thing pruned or trimmed, properly of trees ⬩ Prunings ⬩ clippings ⬩ trimmings ⬩ putamen ⬩ reduced to ashes ⬩ Wood ashes
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Ácumban putamina, 3703, p. 407. reduced to ashes, it was used as a substitute for σπόδιον = σποδός Wood ashes; spodium Græcorum nihil aliud est, quam radix Alcannæ combusta, officinæ ustum ebur ejus loco substituunt To sealfe, ním. ácumban, cneówholen
EÓWU
EWE, female sheep ⬩ ŏvis fēmĭna
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Twáhund eówena, and twentig rammena two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, Gen. 32, 14. Eówu biþ, mid hire geonge sceápe, scilling weorþ a ewe, with her young sheep, shall be worth a shilling, L. In. 55; Th. i. 138, 7, MS. B.
scirian
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Sceóp ðá and scyrede Scyppend úre oferhídig cyn engla of heofnum then did our Creator adjudge and ordain the presumptuous race of angels to banishment from heaven, Cd. Th. 5, 1; Gen. 65.
lád
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Aecclesiae manus et sepultura praesulis in Wigurna ceastre ditioni deueniat; alias plena glorietur libertate, excepta expeditione rata, pontis arcisue constructione, 385, 15. leading, guiding Blind gif blinde lát forelǽdas caecus si caeco ducatum praestet
mennisc
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Nelle ic þis mennisc gehealdan tó þám écum wítum, for þám þe hí synd týddre fragilis est in hominibus conditio, non ad aeternos servabo cruciatus, Angl. vii. 48, 467. a race, people Hé áxode hwæt ꝥ mennisc wǽre on þám muntum wunigende quis sit populus
openian
to open, to become open ⬩ to become manifest ⬩ to open, unclose ⬩ to disclose, manifest
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Byrgen opnigende (patens) is race heora. Ps. Spl. 5, 10. Openiendum heofonum caelis patentibus, Bd. 4, 9 ; S. 576, 37. Opniendum, Hpt.
spelian
To act as the representative of another ⬩ to represent ⬩ to take, or stand in, the place of another
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Næs Isaac ofslegen ac se ramm hine spelode, Homl. Th. ii. 62, 25. Hé God spellode (spelode ?) he (Nebuchadnezzar) put himself in the place of God, Cd. Th. 257, 16; Dan. 658.
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scyfe
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of rapid motion caused by a push (metaph.), precipitation, v. scúfan Word scyfes verba praecipitationis, Ps. Lamb. 51, 6.
Linked entries: scife niþer-scyfe scefe
ge-rǽsan
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P. 5, 9. of rash, inconsiderate conduct Be þám men þe hæfð his rihtǽwe, and gerǽst on æþeódigum wífmen ( ad midierem peregrinam se convertit ), Ll. Th. ii. 180, 16. Gif gehádod mǽden tó hiémedþinge gerǽst ( ad fornicationem se convertat ), 28: 29.
grundlinga
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Add: where a building is razed to the ground, is destroyed to its foundations Ðá sǽde hé þæt his (of the temple) sceolde weorðan ǽghwylc stán grundlinga tóworpen dico uobis, non relinquetur hic lapis super lapidem, qui non destruatur, Wlfst. 88, 20.