leoþu--wǽcan
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S. 6, 28), and for last passage substitute :-- Leoþewǽcan mitigare, pacificare, An. Ox. 3802
seóc-mód
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Not strong-minded Hræce hé and snýte bæftan him, and þæt fortrede, þe lǽs hit seócmódum (infirmis mentibus) bróþrum and císum wyrðe tó wlættan, Cnid. 23, 9
slincend
A crawling thing, a reptile
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Lamb. 68, 35 : 103, 25. Fram ðám slincendum óþ ða fugelas Gen. 6, 7
wæstm-bǽre
Fruitful, fertile, productive
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Wæstm*-*bǽru fecunda, 38, 22. referring to inanimate things Ðæt wæstm*-*bǽre land campi uberes, Ors. 1, 3;Swt. 32, 2. Sceáwiaþ ðæt land, hwæðer hit wæstmbǽre sí considerate terram, qualis sit, bona an mala, humus pinguis an sterilis, Num. 13, 19.
dreám-líc
Joyous, musical ⬩ jucundus, musĭcus
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Lamb. 103, 34. Ða dreámlícan musĭca, Cot. 133
freá-dréman
To rejoice exceedingly ⬩ shout for joy ⬩ jubĭlāre
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Lamb. 46, 2: 97, 4
be-þweán
To wet, bedew, wash ⬩ rigare
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Lamb. 6, 7
blód-gíta
A shedder of blood ⬩ sanguinis effusor
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Lamb. 5, 8
ge-lǽfan
To leave ⬩ derelinquĕre
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Lamb. second 9, 14. Ðæt gelǽfed wæs quod superfuit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 37
sige-síþ
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A victorious expedition or journey Oft dǽdlata dóme foreldit sigisítha gahuem generally the dilatory man is too late for glory, for every successful undertaking, Txts. 152, 9
treów-gewrid
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A thicket of trees Ys on Bretone land sum fenn unmǽtre mycelnesse . . . Ðǽr synd . . . manige eáland and hreód and beorhgas and treowgewrido, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 20, 7
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twisla
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Of ðam mere on ðan lace ðǽr ða brócas twisliaþ; ðanne of ðæm twislan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 198, 34
un-
expresses negation
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expresses negation; gives a bad sense, as in un-dǽd, un-dóm, un-lagu, un-lǽce reverses an action, as in un-bindan, un-dón is intensive(?)
Linked entries: staþol-fæst tíþe treówness un-earfoþlíce weorþscipe un-gémæn wyn-sum be-sceáwod blis fægernes fǽhþ smóþ
weorold-þegen
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A secular thane Mæssepreóstes áð and woruldþegenes is on Engla lage geteald efendýre, L. O. 12 ; Th. i. 182, 14: L. Wg. 5; Th. i. 186, 10
ende-fæstend
a finisher
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One who puts the last touches to a work, a finisher On wyrhte gileáfes and endefæstend in auctorem fidei et consummatorem (Heb. 12, 2), Rtl. 27, 29
on-líhtness
Illumination
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Lamb.) illuminatio, Ps. Spl. 26, 1: 43, 5. Seó onlýhtnes Cristes godspelles, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 10: 2, 2; S. 502, 29
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hócor-wyrde
Using scornful, ⬩ mocking language
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Using scornful, mocking language Hér sind on earde hócorwyrde ǽghwǽr there are in the land here everywhere men of scornful speech, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 156
tó-feng
Taking, ⬩ seizure
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Lamb. 123, 6
ge-unnan
To give ⬩ grant ⬩ allow ⬩ concede ⬩ concedere ⬩ indulgere ⬩ permittere ⬩ largiri
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Hú Cnut cyncg and Ælfgifu seó hlǽfdige geúðan heora preósté ðæt he móste ateón ðæt land swá him sylfan leófast wǽre how king Cnut and the lady Ælfgifu granted their priest that he might dispose of the land as he liked best, Th. Chart. 328, 20: Homl.
for-ceorfan
To cut or carve out ⬩ cut down ⬩ cut off or away ⬩ cut through ⬩ divide ⬩ excīdĕre ⬩ concīdĕre ⬩ succīdĕre ⬩ incīdĕre ⬩ intercīdĕre
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Lamb. 128, 4. Ðæt heó healfne forcearf ðone sweoran him so that she half cut through his neck, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 5; Jud. 105.