flet-werod
Court-host ⬩ the court-retainers ⬩ aulĭci
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Court-host, the court-retainers; aulĭci Is mín fletwerod, wígheáp, gewanod my court-host, the company in war, is diminished, Beo. Th. 957; B. 476
ídel
Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ futility ⬩ frivolity
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Gif ðú gesihst manega gét ýdel getácnaþ if thou seest many goats it betokens frivolity, Lchdm. iii. 214, 1.
drípan
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To drop, cause to fall in drops Ontend III. candella and drýp ðriwa ꝥ weax, Lch. i. 392, 11: iii. 286, 6: ii. 138, 29. Drýp ealo on oððe win, 274, 7. Drýp on þá eáran, 310, 6. Drýpe on ꝥ eáre, i. 268, 5: 72, 9: ii. 40, 5, 24, 28, 30.
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niht-líc
Nightly ⬩ of the night ⬩ nocturnal
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Th. i. 86, 18. Ðæs synfullan líf is wiðmeten nihtlícum þeóstrum, ii. 200, 33. Nihtlícum tídum in the night seasons, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 11. Þerh næhtlíco mysto per nocturnas caligines, Rtl. 171, 39
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ciric-sceat
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in Dict., and add Gange ǽgðer ge cyricsceat ge teóðunge intó þám hálgan mynstre, Cht. E. 236, 2. Freoh ǽlces weoruldcundes þeówetes búton þreóm þingum, án is circsceat, C. D. ii. 400, 29.
on-standan
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or in. Cf. standan; Ic ealle mîne bêc, on þâm þe se drŷcræft onstôd, âwearp, Hml. Th. ii. 418, 14. to persist, continue Þæt; mînes worldlîfes bletsung anstande ut mundanae meae vitae benedictio permaneat, Ll. Th. ii. 228, 4.
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letting
Letting ⬩ hindering ⬩ obstruction ⬩ delay ⬩ retarding
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Blindne se ðe hine gesihþ lettincge getácnaþ if a man [in a dream] sees himself blind, it betokens hindrance, Lchdm. iii. 200, 14: 202, 3: 204, 2
scrúd-fultum
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Ic habbe gifen ðæt land intó Sanctes Petres mynstre intó Baðan ðam munecan tó scrúdfultume. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 171, 15. v. next word
be-grípan
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Th. i. 122, 24. ꝥ wíf in argscipe begrippene mulierem in adulterio reprehensam. Jn. p. 5, 8. to reprehend Begripen (increpuerunt) mé lendene míne, Ps. Spl. T. 15, 7 (cf. Toc hemm Sannt Iohan to bigripenn, Orm. 9752)
folcisc
popular ⬩ in common ⬩ secular
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Th. i. 326, 21. of the common people Folcisce men secgaþ ꝥ ǽlce réþu wyrd sié yfel, Bt. 40, 2; F. 248, 6. on folcisc in common, popular language: Lytel fugel, sé is on folcisc (vulgo) þrostle geháten, Gr.
ge-nemnan
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Man sceal habban wǽngewǽdu . . . and fela ðinga ðe ic nú genæmnian ne can, Angl. ix. 264, 6. <b>III a.
ge-cídan
To chide ⬩ quarrel ⬩ strive ⬩ litigare ⬩ rixari
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Gif on gebeórscipe hie gecíden if they quarrel in a feast, L. In. 6; Th. i. 106, 11
þǽr-wiþ
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therewith Hí sint þǽrwiþ gemengde, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 29. in return, in exchange Drífaþ hider eówre orf and ic sylle eów þǽrwið mete adducite pecora vestra, et dabo vobis pro eis cibos, Gen. 47, 16
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ofer-mete
Food in excess, a feast where food is in excess
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Food in excess, a feast where food is in excess :— Se ofermete ne befæst ús nǽfre Gode esca nos non commendat Deo, Past. 43, 9; Swt. 316, 19. Ofermettas commessationes Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 13 note
ge-líca
An equal ⬩ æqualis ⬩ par ⬩ æqualitas
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An equal; æqualis, par, æqualitas Nán man nis his gelíca on eorþan non sit ei similis in terra, Job. Thw. 164, 17. Micel is ðæt ongin ðínre gelícan great is the attempt for thy equal [cf.
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un-gehádod
Not ordained ⬩ not in holy orders
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P. ii. 17; Th. ii. 180, 19-188, 9-12. Gewylces ungehádodes wífes tácen is..., Techm. ii. 129, 18
ge-rǽcan
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Hit biþ geornlic þæt mon heaidlice guíde þone hnescestan mealmstáu æfter þǽm ꝥ hé þence þone soelestan hwetstán ou tó getǽceanne it is desirable that very soft stone be rubbed hard, if it is thought thai the best whetstone is to be obtained from it, Ors
ge-wit-leást
Folly ⬩ madness ⬩ phrensy ⬩ stultitia
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Wið ða ádle ðe grécas frenésis nemnaþ ðæt is on úre geþeóde gewitlést ðæs módes for the disease which the Greeks call φρένησιs, that is, in our language, witlessness of the mind, Herb. 96, 4; Lchdm. i. 210, 1
eofor
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Voc. ii. 100, 43. Eofur, Ps. Srt. 79, 14. Genim eoferes blǽdran, Lch. i. 360, 4. Eoferes tucxas aprorum dentes, Nar. 34, 31. Eofor aprum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 33. Hé hét in beran eafor, heáfodsegn, B. 2152. ¶ in local names.
ge-mǽdan
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Add: pp. ge-mǽd. to make insane Gemǽd amens (puer . . . vertitur in rabiem fraudatus mente sagaci, bacchatur . . . amens, Aid. 176, 17), Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 4: 5, 59. to make foolish Gemǽdid ineptus, Wrt. Voc. ii. in, 70. Gemaeded vanas, 123, 13.