leóhte
Lightly ⬩ easily ⬩ gently
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Ðá wæs heó gesewen þurh twegen dagas ðæt hire leóhtor wǽre videbatur illa per biduum aliquanto levius habere, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 3
ǽfen-dreám
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Se ǽfensang sý geendod mid feówer sealma dreáme . . . ealle ðá óþre sýn tó ðám ǽfendreáme gesungene vespera quattuor psalmorum modulatione canatur . . . reliqui omnes in vespera dicendi sunt, R. Ben. 43, 7-18. Add
syn-byrðen
The burden of sin
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Ne þearf ðæs nán man wénan ðæt his líchama móte ða synbyrþenna on eorþscrafe gebétan, Blickl. Homl. 109, 31
þung
A poisonous plant ⬩ (vegetable) poison ⬩ aconitum ⬩ eleborus ⬩ mandragina ⬩ toxa
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Gif mon þung ete, áþege buteran and drince; se þung gewít on ða buteran. Eft wiþ ðon, ásleá him mon fela scearpena on ðam scancan, ðonne gewít út ðæt áttor þurh ða scearpan, Lchdm. ii. 154, 1-4. Sealf wiþ ðam miclan líce ... þung..., 78, 25.
á-bregdan
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Ðá cwelleras hire cláðas of ábrúdon, Hml. S. 7, 146. Hí hine þanon ábrúdon, 23, 647. Ábregd cniht of áde, Gen. 2914. Ábréd of ðá fiðeru, Lev. 1, 17 : Lch. i. 362, 5. Gif man wǽpn ábrégde, L. Th. i. 32, 11.
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seón
- Lchdm. ii. 26, 11
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Eal ðæt folc wæs on blǽdran and ða wǽron berstende and ða worms út siónde ( ulcera manantia ). Ors. 1, 7 ; Swt. 38, 7
un-þanc
disfavour ⬩ displeasure ⬩ anger ⬩ ill-will ⬩ an unpleasing act ⬩ a displeasure ⬩ an offence ⬩ annoyance ⬩ not thanks ⬩ displeasure expressed in words ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ without consent ⬩ on compulsion ⬩ ingratis ⬩ without (a person's) consent ⬩ not of (one's own) accord ⬩ against (one's) will
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person's consent ) ðone teóðan dǽl, L.
Linked entry: un-þances
circul
A circle, the zodiac ⬩ circulus, zodiacus = ζωδιακός
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A circle, the zodiac; circulus, zodiacus = ζωδιακός Ðǽr ðæs emnihtes circul is geteald where the circle of the equinox is reckoned, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 4, 18; Lchdm. iii. 238, 23.
twi-feald
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</b> consisting of two parts, containing two elements :-- Ðæt twiefalde (twyfealde, Cott. MSS.) gesuinc. . . ðæt is ðæt hié ondrǽdaþ ðæt hí mon tǽlan wille . . . ; óðer is ðara gesuinca ðæt hí séceaþ endeleáse ládunga. Past. 35; Swt. 239, 4-8.
hremming
A hindering ⬩ hindrance ⬩ obstruction ⬩ obstacle ⬩ impediment
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A hindering, hindrance, obstruction, obstacle, impediment Nú is ðære eorþan sinewealtnys and ðære sunnan ymgang hremming ðæt se dæg ne byþ on ǽlcum earde gelíce lang now the roundness of the earth and the course of the sun is an obstacle to the day being
bóc
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Add: dat. bóce, R. Ben. 67, 9. <b>I a</b> 2. add: a title-deed Se cyng gebécte ðæt land Æðelstáne ... Ecgferð gebohte bóc and land æt Æðelstáne, Cht. E. 202, 25.
on-león
to grant the loan of something (gen. of loan) ⬩ to grant, bestow
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Th. 258, 25; Dan. 681. Ungelíc ðam óðrum stede ðe mé men hearra onlág, 23, 12; Gen. 358. Hé mé láre onlág, Elen. Kmbl. 2489; El. 1246. God hyre sigores onleáh, Judth. Thw. 23, 16; Jud. 124
pínian
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To torment, torture Ðá píneden hié hiene mid ðæm ðæt hié his hand forbærndon, ánne finger and ánne, Ors. 2, 3; Swt. 68, 22. Pínedon excruciabant, 6, 11 ; Swt. 266, 15.
berhtm-hwæt
Swift as an eye-blink ⬩ celer ut oculi nictus
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Swift as an eye-blink; celer ut oculi nictus Ðec lígetu bláce, berhtmhwate ða ðec bletsige the pale lightnings, swift as an eye-blink, these shall bless thee, Cd. 192; Th. 240, 3; Dan. 381
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ifiht
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In ða ifihtan ác, 379. 29. On ðone ibihttan alr; of ðam ibihtan alre, v,124, 27
in-laðian
To invite
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To invite Ðá cwæþ hé tó ðam ðe hine inlaðode dicebat ei qui se invitaverat, Lk. Skt. 14, 12. Ic wæs cuma and gé mé inlaðodon hospes eram, et collegistis me, Mt. Kmbl. 25. 35
under-scyte
Intercepting ⬩ intervention
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Intercepting, intervention Se móna mæg þurh his underscyte ða sunnan áþeóstrian, Lchdm, iii. 242, 25. Wé rǽdaþ on tungelcræfte ðæt seó sunne bið hwíltídum þurh ðæs mónelícan trendles underscyte áðýstrod, Homl. Th. i. 608, 32
Bryt-ford
a Briton ⬩ a ford ⬩ BRITFORD
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[Bryt a Briton, ford a ford] BRITFORD, near Sarum, Wiltshire Tostig wæs ðá æt Brytforda [MS. Brytfordan] mid ðam cinge [MS. kinge] Tostig was then at Britford with the king, Chr. 1065; Erl. 194, 38
undern-gereord
A morning meal ⬩ breakfast
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Æt his underngereorde ǽr hé tó ðæm gefeohte fóre, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 84, 34. Gif wé fæstaþ and ðæt underngereord tó ðam ǽfengifle healdaþ, ðonne ne bið ðæt nán fæsten, L. E. I. 38; Th. ii, 436, 28.
un-deór
Not dear ⬩ cheap ⬩ common
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Ðæt hié mon ná undeórran weorðe móste lésan ðonne hié mon be ðam were geeahtige, L. Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 82, 1.