slídan
To slide, slip, fall ⬩ to slide, glide ⬩ to make a mistake, to fail, err ⬩ to fall into an unhappy condition ⬩ to pass away, be transitory or perishable
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To slide, slip, fall. of actual movement to slide, glide Ðá cómon twegen deóflu tó him of ðære lyfte slídan Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 30, 16. fig. to make a mistake, to fail, err Ðonne hé geong fareþ, hafaþ wilde mód, slideþ geneahhe (makes many a slip)Salm.
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tó-sceád
a separating, ⬩ distinguishing, ⬩ distinction ⬩ the faculty of distinguishing objects presented to the mind ⬩ discrimination ⬩ discerning ⬩ difference, ⬩ diversity
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a separating, distinguishing, distinction Ne sié fram abbode háda tósceád on mynstre gehealden non ab abbate persona in monasterio discernatur, R. Ben. 12. 7. Mid ðæs micelum dómes tósceáde cum magna examinis discussione, Anglia xiii. 375, 141. the faculty
á-þweán
to wash ⬩ cleanse an object from impurity ⬩ to wash impurity from an object
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Add: to wash,cleanse an object from impurity Ic eów fram synnum áðweá, Hml. Th. i. 464, 17. Gif ic ne áðoá ðé, Jn. L. 13, 8. Se storm áðwyhð swá hwæt swá þæt fýr forswǽlð. Hml. Th. i. 618, 12. Áþwehð, ii. 48, 29. Áðweahð, 56, 7. Áðweað iów, ðæt gé sín
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ná-hwæðer
Neither
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Neither Náðor neuter, neutra, neutrum; náðres neutri; náðrum neutro, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Som. 21, 49. Getácnigende oððe sum þyngc tó dóne, oððe sum þingc tó þrowigenne, oððe náðor, 19; Som. 22, 23, 25. Náuðær næ síe tó ðon gedurstig ne cyning næ bisceop ne
un-geþwǽre
not in harmony ⬩ at variance ⬩ discordant ⬩ not in agreement ⬩ given to discord ⬩ quarrelsome ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ troublesome ⬩ vexatious
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not in harmony, at variance, discordant, not in agreement Ungeþwǽra discordator, discors, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 77. Simle bióþ ða gódan and ða yflan ungeþwǽre betwyh him, ge eác hwílum ða yflan bióþ ungeráde betwuh him selfum, ge furþum án yfel man bið
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ge-þingþu
honour ⬩ dignity ⬩ rank ⬩ honor ⬩ dignitas
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honour, dignity, rank; honor, dignitas He becom to ðære cynelícan geþincþe he arrived at the royal dignity, Homl. Th. i. 82, 1. Eal folc ðone eádigan Gregorius to ðære geþincþe geceás all folk chose the blessed Gregory to that dignity, ii. 122, 22. Hú
stæpe
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a step, pace (lit. and fig.) Stæpe, stepe passus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Zup. 79, 8. Ne mágon becuman ða stæpas ðæs weorces ðieder ðe hé wilnaþ, Past. 11; Swt. 65, 17. Ágotene synt míne stapas (stæpas, Spl.), Ps. Lamb. 72, 2. Ǽlc ðæra stæpa and fótlǽsta ðe wé
betǽcan
to entrust ⬩ guidance ⬩ to hand over ⬩ pay ⬩ give ⬩ to assign ⬩ destine ⬩ yield to ⬩ to direct
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Add: to entrust, commit to a person for safe keeping, guidance, &c. Ic betiæce committo (Dei mei potestati), An. Ox. 3395. Hwá betǽhð (credit) eów ꝥ eower ys ?, Lk. 16, 11. Eádmund betǽhte Glæstingaberi S. Dúnstáne, Chr. 943 ; P.111, note 19.
Lǽden
Latin ⬩ speech ⬩ language
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Latin, the Latin tongue Is ðæt Léden on smeáunge gewrita eallum ðám óðrum gemǽne quæ [i.e. lingua Latinorum] meditatione scripturarum cæteris omnibus est facta communis, Bd. 1, 1; S, 474, 4. Swá gelǽred ðæt hé Grécisc gereord of miclum dǽle cúþe and
óleccan
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dele last passage, for which see ólehtan, and add Martianus cwæð ꝥ hé geare wiste his æðelborennysse, 'and ic þé for ðí tihte ꝥ ðú-þám godum geoffrige'. Iulianus him sǽde, 'Þu eart áblend for þínre yfelnysse, and for þí mé þus ólǽcst', Hml. S. 4, 133
fýr
fire ⬩ fire ⬩ fire ⬩ to be on fire ⬩ a fire, fuel in a state of combustion ⬩ a fire on a hearth ⬩ a piece of burning material ⬩ fire ⬩ lightning ⬩ a disease
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Add: fire Ðonne mon beám on wuda forbærne, . . . geselle, .LX. sciłł., for þám þe fýr bið þeóf . . . sió æx bið melda, nalles þeóf, Ll. Th. i. 128, 19. On þissum geáre atýwde ꝥ wilde fýr (v. wilde, IV.), Chr. 1032; P. 159, 4. Fýr oððe fýres god Vulcanus
be-cweðan
to say ⬩ assert ⬩ dicere ⬩ to reproach ⬩ exprobrare ⬩ to BEQUEATH ⬩ to give by will ⬩ legare
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to say, assert; dicere Swá ðú worde becwíst as thou sayest by word, Andr. Kmbl. 386; An. 193 : 419 ; An. 210. to reproach; exprobrare Hí ecweðaþ, exprobraverunt, Ps. Th. 88, 44. to BEQUEATH, to give by will; legare Ealle ða, mynstra and ða cyrican
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dál
A division, allotment, portion, DOLE ⬩ discrimen, divisio, portio
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A division, allotment, portion, DOLE; discrimen, divisio, portio Ic sette dál betwux ðín folc and mín folc ponam divisionem inter populum meum et populurn tuum, Ex. 8, 23. Is ðes middangeard dálum gedǽled this earth is divided into parts, Exon. 33 a;
FETER
A FETTER ⬩ chain for the feet ⬩ compes ⬩ pĕdĭca
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A FETTER, chain for the feet; compes, pĕdĭca He fédeþ swá on feterum he feeds him thus in fetters, Exon. 88b; Th. 332, 30; Vy. 88: Ps. Th. 78, 11. Án sceal inbindan forstes fetre one shall unbind fetters of frost, Exon. 90a; Th. 338, 9; Gn. Ex. 76. Ic
irfan
To inherit
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To inherit Yrfan hí swá hí wyrðe witan let the land devolve upon such as they know to be worthy or entitled [v. wyrðe], Chart. Th. 578, 9. v. [?] Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. i. xxxiii-v on the leases of church lands for lives, in which such phrases as the following
lufiend
A lover
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A lover Amans Deum, lufigende God, is participium, and amans Dei is nama, ðæt is, amator Dei, Godes lufigend, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 44, 61. Swá swíðe se cyning wæs geworden lufiend ðæs heofonlícan ríces, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 5 col. 2. Ic hæbbe óðerne lufiend
þeód-bealu
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Great ill, grievous ill Þeódbealu on þreó healfa ( referring to three elements in the misery of the lost; cf. O. Sax. thiod-arbédi, applied to the expulsion from Eden ), Exon. Th. 78, 2; Cri. 1268. Andrea þúhte þeódbealo þearlíc tó geþolianne, ðæt hé
un-síþ
an evil ⬩ ill-advised expedition ⬩ a mishap ⬩ misfortune
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an evil, ill-advised expedition Wearð ofslegen Ecgfridus on his unsíðe, ðá ðá hé on Peohtum begann tó feohtanne tó dyrstelíce ofer Drihtnes willan (cf. Ecgfrid, cum temere exercitum ad vastandam Pictorum provinciam duxisset, multum prohibentibus amicis
á-bláwan
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Add: to breathe (trans.) Críst ábleów ðone Hálgan Gást upon ðá apostolas, Hml. Th. i. 324, 31. Ðæt léht. . . ðætte ðencum ðú ábleáwe illud lumen quod mentibus aspirasti Rtl. 2, 15. to blow away Sume cwǽdon ðæt ðæt heáfod sceolde ábláwan Herodiaden,
and-heáfdu
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Headlands, the unploughed ground at the end of the furrows where the plough was turned Andlang ðǽra andheáfda, C. D. v. 298, 7, 9. Be ðém andheáfdan, ii. 172, 29: iii. 193, 8: vi. 8, 27, 29 (cf. on ðá heáfda, 36). Ofer ðá mǽd, ðæt swá be ðára andheáfdan
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