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fleá

Grammar
fleá, Strong and weak forms occur of which the former seem the older
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Hine byton lýs and lyftene gnættas and eác swylce fleán, Hex. 24, 31. Hwí ne lufast þú flæá (pulices) ?, Solil. H. 16, 7. Take II under fleáh albugo; with I take fleó in Dict., and add;

sorhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sorhlíce, adv.

Miserablygrievously

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Miserably, grievously Herodes hys spere genam, and hyne sylfne ofstang; and hé swá sorhlíce hys lýf geendode, St. And. 34, 7. Ðǽr synd sorhlíce (cf. tó sorge, Dóm. L. 190) tósomne gemencged se þrosmiga lig and se þrece gycela, Wulfst. 138, 25

Linked entry: sorh-líc

ge-léwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-léwan, p. de; pp. ed

To betraydeceiveweakeninjureprodere

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To betray, deceive, weaken, injure; prodere Geléwend prodens, Lye. Gif hit byþ deád oððe geléwed if it is dead or hurt, Exod. 22, 10, 14. (Or does geléwed here = geléfed? cf. aléuaþ and geuntrumaþ, Homl. Th. i. 4, 22; and Swt. Rdr. 110, 174, note.)

ofer-leóran

(v.)

to pass, pass away, pass byto pass moral bounds, deviate from right, transgress

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Lind. 26, 42. to pass moral bounds, deviate from right, transgress Hæftas heársume ðæs hálgan word lyt oferleórdun, Exon. Th. 145, 21; Gú. 698. Oferliórende praevaricantes, Ps. Surt. 118, 119. Ofyrleórynde, -liórende, Ps. Spl. C. T. 118, 119.

wól-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
wól-berende, adj.

Pestiferouspestilentialpernicious

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Pestiferous, pestilential, pernicious, Grammar wól-berende, physical Æteówde wólberende lyft. Nar. 15, 31. Se wólberenda (pestifer) stenc ðære lyfte monigé ðúsendo monna and neáta fordilgade, Bd. l, 13; S. 482, 8.

bóc-tǽcing

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-tǽcing, e; f: bóc-talu, e; f.

Book-teaching, a book of decrees, writings, the scriptures, holy writ, the BibleScripta Lambardo; Sacra Scriptura Bromto: rectius fortasse Sacri Canones, vel Liber Judicialis,

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Book-teaching, a book of decrees, writings, the scriptures, holy writ, the Bible; Scripta Lambardo; Sacra Scriptura Bromto: rectius fortasse Sacri Canones, vel Liber Judicialis, Lye Be bóctǽcinge ex scriptis, L. C. S. 35; Wilk. 140, 3.

Linked entries: tǽcing bóc-talu

hlówung

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Lye' substitute

ge-tot

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tot, es; n.

Pompsplendour pompa

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Ben. 7, Lye

Linked entries: ge-tete tot

hnot

(adj.)
Grammar
hnot, adj.

Bald, shaven, close-cut

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Hnot mutilum, mutilatum, Cot. 131, Lye. Tó ðon hnottan seale to the pollard-willow, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 193, 35. On ða hnottan díc of ðære hnottan díc the dike without turf(?), iii. 211, 24

ge-wrid

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wrid, es; n.

A place where shrubs growthicket

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Gewrid glomulus, Cot. 95 fruticetum, 90, Lye

Linked entry: hæsel-wrid

a-blácian

(v.)
Grammar
a-blácian, -blácigan; p. ode; pp. od

To be or look palegrow palepallereobrigescere

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Lye. Ic blácige palleo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 42. Blácian from blícan, p. blác to shine: blǽcan to bleach, whiten, fade. Observe the difference between blác, blǽc pallid, bleak, pale, and blæc, blaces, se blaca black, swarthy

leóþian

(v.)
Grammar
leóþian, p. ode

To singsound

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To sing, sound Wóð óðer ne lythwón leóþode ðonne in lyft ástág ceargesta cirm a second cry sounded, nor weakly, when to the heavens rose the wail of the troubled spirits, Exon. 38 a; Th. 125, 32; Gú. 363.

grennian

(v.)
Grammar
grennian, p. ode
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Grenniendum welerum hleahter forþbringan ringentibus labiis risum proferre, Scint. 55, Lye

á-cunnan

(v.)
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Ðæt hí ná ne álýsað (printed -lýf-) ðá hálgan stówe áne fram heora synnum, ac eác hí beóð ácunnen (printed -cum-) ðý swýþor for ðám gylte ðǽre unálýfedlican bælde quatenus eos sacra loca non liberent, sed etiam culpa temeritatis accuset, Gr.

Linked entries: on-cunnan cunnan

geond-scríþan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-scríþan, p. -scráþ
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Eall þis lyft ys full hellicra deúfla, þá geondscríðað ealne middangeard, Wlfst. 250, 3

hefeld-þrǽd

Grammar
hefeld-þrǽd, hefel-þrǽd, es; m.

A thread for weavinglicium

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Hefelþrǽd licium, Cot. 193, Lye

hrægel-þegn

(n.)
Grammar
hrægel-þegn, -þén, es; m.
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Ben. 55, Lye

neód-fracu

(n.)
Grammar
neód-fracu, e; f.

Desireappetitethe object of desire or of appetite

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Desire, appetite, the object of desire or of appetite Wuhta gehwilc hnipaþ of dúne, wilnaþ tó eorþan, sume nédþearfe, sume neódfræce (cf. ealle beóþ of dúne healde wið ðære eorþan and ðider wilniaþ oððe ðæs ðe hí lyst oððe ðæs ðe hí beþurfon, Bt. 41,

ofer-sceadwian

(v.)

to cover with a shadow, overshadow

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Seó lyft hí ofersceadewude, Mk. Skt. 9, 7. Ðû oferscadudest (-sceaduwedest, Ps. Lamb.) obumbrasti Ps. Spl. 139, 8. Ofersceadwa obumbra, Ps. Surt. 139, 8

Linked entry: sceadwian

efe-láste

(n.)
Grammar
efe-láste, efen-láste, an; f. [lǽstan to last, continue, endure]

The everlastinggnaphălium

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Lye

Linked entry: efen-láste