be-hlehhan
To laugh at ⬩ deride ⬩ ridere aliquid ⬩ exultare de aliqua re
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To laugh at, deride; ridere aliquid, exultare de aliqua re Ic ne þearf behlehhan I need not deride Exon. 52 b; Th. 183, 22; Gú. 1331
Linked entry: bi-hlyhhan
be-hleápan
To leap upon ⬩ in ⬩ to fix ⬩ insilire
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To leap upon or in, to fix; insilire Ðæs monnes mód and his lufu biþ behleápen on ða lǽnan sibbe the man's mind and his love are fixed on the fragile peace Past. 46, 5; Hat. MS. 67 a, 9
a-hládan
To draw out ⬩ draw forth ⬩ exhaurire ⬩ educere
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To draw out, draw forth; exhaurire, educere Ic hláde haurio: ic of ahláde [MS. C. ofhláde] exhaurio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 2; Som. 34, 41. He of hæfte ahlód folces unrím he drew forth from captivity numberless people, Exon. 16a; Th. 35, 34; Cri. 568
wígend
a fighting man ⬩ a warrior ⬩ soldier ⬩ a noble ⬩ strenuous man
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a fighting man, a warrior, soldier Wígend weorðtullost ( Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 6189; B. 3099. Ðæm wíggende ( Constantine ), Elen. Kmbl. 1964; El. 984. Ðone wíggend ( Holofernes ), Judth. Thw. 25, 13; Jud. 258. Wígend cruncon wundum wérige, Byrht. Th. 140
ge-hleápan
To leap ⬩ dance ⬩ salire ⬩ saltare
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To leap, dance; salire, saltare Meotud gehleápeþ heá dúne the Creator shall leap the high downs, Exon. 18 a; Th. 45, 10; Cri. 717. He gehleóp ðone eoh he leaped upon the horse, Byrht. Th. 137, 20; By. 189
hlǽw
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Wæs þǽr in þám sprecenan íglande sum mycel hlǽw of eorþan geworht ... Ðá wæs þǽr on óðre sídan ðæs hlǽwes (hláwas, v.l.) ... seáð erat in praefata insula tumulus agrestibus glebis coacervatus ... in cujus latere ... cisterna, Guth. Gr. 117, 7. Of ðǽre
be-hlídan
To cover over ⬩ to cover ⬩ close ⬩ tegere ⬩ claudere
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To cover over, to cover, close; tegere, claudere Híg awylton ðone stán, and ðone pytt eft behlidon thei schulden turne awei the stoon, and thei schulden put. it eft on the pit Wyc; Gen. 29, 3. Seó eorþe siððan togædere behlád the earth then closed together
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LÚTAN
To lout ⬩ bow ⬩ stoop
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To lout, bow, bend forward, stoop, fall down before one Hé lúteþ æfter he boweth after it, Salm. Kmbl. 806; Sal. 402. Leótt [hleát, Lind.] tó fótum his procidit ad pedes ejus, Mk. Skt. Rush, 5, 22. Hé árás and ðá tó eorþan leát he rose up, and then bowed
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æt-hleápan
To leap out ⬩ to flee ⬩ escape ⬩ get away ⬩ aufugere ⬩ evadere
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To leap out, to flee, escape, get away; aufugere, evadere Ðéh þráéla hwylc hláforde æthleápe a domino suo servus si quis aufugerit, Lupi Serm. 1, 13; Hick. Thes. ii. 103, 4
-noþ
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a-hleápan
To leap ⬩ leap up ⬩ exsilire ⬩ insilire ⬩ prosilire ⬩ desilire
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To leap, leap up; exsilire, insilire, prosilire, desilire Alexander ahleóp and ofslóh hine Alexander leaped up and slew him, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 7. Ahleópon ðá ealle then all jumped up, 5, 12; Bos. 112, 24. Ahleóp ðá fór hæleðum hilde-calla the herald
þǽr-ofer
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Hig tódðldon hys reáf, and wurpon hlot þǽrofer, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 35
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án-lépe
Going alone ⬩ solitary ⬩ private ⬩ alone ⬩ singular ⬩ one ⬩ each one ⬩ solivagus ⬩ solitarius ⬩ privatus ⬩ solus ⬩ singularis ⬩ unus ⬩ singulus
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Going alone, solitary, private, alone, singular, one, each one; solivagus, solitarius, privatus, solus, singularis, unus, singulus Nis nán ðe eallunga wel dó, nó forðon ánlépe non est qui faciat bonum, non est usque ad unum, Ps. Th. 13, 2. Ánlépra ǽlc
moc
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in hiós-moc. v. hlós
mans-lot
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a man's lot (v. hlot; ) or share, the amount of land allotted to the head of a family when the hundred was divided up On Elsingtúnhundred áh Sancte Eádmund xxvii manslot, Nap. 43 q. v
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of-swerian
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to deny on oath Gif hlóð ðis gedó and eft oðswerian (of-, v. l. ), Ll. Lbmn. 64, 18. (?)
læt
Late ⬩ slow ⬩ sluggish ⬩ tardy
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Late, slow, sluggish, tardy Wundrodon ðæt hé on ðam temple, læt wæs mirabantur quod tardaret ipse in templo, Lk. Skt. 1, 21. Hræd tó gehiéranne and læt tó sprecenne velox ad audiendum, tardus ad loquendum, Past. 38, 8; Swt. 281, 6. Hlæt, Rtl. 28, 19.
hunig-swéte
mellifluous
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Sweet as honey, mellifluous Hé hlód ðá mid þurstigum breóste ða flówendan láre ðe hé eft æfter fyrste mid hunigswéttre þrotan bealcette, Th. An. 45, 4
á-hlocian
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R.) 5, 29 (the late southern version has here aholeke: can hloc- in the older form = holc-? v. holc, and holk in N. E. D.).. Áhlocadum, ach ocadum effossis, Txts. 59, 721
healf
a half
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Add: as adj. immediately preceding a substantive. denoting the thing which is halved Án healf tún . . . healfne tún, C. D. ii. 66, 29-30. Healf wer ætfealð, Ll. Th. i. 354, 21. Þolige hé healfe weres, 398, 5: 254, 15. Be healfan were gyldan, Ll. Th.
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