lá
Lo ⬩ Oh ⬩ Ah
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Lá hú oft hí gremedon hine quotiens exacerbaverunt eum! Ps. Spl. 77, 45. Áfæst lá and hí lá hí and wel lá well and ðyllíce óðre syndon englisc interjectiones, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Som. 49, 28. Weg lá weg lá euge, euge, Ps. Th. 69, 4.
ge-rǽdan
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Hú ic mihte þearflícast mé sylfum gerǽdan for Gode and for worolde, Ll. Lbmn. 269, 17. to read Ðá gerédes legentes, Mt. p. 13, 8. Bið geréded legitur . Lk. p. II, 16, 17. See next two words
ge-sǽlig
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Hú mæg sé beón gesǽlig se þe on ðám gesǽlþum ðurhwunian ne mót ? quid me felicem jactastis amici, Bt. 2 ; F. 4, 14. Hú gesǽlig seó forme eld wæs felix nimium prior aetas, 15 ; F. 48, 2. Se singala ege ne lǽt nónne mon gesǽlinne (felicem) beón ...
tó-cnáwan
To discern, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ know the difference between, ⬩ understand
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Mid hú micelan feó woldest ðú habban geboht, ðæt ðú swutole mihtest tócnáwan ðíne frínd and ðíne fýnd, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 13-21. Hí cræftas and unþeáwas ne cunnon tócnáwan they cannot distinguish virtues and vices, 36, 6; Fox 180, 30.
on-fón
to take ⬩ to take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have given ⬩ to take what another offers, receive favourably, accept ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to undergo a rite, undertake a duty ⬩ to conceive ⬩ to take to, to begin ⬩ incipere
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Martha onféng Crist on hire hús, 73, 9. Onfóh ús on ðæt scip, 233, 7. Onfóþ mínre méder on neorxna wonge, 157, 32. Onfóh ðú ðínum esne, Ps. Th. 118, 122. Ðæt hé onfénge ðære eádigan Marian sáwle. Blickl. Homl. 155, 12.
ge-réfa
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He ne róhte hú swíðe synlíce þá geréfan hit begeáton of earme mannon, ne hú manige unlaga hí dydon, 1086: P. 218, 17. Hí genáman þone arc̃ƀ Ælfeáh and Ælfword þæs cynges geréfan, ion ; P. 141, 27.
ge-tǽcan
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</b> to warn :-- Ðe angel fore-gelǽrde ł fore*-*getáhte angelo praemonente, Mt. p. 14, 2. to teach 'Ic wolde ꝥ þú leornodest hú þú mihtest becuman tó ðám sóþum gesǽlþum.'
þeóstru
Darkness (lit. and metaph.); ⬩ dimness of sight (lit. or metaph.) ⬩ tenebrae
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Gif ðæt léht, ðætte in ðé is, þeóstru sint, ðæt þeóstre hú micel biþ, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 6, 23. On ðæt gemǽre leóhtes and þeóstro, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 13. Mid þýstro genipum, Blickl. Homl. 203, 8: 209, 33.
weaxan
To wax, grow. ⬩ to grow, be produced, ⬩ to grow, grow up ⬩ to grow, increase, wax ⬩ to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper ⬩ to be productive ⬩ to grow, take shape
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Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan, gif hí nellaþ wel wexan, Lchdm. i. 398, 2. Hé ða weaxendan wende eorðan on sealtne mersc terram fructiferam in salsuginem, Ps.
rǽdan
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Módor ne rǽdoþ (-aþ, MS.) ðonne heó magan cenneþ, hú him weorðe geond woruld sceapen a mother cannot read a boy's fate at his birth, Salm. Kmbl. 741; Sal. 370. Rǽde se ðe wille hú wunda cwǽden, Exon. Th. 441, 11; Rä. 60, 16.
tellan
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Telle (narres) ðínum suna hú oft ic hæbbe fordón ða Egiptiscan, Ex. 10, 2. Ute nú tellan (let us state the case) beforan swilcum déman swilce ðú wille quovis judice contende, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 6.
wunung
dwelling ⬩ living ⬩ a dwelling ⬩ habitation ⬩ place to live in ⬩ being ⬩ existence ⬩ living
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Se Hǽlend sǽde, ðæt on his Fæder húse syndon manega wununga, Homl. Ass. 42, 454. On muntum and on feldlícum wunungum, Jos. 10, 40. Ðú wircst wununge (mansiunculas) binnan ðam arce, Gen. 6, 14. Gé begeáton eów ðeósterfulle wununga, Homl.
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on-líhtan
of places or things, to illumine, make bright, cause to shine, ⬩ to give sight to, make the sight clear ⬩ to clear the mental vision, to enlighten ⬩ to give light (with dat.) ⬩ To shine
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Ðæt hit onlíhte eallum ðe on ðam húse synt, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 15. Onlíhtan ðám ðe on þýstrum sittaþ, Lk. Skt. 1, 79. intrans. To shine Ic onlíhte oððe scýne luceo, Ælfc. Gr. 35; Som. 38, 8. Sæterdæg onlýhte ( inlucescebat ), Lk. Skt. 23, 54.
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hleów
A shelter, ⬩ protection, ⬩ covering, ⬩ refuge;
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Ðonne hí tó his húse hleówes wilniaþ when they desire shelter at his house, Ps. Th. 108, 10. Under hleó under shelter, Cd. 209; Th. 259, 13; Dan. 691: Exon. 16 b, Th. 38, 13; Cri. 606: 61 a; Th. 224, 11; Ph. 374: Andr. Kmbl. 1664; An. 834: Elen.
wíf-mann
a woman ⬩ female
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Ðæt bisceop . . . næbbe on his húse nǽnne wífman, búton hit sý his módor . . . L. Ælfc. C. 5; Th. ii. 344, 13. Gif hwá wille wið wífman ( cum muliere ) unrihtlíce hǽman, L. Edg. C. 33; Th. ii. 274, 10. Þeówne wímman ancillam, L. Ecg.
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un-scyldig
innocent ⬩ guiltless ⬩ innocent of a crime, charge ⬩ guiltless in relation to (wið) a person ⬩ innocent ⬩ not accountable for an ill result ⬩ not responsible
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Hú ne is se yfelwillende and yfelwyrcende ðe ðone unscyldgan wítnoþ ? Bt. 38, 6; Fox 208, 11, 15. Ne syle ðú unscyldigra sáwla deórum ðe ðé andettaþ ne tradas bestiis animas confitentes tibi, Ps. Th. 73, 18.
lytel
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Nales fore lytlum . . . ac fore þám mǽstan mægenearfeðum, Cri. 963. not of importance, of things, trifling, trivial Þonne ongit hé hú lytel se hlísa bið and hú lǽne and hú tédre and hú bedǽled ǽlces gódes fama quam sit exilis et totius vacua ponderis
stúpian
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Ðæt hé swá oft sceolde stúpian swá se cyning tó his horse wolde and ðonne se cyning hæfde his hrycg him tó hliépan ut ipse acclinis humi regem superadscensurum in equum dorso adtolleret, Ors. 6, 24; Swt. 274, 24.
weorold-wela
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Sume mægon habban ælles woruldwelan genóg huic census exuberat, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 30. Hé wilnaþ hwæthweg ðises woruldwelan, 26, 2 ; Fox 94, 3. Hí geleáfan ceósaþ ofer woruldwelan, Exon. Th. 230, 30 ; Ph. 480.
ge-hremmed
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Substitute: <b>ge-hremman;</b> p. ge-hremde; pp. ge-hremmed To hinder, impede, to prevent the free action of Dóð húru þæt hí ne magon úre tungan gehremman, ne ús áléfian, Hml.