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a-lybban

(v.)
Grammar
a-lybban, p. -lyfde, pl. -lyfdon; pp. -lyfed [a, lybban to live]

To livelive aftersurviveviveresuperesse

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Heó alyfaþ she shall live, Ex. 21, 22. Alyfdon, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 27, 5

Linked entry: a-lyfaþ

or-met

Grammar
or-met, or-mett.
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Gif God forlǽt þá sáwle for ormættum synnum, þonne swælt heó on þǽm sǽlran dǽle, 1, 144. Add

un-weorþlic

Grammar
un-weorþlic, <b>.
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</b> add Þá ylcan sprǽce wé nimað lustlíce, þeáh þe heó sí us unwurðlicu (-wyrðelice, v.l.) and unrihtlic tó sprecanne hanc ipsam locutionem quae nobis indigna est, etiam delectabiliter tenemus, Gr. D. 209, 22

salwian

(v.)

to make dark, to blacken

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to make dark, to blacken Heó (the dove) nolde ǽfre under salwed bord ( in the ark, which was dark-coloured from the pitch that had been smeared over it) syððan ætýwan, Cd. Th. 89, 15; Gen. 1481

bláwung

(n.)
Grammar
bláwung, e; f.

A BLOWINGflatus

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[bláwan to blow; flare] A BLOWING; flatus Ðá hét Gedeon his geféran habban heora býman him mid to ðære bláwunge then Gideon commanded his companions to have their trumpets with them for the blowing, Jud. 7, 16

Linked entry: a-bláwung

lesan

(v.)
Grammar
lesan, p. læs; pl. lǽson; pp. lesen

To leasegathercollect

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Hí lǽson ǽfre forþ mid heom ealle ða butsecarlas ðe heó gemétton they kept on all the while collecting and joining to themselves all the sailors they found, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 15.

módig

Grammar
módig, <b>.
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Heó (Judith) ofercóm þone módigan (Halofernes), 114, 410. Módig[e] arrogantes, An. Ox. 56, 233. Drihten hét ús beón eádmóde ꝥ wé tó heofonum becómon, for ðan þe þá módigan ne magon tó heofonum, Hml. S. 16, 129. <b>III a.

ge-fillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fillan, p. de.
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I 10, (I a) fig. :-- úp áhóf hond his ofer hié ðæt gefælde hié (ut prosterneret eos), Ps.

á-wegan

to carry off to put awayrenounceto weigh.to put in a balanceto estimateconsiderto be equal in weight to

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:-- Bútan heora hwilc wolde áwegan (-wǽgan?) v. áwǽgan his geleáfan, Hml. S. 35, 228. to weigh. to put in a balance (lit. or fig.) áwecþ ealle dúna mid ánre handa, Hml. Th. i. 8, 30. áwæh ðín ríce on wǽgan, ii. 436, 12.

a-gifan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gifan, -gyfan, -giefan, -geofan; p. -gæf, -geaf, -gef, pl. -géfon, -geáfon; pp. -gifen, -giefen, -gyfen

To restoregive backgive upleavereturnrepayrenderpaygivereddererestitueretradererelinquereexsolveredare

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He agæf him his leóda láfe he restored to him the remnant of his people. Cd. 196; Th. 244, 24; Dan. 453. Ne agife non restituet, Ex. 22, 13. Hy fæder ageaf on feónda geweald her father delivered her up into her foes' power.

leger-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
leger-bedd, es; n.

A sick-bedgrave

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A sick-bed, bed of death, grave Sum mǽden gehǽlde ðæt ðe langlíce læg on legerbedde seóc a maiden he healed that had long been confined to her bed by sickness, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 25. Árís nú and ber hám ðín legerbed, i. 472, 25.

purpure

(n.)
Grammar
purpure, an ; f.
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gemétte his ágenne sunu mid purpurum gegieredne ( purpuratus ) ... hit næs þeáw ðæt ánig óðer purpuran werede búton cyningum, Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 30-35. Hiene hét iernan on his ágenum purpurum, 6, 30; Swt. 280, 12.

un-mann

(n.)
Grammar
un-mann, es; m.

a bad manan inhuman personone who is not a mere mana hero

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Ger. un-mennisco: Ger. un-mensch: Icel. ú-mannan a person fit for nothing.] one who is not a mere man, a hero Ðá gemunde ða strangan dǽda ðara unmanna (perhaps iumanna should be read; the Latin is: Valida priscorum heroum facta reminiscens. v. geó

cuma

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cwæð, 'cuma,' for ðan ðe wé ealle sind cuman on ðisum lífe, and úre eard nis ná hér, Hml. Th. i. 248, 14. Bæd ðá ælðeódigan weras ðe on cuman híwe him mid wunodon peregrinos viros atque in hospitalitatem susceptos admonuit, ii. 96, 35.

fore-settan

prefer

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swór God him tó gewitan on his wordum foresettende he prefaced his oath by taking God to witness, Hml. S. 23 b, 271. Ðis Englisc ætýwð hwæt seó foresette rǽding mǽnð, Angl. viii. 298, 9. of degree, rank.

Linked entry: fór-settan

fóster-cild

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Hér synd þá cnihtas ... þíne fóstercyld, Hml. S. 2, 243. fig. of a disciple, scholar, &amp;c. ( St. Martin ) sǽde his gyngrum þæt sceolde gewítan. Hí hine befrinon: 'Hwí forlǽtst þú, fæder, ðíne fóstercild?,' Hml.

lustfull-nes

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Þá þá geseah þá lustfullnesse þæs líchaman (delectationem carnis) . . . spræc þysne cwyde : ' Eall seó lustfulnes and swétnes þæs líchaman weorðeþ tó wyrma geride (dulcedo illius vermes), Gr. D. 323, 1-3 : 8.

on-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
on-weard, adj.

Proceeding against, taking action against

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Proceeding against, taking action against Warnige se abbod ðæt þurh andan ne sý onweard ðam profaste let the abbot take heed that he be not acting against the provost from hatred, R. Ben. 126, 11

hand

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Th. i. 18, 1. and add: a hand: — Gif heáhre handa dyntes onféhð if he receives a blow from an uplifted hand, i. e. a violent blow. (For the force of heáh cf. (?)

be-scúfan

Grammar
be-scúfan, -sceófan.

to thrust

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Hét ontendan fýr, and hí tómiddes besceófan, 7, 219. Hét hiera bescúfan in þá eá DC jubeo ex his . dc. influmen mitti, Nar. 11, 9 : 24, 13. On dimhofe wæs bescofen in latibulum truditur, An. Ox. 3769.