leác-tric
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Ðá geseah heó ǽnne leáhtric ðá lyste hí ðæs and hine genam and forgeat ðæt heó hine mid Cristes ródetácne gebletsode then she saw a lettuce and had a longing for it, and took it and forgot to bless it with the sign of the cross, iii. 336, col. 1.
Linked entry: cærse
ge-wǽpnian
To arm ⬩ furnish with weapons ⬩ armāre
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He mid ródetácne his múþ and ealne his líchaman gewǽpnode he armed his mouth and all his body with the sign of the cross, Homl. Th. i. 72, 23. Se stranga gewǽpnod his cáfertún gehealt fortis armātus custōdit atrium sum, Lk. Bos. 11, 21: Ælfc.
Linked entry: ge-wǽmnod
be-wreón
To cover, cover over, protect, clothe ⬩ tegere, contegere, operire, protegere, velare
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He hí wolcne bewreáh he protected them with a cloud, Ps. Th, 104, 34. Ic wæs nacod, and ge me noldon bewreón I was naked, and ye would not clothe me, Past. 44, 7; Hat. MS. 62 b, 21
bisceop-dóm
a bishop's doom, excommunication ⬩ episcopi judicium, excommunicatio ⬩ the province of a bishop, a bishopric ⬩ episcopi provincia, episcopatus
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, a bishopric; episcopi provincia, episcopatus He onféng biscopdóm Parisiace hátte he received the bishopric called Paris; accepto episcopatu Parisiacæ civitatis, Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, note 10.
Linked entries: biscep-dóm biscop-dóm
ge-rúm
Room, space ⬩ spătium
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Room, space; spătium Hí náuðer ne gestillan ne móton, ne eác swíðor styrian, ðonne he him ðæt gerúm his wealdleðeres toforlǽt they neither can be still, nor yet move farther, than he allows to them the space of his rein, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 8.
Linked entry: rúm
tealt
in a physical sense, unsteady ⬩ in a figurative sense, unstable, not to be relied on, untrustworthy, precarious
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Kmbl. 343, 22; Rún. 21. in a figurative sense, unstable, not to be relied on, untrustworthy, precarious Hú lǽne ðis líf is, hú tealt, Wulfst. 273, 7. Tealte syndon eorðan welan, 149, 8. Tealte beóþ eorðan dreámas, 264, 3.
Linked entry: un-tealt
under-þeódness
Subjection ⬩ submission
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Him gehýrsumiaþ óðra engla werod mid micelre underðeódnysse, Homl. Th. i. 342, 34: 346, 34: Ælfc. T. Grn. 1, 31. Hí him gehétan eáþmóde hýrnysse and singale underþeódnysse subjectionem continuam promittebant, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 27
un-tǽle
Blameless ⬩ without reproach
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Sýn hý swá gecorene, ðæt hý untǽle sýn and sacerdhádes þurh ealle góde cysta wyrþe, R. Ben. 140, 6. Heó hæfð twá ðing untǽle for Gode, sinscipe and eádmódnysse, Homl. Ass. 40, 399
un-sceþþende
Innocent ⬩ harmless
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Ðæt hé ðære unsceþþendan ( innocuae ) ylde cilda ne árede, 2, 20; S. 521, 25. Ðone mildheortan and ðone unsceþþendan Crist, Blickl. Homl. 3, 11. Hí ða unscæþþendan ( innoxiam ) ðeóde forhergodon, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 6.
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wrigels
a covering ⬩ a garment ⬩ veil
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Ðú hí onwendest swá man wrigels (operlorium) déð. Ps. Th. Surt. 101, 23. Hé his wrigels geopenode. Homl. Ass. 196, 56
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án-nes
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S. 5, 394.Lufige hé ánnysse and bróðorrǽdene betwux mannum, Hml. Th. i. 142, 10. Eal se here him swór ánnesse, þæt hié eal þæt woldon þæt hé wolde, Chr. 921; P. 103, 16
fágettan
to quibble
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Se cýðere him andwyrde: "On Godes ðearfum ic hí áspende, and hí sind ðá écan mádmas." Se geféfa cwæð: "Hwæt fágettest ðú mid wordum ?" (why do you use this word treasures with double meaning?), Hml. Th. i. 422, 34. Similar entries Cf. fágian
fere
able ⬩ seaworthy
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Sóna þæs hí fére wǽron, hí worhton castel æt Hæstinga port, 1066; P. 199, 25.
fiþere
a wing ⬩ a wing
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Se kok, ǽr ðǽm ðe hé cráwan wille, hefð úp his fiðru, Past. 461, 13. Seó bródige henn tósprǽt hyre fyðera and þá briddas gewyrmð, Angl. viii. 309, 26.
ge-gada
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Cóm þæs geréfan suna mid his sceandlicum gegadum, 163: 19, 40. Seó myltestre began faran tó hire gegadan, Hml. A. 195, 21. Hét se cásere his gegadan tó faran and beódon þám crístenum ꝥ hí cómon him tó, Hml. S. 28, 41
healfunga
indirectly ⬩ slightly ⬩ to some extent ⬩ half
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Add: from the side, indirectly: Hit is nyttre ðæt ðæt him mon on tǽlan wille, ðæt hit mon healfunga sprece, swelce hit mon hwón gehríne major profectus adducitur, si hoc, quod in eis reprehenditur, quasi ex latere tangatur, Past. 207, 7.
híg
hay ⬩ mown grass
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hay, mown grass. Hég foenum, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 45. Græs oððe hig fenum, ii. 35, 30. Swé swé hég (faenum) hreðlíce ádrúgiað. Ps. Srt. Ps. Spl. 36, 2. Híg, Ps. L. 36, 2. Hýg, 101, 5. Ic sceal fyllan binnan oxan mid híg (foeno), Coll. M. 20, l.
Linked entry: hefung
hláf-gang
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Ben. 59, 13-18. of the Eucharistic bread Hwilcan geþance mæg ǽnig man geþencan on his móde ꝥ hé tó sácerdan heáfod áhylde, and heora mæssan on circan gestande, and æt hláfgange (when he goes to receive the consecrated bread) heora hand cysse. Ll.
ríce
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On middeweardum hire ríce hió getimbrede Babylonia þá burg medio imperii sui Babylonem condidit, Ors. 2, 1; 8. 62, 14. God forgifð ríce ðám ðe hé wile, Hml. Th. ii. 434, 4. <b>I b.
weá-láf
A remnant spared by calamity ⬩ those who remain after evil times ⬩ the survivors of calamity
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A remnant spared by calamity, those who remain after evil times, the survivors of calamity Land hý áwéstaþ and burga forbærnaþ and ǽhta forspillaþ and eard hý ámiriaþ.