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be-healdan

(v.)
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Th. 75, 2. to take care, beware Beheald þæt ðú ðás dǽde ne dó, Hml. Th. i. 38, 25: Lch. i. 332, 6: ii. 318, 19. Behealdað ðæt Adam ne ete of ðám treówe, Hex. 26, 15. Behaldas attendite, Mt. L. 6, 1. Tó behaldenne cavendum, 16, 12.

HÝF

(n.)
Grammar
HÝF, e; f.

A HIVE

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Mæderecíþ on ðínre hýfe ðonne ne ásponþ nán man ðíne beón ne hí man ne mæg forstelan ða hwíle ðe se cíþ on ðære hýfe biþ [put] a plant of madder in your hive; then nobody will lure away your bees, nor can they be stolen while the plant is in the hive,

Linked entries: híf héf

þrafian

(v.)
Grammar
þrafian, p. ode.

to urgepressto reproverebukecorrect

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Drihten, ne þreá ðú me ne ne þrafa on ðínum yrre Domine, ne in ira tua arguas me, Ps. Th. 37, 1.

sáwan

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</b> add Ðú rípes ꝥte ðú ne sǽwe, Lk. R. 19, 22. Hé seów hwǽte on beswuncenum lande, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 9. <b>I c.</b> absolute :-- Ic hrippo ðér ne seáwu ic meto ubi non semino, Mt. L. 35, 26.

sceáf

(n.)
Grammar
sceáf, es; m.

A sheaf, bundlea sheafa bundle (of herbs)

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Gýme hé ðæt náðor ne misfare ne corn ne sceáf, Anglia ix. 260, 12. Mid his sceáfe sceát áfyllan, Ps. Th. 128, 5. Hé nǽnne sceáf (manipulum) ne rípþ, Past. 39, 2; Swt. 287, 3. Heora sceáfas (manipulos) beraþ, Ps.

Linked entry: sceáb

wíf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wíf-líc, adj.

womanlyof a womanfemalefemininewifelymatronly

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Neutrum is náðor cynn, ne werlíces ne wíflíces, Ælfc. Gr. 6; Zup. 18, 5-15. wifely, matronly Wíflícre matronalis, Hpt. Gl. 505, 36. Wíflícere, 520, 2. Ða wíflícan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 22

be-díglian

(v.)

to conceal,to conceal fromto be concealedlie hid

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Heó hine bedíglian (celare) ne mihte, Ex. 2, 3: Hml. S. 2, 228. Bedígledes secreti .i. occulti, An. Ox. 1442. with clause Hé ne bedíglode ꝥ hé on Drihten gelýfde, Hml. S. 5, 160.

ídel

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Heora hǽþenan gild wǽron ealle ídelu and unnyt, and ꝥ hié náwðer ne him sylfum helpan ne mihton, ne nánum ðára ðe tó him áre wilnodan, Bl. H. 223, 2. Ídle, orfeorme, unbiþyrfe, Jul. 217.

LÆS

(adv.)
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LÆS, adv. also used in conjunctional phrases and as a noun.

Lesslest

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Nóhte ðý læs unáræfnendlíc non minus intolerabile, 5, 12; S. 627. 38. Cýð ðis folc ðæt hig ne gán ofer ða gemǽro ðé læs hig swelton contestare populum ne forte velit transcendere terminos et pereat, Ex. 19, 21, 24: Ps. Th. 68, 14. Ðé lea ne, Kent.

Linked entry: læsast

ríce

(n.)
Grammar
ríce, es; n.

powerauthoritydominionruleempirereignbishopsconsulsa kingdomrealma diocesea nation

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Ne forsáwe hé (Catullus) ðone óðerne (Nonium in curuli sedentem) swá swíðe, gif hé nán ríce ne nǽnne anweald næfde, 27, 1; Fox 96, 7.

libban

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Ic wát þæt nán swá gód man ne leofað swá hé is, Ors. 5, la ; S. 242, 33. Wé þe lybbað (lifgeað, Ps. Vos. lifgað, Ps. Srt. ) nos qui vivimus, Ps. Rdr. 113, 18.

a-wefan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wefan, p. -wæf, pl. -wǽfon ; pp. -wefen

To weavetexere

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To weave; texere Wyrmas ne awǽfon worms did not weave, Exon. 109 a ; Th. 417, 23; Rä. 36, 9 : Jn. Bos. 19, 23

fyrd-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-wíse, an; f.

A military manner

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A military manner Se mon se ne wǽre mid his wǽpnum æfter fyrdwíson gegered qui non legitimis indutus insignibusque armis, Nar. 9, 28

Linked entry: fird-wíse

manna

(n.)
Grammar
manna, monna; indecl.

Manna

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T. 77, 28: Num. 11, 9. Monna, Past. 17, 11; Swt. 125, 19

mann-mirring

(n.)
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mann-mirring, es; f.

Destruction of men

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Destruction of men Ac man þǽr ne gespǽdde bútan manmyrringe they did not succeed without loss of men, Chr. 1096; Erl. 233, 29

Linked entry: mirring

ge-wǽcednyss

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wǽcednyss, e; f.

Weakness

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Weakness Him nán þing ne eglaþ ǽnigre brosnunge oððe gewǽcednysse nothing pains him of any corruption or weakness, Homl. Th. ii. 552, 29

weorold-leán

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-leán, es; n.
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Worldly reward Ða ðe Godes þances hwylcne cuman underfón, ne wilnigen hig ðǽr nánra woruldleána, L. E. I. 25; Th. ii. 422, 13

Linked entry: leán

cól

(n.)
Grammar
cól, coal. l. col,
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Þæt fýr wearð ácwenced ꝥ þǽr án col ne gleów, Hml. S. 7, 240

ge-hola

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Wé beóð þíne geholan, and ealne wæg þíne mid-sprecan, ne wé nellað ðé ámeldian, achit eall stillelǽtan, Hml. S. 23, 590. Add

glida

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Sé ðe reáflác lufað, hé bið glida, and culfre, Hml. Th. ii. 46, 16