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an-gelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
an-gelíc, adj.

Likesimilarsirnilis

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Like, similar; sirnilis Ðonne ne finst ðú ðǽ r náuht angelíces then thou wilt not find there anything of like, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 11

Linked entries: on-gelíc ge-líc

drígian

(v.)
Grammar
drígian, ðú drígast; p. ode ; pp. od [dreógan to suffer, endure]

To suffer, endure tolerāre, pati

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To suffer, endure; tolerāre, pati Ðú on ðisum andweardan lífe má earfoða drígast thou sufferest more troubles in this present life, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 32, 13

ge-fía

Grammar
ge-fía, -fiáge

to hate

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Lind. 7, 7. Gefíeþ odit, 3, 20 : 12, 20. Gefíweþ odiet, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 13. Gefíadon oderant, 19, 14

Linked entry: ge-feógan

gémnis

(n.)
Grammar
gémnis, se; f.

Care, anxietycura

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Lind. 10, 40: 34: Mt. Kmbl. Lind 9, 12. Gémnisse sollicitudo, 13, 22

sunn-set

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-set, es; n.
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The place where the sun sets, the west From sunsete (sunnsett, Lind.) ab occasu, Lk. Skt. Rush. 12, 54. Sunset occidentem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 27

búta

(prep.)
Grammar
búta, prep, [be, út out]
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Lind. Rush. War. 5, 10. Búta ðæm wíngeard extra vineam, Mt. Lind. War. 21, 39

nestan

(v.)
Grammar
nestan, p. te

To spin

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Lind. 6, 28. Nestaþ, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 27

ge-giwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-giwian, p. ade, ode; pp. ad, od

To demandaskpostularepetere

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Lind. 6. 23. Gegiwade postulans, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 63

Linked entry: giwian

ge-lícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lícan, to liken. v. ge-lícian
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to make like

irfe-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
irfe-leás, adj.
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Without live stock

yfelsian

(v.)
Grammar
yfelsian, p. ode
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Lind. 9, 3. Ebolsas (heofolsaþ, Rush.), Mk. Skt. Lind. 2, 7. Ebolsas (eofolsas, Rush.), 3, 29. Ebolsaþ (eofolsigaþ, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 10. Efolsade (efalsade, Rush.) blasphemavit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 65. Ebolsadon (eofulsadun, Rush.), Mk.

Linked entry: eofulsian

grǽdig

(adj.)
Grammar
grǽdig, adj.
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Ða fýnd heora grípende wǽron swa swá grǽdig wulf the devils were seizing them like the ravening wolf, Blickl. Homl. 211, 1. Líg grǽdig swelgeþ londes frætwe flame, greedy, swallows the land's treasures, Exon. 63 a; Th. 232, 16; Ph. 507: Beo.

Linked entry: grédig

blác

(adj.)
Grammar
blác, adj.

bright, shininglucidus, splendidusBLEAK, pale, pallid, livid, as in deathpallidus, de moribundis et mortuispallidus, subalbus

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BLEAK, pale, pallid, livid, as in death; pallidus, de moribundis et mortuis Biþ his líf scæcen, and he blác his life is departed, and he pale, Exon. 87 b; Th. 329, 28; Vy. 41. Scylfing hreás blác Scylfing fell pale, Beo.

Linked entry: blǽc

byrgen

(n.)
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Be his lífe and be his forðfóre and be his byr(i)geune (sepultura), Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 348, 14

langsum

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Ðæt hió hiom líf mid ðé langsum begéton, Ps. C. 57. (2 a) where the time seems too long. prolix, tedious, wearisome Lagu byð leódum langsum geþúht, gif hí sǽýða swíðe brégað, Rún. 21. Nán mann on lífe on ðyssere langsuman worulde, Hex. 2, 11.

ge-dígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dígan, -dýgan, -dégan, ic -díge, ðú -dígest, he -dígeþ, pl. -dígaþ; p. de; pp. ed

To endurecarry throughtolerateovercomeescapeĕtiperpĕtiperferretolerāresuperāreevadere

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Sume hit ne gedýgdan mid ðam lífe some did not escape with life, Chr. 978 ; Erl. 127, 12

Linked entries: ge-dégan ge-dýgan

feorh-lást

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-lást, es; m.

A life-stepstep taken to preserve one's lifeflightvītæ vestīgiumgressus vītæ servandæ causâ lātusfŭga

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A life-step, step taken to preserve one's life, flight; vītæ vestīgium, gressus vītæ servandæ causâ lātus, fŭga He onweg ðanon on nicera mere, fǽge and geflýmed, feorhlástas bær he bore his life-steps away thence to the monsters' mere, death-doomed and

hwástrian

(v.)
Grammar
hwástrian, hwǽstrian; p. ede

To whispermurmurmutter

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Lind. 20, 11: Lk. Skt. Lind. 19, 7: Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 41, 61. Huǽstria murmurari, 6, 43. Huǽstrende murmurantem, 7, 32

Linked entry: hwǽstrian

efenlíce

(adv.)
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S. 13, 291. v. emn-, em-líce in Dict

acas

(n.)
Grammar
acas, e; f: acase, axe, an; f.

An axesecuris

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Lind. Stv. 3, 10. Acase, Lk. Rush. War. 3, 9 [id. Lind. Acasa, a Northumbrian form]. Axe, Mt. Rush. Stv. 3, 10

Linked entry: axe