neáh-lǽcan
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Hé wearð áweht tó his neálǽcendan stefne, Gr. D. 85, 8. of movement in time. with a noun or pronoun as subject Se dóm neálǽceþ, Bl. H. 91, 19. Nú neálǽceþ ǽgþer ge þín onwrigennes ge uncer gecýþnes, 187, 22. Ic neálǽhte mínum ende, Gr. D. 243, 20.
wǽta
wet, moisture ⬩ a liquid ⬩ a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drink ⬩ moisture in an animal body, humour ⬩ water, urine ⬩ moisture of plants, juice, sap
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Seó lyft sycð ǽlcne wǽtan up tó hyre, . . . se wǽta gǽð up swylce mid miste, and gyf hit sealt byð . . . hit byð . . . tó ferscum wǽtan áwend, Lchdm. iii. 278, 7-12. Ðá forscranc ðæt sǽd, for ðan ðe hit næfde nǽnne wǽtan.
ge-flít
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Lǽtað áweg ealle saca and ǽlc geflitt, and gehealdað þás tíd mid sibbe and mid sóðre lufe, Hml. Th. i. 180, 1. Ðonne betweoxn eów bið yfel anda and geflitu ( contentio ), Past. 345, 14.
sár
pain, suffering, soreness ⬩ a pain, pang, sore, wound ⬩ grief, pain, ¨trouble, sorrow ⬩ a grief, sorrow, pain, wound
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Gif sió wamb biþ windes full, ðonne cymþ ðæt of wlacre wǽtan; sió cealde wǽte wyrcþ sár an . . . ðonne déþ ðæt ðæt sár áweg, Lchdm. ii. 224, 24. Nǽfre ðú þæs suíðlíc sár gegearwast heardra wíta, ðæt ðú mec onwende worda ðissa, Exon.
LǼTAN
to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let
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Th. 151, 6. with adverbs Ðás óðre lǽtaþ ðone n áweg on sopinum these others let the n fall away in the supine, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 60. Ælmǽr abbod hí lǽtan áweg they let abbot Aylmer go away, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 13.
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nealles
Not ⬩ not at all
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Hí áwendan áweg, nalæs wel dydan, Ps. Th. 77, 57: Andr. Kmbl. 92; An. 46. Ðú eart geong, nalas wintrum fród, 1012; An. 506: Beo. Th. 2991; B. 1493 : Blickl. Homl. 207, 17.
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wicce-cræeft
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Seó wicce ðe áwent þurh wiccecræft manna mód, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 210. Eówer nán ne áxie þurh ǽnigne wiccecræft be ǽnigum ðinge, 17, 26. Ne gýman gé galdra ne ídelra hwata ne wígelunga ne wiccecræfta, Wulfst. 40, 14. Be wiccecræftum.
brýce
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Sé ðe wíf hæfð for lícumlícre frófre, and ðeáh for ðǽm bryce (v. brúcan,(I c)) and for ðǽre lufe hine ne áwent from bettrum weorcum qui sic per uxorem carnali consolatione utitur, ut tamen numquam a melioris intentionis rectitudine ejus amore flectatur
mid
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Mid ðý tóle ðe hié sceoldon mid ðæt unhále áweg áceorfan, Past. 365, 12
Englisc
(the) English ⬩ the English language
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Ǽfre sé þe áwent of Lédene on Englisc, ǽfre hé sceal gefadian hit swá ꝥ ꝥ Englisc hæbbe his ágene wísan, elles hit biþ swíþe gedwolsum tó rǽdenne þám þe þæs Lédenes ne can, Ælfc. Pref Thw. 4, 7—11.
ealu
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Gif ealo áwerd sié, Lch. ii. 142, 10. Twégen fǽtels full ealað oððe wæteres, Ors. 1, 1; S. 21, 16. Lytel níwes ealoð, Lch. i. 388, 8. Healde hé hine wiþ geswét eala, drince hlúttor eala, and on þæs hlúttran ealað wyrte wylle ácrinde, ii. 292, 21.
brád-nes
broad, large ⬩ -ness ⬩ BROADNESS, extent, largeness, surface; ⬩ latitudo, amplitudo, facies, superficies
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Se wǽta, gyf hit sealt byþ of ðære sǽ, byþ þurh ðære lyfte brádnysse to ferscum wǽtan awend the moisture, if it is salt from the sea, is turned into fresh water through the extent of the atmosphere, Bd. de nat. rerum;Wrt. pop1. science 19, 3, 27;Lchdm
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HÝD
HIDE ⬩ skin
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And gif hé ða hýde áweg sylle gilde xx óran, L. Eth. iii. 9; Th. i. 296, 118. Hwæt sind gescý búton deádra nýtena hýda? Homl. Th. ii. 280, 30. Ic bicge hýda and fell ego emo cutes et pelles, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 29.
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ge-nerian
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Wearð mycel wæ1 geslegen, and se dǽl þe þǽr áweg cóm wurdon on fleáme generede, Chr. 894 ; P. 88, <b>VI a.
wícing
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Ðæt mynster æt Westbyrig wearð þurh yfele men and wícingas eall áwést (cf. bereáfode þurh Densce men, 446, 6), Chart. Th. 447, 8
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fægernes
ornament ⬩ beauty ⬩ pleasantness
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K. p. 150, 18. beauty, elegance of diction Áwend sprǽc tó óðrum híwe, hwílon for fægernysse, hwílon for neóde, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 294, 18.
bredan
to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck; ⬩ plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere ⬩ to change, vary, transform; ⬩ vertere, variare, transformare
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Hǽðen cild biþ gefullod, ac hit ne bret ná his hiw wiðútan, ðeáh ðe hit beo wiðinnan awend a heathen child is baptized, but it varies not its aspect without, although it be changed within, Homl. Th. ii. 268, 30
réðe
Fierce, cruel, savage ⬩ severe, stern, austere, zealous ⬩ wild, savage, fierce; ⬩ severe, cruel, fierce, dire;
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Sum árleás hine wolde sleán on his heáfde, ac ðæt wǽpen wand áweg of ðæs réðan handum, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 23. Burhrúnan, réðe ;furie,; Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 77. Twegen ðe hæfdon deófolseócnesse wǽron swíðe réðe ( ;saevi nimis; ), Mt. Bos. 8, 28.
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ge-hwǽde
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Jn. 13, 33. of sound Áweht tó his stefne þeáh þe heó gehwǽde ( modica ) wǽre, Gr. D. 85, 9. of quality, degree, significance, &c. Forhæfednys swá spærlic ł gehwǽde parsimonia tam frugalis . An. Ox. 3749. Gehwǽdum mediocri (ingenio) 4048.
mód-sefa
The inner man
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Fox 7, 47; Met. 7, 24 = swá ðæt mennisce mód biþ áweged of his stede, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 17: and Gif heora módsefa meahte weorþan staþolfæst gereaht, 11, 195; Met. 11, 98 = gif heora mód wǽre gestaþelod. Bt. 21; Fox 74, 40.]