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lamb

(n.)
Grammar
lamb, es; and lamber; n.

A lamb

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Hér is Godes lamb ecce agnus dei, Jn. Skt 1, 29. Swá plegende lamp quasi agnus lasciviens, Kent. Gl. 214. Hé gefullode ðone wulf and geworhte tó lambe he baptized the wolf and made it a lamb, Homl. Th. i. 390, 26.

Linked entries: lemb lomb

líhting

(n.)
Grammar
líhting, e; f.

Lighting ⬩ shining ⬩ illumination

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Se móna næfþ náne líhtincge the moon shall not give her light, Wulfst. 137, 12. Ðæt swearte fýr him náne líhtinge ne déþ 'from those flames no light,' Homl. Th. i. 132, 17.

Linked entries: a-líhting leóhting

ge-bídan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bídan, he -bídeþ, -bít; p. -bád, pl. -bidon; pp. -biden [ge-, bídan to bide, abide]

To abide ⬩ tarry ⬩ remain ⬩ await ⬩ look for ⬩ expect ⬩ meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ endure ⬩ mănēre ⬩ remănēre ⬩ expectāre ⬩ consĕqui ⬩ sustĭnere ⬩ tolĕrāre

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Gebídaþ hér sustĭnēte hic, Mt. Bos. 26, 38. Dreámleás gebád he continued joyless. Beo. Th. 3445; B. 1720. He gebád ðár sylf remansit sōlus Jēsus, Jn. Bos. 8, 9. Ne mæg feónd gebídan foe may not await him, Exon. 30 a; Th. 93, 23; Cri. 153O.

Linked entry: gebýdan

un-trumness

(n.)
Grammar
un-trumness, e; f.

Weakness ⬩ sickness ⬩ illness ⬩ infirmity

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Hér Eádsige forlét ðet biscopríce for his untrumnisse, Chr. 1043; Erl. 169, 23. Mid ðære untrumnesse ( fever ) swíðe geswenced, Blickl. Homl. 227, 8. Mihtig ǽlce untrumnesse tó hǽlenne, 223, 22.

ge-rímcræft

(n.)
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Cf. ge-rím; <b>II, II a</b> :-- Her onginð gerímcræft æfter Leden-warum . . . and Engliscum þeódum, Angl. viii. 298, l. Béda cwæð on þǽre bóc þe hé gesette be gerímcræfte and hig du temporibus genemde, 308, 38.

Linked entry: rím-cræft

sceótan

Grammar
sceótan, <b>I a.</b>
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Add Swutelað hit hér ðæt Boui mid his scette áwerede ðæt land and fore scét on ealre scíre gewitnysse, C. D. vi. 183, 10

gyrn

(n.)
Grammar
gyrn, es; n.

Grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ evil ⬩ calamity ⬩ injury

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Gyldaþ nú mid gyrne ðæt heó goda ussa meaht forhogde requite now with evil her contempt of our gods' might, 74 b.,Th. 279, 25; Jul. 619. Ðæs ða byre siððan gyrne onguldon for that the children greviously paid, 61 b;Th. 226, 23.

Linked entry: gyr

hálgian

(v.)
Grammar
hálgian, p. ode; pp. od

To hallow, make holy, consecrate, sanctify ⬩ consecrare

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Hér man hálgode Ælféhg tó arcebiscope in this year Ælfheah was consecrated archbishop, Chr. 1006; Erl. 138, 2 : 1050; Erl. 176, 22. Nis eów þearf ðæt gé ða ciricean hálgian there is no need for you to consecrate the church, Blickl. Homl. 207, 1.

frécennes

(n.)
Grammar
frécennes, frǽcenes, frécednes, frécenis, frécnes, -nis, -ness, -niss, -nyss, e; f.

Danger ⬩ peril ⬩ hazard ⬩ mischief ⬩ harm ⬩ perīcŭlum ⬩ discrīmen ⬩ mălum

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B: Herb. 30, 4; Lchdm. i. 126, 24. Bútan frécnysse without harm, 63, 2; Lchdm. i. 166, 7. He fóreseah micle frécnesse he foresaw much peril, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 46. Mid frécnysse deáþes mortis perīcŭlo, 1, 27; S. 493, 26.

hreóh-ness

Grammar
hreóh-ness, hreó-ness, e; f.

storm ⬩ tempest

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Gif hwá hreóhnysse on réwytte þolige ... seó hreohnys byþ forboden if any one suffer stormy weather in rowing ... the rough weather will be stopped, Herb. 171, 3; Lchdm. i. 302. 5.

Linked entry: hréð-ness

ge-teorian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teorian, -teorigan, -teorigean; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud, ad; v. intrans.

To fail ⬩ faint ⬩ be weary ⬩ languish ⬩ cease ⬩ perish ⬩ deficere ⬩ fatigari ⬩ languere ⬩ exterminari

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For swíðlícre hǽtan geteorud wearied by the excessive heat, Herb. 114, 1; Lchdm. i. 226, 23. Beóþ geteorode exterminabuntur, Ps. Spl. 36, 9.

Linked entries: ge-tiorian ge-tyrian

stycce-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
stycce-mǽlum, (sticce-, stic-); adv.
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Ðæt húsel biþ sticmǽlum tódǽled, ii. 270, 33. here and there, in different places Styccimélum passim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 60. On feáwum stówum styccemǽlum wiciaþ Finnas, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 5. Se cnoll is styccemǽlum mid wuda oferwexen, Blickl.

á-fédan

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Voc. ii. 105, 25. of that which produces food Hú þis land mihte þone here áfédan. Chr. 1085; P. 216, 1. of material which is food Manna wæs geháten se heofon-lica mete þe áfédde þæt folc on wéstene. Hml.

ge-scot

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Take here <b>ge-sceot</b> in Dict., and add: a weapon shot or hurled, an arrow, a dart, spear, javelin Gesceot cateia, i. telum, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 30. Ánes cynnes gesceot clava vel cateia vel teutona, 35, 44.

hæleþ

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Heofonengla here and hæleða beam, ealle eorðbúend and atol deófol, Cri. 1278. Þonne heofon and hel hæleda bearnum, fíra feórum fylde weorðeð, 1592.

ofer-gán

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to overspread ⬩ to overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquer ⬩ to pass a point or limit ⬩ to pass a moral limit, to transgress ⬩ to pass across, traverse, cross ⬩ to pass, pass off or away, be over, come to an end ⬩ To be over ⬩ to come upon, attack

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to overspread Seó lyft ofer*-*gǽþ ealne middaneard, Lchdm. iii. 272, 17. to overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquer Se here fór tó Sandwíc, and swá ðanon tó Gipeswíc, and ðæt eall ofereode, Chr. 993; Erl. 132, 4.

Linked entries: ofer-eode ofer-gangan

EGE

(n.)
Grammar
EGE, æge, eige, es; m.

Fear, terror, dread, AWE ⬩ tĭmor, terror, formīdo

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Wearþ hit swá mycel æge fram ðam here there was so great awe of the army, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 31. Gefeallaþ [MS. gefeællæþ] ofer hí eige and fyrhto fear and dread shall fall upon them, Cant. Moys. Ex. 15, 19; Thw. 30, 19.

Linked entries: æge eige

leód-biscop

(n.)
Grammar
leód-biscop, es; m.

a suffragan

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The Greek form is here glossed by liódbiscop, the Latin by scírebiscop. Ercebisceop archiepiscopus; leódbisceop, episcopus, Wrt. Voc. 71, 70, 71.

LYTEL

(num.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LYTEL, adj.

LITTLE

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Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wið alne ðone here lytle werede, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 5. Lytle læs paulo minus, Ps. Th. 118, 87. Lytle ǽr, Elen. 1325; El. 664. Lytle lengre ðonne seofon fóta, Lchdm. iii. 220, 4. Lytle máre ðonne feówer, 220, 12.

Linked entries: lytlum litel

beorgan

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Hí fleón woldon and heom beorgan wið þone here, Hml. S. 25, 658. to abstain from injury to an object (dat.), to spare Þæt mód ongiet ðæt him mon birgð mentes parci sibi sentiunt, Past. 297, 17. Wé beorgað ðínre ylde, Hml.