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lencten-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-ádl, e; f.

A fever

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Án lytel cniht franc lengtenádle wæs gelácnod ... sum cniht on langre lengtenádle wæs hefiglíce geswenced puerulus e febre curatus sit ... puerulus quidam longo febrium incommodo graviter vexatus fuit, Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 2-5.

ge-drípan

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Gyf þé gedrýptes wínes lyste, þonne dó þú mid þínum scytefingre . . . swycle þú tæppian wille, and wænd þínne scytefingre ádúne and twængc hine mid þínum twám fingrum, swylce þú of sumne dropan strícan wylle, Techm. ii. 125, 17. to wet with drops, moisten

heolor

(n.)
Grammar
heolor, heoler, helur, helor, e; f.

a balance

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Helur momentana (cf. lytle wǽga momentana vel statam, i. 38, 42), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 6. Heolere (heolora, Hpt. Gl. 447, 73) lance, An. Ox. 1757. Heolore, 2, 46. Gelícere heolre ęqua bilance, 4602. Heolore, 2, 354. Hiolore, Hpt. Gl. 512, 77.

Linked entries: helur heolra

frymþ

(n.)
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Lye', and add Frymð origo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 73. Frymþum exordia, i. principia, 145, 75. the beginning of something From frymþe middangeardes, Chr. 6; P. 6, 1. Frimþe, 616; P. 23, note 4. Fræmðe, Angl. xi. 4, 16. Fremðe, 5, 10.

þringan

(v.)
Grammar
þringan, p. þrang, pl. þrungon; pp. þrungen.

To presscrowdthrongto throngpress round, uponcrowd togetherto pressmove with violence, eagernesshurrypress onpress forwardforce a way

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Wergendra tó lyt þrong ymbe þeóden, Beo. Th. 5758; B. 2883. Ðá him ðæt folc swíðost an þrang ubi se obrui a circumfusa multitudine persensit, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 134, 18. Duguð samnode, hildfrecan heápum þrungon, Andr.

wind

(n.)
Grammar
wind, es; m.

windair in motionwindflatulencewindbreath

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wind, air in motion Seó lyft, þonne heó ástyred is, byð wind. Se wind hæfð mistlíce naman on bocum ... Feówer heáfodwindas synd. Se fyrmesta is eásterne wind ...

inca

(n.)
Grammar
inca, an; m.

Doubtquestionoffenceill-willfear

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Ben. 38, Lye. Ðá ongan hé mé ácsian hwæðere ic wiste hwæðer ic on riht bútan incan gefullad wǽre cæpit me interrogare, an me esse baptizatum absque scrupulo nossem, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 45.

un-lust

(n.)
Grammar
un-lust, es; m.

absence of desiredisgustdisinclinationwant of appetitedisinclination to actionlistlessnesswant of pleasurejoylessnesswearinessan evil pleasurelust

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Icel. ú-lyst a bad appetite.] disinclination to action, listlessness Hé (the slothful servant) ðolaþ neádunge þeóstra ðurh wrace, se ðe ǽr lustlíce forbær his unlustes (or underIII? cf. 552, 12) þeóstra, Homl. Th. ii. 556, 22.

ge-regnian

(v.)
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Ne mé ná ne lyst heáhsetla mid golde and mid gimmum gerénedra, 5, 1; F. 10, 17. Æteó­wigende him þá gerénodan tunecan, Hml. S. 10, 66. Ðás fato cræfte gihrínado hǽðenra giclǽnsiga haec vascula, arte fabricata gentilium. emundare, Rtl. 97, 27

CEALD

(adj.)
Grammar
CEALD, cald; ra; ost; adj.[ceald = cald, q. v.]

Cool, COLDfrigidus, gelidus

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Cool, COLD; frigidus, gelidus Hú ðone cealdan magan ungelíclíce mettas lyste how various meats please the cool stomach, L. M. cont. 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 160, 7. Forst se biþ fyrnum ceald frost which is intensely cold, Cd. 38; Th. 50, 16; Gen. 809.

Linked entries: cald cyld

flyht

(n.)
Grammar
flyht, fliht, es; m. [fleógan to fly]

A flightvŏlātus

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Earnas feredon sáwle flyhte on lyfte eagles conveyed the soul in flight through the sky, Andr. Kmbl. 1732; An. 868: Nicod. 26; Thw. 14, 36

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dweorg

(v.)
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Wið [d]weorh man sceal niman .VII. lytle oflǽtan ..., 42, 3. Add

sceald-þýfel

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Þá mycclan treówa þúhton þám mannum þe hí of þám munte gesáwon swylce lytle scealdþýfelas arbusta ingentia ex monte aspicientibus quasi fruteta esse videbantur, 212, 27

pyle

(n.)
Grammar
pyle, es; m.
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Lytel pile pulvillus, 25, 48. Wá ðǽm ðe willaþ under ǽlcne elnbogan lecggean pyle and bolster under ǽlcne hnecean....

Linked entries: pile pylu

sum-dǽl

(n.; adv.)
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In þám glæsfæte wæs gesewen sumdǽl (hwæthwega lytel dǽl, v.l.) eles tó láfe in vase vitreo parum olei remansisse videbatur, Gr. D. 159, 22.

heáh-burh

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-burh, gen. -burge; f.

A chief town, large town; also a town having an elevated situation

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Ic wát heáhburg hér áne neáh lytle ceastre I know that near here is a town placed on high, a little city, Cd. 117; Th. 152, 8; Gen. 2517

orpung

(n.)
Grammar
orpung, e; f.

breathing, breatha breathing-hole (? cf. preceding passage), a pore

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Nán mann ne nýten næfþ náne orþuage búton þurh ða lyfte, Lchdm. iii. 272, 22. Óþ ða nýhstan orþuncge until his latest breath, L. Ælf. E. 4; Th. ii. 392, 10. God on ábleów on hys ansíne lífes orþunge (spiraculum vitae), Gen. 2, 7. a breathing-hole (?

snegel

(n.)
Grammar
snegel, snægel, snegl, snél, snǽl, es; m.

A snail

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Lytle sneglas cocleae 104, 61. Snæglas 135, 45. Mé is snægl swiftra Exon. Th. 426, 7; Rä. 41, 70. Ðone blacan snegl áwæsc on háligwætre, sele drincan Lchdm. ii. 110, 14. Blace sneglas on pannan gehyrste 144, 2

Linked entry: snægel

FÓN

(v.)
Grammar
FÓN, to fónne; ic , ðú féhst, he féhþ, pl. fóþ; p. ic, he féng, ðú fénge, pl. féngon; impert. fóh, pl. fóþ; subj. pres., pl. fón; p. fénge, pl. féngen; pp. fangen, fongen; v. trans.

To graspcatchseizeto seize with hostile intentiontakeundertakeacceptreceivemănu comprehendĕrecaptārecăpĕreaccĭpĕre

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Lye. Ǽlas fongene beóþ anguillæ căpiuntur, Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 5

stingan

(v.)
Grammar
stingan, p. stang, pl, stungon ;
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Crist hét stingan sweord in scǽðe, Charter quoted by Lye. <b>Ia.