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feórþling

(n.)
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Dele 'feórþung, e; f. . . . example,' and last two examples, and add

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Gif hwá embe cynincg oþþe hláford syrwie, 408, 3. with special reference to the grant of land: Fó se hláford tó his lande þe hé him ǽr sealde, Ll. Th. i. 420, 10. Hláfordes gifu, 292, 16: 422, 2.

ELN

(n.)
Grammar
ELN, e; f.

the Royal

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המָּאַ [amma] a cubit: the Lat. cŭbĭtus a cubit, ulna an ell.

Linked entry: eln-gemet

lyft

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land ymbclyppað, Met. 9, 40.

néðan

(v.)
Grammar
néðan, p. de

To have courage to doto dare to doto venture

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To have courage to do, to dare to do, to venture Néþeþ hwílum meówle ðæt heó on mec grípeþ the maiden has at times the courage to lay hold on me, Exon. Th. 407, 15; Rä. 26, 5.

Linked entry: ge-néðan

gleó-man

(n.)
Grammar
gleó-man, glí-man, glii-man, gliig-man, glig-man, -mann, es; m.

A glee-manmusicianminstreljesterplayerbuffoonmusicuscantorjoculatorhistrioscurramimuspantomimus

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A glee-man, musician, minstrel, jester, player, buffoon; musicus, cantor, joculator, histrio, scurra, mimus, pantomimus Leóþ wæs asungen, gleómannes gyd the lay was sung, the gleeman's song, Beo. Th. 2324; B. 1160.

Linked entry: glí-man

weorold-wela

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wela, an; m.
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Ðás land beóð neáh ðǽm burgum ðe beóð eallum woruldwelum gefylled hic est ciuitas uicina diues, omnibus bonis plena, Nar. 34, 33

wracnian

(v.)
Grammar
wracnian, wræcnian; p. ode

To betravel in a foreign countrybe a pilgrimstranger

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Chanaan land, ðe hig on wracnodon and útancymene wǽrón Chanaan, terram peregrinationis eorum, in qua fuerunt advenae, Ex. 6, 4. Gif mæssepreóst manslaga wurðe. ðonne þolige hé ǽgðres, ge hádes ge eardes, and wiæcnige swá wíde swá pápa him scrífe, L.

Linked entry: wræcnian

bold

a dwellinga town

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(The last two passages are from a 12th-century MS.) ¶ in place-names, e. g. Wíc-bold, C. D. vi. 351. Æt Nióweboldan Newbold, iii. 256, 11

efenlíce

(adv.)
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Th. ii. 408, 12. without disagreement, without discrepancy Seó lár mæg unc emlíce séman ( bring us to complete agreement ), Hml.

leger

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</b> [the last passage under should be transferred to ]. Add Hé ábád on ðám legere áne feáwa dagas (cf. hé læg þá swá forþ áne feáwa daga, Hml. S. 31, 1349) mid fefore gewǽht, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 29.

hnígan

(v.)
Grammar
hnígan, p. hnáh; pp. hnigen

To bend, bow down, incline, descend, decline, sink

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To bend, bow down, incline, descend, decline, sink Ðonne hníge eft under lyfte helm londe neár then I bend again under the airy cover nearer the land, Exon. 102 a; Th. 386, 18; Rä. 4, 63.

Linked entry: ge-hnígan

ǽryn

(adj.; part.)

brazenæreus

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Lamb. 17, 35: Ps. Spl. C. 106, 16

býcnian

(v.)
Grammar
býcnian, býcnan; p. ode; pp. od
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Ðe býcnaþ [gehiwode finxit, Lamb: býcnaþ fixit? eáge qui finxit oculum, 93, 9

ceder-treów

(n.)
Grammar
ceder-treów, -trýw, es; n.

A cedar-treecedrus = κέδρος

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Lamb. 36, 35

lǽdend

(n.)
Grammar
lǽdend, es; m.
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One who excuses Ne hyld ðú míne heortan ðæt ic lǽdend wese láðra firena ut non declines cor meum ad excusandas excusationes in peccatis, Ps. Th. 140, 5

ge-dafenlícnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dafenlícnes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Decencyconveniencean opportunitydĕcentiaconvĕnientiaopportūnĭtas

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Lamb. 9, 10 : second 9, 1

súþ-rima

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-rima, an; m.
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A south coast Ðý ilcan sumera forwearð nó læs ðonne xx scipa mid monnum mid ealle be ðam súðriman, Chr. 897; Erl. 96, 15: 1009; Erl. 141, 32

Linked entry: súþ-stæþ

wlæcness

(n.)
Grammar
wlæcness, e; f.

Lukewarmness

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Ðý læs hé for wlæcnesse sié út áspiwen ne tepidus evomatur, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 16, 18

grytta

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Dele last passage, for which see hwǽte-gryttan, and add Hic furfur þás grytta, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 48, 17. Berene gryta (gritta, v. l. ), Lch. i. 354, 2