hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Ymb mín lond þe ic (Abba geroefa) hæbbe and mé God láh and ic æt mínum hláfordum begæt, C.D. i. 310, 6. the lord of a manor Gif se hláford him wile ꝥ land árǽran tó weorce and tó gafole. Ll. Th. i. 146, 3: 436, 9.
weorþ-líc
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Hí ðám wurðlícum godum náne lác ne offredon. Homl. Skt. i. 23, 297. Ða weorðlícan godas, 23, 302. Ðú selest weorðlíca ginfæsta gifa, Met. 20, 226. Weorþlíce, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 19.
tó-stencan
to scatter the parts of a whole ⬩ disperse a number of objects gathered together ⬩ to destroy the integrity of a whole ⬩ dissipate ⬩ bring to nought ⬩ overthrow
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Ða lác tóstencean (dispergere), Past. 33; Swt. 219, 5. Tóstencud biþ ðæt éde, Mk. Skt. Rush. 14, 27. Tóstenced, Exon. Th. 16, 21; Cri. 256. Tóstencte dispersae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 71.
Linked entries: stencan tó-sencende tó-stencedness
a-fandian
To prove ⬩ try ⬩ to make a trial ⬩ to discover by trying ⬩ to experience ⬩ probare ⬩ tentare ⬩ experiri
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Lá líceteras, cunne ge afandian heofones ansyne and eorþan, húmeta ná afandige ge ðas tíde? hypocrite, faciem cœli et terras nostis probare, hoc autem tempus quomodo non probatis? Lk. Bos. 12, 56.
hyge-leás
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<b>la.</b> of a person's actions, conduct, &c. :-- Higelǽs effrenatus (cachinnus ), Hpt. Gl. 481, 2. of things, unsuitable, extravagant Wé lǽrað ꝥ man geswíce higeleásra gewǽda and dislicra gerǽda and bismorlicra efesunga. Ll.
heáh-fæder
A patriarch; also the great Father, i. e. God ⬩ God the Father ⬩ patriarca
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Cuoeþ lá héhfæder dixit abba pater, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 36. Seó stondeþ on ða swýðran healfe ðæs heáhfæder she stands on the right hand of the Father, Shrn. 118, 9: Rood Kmbl. 266; Kr. 134.
FYLGEAN
To follow ⬩ attend ⬩ follow or carry out ⬩ sĕqui ⬩ insĕqui ⬩ exsĕqui
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Ðæt we Godes lage fylgean [fylgian MS. B.] that we follow God's law, L. C. S. 85; Th. i. 424, 7. Ðæt hi georne heora bócum and gebédum fylgean that they strictly attend to their books and prayers, L. Eth. vi. 41; Th. i. 326, 3
ilca
The same
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Swá ðám ilcum byþ ðe nellaþ ðínre ǽ bebod healdan so shall it be with those, who will not keep thy law, Ps. Th. 118, 36.
LEÓÞ
A song ⬩ poem ⬩ ode ⬩ lay ⬩ verses
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Ne wéne ǽnig ælda cynnes ðæt ic lygewordum leóþ somnige wríte wóðcræfte let none imagine of the race of men that with lying words my lays I compose, writing in verse, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 29; Ph. 547
ge-þeón
To grow ⬩ grow up ⬩ increase ⬩ thrive ⬩ flourish ⬩ prosper ⬩ crescĕre ⬩ profĭcĕre ⬩ vĭgēre
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Se ðe for wísdóme wende to Scottum ðæt he ælþeódig on láre geþuge who for the sake of wisdom had gone to Scotland that in a foreign land he might increase in learning, Homl. Th. ii. 148, 19. Ðá ðá he geþogen wæs when he was grown up, 38, 9: L. Ælf.
Sigel-hearwa
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Ðæra Sílhearwena land terra Aethiopiae, Gen. 2, 13. Síllhearewena (Sílhearwena, MSS. R. P.) land. Lchdm. iii. 258, 18. Ðú sealdest Sigelhearwan (-as, MS.) tó móse dedisti in escam populo Aethiopum, Ps. Th. 73, 14. Cf. Sigel-waras
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un-forboden
Unforbidden ⬩ not prohibited ⬩ free from any moral or legal hindrance
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Gebohte se arcebisceop æt Ælfhége ðæt land æt Sendan mid .xc. pundum, and æt Sunnanbyrg mid .cc. mancussan goldes, unbecwedene and unforbodene wið ǽlcne man tó ðære dægtíde; and hé him swá ða land geágnian derr, swá him se sealde ðe tó syllenne áhte,
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a-slúpan
To slip away ⬩ elabi
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To slip away; elabi Lǽt ðé aslúpan sorge of breóstum let sorrow slip away from thy breast, Cd. 134; Th. 169, 7; Gen. 2796. Ðæt hí ǽfre him of aslépen [ = asleópen] that they may ever slip from them, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 18 ; Met. 13, 9
án-hoga
A lone dweller ⬩ recluse
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Lamb. 101, 8. Se ánhoga the recluse, Exon. 60b; Th. 222, 10; Ph. 346: 47a; Th. 162, 3; Gú. 970
bærnet
a combustion ⬩ burning up ⬩ combustio ⬩ arson ⬩ incendium
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a combustion, burning up; combustio He wudu gelogode to his sunu bærnytte he laid in order the wood for the burning of his son, Gen. 22, 9. arson; incendium Húsbryce and bærnet ... is bótleás bootless is ... house-breaking and arson, L.C.S. 65; Th.
dwild
Error, heresy, a prodigy, spectre ⬩ error ⬩ hærĕsis = άίρεσιs, prodĭgium, spectrum
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On Engla land feole dwild weáren geseogen and geheórd many prodigies were seen and heard in England, 1122; Erl. 249, 13
geápes
In width ⬩ wide ⬩ lāte
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In width, wide; lāte Strúdende fýr, steápes and geápes, forswealh eall eador the ravaging fire swallowed all together, high and wide, Cd. 119; Th. 154, 16; Gen. 2556.
renge
A spider or a spider's web
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Lamb. 89, 9. Áýdlian ðú dydest swá swá ǽtterloppan ł ryngan sáwle his tabescere fecisti sicut araneam animam ejus, 38, 13
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stearclíce
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E.) on feaht ǽgðer ge be wætere ge be lande made a vigorous assault upon it by land and water, Chr. 1016; Erl. 156, 32
sulh-gang
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A plough-gang (pleuch-, plough-gang as much land as can be properly tilled by one plough, Jamieson's Dict. See too pleuch-gate, ib.