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lǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽfan, p. de.

to leaveto remain

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Hié hegeáton welan and ús lǽfdon they got wealth and left it us, Past. pref; Swt. 5, 15. Swá hit his yldran begeáton and létan and lǽfdon ðam tó gewealde ðe hý wel úðan, L. O. 14; Th. i. 184, 3.

Linked entry: be-lǽfan

heolstor

(n.)
Grammar
heolstor, es; n.

That which covers or concealsdarkness a veilcoveringplace of concealment

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Nágan ðæs heolstres ðæt ús gehýdan mágon we have not the place of concealment to hide ourselves in, Cd. 215; Th. 271, 5; Sat. 101.

Linked entry: hleostrum

trumness

(n.)
Grammar
trumness, e; f.
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Ðínes geleáfan trumnesse witon, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 30, 18.

drosen-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
drosen-líc, adj.

Brittle, weakfrăgĭlis

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Brittle, weak; frăgĭlis, Som. Ben. Lye

gang

(v.; part.)
Grammar
gang, p. of geongan.

went

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went, Beo. Th. 2595; B. 1295;

hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
hycgan, hycgean; p. hogde.

take thoughtbe mindfulthinkconsidermeditateto intendpurposedetermineendeavourstriveto hope

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Uton hycgan hwǽr hám ágen and ðonne geþencan hú ðider cumen let us consider where we may have a home, and then devise how we may come thither, 83 a; Th. 312, 30; Seef. 117.

hlehhan

(v.)
Grammar
hlehhan, hlæhan, hlihhan, hlichan, hlihan. hlihgan; p. hlóh; pl. hlógan

To LAUGH [with gladness or contempt], to deride

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Ðonne hliehaþ gligmonna unnyttes cræftes when we laugh at the useless art of gleemen, 34, 1; Swt. 231, 7. Ne hlóh ic ná ... ac ðú hlóge non risi ... sed risisti, Gen. 18, 15. Ðú hlóge and ic weóp thou didst laugh and I wept, L. E.

hycgan

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Th. 120, 3. to call to mind, remember Uton hycgan hwǽr hám ágen, and þonne geþencan hú þider cumen Seef. 117

be-lecgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lecgan, bi-lecgan; p. -legde, -léde pl. -legdon; pp. -legd, -léd; v. a.

To lay or impose uponcoverinvestloadafflictchargeaccuseimponereafficereonerareaccusare

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We hine clommum belegdon we loaded him with chains Andr. Kmbl. 3119; An. 1562. Hí ðé wítum belecgaþ they afflict thee with torments 2424; An. 1213.

Linked entry: bi-lecgan

norþ-dǽl

(n.)
Grammar
norþ-dǽl, es; m.

a northern partthe north

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Nú hæbbe áwriten ðære Asian súþdǽl; nú wille fón tó hire norþdǽle, Swt. 14, 6. Sittan on ðam norþdǽle heofenan ríces, Homl. Th. i. 10, 25 : Cd. Th. 3, 8; Gen. 32. Norþdǽl aquilonem, Ps. Th. 89, 11.

un-rihtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-rihtlíce, adv.

Unrighteouslyunjustlywickedlywrongfully

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syngodon, dydon unrihtlíce, Homl. Th. ii. 420, 26: Wulfst. 160, 4: Blickl. Homl. 89, 19. Unrihtlíce hí mé hatiaþ odio iniquo oderunt me, Ps. Th. 24, 17. Se wæs unrihtlíce ofslagen ofer áþas and treówa, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 27.

Linked entry: rihtlíce

ymb-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-þanc, es; m. n. : -þanca, an; m.
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Tó morgenne beóþ gesémde of what use are considerations of the words, or what will they do for us? To-morrow we shall be at one on the matter, Blickl. Homl. 183, 12

a-fligan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fligan, l. á-flígan, -fífan,
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Sé forgeaf ús ðás mihte þæt untrume gehǽlon, deóflu áflían, 466, 3. Þá þýstru áflígean, Gr. D. 171, 2. sceolan mid ródetácne þá réðan áflían. Hml. S. 17, 145. Aflíged mon homo apostata , Kent. Gl. 141.

efen-lic

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sint emnlice on ðám ðe ongietað ðæt gé stondað aequales vobis sumus, in quo vos stare cognoscimus, Past. 117, 1. Efenlice englum aequales angelis, Scint. 69, 1. Þrý hádas synt efenlice ( coaequales ), Angl. ii. 362, 12.

ofer-stǽlan

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Se engel bringð eall þæt tó góde gedóð, and se deófol eall þæt tó yfele gedðó and wile oferstǽlan þone engel mid þám yfelum weorcum, 233, 9.

Róm-pening

(n.)
Grammar
Róm-pening, es; m. A penny paid to Rome. v. Róm-feoh
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willaþ ðæt ǽlc Rómpænig beó gelǽst be Petres mæssan tó ðam bisceopstóle, and willaþ ðæt man namige on ǽlcon wǽpengetæce .ii. trýwe þegnas and ǽnne mæssepreóst, ðæt hí hit gegaderian.

Linked entry: Róm-feoh

pliht-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
pliht-líc, adj.
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Ðrý dagas syndon on geáre ðe egiptiaci hátaþ, ðæt is on úre geþeóde plihtlíce dagas ; on ðám ná tó ðæs hwón for nánre neóde ne mannes ne neátes blód sý tó wanienne, Lchdm. iii. 76, 11-14

ge-sceádlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-sceádlíce, adv.

Reasonably, rationallyrationabiliter

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Man sceal gesceádlíce tosceádan ylde and geóguþe we must discreetly distinguish between age and youth, L. de Cf. 4; Th. ii. 262, 4. Gesceádlícor more rationally, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 214, 7

Linked entry: sceádlíce

be-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lífan, (ié, é, ý); p. de
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Þone dracan þe on belýfdon, 570, 25. Hí on God belýfdon, 92, 33: 244, 4: ii. 20, 7: Hml. S. 23, 22. [Cf. ge-lífan, which is the earlier form.]

cís-ness

(n.)
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gelýfað þæt genóh sý twá gesodene sufel for missenlicra manna untrumnesse; gif hwá for hwylcre císnesse þæs ánes brúcan ne mæge, brúce húru þæs óðres ut forte qui ex uno non potuerit edere ex alio reficiatur, R. Ben. 63, 12