tó-liþian
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Add: to relax þæs módes sceát byð tóleoðod (-liðod, v.l.) mentis laxatur sinus, Gr. D. 173, 9. Tóleoþedum þám sceáte his módes, 272, 16. to pay a debt, discharge an obligation Ǽlc scyld mid gife bið tóleoþod and álýsed omnis culpa munere solvitur, Gr
ríht
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Add Þǽr is ǽlc treów swá riht swá bolt, E. S. viii. 477, 13. Gif mon on his wege biþ gedwolod, sleá him ánne spearcan beforan, biþ hé sóna on rihtan ( in the right way ), Lch. ii. 290, 18. Mín Drihten . . . wæs on rihte róde úp áhafen . . . sceal mín
fylstan
to help ⬩ (tó) ⬩ to help
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Add: absolute Fylstende adstipulans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 39. with dat. of person helped Drihten fylst him ǽfre, Hml. S. 11, 311. Se heáhengel him fylstende stód, Hml. Th. i. 506, 16. to help a person (dat.) to (tó) something, to help to the attainment
ofer-feohtan
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Júdas hí oferfeaht and áflýmde hí ǽfre, Hml. S. 25, 387: 536. Máre sige bið þæt se man hine sylfne ðurh geðyld gewylde, ðonne hé wiðútan him burga oferfeohte, Hml. Th. ii. 544, 11. Geánlǽhte Lisias fíf and sixtig fyrdendra þegena and wolde oferfeohtan
út-síþ
A going out ⬩ excessus ⬩ exitium
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A going out (lit. or fig.); excessus, Ps. Lamb. 115, 2 exitium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 84: Hpt. Gl. 503, 35. Gǽst útsíþes georn the spirit eager for departure from this world, Exon.Th. 178, 9; Gú. 1241. Nágon hwyrft ne swice, útsíþ ǽfre ða ðǽr in cumaþ those
torr
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Add Benedictus gestaþolode hine sylfne in þám uferan dǽlum þæs torres (on sumes stýpeles úpflóra, v.l. in turris superioribus), and Seruandus gestaþelode hine in þám neoðeran dælum þæs ylcan torres (stýpeles, v.l. ), Gr. D. 170, 16-21. add Þeáh hine
consul
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Hiene mon tó consule dyde, Ors. 5, 14; S. 248, 8. Agustus þone consul . . . wearþ ǽlc ofslagen búton þǽm consule ánum, 5, 15; S. 250, 9-11. On þára twégea consula dæge, 3, 6; S. 108, 22: p. 4, 10. Consula béc fastorum libri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 40. Add
friþ-candel
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Add: The light that affords protection and security from molestation, as evil spirits and influences ceased to operate at sunrise. Cf. for example the Latin hymn with its gloss Tungel scínþ nú níwe ꝥ hit nyme ǽlc þing derigendlices sidus refulget jam
glæsen
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Beó ǽlc calic geworht of myldendum antimbre, gilden oððe seolfren, glæsen oððe tinen; ne beó he ná hyrnen, ne húru treówen, Ll. Th. ii. 384, 7. Ꝥ glæsene fæt vas vitreum, Gr. D. 104, 28: 103, 13. Ele in ánum glæsenum fæte, 159, 9. Glæsene leóhtfatu, 49
scelfan
To shake, quiver, totter
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To shake, quiver, totter On ðyssum stapelum sceall ǽlc cynestól standan mid rihte on cristenre þeóde, and áwácie heora ǽnig, sóna se stól scylfþ ... áwácie se cristendóm, sóna scylfþ se cynedóm, L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 1-7: Wulfst. 267, 18. Ne hrisil
drif
a fever ⬩ febris
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a fever; febris Seó drif [sio drif MS.] febris, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 15. but drif, es; m. or n. in the following example Full neáh ǽfre ðe óðer man wearþ on ðam wyrrestan yfele, ðæt [MS. þet] is on ðam drife almost every other man was in the worst evil
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dóm-leás
Inglorious, powerless, hapless ⬩ inglōrius, impŏtens, infortūnātus
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Inglorious, powerless, hapless; inglōrius, impŏtens, infortūnātus Æðelingas gefricgean dómleásan dǽd nobles shall hear of your inglorious deed, Beo. Th. 5772; B. 2890. Sceolon nú ǽfre dreógan dómleáse gewinn now we shall ever wage powerless war, Cd.
ge-efnan
To do ⬩ perform ⬩ carry out ⬩ sustain
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To do, perform, carry out, sustain Eft, geblóweþ and geefneþ swá óþ ðæt ǽfen cymeþ it blows again, and does so until even comes, Ps. Th. 86, 6. Hió geefenede swá she did so, Elen. Kmbl. 2028; El. 1015. Hwá gedéþ ǽfre, ðæt he ðæt geefne quis sustinebit
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dwǽs
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Se portgeréfa nam tó Malche graman, and him mid eallum hete cídde, and hine þus áxode: 'Þú stunta and se mǽsta dwǽs þe ǽfre on þissere byrig mǽst wæs ( the biggest blockhead that ever was in this town ), on hwilce wísan sceole wé þé gelýfan?,' Hml. S.
ge-hendan
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Add: to grasp, seize, catch Nyle deáð ǽnig swæð ǽfre forlǽtan, ǽr hé gehende (? gehede, MS., the prose corresponding to the passage is :-- Ǽr hé geféhþ ꝥ ꝥ hé æfter spyreð, Bt. 39, I; F. 212, l) ðæt hé æfter spyrede, Met. 27, 15. Hig beóþ gelæhte ł;
ge-lytlian
To diminish, lessen, humble ⬩ mĭnuĕre, hŭmĭliāre
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To diminish, lessen, humble; mĭnuĕre, hŭmĭliāre Ǽghwilc ælmesriht ǽlc man gelyttaþ oððe forhealdeþ every almsright every man lessens or withholds, Swt. Rdr. 106, 59. Ealle hire wæstmbǽro he gelytlade he lessened all her [the earth's] fruitfulness, Ors
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bolt
A bolt ⬩ an arrow
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A bolt, an arrow þǽr is ǽlc treów swá riht swá bolt there is every free as straight as a bolt (cf. bolt-upright), E. S. viii. 477, 13. Speru, boltas catapultas (cf. An. Ox. 4238 (where the same passage is glossed)arewan, gauelucas) Wrt. Voc. ii. 85,
á-þracian
to fear ⬩ abhor ⬩ to frighten
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Add: to fear, abhor Hé áþracað ǽlc yfel, (horrescit) Scint. 235, 4. Fýlðe gylta hwðnlíce ic áðracude (exhorrui), Angl. xi. 118, 46. Binne ná áþracude (abhorruit), Hy. S. 51, 7. Áþracigende horrens, 142, 32. to frighten Wítu áþraciað þá þe méda ná ingelaþiað
huntnaþ
Hunting
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Hunting Be huntnaþe. Ic wylle ðæt ǽlc man sý his huntnoþes wyrðe on wuda and on felda on his ágenan. And forgá ǽlc man mínne huntnoþ hwǽr ic hit gefriþod wille habban Of hunting. I will that every man have the right to hunt in wood and in open country
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ge-lást
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Substitute: performance, act of performing Þæt hé ús þurh his gife gefultumige tó geláste his geboda, R. Ben. 5, 4. a performance, what is performed as an obligation, a vow. Cf. gelǽstan; 2 Þé bið ágolden gelást tibi reddetur uotum, Ps. Rdr. 64, 2: