FREÓ
FREE ⬩ having liberty or immunity ⬩ noble ⬩ glad ⬩ joyful ⬩ līber ⬩ sui jūris ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ nōbĭlis ⬩ lætus
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Lǽt me freó lǽdan, eft on éðel let me lead them free, back into their country, 98; Th. 128, 22; Gen. 2130: Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 30; MS. Cot. > Ðæt hý ðý freóran hyge geféngen that they might receive the gladder spirit.
hreów
Sorrow ⬩ regret ⬩ penitence ⬩ penance ⬩ repentance
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Ic ðec lǽdan sceal tó ðam hálgan hám dær nǽfre hreów cymeþ I shall lead thee to that holy home where sorrow never comes, Exon. 32 b; Th. 102, 20; Cri. 1675: Beo. Th. 4645; B. 2328.
wending
Turning ⬩ a turning round ⬩ revolution ⬩ changing ⬩ mutation
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Orsorg líf lǽdaþ woruldmen wíse búton wendinge (cf. unonwendendlíce, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 24) Met. 7, 41
nearu
confinement ⬩ durance ⬩ prison ⬩ a strait ⬩ difficulty
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confinement, durance, prison Hwonne hié of nearwe stæppan mósten, of enge út ǽhta lǽdan ( when they might come out of the ark ), Cd. Th. 86; Gen. 1433. Hió bebeád ðæt hine man of nearwe and of nýdcleofan, fram ðam engan hofe forléte, Elen.
fús
ready ⬩ eager ⬩
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Add: where there is prompt or rapid movement. of a person Hé fús gewát from his ágenum hofe Isaac lǽdan, Gen. 2869. Þǽr fúse feorran cwóman tó þám æðelinge, Kr. 57. Hé gemétte Hingwar mid eallre his fyrde fúse tó Eádmunde (hurrying to Edmund), Hml.
land-scearu
land ⬩ country
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Héton lǽdan ofer landsceare ... drógon æfter dúnscræfum ymb stánhleoðo efne swá wíde swá wegas tólǽgon innan burgum strǽte stánfáge they bade lead him over the country ... they dragged him by mountain caves, across rocky slopes, far as the roads stretched
hentan
to seize ⬩ take ⬩ to arrest ⬩ to capture ⬩ strike ⬩ to try to get
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Sebastian) lǽdan tó ánum felda and hine þǽr gefæstnian and hentan mid flánum (cf. mid strǽlum ofstician, Shrn. 55, 8), Hml. S. 5, 424. [Cf. Moyses hente ðe cherl wið hise wond.
ge-bedda
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Gebed ł wíf uxorem, p. 14, 16. þá cóm leóf Gode (Abraham ) idesa lǽdan, swǽse gebeddan, and his suhtrian, wíf on willan, Gen. 1775
ge-innian
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Wé nýdað út þá forsyngodan of Godes cyrican, oð þæt hí mid dǽdbóte hí sylfe geinnian, tó þám þæt wé hý þyder in eft lǽdan durran, 154, 29. to supply the place of what is lost, replace, fill up a deficiency Hé him gá tó honda oþþæt hé his ceáp him geinnian
hyrst
An ornament ⬩ a decoration ⬩ jewel ⬩ trapping ⬩ equipment ⬩ armour ⬩ implement
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Ne mót hé ðara hyrsta hionane lǽdan wuhte ðon máre hordgestreóna ðonne hé hiðer brohte defunctum leves non comitantur opes, Bt. Met. Fox 14, 17-22; Met. 14, 9-11.
nacod
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Þá hét hé hí nacode (propriis exutam vestibus Ald. 60, 17) lǽdan tó sumum scandhúse, Shrn. 56, 8.
sele
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Hé ( Pharaoh ) lǽdan héht wíf tó his selfes sele, Cd. Th. 111, 17 ; Gen. 1857. Geseah hé engles hand in sele ( Belshazzar's hall ) wrítan, 261, 16 ; Dan. 727. Hié tó sele ( the Danish king's hall ), gangan cwómon, Beo. Th. 652 ; B. 323.
HORN
A HORN, a drinking-horn, a cupping-horn, a trumpet, the horn-shaped projection on the gable-end of a house [v. Dasent's translation of Njála, plate 3, p. cvii], a pinnacle ⬩ a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet, husk ⬩ cornu, tuba ⬩ a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet; a corner ⬩ n. cornu, tuba, promontorium
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Ic wiht geseah wundorlíce horna ábitweónum húþe lǽdan I saw a creature [the moon] wondrously bringing spoil between its horns, Exon. 107 b; Th. 411, 19; Rä. 30, 2. Heorot hornum trum the hart firm-antlered, Beo. Th. 2742; B. 1369.
Linked entries: hyrne horn-geáp horn-reced
olfend
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Lǽdaþ hý mid him olfenda myran . . þá men mid þám golde ofer þá eá farað, Nar. 35, 11.
Birīnus
Birīnus, the first bishop of Wessex,
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Dorceceastre, and he ðǽr, se bisceop, Gode lifde and cyricean worhte and hálgode ... and he ðǽr his dagas ge-endode and to Drihtne férde, and in ðære ylcan ceastre bebyriged wæs, and eft æfter monigum geárum Hædde bisceop hét his líchoman up adón and lǽdan
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dwelian
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Ðá, þe lífes weg lǽdan cunnan, gebringan on rihtwege þá, þe ǽr dweledan (-odan, v. l. ), Wlfst. 75, 2. Sé ðe færð on sóðre lufe ne mæg hé dwelian; heó gewissað and gelǽt, Hml. Th. i. 52, 15. Dweliende exorbitans (a recto religionis tramite ), An.
bodung
annunciation ⬩ declaration ⬩ testimony ⬩ interpretation ⬩ reciting ⬩ rehearsing ⬩ preaching
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Hí mid bysnungum wel ne lǽdað, ne mid bodungum wel ne lǽrað, Ll. Th. ii. 328, 2. Bodengum, Wlfst. 276, 24. Hé á his bodunga mid gebysnungum ástealde, Hml. Th. ii. 148, 26
HEL
HELL ⬩ the place of souls after death ⬩ Hades ⬩ the infernal regions ⬩ the place of the wicked after death
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Hire sáwle mon sceolde lǽdan tó helle her soul was to be conducted to hell, 35, 6; Fox 168, 5
hraðe
Quickly ⬩ immediately ⬩ at once ⬩ soon ⬩ forthwith ⬩ straightway
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Héton út hræðe æþeling lǽdan they bade quickly lead out the noble one, Andr. Kmbl. 2545; An. 1274: 3039; An. 1522. Ðú ealne hræðe hefon ymbhwearfest rapido cælum turbine versas, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 6; Met. 4, 3.
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be-swícan
to decoy ⬩ ensnare ⬩ beguile ⬩ to betray ⬩ to defraud ⬩ supplant ⬩ to circumvent ⬩ to seduce ⬩ mislead
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Hé cweð þet hé gesíclod wǽre, and swá þ folc beswác, ꝥ hé lǽdan sceolde, Chr. 1003; P. 135, 14. Wolde se ealdorman beswícon þone æþeling, 1015 ; P. 146, 14. Cnut gewende him út, and wearð þet earme folc þus beswican þurh hine, 1014; P. 145, 22
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