bi-légan
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To surround with flame; circumflagrare flamma Lége bilégde surrounded with flame [Ger. umlodert mit lohe] Exon. 53 a; Th. 186, 7; Az. 16
lácan
to swing ⬩ wave about ⬩ to play ⬩ fight ⬩ to play
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Leólc on lyfte he took his flight through the air [of the lost angel who was to tempt Adam ], Cd. 23; Th. 29, 10; Gen. 448: Exon. 114 a; Th. 438, 15; Rä. 57, 8. Hé leólc ofer laguflód he bounded o'er the water, 75 b; Th. 283, 2; Jul. 674.
bergels-leóþ
A burial ode ⬩ sepulcrale carmen
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A burial ode; sepulcrale carmen, Leo 116
mete-leás
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Þá león leofodon be hungre seofon niht meteleáse, Hml. S. 16, 82. Add
be-lecgan
To lay or impose upon ⬩ cover ⬩ invest ⬩ load ⬩ afflict ⬩ charge ⬩ accuse ⬩ imponere ⬩ afficere ⬩ onerare ⬩ accusare
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To lay or impose upon, cover, invest, load, afflict, charge, accuse; imponere, afficere, onerare, accusare Heó ðone hleóðor-cwyde husce belegde she covered the revelation with scorn Cd. 109; Th. 143, 21; Gen. 2382. Papirius wæs mid Rómánum swylces dómes
Linked entry: bi-lecgan
blácern-leoht
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lamplight Þæs blácernes leóht næs gesýne ... hé geseh eft ꝥ blácernleóht, Vis. Lfc. 54-59
bismer-leóþ
A reproachful song, an incantation ⬩ carmen invectivum, nenia
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[bismer mockery, reproach; leóþ a song] A reproachful song, an incantation; carmen invectivum, nenia, Cot. 188
leás-bregdness
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For 'Leo 220, 22' substitute Se sceocca eów lǽrð þyllice scíncræftas ꝥ hé eówre sáwla hæbbe ðonne gé gelýfað his leásbrǽdnysse (-brédene, v. l. ), Hml. S. 17, 107.
bryne-leóma
a ray of light, beam ⬩ A fire-beam, flame ⬩ flamma
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[leóma a ray of light, beam] A fire-beam, flame; flamma Bryneleóma stód the flame stood, Beo. Th. 4616; B. 2313
leás-spellung
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Swá heora scopas on heora leóðum giddiende sindon and on heora leá(s)spellengum, Ors. 3, 1 ; S. 94, 29. Add
byrgen-leóþ
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A tomb-elegy, an epitaph; sepulcrale carmen, epitaphium On his byrgenne is awriten byrgen-leóþ scriptnm est in tumba ipsius epitaphium, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 18
Linked entries: byrg-leóþ byrig-leóþ bergels-leóþ
scop-leóþ
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.), þonne hí mé on móde gebróhton þá deóflican leóþ tó singanne þe ic ǽr on worulde geleornode, Hml. S. 23 b, 539. Add
LÚTAN
To lout ⬩ bow ⬩ stoop
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Leótt [hleát, Lind.] tó fótum his procidit ad pedes ejus, Mk. Skt. Rush, 5, 22. Hé árás and ðá tó eorþan leát he rose up, and then bowed to the ground, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 74, 7. Hé leát tó ðæs cáseres eáre he bent down to the emperor's ear, Homl.
Linked entry: ge-loten dæg oððe ofernón
þorf-leás
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Esnas ðor[f]leáse (-leóse, Rush.) wé sindon servi inutiles sumus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 17, 10. Cf. þearf-leás, and preceding word
and-leofa
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Th. ii. 372, 30. v. an-leofa in Dict
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líge-leóht
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þæt líhteð eall geond eorðærn . . . and þonne is hit hwæðre án lég, and ne mæg þæt háte fram ðám hwíte áscádan, ne ðæt hwíte fram þám légeleóhte (þæt háte, Þæt hwíte, þæt légeleóhte seem all substantive forms of the same kind, and an adjective lége-leóht
ge-lendan
To approach ⬩ come ⬩ arrive ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ applĭcāáre ⬩ accēdĕre ⬩ procēdĕre
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To approach, come, arrive, go, proceed; applĭcāáre, accēdĕre, procēdĕre Ic gelende mid scipe applĭco, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 53. Ðæt scip gelent mid ðý streáme the ship goes with the current, Past. 58; Swt. 445, 13; Hat. MS. Conon gelende to Ahtene Conon
Linked entries: -lendan ge-lænde lendan ge-landian
lec
sweet
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sweet Lec dulcia, Hpt. Gl. 411, 47
léf
Hurt ⬩ damage ⬩ injury
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Hurt, damage, injury Ðeore feórþan niht gif wind byþ léf byþ litel if there is wind on the fourth night, the damage will be little, Lchdm. iii. 164, 17