lufian
To love
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To love, feel affection for, shew love to Simon lufast ðú mé ... hé cwæþ tó him ðú wást ðæt ic ðé lufige Simon diligis me ... dicit ei tu scis quia amo te, Jn. Skt. 21, 15. Se ðe lufaþ his sáwle forspilþ hig qui amat animam suam perdet eam. 12, 25.
hyhtan
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Add: [forms as from hyhtian occur. ] to look (mentally) with expectation and desire, look forward with hope to Wé tó þínum hidercyme hopodan and hyhtan, Bl. H. 87, 12.
axe
Ash ⬩ ashes ⬩ cinis
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On ðære stówe ðe man ða axan gít in loco in quo cineres effundi solent, Lev. 1, 16. Bearwas wurdon to axan and to ýslan the groves became ashes and embers, Cd. 119; Th. 154, 9; Gen. 2553
CUPPE
A small drinking vessel, CUP ⬩ poculum, obba
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Ic ge-an mínum hláforde iv cuppan I give four cups to my lord, Th. Diplm. A. D. 972; 519, 24
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fúl
A foul, common or unconsecrated place ⬩ a highway where criminals were buried ⬩ lŏcus profānus
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A foul, common or unconsecrated place, a highway where criminals were buried; lŏcus profānus Sleá mon hine and on fúl lecge let him be slain and be laid in a common place, L. Eth. i. 4; Th. i. 284, 2.
furlang
A FURLONG ⬩ stădium
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A FURLONG; stădium On ðæt lange furlang to the long furlong, Cod. Dipl. 578; A.D. 973; Kmbl. iii. 97, 32. Bethania ys gehende Hierusalem ofer fýftyne furlang ĕrat Bethania juxta Ierosŏly̆mam quăsi stădiis quindĕcim, Jn. Bos. 11, 18.
fyrhþ
the soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ mind ⬩ ănĭmus ⬩ mens ⬩ life ⬩ vīta
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Kmbl. 1278; El. 641: 391; El. 196. life; vīta Ðú God Dryhten wealdest wídan fyrhþ thou lord God rulest for ever, Elen. Kmbl. 1518; El. 761
leóhtan
to illumine
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Hé lofe leóhteþ leófe ða hálgan hymnus omnibus sanctis ejus, Ps. Th. 148, 14 Ðíne lígetta leóhteþ and beorhteþ, 143, 7. Beorhte leóhte ðínne andwlitan illuminet vultum suum, 66, 1
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óþ-scúfan
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away, move away Hé geséceþ (-aþ, MS. ) Syrwara lond corðra mǽste.
þeóden-hold
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Faithful to a lord, loyal Þegn þeódenhold, Andr. Kntbl. 767; An. 384. Petrus and Paulus ðeódenholde ðrowedon on Róme, Menol. Fox 243; Men. 123. Wígend unforhte, þeódenholde, Cd. Th. 189, 10; Exod. 182.
weorold-folgoþ
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m, A worldly service, service with an earthly lord Sceolde Sanctus Martinus néde beón on ðære geférǽdenne cininges ðegna . . . Næs ná ðæt hé his willan on ðæm woruldfolgaðe wǽre . . .
á-mǽran
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Þá lond bígengan út ámǽran (-ian, v. l.) indigenas exterminare, 4, 16; Sch. 425, 4. Hí hæfdon út ámǽrde þá bígengan, 1, 16; Sch. 44, 10. Cf. ge-mǽre terminus
fyrhþ
A wood, wooded country
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. ¶ Locis siluaticis ad Fleferth, ii. 160, 9
hearra
A lord
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A lord. The use of this word, which occurs only in poetry, is noticeable.
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on-wealcan
To roll
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To roll Dryhtnes bibod geofonflóda gehwylc georne behealdeþ ðonne merestreámas wæter onwealcaþ each ocean flood carefully observes the Lords command, when the sea-streams make the water roll, Exon. Th. 193, 25; Az. 127. Cf.
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ge-speornan
To tread upon ⬩ to perch ⬩ spurn ⬩ calcare
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Ðæt se hearn-flota sond-lond gespearn so that the floater of the surge spurned the sandy land, Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 11; Gú. 1308
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ge-sundfulnes
Soundness ⬩ healthiness ⬩ prosperity ⬩ sānĭtas corpŏris ⬩ prospĕrĭtas
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Ne breác se árleása Herodes his cyneríces mid langsumere gesundfullnysse the impious Herod did not enjoy his kingdom in long health, Homl. Th. i. 84, 34
a-swícan
To go away from any one ⬩ to desert any one ⬩ to deceive ⬩ betray ⬩ offend ⬩ desciscere ⬩ deficere ⬩ prodere ⬩ scandalizare
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Eádríc aswác his cynehláforde Eadric betrayed his royal lord, Chr. 1016 ; Ed. 158, 5. Gif ðín swíðre hand ðé aswíce si dextra manus tua scandalizat te, Mt. Bos. 5, 30
ge-leáfleást
Want of faith ⬩ unbelief ⬩ infidelity ⬩ unfaithfulness ⬩ infĭdēlĭtas ⬩ incrēdŭlĭtas
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Drihten Hǽlend þreáde mid wordum ðæra Iudeiscra þwyrnysse and geleáfleáste the Lord reproved with words the perversity and unbelief of the Jews, Homl. Th. ii. 110, 4.
þeáw-fæst
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of good manners, of well-ordered life, moral, virtuous Loth hine fægre heóld, þeáwfæst and geþyldig, on ðam þeódscipe, Cd. Th. 116, 26; Gen. 1942: ( Abraham ), 161, 8; Gen. 2662.