lícian
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Gif hé wilnað ðæt hé hire lícige bet ðonne sé ðe hine sende. Past. 143, 4. (ii) to be sufficient :-- Wel lícas ðǽm dæg werignise his sufficit diei malitia sua, Mt.
mǽdwe-land
Meadow-land ⬩ land where grass that is to be mown grows
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Meadow-land, land where grass that is to be mown grows Hió sellaþ him ðæt médweland bí westan Sæferne . . Éc twelf æceras gódes mǽdwelandes, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 150, 10-18 : vi. 219, 3
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mann-eáca
An increase of human beings
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An increase of human beings Ðæt hié wǽron ortriéwe hwæðer him ǽnig moneáca cuman sceolde ut defectura successio crederetur (on account of pestilence no children were born alive), Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 158, 20
óþ-spurnan
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to strike against, stumble Hió óþsper[n]þ impingetur, Kent. Gl. 769. Ðé læs ðín fót óþsporne, Blickl. Homl. 27, 14. Næs gecweden ðæt his fót æt stáne óþspurne, 29, 3— Cf. æt-spurnan
be-weddian
To espouse, wed ⬩ spondere, despondere
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Gif he híg his suna beweddap si filio suo desponderit eam, Ex. 21, 9
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west
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Rufinus wolde habban him self þone anwold þǽr eást, and Stileca wolde sellan his suna þisne hér west, Ors. 6, 37 ; S. 296, 7. Þonne þunor cumeð west oððe norð, Archiv cxx. 48, 20
wita
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Add Á swá hé gecneordra (bið), swá bið hé weorðra, gyf hé wið witan hafað his wísan gemǽne, Angl. ix. 260, 20. Add Hé nyste hwæs hé geléfan sceolde, þá hine þá swýdost on un-gewisse gebróhton þe his witan beón sceoldon. Hml. S. 23, 398.
þanan
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Ðonon ðe hí útan bióþ áhæfene, ðanon hié bióþ innan áfeallene, Past. 50; Swt. 391, 12
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ge-hýdan
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Hié biddaþ ꝥ seó eorþe hié forswelge and gehýde . . . hié cweþaþ tó; þǽm dúnum : ' Feallaþ ofer ús, and ús bewreóþ and gehýdað, ' Bl. H. 93, 27-33. reflex. Se Hǽlend becierde hié and gehýdde hiene Jesus fugit in montem ipse solus Past. 33, 15: Jn.
bed-ryda
A bedridden man ⬩ clinicus
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A bedridden man; clinicus Se bedryda wearþ gehǽled sóna; and eóde him ðá hám, hál on his fótum, se ðe ǽr wæs geboren on bǽre to cyrcan the bedridden man was soon healed; and he then went home, whole on his feet, who before was borne on a bier to church
feormere
One who supplies with food ⬩ a purveyor ⬩ FARMER ⬩ obsōnātor
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the purveyors, let him forfeit his admission, Cod.
freót
Freedom ⬩ liberty ⬩ an enfranchisement ⬩ a setting a man free ⬩ lībertas ⬩ mănūmissio
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Freedom, liberty, an enfranchisement, a setting a man free; lībertas, mănūmissio Þolie his freótes let him forfeit his freedom, L. E. G. 7; Th. i. 170, 17. We scylon todǽlan freót and þeówet we ought to distinguish between freedom and slavery, L.
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un-forwandodlíc
Undeterred by fear or shame ⬩ fearless ⬩ free
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Ðonne wénaþ hié ðæt hié sprecen for unforwandodlícre and orsorglícre ryhtwísnesse se credunt loqui per libertatem rectitudinis, 41; Swt. 302, 5
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dihtnere
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Getreówne dyhtnere his hálegra cyricena ( Dunstan ), Lch. iii. 434, 21. Se cyningc him tó gecígde his dihtnere, Ap. Th. 5, 13. Add
bróc
An inferior horse, a shaking horse, jade ⬩ caballus, equus vilior
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An inferior horse, a shaking horse, jade; caballus, equus vilior Ðæt hie sécen him bróc on onráde, and on wǽne, oððe on ðon ðe hie á þrówian mǽgen that they look for themselves to ride on a horse, and in a wain, or in that which they can ever endure,
for-bearnan
To burn up ⬩ consume by fire ⬩ combūrĕre
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To burn up, consume by fire; combūrĕre Lǽdaþ hig forþ and forbearnaþ hig prodūcĭte earn ut combūrātur. Gen. 38, 24. Hí forbearndon Beorn ealdorman they consumed Beorn alderman, Chr. 779; Erl. 55, 36: 1052; Erl. 185, 4
rýnan
To roar
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To roar Sume hí sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde forsceoppan tó león, and ðonne seó sceolde sprecan, ðonne rýnde hió, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194,34 . Ða ðe león wǽron ongunnon láðlíce yrrenga rýna (rýnan (?), rýan (?) ), Met. 26, 84
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ge-útian
To eject ⬩ banish ⬩ alienate ⬩ ejĭcĕre ⬩ expellĕre
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Cwǽdon hí ðæt hit betere wǽre ðæt ic ða preóstas of Cristes cyrcean geútode they said it would be better that I should expel the priests from Christchurch, iii. 349, 14.
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herian
To praise
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Ðæs cininges ealdormenn heredon hig beforan him the princes of Pharaoh commended her before Pharaoh, Gen. 12, 15. Hit is áwriten ne hera ðú nǽnne man on his lífe it is written 'Praise no man during his life,' Homl. Th. ii. 560, 13.
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ge-þeódan
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Hí wilniað oþþe him selfe rícsian oþþe hí tó ðára rícena freóndscipe geþeódan hi vel regnare ipsi volunt, vel regnantibus adhaerere conantur, Bt. 24, 2; F. 82, 9. as a fellow, associate, &c.