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ge-orwénan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-orwénan, p. de; pp. ed [wén hope]

To despair, to be out of hope ⬩ despērāre

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Gr. 47; Som. 48, 38. Ðæt he ðý earmlícor georwénedre hǽlo hér nú forwurde quo mĭsĕrābĭlius ipse despērāta sălūte pĕrīret, Bd. 5, 14; S. 635, 3

Linked entry: or-wénan

un-álífedlíce

(adv.)
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Sum Godes wer . . . æt in wege unálýfedlíce þurh unhýrsumnesse, and hine þá sóna ácwealde án leó, 294, 23. Add

ge-wefan

(v.)

to weave ⬩ texere

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Gl. 63; Som. 68, 100, 101; Wrt. Voc. 40, 11, 12.

godspellian

(v.)
Grammar
godspellian, p. ode; pp. od
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Gr. 24; Som. 25, 45. Godspellian [MS. A. godspel secgan] Salm. Kmbl. 132; Sal. 65. God gifeþ gleáw word godspellendum Dominus dabit verbum evangelizantibus, Ps. Th. 67, 12

lǽn

(n.)
Grammar
lǽn, lán [v. under lǽn-land], e; f.

a loan ⬩ grant ⬩ gift ⬩ lease ⬩ fee ⬩ fief

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Gl. 14; Som. 58, 6; Wrt. Voc. 21, 2.

Linked entries: lǽne lǽn-land

æht

(n.)
Grammar
æht, e; f.

Valuation ⬩ estimation ⬩ deliberation ⬩ council ⬩ æstimatio ⬩ deliberatio ⬩ consilium

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Valuation, estimation, deliberation, council; æstimatio, deliberatio, consilium Fira bearn æht besittaþ the sons of men sit in council, Andr. Kmbl. 820; An. 410.

for-sewennes

(n.)
Grammar
for-sewennes, fore-seuwenes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

A looking down upon ⬩ contempt ⬩ contemptus ⬩ despectio

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Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 17

fóstraþ

(n.)
Grammar
fóstraþ, es; m.

Food ⬩ victuals ⬩ esca ⬩ cĭbus

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Fóstraþas epimēnia = ἐπιμήνια provisions for a month, a month's rations, Som. Ben. Lye

hwæl-hunta

(n.)
Grammar
hwæl-hunta, an; m.

whale-fisher ⬩ whaler

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Gl. 101; Som. 77, 55; Wrt. Voc. 55, 59. Ðá wæshé swá feor norð swá ða hwælhuntan firrest faraþ was as far north as the whalers ever go, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 12

Linked entry: hunta

læpeldre

(n.)

a dish ⬩ platter

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Gl. 26; Som. 60, 89; Wrt. Voc. 25, 29. Se ðe bedypþ on disce mid mé his hláf on læpeldre qui intingit mecum manum in parapside [Mt. 26, 23], Homl. Th. ii. 244, 4

lǽste

(n.)
Grammar
lǽste, es; m [?].
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Gl. 29; Som. 61, 25; Wrt. Voc. 26, 24. Lǽste vordalium [?], Wrt. Voc. 287, 37

leóht-berend

(n.)
Grammar
leóht-berend, es; m.

Lucifer

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Gr. 8; Som. 7, 19. Ðá wæs ðæs teóþan werodes ealdor swíðe fæger and wlitig gesceapen swá ðæt hé wæs geháten Leóhtberend, Homl. Th. i. 10, 22. Se hátte Lucifer, ðæt ys Leóhtberend, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 35

lustbǽr-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
lustbǽr-líce, adv.

pleasure ⬩ eagerness ⬩ pleasantly

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With delight, pleasure, eagerness, pleasantly Ða leóþ ðe ic geó lustbǽrlíce song carmina qui quondam studio florente peregi, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 7.

mealwe

(n.)
Grammar
mealwe, an; f.

Mallow

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Gl. 42; Som. 64, 31; Wrt. Voc. 31, 41. Mealewe, 67, 56. Wildre mealwan seáw, L. M. 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 214, 14. Hé hláf þicge and mealwan, 16; Lchdm. ii. 194, 6: 33; Lchdm. ii. 238, 14

óþ-flítan

(v.)
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to get from another by litigation Ðá ongon Higa him specan sóna on, and wolde him óþflítan ðæt lond then Higa at once began the case against him, and wanted to get the land from him by the litigation. Chart. Th. 169, 23

betwux-alegednes

(n.)
Grammar
betwux-alegednes, -nyss, e; f. [betwux between; aleged, alegd laid]

an interposition, interjection ⬩ interjectio

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Gr. 48; Som. 48, 61

Linked entry: betwyx-aworpennyss

ge-hlencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlencan, pp. ed
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Gif men sió heáfodpanne beó gehlenced, álege þone man úpweard, dríf . ii. stacan æt þám eaxlum, lege þonne bred þweóres ofer þá fét, sleah bonne þriwa on mid slegebytle; hió gǽþ on riht sóna, Lch. ii. 342, 4 : 302, 29

hás

(adj.)
Grammar
hás, adj.

Hoarse

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Gr. 30; Som. 34, 38. Ic hæbbe sumne cnapan ðe nú hás ys habeo quendam puerum qui modo raucus est, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 29. Mé syndan góman háse raucæ factæ sunt fauces meæ, Ps. Th. 68, 3

ge-þióstrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þióstrian, p. ode; pp. od

To obscure; ⬩ obscūrāre

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Sunna biþ geþióstrod sol contenebrabitur, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 24

sylian

(v.)
Grammar
sylian, p. ede

To sully, soil, pollute, defile ⬩ soiling ⬩ to defile

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To sully, soil, pollute, defile Hé on unscyldgum eorla blóde his sweord selede (cf. besyled, Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58. 18), Met. 9, 60. Sió sugu hí wille sylian on hire sole æfter ðæm ðe hió áðwægen biþ, Past. 54; Swt. 419, 27

Linked entries: sulian be-sylian selian