lissan
to soften ⬩ weaken ⬩ tame ⬩ subdue
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to soften, weaken, tame, subdue Yldo beoþ on eorþan ǽghwæs cræftig ... lisseþ eal ðæt heó wile beám heó ábreóteþ ... friteþ wildne fugol ... heó oferwígeþ wulf on earth age has power over everything ... .she subdues all that she will; the tree she destroys
stíme
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Perhaps the alternative reading stune is the better, as it is said of the plant : stunaþ heó wærce . . . wið*-*stunaþ heó áttre. (?)
gebyrd-tíd
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Her segð ymb Drihtnes gebyrd ymb þa xii niht his tíde, Lch. iii. 164, 13, and see Hml. Th. i. 94, 19 above. ] :-- Hé cymð tó ús on þǽre þriddan gebyrtíde, Vis. Lfc. 22
ge-leáfleást
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From þǽm þýstrum heora geleáfleáste genered, Lch. iii. 432, 25. Hé wæs þǽra hǽþen[r]a láreów on heora geleáfleáste, Hml. S. 29, 7, 84. Seó burhwaru ( of Jerusalem ) forférde for hyre geleáfleáste, Hml. A. 46, 549.
fæste
fast, firmly ⬩ fixe, firme ⬩ fastly, quickly ⬩ cĕlĕrĭter
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He heóld hyne fæstor he held him more firmly, Beo. Th. 288; B. 143. fastly, quickly; cĕlĕrĭter Fæste geþúfe cĕlĕrĭter frŭtĭcans, luxŭrians, Cot. 123: 198
Linked entry: feste
of-faran
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Se cyng ofslóh heora swá feala swá he offaran mihte, 1016; Erl. 157, 8. Ic tó fare adeo, ic eom offaren adeor, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 1
fót-ádl
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Hé sumne mann gehǽlde fram þám miclan fótádle, Hml. S. 24, 163. Gif hwá mid fótádle swýþe and hefelíce geswenced sý, Lch. i. 104, 8. Wið fótádle þeáh ðe heó hefegust sý, 246, 22.
sweotolung
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Sigewulf hine ( Albinus ) befrán ... be gehwylcum cnottum þe hé sylf ne cúþe ... þá cwæð Albinus ꝥ hé wolde his áxunga ealle gegaderian, and him andsware sendan mid heora swutelungean, Angl. vii. 2, 16.
ofer-stealla
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A survivor Heó wýscte ðæt heó nánne æfter hyre ne forléte, ðé læs gif hyra hwylc wǽre hyre oferstealla, ðæt se ne myhte on heofenum beón hyre efngemæcca, Shrn. 151, 13
un-meahtigness
Weakness ⬩ impotence
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Weakness, impotence Sume men secgeaþ, ðæt heó him unmihtignesse and untrumnysse on gebrincge, Lchdm. i. 248, 23. Heó fremaþ wið ða unmihticnysse ðæs migðan and wið ðæra innoða ástyrunga, 272, 16
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þanc
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Bluðeliche he wule herkieu þet þe preost him leið on; ah þenne þe preost hine hat aȝefen þa ehte þon monne þet hit er ahte, þet he nulle iheren his þonkes he will not listen to that if he can help it, O. E. Homl. i. 31, 8.
swinglung
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For the idea of turning round, seen in vertigo, cf. the following: He dude fore of his cnihtes forte turnen þat hweol . . . ant het swingen hit swift-liche abuten ant tidliche turnen. Jul. 58, 5. See also swengan, geswing] Swinglung scottomia, Wrt.
un-weaxen
Not grown up ⬩ young
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Hé hét ealle árísan geonge ... Ðá upp ástódon eaforan unweaxne, Andr. Kmb1. 3252; An. 1629
fant
a fount ⬩ a font
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Se sácerd orðunge on þæt wæter orðað þonne hé font hálgað, Wlfst. 36, 4
geong-lic
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Take here <b>iung-lic</b> in Dict., and add For geonglices (geonlices, v. l. ) mǽdenes plegan, Mart. H. 156, 18. Iunglices cildhádes nascentis infantie, An. Ox. 966. On iunglicere in tenero, i. iuuenili, 3360.
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gyrdels
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Hé hét ádelfan seáþ oþ gyrdyls deópne, and bebeád ꝥ mon þone Godes wer bebyrgde in þám seáðe oþ þone gyrdels, Shrn. 125, 32. Gerdels cingulum, Kent. Gl. 1149. In gyrdelsum in zonis (Mt. lo, 9), Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 43. Add
nearulíce
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Add Heó nearolíce (angsumlíce, v.l.) geþreád wæs mid feferádle anxietate febrium urgetur. Gr. D. 29, 21.
æt-gædere
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Búton hé bégra ætgæddre getilian mæge, P. 457, 15
fefer-fuge
The herb feverfew ⬩ febrĭfŭgia
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The herb feverfew; febrĭfŭgia Feferfuge febrĭfŭgia, Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 89; Wrt. Voc. 30, 39: Herb. 36; Lchdm. 1. 134, 15. Genim feferfugean blóstman take blossoms of feverfew, Lchdm. i. 374, 3
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mǽg-lufu
Love
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Love Heó sagaþ ðæt heó mǽglufan mínre ne gýme she (Juliana) says that she cares not for my (Heliseus', who wished to marry Juliana) love, Exon. 66 b; Th. 246, 31; Jul. 70