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líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
líhtan, p. te

To shinelighten

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Ne hér dæg lýhteþ day shines not here, Cd. 215; Th. 271, 14; Sat. 105. Líhte auroresceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 54. Ðá dæg lýhte at dawn, 180; Th. 225, 23; Dan. 158: Andr.

lyge

(n.)
Grammar
lyge, es; m.

A lieligfalsehood

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Ðú ús gelǽrdæst þurh ðínne lyge thou didst persuade us through thy falsehood, Cd. 214; Th. 268, 11; Sat. 53. Hwæðer him mon sóþ ðe lyge sagaþ, Exon. 27 a; Th. 80, 16; Cri. 1307.

BIL

(n.)
Grammar
BIL, bill, es; n.

a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchionfalx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus

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Geseah ðá sige-eádig bil, eald sweord eótenisc then he saw a victorious bill, an old giant sword, Beo. Th. 3119; B. 1557. Abrægd mid ðý bille he brandished with his sword, Cd. 142; Th. 177, 17; Gen. 2931.

Linked entry: bill

ge-hwylc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwylc, -hwelc, -hwilc; pron.

Eachevery oneallwhoeverwhateverquisqueunusquisque

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Lifigendra gehwylc every one living, Cd. 219; Th. 282, 12; Sat. 285. And hiera se æðeling gehwelcum feoh and feorh gebeád and the atheling offered each of them money and life, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 5.

ge-mǽre

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mǽre, es; pl. nom. a, o, u; n.

An end, boundary, termination, limitfinis

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Mycel and on gemǽrum wíd mare magnum et spatiosum, 103, 24, On gemǽru in finibus eorum, 104, 27 : Bt. Met. Fox 29, 17; Met. 29, 9 : Th. Apol. 9, 14.

ymb-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-hweorfan, p. -hwearf.
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Gé ymbhurfon and drýgi circuitis mare et aridam, Mt. Kmbl.

ge-þyncan

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Add: to seem, appear Him ǽr geþúhte þæt him nán wiþhabban ne mehte, Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 12. Him rǽdlecre geþuhte ꝥ hé frið genǽme, 3, 1; S. 96, 15. ¶ geþúht béon, wesan videri. where the subject of the verb is given and a complementary adj.

ge-wífian

(v.)
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Gewífede, Sal. K. p. 121, 30. Hé gewífode on ðæs cyninges dehter, Hml. Th. i. 478, 23. Ne on gehálgodre nunnan. . . ǽnig crísten man ne gewífige ǽfre, Ll. Th. i. 318, 18 : Cht. E. 231, 14. Gif hwá his rihtǽwe forlǽte, and on óðran wife gewífige, Ll.

ge-swígian

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

to be silentto pass over in silence; with the genitiveto silence

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to be silent Monig mon hæfþ ðone unþeáw, ðæt he ne can nyt sprecan ne ne can geswígian many a man has the bad habit, that he can say nothing to the purpose, nor yet hold his peace, Prov. Kmbl. 47.

ge-sýne

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sýne, -séne, -siéne; adj.

Visibleseenevidentplain

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Geséne, Cd. 135; Th. 170, 1; Gen. 2806: 218; Th. 278, 30; Sat. 230: Chr.1121; Erl. 248, 39. Ðæt hia geséne síe ut videantur, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 5, 16

and-

(prefix)
Grammar
and-, [Goth, anda-: Icel. and-, önd-: Grk. ἀντι-]

Againstwithoutcontra

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And-saca an adversary, apostate, Cd. 23; Th. 28, 27; Gen. 442. And-swaru an answer, Beo. Th. 5713; B. 2860

cimbal

(n.)
Grammar
cimbal, es; m: cimbala, an; m;

A cymbalcymbalum

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Cimbalan oððe psalteras æt-hrínan [MS. ætrínan] saca hit getácnaþ to touch cymbals or psalteries betokens a lawsuit, Somn. 74; Lchdm. iii. 202, 14; Greg. Dial. 1, 9

full

(adv.)
Grammar
full, adv.

Fullyperfectlyentirelyplēneperfecteomnīno

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He sæt ðǽr tyn winter full he remained there fully ten winters, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 33; Met. 26, 17

gafol-yrþ

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-yrþ, e; f.

The cultivation of tribute-landtribūtāriæ terræ arātio

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The cultivation of tribute-land; tribūtāriæ terræ arātio His gafolyrþe [MS. gauolyrþe] iii æceras erige, and sáwe of his ágenum berne de arātūra gabli sui arābit iii acras, et semĭnābit de horreo suo, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 18

husc

(n.)
Grammar
husc, hucs, hux, es; m. [cf. hosp.]

Insultscornscoffingmockery

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Sarah laughed within herself, Gen. 18, 12], Cd. 107; Th. 140, 34; Gen. 2337 : 109; Th. 143, 21; Gen. 2382. Þurh hucx per ironiam, Cot. 186, Lye

Linked entries: hux- hyscan hucs

weorold-déma

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-déma, an; m.
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Bisceop sceall saca sehtan mid ðám worulddéman ðe riht lufian, 7 ; Th. ii. 312, 15, 36

handfangen-þeóf

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handfangen-þeóf, handfangene-þeóf.
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The word seems to have the same force as infangeneþeóf (q. v.), which is the usual form in lists similar to those in which it occurs Hámsócn and forsteall, griðbrice and handfangenðeóf, C. D. iv. 233, 9. Handfangeneðeóf, 17: 23: 30

wyn

(n.)
Grammar
wyn, wynn, e; f.

delightpleasuredelightfullypleasantlya delightthat which causes pleasurethe best of a class,the pride of its kind.the name of the w-rune

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Th. 279, 12; Sat. 237 : 296, 26; Sat. 508. Þurh leáslíce líces wynne, earges flǽschoman ídelne lust, Exon. Th. 79, 28; Cri. 1297 : 364, 12; Wal. 69. Ídle lustas, lǽne lífes wynne, 352, 19; Sch. 100.

Linked entry: mód-wén

nón-mete

(n.)
Grammar
nón-mete, es; m.

An afternoon meal

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On xii mónþum ðú scealt sillan ðínum þeówan men vii hund hláfa and xx hláfa, búton morgenmetum and nónmetum, Salm. Kmbl. p. 192, 19

súþ-mann

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-mann, es; m.
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A man living in the south Súðmonna sinc (those who carry of the treasure are said sécan súð, 118, 16; Gen. 1966, and are called norðmen, 120, 16; Gen. 1995), Cd. Th. 121, 28; Gen. 2017: 126, 4; Gen. 2096