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ildan

(v.)
Grammar
ildan, p. de

To delaytarrydeferput offpostponeprocrastinateconnive atdissimulate

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Hé ða gewilnunge náht lange ne ylde he did not long delay that desire, Th. Ap. 1, 17. Ne ylde hé hit ðá leng nec exinde distulit, Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 512, 34. Hé ylde ðá gyt distulit, Ps. Th. 77, 23. Ne yld ðæt ðú mé árie ne tardaveris, 39, 21.

Linked entries: ældan ildian ilding

latian

(v.)
Grammar
latian, p. ode

To be slowto lingerloiterdelay

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Hwí latast ðú swá lange ðæt ðú ðé lǽce ne cýðst why dost thou delay so long to show thyself to the leech? Dóm. L. 6, 66. Lataþ tardat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 48. Deáþ ne lattaþ mors non tardat, Rtl. 11, 7.

Linked entry: elcian

feor

(adv.)
Grammar
feor, adv.

avoidancewidelywidelyfarfar

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Qui ait: "Homo ille longe fuit ab istis hominibus," Gr.

Linked entries: fier firr fyr

feor

(adj.)
Grammar
feor, adj.
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Gehwylce men þe þǽr landleóde wǽron, ge þá nearran ge þá feorran (fyrran, v. l.) vicini vel longe positi ejusdem loci accolae, Gr. D. 230, 8. Munecas of feorrum stówum, Hml. S. 23 b, 29.

Linked entry: feor-land

hwílum

Grammar
hwílum, In l. 3 for quandam l.
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H. 61, 35. of a single past event, once, some time ago Sétnung hwílum ł for longe áworden seditio quondam facta Lk. R. L. 23, 19. Hwílon wacodon menn swá swá gewunelic is ofer án deád líc, Hml.

apulder

(n.)
Grammar
apulder, For n.? substitute f., and add apuldre (-er ?), es; m.
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On þone longan apuldre, of þám apuldre, C. D. B. iii. 586, 8. The word occurs not infrequently in charters, v. Cht. Crw. p. 52, and remains in the place-name Appledore

leóþ-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-cræft, es; m.

poetryversea poem

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Hé biþ swá ðeáh on leópcræfte ǽgðer ge lang ge sceort it [i of the genitive in certain words] is however in poetry both long and short, 18; Som. 21, 51. Ða gemetu gebyriaþ tó lédenum leóþcræfte metres pertain to Latin poetry, 50; Som. 51, 66.

líne

(n.)
Grammar
líne, an; f.

a lineropea linerowrulecanon

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a line, rope, a coil of rope Langre línan with a long line, Salm. Kmbl. 589; Sal. 294. Línan spiræ, Ælfc. Gl. 104; Som. 78, 14; Wrt.

þole-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
þole-mód, adj.
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Of a patient disposition, patient, long-suffering Þþolemód longanimis, Hpt. Gl. 437, 43. Heó wæs þolemód and gestǽðþig on hire gebǽran, and ne geseah hí nán man yrre, Homl. Ass. 127, 367. Þolemód on wiþerweardum þingum patient in adversity, R.

Linked entries: þol-mód þolo-mód

tó-nama

(n.)
Grammar
tó-nama, an; m.

A surname,cognomen

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Nu þu iherest of wuche gomen aras þer þe tonome ... tonome ariseð ofte of lutle þing þe long ilasted, Laym. 9383. God gyueth the riche fowl towname (v. Lk. 12, 20-21), Piers P. C-text 13, 211

Linked entry: tó-namian

sige-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sige-leás, adj.
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without victory, unsuccessful in conflict, defeated Engle nú lange [wǽron] eal sigeleáse the English now for a long time have been deserted by victory, Wulfst. 162, 15. Hý sigeleáse (defeated) ðone grénan wong ofgiefan sceoldan, Exon.

geómrian

(v.)
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. ¶ geómrian tó to sigh for, long for :-- Hí geómriað tó ðám upplican, Hml. Th. i. 520, 23. Add

un-fyrn

Grammar
un-fyrn, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hé wæs nú unfyrn (nú for lyttlum fyrste, v.l.) forðféred ante non longum tempus defunctus est, Gr. D. 71, 18. add "Hé deád byð unfyrn" . . . þírn ódran dæge æfter þæs Godes weres cwide hé his líf geendode, 62, 28.

ge-standan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-standan, -stondan; p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen.

to standstand stillremainlastexistbestāremănēre. existĕreesseto stand against any oneopposeoppressattackurgeseizeinsurgĕreingruĕreurgĕrecorrĭpĕre

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Ahsige hú lange seó sibb gestóde let him ask how long the peace lasted, Ors. 4, 7; Bos. 88, 6: Bd. 4. 23; S. 594, 40. Ðæt gestód lytle leng ðonne vii hund wintra that lasted a little longer than seven hundred years, Ors. 6, 1; Bos. 115, 28, 20.

Linked entry: ge-stondan

first-mearc

an intervala respite

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Him wǽron gehátene þurh þá swefn lange fyrstmearce þises lífes ei per somnium longa spatia hujus vitae promissa sunt, Gr. D. 339, 26. a respite, v. first, 2 Ðá ongan hé willian fyrstmearce coepit inductae petere, Gr. D. 325, 31.

á-feorsian

(v.)
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Ne áfyrsa ne longe facias , 39, 12. Áfyrsiað þone yfelan fram eów, Hml. Th. i. 124, 31. Man hí áfirsige of earde, Ll. Th. i. 348, 29. Áfírsie tollat , Num. 21, 7. Áfyrsige, Hml.

íg-land

(n.)
Grammar
íg-land, es ; n.

An island

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And hér sind on ðis íglande fíf geþeóde the island of Britain is eight hundred miles long and two hundred broad. And at present there are five languages in this island, Chr. pref; Erl. 3, 1.

Linked entries: eá-land ég-land

þe

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Add Lyt monna weorð lange fægen ðæs ðe hé óðerne bewrencð few men are glad for long at having tricked another, Prov. K. 34. Add His freónda foresprǽc forstent him eal þæt ylce þe (cf. eal þæt sylfe swylce, 38, 17) hit sylf sprǽce, Wlfst, 110, 4

heofon-feld

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-feld, es; m.

A Northumbrian local name

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Seó stów is geháten Heofonfeld on Englisc wið ðone langan weall ðe ða Rómániscan worhton the place is called in English Heavenfield, by the long wall that the Romans made, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 96, 33

ge-beðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beðian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed; v. trans, [ge-, beðian to bathe]

To washbathefomentcherishwarmlăvārefŏvēre

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Byþ langum ǽrðamðe heó eft gebeðod sý it is long before it is again warmed, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 9, 21, 22; Lchdm. iii. 252, 8, 10.