leccan
To moisten ⬩ wet
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Hæglas and snáwas and se oftrǽda rén leccaþ ða eorþan on wintra hiemem defluus irrigat imber, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 16: Met. Fox 29, 128; Met. 29, 64: Exon. 56 b; Th. 202, 4; Ph. 64.
Linked entry: leohte
morgen-sprǽc
The periodical assembly of a guild held in the morning, or on the morrow after the guild-feast
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See also the Glossary for other references to the word, and Introduction, pp. xxxii-xxxiii, for remarks upon it. In the Promptorium morow-, morwe-, mor-speche = crastinum colloquium; cf.
ge-wéman
To turn ⬩ incline ⬩ seduce ⬩ inclīnāre ⬩ sedūcĕre
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Hine wolde se deófol fram Gode gewéman the devil would seduce him from God, ii. 448, 28: 478, 34: 542, 19. Seó costnung gewémþ ðone man to syngienne the temptation seduces the man to sin, Boutr. Scrd. 23, 9.
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sibbian
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To make people friends, make peace between disputants, reconcile Se seðe ða unryhtwísan tósomne sibbaþ ( pace social ), hé seleþ ðære unryhtwísnesse fultom, Past. 47, 3; Swt. 361, 22. Sipbade paciscitur. Lk. Skt. p. 11. 2.
heorr
a hinge
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For þám wé cweþaþ ꝥ ꝥ héhste gód sié se lhéhsta hróf eallra góda, and seó hior ðe eall gód on hwearfaþ, and eác ꝥ þing ðe mon eall gód fore déþ quo fit uti summa cardo, atque caussa exfetendorum omnium, bonitas esse jure credatur, Bt. 34, 7; F. 143, 35
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wǽcan
To weaken ⬩ afflict ⬩ oppress
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Mid ðý seó mǽgð wǽced wæs mid wæle provincia cum clade premeretur, 3, 30; S. 561, 37. Mid ða ádle wǽced and swenced quo affectus incommodo, 4, 31; S. 610, 20: Exon. Th. 410, 27; Rä. 29, 5.
ge-singan
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Aer ðon se hona gesinga (gisunge, R.), Mk.
hlúd
noisy ⬩ talkative ⬩ clamorous ⬩ a blow ⬩ a crash
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Se micla anweald ðára yfelena gehríst swíþe fǽrlíce, swá swá greát beám on wyda wyrcð hlúdne dynt ðonne men lǽst wénaþ, Bt. 38, 2; F. 198, 9. Sé bið swéga mǽst and gebreca hlúdast, Rä. 4, 40
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of-þryccan
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S. 30, 6. the subject a thing (an unfavourable condition) Sé bið hoferede, sé ðe sió byrðen ofðrycð ðisse eorðlican gewilnunge gibbus est, quem terrenae sollicitudinis pondus deprimit, Past. 67, 13.
sóna
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Hé him sóna ondwyrde, and him stiernlíce stiérde, Past. 197, 18. in general statements in which the time reckoned from is indefinite Se líchama hine ná ne onstyreþ syþþan seó sáwl him of biþ; ac sóna hé molsnaþ, Bl. H. 21, 28.
ǽr-gedón
Done before ⬩ anteactus ⬩ prior
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Done before; anteactus, prior Wæs seó éhtnysse unmetre and singalre eallum ðám ǽrgedónum quæ persecutio omnibus fere anteactis diuturnior atque immanior fuit, Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 24: 1, 12; S. 481, 25
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cyne-bót
A king's compensation or recompense ⬩ regis compensatio
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A king's compensation or recompense; regis compensatio Gebíraþ seó cynebót ðám leódum the king's compensation belongs to the people, L. Wg. 1; Th. i. 186, 4: L. M. L; Th. i. 190, 8
faroþ-lácende
Sailing, swimming ⬩ S nāvĭgans, nătans
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Gewíciaþ faroþlácende on ðam eálonde the sea-faring [men] encamp on that island, Exon. 96 b; Th. 361, 15; Wal. 20
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ear
Sea, ocean ⬩ măre, oceănus
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Sea, ocean; măre, oceănus Hyre [dúne] deorc on lást eare geblonden óðer fereþ dark on its [the down's] track goes another mixed with the ocean, Exon. 101b; Th. 384, 3; Rä. 4, 22
here-hand
A hostile hand or power
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A hostile hand or power Swá ðæt ne cyricum ne mynstrum seó herehand ne sparode ne árode ita ut ne ecclesiis quidem, aut monasteriis manus parceret hostilis, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 8
feormung
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Add Seó feormung (underfangennys, v. l., susceptio; cf. sum man hine laðode ꝥ hé sǽte mid him in his húse æt þám glédan, 75, 17) næs ná bútan scylde, Gr. D. 76, 22
hege-hymele
Hedge
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Þis is seó gréne sealf. . . brócminte and óþre mintan, cicena mete, hegehymele, Lch. iii. 6, 8-15
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þegnung
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Add Wearð ðá seó þénung in geboren, and æfter þám cynelic(e) gebeórscipe; and Apollonius nán ðingc ne æt. Ap. Th. 14. 14. v. cycen-, deáþ-, diácon-, eáster-, flǽsc-, mæsse-, middæg-, weorold-þegnung
ǽfen-repsung
Eventide,night-fall
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Eventide,night-fall Hé slép swá hwǽr swá hine seó ǽfenrepsung gemétte he slept wherever night overlook him Hml. S. 236, 154, Sunne heó ðá tó setle áhylde, and ðǽre ǽfenrepsunge geneálæhte, 498
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on-wríðan
to unwrap, to release from a covering
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to unwrap, to release from a covering Seó hét heáfod onwríðan she bade take the head (of Holofernes) from the bag in which it had been put, Judth. Thw. 24, 5; Jud. 173