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weorold-mann

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-mann, es; m.
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Ða láfe ðæs gereordes, ðæt sind ða deópnyssa ðære láre ðe woroldmen understandan ne magon, ða sceolon ða láreówas gegaderian, Homl. Th. i. 190, 6. Munuclíf wǽron gehealdene, and ða woruldmenn wǽron wære wið heora fýnd, Homl.

licgan

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Ðá læg se king and ásweartode eall, C. D. iv. 57, 13. Se wítega læg and slép, Hml. Th. i. 246, 2. Læg sum wǽdla æt his geate, 328, 13. Þá se Hǽlend geseah þysne licgean (licgende. L. licende, R. ) hunc cum uidisset Iesus iacentem, Jn. 5, 6.

bíte

(n.)
Grammar
bíte, es; m.

A BITE, pain, the biting or pain of a wound, a biting disease or cancermorsus, cancri morbus vel cancer

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Gnættas cómon ofer ðæt land mid fýrsmeortendum bítum gnats came over the land with fire-smarting bites, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 29, 30. Wið cancerádle, ðæt is, bíte, against cancer-disease, that is, a biting disease, L. M. 1, 44; Lchdm. ii. 108, 9

for-ildan

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Oft daedlata dóme foręldit, sigisítha gahuém, Txts. 152, 1. with (negative) clause Ðý lǽs hí tó lange forelden ðæt hí hí ne anbinden lest they too long delay to unbind them, Past. 413, 9. to put off time Þe lǽs wé foryldon þás álýfdon tíd, Bl.

Linked entry: for-yldan

FÆTT

(adj.)
Grammar
FÆTT, fett, fæt; adj.

FAT, fatted pinguis, săgīnātus, crassus

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Lamb. 21, 13. Ða fættan fearas me ofsǽton tauri pingues obsēdērunt me, Ps. Th. 21, 10. He ofslóh heora fættan occīdit pingues eōrum, Ps. Lamb, 77, 31: Gen. 41, 4.

Linked entries: fæt fett

norþe-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
norþe-weard, adj.

Northwardnorth

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Ðonne is tóemnes ðæm lande súþeweardum Sweóland, óþ ðæt land norþeweard; and tóemnes ðæm lande norþeweardum Cwéna land alongside the south of the country (Norway), up to its northern part, lies Sweden; and alongside its northern part the country of the

Linked entry: norþ-weard

LYTEL

(num.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LYTEL, adj.

LITTLE

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lytle heord pusillus grex, Lk. Skt. 12, 32. On swá lytlum fæce in such a little space, Elen. Kmbl. 1917; El. 960. Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wið alne ðone here lytle werede, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 5. Lytle læs paulo minus, Ps. Th. 118, 87.

Linked entries: lytlum litel

wénan

(adj.)
Grammar
wénan, <b>. I.</b>
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Ic wundrige hwí ðú éfre þæs wénan mahte be mannum sáwlum þæt hý nǽran ǽcan, 62, 23. (4 a) :-- Ðý lǽs men wénan ðæt ðú náne næbbe, Prov. K. 76. Tó þám ꝥ sceolde beón wéned ꝥ hé wǽre se cyning ut rex esse putaretur. Gr. D. 131, 15. I.

leger

(n.)
Grammar
leger, es; n.

a lyingdeadsicknessdeatha coucha laira grave

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Se wæs fíftiges fótgemearces lang on legere he was fifty feet long in the place where he lay, Beo. Th. 6078; B. 3043. Leger ðis lectum istum, Rtl. 111, 24. On legir in lectum, 181, 7.

Linked entries: clǽne ÁDL

leornian

(v.)
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Hí leornedan láð weorc Gode didicerunt opera eorum, Ps. Th. 105, 26. Hé wolde þæt þá cnihtas cræft eornedon, Dan. 83. Leorna þás láre, Sch. 23: Fä. 61.

sceþþan

(v.)
Grammar
sceþþan, p. sceþede
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Ðý læs him gielp sceþþe, Exon. Th. 43, 6; Cri. 684: 299, 11; Crä. 100. Ðam mon sceal sellan ða mettas ða ðe wambe nearwian and ðam magan ne sceþþan, Lchdm. ii. 278, 18.

Linked entry: sceaþan

deáþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
deáþ-líc, adj.

Deadly, mortal, good and bad angelsmortālis

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Lamb. 78, 2

emnes

(n.)
Grammar
emnes, -ness, -niss, -nyss, e; f.

Evenness, equity, justiceæquĭtas

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Lamb. 142, 11. Emnesse geseah anwlita his æquĭtātem vīdit vultus ejus, 10, 8. He démþ ymbhwyrft eorþan on emnisse ipse judĭcābit orbem terræ in æquĭtāte, Ps. Spl. 9, 8. Eágan ðíne geseón emnyssa ŏcŭli tui vĭdeant æquitātes, 16, 3: 51, 3: 110, 7

Linked entries: emnis emnys

feorh-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-ádl, e; f.

A mortal diseasefatal sicknessfatālis morbus

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Herodes lǽfde fíf suna, þrý he hét acwellan, on his feorhádle, ǽrðan ðe he gewíte Herod left five sons, three he commanded to be slain in his last illness, ere he departed, Homl. Th. i. 478, 13

fyrdung

(n.)
Grammar
fyrdung, e; f.

an army prepared for wararmamentexercĭtusan expeditionexpĕdītioa campcastra

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Lamb. 26, 3

Linked entries: forðung fyrding

hund-twelftig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-twelftig, num.

A hundred and twenty

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Se wudu is eástlang and westlang hundtwelftiges míla lang oððe lengra from east to west the wood is a hundred and twenty miles long, or longer, Chr. 893: Erl. 88, 28

Linked entry: twelftig

in-stæppan

(v.)
Grammar
in-stæppan, p. te

To step inenter

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Lamb. 25, 4. Insteppaþ oððe ingáþ on gesihþe his introite in conspectu ejus, 99, 2. On unscyldignysse mínre instæppende ic eom in innocentia mea ingressus sum, 25, 11. Hí sume gesáwon englas instæppende some of them saw angels entering, Homl.

mangung

(n.)
Grammar
mangung, e; f.

Tradetrafficbusinesscommercedealingmerchandise

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Lamb. 90, 6. Hig férdun, sum tó his túne, sum tó his manggunge (negotiationem), Mt. Kmbl. 22, 5. Se færþ embe his mangunge (cf. sume tó heora ceápe, l. 9), Homl. Th. i. 524, 12

ge-uferian

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

To exaltelevatedelayput off

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Lamb. 36, 35. Wæs ðá þurh his langsume fær ðæra cildra slege geuferod the children's slaying was delayed by his long journey, Homl. Th. i 80, 28

scip-ráp

(n.)
Grammar
scip-ráp, es; m.
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Se byrdesta sceall gyldan . . . twegen sciprápas; ǽgðer sý syxtig elna lang, óðer sý of hwæles hýde geworht, óðer of sioles, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 1-23