DÓHTOR
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Ðú fram mínre dóhtor onwóce thou from my daughter wast born, Cd. 223; Th. 292, 11; Sat. 439. Ðá wæs ellen-wód fæder wið déhter then was the father furious with his daughter, Exon. 67 b; Th. 251, 7; Jul. 141: Gen. 29, 18: Mk. Bos. 7, 26, 29: Homl.
EÓWU
EWE, female sheep ⬩ ŏvis fēmĭna
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The milk was used for domestic purposes: butter and cheese were made from it; for Ælfric teaches the shepherd [sceáp-hyrde] to say, 'On fórewerdne morgen ic drífe sceáp míne to heora lease, and ic agénlǽde híg to heora loca, and melke híg tweówa on dæg
irþ
ploughing ⬩ tilling ⬩ a crop ⬩ ploughed land
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Ðá him ðá ðæt sǽd broht wæs ofer ealle tíd tó sáwenne and ofer eallne hiht wæstm tó beranne ðe hé on ðam ylcan land seów ðá georn ðǽr sóna upp genihtsumlíc yrþ and wæstm ut illius frugis ibi potius seges oriretur.
laðian
To invite ⬩ call ⬩ call upon
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Homl. 187, 26: Cd. 226; Th. 301, 29; Sat. 589 Loth hig laðode geornlíce Lot compulit illos oppido, Gen. 19, 3. Hé hí laðede ðæt hí onféngon ðam gerýno Cristes geleáfan ad fidei suscipiendæ sacramentum invitaret, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 31.
leóf-tǽle
Loving ⬩ dear ⬩ desirable ⬩ estimable ⬩ grateful ⬩ pleasant ⬩ gracious
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Óðer biþ unlǽde on eorþan óðer biþ eádig swíðe leóftǽle mid leóda duguþum one will be miserable on earth, the other fortunate, high in favour with the best of men, Salm. Kmbl, 733; Sal. 366.
Linked entry: -tǽl
líhtan
To shine ⬩ lighten
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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
A lie ⬩ lig ⬩ falsehood
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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.
mǽg-wlite
Appearance ⬩ form ⬩ species ⬩ species ⬩ forma ⬩ aspectus
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Mon ne mǽge ða lástas on óðerne mǽgwlite oncyrran; ah hié á beóþ on ðære ilcan onsýne the footsteps cannot be changed into another form; but they always appear the same, Blickl. Homl. 127, 19. Ǽlc hafaþ mágwlite metodes and engla.
Linked entry: scír
ráp
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Gewurdene wyrda, ða beóþ ða feówere fǽges rápas, Salm. Kmbl. 661-668; Sal. 331-333. Rápa nodorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 68. Rápum rudentibus, funibus, Hpt. Gl. 529, 27. Ðú gedydest ðæt wé mǽtan úre land mid rápum, Ps. Th. 15, 6.
Linked entry: nip
BIL
a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion ⬩ falx, 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.
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ge-hwylc
Each ⬩ every one ⬩ all ⬩ whoever ⬩ whatever ⬩ quisque ⬩ unusquisque
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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-scý
A pair of shoes ⬩ calceamentum, tegmentum pedis, caliga
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calceamentum, tegmentum pedis, caliga Gif he [man] ðonne cwiþ 'Nelle ic híg habban to wífe,' gá ðæt wíf to him and nyme his gescý of his fótum beforan ðám ealdrum and spǽte on his nebb and nemne hine ǽlc man on Israéla folce ' unsceóda' if he [the man] then say
un-gerisene
inconvenience ⬩ disagreeableness ⬩ unseemliness ⬩ indignity ⬩ disgrace
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Bið ðæt sǽd ágoten tó unclǽnnesse and tó ungerisnum ad immunditiam semen effundit, 15; Swt. 97, 11
brengan
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Him ꝥ sǽd bróht wæs. Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 39. Add
ge-lǽte
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Þæt wíf æt þǽra wega gelǽte ( in bivio ) sæt, Gen. 38, 21. Twégra wega gelǽtu biuium, þreóra triuium, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 288, 9. Þá belocenan wega gelǽta conpeta clausa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 56. Competalia æt þám wega gelǽtum wǽran, Wrt.
geond-stredan
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Ꝥ sǽd . . . gindstréd oððe onǽled, Lch. i. 252, 10: 264, 22. <b>I a.</b> to scatter, disperse :-- On ðeódum þú gindstræcdest (dispersisti ) ús, Ps. L. 43, 12. to strew an object with something, sprinkle over with water, &c.
ge-búr
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Ox. 11, 87. as a technical English term it has much the same meaning as villein, v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm. s.v. Se gebúr sceal his riht dón ( then follows an account of what the gebúr was bound to do ), C.D. iii. 450, 34.
Linked entry: ge-býr
hlinian
to recline ⬩ to lean
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Wíf ongeat ꝥte hlionade (sæt, W. S., accubuit) in hús, Lk. L. 7, 37. Hé æt gereordum hlenode on þæs Hǽlendes bearme, Shrn. 32, 18. Se ele gewǽtte þone flór þǽre stówe þe hí on hlinedon (incubuerant), Gr. D. 160, 14. Hlioniga (hlinig, L., site, W.
lád
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to have the same meaning as ciric-sceat. All the following passages occur in charters of Oswald, bishop of Worcester Sí hit ǽlces þinges freoh bútan ferdfare and walgeworc and brycggeworc and circanláde, C.D. iii. 5, 14: 159, 31.
lyþre
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Þurh lýðra sǽd by seed that does harm, Angl. viii. 300, 24