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líf-leás

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Add: that has ceased to live Sum man . . . his feorh forlét. . . . Se hálga wer geneálǽhte þám lífleásan men (cf. þone sáwlleásan líchaman, Hml. S. 31, 249), Hml. Th. ii. 504, 35. not endowed with life Geoffrian heora lac þám lífleásum godum. Hml.

mere

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Gif man of myran folan ádrífð, Ll.

of-gán

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Add Nú mé is mín ágen ætwiten swilce ic hit hæbbe forstolen, and man mid wítum ofgán willað æt mé ꝥ ic mid rihtan þingon begyten hæfde, Hml. S. 23, 600. Add Ábæd Ósgár abbud æt Ælfhere ealdormenn ꝥ hé móste ofgán ꝥ land æt him mid sceatte.

wealca

(n.)
Grammar
wealca, an ; m.

a roller a wave billow a garment that may be rolled round a person a muffler wrap veil.

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Kmbl. 3047 ; An. 1526. a garment that may be rolled round a person, a muffler, wrap, veil. Similar entries v. wealcian Ðá dyde heó of hire wydewan reáf and nam hire walcan (theristrum), Gen. 38, 14

Linked entries: walca wealcan

æcer-sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-sǽd, es; n.

Seed for an acre

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Seed for an acre Man sælde ðæt æcersǽd hwǽte, ðæt is twégen sédlǽpas, tó six scillingas, and ðæt bærlic, ðæt is þré sédlǽpas, tó six scillingas, and ðæt æcersǽd áten, ðæt is feówer sédlǽpas tó feówer scillingas, Chr. 1124; P. 254, 14-16. vi. æcersǽd

hosp-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
hosp-sprǽc, e; f.

Contemptuous, insulting language

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Contemptuous, insulting language Se eádmóda biscop ðe wé ymbe sprecaþ wæs swiðe geþyldig wið þwyrum mannum and him ne eglede heora hospsprǽc ac forbær blíðelíce ðeáh ðe him man bysmor cwǽde the lowly-minded bishop that we are talking about was very patient

oftrǽdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
oftrǽdlíce, adv.

Frequently, often, habitually

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Gif man hine oftrǽdlíce (ex consuetudine) ofer drince, L. Ecg. P. iv. 33; Th. ii. 214, 12. Ǽghwæðer óðerne oftrǽdlíce út drǽfde, Chr. 887; Erl. 86, 12. Hé oftrǽdlíce fór mid miclum gefeohtum on Sciððie, Ors. l, 2; Swt. 30, 2: 4, 12; Swt. 208, 33

elles

(adj.)

otherwisedifferentlyelsewhereelseelse

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Elles óðre fæstena healde man, 308, 18. Hwæþer þys sý Ephesa byrig þe elles ǽnig óþer, Hml. S. 23, 743.

ǽ-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-fæst, -fest; adj. [ǽ law, fæst fast, fixed]

Firm in observing the lawreligiouspioustenax observandi legemreligiosuspiusjustus

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Firm in observing the law, religious, pious; tenax observandi legem, religiosus, pius, justus Ǽfæst hæleþ a pious man, Cd. 59; Th. 72, 6; Gen. 1182. Ǽfæste men pious men, 86; Th. 108, 7; Gen. 1802.

be-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
be-feolan, bi-feolan ; p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon ; pp. -folen, -feolen

To commitcommenddelivergrantcommitterecommendaretradere

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Ðú him for inwite yfel befǽle propter dolos disposuisti eis mala, Ps. Th. 72, 14. Him wæs hálig gást befolen fæste the holy spirit was fully granted to him, Elen. Kmbl. 1870; El. 937 : 391; El. 196

Linked entries: be-felan bi-feolan

be-hátan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hátan, ic -háte, ðú -hátest, -hǽtst, he -háteþ, pl. -hátaþ; p. -hét, pl. -héton; pp. -háten [be, hátan to call, promise, vide II]

To promisevowthreatensponderepollicerevoverecomminari

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Ǽlc yfel man him behét they threatened him every evil Chr. 1036; Ing. 209, 12; Ælf Tod. 11

Linked entry: be-hǽtst

dýgan

(v.)
Grammar
dýgan, p. dýgde; pp. dýged [dugan vălēre]

To do good, benefit prodesse, vălēre

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Ðæt ys to gelýfenne ðæt hit dýge it is to be believed that it may benefit, Herb. 2, 15; Lchdm. i. 84, 19

Linked entry: ge-dígan

hreóh

(n.)
Grammar
hreóh, hréh; n.

stormtempest

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Sumne sceal hungor áhíðan sumne sceal hreóh fordrífan famine shall waste one man, a storm drive another to destruction, Exon. 87 a; Th. 328, 10; Vy. 15.

ge-warnian

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

To warn

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Ðá gewarnode man hí ðæt ðǽr wæs fyrd æt Lundene then they had notice that there was a force at London, Chr. 1009; Erl. 143, 12. Ðá wearþ Godwine gewarnod then was earl Godwin warned, 1052; Erl. 183, 2.

ge-hyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyhtan, p. te

To hopetrust

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Ðæt on ðínum upstige geblissian and gehyhton ealle ðíne gecorenan that in thy ascension all thine elect may rejoice and trust, 87, 25

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ge-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽtan, -létan; p. -leórt; pp. -lǽten

To allowmake over to any one

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To allow, make over to any one Eádgár æðeling wearþ belandod of ðám ðe se eorl him ǽror to handa gelǽten hæfde Edgar Atheling was deprived of those lands which the earl had before made over to him, Chr. 1091; Erl. 227, 24.

sib-fæc

(n.)
Grammar
sib-fæc, es; n.
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A degree of relationship Æfre ne geweorðe, ðæt cristen man gewífige in .vi. manna sibfæce on his ágenum cynne, ðæt is þinnan ðam feórþan cneówe, L. Eth. vi. 12; Th. i. 318, 14: L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 22. Cf.

swǽrlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
swǽrlíce, (swár-); adv.
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of doing or bearing what is painful, heavily, grievously Nán man ne sceal his wífe geneálǽcan, siððan heó mid bearne swǽrlíce gebunden gǽþ, Homl. Th. ii. 324, 21. Hé sceolde hit mid fæstene swárlíce gebétan, Homl.

Linked entry: swárlíce

tídrian

(v.)
Grammar
tídrian, p. ode.
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Gif mannes fét on sýþe týdrien if a man get footsore while travelling, Lchdm. i. 84, 23. of things, to get or be frail, perishable Ðæt sind ða getimbru eth;e nó týdriaþ those are the buildings that decay not, Exon. Th. 103, 5; Cri. 1683

Linked entries: týdrian ge-tídran

andgit-full

(adj.)
Grammar
andgit-full, (-get-).
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Se man déð swylce hé andgytful sý þe lytel can tó geráde, Wlfst. 53, 4. Andgytful capax, An. Ox. 3101. Þæs antgyttfullan intellectualis, 897. Oð ꝥ hig tó andgitfullre ylde cumon usque ad intelligibilem aetatem perveniant, R. Ben. 116, 12.

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