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lyft

(n.)
Grammar
lyft, es, e; m. f. n.

Airatmospherebreezeskyheavenscloud

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Seó lyft ðonne heó ástyred is byþ wind, 274, 10. Se storm and seó stronge lyft the storm and the strong blast, Exon. 22 b; Th. 61, 28; Cri. 991. Seó hǽwene lyft the azure air, Cd. 166; Th. 207, 33; Exod. 476.

Linked entries: lift loft

þolian

(v.)
Grammar
þolian, p. ode
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Th. 140, 53; By. 307: 137, 45; By. 201

fæst

constantfirmsteadfastfixedunchangeablefirmsecurestubbornunyieldingfirmsolidcompactstrongfirmstrongfortifiedunbrokenundisturbedstandard

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Se légdraca . . . glédum beswǽled . . . wæs deáðe fæst the firedrake . . . scorched by the flames . . . lay a captive to death, B. 3045.

sócn

(n.)
Grammar
sócn, e; f.

a seeking, search, exploringa seeking, desiring, trying to geta seeking to obtain an enda seeking for information, question, inquirya seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resorta seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asyluma seeking with hostile intent, an attack inquisitio the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea seekinglevying fines socasoca quaestio inquisitio an attack an action, prosecution an assemblage a parish

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Th. 145, 1; Gú. 688. as a technical term in reference to the protection afforded by a church or by the king's court, etc.: Similar entries v. ciric-, friþ-sócn Gif hwilc þeóf oþþe reáfere gesóhte ðone cing oþþe hwylce cyrican and ðone biscop, hé hæbbe

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scrift

(n.)
Grammar
scrift, es; m.
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S. 69; Th. i. 412, 11. confession which is followed by penance, shrift Ðæt he scriftes gyrnde and húsles quod confessionem et eucharistiam desideravisset, L. Ecg. P. i. 3; Th. ii. 172, 19: 9; Th. ii. 176, 7.

ge-nerian

(v.)
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</b> </b> by preps. Þonne genyreþ God eów of eallum deófles costungum, Bl. H. 99, 3. Nú þú generedest míne ( Eve's ) sáule of þǽre neoþeran helle, 89, 27. Hé þæs óþres sáule of wítum generede and of tintregum álésde, 113, 33.

ge-feallan

(v.)
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Hé fond his mondryhten ádlwérigne; him þæt in gefeól hefig æt heortan, Gú. 981. trans. to reach by falling, to fall and reach, fall to Hé meregrund gefeóll, B. 2100. Hé hreás on hrúsan ... hé eorðan gefeóll, 2834.

níd

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Add: violence, force, compulsion, exercised by or upon persons Hé cwæð ꝥ wǽre mid gafoles neáde (neóde, v. l.) geþrafod sum geleáffull wer fidelis vir quidam necessitate debiti compulsus. Gr. D. 157, 22.

brýten-walda

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
brýten-walda, brýten-wealda, bréten-ánwealda, an; m: brýten-weald, es; m.

A powerful ruler or kingpræpotens rexa rulerthe British aboriginesto bruise, break, to break into small portions, to dispersea ruler, king, an extensive or powerful king, a king whose power is widely extended.a powerful kingthe wide expanse of eartha spacious realmthe spacious worlda spacious dwellinga war-king

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Sax. bk. iii. ch. 5, vol. i. pp. 318 and 378] was a war-king, elected by the other Anglo-Saxon kings and their nobility, as their leader in the time of war. Lappenberg [Th. Lapbg. i. 125-129] takes the same view; while Kemble [Sax.

swín

(n.)
Grammar
swín, es; n.

a swine.the image of a boar as the crest of a helmet.

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The value of swine, as compared with other domestic animals, is determined by the passages (v. infra) in the laws where the various animals are mentioned together.] Swín porcus vel sus. Wrt. Voc. i. 78, 36. Swín sus, 286, 43.

Linked entries: swun swín-líca swýn

weorþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-líc, adj.
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of value, valuable Ǽlc seldsýnde fisc ðe weorðlíc byð, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 27. Weorðlíc reáf gedǽlan dividere spolia, Ps.

BEGEN

(num.; adj.; pronoun.)

Bothambobothamboambæambobothambo et ambæ vel ambæ et amboof bothamborumambarumamborumto bothambobusambabusambobusbothambosambasambobothambos et ambas velambas et ambwithby bothambobusambabusambobus

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Grammar BEGEN, Instr. m. f. n. bám, bǽm with or by both; ambobus, ambabus, ambobus Mid bǽm handum with both hands Elen. Kmbl. 1607; El. 805

gleáw

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Byð sægd his lof gleáwast and mǽrust annuntietur laus ejus, 101, 19

þweor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þweor-líc, þwyr-líc; adj.

reversedcontraryoppositeadverseperverseevildepraved

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reversed, contrary, opposite Ða word, ðe synd passiva, beóð activa gif se r byþ áweg gedón; ... twá dǽdlíce word synd ðe habbaþ þwyrlíce getácnunge; ðæt ðe geendaþ on o getácnaþ þrowunge, and ðæt ðe geendaþ on or getácnaþ dǽde, Ælfc.

æl-tæw

Grammar
æl-tæw, l. æl-tǽwe, -teáwe, -teówe, -tówe,
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Se mon ðe his módgeðanc æltówe byþ, Gr. D. 2, 5. Hé hét geáxian sumne æltǽwne drý, Hml. S. 14, 49. Ic ðá égðyrle macige ðe ælteówe beóð, 36, 69. Ðá æltǽwan mód ðára gódra esna piae subditorum mentes, Past. 199, 3.

ÁGAN

(v.)
Grammar
ÁGAN, to áganne; pres. part, ágende; pres. indic. ic, he áh, ðú áhst, pl. ágon, ágan, águn; p. ic, he áhte, ðú ahtest, pl. áhton; subj. ic, ðú, he áge, pl. ágen; p. ic áhte, pl. áhten; pp. ágen.

OWNpossesshaveobtainpossiderehaberepercipereto make another to own or possessto givedeliverrestoredare in possessionemreddererependere

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Th. 136, 60; By. 175. Gesyle eall ðæt ðú age vende quæcumque habes, Mk. Bos. 10, 21. Ðú ðe áhst dóma geweald thou that hast power of dignities, Elen. Kmbl. 1448; El. 726. Áh him lífes geweald he hath power over life, Andr.

Cynewulf

(n.)
Grammar
Cynewulf, es; m.
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. - In the Vercelli MS. is contained a long poem on the finding of the Cross by the Empress Helena [ = Elene].

ge-tǽcan

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Ðǽr ic hæbbe getǽht hwelc hierde bión sceal monstrare qualis esse debeat Pastor, Past. 467, 20. to shew an object to a person so that the object may be attained by the person, to shew a way, place, &amp;c. lit.

hring

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IV. the border of a circular object, of land as bounded by the horizon :-- Siððan þú gestígest steápe dúne, hrincg ðæs heán landes, Gen. 2854. <b>IV a.

hwanne

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H. 46, 20. in dependent clauses. where the time at which the action of the main clause takes place is fixed by the dependent clause Hwænne (huonne, L., hwenne, R.) ic bræc fíf hláfas ... . and hú fela wyligena gé námon fulle?, Mk. 8, 19: 20.