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ge-wéman

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His þeáwas Godes willan gewéman, R. Ben. 99, 20. His leóda Gode gewéman, Hml. S. 26, 51.

glíw

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Take here instances under <b>gleów, glíg,</b> and add: jesting, pleasantry Glió, gliú facetiae, Txts. 61, 825. Gleó, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 70. jeering, mockery Glió cabillatio, Txts. 47, 354. Gliú gannatura, 65, 948.

Linked entry: gleó

hátian

(v.)
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Add: — Hátende, háttendae, haetendae calentes, Txts. 47, 357. to be made hot by the sun, get dried up by heat, cf. hát; 3 Sunne upp cuóm hátedun sole orto aestuaverunt, Mt. R. 13, 6. of a person, to get hot.

hálwendlíce

(adv.)
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S. 9, 29. <b>I a.

hwíl-tídum

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>hwíl-tíd,</b> e; f. A time Ic bidde eów þæt þises gewrites gíman and on hwíltídum hit on gemynde habban, Wlfst. 108, 17. ¶ the word occurs almost only in the dat. pl. used as an adverb.

leóhtlíce

(adv.)
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Add: without much pressure or force Þweah leóht-líce mid wvlle wætre, Lch. ii. 308, 11. to no great amount Wyl on ealað swíþe, geswét mid hunige leóhtlíce, Lch. ii. 62, 20. <b>II a.

liccian

(v.)
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Add: to pass the tongue over a surface Seó leó his fótlástas liccode, Hml. S. 23 b, 773. Ðá men þá írengelóman liccodan milites ferramenta lambendo, Nar. 9, 19. Þá hundas liccedan (lingebani) his wunda, Gr. D. 310, 6.

leáf

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Add: a leaf of a tree, plant, &c. Leáf folium, rind cortix Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 77. Nǽfre brosniað leáf under lyfte, Ph. 39. Lytle hwíle leáf beóð gréne, Sal. 312. Hleófa (leáf, R.) folia Mt. L. 24, 32.

leóf

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is eal leófast þæt þé láþost is, Ors. 5, 12; S. 242, 9. as subst. of persons, a dear one, friend, leman (v. N. E. D. lief, 3b) Ne biþ Godes leóf, Bl.

mist

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Add: a cloud of minute particles of water, vapour of water, cloud hét his cnapan háwian ðǽre sǽ gif ǽnig mist árise of ðám mycclum brymme. Hml. S. 18, 146.

práfost

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Add On Laurentius mæssan daegi Ælfsige ðǽm biscope in his getelde Aldred se prófast ðás feówer collectæ ǽr underne áwrát, Rtl. 185, 20-23. <b>II a.

stede

(adv.)
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Add of ðám stedum þá hors ástyrian ne mihton, Gr. D. 15, 5. ¶ of stede (or of-stede? cf. in-stede) on the spot, at once :-- Þænne þú of stede miht syllan cum statim possis dare, Scint. 193, 12: 197, 13. add On ðám ýtemestan styde standan, R.

Linked entry: welig-stedende

þreágan

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þreágan, I.
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IV. to press, urge :-- ongan his geféran swíðe þreágan (urgere ) scoldon on þá tíd út faran, Gr. D. 38, 12. Gif synd þreáde mid frécnesse deáþes si mortis periculo urgetur, Bd. l, 27; Sch. 79, 14

hlinc

(n.)
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hlinc, es; m.

a link, linch, rising ground'agger limitaneus, parœchias, etc, dividens,'a hill, rising ground

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Heá hlincas, 101 b; Th. 384, 7; . 4, 24

á-weallan

to well outto springproceed from a sourceto swarm,to exist in large numbersto swarm with to be hotto burnrage

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Voc. ii. 29, 56: 146, 36. to spring, proceed from a source Ealle únðeáwas áweallað of deófle, Wlfst. 40, 22. to swarm, to exist in large numbers Swá þicce hié in þǽre áweóllon swá ǽmettan veluti formice efferbuere, Nar. 11, 13. of production in large

beald

(adj.)

boldconfidentboldimpudent

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Add: bold, confident Bald fretus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 26: fretus, confidens, presumptus, 36, 12. Bealwes beald, Bl. H. 109, 28. næs náht beald him gánne, Gr. D. 132, 13. Se bealda Hieu, Hml. S. 18, 359.

be-díglian

(v.)

to conceal,to conceal fromto be concealedlie hid

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Add: to conceal, with noun as object sóð bedíglað, Hml. A. 148, 104. Bediólað gelt celat commissum, Kent. Gl. 361: 425. Þíne rihtwísnesse ic on mínre heortan ne bedíglode (abscondidi), R. Ben. 11, 7: operui, 28, 20.

mid

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Add His here geseah þæt mid þý horse áfeóll, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 118, 4. Se wer þe mid his ágene (-on, v. l. ) wíf bið slǽpende, Bd. 1, 27 ; Sch. 86, 1. Ána mid him sylfum alone by himself, Gr. D. 105, 29 : 32 : 106. 24. <b>II a.

cýþþu

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cýþþu, (-o).
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Take here cýþ, cýþþ in Dict., and add: knowledge of, acquaintance with, a matter, subject, &c. Cýð notitia, Scint. 139, 8. Cýððe notitiae, An. Ox. 4214. Cýþþe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 72.

Linked entry: cýþ

slǽd

(n.)
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slǽd, sléd, es; n.
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A slade in local names, e. g. Waterslade, v. W. Somerset Words, E. D. S.