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for-leósan

to loseto destroy

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Th. i. 294, 19. to destroy. physical Hié gesworen hæfdon ðæt hié óþer forleósan woldon, oþþe hira líf, oþþe þæs cyninges, Ors. 2, 3; S. 68, 28. spiritual, moral, &c. þurh áðbrycas forloren, Wlfst. 164, 8.

godcundlic

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</b> celestial, heavenly :-- Óþre hwíle hé smeáþ ymb þis eorþlice líf, óþre hwíle ymb ꝥ godcundlice, Bt. 39, 7; F. 222, 5. Ealle godcundlice gesceafta standað on Drihtnes gewealdum, Hml.

hægtesse

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Gáð tó þǽre hǽtse vel sceande (Jezabel) and bebyriað hire líc ite et videte maledictam illam, et sepelite eam ( 2 Kings 9, 34), Hml. S. 18, 350. Sume wíf wyrcad heora . . wógerum drencas . . . Ac þyllice sceandas sceolan síðian tó helle . . .

heáfod-stocc

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stocc, es; m. This word, which occurs several times in charters that describe the boundaries of land, seems from the following passage to mean
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A stock or post on which the head of a criminal was fixed after beheading Heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum . . . and ðá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas, and man sette heora heáfda swilce óþra ðeófa búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum

ǽ-fæst

Grammar
ǽ-fæst, (ǽw-, eáw-, -fest).

religiousmarried

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Ǽwfæstra manna líc hominum religiosorum cadavera, Ll. Th. ii. 160, 24. Mid eáwfæstum monnurn, 176, 1.

of-gangan

(v.)

to requireto extort, exact what is not dueto acquire, obtain

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Eówer blód ic ofgange (requiram) æt eallum wilddeorum and eác æt ðam men; of ðæs weres handa ic ofgange ðæs mannes líf. Gen. 9, 5. to extort, exact what is not due:- Ofgang ða mádmas extort (from St.

á-streccan

to stretch outhold oatto extend:--to prostrate,

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Grn. 8, 31 : 19, 41. to prostrate, of a person's posture, lit. or fig. Hé hine ástreahte ofer leomu þæs deádan mannes, Bl. H. 117, 27. Hé hine on gebed ástreahte, 219, 17.

sǽt

(n.)
Grammar
sǽt, To judge by the former of the two passages given here the word in the latter of them should mean a place of concealment for the hunter where he lies in wait for the game which is driven towards him. Such driving of game is described by the hunter in Ælfric&#39;s Colloquy, Th. An. 21, 13-22, 18.
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Sǽte haldan would mean to keep the game from avoiding the ambush into which it was being driven. Cf. ge-sǽte

tó-lísan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-lísan, p. de

To unloose,undo,dissolvesolvere,dissolvere,exsolvereresolvereto undo that which is boundrelease from a bond,to release from captivity, difficulty,to do away with tension,relax,relieveto put an end to the connection between,to separateto dissolve,put an end to,dissipate,to dissolve,relax,destroy the force of,weakento desolate,destroy,to undo a bondto discharge an obligation,to payto break a connection

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Voc. ii. 83, 25. to do away with tension, relax, relieve Hyt tólýseþ ða blǽdran and ða stánas forð gelǽdeþ, Lchdm. i. 270, 9. to put an end to the connection between, to separate Tólýsan líc and sáwle. Andr. Kmbl. 301; An. 151.

Linked entries: tó-lésan tó-lýsan

drohtian

(v.)

to converse, live

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to converse, live, Bd. 1, 27; S. 488, 37: 5, 6; S. 618, 28: Salm. Kmbl. 894; Sal. 446

embiht

(n.)
Grammar
embiht, es; n.

An office officium

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Lind. 1, 23

feorg

(n.)

lifesoulspirit

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life, soul, spirit, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 19; Seef. 94: 104 a; Th. 394, 14; Rä. 14, 3

fyrhtnes

(n.)
Grammar
fyrhtnes, -ness, e; f.

Feartĭmor

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Lind. 14, 26

hwástrung

(n.)
Grammar
hwástrung, hwǽstrung, e; f.

A whisperingmurmuringmuttering

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Lind. 7, 12

Linked entry: hwǽstrung

inna

(n.)
Grammar
inna, [?], an; m.

The womb

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Lind. 1, 15, 31, 41 : 2, 21. Inna vulvam, 2, 23

scot-lira

(n.)
Grammar
scot-lira, an; m.
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Cf. spear-lira

in-geótan

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Lióma hálges gǽstes ingeót úrum gehygdum jubar Sancti Spiritus infunde nostris sensibus, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 201, 3. Add

hálig-waras

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-waras, -ware; pl.

Holy people, saints

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Lind. 1, 70. Hálgwara sanctorum, Rtl. 45, 1

smæll

(n.)
Grammar
smæll, es; m.

A smack, blow with the open hand a smackingcracking sound

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Lind. 18, 22

Linked entries: hand-smæll smillan

smeoru-þearm

(n.)
Grammar
smeoru-þearm, es; m.

An entrail

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Smæreþerm julium (in a list 'de suibus') i. 286, 61