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leád-gota

(n.)
Grammar
leád-gota, an; m.
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Mylewerde, sútere, leádgotan (leód-, MS.) and óðran wyrhtan ǽlc weorc sylf wísað hwæt him tó gebyreð, Angl. ix. 263, 18

Linked entry: gota

weorþung-dæg

Grammar
weorþung-dæg, <b>. II.</b>
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add: a festival Swá oft swá hit ǽnige freólsdagas beón, Sunnandagas oððe mæssedagas oððe þyllice wurðingdagas þe wé hátað templhálgunga, forlǽten wé ǽlc óðer wurc, Nap. 68

on-scyte

(n.)
Grammar
on-scyte, es; m.

an attack, assault ⬩ an attack in words, a calumny, backbiting

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Th. ii. 578, 23. an attack in words, a calumny, backbiting Mǽst ǽlc óðrum derede wordes and dǽde; and húru unrihtlíce mǽst ǽlc óðerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícan onscytan [and mid wróhtlácan, MS. E.], Wulfst. 160, 5.

Linked entry: scyte

leán

(n.)
Grammar
leán, es; n.

Reward ⬩ recompense ⬩ remuneration ⬩ requital ⬩ retribution

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Sægde leána þanc and ealra ðara ðe him síð and ǽr gifena drihten forgifen hæfde, Cd. 142; Th. 177, 22; Gen. 2933. Gé eów ondrǽdaþ ðæt gé onfón tó lytlum leánum you are afraid of receiving too little reward, Blickl. Homl. 41, 21.

Linked entries: leahan be-leán

ge-wilnian

(v.)
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Þá wyrta þe hé ǽr mid stale gewilnode tó ætbrédanne ( appetebat auferre ), Gr. D. 25, 16. Hé ꝥ gefremede man gewilnade tó bedíglianne, Ap. Th. 2, 6.

LǼTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼTAN, p. lét, leórt; pp. lǽten. The ellipsis of a verb in the infinitive, the meaning of which may be inferred from the context, not unfrequently takes place after lǽtan; and the connection of many of the meanings which follow with the simple one seems explainable in this way.

to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let

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Æt ealre ðære hergunge and æt eallum ðám hearmum ðe ǽr ðam gedón wǽre ǽr ðæt friþ geset wǽre man eall onweig lǽte and nán man ðæt ne wræce ne bóte ne bidde as regards all the harrying and all the injuries that were done before the peace was made, let

Linked entries: aweg-lǽtan leórt

ofer-slype

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Ger. ubar-slaufi peplum) an alb Ǽlc on þám yldran heápe nime ǽlce geáre þrý oferslipas (camsiles. Camisile alba, Migne), Chrd. 48, 24

bríd-bletsung

(n.)
Grammar
bríd-bletsung, e; f.

A marriage-blessing ⬩ nuptialis benedictio

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Ælf. P. 43 ; Th. ii. 382, 33

Linked entry: brýd-bletsung

hærfest-handful

(n.)

a due belonging to the husbandmen on an estate

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a due belonging to the husbandmen on an estate Eallum ǽhte-mannum gebyreþ hærfesthandful omnibus ehtemannis jure competit manipulus Augusti, L. R. S. 9; Th. i. 438, 1

cýping

(n.)
Grammar
cýping, cýpingc, cíping,e; f. [ceáping, ceáp a price, q. v. II.].

a bargaining, setting a price, marketing, chapping, traffic ⬩ negotiatio, nundina ⬩ a market-place, market ⬩ forum

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Ne fortruwige he hiene æt ðære cípinge let them not be too confident of their bargain, Past. 44, 6; Hat. MS. 62b, 9. Cýpinga nundinæ, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 21.

eówde

(n.)
Grammar
eówde, eówede, eówode, es; n: eówd, eówod, e; f.

A flock, herd ⬩ grex

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He genam hine æt eówde, úte be sceápum tŭlit eum de grĕgĭbus ŏvium, 77, 69. Ne scealt ðu ðæt eówde ánforlǽtan thou shalt not desert the flock, Andr. Kmbl. 3334; An. 1671.

synnig

(adj.)
Grammar
synnig, adj.

sinful, wicked ⬩ guilty, culpable

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Mon synnigne gefón æt openre scylde, 37; Th. i. 124, 22

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, p. teóde.
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Nalæs hí hine læssan lácum teódan ðonne ða dydon ðe hine æt frumsceafte forð onsendon, Beo. Th. 86; B. 43

Linked entries: tyht forþ-tíhan

ríht

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Búton hé æt hám rihtes wyrðe beón ne móte, oþþe riht ábiddan ne mæge, 266, 10. In rihte beborene municipales, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 16. Sé ꝥ gebéte his dryhtne .c. sciłł. an eald reht, Ll. Th. 38, 6.

settan

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Add Hí úre béc setton swá swá hí geleornodon æt heora láreówe Críste, Hml. S. 16, 151. to proceed in a specified direction, set out Ðá geáxedon ꝥ lið ꝥ on Sandwíc læg embe Godwines fare, setton þá æfter, Chr. 1052; P. 178, 29.

á-dreógan

to bear off ⬩ suffer, endure ⬩ to bear with, tolerate ⬩ to pass, spend time ⬩ to carry out, perform

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Ðá þrowunga ðe hé ádreág æt ðǽm folce, Bl. H. 97, 16. Bysmra ádreógan, 15, 34. to bear with, tolerate :-- Ic bidde ðé, ðæt ðú mé geþyldelíce ábere and ádreóge, Gr. D. 267, 17. Ic wundrige hú seó sǽ ádruge míne unrihtlican lustas, Hml. S. 23 b, 385.

Linked entry: á-dreósan

fyrmest

(adv.)
Grammar
fyrmest, adv.
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Hé on þám folce fyrmest eóde, By. 323. where position marks importance Hí sécað ðæt hié fyrmest hlynigen æt ǽfengieflum, Past. 27, 7. of rank Þá þe under Alexandre fyrmest wǽron, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 18. marking highest degree of excellence, completeness

wana

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wana, an; m.

want ⬩ lack ⬩ absence ⬩ want of necessaries ⬩ lack ⬩ want ⬩ defect

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Mé is wana æt ðam scýrgesceatte ðus micelys ðe míne foregengan hæfdon, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 327, 4. Swá ic feós bidde swá ic wanan hæbbe ðæs ðe mé N. behét ( I have not got what N. promised me), L. O. 10; Th. i. 182, 7.

Linked entries: wan wan ge-wana

be-frinan

(v.)
Grammar
be-frinan, l. be-frignan, -frinan; p. -frán, pl. -frúnon, -frinon; pp. -frúnen, -frinen,

to ask a person a question, ⬩ to ask ⬩ question, ⬩ to ask about something ⬩ to ask a person about something ⬩ to ask for some-thing ⬩ to ask of a person what one wishes to be told

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A. 197, 77. to ask of a person what one wishes to be told Befrán hé æt þám mæssepreóstum ðæs martires naman, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 28

Linked entry: frignan

þyrel

(n.)
Grammar
þyrel, (from þyrhel, v. þurh), þyrl, es; n.

A hole made through anything ⬩ an aperture ⬩ orifice

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Ðæt ísen ( a scythe ) becom swymmende tó ðam snǽde and tó ðam ðyrle ðe hit ǽr of ásceát, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 14. Swá swá mon melo sift; ðæt melo ðurhcrýpþ ǽlc þyrel, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 2. Þurh nǽdle þyrel (ðyril, Lind.) per foramen acus, Mk.

Linked entries: þyrl þirel