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hleóþor

(adj.)

a soundnoisevoice

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Þonne gehérað hleóðrum brægdan óðre fugelas, hí heora ágene stefne styriað, Met. 13, 47

wealh

(n.)
Grammar
wealh, gen. weales; m.

a foreigner properly a Celt a Celt of Britain; the word occurs mostly in pl., the British the WelshWales a Romana slave servanta shameless person

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Hér Æðelfrið ofslóh unrím Walena (-ana, v. l. ), and swá wearð gefyld Augustinus wítegunge, ðe cwæð: 'Gif Wealas nellaþ sibbe wið ús, hí sculan æt Seaxana handa farwurþan.'

ge-witan

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Sum ríce man wolde gewitan æt ðám Hǽlende hú mihte habban heofenan ríces myrhðe, Hex. 54, 23. with acc. and clause Ꝥ ꝥ sceolde geornlíce gewitan and geleornian hwilces geleáfan Angelcynnes cyrice wǽre ut, cuius esset fidei Anglorum ecclesia, diligenter

gearo

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Ǽlc here hæfð ðý lǽssan cræft ðonne cymð, gif hine mon ǽr wát, ǽr cume; for ðǽm gesihð ðá gearwe ðé wénde ðæt sceolde ungearwe findan.

ge-ascian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ascian, l. ge-áscian,
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and add: to ask a question of a person geáscade (sciscitabatur) from him huér Críst ácenned wére, Mt. L. 2, 4. a person a question geáscode hiá, 'Huu feolo láfo habbað gié?, ' Mk. L. 8, 5 : 14, 60: 15, 2.

bisig

(adj.)
Grammar
bisig, adj.

Busyoccupied

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Busy, occupied Oft bið seó sáwul on ánum þinge swá bysig, ꝥ heó ne gýmð hwá hyre gehende bið, þeáh ðe heó on lócie, Hml. s. 1, 217. Se bisceop wæs bysig mid þám cynincge, 21, 235. Mín dohtor is nú swiðe bisy ymbe hyre leornunge, Ap. Th. 20, 5

ÆCER

(n.)
Grammar
ÆCER, æcyr, es; m.

a fieldlandwhat is sownsown landagerseges

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Hér ys seó bót, hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras betan here is the remedy, how thou mayest improve thy fields, Lchdm. i. 398, 1. Of ðæm æcere from the field, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 3; Met. 12, 2.

be-gán

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-gán, pp. of be-gán

tilledcultivated

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tilled, cultivated On begánum landum in cultivated lands Herb. 5, 1; Lchdm. i. 94, 6;

efen-irfeweard

(n.)
Grammar
efen-irfeweard, es; m.
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A co-heir Efnyrfeweard coheres, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 41. Efenyrfeweardum coheredibus, Scint. 30, 8

Élíg-mynster

(n.)
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the monastery of Ely Heó wearð gehádod tó abbadissan on Élígmynstre, Hml. S. 20, 38

Gotisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Gotisc, adj.
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Of the Goths Þǽr æfter cóm Gotiscra manna here Gothis supervenientibus, Gr. D. 194, 14

ést

favourluxuries

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sende him sanda and éstas, ac se cniht forseah þá sanda and drencas, Hml. S. 35, 56. Se fiscere ðá éstas him beforan legde þe him tó beódenne hæfde, Ap. Th. 11, 25

á-scúfan

to drive awayrepelto expelto drive forwardimpeloverthrowto give up

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Beseah tó þǽre sceande (Iezebel) up and hét hí ásceófon underbæc, 345. Wæs ic ána út ásceofen, 23 b, 415. Betwux þám leónum áscofen, Hml. Th. ii. 174, 4. figurative, to drive away, repel Hig þæne deófol fram heom áscúfað, Angl. viii. 330, 25.

ele-beám

(n.)
Grammar
ele-beám, es; m. [ele oil, beám a tree]

An olive-tree ŏlea, ŏlīva

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Heó brohte elebeámes twíg she brought a twig of olive-tree, Cd. 72; Th. 88, 30; Gen. 1473. Heó brohte án twíg of ánum elebeáme illa portāvit rāmum ŏlīvæ, Gen. 8, 11.

ge-mǽte

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[He wes of his speche sciene monne imete, Laym. 6584

dígol-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dígol-líce, díglíce.
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nolde geþafian þám þeófe ꝥ underdulfe dígellíce his hús, Hml. A. 50, 13. Dígollíce, 54, 64.

ealdor-mann

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Hér Cúþréd cyning gefeaht uuiþ Æþelhún þone ofermédan aldormonn, 750; P. 46, 11.

beánen

(adj.)
Grammar
beánen, adj.

Beanybelonging to beansfabarius

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Beany, belonging to beans; fabarius Beánene melewe BEAN-MEAL, Herb. 155, 3; Lchdm. i. 282, 9

disme

(n.)
Grammar
disme, an; f?
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The herb tansy? tanacētum?-Nim cristallan and disman take crystallium and tansy, Lchdm. iii. 10, 29

fragendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
fragendlíc, adj. [ = framigendlíc, q.v.]

Beneficialsalubrissalūtāris

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Beneficial; salubris, salūtāris Fragendlíc lǽcedóm a beneficial medicine, Herb. 159; Lchdm. i. 288, 2, MS. B