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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

a-deádan

(v.)
Grammar
a-deádan, -deádian; p. ode; pp. od

To fail ⬩ decay ⬩ die ⬩ mortify ⬩ lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ fatiscere

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To fail, decay, die, mortify, lay waste, destroy; fatiscere, Herb. 35, Lye: Cot. 90

eówd

(n.)

a flock, herd, sheepfold

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a flock, herd, sheepfold, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 2, 61; Som. 8, 27; 13, 47

Linked entry: éfod

finel

(n.)
Grammar
finel, es; m.

Fennel ⬩ fēnĭcŭlum

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Fennel; fēnĭcŭlum Fineles of fennel, Herb. 97, 1; Lchdm. i. 210, 8, MS. B

for-bígan

(v.)
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Take here for-bígan in Dict., and add;

ge-nídmágas

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Take here <b>ge-nýdmágas</b> in Dict., and add:

Linked entries: níd-mǽg ge-nýd-magas

glíw-dreám

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Take here <b>gleó-dreám</b> in Dict., and add:

laur-treów

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Þá geseah heó spearwan nest on ánum lawer*-*treówe, Hml. A. 120, 117. Add

peall

(n.)
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The entries under weall (= mulled wine) should be taken here. See An. Ox. 326

heáfod-wylm

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-wylm, es; m.

Burning or heat in the head

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Burning or heat in the head, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 26, 2

on-lóciend

(n.)
Grammar
on-lóciend, es; m.

An on-looker, spectator

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An on-looker, spectator Heó wæs swíðe lufigendlíc eallum onlóciendum, Anglia ix. 30, 97

Linked entry: -lóciend

friht

(n.)
Grammar
friht, freht, es; n.

Inquiry about the future ⬩ divination

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Take here passages under fyrht in Dict., and add:

Linked entries: firht fyrht

sinc-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
sinc-gifa, an; m.

A treasure-giver ⬩ a prince ⬩ chief who was expected to be liberal in his gifts

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Se ðe wát his sincgiefan holdne beheledne hé sceal heán hweorfan he who knows his gracious lord buried shall wander downcast, Exon. Th. 183, 13; Gú. 1326. Hé his sincgyfan (Byrhtnoth) wrec, Byrht. Th. 139, 62; By. 278

Linked entry: sinc-þegu

eglian

(v.)
Grammar
eglian, eglan, elan; hit egleþ, eleþ; p. ode, ade; pp, od, ad; v. trans.

chiefly used impersonally with dat. of person. To trouble, pain, grieve, AIL ⬩ molestāre, dŏlēre

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To trouble, pain, grieve, AIL ; molestāre, dŏlēre Ðæt he us eglan móste that he could trouble us, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 12; Jud. 185. Me egleþ [eleþ, MS. H.] swýðe it grieves me much, L. Edm. S. procem; Th. i. 246, 22.

Linked entries: eglan elan

hetol

malignant ⬩ ferocious ⬩ severe

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Sý hé gewítnod mid hetolre steóre, R. Ben 67, 16

Linked entry: hetollíce

ge-dwimor

an illusion produced by diabolic agency, apparition ⬩ delusion, deception ⬩ a delusion, that which (by diabolic power) gives a false idea, deceit ⬩ a delusion, a false idea entertained, error :-- ⬩ a practice that deludes :--

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Hé (St. Martin) geseah gelóme þá deóflu mid mislicum gedwymorum (cf. þá deófla mid heora searocræftum him (St. Martin) cómon gelóme tó, Hml. S. 31, 706) . . . hé næs bepǽht ðurh heora leásungum, Hml.

Linked entry: ge-dwimere

be-þearfaþ

he needs, wants ⬩ opus habet

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he needs, wants; opus habet Hwæt helpeþ vel beþearfeþ [MS. beþearfaþ] menn what does it help to a man or what needs a man [of what use is it to a man]? quid prodest homini? Mt. Rush. Stv. 16, 26

Linked entry: þearfian

LECGAN

(v.)
Grammar
LECGAN, p. legde, lægde, léde

to lay ⬩ place ⬩ put ⬩ lay ⬩ to slay

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Se cyng lægde hí wið Eádward kyng hire hláforde the king laid [buried] her by King Edward her lord, Chr. 1075; Erl. 214, 12. Léde him ætforan posuit coram eis, Gen. 18, 8. Hé nam stánas and léde under his heáfod, 28, 11.

middel

(n.)
Grammar
middel, es; middela(?), an; m.

The middle ⬩ centre

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Hé ánne cnapan gesette on hyra middele ( in medio eorum ), Mk. 9, 36. Se ðe álǽdde Israhel of middele heora ... þurh middele his, Ps. Spl. 135, 11, 14. Of midle ex centro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 47. Of ðæs wuda midle, Exon. 56 b; Th. 202,6; Ph. 65.

Linked entry: midlest