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hand-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
hand-bóc, e; f.

A hand-book, manual

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Ælf. C. 21; Th. ii. 350, 14

LEÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
LEÓGAN, p. leáh; pl. lugon

To liedeceivefeign

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Ðone ilcan geþang ic ðé ǽr sǽde, ǽr hé leóge, ðæt hé ðé leógan ne durre, Blickl. Homl. 179, 29. Búton Priscianus luge unless Priscian have made a mistake, Ælfc. Gr. 17; Som. 20, 49. Se ðe wolde leógan on his wordon. Wulfst. 168, 17.

wédan

(v.)
Grammar
wédan, p. de

To be mad or furious, to rage, rave to be mad, out of one's sensesto act with violence, be furious, rage,

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Se man wét ðe wyle habban ǽnig þincg ǽr anginne, Homl. Skt. i. 1. 17. Ðá wéndon hí ðæt hé tela ne wiste, ac ðæt hé wédde vulgus aestimabat eum insanire, Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 11. Woedendi limphaticus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 75 : lymphatico, 113, 36.

Linked entry: a-wédan

æmete

(n.)
Grammar
æmete, æmette, æmytte, an; f.

An EMMETantformica

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Æmettan ægru gením take emmet's eggs, L. M. 1, 87; Lchdm, ii. 156, 6. Æmytte formica, Somn. 108. Níme æmettan take emmets, L. M. 3, 34; Lchdm, ii. 328, 7

Linked entries: æmtig æmytte emitte

lox

(n.)
Grammar
lox, es; m.

A lynx

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Aristoteles sǽde ðæt deór wǽre ðæt mihte ǽlc wuht þurhseón ge treówa ge furþum stánas; ðæt deór wé hátaþ lox, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 22

mynster-munuc

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-munuc, es; m.

A monk who lives in a monastery

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A monk who lives in a monastery Ne þearf ǽnig mynstermunuc mid rihte fǽhþbóte biddan, L. Eth. ix. 25; Th. i. 346, 1. Ða mynstermunecas urnon tó. Homl. Th. ii. 176, 23. Benedictus mid his mynstermunecum, 178, 33: i. 532, 33

Linked entry: munuc

burg-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
burg-gemet, es; n.
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Measure used in a town Ne sceall bisceop geþafian wóh gemet, ac hit gebyreð ꝥ be his rǽde fare ǽlc burhgemet (cf. gange án gemet swilce man on Lundenbyrig and on Wintanceastre healde, i. 270, 1), Ll. Th. ii. 312, 20

ciric-hata

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-hata, an; m.
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An enemy of the church, a persecutor Lá, hwæt fremað cyrichatan crístendóm on unnyt; for ðám ǽlc þǽra bið Godes feónd þe bið Godes cyrcena feónd, Wlfst. 67, 18. Godes wiðersacan and cyrichatan hetole, 164, 11. Cyrchatan and sácerdbanan, 298, 14

Linked entry: hata

ele-tredde

(n.)
Grammar
ele-tredde, an; f.
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Of þǽre eletreddan ( ex prelo ) nǽnige gemete ǽnig dǽl eles út eóde, 251, 2

ge-span

Grammar
ge-span, suggestion.
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Ús is gecynde ðæt wé ǽlc yfel on ðrió wísan ðurhtión, ðurh gespan (suggesiione) . . . Ðæt gespan bið ðurh dióful . . . Ðá wæs Adam ðurh gespan ðǽre nǽddran oferswíðed . . . On ðǽm gespane wé magon ongietan ðá synne, Past. 417, 19-30. Add

rihtlíce

(adv.)
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Add Þá ðe rihtlíce healdað hyra ǽwe, and on álýfedum tíman hǽmed begáð, Hml, Th. i. 148, 21. of direction, directly Ðá áxode ic hwilc se wæg wǽre þe tó Iordane þǽre eá rihtlícost gelǽdde, Hml. S. 23 b, 494

á-willan

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Þonne hit beó ǽne áwylled, iii. 14, 15. On áwyldum ealað, ii. 114, 11

Linked entry: á-wyllan

a-metan

(v.)
Grammar
a-metan, p. -mæt, pl. -mǽton; pp. -meten; v. trans. [a, metan to measure] .

to metemeasuremeasure outmetiriemetirito measure out to any oneto allotassignbestowaliquid alicui emetiriex mensura darelargirito measure outplanformmakeemetirifor-mareconfingere

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Ǽr me gife unscynde mægen-cyning amæt before the powerful king measured out to me a blameless grace, Elen.

Linked entry: a-mæt

bútan

(con.)
Grammar
bútan, búton, bútun; conj. [be, útan out] .
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Bútan ǽr wyrce éce Dryhten ende worlde save ere the eternal Lord shall work an end of the world, Exon. 98a; Th. 367, 24; Seel. 12. with the ind.

drohtaþ

(n.)
Grammar
drohtaþ, drohtoþ,es ; m. [dreógan to do, suffer, pass life, live]

Conversation, manner or way of life, condition, conduct, society condĭtio vitæ, stătio, conversātio

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Ne wæs his drohtoþ swylce he on ealderdagum ǽr gemétte his condition was not such as he had before found in his life-days, Beo. Th. 1517; B. 756.

Linked entry: droht

for-fón

(v.)
Grammar
for-fón, ic -fó, ðú -féhst, he -féhþ, pl. -fóþ; p. ic, he -féng, ðú -fénge, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen, -fongen [for-, fón to take] .

to take violently or by surpriseclutcharrestseizevehementer căpĕreimprōviso adventu căpĕreprehendĕreapprehendĕredeprehendĕre

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Ǽr ðú ða miclan meaht mín forfénge ere thou didst arrest my great power. Exon. 73 a; Th. 273, 26; Jul. 522. Forfóh ðone frætgan, and fæste geheald seize the proud one [the devil], and firmly hold [him ], Exon. 69 b; Th. 259, 18; Jul. 284.

Linked entry: fore-fón

lot-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
lot-wrenc, es; m.

Deceitdeceptioncunningfrauddevicewilecraft

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Philippus mid his lotwrence áliéfde ðæt heora anwaldas móston standan swá hié ǽr dydon Philip, with his craftiness, allowed their powers to stand as they did before, 3, 7; Swt. 118, 9.

Linked entries: list-wrenc wrenc

Norþ-mann

(n.)
Grammar
Norþ-mann, es; m.

A man belonging to a northern countrya NorsemanNorwegianDane

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Wǽran ǽr under Norþmannum, 942; Erl. 116, 15. The word occurs as a proper name : -- Norþman Leófwines sunu, 1017; Erl. 161, 6. referring to other countries Norþmen ( those who attacked Sodom ), Cd. Th. 120, 16; Gen. 1995.

Linked entry: Nor-men

GLÉD

(n.)
Grammar
GLÉD, e; f.

Burning coallive coalgleedemberfireflameprunacarboflamma

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Ða þegnas stódon æt ðám glédon stabunt ministri ad prunas, Jn. Skt. 18, 18: 21, 9. Gloedo scintillæ, Rtl. 86, 34. Me is leófre ðæt mínne líchaman gléd fæðmie I would rather that fire should embrace my body, Beo.

Linked entries: gloed gléde ge-gléded

self-líce

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
self-líce, es; n.
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Ðæm lytegan is ǽresð tó beleánne hiera selflíce ðæt hié ne wénen ðæt hié sién wiése . . . hé biþ ǽr úpáhæfen on selflíce for his lotwrencium in sapientibus hoc primum destruendum est, quod se sapientes arbitrantur, 30, 1; Swt. 203, 9, 18.

Linked entries: -líce -líce