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leáþor

(n.)
Grammar
leáþor, es; n[?].

lather

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Gníd swíðe ðæt heó sý eall geléþred þweah mid ðý leáþre ðæt heáfod gelóme rub strongly so that it may be all lathered, wash the head frequently with the lather, Lchdm. iii. 2, 4.

íþ-hilde

(adj.)
Grammar
íþ-hilde, adj.
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Easily held, content (cf. ge-healdan; <b>XI a.</b>). Take here examples given under éþ-hylde in Dict., and add Éþhelde vel fulhealden contentus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 1. Ná his éðhylde weldǽde non suo contentus officio, Scint. 133, 3.

Linked entry: eáþ-hylde

sweoloþ

(n.)
Grammar
sweoloþ, swoloþ (swóloþ?), es; m.

Heat, burning

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Hét Hildeburh æt Hnæfes áde hire selfre suna sweoloðe befæstan, bánfatu bærnan and on bǽl dón, Beo. Th. 2235; B. 1115

ge-riht-wísian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-riht-wísian, p. ode; pp. od; v. a.

To justify ⬩ justificare

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Ða ðe he him to clypode, ða he gerihtwísode, and ða ðe he gerihtwísode, ða he gemǽrsode those whom he called unto him he justified, and those whom he justified he glorified, Homl. Th. ii. 366, 2. Hí synt gerihtwísode justĭfĭcāta sunt, Ps. Th. 18, 8.

ge-wífian

(v.)
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Substitute : absolute to marry, take a wife Æfter heora gewunan hé gewífode. Hml. A. 95, 105. Hé sǽde ꝥ hé gewiifad hæfde se uxoreo uinculo conligatumfvisse respondit, Bd. 4, 22 ; Sch. 456, 3.

á-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-rǽdan, p. -réd and -rǽdde; pp. -rǽden and -rǽd(ed).
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Hé ꝥ sóð árǽdde, 4, 20. Þæt hé him bócstafas árǽdde and árehte, Dan. 741. Swá hwilc man swá mínne rǽdels riht árǽde, Ap. Th. 3, 10. Hé árǽdan ne mihte þæs apostoles dégol. Bl.

leóran

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Gehwylc man swylc hé heonan leóreþ (leóraþ v. l.), swylc hé byð andweard in ðám dome qualis hinc quisque egreditur, talis in judicio praesentatur. Gr. D. 328, 4. Hé to Drihtne leórde (hleorde, v. l. ), Hml. S. 23 b, 804.

on-sittan

(v.)

to occupy ⬩ to oppress (cf. colloquial to sit on a person) ⬩ to fear (taking like ondrǽdan a reflexive dative)

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Ðó þré acres ðe hé onsit, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 259, 20. Ðone hagan ðe hé sylf onsæt, 39, 13. Hit wæs his lǽn ðæt hé onsǽte, Chart. Th. 173, 5. Onsite sǽnacan, Exon.

stúpian

(v.)
Grammar
stúpian, p. ode
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He nimþ hede þet his tour ne hongi ne stoupi, Ayenb. 151, 6. To stoupe nutare, Rel. Ant. i. 6, col. 1 (14th cent.). Over þe table he gon stoupe Alis. 1103.

ofer-hycgan

(v.)

to despise, contemn, disdain, scorn ⬩ contemnere, aspernere ⬩ to be puffed up

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Utan oferhycgan helm ðone miclan, Cd. Th. 280, 7; Sat. 252: 283, 15; Sat. 305

palm-twig

(n.)
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Heó álegde ðæt palmtwig ðe heó ǽr onféng, 139, 4. Se gewuna stent ðæt gehwǽr on Godes gelaþunge se sacerd bletsian sceole palmtwigu on ðisum dæge ( Palm Sunday ), Homl. Th. i. 218, 3

brýce

(n.)
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Hí heora hors tó bryce (tó brúcenne,v. l.) onféngon, Gr. D. 16, 3.

ge-þreágean

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ge-þreágean, ge-þreán, and (?) <b>ge-þreawian</b> (v. ge-þréwud [é = eá. Cf. bréd = breád, 72] incita ( =incitata (?)), Germ. 390, 82 (but with the remark 'b aus þ').
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Ðæt is ðæt hé geðreáge his hiéremenn ... Gif ðǽr sié gierd mid tó ðreágeanne est virga districtionis ... Si est virga districtionis, quae feriat, Past. 124, 22.

Linked entry: ge-þréwud

gita

Grammar
gita, l. gíta,
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Cf. gít; 2 Hé þá gíta feorron adhuc longe positus, Gr. D. 36, 15. with comparatives. Cf. gít; Þás þeófas willað ríxian gýta ( accented in MS. ) swíðor þonne hig ǽr dydon, Ll. Th. i. 238, 23

rihte

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Th. 5, 2. rightly, with undisputed title Hé wes swíðe rihte mínes hláfordes kynnes his title to kinship with my lord was indisputable, Solil. H. 61, 10. v. eall-, hér-, ofdún- (cf. ádún, C. D. iii. 406, 26), sceaft-, súþ-, þǽr-, un-, úp-, west-rihte

óleccung

(n.)
Grammar
óleccung, e; f.

soothing, caressing, gentleness of treatment ⬩ flattery, fawning, adulation ⬩ charm, allurement

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Forsió hé ǽlce ólicunge (óliccunge, Cott. MSS.) ðisses middangeardes blandimenta mundi despiciat, 14, 2; Swt. 83, 6.

be-hátan

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Gelǽste man eall þæt man beháte on Godes ést tó dónne, Wlfst. 172, 13. to threaten Se abbot dyde heom yfele, and beheót heom wyrs, Chr. 1083 ; P. 214, 21. Hé heom behét ǽlcne hete, Hml. S. 23, 230.

áhte

(v.; part.)
Grammar
áhte, áhtest

had ⬩ owned

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had, owned He sealde eall ðæt he áhte he sold all that he had; vendidit ornnia quæ habuit, Mt. Bos. 13, 46;

biddan

to ask ⬩ to ask ⬩ to pray to

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Ǽr þ ám þe hé him ryhtes bidde. Ll.

and-wlata

(n.)
Grammar
and-wlata, an; m.

The face ⬩ forehead

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The face, forehead, Herb. 75, 6; Lchdm. i. 178, 16: 101, 2; Lchdm. i. 216, 9