ildest
eldest ⬩ oldest ⬩ principal ⬩ chief ⬩ greatest
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Yldest byrla magister calicum. 113 : Som. 79, 130; Wrt. Voc. 60, 34. Hé wæs ieldesð [summus ] ofer ða hálgan cirican, Past. 17, 6; Swt. 115, 16. Hwylc hyra yldest wǽre quis eorum major esset, Lk. Skt. 9, 46, 33, 24.
lóc
look ⬩ see ⬩ however
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Swá ðæt lóc hwenne ðæt flód byþ ealra héhst, Chr. 1031; Erl. 162, 5.
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pleoh
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Læsse pleoh byþ ðam men, ðæt hé flǽsces brúce on Lenctenfæstene, ðonne hé wífes brúce, 286, 3 : Homl. Th. i. 178, 34. Ðæt wæs swiðe micel pleoh ðæt ðú swá wénan sceoldest, Bt. 5, 3 ; Fox 14, 5. Hit biþ his pleoh ná mín, Ælfc. Gr. pref. ; Som. 2, 2.
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ge-líc
Like ⬩ alike ⬩ similar ⬩ equal ⬩ sĭmĭlis ⬩ æquālis
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Ís byþ gimmum gelícust ice is most like gems, Runic pm. 11; Hick. Thes. i, 135, 21; Kmbl. 341, 17. Didimus ðæt ys Gelýcost on ure geðeóde Didimus, that is in our language twin, Jn. 20, 24 : 21, 2
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sele
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A hall, house, dwelling Cwom bytla ( Guthlac) tó ðam beorge . . . wæs sele (his hermitage ) níwe, Exon. Th. 146, 24 ; Gú. 714. Sele sceal stondan, sylf ealdian, 343, 16 ; Gn. Ex. 158.
díc
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Oð Ordstánes díc; ðæt andlang díc; of ðǽre díc ... to ðǽre díc ðǽre se æðeling mearcode, ðæt andlang díc ... to ðǽre lytlan díce ende ... andlang ðǽre ealdan díc ... to ðǽre díce byge, v. 297, 36 — 298, 13.
fætt
plump ⬩ corpulent ⬩ obese ⬩ fatted ⬩ plump ⬩ full-bodied ⬩ substantial ⬩ oleaginous ⬩ unctuous ⬩ rich ⬩ fertile ⬩ productive ⬩ rich
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Gl. 788. fertile, productive, rich (soil) Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned on fǽttum landum and begánum, Lch. i. 254, 11. well supplied with what is needful or desirable, rich in good things Æt fruman ðes middangeard wæs ðeónde, . . . on spéda genihtsumnysse fǽtt
sceand
shame, disgrace, infamy, ignominy ⬩ a shameful, infamous, or abominable thing,
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shame, disgrace, infamy, ignominy Byþ ðám scand and sceamu operiantur confusione et pudore, Ps. Th. 70, 12. Ig*-*nominium sconde hléwung (cf. (?) ge-léwan) sive fraceþu, idem et infa*-*mium Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 30.
FÁCEN
Deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, malice, wickedness, evil, crime ⬩ dŏlus, fraus, nēquĭtia, mălĭtia, inīquĭtas, prævārĭcātio
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Him yfle ne mæg fácne sceððan evil may not injure them by guile, Exon. 64 b; Th. 237, 25; Ph. 595: 70 b; Th. 263, 15; Jul. 350. Nóðer he ðý fácne mæg biwergan nor may he defend himself from that evil, 87 b; Th. 329, 22; Vy. 38.
lácan
to swing ⬩ wave about ⬩ to play ⬩ fight ⬩ to play
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musical instrument] Hió dumb wunaþ hwæðre hyre is on fóte fæger hleóþor; wrætlíc mé þinceþ hú seó wiht mǽge wordum lácan þurh fót neoþan dumb does it dwell, yet in its foot bath a fair voice; wondrous it seems to me how the wight can play with words by
módig
of high or noble spirit ⬩ high-spirited ⬩ noble-minded ⬩ bold ⬩ brave ⬩ courageous ⬩ proud ⬩ arrogant ⬩ hearty ⬩ earnest ⬩ impetuous ⬩ bold ⬩ headstrong ⬩ stubborn ⬩ wilful
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Th. 136, 6; By. 147. Se módiga (Holofernes ), Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 7; Jud. 52. Se módega mǽg Higeláces ( Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 1630; B. 813. Se módga ( the Phenix ), Exon. 59b; Th. 216, 3; Ph. 262.
scír
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Th. 134, 42 ; By. 98. Ða hlútran and ða scíran wæter liquidas lymphas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 10. [Þurh án scýr wæter Brádan ǽ hátte, Chr. 656; Erl. 31, 16.] of wine, bright, clear, pure, neat Wínes scíres vini meri, Ps. Surt. 74, 9.
hátan
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</b> verb of motion implied by a preposition :-- Hét (héht, v. l.) hé his lǽce tó him uocauit medicum, Bd. 5, 6 ; Sch. 581, 6. to promise Ðá ðing ðe hé tó Gode hétt (Gode gehét, v. l. ), Past. 84, 17.
healh
a corner ⬩ an angle ⬩ cave ⬩ closet ⬩ recess ⬩ a bay
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. ll. ), 147, 378. the word occurs not infrequently in the charters, and in the single instance where it appears to be explained it seems to mean a stony slope: In quoddam petrosum clivum et ex eo Baldwines healh appellatur, Txts. 427, 8. qualified by
hwæt
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H. 123, 21: Cri. 510: An. 1318: Jul. 505. (1 a) strengthened by ǽfre :-- Hwæt þú ǽfre wilt aldre lǽtan þæne þe hér leofað rihtum þeáwum, Gen. 2642. as a particle of interrogation Hwæt lá nis hé fæder þín? numquid non ipse est pater tuus?, Cant.
heá-líc
High, elevated, lofty, sublime, proud, chief, very great, noble, distinguished, deep, profound
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Hé næs ácweald þurh ðam heálícan fylle he was not killed by the fall from such a height, 300, 20. Mid heálícum gedwylde through profound error, 506, 27. On heálícum gemóte in a principal meeting, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 67, 348.
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cyrnel
KERNEL, grain ⬩ nucleus, granum ⬩ a hard
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Nim ðone cyrnel ðe byþ innan ðan persogge take the kernel which is within the peach, Lchdm. iii. 102, 6. Genim of pínhnyte xx geclǽnsodra cyrnela take twenty [of] cleansed kernels of the nuts of the stone pine, L. M. 2, 2; Lchdm. ii. 180, 19.
irfe-numa
an heir
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Ne byþ ðes ðín yrfenuma ac ðone ðú hæfst tó yrfenuman ðe of ðé sylfum cymþ vernaculus meus heres meus erit ... Non erit hic heres tuus, sed qui egredietur de utero tuo, ipsum habebis heredem, Gen. 15. 3-4 : 21, 10. Ðes ys yrfenuma hic est heres, Mt.
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lagu
sea ⬩ water
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Ic ymb síþ spræce and on lagu þence, 119 a; Th. 458, 9; Hy. 4, 97. the name of the Rune ᛚ Lagu byþ leódum langsum geþuht gif hí sculun néðan on nacan tealtum water to men wearisome seemeth, if they must venture on vessel unsteady, Runic pm.
leóma
Light ⬩ radiance ⬩ sheen ⬩ splendour ⬩ lightning ⬩ ray
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Seó sunne byþ swá feorr súþ ágán ðæt hyre leóman ne mágon tó ðam lande gerǽcan the sun is gone so far south, that its rays cannot reach that land, Lchdm. iii. 260, 10: Cd. 148; Th. 184, 25; Exod. 112. Leóman fulgura, Hymn. T. P. 73: Ps.
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