Lǽden-bóc
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Áwriten on lédenbócum written down in Latin books, Homl. Skt. p. 4, 48. Ða ealdan lǽces gesetton on lédonbócum, Lchdm. iii. 152, 1
leóna
A lion ⬩ lioness
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Oft hálige men wunedon on wéstene betwux wulfum and leónum, Homl. Th. i. 102, 5: 488, 4: 572, 13: ii. 192, 24. Fram leónum a leonibus, Ps. Spl. 34, 20
méd-gilda
One who receives pay ⬩ a needy person
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Se hýra oððe se médgylda the hireling or the mercenary, Homl. Th. i. 242, 5. Swá swá médgildan ( hireling's ) dagas, ii. 454, 27. Nafa ðú ðínne néhstan for weal and for médgildan non fratrem tuum opprimes servitute famulorum, Lev. 25, 39
mis-rǽd
evil advice or direction ⬩ mis-guidance ⬩ evil conduct
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evil advice or direction, mis-guidance Hí beóþ geyrmede þurh unwísne cyning on manegum ungelimpum for his misrǽde they (a people) are made miserable through an unwise king, by many mischances, on account of his misguidance, Homl.
neáh-lǽcung
A drawing nigh ⬩ approach
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A drawing nigh, approach Ðá ðá hé gefrédde his deáþes neálǽcunge when he was sensible of the approach of his death, Homl. Th. i. 88, 8.
ge-wit-leást
Folly ⬩ madness ⬩ phrensy ⬩ stultitia
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Folly, madness, phrensy; stultitia On ðínre gewitleáste in thy, folly, Homl. Th. i. 424, 16: Ælfc. T. Lisle 32, 24.
gift-líc
Nuptial ⬩ belonging to a marriage ⬩ nuptialis
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Ðæt gyftlíce hús the house where the marriage was, Homl Th. ii. 70, 16. Giftlíc sponsalis, Hpt. Gl. 525 nuptialis, 491. Giftlíce sponsalia, Mone Gl. 354 a
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glenge
An ornament
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Homl. 111, 35. Glengas, 99, 24, 19: 115, 2. Gesih ðás glencas vide has ædificationes, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 2
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grundlinga
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Hí tobrǽcon ða burh grundlinga they destroyed the city to its very foundations, Homl. Th. ii. 66, 3; i. 72, 5. Grundlunge, ii. 164, 16
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róde-hengen
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A cross, crucifixion Hwæt hæfþ ðes man gefremod, ðæt hé ródehengene wyrðe sý, Homl. Th. i. 596, 2. Hét hine áhón on ródehengene, 594, 29. Ðá ðá hé on ródehengene mancynn álýsde, 58, 20. On ródehengene genæglod, 82, 25.
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gedýre
A door post ⬩ postis ad fores
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Hí mearcodon mid blóde on heora gedýrum TAU, ðæt is, róde tácen they marked on their door-posts TAU, that is, the sign of the cross, Homl. Th. ii. 266, 8 : 264, 1
ge-hýrsum
Obedient ⬩ obliging ⬩ ready to serve ⬩ obĕdiens ⬩ offĭciōsus
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Scrd. 23, 4 : Homl. Th. ii. 162, 26 : Mt. Bos. 6, 24. Éstful vel gehýrsum offĭciōsus, Ælfc. Gl. 115; Som. 80, 54; Wrt. Voc. 61, 32. H woldon hint beón gehýrsume they would be obedient to him, Chr. 1083 ; Erl. 217, 6
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geornes
Earnestness, diligence, industry, care, endeavour ⬩ industria, stŭdium
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Homl. 89, 4
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ge-met-fæstnys
Moderation, modesty ⬩ moderatio, moderamen, modestia
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Petrus tihte geleáffulle wíf to eádmódnesse and gemetfæstnysse Peter exhorted faithful women to humility and modesty, Homl. Th. i. 98, 3. Gimetfæstnisse modestiam, Rtl. 13, 33
séðung
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Hwæne mǽrsiaþ ðás wundra mid heora séðunge, Homl. Th. ii. 34, 5. Hé ðæs árleásan eáre gehǽlde tó séðunge soðre godcundnysse ( in proof of true divinity ), 248, 2. Hé heora goda geendunge mid swutelum séðungum gewissode, i. 558, 16.
stede-leás
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unsteady, without power to retain one's place Ðonne biþ hé ðam men gelíc, ðe árǽrþ sume heáge hlǽddre and stíhþ be ðære hlǽddre stapum, óð ðæt hé tó ðæm ænde becume, and wylle ðonne git stígan ufor; ástíhþ ðonne búton stapum, óð ðæt hé stedeleás fylþ, Homl
þearflíce
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Usefully, profitably, with profit, to good purpose Wé mihton ðás hálgan rǽdinge menigfealdlícor trahtnian, ac ús twýnaþ hwæðer gé magon máran deópnysse ðǽron þearflíce tócnáwan whether you can with profit know the profounder parts of the subject, Homl
treów-fæst
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Wé on bócum rǽdaþ be sumum treówfæstum wífe, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 179. Treófæsto, treófest fideles, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 11, 12. Wǽron his bebodu ealle treówfæste fidelia omnia mandata ejus, Ps. Th. 110, 5
þeówet-líc
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Gif wé ðeówtlícera weorca, ðæt sind synna, geswícaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 6. Ðæt Sunnandæg freóls beó fram þeówetlícum weorcum, Wulfst. 292, 7
un-áteorigendlíc
indefatigable ⬩ unwearied ⬩ that shall not fail ⬩ unending ⬩ imperishable
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Gl. 434, 22. that shall not fail, unending, imperishable Hí befæston Godes láre heora underþeóddum tó unáteorigendlícum gafele, Homl. Th. i. 544, 18. Wé habbaþ unáteorigendlíce sáule, 96, 18.