hleahtor
a laugh
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Add: the action of laughing. as an expression of joy, merriment Plega and hleahtor . . . þǽr wigan sittað on beórsele blíðe ætsomne, Rún. 14. Hlehter (risus) eówer on heófunge byþ gehworfen and bliss on gnornunge, Scint. 171, 6.
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sæc
Strife, contest, conflict
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Ðam æt sæcce wearð Weohstán bana méces ecgum Weohstan felled him in fight with the edge of the falchion, 5218; B. 2612. Nægling geswác æt sæcce ( in fight with the fire-drake ), 5355; B. 2681.
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sol
Mire or a miry place ⬩ filthy ⬩ volutabrum
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Sió sugu hí wile sylian on hire sole æfter ðæm ðe hió áþwægen biþ Past. 54; Swt. 419, 27. Gif swín eft filþ on ðæt sol Swt. 421, 3. Þonon ðæt cume in ða reádan sole Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 375, 8. In reádan solo Txts. 431, 6.
hlinian
To lean, ⬩ bend, ⬩ lie down, ⬩ recline, ⬩ rest
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Ánra gehwylc hleonade wið handa each one leaned on his hand, Cd. 222; Th. 291, 19; Sat. 433. Ne hlina [hliona, Rush.] ðú non discumbas, Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 8.
éðel-stól
paternal-seat, native-seat, country, habitation ⬩ patria sēdes, patria, dŏmĭcĭlium
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Engla éðelstól native-seat of angels, Exon. 8 b; Th. 4, 13; Cri. 52: 86b; Th. 326, 1; Wíd. 122.
Linked entry: fæder-éðel-stól
weorold-sǽlþa
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Ic wolde ðæt wil máre spræcan ymbe ða woruldsǽlða vellem pauca tecum fortunae ipsius verbis agitare, 7, 3; Fox 20, 1
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be-swápan
to sweep ⬩ to wrap up ⬩ cover up
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Substitute: to sweep; fig. to sweep into the mind, inspire with a resolution (cf. on-swápan under swápan, II in Dict.)
for-brecan
to crush ⬩ oppress ⬩ to break ⬩ destroy ⬩ to break
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Gl. 843. with a non-material object, to break power, &c., destroy Hié Judéa blǽd forbrǽcon, Dan. 709. in a moral sense, to break a promise, command, &c. Wit Waldendes word forbrǽcon, Gen. 798
ge-wemmedness
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</b> of improper sexual intercourse :-- Geheald þás þíne þínena wið ǽlcere gewemmednysse, Hml. Th. ii. 478, 10. <b>II b.</b> an impure action :-- Hí férdon on heora ídelum lustum and on gewemmednyssum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 15
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gyte
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Sum earm wíf wæs geswenct þurh blódes gyte, Hml. Th. ii. 514, 27. effusion, shedding of blood, shed in blood-shed Gyte blódes on sace ofermádigra effiisio sanguinis in rixa superborum, Scint. 83, 7.
hetelíce
violently ⬩ furiously ⬩ fiercely ⬩ malignantly ⬩ with ill-will
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Th. i. 380, 28. of disposition, malignantly, with ill-will Þyses cyninges cwén wæs forcúþost wífa, Gezabel geháten, hetelíce gemódod, Hml. S. 18, 50. Ðá Malchus þás word gehýrde þe se portgeréfa him swá hetelíce wæs tó spræcende, 23, 718
yfel
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In him wunnon þá yfel his líchaman wið þám weorce his ælmesdǽda, Gr. D. 320, 18. Ðá lytlan yflu gé fleóð, Past. 439, 26. what is hurtful or grievous Þonne hí mǽst tó yfele gedón hæfdon, Chr. 1011; P. 141, 19.
Róm
Rome
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Hé mid ealre his firde wið Róme weard farende wæs, Ors. 5, 11; Swt. 236, 9. ¶ The combination Róme-, Róma-burh is also frequent :-- Wearþ Rómeburg getimbred fram twám gebróðrum, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 64, 21.
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up-spring
an upspringing ⬩ rising of a heavenly body ⬩ coming of day or night ⬩ a rising of water ⬩ breaking forth ⬩ birth ⬩ what springs up
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Eásterne wind, subsolanus geháten, for ðan ðe hé blǽwð fram ðære sunnan upspringe, Lchdm. iii. 274, 15. Nihte of upspringe noctis exortu, Hymn. Surt. 2, 20. Ná manega dagas, ac án, se nát nǽnne upspring ne náne geendunge, Homl. Th. i. 490, 18.
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wæd
A ford ⬩ shallow water ⬩ water that may be traversed ⬩ a body of water ⬩ sea
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Wit on sǽ wǽron, óþ ðæt unc flód tódráf, wado weallende, Beo. Th. 1096; B. 546: 1166; B. 581. Sǽholm oncneów ðæt ðú gife hæfdes ... wædu swæðorodon, Andr. Kmbl. 1066; An. 533.
wígbed-bót
A fine paid to the bishop for the injury done to the church by doing wrong to one in holy orders
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Gif hwá gehádodne man bende oððe beáte oþþe swýðe gebysmrige, béte wið hine swá hit riht sý, and bisceope weófodbóte be hádes mǽðe, L. C. S. 42; Th. i. 400, 23.
hordere
A treasurer, steward, chamberlain ⬩ treasurer
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Ðis forward was makid wid ordríc hordere, Chart. Th. 438, 3, 7. Cynges hordera oððe úra geréfena swilc, L. Ath. 1, 3; Th. i. 200, 23, see note. Nán man ne hwyrfe nánes yrfes bútan ðæs geréfan gewitnesse ... oððe ðæs horderes, 9; Th. i. 204, 19
Elene
Helena ⬩ Helĕna = Ἑλένη
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had by Helena his wife, Ors. 6, 30; Th. 496, 33.
ge-witnes
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Búton hé hæbbe gewitnesse, 282, 26. (1 a) with gen. of person :-- Þæt hé him sealde wið feoh þæt scræf on hyra gewitnysse ( coram vobis ), Gen. 23, 9.
ge-wittig
Wise ⬩ knowing ⬩ sane ⬩ conscious ⬩ intelligens
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Wise, knowing, sane, conscious; intelligens Heó ðǽrrihte wearþ gewittig she straightway became sane, Homl. Th. ii. 24, 12: 142, 19. Ne forlǽt ðé nán ðe gewityg byt nor does any one forsake thee that is wise, Shrn. 166, 28.
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