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ge-leáfleást

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Nele úre heofonlica Fæder ús syllan þæs deófles geleáflǽste, gif hine biddaþ þæt hé ús sylle sóðne geleáfan, Hml. Th. i. 252, 29. Add

hleótan

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Hleáte (hleátte, L.) sortiamur Jn. R. 19, 24. to receive by appointment, be appointed to an office Hé wæs hleótende þá ændebyrdnysse biscophádes ad episcopatus ordinem accessuus est Gr. D. 192

læs

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
læs, l. lǽs, and in last citation þinga for þing,
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Næfð nán man tó þæs hál eágan þæt hé ǽni hwíle mage lócigan ongeán þas sunnan þe hǽr geseóð, and húru þæs þe lǽs ( all the less ) gyf heó hefð unhále, Solil. H. 35, 1. Hys mé lyst swá læng swá lǽs, 36, 17.

irfe-weard

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úre cildru tiochiað ús tó ierfeweardum tó habbanne. Past. 391, 29. Add

secgan

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Add Cirus, Persa cyning, þe ǽr beforan sægdon Cyrus, rex Persarum, quem superius commemoraveram, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 22. Add Ðǽm welwillendum is tó sæcganne, ðæt . . . Past. 230, 10. Add Hér sægað ymb ðás mǽran gewyrd, Verc. Först. 96, 3.

sanct

(n.)
Grammar
sanct, es; m.

A saint

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Ðý ylcan dæge ealra healdaþ sancta symbel, Menol. Fox 367; Men. 200. The Latin forms sanctus, sancta (also sancte) are used before proper names :-- Sanctus Johannes, se mon Sancte Johannes, Sanctus Johanneslíf Blickl. Homl. 163.

ǽfen-sang

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Ðone lofsang (the Magnificat) ðe singað on Godes cyrcan æt ǽlcum ǽfensange, Hml. Th. i. 202, 26. Sé ðe . . . dæghwámlíce his circan gesécan ne mæge, hé húru ðinga on ðám sunnandagnm . . . þider cume tó . . . Ǽfensange, Hml. A. 144, ii.

ǽsce

question, inquirysearch for stolen cattle

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gehýraþ æfter ðisse ǽscan (-ean, v. l.) (post hanc interrogationem ) Drihten andswariendne, R. Ben. 3, 16. Hé angan tó befrínenne . . . Hé wearð æfter ðysse ǽscan ontend, Lch. iii. 432, 29.

ge-þafung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þafung, e; f.

Permissionallowanceassentconsentpermissioassensusconsensus

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On húse Godes we eodon mid geþafunge in dŏmo Dei ambulāvĭmus cum consensu, Ps. Spl. C. 54, 15: Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 25.

Linked entry: þafung

tó-geótan

(v.)
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tó-geótan, p. -geát, pl. -gulon; pp. -goten.

to diffusespreadto pour away,to exhaust

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Ðonne swíðe wíde út tógeótaþ ða láre quando exterius late praedicationem fundimus, Past. 48; Swt. 375, 10. Ǽr ðon sió yfele wǽte, se de on wintra gesomnad biþ, hié tógeóte geond óþera lima, Lchdm. ii. 228, 9.

Linked entry: tó-gotenness

áscung

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Yfele dydon mid þissere áxunge, ii. 300, 14 Þá áxunga (áhsunge, v. l.) þǽre ǽscan tó wríðende interrogationi interrogationem jungens, Hml. S. 23 b, 495. Áxungum, spyrungum adinventionum (-ibus?), An. Ox. 5214. Add

líf

(adv.)
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Hwæfer bútan þé ( the baker ) magon líf ádreógan?, Coll.

forþ

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Of þǽm ǽwielme mon hǽt þæt wæter Nilus, and þonne forþ þonan west iernende heó tólíþ on twá, Ors. 1, 1; S. 12, 31.

FREMEDE

(adj.)
Grammar
FREMEDE, fremde, fremþe, fræmde; adj.

Strangeforeignestranged fromdevoid ofaliēnusperegrīnusaliēnātusaversusremōtusexpers

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Ðonne beó we fremde fram eallum ðám gódum then should we be cut off from all those good things, St. And. 8, 10. Feorcund mon oððe fremde a far-coming or a strange man, L. In. 20; Th. i. 114, 15: L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 21: L. C.

wýscan

(v.)
Grammar
wýscan, p. te
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wísceaþ ðæt wǽron ǽr deád utinam mortui essemus, Num. 14, 3. Hié wýscaþ ðæt hié nǽfre nǽron ácennede, Blickl. Homl. 93, 27. Ic oft wíscte and wolde ðæt hyra læs wǽre swá gewinfulra que utinam minus fuissent laboriosa, Nar. 2, 28.

Linked entry: wíscan

ge-eácnian

(v.)
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sceolan geeácnian ús þá écean spéda, Hml. S. 12, 269. Geeácnude weldǽda macta merita, An. Ox. 3542. to add Þá sóna geeácnode (geécte, v.l. ) hé þǽr tó 'þínes múðes,' Gr. D. 139, 8.

tácnian

(v.)
Grammar
tácnian, p. ode.

to make a mark upon something, to markto be a token or mark of something, to indicate, mark to indicate, point outto signifyto be the figurative expression of, be a figure of something, to symbolizeto indicate what is future, to portend

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Kmbl. p. 148, 4. to be a token or mark of something, to indicate, mark Se steorra ðe hátaþ ǽfensteorra, ðonne hé biþ west gesewen, ðonne tácnaþ hé ǽfen, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 34.

á-rísan

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Uton árísan and ácwellan þá apostolas, Bl. H. 149, 34. <b>II a.

beran

to carrybringto bearto sufferto carryfruit

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Hit is berende on wecga órum uenis metallorum fecunda, Sch. 9, 3. Scép beorende oves fetosae, Ps. Srt. 143, 13. Stánas ne sint berende, Sal. K. p. 186, 30. Sý swá boren swá hé sý whatever his birth be, Ll. Th. i. 248, 4

ymb-ceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-ceorfan, p. -cearf, pl. -curfon; pp. -corfen
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Ðætte ymbcorfen wére ðe cnæht, 2, 21