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lecgan

(v.)
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Under dele 'L. Eth.', and add: to cause to take a horizontal position Swá swá gód scipstýra hǽt fealdan ꝥsegl and eác hwílum lecgan þone mæst, Bt. 41, 3; F. 250, 15. <b>I a.

æfter

(prep.; adv.)

among, through, along (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.)

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Add: A. prep. with dat. marking position Ðá eóde ðæt wíf æfter him, Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 13. marking direction Beheald æfter ðé look behind thee, Bl.

Cædmon

(n.)
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Cædmon, es; m. [Cædrnon, MS. C. C. C. Oxford: Cædrnon, Bd. 4, 24; S. 170, 50; Cedmon, S. 597, 12: Ceadmon, MS. B. S. 597, note 12: Cadmon, Runic Monmnts. by Prof. Stephens, fol. Cheapinghaven, 1868, p. 419, 11: cæd linter, mon homo]
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A full account is given of him in Bede's History, bk. iv. ch. 24.

láf

(n.)
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láf, e; f.

remnantremainsrelicremainderrestlavelegacyheirlooma relictwidow

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what is left, remnant, remains, relic, remainder, rest, lave [in northern dialects] Láf superstes, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 11, 7. Healmes láf stipulæ, Ælfc. Gl. 59; Som. 67, 131; Wt. Voc. 38, 51.

Linked entries: lǽf

brúcan

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Add: dat., acc. to use, with concrete object welan habbaþ . . . and his ungemetlíce brúcað ( indigne acta felicitas ), Bt. 39, 11; F. 230, 23. Þú heora bruce, 7, 1; F. 16, 21. his ágenes ungemetlíce breác, Past. 339, 2.

fæder

a parenta step-fatherforefatherfathersancestorsfathera god-fathera patron

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Add: of human beings. a parent Þonne hwylcum men gelimpeþ his ful leóf fæder gefærþ, ne mæg beón þá bearn þe unblíþran ne sýn, Bl. H. 131, 24. Þæs fæder and þǽre módor mægen, 163, 25.

for-wyrcan

(v.)
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Add: p. -wyrhte; pp. -wyrht. to do wrong, be guilty Búton forworhte, þǽre hádnote notian ne móste, Ll.

geár

(n.)
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Add: (n.) and m. as a unit of time-measurement, in the case of (approximately) exact measurement, the number of years being given Þá wæs syxte geár Constantínes cáserdómes, El. 7. Ánes geáres cild oððe lamb anniculus Ælfc. Gr. Z. 287, 11.

ge-munan

(v.)
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Take here ge-monan, ge-mynan in Dict. and add Þú ge-manst, ge-munst, ge-manþ, -muneþ, -myneþ, pl. ge-munon (-an) ; p. ge-mýste (cf. O.

ge-nídan

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-nédan, ge-nýdan</b> in Dict., and add Geþreátod and geníded invitus, geníddan invitant (cf. genéded invitatus, Lk. L. R. 14, 8), Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 59, 60. Genéded actus, genédde (printed -nende) acta, 9, 22, 34.

hebban

(v.)
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hebban, occurs with dat.

to liftto liftto raiseliftmake a soundto exaltelevateto extolexaltto set upinstituteto raisebring upto directbearTo risemount

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Add: A weak past hefde Hml. S. 8, 212. trans. to raise material to a higher level or towards a vertical position Se esne his ágen hrægl ofer cneó hefað, . 45, 5. Hine gelæhte án hors mid tóðum and hefde him upp, Hml. S. 8, 212.

lagu

(n.)
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lagu, <b>. I.</b>
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eallum folce góde lage (fulle lagu, v. l. ) behéton, 1052 ; P. 180, 33. (In the passages from the Chroniclee ) &lt;b&gt;I a.&lt;/b&gt; where the state is named On Cantwara lage, Ll. Th. i. 330, 17. On Engla lage, Wlfst. 311, 4. &lt;b&gt;I b.

ídel

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Onǽled mid ídele gefeán, Bt. 14, l; F. 40, 29. For þínum ídlan gilpe (v. ídel-gilp). Bl. H. 31, 14. Ymb ídelne gilp, Past. 85, 7. Mid ídelum gescotum iactibus uacuis An. Ox. 49, 2. Be ídelstum wordum de otiosis uerbis, Scint. 217, 2. &lt;b&gt;II a.

fylgean

to follow to pursueto followproceed alongto follow to followto followto followdevote one's self to, diligently attend to. to attend toto accommodate one's self to the will of another, yield to a thingobsequito try to gain to follow, do what has already been done by anotherto happen or come at a later time

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Add: of movement, marking relative position ǽrre folc and æfterre . . . synt þe þǽr æfter fylgeaþ, Bl. H. 81, 33.

or-dál

(n.)
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or-dál, -dél; generally neuter, but an apparently fem. acc. pl. ordéla occurs,
  • L. Edg. C. 24
  • ;
  • Th. ii. 248, 28
  • .
(Cf.
O. H. Ger. which has fem. and neut. forms
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)

judicial decision, judgmenta decision which follows an appeal to the Deity

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In the sense of judicial decision, judgment the word is used by O. Frs. O. Sax. O. H. Ger. (v. Richthofen, the Heliand and Graff), but in A. Sax. it is found only in the special sense, which belongs also to the O.

niman

(v.)
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Dæghwámlíce ic sæt mid eów on þám temple, and ne námon (nómo, L. nóman, R.), Mt. 26, 55. námon þone and þes cynges men and dydon on hæftnunge, Chr. 1087; P. 224, 27.

ge-sprecan

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Add: absolute, to speak, (i) to have the faculty of speech, not to be dumb Dumbo dyde ꝥte hiá gesprecas mutos fecit loqui, Mk. L. 7, 37. Gebróht wæs him dumb, and geleicnade hine suǽ gespræc, Mt. L. 12, 22.

lufian

(v.)
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Add: I. with object a person or personal adjunct. to have a great affection or regard for, hold dear, the subject a person Ic lufiu (diligam) ðé, Ps. Srt. 17, I. þe his feónd lufað, Mód. 70. his naman lufiað diligunt nonten ejus, Ps.

open

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Add: physical. of a door, gate, &amp;c. Mid þǽm þe hié þára dura hwelce opene gesáwon, þonne hié gieredon hié wíge, Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 16.

þeód

(n.)
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þeód, e; f.
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&lt;b&gt;I b.&lt;/b&gt; in pl. the gentiles :-- Se þeóda láreów Paulus, Homl. Th. i. 96, 35: Shrn. 58, 33. Þara þeóda (ðeóda, Lind.) Galilea, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 4, 15. &lt;b&gt;I c.

Linked entries: þeád þeóden