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ge-leáfsum

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Cymð se lytega sǽtere and áteleð him eall ðæt hé ǽr tó góde gedyde, and geræcð him ðonne tó geleáfsuman ( tells him and gets him to believe ) ðæt hé sié se gesǽlgosta on eallum cræftum, Past. 463, 13. Add

ge-þwǽrnes

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Hié him eáþmédo budon and geþuǽrnesse, Chr. 827; P. 60, 34. gentleness Underfó hé þá geboda his tǽcendes mid ealre geþwǽrnesse and mid micelre eáðmódnesse ( cum omni mansuetudine et obedientia ), R. Ben. 128, 12.

lustfull-nes

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Þá þá hé geseah þá lustfullnesse þæs líchaman (delectationem carnis) . . . hé spræc þysne cwyde : ' Eall seó lustfulnes and swétnes þæs líchaman weorðeþ tó wyrma geride (dulcedo illius vermes), Gr. D. 323, 1-3 : 8.

lof-georn

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Add: in a good sense, eager to deserve praise, B. 3183 (in Dict. ). in a bad sense, ostentatious, boastful Se seofoða leahter is iactantia gecweden, ꝥ pound; is ýdel gylp; ꝥ is ðonne se man bið lof-georn and mid lícetunge færð, and déð for gylpe gif

líge-leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
líge-leóht, (?); adj.
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Hé is hwít . . . þonne is þæt þridde þæt líhteð eall geond eorðærn . . . and þonne is hit hwæðre án lég, and ne mæg þæt háte fram ðám hwíte áscádan, ne ðæt hwíte fram þám légeleóhte (þæt háte, Þæt hwíte, þæt légeleóhte seem all substantive forms of the

sibling

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Seó éhtnnys bið ealra biterost þe bið fram siblingum, Hml. Th. ii. 542, 28. Swilce hí þonne lufian heora siblingas, ðe ǽr on lífe ne hí sylfe ne heora mágas ne lufedon, i. 332, 30. Add

swég

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Add Áweóx mára swég and hefegra ( gravior sonitus ),swá ꝥ hit áhleóðrode swylce eall seó cyrice wǽre tóworpen fram þám grundweallum, Gr. D. 236, 12. Se sácerd scolde bión mid bellum behangen ... scolde beón gehiéred his swég (sonítus), Past. 93, 7.

weallan

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weallan, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þá líc weóllon eall maðon and egeslíce stuncon, Hml. S. 4, 212. add: — Hwá sceotað ðæt deófol mid weallendum strǽlum?, Sal. K. 148, l. <b>VII a.

sǽtere

(n.)
Grammar
sǽtere, es; m.

a robber latroinsidiator, seductor

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Ðonne cymþ se lytega sǽtere (seductor) tó ðæm sláwan móde, and áteleþ him eall ðæt hé ǽr tó góde gedyde, 65, 2; Swt. 463, 12. Hí sendon séteras (insidiatores) ðætte genómo hine on word, Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 20

Linked entry: sétere

wáclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wáclíce, adv.

weaklyfeeblypoorlymeanlycheaply

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Diminutiva syndon wanigendlíce ... bene wel, and of ðam is belle ná ealles swá wel, bellissime ealra wáclícost, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 231, 4

gum-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
gum-cynn, es; n.

Mankind, men, a race, nationhumanum genus, gens, natio

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Eom ic gumcynnes ánga ofer eorþan amongst men on the earth I am unique, Exon. 129a; Th. 496, 11; Rä. 85, 12; Beo. Th. 5524; B.2765. Swá hwylc mægþa ðone magan cende æfter gumcynnum whatever matron brought forth this son amongst men, Beo.

a-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sceótan, he -scýt, -scýtt; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten [a, sceótan to shoot]

To shoot forthshootshoot outfalljacularicum impetu erumpere

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Ða eágan of his heáfde ascuton, and on eorþan feóllan the eyes shot out of his head, and fell on the earth, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 38

Linked entry: a-scuton

be-fealdan

(v.)
Grammar
be-fealdan, bi-fealdan ; p. -feóld, pl. -feóldon; pp. -fealden, -falden

To foldinfoldclaspinvolvesurroundinwrapcoveroverwhelmimplicareinvolvereamplecticircumdare

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To fold, infold, clasp, involve, surround, inwrap, cover, overwhelm; implicare, involvere, amplecti, circumdare Ðú miht on ánre hand eáðe befealdan ealne middaneard thou canst easily infold in one hand all the midearth, Hy. 7, 119; Hy.

Linked entries: be-feóld bi-fealdan

dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
dǽlan, p. de; pp. ed ; v. a [dǽl a part, deal]

To divide, separate, distribute, bestow, spend, dispense, DEAL, DOLE dividĕre, distribuĕre, separāre ab aliquo

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Dǽlde eall ðæt heó áhte she had spent all that she had, Mk. Bos. 5, 26

Linked entries: a-dǽlan délan

drugian

(v.)
Grammar
drugian, he drugaþ, pl. drugiaþ; p. ode; pp. od; v. n. [drige dry]

To become, dry, wither arescĕre

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Gif ðæt wæter hí ne geþwǽnde, ðonne drugode hió if the water moistened it [the earth] not, then it would become dry, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 8

Linked entries: druwian ge-drugian

liccian

(v.)
Grammar
liccian, p. ode

To lick

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Seó lyft liccaþ and átýhþ ðone wǽtan of ealre eorþan and of ðære sǽ, and gegaderaþ tó scúrum, Lchdm. iii. 276, 12. Fýnd his eorþan licciaþ [liccigeaþ, Th.] inimici ejus terram lingent, Ps. Spl. 71, 9.

rípan

(v.)
Grammar
rípan, rýpan; p. te
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Hí férdon ǽghweder flocmǽlum and heregodon úre earme folc, and hí rýpton (rǽpton, MS. E.) and slógon, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 26. Fram rýpendum ł bereáfiendum a diripientibus, Ps. Lamb. 34, 10

Linked entry: tó-rípan

þreodung

(n.)
Grammar
þreodung, þridung, e; f.

deliberationhesitation

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B.) geþafaþ si ex deliberatione consentit, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 23. hesitation Geseah hé sume earme sáwle út fundigende of hyre líchaman, ac heó ne dorste út gán, for ðam ðe heó geseah ða áwyrgedan gástas beforan hyre standan.

Linked entries: þridung þrydung

un-andergilde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-andergilde, adj.

Not to be paid back(?)that may be retained(?)

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Geðenc nú hwæt ðínes ágnes seó ealra ðissa woruldǽhta and welena, oððe hwæt ðú ðǽron áge unandergildes, gif ðú him sceádwíslíce æfter spyrast. Hwæt hæfst ðú æt ðám gifum ðe ðú cwist ðæt seó wyrd eów gife, and æt ðám welum, ðeáh hí nú éce wǽron?

Linked entry: ander-gilde

wérigian

(v.)
Grammar
wérigian, p. ode
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M. 78, 22), eall ðæt is of untrumnysse ðæs gecyndes esurire, sitire, aestuare, algere, lassescere, ex infirmitate naturae est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 15. Ðá ongan his hors semnninga wérian (wérgian, Bd.

Linked entry: wérgian