leáh
A lea ⬩ meadow
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A lea, meadow, open space, untilled land Ðanne is ðér se leáh ðe man ðæt lond mid friþe haldan scæl an eásthealfe sió ealdæ strǽt c. now there is the open space(?) by which the land is protected; on the east side the old road c., Cod. Dip.
nerian
To save
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Ðín ealdor nere, Cd. Th. 152, 2; Gen. 2502. Ðæt ðú nerige ( eruas ) mé, Ps. Spl. 39, 18. Se ðe wyle oððe sceall nerian eruiturus, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Sons. 44, 26. Hyne God wolde nergan wið níþum, Exon. Th. 135, 16; Gú. 525.
ge-rád
Consideration, account, condition, reason, wisdom, prudence, manner ⬩ ratio, conditio
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Ðám ealdum gedafenaþ ðæt hí tǽcon sum gerád heora geonglingum ad senes spectat juvenes prudentia erudire, Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 33. On ðæt gerád ðet he gesylle ǽlce geáre on the condition that he give every year, Th.
ge-metgung
Moderation, temperance, a fit or proper measure, a direction, a regulation ⬩ moderatio, temperantia, modus, moderamen
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Ealla gesceafta onfóþ æt Gode endebyrdnesse, and andwlitan, and gemetgunge all creatures receive from God order, and form, and measure, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 15, 20, 33.
tengan
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Hié hæfdon gecweden ðæt hié ealle emlíce on Latine tengden they had agreed that they all in unbroken order would proceed to the attack of the Latins, Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 9
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þrafian
to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ correct
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Gif ic míne heorde tó swíðe þrafige on gancge and swence hig ealle hig sweltaþ ánes dæges si greges meos plus in ambulando fecero laborare, morientur cuncti una die, R. Ben. 120, 20. Mec mín freá þrafaþ on þýstrum, hætst on enge, Exon.
Linked entry: þræft
un-gelíce
Not in like manner ⬩ differently ⬩ diversely
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Ealle hé grét mid ánre honda, ðeáh hé hié ungelíce styrige chordas tangendi artifex, ut non sibimetipsi dissimile canticum faciat, dissimiliter pulsat. Chordae uno quidem plectro, sed non uno impulse feriuntur, Past. 23; Swt. 175, 7-10.
á-lǽnan
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Crw. 23, 25. (2 a) of God's grant to men :-- Beó se ríca gemyndig þæt hé sceal ealra ðǽra góda þe him God álǽnde ágyldan gesceád, Hml.
á-fyllan
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Sé áfylde ealle þá stówe, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 25. Wynsum brǽð þá lyfte áfylde, Hml. S. 27, 111. Áfyl ðá wunde. Lch. ii. 22, 20. Þá hié heora cawelas áfylled hæfdon, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 27. <b>I a.
clif
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Ealle ðá clifu ( rupes ) þe neáh þǽm sǽ wǽron forburnan tó ascan, Ors. 5, 4; S. 226, 4. Cliofum cautibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 16. Hí on heán clifum (cleofum, v. l.) wunedon uitam in rupibus arduis agebant, Bd. 1, 15; Sch. 44, 2. v. hnut-, sǽ-clif
earnung
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Dele last passage, and add: labour to obtain something Ǽlc deáþlic man swencþ hine selfne mid mistlicum and manigfealdum ymbhogum, and þeáh willniað ealle þurh mistlice paþas cuman tó ánum ende ꝥ is ꝥ hí wilniaþ þurh ungelíce earnunga cuman tó ánre eádignesse
eáste-weard
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Eást on ðá ealdan díc oð ídel híwisce eásteweard, C. D. v. 319, 22. Oð Indéas eástewearde, Met. 16, 18. ¶ used substantively :-- Þæt Babylonicum (ríce) wæs þæt forme and on eáste weardum Babylonium regnum ab oriente, Ors. 2, l; S. 60, 2
ge-leánian
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Ox. 42, 1. to give remuneration for well-doing (acc.) to a person (dat. ) :-- Drihten ealle þá gód mannum geleánað mid twyfealdre méde éces lífes, Bl. H. 101, 23. to give recompense for loss, suffering, &c.
hálwendlíce
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Críst wolde ðá ealdan ǽ ǽr gefyllan, and siððan ðá níwan gecýðnysse hálwendlíce ( with salutary effect ) onginnan, Hml. Th. ii. 244, 29
manigfealdlíce
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Ealle þá niht swíðe mænifealdlíce ( in very large numbers ) steorran of heofenan feóllan, náht be ánan oððe twám, ac swá þiclíce ꝥ hit nán man áteallan ne mihte, 1095; P. 230, 28.
sceam-líc
shamefast, bashful ⬩ shameful, base, disgraceful, ignominious
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P. ii. 6; Th. ii. 184, Wæs ðæt feórþe wíte ðæt ealra scamlícost wæs ðæt hundes fleógan cómon post muscas caninas in*-*ferentes tam gravia tormenta quam turpia Ors. J; Swt. 38, I. Þenne were his cun iscend mid scomeliche witen; Laym. 20462.
æl-fremed
strange, foreign, not belonging to one ⬩ stranger to anything, without a share in, free from
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Ealle middaneardlice ðing swá swá ælfremede forhogigende cuncta hujus mundi velut aliena spernendo, Hml. Th. ii. 130, 1. with fram, stranger to anything, without a share in, free from Se munuc sceal beón ælfremed fram eorðlicum dǽdum, Hex. 36, 24.
gár-secg
ocean, sea ⬩ a particular part of the general body of water, an ocean
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Ealne middangeard yrnbféran swá gársecg (oceanus) beligeð, Nar. 20, 15. Swá swá lyft and lagu land ymbclyppað, gársecg embegyrt gumena ríce, Met. 9, 41. Gársecg fandað hwæðer ác hæbbe æðele treówe, Rún. 25. Þú gársecges grundas geworhtes, Hy. 10, 7.
ge-ǽrendian
to do an errand ⬩ a business ⬩ to obtain by negotiation ⬩ intercession ⬩ to go ⬩ and obtain ⬩ apply ⬩ and obtain
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Se cing Gode þancode ꝥ hé swá geǽrndod swá ðan ealra leómste wes, Chr. 995 ; P. 131, 24. to obtain by negotiation or intercession. for a person (dat. ) Geǽrendodon mé ðá híwan ðet þá men móstan on þan londe wunien, Cht. Th. 152, 13.
hacele
A cloak, mantle, upper garment, coal, cassock. ⬩ lacerna, subucula, capsula, mantilia, pl ⬩ a cloak ⬩ a kind of cowled or hooded frock ⬩ priest's cope ⬩ cuculla, casula
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Saulus heóld ealra ðæra stǽnendra hacelan Saul held the garments of all those who were stoning [Stephen], Homl. Th. ii. 82, 22 : i. 48, 1. Hæcla pallium, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 40
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