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hwílwend-lic

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</b> physical, not spiritual and eternal :-- Hit gedafenode Godes weorcum ꝥ se ælmihtiga, sé þe is éce leóht, ǽrest ꝥ hwílwendlice leóht geworhte congruit operibus Dei, ut a luce aeterna lux temporalis primo fieret Angl. vii. 18, 159

ge-þióstrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þióstrian, p. ode; pp. od

To obscure; ⬩ obscūrāre

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To obscure; obscūrāre Seó sunne oferlíht ealle óðre steorran, and geþióstraþ mid hire leóhte the sun outshines all other stars, and obscures [them] with her light, Bt. titl. ix; Fox xii. 2. Sunna biþ geþióstrod sol contenebrabitur, Mk. Skt.

dæg-hwámlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
dæg-hwámlíce, every day.
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Dæghwámlíce (-hwom-, v. l. ) ðæs mónan leóht byð weaxende, Lch. iii. 242, 6. Ǽne ðrowade Críst ðurh hine sylfne, ac dæghwomlíce bið his þrowung geedníwod þurh gerýnu þæs húsles, Hml. Th. ii. 276, 10. Dæghwonlíce, i. 44, 20: 46, 18.

Linked entry: -hwámlíce

dagian

(v.)
Grammar
dagian, dagigan; p.ode ; pp.od[dagas days, pl. of dæg a day]

To DAWN, to become day, be day ⬩ lucescere

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To DAWN, to become day, be day; lucescere Mín leóht me tocymeþ ðonne hit dagian ongynneþ mea lux, incipiente aurora, mihi adventure est, Bd. 4. 8; S. 576, 7: 4, 9; S. 576, 30. Ne ðis ne daraþ eástan this dawns not from the east, Fins.

Linked entry: dægian

andgit-lic

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Fæder þæs angitlican leóhtes pater intelligibilis lucis, Shrn. 166, 8. Add

un-treów

(n.)
Grammar
un-treów, e; f.

Bad faith ⬩ faithlessness ⬩ perfidy ⬩ fraud

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Heó ðæt leóht geseah ellor scríðan, ðæt hé hire þurh untreówa tácen iéwde, Cd. Th. 48, 10; Gen. 773

ymb-þeahtian

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-þeahtian, p. ode
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Ðæt leóht him ða stówe wæs ontýnende, ðe (ðǽr, Bd. S. 575, 12) heó ǽr ymbþeahtedon, Bd. 4, 7; M. 284, 20

EÁGE

(n.)
Grammar
EÁGE, ége; gen. dat. -an; acc. -e; pl. nom. acc. -an, -on; gen. -ena, -na; dat. -um, -on; n.

EYE ⬩ ocŭlus ⬩ the eye of a needle ⬩ forāmen

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Mínra eégna leóht light of my eyes, Exon. 67 a; Th. 248, 14; Jul. 95. Eágena gesihþ the sight of the eyes. Andr. Kmbl. 60; An. 30. Eágum to wynne to their eye's delight.

Linked entry: ége

leóhting

(n.)
Grammar
leóhting, e; f.

Lighting

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Lighting Leóhtes leóhting lucubrum, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 89; Wrt. Voc. 41, 42

Linked entry: líhting

listig-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
listig-, liste-líce; adv.

Skilfully

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Skilfully: Seóð æt leóhtum fýre listelíce, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 30, 7

mist-hliþ

(n.)
Grammar
mist-hliþ, es; n.

A mist-covered hill-side

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Ðis leóhte beorht ( the sun )cymeþ morgna gehwam ofer misthleoþu wadan ofer wǽgas, Exon. 93 a; Th. 350, 8; Sch. 60

beór

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Leóht beór melle dulci, 56, 49. Beóres tácen is þæt þú gníde þíne hand on þá óþre, Tech. ii. 125, 21. Ne dranc hé beór ne ealu ne nán ðǽra wǽtan ðe menn of druncniað, Hml. Th. ii. 38, 6. Biór siceram, Knt. Gl. 1128. Beár, Lk. L. R. i. 15

siðða

(adv.)
Grammar
siðða, adv.

Afterwards

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Afterwards Ðonne meaht ðú siðða sóðes leóhtes habban ðínne dǽl, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 59

lár-lic

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Cf. lár; Þá sind blinde þe þæt leóht ðæs lárlican andgites nabbað, Hml. Th. ii. 374, 30. persuasive. Cf. lár; lǽran ; 1 Hé hine getrymede mid his lárlicum wordum ( verbis persuasoriis ), Gr.

wincian

(v.)
Grammar
wincian, p. ode

to wink ⬩ make a sign ⬩ to close the eyes ⬩ blink

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Lamena hé is lǽce, leóht wincendra (winciendra, v.l.), dumbra tunge, Salm. Kmbl. 156; Sal. 77

BEÁCEN

(n.)
Grammar
BEÁCEN, bécen, bécn, bécun; g. beácnes; n. A

BEACON ⬩ sign ⬩ token ⬩ standard ⬩ signum ⬩ significatio ⬩ typus ⬩ vexillum ⬩ portentum ⬩ miraculum

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BEACON, sign, token, standard; signum, significatio, typus, vexillum, portentum, miraculum; in specie de sancta cruce et de sole Leóht eástan com beorht beácen light came from the east a bright beacon, Beo. Th. 1144; B. 570.

un-fæger

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fæger, adj.

Not fair ⬩ not beautiful ⬩ foul ⬩ ugly ⬩ horrid

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Him of eágum stód líge gelícost leóht unfæger from Grendel's eyes there shot a horrid light like flame, Beo. Th. 1459; B. 727. Se unfægera larbata (cf. hreófe larbatos, 86, 64: egisgríma larbula, 112, 21), Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 68

inn

Grammar
inn, a lodging, &amp; c.
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Leóht on ðǽm selfum inne (cella) byrne, R. Ben. 47, 7. Se Gota gewennde tó his inne (húse, v.l.) Gothus ad hospitium reversus, Gr. D. 81, 15. Án lang gealga stænt æt Amanes inne lignum stat in domo Aman, Hml. A. 100, 280.

scír

(adj.)
Grammar
scír, adj.
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D. shire; adj. 4] Sceomiande man sceal in sceade hweorfan, scír in leóhte geríseð, Gn. Ex. 67. <b>II f.</b> add :-- Scírre clarior (limpida sum Titanis clarior orbe, Ald. 272, 18), An. Ox. 23, 36

up-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
up-cund, adj.

Supernal ⬩ celestial

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Supernal, celestial Onǽled mid ðý upcundan leóhte illustrates superno lumine, Past. 49; Swt. 379, 24. Cuman tó ðam upcundan æþelan ríce, Exon. Th. 17, 10; Cri. 268. Ðæt wé magon upcund ríce gestígan, 348, 27; Sch. 34.