plegan
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Wé lǽraþ ðæt preóst ne beó hunta ne hafecere ne tæflere ac plege on his bócum we enjoin that a priest be neither a hunter nor a hawker nor a gamester, but let him find his amusement in his books, L. Edg. C. 64; Th. ii. 258, 8. <b>II a.
feor-cund
Come from afar ⬩ perĕgrīnus
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Gif feorcund mon, oððe fremde, bútan wege geond wudu gorge, and ne hriéme ne horn bláwe, for þeóf he biþ to prófianne, oððe to sleánne oððe to aliésanne if a far-come man, or a stranger, journey through a wood out of the highway, and neither shout nor
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molsnian
To moulder ⬩ become corrupt ⬩ decay
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Ðonne hit (húsl) molsnaþ tó þicgenne cum prae mucore percipi non potest, L. Ecg. P. iv. 48; Th. ii. 218, 8. Ðeáh mín líc scyle on moldærne molsnad weorþan, Exon. 64 a; Th. 235, 29; Ph. 564
Linked entries: a-molsnian ge-molsnian
ge-leáfsum
Faithful ⬩ credible ⬩ credulous ⬩ fĭdēlis ⬩ credĭbĭlis
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Seó ætýwnys heofonlíces wundres geopnode hú árwyrþlíce hí wǽron to onfónne eallum geleáfsumum mirācŭli cælestis ostensio, quam revĕrenter eæ suscĭpĭendæ a cunctis fidēlĭbus essent, patĕfēcit, 3, 11; S. 535, 34, note : 5, 24; S. 646, 32
þafetere
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Ðæt hé swá stiére ðǽm ungeðyldegum irsunga, swá hé ðone hnescan ðafettere on recceléste ne gebrenge sic ab impatientibus extinguatur ira, ut tamen remissis ac lenibus non crescat negligentia, 60; Swt. 453, 25
wiþer-sacian
to blaspheme ⬩ to be apostate
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to blaspheme Ðam ðe wiðersacaþ ongén háligne gást, ne bið dam forgyfen eí, qui in spiritum sanctum blasphemauerit, non remittetur, Lk. Skt. 12, 10. Swá hwylc man swá wyþersacaþ (blasphemes, v.
wiþ-lǽdan
To lead away ⬩ carry off ⬩ take away
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Ða ðe wiðlaeddun ús qui abduxerunt nos, Ps. Surt. 136, 3. Cneóris mín wiðlaeded is generatio mea ablata est, ii. p. 184, 30. Wiðlaedde eam ablatus sum, 108, 23: Ps. Spl. C. 108, 22
and-speornan
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Ꝥte gié ne ondspyrniga ut non scandalizemini, 16, 1. Ondspyrnende scandalizatus, Mt. L. 11, 6. Ondspurnendra scandalizantium, Mk. p. 4, 9
beðing
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Hwí ne bidst þú þé be-þunga and plaster lifes lǽcedðmes cur tibi non oras placidae fomenta medelae ? Dóm. L. 80. Add:
dol
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Him ne ondrǽdað ðá dolan ðæt hié sién ofer óðre praecipites ceteris praeferri non metuunt, Past. 51, 19. Ðá dolan . . . ðá wísan hebetes . . . sapientes, 203, 3
ge-blǽdfæstness
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Frg. 108, 26 (see note, p. 115); Hml. S. 23 b, 492
ge-bláwan
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R. 7, 33. to aspire Gebláwan asspirare, i. accedere, adflare (eo vallo muniti, quo grassanti stultitiae adspirare fas non sit, Bt. Bk. I. prosa 3), An. Ox. 34, 4. of the wind, to blow Hwona gebláwað wind unde flavescat ventus ?, Rtl. 192, 33.
hyge-leást
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Add: hyge-líst. folly, buffoonery, extravagance ꝥ ne higeleást geméte (ge higeleás méte, MS.) tende ut non scurilitas inveniat fomitem, R. Ben. I. 75, 17.
hyht-lic
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Add: feeling joyous, exultant Hergas wurdon on fleáme . . . him on láste stód hihtlic heorðweorod, Gen. 2076. causing joy or pleasure, pleasant Þæt is sió án rest eallra geswinca, hyhtlicu hýð heáum ceólum módes usses, Met. 21, ll.. nóht hyhtlic hám
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ǽfen-tíd
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Gr. 2. 43, 12 note. Áfeóll (ásáh, v.l.) seó ǽfentíð ilæs dæges diei tardior hora incubuerat Gr. D. 83, 15. Hér wæs Eádweard cyng ofslagen on ǽfentíde, Chr. 979; P. 123, 6. On ǽfentíd. Shrn. 116, 8. On ðá ǽfentíd. Nar. 29, 21. In éferntíd vespere Mt.
wille
A well, spring, fountain
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I. 7 ; S. 478, 29 note. Hé is se libbenda wylle (-a ?) fons vivus Ps. Th. 41, 2. An tuddeles þorn, and an hróces wylle; . . . þonne an lawernwylle . . .
of-scotian
to shoot, wound or kill with an arrow, spear, etc.
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Ne ofsleá hine nán man mid his handa ac sí hé mid stánum oftirfod oððe mid flánum ofscotod manus non tanget eum, sed lapidibus opprimetur aut confodietur jaculis Ex. 19, 13.
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ge-stǽnan
To stone
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Ðæt folc all gestǽnaþ usig plebs universa lapidabit nos, Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 6. Óðer gestǽndon alium lapidaverunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 35
friþ
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On his ríce mid friðe gesittan, Ors. 6, 34; S. 290, 21. security from molestation Wé gesáwon hys angsunmisse þá hé ús friðes bæd, and wé him nánes ne tíþedon ( dam deprecaretur nos, et non audivimus ), Gen. 42, 21 : An. 1130: Jul. 320.
treówþ
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Hié nánra treówþa him ne wéndonbúton ðæt hié mid ealle forweorþan sceolde they expected no terms for themselves, but that they must entirely perish ; the Latin which this seems intended to translate is :-- Non secus ac si capta esset, turbata civitas
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