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lús

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Wið lúsan sealf . . . sóna ðá lýs swyltað, Lch. iii. 54, 21-25 : 28. Wyrc sealfe wið lúsum . . . seó sealf gedéð ꝥ þǽr bið þára lúsa lǽs, 50, 16-18. Add

a-weallan

(v.)
Grammar
a-weallan, ic -wealle, ðú -weallest, -wylst, he -wealleþ, -wealþ, -wylþ, pl. -weallaþ ; p. -weól, -weóll, pl. -weóllon ; pp. -weallen ; v. intrans.

To boil or bubble upbreak forthstream or gush forthwell outflow forthissueebullireerumpereemanare

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To boil or bubble up, break forth, stream or gush forth, well out, flow forth, issue; ebullire, erumpere, emanare Swá ǽspringe út awealleþ of clife hárum so a water-spring wells out of a hoary cliff, Bt. Met. Fox 5. 24; Met. 5. 12: Ps.

forþ-bringan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-bringan, p. -brang, pl. -brungon; pp. -brungen [forþ, bringan to bring]

To bring forthproducefulfilaccomplishproferreprodūcĕreeffĭcĕre

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Ðe swá manig ungelimp wæs forþbringende which was bringing forth so many misfortunes, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 23

lang-fǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
lang-fǽre, adj.

Lastingenduringold

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Swá eác treówa gif hí beóþ on fullum mónan geheáwene hí beóþ heardran and langfǽrran tó getimbrunge so too trees, if they are cut down at the full moon, are harder and more lasting for building, Homl. Th. i. 102, 23

Linked entries: leng-fǽrra -fǽre

ge-un-rótsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-un-rótsian, -un-rótsigean; p. ode; pp. od.

to make sorrowfulto offendcontristarecontribularescandalizareto become troubled, discontented

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Lind. 10, 22. to become troubled, discontented Ðæt se man geunrótsige ongeán God for ungelimpum ðises andwerdan lífes so that a man becomes discontented with God for the mishaps of this present life, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 16.

arod

Grammar
arod, strenuous, bold.
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Tó ðám arod so bold, Jud. 275. Arude strenua (luctamina ), An. Ox. 5, 1. Ꝥ wíf wæs á siððan þý aredra on hire béne, Shrn. 99, 36. Add

heal-stán

(n.)
Grammar
heal-stán, healstan(?), helsta(?)

a crust

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A flat cake with a hard crust, so called because of the hardness of its crust [cf. for similar terms pflasterstein in German, pavé in French, for a hard kind of cake], a crust Crustula similis haalstaan (crustalla halstán), Txts. 55, 604.

on-þeón

(v.)

to prosperto be successful in ones efforts, to prove serviceable

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to prosper Se wæs wreccena wíde mǽrost ofer werþeóde wígendra hleó ellendǽdum; hé ðæs ǽr onþáh ( so at first he prospered ), Beo.

be-faran

to come uponsurprisecatch

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Gif man hwilcne man teó ꝥ hé þone man féde þe úres hláfordes grið tóbrocen habbe . . . and gif hine (the man so accused) man mid him (the breaker of the peace) befare, beón hig bégen ánes rihtes weorðe, Ll. Th. i. 298, 2.

lác

(n.)
Grammar
lác, generally neuter, but occasionally feminine
  • [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
or masculine, as in the compound lyb-lác q. v.

battlestrugglean offeringsacrificeoblationa giftpresentgracefavourservicea presentoffering of wordsa messagemedicine

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Hie ða lác hraðe þégon tó þance he said he would give his own son ... They that gift soon accepted thankfully, Andr. Kmbl. 2224; An. 1113.

Linked entries: freó-lác lácan lǽc

fúllnes

(n.)
Grammar
fúllnes, -ness, e; f.

Foulnessstenchfætor

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Foulness, stench; fætor Seó wundriende swétnes ðæs miclan swæcces sóna ealle ða fúllnessa ðæs þýstran ofnes on weg aflýmede omnem mox fætōrem tenebrōsæ fornācis effŭgāvit admīrandi hūjus suāvĭtas ŏdōris, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 21

sige-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
sige-leóþ, es ;
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n, A song of triumph Ðá wæs sigeleóþ (cf. Icel. sigr-óp) galen on herefelda, Elen. Kmbl. 248 ; El. 124. Engla þreátas sigeleóþ sungon ( when Guthlac came to Heaven ), Exon. Th. 181, 6 ; Gú. 1289

wriþen-hilt

(adj.)
Grammar
wriþen-hilt, adj.

Having a kilt bound round

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Having a kilt bound round ['In some specimens of swords the handles are wound round with gold wire,' Worsaae's Primeval Antiquities, p. 29] Ðæt sweord, írena cyst, wreoþenhilt and wyrmtáh, Beo. Th. 3400 ; B. 1698

Linked entry: wreoþen-hilt

hræglung

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Heó him andswarode: '. . . se gegyrla þe ic hæfde sóna swá ic Iordanen oferfór mid swíðlicre ealdunge tótorene forwurdon,' Hml. S. 23 b, 567. Add

nón-belle

(n.)
Grammar
nón-belle, an ; f.
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The bell rung at the hour for the service of nones Monegra monna gewuna is þonne hé fæstan sceolan, ꝥ sóna swá hig þá nónbellan gehýrað hig tó mete fóð, Ll. Th. ii. 436, 34

ge-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-síþ, -síþþ, es; n.

Companyfellowshipcomitatus

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Company, fellowship; comitatus Sweotol is ðæt ðé sóþ metod on gesíþþe is it is plain that the true Lord is with thee, Cd. 135; Th. 170, 3; Gen. 2807: 109; Th. 145, 5; Gen. 2401

an-sýn

(n.)
Grammar
an-sýn, -sin, -sién, -sión; on-, e; f. [an, sýn sight, vision] .

a facecountenancefaciesvultusa viewaspectsightformfigureaspectusconspectusvisusvisiospeciesformafiguraa thing to be looked upona sightspectaculuma view or sight producing desire or longinga desire of anythingwant or lack of anythingdesideriumdefectus

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a face, countenance; facies, vultus His ansýn sceán swá swá sunne facies ejus resplenduit sicut sol, Mt. Bos. 17, 2. Befóran ðíne ansýne ante faciem tuam, Lk. Bos. 7, 27.

cyrnel

(n.)
Grammar
cyrnel, cyrnl; gen.es; dat.e ; pl. nom. acc. cyrnlu; gen. cyrnla; n.

KERNEL, grainnucleus, granum a hard

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Gl. 46; Som. 65, 8; Wrt. Voc. 33, 7. Nim ðone cyrnel ðe byþ innan ðan persogge take the kernel which is within the peach, Lchdm. iii. 102, 6.

Linked entries: cirnel cirnel

DRECCAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRECCAN, dreccean, drecan,ic drecce , drece, ðú drecest, drecst, he dreceþ, drecþ, pl. dreccaþ, drecceaþ; p. [drechede = drehde = ] drehte, dreahte, pl.drehton, dreahton ; pp. [dreched = drehed = dreht, dreaht] dreht, dreaht

To vex, afflict, trouble, torture, torment vexāre, affligĕre, tribulāre, turbāre, cruciāre

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To vex, afflict, trouble, torture, torment; vexāre, affligĕre, tribulāre, turbāre, cruciāre Mec sorg dreceþ sorrow vexeth me, Cd. 99; Th. 131, 21; Gen. 2179.

EORÞE

(n.)
Grammar
EORÞE, an; f; eorþ, e; f. I. the

EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil terra, hŭmus, sŏlum

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EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil; terra, hŭmus, sŏlum God gecígde ða drignisse eorþan, and ðæra wætera gegaderunga he hét sǽs vŏcāvit Deus ārĭdam terram, congregātiōnesque ăquārum appellāvit măria, Gen. 1, 10.

Linked entries: eord eorþ