lutian
lurk ⬩ skulk
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Nys hyt swá stearc winter ðæt ic durre lutian æt hám for ege hláfordes mínes non est tam aspera hyems ut audeam latere domi prae timore domini mei, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 17.
MǼD
MEAD ⬩ meadow
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MEAD, meadow Mǽd pratum, Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67, 75; Wrt. Voc. 38, 1 : 96; Som. 76, 45; Wrt.
rǽcan
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To reach, hold forth, offer, present Ic rǽce porrigo vel porgo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 46. Hé ys se ðe ic rǽce ( porrexero ) hláf, Jn. Skt. 13, 26. For hwon ne rǽcst ( porrigis ) ðú ús ðone hwítan hláf ? Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 14.
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ge-wanian
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Se æht ðára gódra weorca, ðe hé ǽr beeóde, bið gewanod aestimatio anteacta minuitur, 133, 23; Bt. 13; F. 38, 28: 35, 4; F. 162, 29. Gewanedum effeta (voluntate ). An.
slǽpan
to sleep ⬩ to sleep ⬩ lie with a person
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Hé æt ðæm stáne slǽpte, Past. 16; Swt. 101, 18. Hwæðer hé wacode ðe slépte, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 39. Ðá hié sléptun (geslépdon, Lind.) cum dormirent, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 25. Sléptun (slépdon, Lind.) dormierant, 27, 52.
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gift
a gift; as a technical term ⬩ the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ nuptiæ
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Æt ðǽm giftan sceal mæsse-preóst beón at the nuptials there shall be a mass-priest, L. Edm. 13, 8; Th. i. 256, 6. Wífigende and gyfta syllende nubentes et nubtum tradentes, Mt. Bos. 24, 38: Lk. Bos. 20, 34.
spryttan
To sprout ⬩ spring ⬩ germinate ⬩ To put forth a shoot ⬩ bring forth fruit ⬩ to incite
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Ðæt hé ðisne freóls ǽfre gefyrðrian wolde, and his bearn tó ðam ylcan sprittan wolde, Chart. Th. 116, 22
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gifu
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fultum, wé gelýfað of heofenum, swá hit rǽd ys, ꝥ ǽlc æðele gife nyðer ástíhð fram þám fæder ealra leóhta, Angl. viii. 313, 2.
eglian
chiefly used impersonally with dat. of person. To trouble, pain, grieve, AIL ⬩ molestāre, dŏlēre
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DER, æt-eglan, ge-
Engle
The Angles ⬩ Angli
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The majority of settlers in Britainwere from Anglen and the neighbourhood, hence this country and people derived their name England and English, England being derived from Engla land the land or country of the Angles On ðǽm landum eardodon Engle, ǽr
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norþe-weard
Northward ⬩ north
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Æt Baddanbyrg westeweardre and norþeweardre ... of foxhylle norþeweardre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 249, 26, 34. From easteweardan ðisses middangeardes óþ westeweardne, and fram súþeweardum óþ norþeweardne, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 2
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be-standan
To stand by or near, to stand around, surround, to stand on or upon, occupy, detain ⬩ adstare, circumstare, circumdare, detinere
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Ahrede me æt ðám ðe me habbaþ útan bestanden redime me a circumdantibus me, Ps. Th. 31, 8. Ðæs wíf wæs hú hugu xl daga mid grimre ádle bestanden cujus conjux quadraginta ferme diebus erat acerbissimo languore detenta Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, note 6
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reócan
To reek, send forth smoke or steam
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Æt hreócendum heorðe, Wulfst. 170, 21. Reócendne (reccendne, MS.)weg, Cd. Th. 177, 19;Gen. 2932. Reócende hrǽw, Judth. Thw. 26, 7;Jud. 314. Hreócendum fumigabundis, Hpt. Gl. 516, 29
þurh-drífan
to drive through ⬩ pierce ⬩ transfix ⬩ to penetrate ⬩ permeate ⬩ imbue ⬩ to drive violently ⬩ perpellere
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I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 30. fig. to penetrate, permeate, imbue : -- Ðeáh ic ǽr mid dysige þurhdrifen wǽre, Elen.
un-sceþþig
Innocent ⬩ harmless
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Innocent, harmless Innocens unsceððig (-scæððig) is ǽfre nama, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Zup. 253, 16. Beó se cristena man unsceaðþig and bilewite, Homl. Th. i. 142, 20. Hér com Ælfréd se unsceððiga æþeling, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 25.
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ymbren-dæg
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December, on ða néhstan wucan ǽr Cristes mæssan, L. Ecg. P. addit. 21; Th. ii. 234, 33. Áðas sindon tócweden freólsdagum and rihtymbrendagum, L. Eth. v. 18; Th. i. 308, 25.
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dragan
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Hí becnytton his swuran mid rápe and drógon (cf. tugon, 54) hine swá swá hí ǽr dydon, Hml. S. 15, 82. Drógun (trógun, R., cf. tróg, v. 11) segni trahentes rete, Jn. 21, 8. Dragað hine niwelne his neb tó eorðan, 14, 155.
medumlíce
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Bútan hé hit medomlíce gebǽte ǽr his ænde, C. D. vi. 35, 2
wæd
A ford ⬩ shallow water ⬩ water that may be traversed ⬩ a body of water ⬩ sea
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Wyllelm king lǽdde scypferde and landfyrde tó Scotlande ... him sylf mid his landfyrde férde inn ofer ðæt wæð(æt ðam gewæde, MS. E. Cf. wath Jamieson's a ford, Dict.), Chr. 1073; Erl. 211, 25.
wearg
a villain, felon, scoundrel, criminal ⬩ of other creatures, a monster, malignant being, evil spirit
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Wearh sceal hangian, fægere ongildan ðæt hé ǽr fácen dyde manna cynne, Menol. Fox 572; Gn. C. 55.