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ge-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líhtan, p. -líhte

To lightenmitigateassuagealleviare

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Ðonne hie willaþ him selfum ðæt yfel ðæt hie ðurhtugon to swíðe ge-líhtan when they wish to make too light of the evil they have done, Past. 21; Swt. 159, 20; Hat. MS. Ic mínne ðurst geléhte [?]

Linked entries: ge-lýhtan ge-lýhtan

þerscold

(n.)
Grammar
þerscold, þerxold, þrexold, þersc-wold, -wald, es; m.
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Ofer ðone ðerscold, Past. 13; Swt. 77, 22. Ðerscwold, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 413. Þerscwold, Shrn. 141, 17. Þeorscwold, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 26. Þyrscwold, Met. 11, 68. Þerxwold, Lchdm. ii. 142, 12. Þrexwealdum liminibus, Hpt. Gl. 513, 66.

þurst

(n.)
Grammar
þurst, es; m.

Thirst

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Ðeós wyrt þyrstendon ðone þurst gelíþigaþ, Lchdnt. i. 268, 12

weorþ-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-georn, adj.
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Lá wísan menu, gáþ on ðone weg ðe eów lǽraþ ða foremǽran bisna ðara gódena gumena and ðæra weorþgeornena wera ðe ǽr eów wǽron ( ite nunc fortes, ubi celsa magni ducit exempli via ).

clúd

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Hí gemétton ðone clúd swǽtende, Hml. Th. ii. 162, 6. Cautes, i. aspera saxa in mari vel torres vel clúdas vel rupes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 30. Clúdas praerupla, Germ. 394, 331. Scylpa, clúda scopulorum, i. saxorum, An. Ox, 642.

ge-hradian

(v.)
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Substitute: trans, (i) to cause a thing to be done rapidly Hé sóna getimbrian hét mǽrlic mynster on þreóra geára fæce. ꝥæt wile þincan ungeleáflic eallum þǽm þe þá stówe on uferum tídum geseóð and þis ne gemunaþ.

hám-stede

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Onbútan ðone ealdan hámstede, vi. 35, 34. Ðis sind ðára .III. hída landgemǽra tó Hámstede (cf. loco qui celebri Hamstede nuncupatur uocabulo, 12), 37, 29.

morgen-gifu

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Þá geúþe Ælféh hire hire morgengife (concessit Ælfegus illi viduæ donum dotis suæ tantum quad ei dederat Eadricus, quando eam primum accepit uxorem), Cht. E. 212, 19. (The Latin version is of much later date than the English.)

níþ

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Ne trúwige nán man be ælmesdǽdum bútan lufe; for ðan ðe swá lange swá hé hylt ðone sweartan níð on his heortan, ne mæg hé God gegladian. Hml.

on-bæcling

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R. 20, 14. of position or attitude. at one's back Þá gehýrde ic ðone biscop mé onbæcgling (-bæclinga (-ea, -e), v. ll.) cweðan audiui episcopum post tergum mihi dicentem, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 576, 16.

wæstm-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
wæstm-berende, adj.

Fruit-bearing, fertile, fruitful, productive,

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Ðone æþelan Albanum seó wæstmberende ( fecunda ) Bryton forþbereþ, 1, 7; S. 476, 34. Woestimberende fructiferum, Rtl. 34, 14.

wilige

(n.)
Grammar
wilige, (and -a; m. ?), an; f.

A basket

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Hí hine on ánre wilian ( in sporta Acts 9, 25) áléton ofer ðone weall, Homl. Th. i. 388, 9. Hú fela wyligena (-egena, v. l. ) quot cophinos Mk. Skt. 8, 19, 20. Wylegena, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 9, 10. Wiligum corbibus Hpt. Gl. 468, 27.

Linked entries: wilege wilie

ofer-gitan

(v.)

to forget, neglect

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Hié ofergeáton Godes dómas. Cd. Th. 155, 32; Gen. 2581. Spec . . . ðæt hié ofergieton (sýn ofergytende,MS. B.) ðisse sǽwe ege, St. And. 8. 15. Ne ofergit ðú þearfan, Ps. Spl. 9 second, 14. Ofergyt, 73, 24. Oferget, Ps. Surt. 73, 23.

of-settan

(v.)

to beset, press hard, oppress

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Se ðe on wræcsít gesihþ mid micelum gyltumheom ofsett getâ cnaþ if a man dreams of being in exile, it betokens that Tie will be weighed down with great crimes, Lchdm. iii. 212, 23.

CNOLL

(n.)
Grammar
CNOLL, es; m.

A KNOLLhill-topcopsummitcacumenvertex

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He hit ne sette upon ðone héhstan cnoll he should not set it upon the highest hill-top Bt. titl. xii; Fox xii. 15. On ðam lytlan cnolle ðe Ermon hátte Hermonis a monte modico Ps. Th. 41, 7

ge-sigefæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sigefæstan, p. -fæste; pp. -fæsted, -fæst [sige victory]

To make triumphantcrowncorrōbŏrārecŏrōnāre

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Siendon ðínne ðómas gesigefæste thy decrees are triumphant, Cd. 188; Th. 234, 8; Dan. 288 : Exon. 53 a; Th. 185, 18; Az. 9 : Shrn. 146, 11. Drihten gesigefæsted the Lord triumphant, Blickl. Homl. 67, 14

Linked entry: sigefæstan

strǽl

(n.)
Grammar
strǽl, strél, streál, es ; m. : e ; f. : stræle, an ; f.
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Ðá sóna mid ðan ðe se strǽl on flyge wæs, ðá com swíðe mycel windes blǽd, ðæt seó strǽl wearð eft gecyrred, and ðá ðone ilcan mon, ðe heó ǽr from sended wæs, hé sceát, Blickl. Homl. 199, 17-23.

Linked entry: streál

telga

(n.)
Grammar
telga, an; m.
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Telga might rather refer to a branch distinguishable from the loss of its bark :-- Andlang strǽte on ðone calewan telgan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 258, 7.

blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
blǽd, m.

a blowingbreathbreathingspiritinspirationflameblazeprosperity

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Ðone líflican blǽd the breath of life, 92, 12. Blǽdas spiracula, An. Ox. 4864: flabra (chelydri), Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 59. spirit Hálgostes blǽd onbláwende sacrosancti flatus (i. spiritus) inspirans, An.

Linked entry: blæst

hreósan

(v.)
Grammar
hreósan, p. hreás; pl. hruron; pp. hroren

To fallfall downruerecorruere

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Ðá hrýsþ se stól nyðer then the throne falls down, L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 2. On hærfest hrést and fealuwaþ in autumn it falls and fades, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 116; Met. 11, 58.