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lama

(adj.)
Grammar
lama, loma, lame; adj.

Lamemaimedcrippledweakparalysedpalsiedparalytic

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Oft him feorran tó laman liomseóce cwómon healte hreófe and blinde oft to him from far cane the lame, the crippled, the halt, the leprous, and the blind, Elen. Kmbl. 2425; El. 1214. Lamena [lamana, MS.

mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽte, adj.

Moderatemeansmallpoorbadinferior

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Eall ðás getimbro ge ða máran ge ða mǽttran cuncta hæc ædificia publica vel privata, 4, 25; S. 600, 33. Micle anð mǽttran (MS. and micle mǽttan), Chart. Th. 510, 32. Mǽtran, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 11 note.

Linked entries: mæctor ge-mǽte

Mirce

(n.)
Grammar
Mirce, Mierce, Myrce; pl.

The MerciansMercia

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Myrcna landes is þrittig þúsend hýda ðǽr mon ǽrest Myrcna hǽt, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 15. Myrcena cining, land, Chr. 792; Erl. 59, 1: 796; Erl. 59, 39: L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 25: L. Eth. i. pref.; Th. i. 280, 4.

Linked entry: Myrce

Gota

(n.)
Grammar
Gota, an; m.
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Gotena cyning geworden hæc inruptio per Alarīcum regem Gothorum facta est, Bd. 1, 11; S. 480, 11. Ða Gotan coman of ðám hwatestan mannan Germania the Goths came from the bravest men of Germany, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 34, 5, 11.

cýþan

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Ne cýþ ðú witod on wén ðín; wite máran þanc ðæs ðe ðú hæbbe, ðonne ðæs ðe ðú wéne don't count your chickens before they are hatched; a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, Prov.

ge-hnesctun

(v.)
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Substitute: ge-hnescan, ge-hnescian; p. ge-hnescte, ge-hnescode To make nesh. in a physical sense. to soften hard material ꝥ hearde hyt gelíðigað and gehnesceaþ. Lch. i. 368, 2.

hladan

to loadto loadfreightcargoto loadto drawto drawto drawto drawobtainto scoop out

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Gl. 282. to scoop out grain from a vessel Hig worhton him áne anlícnesse þe on ðáre strǽte stód, and mid ðáre swíðran hand þone hwǽte hlód, and mid þám winstran fét þá mittan træd, Ap. Th. 10, 13

wæter

(n.)
Grammar
wæter, es; n. (the word seems to be feminine inon ðisse wætere,
  • Homl. 247, 25
  • ; see also
  • Ps. Th. 17, 11
: and a weak genitive plural wæterena is found in
  • Ps. Th. 31, 7.
)

waterwater water in the sky, rain water of a river, sea, etc. water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.

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Hát mé cuman tó ðé ofer ðás wæteru (wætra. Lind.: ðæt wæter,Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 14, 28. Hú heó mihte Iordanes wæteru oferfaran, Homl. Skt. ii. 23b, 680. Wætru, 684. Hé gegaderode eall sǽ wætru. (aquas maris), Ps.

ge-sellan

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L. 25, 35. to hand over. to give into the keeping of, commit, entrust Fíf cræft mé gesaldes (tradidisti), Mt. L. 25, 20. Gesaldest, 22. Hé gesalde Wibtwaran Æþelwalde Súþ-Seaxna cyninge, Chr. 661; P. 32, 15.

gifan

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D. 199, 16. to deliver, hand to a person; to give food Þá wæs gylden hylt gamelum rince on hand gyfen, B. 1678. Gif man his heówum in fæsten flǽsc gefe, Ll.

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Geðenc nú hweðer mani mann cynges hám séce ... hí cumað æalle tó ánum hláforde, 41, 1-10. Heretoga hláforde leóf, Met. 1, 47. Þegnas síne mynton forlǽtan leófne hláford (cf. Ðracia cining, 22), 26, 72.

forþ

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Of þǽm ǽwielme mon hǽt þæt wæter Nilus, and þonne forþ þonan west iernende heó tólíþ on twá, Ors. 1, 1; S. 12, 31.

plega

(n.)
Grammar
plega, an; m.
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Voc. ii. 67, 26. v. æsc-, ecg-, gilp-, gúþ-, hand-, hearm-, hyht-, lind-, níp-, secg-, stæf-, sund-, sweord-, wíg-plega, nextt

Linked entries: plegan hand-plega

pleoh

(n.)
Grammar
pleoh, gen. pleós; n.
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Hwá mæg ǽhta wilnian bútan plió nú se swelc plioh ðǽron gefór se ðe his nó ne wilnode quis opes quaerat innoxie, si et illi extiterunt noxia, qui haec habuit non quaesita, Past. 50, 4; Swt. 393, 9.

Linked entry: pleón

swician

(v.)
Grammar
swician, p. ode.
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Th. 38, 15; Gen. 607. to offend; also to be offended; scandalizare, scandalizari Gif ðín hand ðé swicaþ (scandalizat), Mt. Kmbl. 18, 8, 9: Mk.

tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
tihtle, an ; f.
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A charge, accusation Gif hit ánfeald tyh[t]le sý, dúfe seó hand æfter ðam stáne óð ða wriste, and gif hit þryfeald sý, óð ðæne elbogan, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 16. Gif hit tihtle (tihtla, MS.

Linked entry: tyhtle

ymb-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-sittan, p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton ; pp. -seten.
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Ðá com micel werod werigra gásta and ðis hús útan ymbsǽtan (domum hanc et exterius obsedit), Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 2. <b>II a.

Linked entry: emb-sittan

bláwan

(v.)

to blowbreathesnortpantto blowto flameblazeinflate

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Þæs þe hé on mínne andwlitan bleóu (bleów, bléw, v. ll.) exsufflante illo in faciem meam, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 581, 3. to breathe hard, snort, pant :-- Ðæt hors ongan bláwan and gremetian ungemetlíce (immenso flatu et fremitu), Gr.

for-licgan

(v.)

fornicari

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Gif mon hǽme mid twelfhyndes monnes wífe, Ll. Th. i. 68, 8. forlegen beón, wesan, weorþan fornicari: Thamar ys forlegen fornicata est Thamar, Gen. 38, 24. Se bið forlegen fornicatur, Past. 465, 2.

ge-sǽlan

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Th. 166, 20. the subject not expressed Hwílum us on ýðum earfoðlíce gesǽleð at times things go hard with us at sea, An. 515