brim-líðende
to go, sail ⬩ Sea-faring ⬩ per æquora navigans
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Sea-faring; per æquora navigans Se beót abeád brimlíðendra he declared the threats of the sea-faring [men], Byrht. Th. 132, 37; By. 27. Hie ymb brontne ford brimliðende ne letton they have not hindered sea-faring [men] about the deep ford, Beo.
for-leósan
To lose ⬩ let go ⬩ destroy ⬩ amittĕre ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre
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Ðý-læs ic mín gehát forleóse ne fĭdem mei promissi prævārĭcer, Bd. 4, 22; S. 592, 2. Hí sylfe þurh ðæt forluran they ruined themselves through that, 3, 1; S. 523, 23.
Linked entry: be-leósan
lytlian
to lessen ⬩ diminish
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Heorte sceal ðé cénre mód ðé máre ðé úre mægen lytlaþ heart shall the hardier be, courage the more, the fewer our forces, Byrht. Th. 140, 65.
ge-lícnes
a likeness ⬩ image ⬩ resemblance ⬩ similitudo ⬩ imago ⬩ a parable ⬩ proverb ⬩ parabola ⬩ proverbium
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On hwilcum dǽle hæfþ se man Godes anlícnysse on him? On ðære sáwle, ná on ðam líchaman every man has three things in himself indivisible and working together, as God said when he first created man. He said, 'Let us make man in our own likeness.'
swæþ
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Mé (the plough) biþ gongendre mín swæð sweotol, Exon. Th. 403, 19; Rä. 22, 10. Ðonne fylge wé Drihtnes swæþe. Blickl. Homl. 75, 14: Rtl. 26, 5.
Linked entries: swaþu bil-swæþ ge-swǽþian
un-feor
Not far off ⬩ at no great distance off ⬩ no great distance
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Not far off. marking position, at no great distance off, Grammar un-feor, where the point from which the distance is measured is given by an adverb Ðǽr wæs unfeorr (-feor, MS. A.) án swýna heord erat non longe ab illis grex porcorum, Mt.
weorold-líf
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Hé óþer líf má lufode ðonne ðæt woruldlíf, S. 638, 7
fleógan
to fly ⬩ to flee ⬩ to avoid
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Gif mon óðrum þá hond útan forsleá . . . gif hió healf onweg fleóge, LI. Th. i. 98, 9. to flee. Similar entries [v. fleón.] lit. Þ man gingran mann ne slóge . . . búton hé hine werian wolde oþþe fleóge, Ll.
ge-syngian
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Add: to act wrongly, make a mistake Leófa dohtor, þú gesingodest mid þý þe þú woldest witan his naman and his gelimp. Ap. Th. 16, 2. of moral wrongdoing, to sin. intrans. absolute Ðonne hé of yfelum willan ne gesyngað, 157, 25.
heáfod-mann
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<b>II a</b> α the head, captain of a band :-- ' Alǽdað mé tó . . . eówerne ealdor.' Hig (the robbers ) clipodon þone cniht him tó þe hira heáfodman wæs, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 19
a-býsgung
Necessary business ⬩ employment ⬩ occupatio
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MS. 25a, 27, 29, 30
æd-wítan
To reproach ⬩ exprobare
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To reproach; exprobare Æd-wioton him improperabant ei, Mt. Lind. Stv. 27, 44
ældru
parents
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parents, Mk. Rush. War. 13, 12: Lk. Rush. War. 2, 27, 41, 43
a-seted
set ⬩ placed ⬩ stored ⬩ built
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Th. 1338; B. 667: Mt. Bos. 3, 10;
be-gongan
to exercise
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to exercise Exon. 32 b; ; Tb. 103, 24; Cri. 1693 [MS. bi-gongan]
be-byrigean
to bury
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to bury, Mt. Bos. 8, 21, 22 : Bd. 4, 11; S. 580; 3
býcniend-líc gemet
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Gr. 21; Som. 23, 18, MS. C
byrig-man
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Gr. 9, 28, MS. D; Som. 11, 29
Linked entry: birigh-man
cweorn
A mill, hand-mill, quern
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A mill, hand-mill, quern Mt. Kmbl. Hat. 24, 41: Ex. 11, 5
Linked entry: cwyrn
cwydian
To speak, say ⬩ dicere
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To speak, say ; dicere Menn cwydodon men said, Chr. 1085; Erl. 217, 38