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á-libban

Grammar
á-libban, -lifian, -leofian.
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S. 8, 110. to live, not to die of an injury Gif wulf orf tóslíte and hit for þan deád beó . . . gif hit ályfað, Ll. Th. ii. 212, 27.

Linked entry: á-lifian

cwéne

Grammar
cwéne, l. cwene, for last reference substitute Wlfst. 161, 20,
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Nis preóstes cwene ǽnig óðer bútan deófles grin, Ll. Th. ii. 336, 25. Wylt ðú hit eal ðǽre cwenon syllan?, Lch. iii. 428, 2.

cille

(n.)
Grammar
cille, an; f.
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Gefyllde hé mid wætere ealle þǽre cyrcean ciellan (cillan, cyllan, v. ll., lampades; cf. leóhtfatu, 43, 18), Gr. D. 44, 14

dearnunga

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Hé ongan hí hatian dearnunga and wrégean tó þám cyninge, Lch. iii. 424, 19. Þeáh hé dearnunga forlicge etiamsi adulteretur, Ll. Th. ii. 156, 11. Hé forfleáh deornunga þá fóstormódor, Hml. Th. ii. 154, 30. Dernunga, Mt. L. 19, 18.

eald-wita

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Substitute: An elder, senior, principal person. v. wita, Presbiter is mæssepreóst oððe ealdwita; ná ðæt ǽlc eald sý presbiter is priest or senior; not that each is old in years, Ll. Th. ii. 348, 20.

for-gíman

to neglectto neglectto disregard

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Add: to neglect a concrete thing Gyf hé for slǽwðe his hláfordes [land] forgýmð, ne bið his ágnum wel geborgen, Ll. Th. i. 440, 16. Gif preóst húsl forgíme, ii. 292, 23. Ðeáh úre heorda hwylc án sceáp forgýme, 326, 24.

fleardian

(v.)
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Hí ne swincaþ á swíþe ymbe ǽnige þearfe, ac maciað eall be luste . . . wóriað and wandriaið and ealne dæg fleardiað, spelliað and spiliað and nǽnige note dreógað, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 24. Mid dislicum glengum fleardiende stolidis pompis indruticans, An.

Linked entry: fleardere

for-seárian

(v.)
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Ðý lǽs ðá treówu tó ðǽm forweóxen ðæt hié forseáreden (-oden, v. l.), Past. 293, 7. ꝥ palmtwig tó eorÞan áfyllan, and forsáreden him bégen dǽlas forbrecan, Bl. H. 151, 16. Hé ðá forseáredon bán wecð of deáðe, Hml.

for-sewennes

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cf. forsewenne, v. l.) despectione, Ps. L. 122, 4. Mid forseawennesse spernendo, R. Ben. 54, 14. For þæs dæges forsegnesse ad contemtum diei, Ll. Th. ii. 236, 4.

ge-horwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-horwian, ge-horgian, ge-horian; p. ode.
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L. 12, 4

Linked entries: ge-horian -horwian

ge-cneówian

(v.)
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Gesinge hé fíftig sealma and gecneówige æt ǽlcon heora; and gif hé gecneówian ne mæge, singe hundseofontig sealma cantet quinquaginta psalmos et inter singulos eorum in genua procumbat; si in genua procumbere nequit, septuaginta psalmos cantet, Ll.

ge-þwǽrnes

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Gesibsumnesse and geþwǽrnesse ús betweónan healdan, Ll. Th. i. 246, 22.

ge-cwémlíce

(adv.)
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Ll. Th. i. 278, 3. Hú hé Gode gecwémlícost mihte lybban, Guth. 30, 15. so as to satisfy, satisfactorily Ús ꝥ gecwémelíce cýþað þǽre sóðfæstnesse word veritatis nobis verba satisfacerent, Gr.

ofer-drincan

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Add: with gen. of intoxicant Gif ǽnig gehádod hine sylfne rǽdlíce oferdrince, oððe þæs geswíce oððe his hádes þolige, Ll. Th. ii. 258, 26. Þá þe lufiað ꝥ hí hí sylfe an wíne oferdrincon diligentes se inebriari uino, Chrd. 74, 3.

scín-cræft

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D. 211, 13. add Gyf ðú ǽnig ðing ðisse stale wite . . . ðé nán scíncræft ne gehelppe tógeánes disum Godes dóme, Ll. Lbmn. 415, 26.

sǽtere

(n.)
Grammar
sǽtere, es; m.

a robber latroinsidiator, seductor

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Hí sendon séteras (insidiatores) ðætte genómo hine on word, Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 20

Linked entry: sétere

fylst

(n.)
Grammar
fylst, e; f.
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Mid freónda fylste, Ll. Th. i. 248, 3. Mid biscopes filste, ii. 290, 3. Hé gehét ꝥ hé him on fylste beón wolde, Chr. 1050; P. 169, 18. Begím þú mé tó fylste in adjutorium meum intende, R. Ben. 60, 5. Þurh Godes fylst oferwinnan, Hml. S. 16, 378

gærs-irþ

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-irþ, e; f.

Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage

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If he need more pasturage, he must earn it in such way as may be allowed him, Ll. Th. i. 434. 17

Linked entries: irþ gærs-yrþ

hatung

(n.)
Grammar
hatung, e; f.

Hating, hate, hatredæmulatio

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On hatunga, Lk. Skt. 21, 17. Hé becom on hatunga his herges he came to be hated by his army, Blickl. Homl. 193, 2. Bánu sume handlian hatunge getácnaþ to handle bones betokens hate, Lchdm. iii. 208, 24

hearde

(adv.)
Grammar
hearde, adv.

Severely, very much, greatly, sorely

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Ðæs ðe wé wénaþ and hearde ondrǽdaþ according to what we expect and very much fear, L. Ælfc. P. 40; Ll. ii. 380, 35.