leód-scipe
A people ⬩ nation
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Th. i. 454, 11, Hí cyning habban woldon swá swá óðre leódscipas hæfdon they wanted to have a king, as other nations had, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 45. Tó ðám leódscipum ðe tó geleáfan bugon, 14, 3.
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.
Linked entry: a-rǽcan
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.
slǽpan
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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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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.
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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ge-rǽcan
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(sc) to take from (on) a person :-- Hé on þám fǽrsceaðan feorh gerǽhte, By. 142: Hié lange wǽron þæt dreógende ǽr heora áðer mehte on óþrum sige gerǽcan, ǽr Alexander late unweorðlicne sige gerǽhte diu anceps pugna tandem íristem pene vicloriam Macedonibus
ge-winnan
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P. p. 4, 25. to get as result of action what is not desired Hete hæfde hé æt his hearran gewunnen, Gen. 301: Sat. 719. to perform with effort, undergo labour. Cf. winnan; <b>B.
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.