ah-lǽca
A miserable being ⬩ miscreant ⬩ monster ⬩ miser ⬩ perditus ⬩ monstrum
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A miserable being, miscreant, monster ; miser, perditus, monstrum He wiste ðæm ahlǽcan hilde geþinged he knew conflict was destined for the miscreant, Beo. Th. 1297; B. 646: 1983 ; B. 989
cyric-sangere
A church-singer ⬩ ecclesiæ cantator
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A church-singer; ecclesiæ cantator He sumne æðelne cyricsangere begeat, se wæs Mafa háten he got a famous church-singer, who was named Mava, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 5
éðel-staðol
A native settlement ⬩ patrium habĭtacūlum
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A native settlement; patrium habĭtacūlum Hú he éðelstaðolas eft gesette, swegel-torhtan seld how he might replenish the native settlements, heaven-bright seals, Cd. 5; Th. 6, 25; Gen. 94
mæst-rǽden
The right of feeding swine in places where mast is produced
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The right of feeding swine in places where mast is produced Hé nǽfre hine bereáfian wolde ðære mæstréddene ðe hé him áléfed hæfde on Longan hrycge, Chart. Th. 140, 35
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mis-lǽdan
to mislead ⬩ lead astray
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to mislead, lead astray Gif hé láre ne can, ne hé leornian nele, ac mislǽt his hýrmen and hine silfne forþ mid, L. Ælfc. P. 46; Th. ii. 384, 22
scripp
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A scrip, bag Petrus forlét lytle þing, scripp and net, ac hé forlét ealle þing, ðá ðá hé for Godes lufon nán þing habban nolde, Homl. Th. i 394, 7
bord-weall
A board-wall, a shield ⬩ scutorum agger, testudo, clypeus
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A board-wall, a shield; scutorum agger, testudo, clypeus He bræc ðone bordweall he broke through the board-wall, Byrht. Th. 139, 60; By. 277: Beo. Th. 5952; B. 2980
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geddian
To sing ⬩ cantare
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To sing; cantare Ðá ongan he geddian then began he to sing, Bt. 31, 2; Fox 112, note 25. Se scóp geddode the poet sang, 35, 5; Fox 166, 8
dígan
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To die Deáðfǽge deóg, siððan dreáma leás in fenfreoðo feorh álegde, hǽðene sáwle deathdoomed he died, after he joyless in the fenfastness life laid down, his heathen soul, B. 850
dihtnian
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to order, dispose Fram leahtrum ásyndrian hé dihtniað a vitiis separare se disponunt, Scint. 17, 4. to direct, dictate Þá hé sylf dihtnode quant ipse dictavit, Angl. xiii. 426, 869
ge-fullfremman
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Þ hé gefulfremige þá gód þe hé beginne, Hml. A. 150, 154. Synn byþ gefullfremmed (perpetratur), Scint. 228, 10
ádlung
Illness, ailment, disease
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Illness, ailment, disease Sóðlíce hé sylf ætbrǽd úre ádlunga, and úre sárnyssa hé sylf ábær vere languores nostros ipse tulit, et dolores nostros ipse portavit, Hml. Th. i. 122, 31
ǽnga
Solitary
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Solitary Hé lifað leódum feor, lócað geneahhe fram ðám unlǽdan ǽngan hláford he lives far from men, from the wretched solitary often are his lord's looks turned, Sal. 382. Substitute:
be-gang
a course ⬩ way ⬩ passage ⬩ circuit ⬩ district ⬩ cursus ⬩ via ⬩ tenor ⬩ circuitus ⬩ an undertaking ⬩ a business ⬩ exercise ⬩ service ⬩ religious worship ⬩ negotium ⬩ exercitatio ⬩ cultus
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Ðæt heó móste healdan ðone geleáfan and bigong hire ǽfestnysse ut fidem cultumque suæ religionis servaret 2, 9 ; S. 510, 29 : 1, 7; S. 477, 21 : Jos. 23, 7. Bigencg observatio, studium Scint. 7
leóht-líce
Lightly ⬩ slightly ⬩ gently ⬩ easily ⬩ quickly
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[Swá swá heó líhtlucost mihten as quickly as they could, Th. An. 143, 21.]
fore-weard
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Ne mihte hé beón weorðe þǽra forewarde þe him ǽr behátene wǽron, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 2. [Þá þreó þúsend marc þe him seó cyng be foreweard ǽlce geáre gifan sceolde, 1103; P. 238, 24.
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heard-lic
bold ⬩ warlike ⬩ resolute ⬩ stern ⬩ dire ⬩ grievous ⬩ harsh ⬩ severe ⬩ pitiless
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Heardlic eornost and wíslic wærscipe and stydefætst módstaþol . . . bið witena gehwilcum weorðlicre micle, þonne hé his wísan fágige tó swíðe, Ll. Th. ii. 318, 37. hard to bear, dire, grievous.
sceandlíce
disgracefully, shamefully, infamously ⬩ opprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly
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in a disgraceful manner, disgracefully, shamefully, infamously Heó lyfde sceandlíce, swá swá swín on meoxe, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 528. Nán cristen man ne sceal sceandlíce flítan, 13, 122.
weax
Wax
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Swá swá eles gecynd bið ðæt hé beorhtor scíneþ þonne wex on sceafte, Blickl. Homl. 129, 1. Ða fótlástas wǽron swutole, swá hié on wexe wǽron áðýde, 205, 1. God hét wǽpen wera wexe gelícost fomeltan, Andr. Kmbl. 2292; An. 1147.
slícian
To make sleek, smooth, or glossy
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He can so well his wordes slikeGower ii. 365, 22. See, too, Jamieson's Dictionary, sleekie fawning and deceitful sleekit smooth, shining (of the face); but also deceitful sleekit-gabbit smooth-tongued