líf-líc
living ⬩ vital
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Surt. 80, 21. God ábleów on his ansýne líflícne blǽd, Hexam. 11; Norm. 18, 26
tǽcan
To shew. ⬩ to offer to view, present ⬩ to shew an object to a person so that the object may be attained by the person, to shew a way, a place, etc. ⬩ without an object, to shew the way, direct ⬩ without an object, to direct ⬩ to shew a person (dat. or acc.) the direction that must be taken, to direct, to cause a certain direction to be taken, the direction being marked, by a preposition. ⬩ to shew the course that must be followed, what should be observed, to direct, appoint, prescribe, enjoin. ⬩ to shew, indicate, signify
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Eft hé him tǽhte tó fultome ðæt hé him genáme áne íserne hearstepannan ei ad munitionem suam protinus subinfertus: 'Et tu sume tibi sartaginem ferream,' Past. 21; Swt. 161, 6.
Æðelrǽd
Ælhelred ⬩ Æthelréd ⬩ Æthelrédus
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He styles himself sub-regulus in subscribing his name to a charter of king Alfred A. D. 889, — Ego Æthelréd, subregulus et patricius Merciorum, hanc donationem signo crucis subscripsi, Th. Diplm. 136, 21.
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a-reccan
to put forth ⬩ stretch out ⬩ strain ⬩ raise up ⬩ extendere ⬩ expandere ⬩ erigere ⬩ to put forth ⬩ relate ⬩ recount ⬩ speak out ⬩ express ⬩ explain ⬩ interpret ⬩ translate ⬩ proponere ⬩ exponere ⬩ enarrare ⬩ eloqui ⬩ exprimere ⬩ disserere ⬩ interpretari ⬩ reddere ⬩ to set in order ⬩ adorn ⬩ deck ⬩ expedire ⬩ expolire ⬩ comere
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Th. 112, 6 : 144, 15. to put forth, relate, recount, speak out, express, explain, interpret, translate; proponere, exponere, enarrare, eloqui, exprimere, disserere, interpretari, reddere Ðara sume we areccan wyllaþ some of which we will relate, Bd. 5
hyhtan
To hope ⬩ trust ⬩ rejoice
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To hope, trust, look forward to with hope or joy, rejoice Ic under fiðrum hihte sub pennis ejus sperabis, Ps. Th. 90, 4. Ic ðé hihte tó sperantem in te, 85, 2. Hihte ic tó ðínra handa hálgum dǽdum in operibus manuum tuarum exultabo, 91, 3.
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lyb-lác
Sorcery ⬩ witchcraft
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Wé cwǽdon be ðǽm wiccecræftum and be liblácum gif ðǽr man ácweald wǽre ... we have ordained concerning witchcrafts and sorceries, if in such cases anyone were killed..., L. Ath. i. 6; Th. i. 202, 10. Be liblácum.
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mǽne
mean ⬩ wicked ⬩ false ⬩ evil
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Kmbl. 1882; An. 943. the word however occurs most often in reference to oaths Se ðe his þances mǽnne áþ swerige and hé wite ðæt hé mǽne biþ æfter ðam qui sua sponte perjuraverit et postea scit quod perjurus est, L. Ecg.
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ge-cígan
To call ⬩ name ⬩ call upon ⬩ invoke ⬩ call forth ⬩ provoke ⬩ incite ⬩ vocare ⬩ nominare ⬩ invocare ⬩ provocare ⬩ incitare
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Hí gecégdon naman heora vocaverunt nomina sua, Ps. Spl. 48, 11. Se wæs gecíged Godwine he was called Godwine, Chr. 984; Erl. 130, 3 : Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 4 : Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 31 : 4, 19; S. 588, 30.
ge-glengan
To adorn ⬩ embellish ⬩ set in order ⬩ compose ⬩ ornāre ⬩ cōmĕre ⬩ compōnĕre
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Ðæt he æfter medmiclum fæce in sceópgereorde mid ða mǽstan swétnesse and inbrydnesse geglencde, and in Englisc gereorde wel gehwǽr forþbrohte hoc ipse post pŭsillum verbis poēticis maxĭma suāvĭtāte et compunctiōne compĕsĭtis, in sua, id est, Anglōrum
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teran
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Wyrmas gelíce mid ðǽm scillum gelíce mid ðé múþe ða eorðan sliton and tǽron oribus scamisque suis humum atterentes, Nar. 14, 12. Hæfdon hié téð and hié mid ðǽm ða men wundodon and tǽron habentes dentes quibus artus militum violabant, 15, 9.
á-rǽdan
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Ðet hio him néren méran ondeta ðon hit árǽded wæs on Aeðelbaldes dæge . . . hió mósten mid áðe gecýðan ðet hit suá wǽre árǽden on Aeðelbaldes dæge, 279, 2-7. Ne cymst þú on þínne éþel for þon ðín éþel (?
fægernes
ornament ⬩ beauty ⬩ pleasantness
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Voc. ii. 89, 62. of things Hwæt belimpþ þé heora (sun, moon and stars) fægernesse? hwæþer ðú durre gilpan ꝥ heora fægernes þín sié?, Bt. 14, 1; F. 40, 22. Fægernes venustas (marmoris ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 73.
ge-friþian
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S. 31, 390. to save, rescue — Hé bið gefriðod from his ágnum costungum eripitur a sua tentatione, Past. 107, 2. Onlýsde and gefreoðode absoluti. Gr. D. 344, 2
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geoc
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Hié mon on geocum and on racentum beforan hiera triumphan drifon ( but the Latin is: Catenatis, sub jugum missis), Ors. 5, 1; S. 214, 16. a (non-material) yoke. of that which unites people Sié in ðǽr[e] iwocc lufes and sibbes sit in ea jugum dilectionis
hleápan
to run ⬩ rush ⬩ to jump ⬩ spring ⬩ to leap ⬩ to mount ⬩ jump about
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In the last passage for 452 read 482, and add: to run, go hastily or with violence, rush Hí gebundon þone bysceop be þám fótum on sumne fearr, and þone gegremedon ꝥ hé hleóp on unsméðe eorðan, Shrn. 152, l.
wæccan
To watch ⬩ wake
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Suá huoeðer wé woæca ł wé slépa sive vigilemus sive dormiamus, Rtl. 28, 37. Wæcca hé walde (hé wæcende beón walde, Rush.) vigilaret, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 43. Walde wæcce (wæca, Lind.), Lk. Skt. Rush. 12, 39.
weald
perhaps ⬩ may be ⬩ in dependent clauses, with indefinite pronouns or adverbs (cf. gif), in case
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Ðis godspel ðincð dysegum mannum sellíc, ac wé secgaþ swá ðeáh ; weald ðeáh hit sumum men lícige, 466, 10.
lád
a course ⬩ way ⬩ a lode ⬩ watercourse ⬩ carrying ⬩ carriage ⬩ bringing ⬩ Sustenance ⬩ provision
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a meaning does not well suit the phrase on byrdene, and, next, some journeying was allowed.
a-mearcian
To mark out ⬩ delineate ⬩ describe ⬩ determine ⬩ annotare ⬩ denotare ⬩ designare ⬩ describere ⬩ definire
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Ðone, ðe grúnd and sund, heofon and eorþan, amearcode mundum sínum him, who land and sea, heaven and earth, marked out with his own hands, 1499; An. 751: R. Concord. 2