helfe
Helve ⬩ handle
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[?] Helve, handle Hæft and helfe manubrium, Ælfc. Gl. 52; Som. 66, 31; Wrt. Voc. 35, 20. Sió æcs áwient of ðæm hielfe ferrum lapsum de manubrio, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 167, 1. Gaderode me hylfa tó ǽlcum ðara tóla ðe ic mid wircan cúðe I gathered me handles
læt-byrd
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A lateor slow birth Se wífman se hire cild áfédan ne mæg gange tó gewitenes mannes birgenne ... and cweþe ðás word ðis mé tó bóte ðære láþan lætbyrde let the woman who cannot nourish her [unborn] child go to the grave of a dead man ... and say these
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ge-týdan
To make learned, skilled ⬩ to instruct
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To make learned, skilled, to instruct Dysine and ungelǽredne ic ðé underféng and ðá ðé getýdde and gelǽrede foolish and ignorant I received thee, and then made thee wise and taught thee, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 10. Ic þohte ealra swíðost ymb ðone abbud ðe
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gráp
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Grasp, clutch Me fæste hæfde on grápe fast had me in his grasp, Beo. Th. 114; B. 555: 881; B. 438. Hond earm and eaxle Grendles grápe hand, arm, and shoulder, Grendel's grasp, 1676; B. 836. On grápum in the clutches, 1534; B. 765: 3088; B. 1542: Andr
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þæge
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They, these Þæge twégen dagas, Lk. Skt. 11, 5 margin. Sume ðæge wǽron hǽðene erant gentiles quidam ex his, Jn. Skt. 12, 20. He wyrcþ máran ðonne þæge (þa, MS. A.) synt majora horum faciet, 14, 12. Saga mé hwanon wæs Adames nama gesceapen? Ic ðé secge
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un-hírsumness
Disobedience
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Disobedience Ðurh gewyrht sumre unhýrsumnesse per meritum cujusdam inobedientiae, Bd. 4, 6; S. 573, 38: 5, 6; S. 619, 22. Æt ðæs ǽrestan mannes unhýrsumnesse, Blickl. Homl. 85, 31. For heora unhýrsumnesse Godes beboda, 95, 8. Gefriða mé wið ðises folces
lustbǽre
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With pleasure, gladly, willingly Ic wolde lustbǽre mid tácne þǽre hálgan róde mé bletsian, ac ic næbbe ðá mihte volo me signare, sed non possum, Hml. Th. i. 534, 23. Sum eáwfæst ðegen bæd ðone hálgan wer . . . and hé lustbǽre ðæs getíðode, ii. 172, 9
foreþancul
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Se foreðancula wer vir providus, Past. 305, 2. Dó mé rihtwísne and forþancolne (prudentem. v. foreþancfull), Angl. xii. 513, 3. Add
Lǽden-lic
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Latin Nú hæfst þú mé ofte gebedon ꝥ ic þé út árehte mid Lǽdenlicre sprǽce þæs eadigestan Nicholaes gebyrdtída, Nap. 40
ofer-niman
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Add: to take by surprise, overtake Mé leóht slǽp ofernam cum leuis mihi somnus obrepsisset, Bd. 5, 9 ; Sch. 592, 7
mundbyrd-ness
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Ic mé sylfe myngode mínes forehátes and þǽre mundbyrdnysse be ic ǽr fore geceás, Hml. S. 23 b, 543. Add
wæl-réc
Deadly reek
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Deadly reek 'Mé is leófre ðæt mínne líchaman gléd fæþmie' ... Wód ða þurh ðone wælréc, Beo. Th. 5315; B. 2661
hnossian
To beat, ⬩ strike
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To beat, strike Mec hnossiaþ homera láfe swords shall strike me, Exon. 102 b; Th. 388, 13; Rä. 6, 7
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lystan
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Add: to cause pleasure in a person, absolute Lysteð juvabat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 2. with acc. of person, alone Gif þé lyste si placet, Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 7. Úre frið is wyrs gehealden ðonne mé lyste ( placeat ), Ll. Th. i. 220, 2. with gen. of that in which
ge-risenlíc
Convenient, suitable, befitting ⬩ convĕniens, aptus
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Convenient, suitable, befitting; convĕniens, aptus Ne þuhte hit me náuht gerisenlíc I should not think it at all suitable, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 27. Ǽgðer ðara is swíðe nyt weorc and gerisenlíc either is a very useful and befitting work, Prov. Kmbl. 60
tó-beátan
To beat to pieces, ⬩ destroy by beating
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To beat to pieces, destroy by beating Hig gebundon ðone bysceop be ðám fótum on sumne fearr and ðone gegremedon, ðæt hé hleóp on unsméðe eorðan and ðam bysceope ðæt heáfod tóbeót, Shrn. 152, 2. Com him swilc wind ongeán, swilce nán mann ǽr ne gemunde
inca
Doubt ⬩ question ⬩ offence ⬩ ill-will ⬩ fear
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Doubt, question, cause of complaint, offence, ill-will or fear Inca apporia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 8 : occasio, R. Ben. 38, Lye. Ðá ongan hé mé ácsian hwæðere ic wiste hwæðer ic on riht bútan incan gefullad wǽre cæpit me interrogare, an me esse baptizatum
ge-lǽdan
To lead ⬩ conduct ⬩ bear ⬩ bring ⬩ derive ⬩ bring out ⬩ bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ bring up ⬩ dūcĕre ⬩ dedūcĕre ⬩ ăgĕre ⬩ indūcĕre ⬩ deferre ⬩ perferre ⬩ derīvāre ⬩ edūcĕre ⬩ prodūcĕre ⬩ edŭcāre
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To lead, conduct, bear, bring, derive, bring out, bring forth, produce, bring up; dūcĕre, dedūcĕre, ăgĕre, indūcĕre, deferre, perferre, derīvāre, edūcĕre, prodūcĕre, edŭcāre He wile folc gelǽdan in dreáma dreám he will lead the people into joy of joys
fácen-ful
Deceitful, crafty ⬩ fraudŭlentus, dŏlōsus
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Deceitful, crafty; fraudŭlentus, dŏlōsus Se fácenfulla [MS. fakenfulla] fægere word sprecþ the deceitful man speaks fair words, Basil admn. 5; Norm. 46, 5. Múþ ðæs fácenfullan ofer me geopened is os dŏlōsi sŭper me ăpertum est, Ps. Lamb. 108, 2. Fram
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hyspan
To mock ⬩ scorn ⬩ taunt ⬩ revile ⬩ insult ⬩ reproach
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To mock, scorn, taunt, revile, insult, reproach Drihten hispeþ hý Dominus subsannabit eos, Ps. Spl. 2, 4. Hú lange hyspeþ feónd usque quo improperabit inimicus? 93, 11. Se ðe hespþ qui calumniatur, Kent. Gl. 497. Hý mé hyspaþ exprobraverunt me, Ps. Th