lǽfan
to leave ⬩ to remain
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Heora landáre ðe him lǽfed wæs their landed property that was left them, Homl. Skt. 4, 82. Ná lǽfedum sǽde non relicto semine, Mk. Skt. 12, 20. Ðæt ða bán áne beón lǽfed so that the bones only are left, L.
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líc-hama
The body ⬩ the corporeal
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In ðam ealra ærcebiscopa líchoman syndon bebyrged bútan twegra, heora líchaman sindon on ðære cyricean sylfre gesette, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 36. Wé nán ðing nabbaþ búton land and líchaman, Gen. 47, 18.
méd-sceatt
payment in reward of service done ⬩ a reward ⬩ wages ⬩ fee ⬩ payment for service or favour expected ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ a bribe
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Swýðre heora gefylled is of médsceattum ( muneribus ), Ps. Spl. 25, 10: L. Alf. 46; Th. i. 54, 17: L. Ed. 7; Th. i. 162, 25
ge-unnan
To give ⬩ grant ⬩ allow ⬩ concede ⬩ concedere ⬩ indulgere ⬩ permittere ⬩ largiri
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Hú Cnut cyncg and Ælfgifu seó hlǽfdige geúðan heora preósté ðæt he móste ateón ðæt land swá him sylfan leófast wǽre how king Cnut and the lady Ælfgifu granted their priest that he might dispose of the land as he liked best, Th. Chart. 328, 20: Homl.
teón
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Ðá tugon hié hiene, ðæt hé heora swicdómes wið Alexander fremmende wǽre, and hiene for ðære tihtlan ofslógon, 4, 5; Swt. 168, 16. Gif hine hwá hwelces teó, L. Alf. pol. 17; Th. i. 72, 6: 11; Th. i. 68, 19: L. In. 30; Th. i. 120, 18.
þeóstre
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Was heora sum ðýstran onsýne ( tenebrosae facici ), 5, 13; S. 633, 3. In ðære sweartan niht and in ðære þýstran, Nar. 15, 1. In ðam þýstran hám ( hell ), in ðam neólan scræfe, Exon. Th. 283, 21; Jul. 683. Þýstre land ( hell ), Cd.
wrítere
a draughtsman ⬩ painter ⬩ a writer ⬩ scribe ⬩ copyist ⬩ a writer ⬩ author ⬩ a scribe
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Gebyrede þurh ða heardsǽlþa ðara wrítera ðæt hí for heora slǽwþe forléton un-writen ðara monna þeáwas and hiora dǽda, ðe foremǽroste wǽron, Fox 64, 33. a scribe in the Biblical sense Esdras se wrítere áwrát áne bóc, Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 37.
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á-scirian
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Heora sáwle bióþ áscyrede in helle diópnesse, Wlfst. 219, 10. Áscyrede, ásyndrede sequestrantur, i. segregantur, An. Ox. 1366. Áscyredum remotis, 5389. to set apart Úre Drihten áscyrede tó láfe ꝥ ꝥ wé eft of áwócon, Angl. xi. 2, 42.
ge-lang
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got, coming from (æt) a person on whose good will the grant or possession of the object depends, where the recipient of the object depends upon the person for it. the object material Hí setton him ǽnne wicnere getreówne . . . æt þám wæs gelang eall heora
ge-sceap
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Ǽr gé sceonde wið gesceapu fremmen ere ye commit shameful sin against the laws of nature, Gen. 2469. lot, fate, appointed condition of life, destiny [Hé] heóld on heáh gesceap he fulfilled a high destiny, B. 3084.
gleng
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On mænigfealdre glencge ic glencyde mínne líchaman, Angl. xi. 113, 51. pomp, splendour in appearance, display Ðeáh þe wlance men him háton gewyrcan heora byrgene of marmanstáne and útan emfrætewian mid reádum golde, þeáhhwæðere se deáð hit eal tódǽlð
gífer-nes
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Th. ii. 262, 25. of animals Heora (animals') willa tó nánum óþrum þingum nis áþenod búton tó gífernesse and tó wrǽnnesse quarum omnis ad explendam corporalem lacunam festinat intentio Bt. 31, I ; F. 112, 8.
grin
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Gefón myd heora grine, swá swá man deór oððe fugelas féht, Solil. H. 46, 11. From girene ðá gesettun mé a laqueo quem statuerunt mihi, Ps. Srt. 140, 9: 24, 15: 90, 3. Of gerene ðisse de laqueo isto, 30, 5: 9, 31.
on-hagian
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scyle what is proper for him to give, what he is to keep, 341, 13. with infinitive Oft ðá monðwǽran weorðað swá besolcne . . . ðæt hié ne anhagað náne wuht nyttwyrðes dón saepe mansueti dissolutionis torpescunt taedio, Past. 289, 16. with clause Þá þe heora
openlíce
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Þú þe nelt þé eallunga geeówian openlíce nánum óðrum búton þám þe geclǽnsode beóð on heora móde qui nisi mundos verum scire noluisti, Solil. H. 5, 20. Sege hwæthwugu swetolor ymb þæt, þæt ic mage openlícor ongytan, 46, 3.
wafian
To look with wonder, be amazed, ⬩ to wonder at, be amazed at
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Heora dysige men wafiaþ, 14, 2;Fox 44, 3. Eówre fýnd wafiaþ eówre stupebunt super ea inimici vestri, Lev. 26, 32. Ealle men wafedon his ánes. Homl. Skt. i. 23, 616. Ða ðe Símónes wundordǽda wafodan, Blickl. Homl. 173, 22.
ná
No ⬩ not ⬩ non
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Fremde ná heom God setton on gesyhþe, Ps. Th. 53, 3. Ná ðú andwlitan ðínne áwend fram mé, 101, 2. Swá sceal man dón, ðonne hé gegán þenceþ longsumne lof, ná ymb his líf cearaþ, Beo. Th. 3077; B. 1536.
scyldig
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Menn wǽron deádlíce and wið heora Drihten scyldige, Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 26: Blickl. Homl. 47, 21. responsible for, liable for, chargeable with an ill result, with gen.
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ge-myndig
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Wæs heó gemyndig Dryhtnes willan, Jul. 601. Hé reordode rǽda gemyndig, Exod. 548. Hé spræc snytra gemyndig, Gen. 2463.
ge-sittan
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H. 71, 7. after lying, to assume a sitting posture, sit up Heó beseah tó Petre and gesæt (-set, v.l.) hire upp ( viso Petro resedit, Acts 9, 40), Hml.