ídel-ness
Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ uselessness ⬩ futility ⬩ emptiness ⬩ falseness
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Ða gímeleásan men ðe heora líf ádrugon on ealre ídelnisse the careless men who passed their lives quite idly, Ælfc. T. Grn. 1, 13.
Linked entry: ídel-gild
leó
A lion ⬩ lioness
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Ða wildan leó hé gewylde the wild lion he subdued, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 16. Ðú miht tredan león and dracan conculcabis leonem et draconem, Ps. Th. 90, 13: Glostr. Frag. 110, 3.
prica
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a point, spot, dot Prica punctus, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 7; Som. 32, 57. Se forma prica on ðam ferse is geháten media distinctio, ðæt is, onmiddan tóðál, 50 ; Som. 51, 15. Mǽltanges prica centrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 62.
Linked entry: pric-mǽlum
reáf-lác
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Ǽlc bit ðæs reáfláces ðe him on genumen biþ, oððe eft óðres gítsaþ, Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 17. Man wolde biddan ðæs reáfláces ðæt hé hit sciolde ágyfan and forgyldan, Chart. Th. 289, 27. Ágife hé ðone reáflác he shall restore what has been seized, L.
ge-bycgan
To buy ⬩ procure ⬩ purchase ⬩ redeem ⬩ emere ⬩ redimere
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Geboht þeówa emptitius, Ælfc. Gl. 86; Som. 74, 33; Wrt. Voc. 50, 16 : Gen. 17, 12
scúr
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Ðes scúr hic imber, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Zup. 43, 7. Swylce scúr ofer gærs quasi imber super herbam, Cant. M. ad fil. 2. Rénes scúr, Exon. Th. 215, 1; Ph. 246. Regna scúr, Cd. Th. 252, 10; Dan. 576. Hægles scúr, 50, 13; Gen. 808.
Linked entries: scýr-mǽlum sceór
scilling
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The shilling appears to have been of different values in different parts of the country; in Wessex five pennies make a shilling: Fíf penegas gemacigaþ ǽune scillinge, Ælfc.
seóþan
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to seethe, boil, cook in a liquid Ic seóþe coquo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Zup. 175, 16. Gif ðú seóþest rúdan on ele, Lchdm. ii. 206, 23. Gif mon sýþ gárleác on henne broþe, Lchdm. ii. 276, 15. Seóþ on wætere tó þriddan dǽle, i. 72, 2.
Linked entry: for-seóþan
swipu
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Ælfc. C. 27; Th. ii. 352, 21. Suiopan, suipan mastigium, Txts. 77, 1276. Swipan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55. 26. Hé worhte swipan (suuopa, Lind.: swiopa, Rush.) of strengon flagellum de funiculis, Jn. Skt. 2, 15. Sweopan, Salm. Kmbl. 219; Sal. 109.
ágen
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</b> proper (name, noun) :-- Sume synd ágene naman swá swá is Eádgár, sume gemǽnelice, Ælfc. Gr. 11, 16. On as geendiað ágene naman; Aeneas is ágen nama, 25, 14-16. as subst., one's own (people, land, property, &c.)
first
time ⬩ respite ⬩ (additional) time ⬩ in time
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., and add: a space of time Fyrst intercapedo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 276 7 Huu longes tídes ł huu long firstes quantum temporis, Mk. L. 9, 21. Beó hé feówertig nihta on carcerne . . . Gif hé út oðfleó ǽr þám fierste, Ll. Th. i. 60, 15.
Linked entry: fyrst
ge-bícnan
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Mid þám þe hé cwæþ: 'Uton wircean,' ys seó Ðrinnys gebícnod, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 15
ge-férrǽden
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Add: abstract, of persons Socius geféra, societas geférrǽden, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 17, 13. Geþeódlicre geférrǽdenne contubernali sodalitate, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 22 : An. Ox. 2532. Gefér-rǽddene consortio, contubernio, 2148. Gefǽrrédena, Hml. S. 3, 395.
ge-cynde
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Hió cymþ swá úp swá hire yfemest gecynde bið she mounts as high as ever it is natural for her to go, 25; F. 88, 21-28: Met. 13, 63. belonging to one by birth, descent, or inheritance Ús is from úrum ǽrestan mǽge gecynde ðæt wé ǽlc yfel on ðrió wísan
gíme-leás
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Þá hálgan weras . . . heora gemynd þurhwunað . . . þá gímeleásan men þe heora líf ádrugon on ealre ídelnisse, heora gemynd is forgiten, Ælfc. T. Grn. I. 12. Sume ic funde bútan Godes tácne gýmeleúse ungebletsade, Jul. 491.
hírsumian
to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ a feeling ⬩ desire ⬩ an impulse ⬩ to serve ⬩ to serve God
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Be ðám ðæt ǽlc óðrum hýrsumige ut obedientes sibi sint invicem fratres, R. Ben. 130, 10, 14.
hwearfian
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H. 9, 23. of the revolution of the seasons Ðú recst þæt geár þurh þæt gewrixle þárafeówer týda . . . þára wrixlað ǽlc wyð óððer and hwerfiað swá þæt heora ǽgðer byð eft emne þat þæt hyt ǽr wæs, Solil.
or-sorg
free from care, without anxiety, secure, prosperous ⬩ secure from danger, safe
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Orsorh wǽpna securus armorum, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Som. 44, 9.
snotor
Prudent, wise, sagacious ⬩ prudens
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Ðone snoteran Salomon Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 28. Mín sóðfæste snotere bídaþ me expectaverunt justi Ps. Th. 141, 9. Snotre men 57, 4. Snotre urbana Hpt. Gl. 481, 40. Snottere selerǽdend Andr. Kmbl. 1317; An. 659. Snottre and unwíse Blickl. Homl. 107, 11.
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hladan
to heap, ⬩ pile up, ⬩ build, ⬩ place, ⬩ lade, ⬩ load, ⬩ freight ⬩ to lade, ⬩ draw [water]; ⬩ haurire
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Fox 281; Men. 142. to lade, draw [water]; haurire Ic hlade haurio, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 34, 40. Swá hwæt swá ðú hlætst of ðam flóde quidquid hauseris de fluvio, Ex 4, 9. Hé hlód wæter mid ús hausit aquam nobiscum, 2, 19.