niht-genga
A creature that goes at night ⬩ a goblin ⬩ evil spirit
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Wið ælfcynne and nihtgengan and ðám mannum ðe deófol mid hǽmþ, 344, 7. Gif men hwylc yfel costung weorþe oððe ælf oððe nihtgengan, 344, 16. Hió ( betony ) hyne scyldeþ wið unhýrum nihtgengum and wið egeslícum gesihþum and swefnum, i. 70, 5
óþ-hebban
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Ða ofersettan mon sceal swá manian óæt se hiera folgoþ hí ne ðþhebbe admonendi sunt praelati, ne eos locus superior extollat, 28, 1; Swt. 189, 17
BLÁT
Livid, pale, ghastly ⬩ lividus, pallidus ⬩ livor
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Livid, pale, ghastly; lividus, pallidus Þurh ðæs beornes breóst blát weóll waðuman streám a livid stream bubbled in waves through the man's breast, Andr. Kmbl. 2560; An. 1281.
Linked entry: ǽ-blǽte
deóp-lic
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Hit wile þingcan ungelǽredum mannum tó deóplic, Lch. iii. 244, 10. Deóplicu (depp-, MS.) is seó ácsung and winsumu tó witanne þám þe hyt witan mæg, Shrn. 191, 20. God geswác ðæs dihtes ðæs deóplican cræftes, Hex. 20, 15.
lǽce-dóm
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Hé forgeaf wanhálum mannum mid his worde lǽcedóm, Hml. S. 22, 24. a medicine, remedy Lǽcedóm malagma, i. medecinam, An. Ox. 375. Cleoþan, lǽcedóm cataplasma, i. medicamentum, 1973
ofer-mód
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Þæt mannum ofermód ys quod hominibus altum est, Scint. 82, 8. Ofermód willa superba uoluntas, 84, 2. Dǽlan herereáfu mid ofermódum (superbis), 82, 15. Add
rúm-mód
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</b> of things, liberal, abundant :-- Heó dǽlde þearfendum mannum manigfealde and rúmmóde gife ælmessan larga indigentibus eleemosynarum opera impendit, Gr. D. 279, 24
æt-bredendlíc
Taking away ⬩ ablativus
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Fram cyninge [MS: kynincge] ic com o rege veni, —ablative is ablativus: with this case is shewn whatsoever we take away from others, or whatsoever we receive from others, or whence we proceed :-- From this man I received money.
and-leofen
living ⬩ food ⬩ sustenance ⬩ nourishment ⬩ pottage ⬩ victus ⬩ alimenta ⬩ pulmentum ⬩ that by which food is procured ⬩ money ⬩ wages ⬩ alms ⬩ stipendium ⬩ stips
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living, food, sustenance, nourishment, pottage; victus, alimenta, pulmentum Mon to andleofne eorþan wæstmas hám gelǽdeþ man for sustenance brings home earth's fruits, Exon. 59a; Th. 214, 22; Ph. 243.
a-smeágan
To look closely into ⬩ examine ⬩ trace out ⬩ elicit ⬩ meditate upon ⬩ consider ⬩ contemplate ⬩ ponder ⬩ judge ⬩ deem ⬩ be of opinion ⬩ think ⬩ perscrutari ⬩ investigare ⬩ indagare ⬩ elicere ⬩ contemplári ⬩ pensare ⬩ censere
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Gif man hit ariht asmeáþ if one rightly considers it, L. Edg. C. 13 ; Th. ii. 246, 21. Ic déme oððe ic asmeáge censeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2 ; Som. 28, 51
BEARO
A grove ⬩ wood ⬩ nemus ⬩ lucus ⬩ silva ⬩ virgultum
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A grove, wood; nemus vel lucus, silva, virgultum Se hálga bearo sette the holy man planted a grove, Cd. 137; Th. 172, 7; Gen. 2840. Wæter wynsumu bearo ealne geondfaraþ pleasant waters pervade all the grove, Exon. 56 b; Th. 202, 10; Ph. 67.
BEALO
BALE ⬩ woe ⬩ harm ⬩ evil ⬩ mischief ⬩ malum ⬩ calamitas ⬩ pernicies ⬩ damnum ⬩ noxa ⬩ tribulatio ⬩ wickedness ⬩ depravity ⬩ malities ⬩ nequitia
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Ne ondrǽde ic ðínra wíta bealo I dread not the evil of thy torments, Exon. 68 b ; Th. 255, 9; Jul. 211. wickedness, depravity; malities, nequitia Me wið blódhreówes weres bealuwe gehǽle preserve me against the wickedness of the blood-thirsty man, Ps.
be-lúcan
To lock up ⬩ inclose ⬩ surround ⬩ shut ⬩ shut up ⬩ concludere ⬩ recludere ⬩ includere ⬩ circumcludere ⬩ amplecti ⬩ obserare ⬩ claudere
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Ðæt man belúce ǽlc deofulgyld-hús that one should close every idol-temple Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 127, 36
dweorge-dwosle
The herb pennyroyal ⬩ mentha pulēgium
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Ðeós wyrt, ðe man pollēgium [ = pulēgium], and óðrunt naman dweorge-dwosle nemneþ this herb, which is called pulēgium, and by another name pennyroyal [dwarf dwosle], Herb. 94, 1; Lchdnt. i. 204, 6, 7: 156, 2; Lchdm. i. 282, 23: iii. 6, 19.
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for-déman
To condemn ⬩ damn ⬩ dijudĭcāre ⬩ damnāre ⬩ condemnāre
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Ðæt man cristene men, for ealles tó lytlum, to deáþe ne fordéme that christian men, for all too little, be not condemned to death, L. Eth. v. 3.; Th. i. 304, 17
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EÁRE
The EAR of man or an animal ⬩ auris
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The EAR of man or an animal; auris Ðæs eáre slóh Petrus of cujus abscĭdit Petrus aurĭcŭlam, Jn. Bos. 18, 26: Mk. Bos. 7, 33, 35: 14, 47: Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 92; Wrt. Voc. 43, 23: Ps.
bóc-land
BOOK-LAND, land held by a charter or writing, free from all fief, fee, service or fines. Such was formerly held chiefly by the nobility, and denominated allodialis, which we now call freehold ⬩ ex scripto sive charta possessa terra, terra codicillaris
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Se mon bócland hæbbe the man has a freehold, L. Alf. pol. 41; Th. i. 88, 16: Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 29: 3, 24; S. 556, 4: Cod. Dipl. 317; A. D. 871-889; Kmhl. ii. 120, 6.
Linked entry: bóc-æceras
ge-ceápian
To buy ⬩ purchase ⬩ trade ⬩ ĕmĕre ⬩ negotiari
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To buy, purchase, trade; ĕmĕre, negotiari He sǽde, ðæt man náne burh ne mihte ýþ mid feó geceápian he said that no city could be more easily bought with money, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 106, 16.
ge-lufian
To love, esteem ⬩ ămāre, dilĭgĕre
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Se hálga wer, in ða ǽrestan ældu, gelufade frécnessa fela the holy man, in his first age, loved much mischief, 34 a; Th. 108, 30 Gú. 80 : 39 b; Th. 130, 25; Gú. 443 : 43 a; Th. 144, 23; Gú. 682. Ic eom gelufod ămor, Ælfc.
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géman
To care for, regard, heed, cure ⬩ cūrāre
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Nǽnig mon ne sceal lufian ne ne géman his gesibbes gif he hine ǽrost agælde Godes ðeówðómes no man shall love or care about his relatives if he first have devoted himself to God's service, Blickl. Homl. 23, 17 : 67, 30.
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