hleótan
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Hleáte (hleátte, L.) wé sortiamur Jn. R. 19, 24. to receive by appointment, be appointed to an office Hé wæs hleótende þá ændebyrdnysse biscophádes ad episcopatus ordinem accessuus est Gr. D. 192
læs
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Næfð nán man tó þæs hál eágan þæt hé ǽni hwíle mage lócigan ongeán þas sunnan þe wé hǽr geseóð, and húru þæs þe lǽs ( all the less ) gyf heó hefð unhále, Solil. H. 35, 1. Hys mé lyst swá læng swá lǽs, 36, 17.
irfe-weard
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Wé úre cildru tiochiað ús tó ierfeweardum tó habbanne. Past. 391, 29. Add
secgan
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Add Cirus, Persa cyning, þe wé ǽr beforan sægdon Cyrus, rex Persarum, quem superius commemoraveram, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 22. Add Ðǽm welwillendum is tó sæcganne, ðæt . . . Past. 230, 10. Add Hér sægað ymb ðás mǽran gewyrd, Verc. Först. 96, 3.
swá
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Wel on swá hátum, ii. 50, 15. with comparatives, the, singly Oft wé mágon beón suá (swǽ, Cott.
lust
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Mé lustum álýs, and mé lungre weorð, . . . georne þeccend, 70, 2. Hú ic ǽ þine lustum lufode, 118, 97. Lustume (lustum ?) voluntarie, Rtl. 28, 13.
lád
excuse
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In the ánfeald lád, if the purgation were by oath, the oaths of the accused, and two others were necessary, in the þrýfeald lád, the accused was to bring five compurgators; if the ordeal was used, in the former case the iron weighed one pound, in the
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FǼGE
fated, doomed, destined ⬩ prŏpĕræ morti dēvōtus, cui mors immĭnet ⬩ dead, killed, slain ⬩ mortuus, occīsus ⬩ accursed, condemned ⬩ execrātus, damnātus
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Wræce bísgodon fǽge þeóda the fated people were busied in evil, Cd. 64; Th. 76, 30; Gen. 1265. Fǽge swulton on geofene the destined perished in the ocean, Andr. Kmbl. 3059; An. 1532.
a-gifan
To restore ⬩ give back ⬩ give up ⬩ leave ⬩ return ⬩ repay ⬩ render ⬩ pay ⬩ give ⬩ reddere ⬩ restituere ⬩ tradere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ exsolvere ⬩ dare
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Him se wer ageaf andsware to him the man returned answer, Exon. 49b; Th. 171, 34; Gú. 1136. Andreas agef andsware Andrew returned answer, Andr. Kmbl, 378; An. 189. Ic forþ agef ða, ðe ic ne reáfude ǽr quæ non rapui, tunc exsolvebam, Ps.
lǽwede
Lay ⬩ laic ⬩ lewd
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Sum wer wæs on lǽwedum háde fuit vir in laico habitu, Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 7. Ðeáh ðe hé ðá gyt on lǽwedum háde beán sceolde ... hé munuclífe gyta swíðor lifde ðonne ðonne lǽwedes mannes, Blickl. Homl. 213, 9-11.
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stearc
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Se ðe mec lǽreþ from ðé on stearcne weg, Exon. Th. 259, 14; Jul. 282. Hé hé mihte swá stearce forhæfednysse (rigid abstinence) healdan, Homl.
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ge-mang
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(l a) an assembly for business, a meeting :-- Hé wæs gód wer and ryhtwýs, and wæs nǽfre hys wylles þǽr man þone Hǽlend wrégdon onnánum gemange (cf. hic nan consenserat concilio (gisomnunge.
rǽd
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Wæs Acitofel mid Absalone on rǽde, 19, 201. rule, direction. v. rǽdan; Þá nigon werod bugon tó heora Scyppende, and betǽhton heora rǽd tó his willan, Hml. Th. i. 12, 7
ellen-rind
Elder-rind or bark ⬩ sambūci cortex
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Elder-rind or bark; sambūci cortex Well ellenrinde niðewearde boil the nether part of elder-rind, L. M. 1. 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 5: 1, 54; Lchdm. ii. 126, 5: 1, 68; Lchdm. ii. 128, 14
in-weard
Within
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Ðá hig inweard fóron ðá gemytton hig twegen ealde weras when they went in, they met two old men, Nicod. 31; Thw. 18, 3
clifer
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'Þú þis weorc mid þínum clifrum dó' . . . Sóna seó leó mid hire clifrum scræf geworhte, Hml. S. 23 b, 786. ifras ungulas, Germ. 400, 551
un-rihtlic
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Þá þe of him selfum áceorfað unryhtlico weorc qui affectum in se pravi operis abscidunt, Past. 409, 2. Add
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þrinness
Trinity
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Wé andettaþ ... ðrynnesse in ánnesse and ánnesse on ðære ðrynnesse, Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 36. For ða háligan ðrinesse, Rtl. 114, 17. Þrynesse, Blickl. Homl. 205, 30
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ebbian
To ebb ⬩ recēdĕre, refluĕre
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To ebb; recēdĕre, refluĕre Will-flód ongan lytligan eft, lago ebbade sweart under swegle the well-flood began again to lessen, the water ebbed dark under the firmament, Cd. 71; Th. 85, 12; Gen. 1413
fadian
To set in order, dispose, direct, guide ⬩ ordĭnāre, dispōnĕre, dirĭgĕre
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To set in order, dispose, direct, guide; ordĭnāre, dispōnĕre, dirĭgĕre Word and weorc freónda gehwylc fadige mid rihte let every friend guide his works and words aright, L. C. E. 19; Th. i. 372, 1