hlacerung
Scoffing ⬩ mockery ⬩ scorn
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Hit is swíðe unþæslic ꝥ wé on Godes húse ídele spellunga and hlacerunga begán, Nap. 38
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of-teón
to withdraw ⬩ to take away what a person has, deprive a person of anything ⬩ to withhold, keep back, deny a person anything ⬩ abstrahere
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Gif him gebyreþ ðæt him wyrþ ðara þénunga oftohen (oftogen,) (Met. 25, 31), Bt. 37, I; Fox 186, 14. Ðé biþ seó bodung oftogen, Homl. Th. ii. 530, 30. Oftigen biþ him torhtre gesihþe he shall be deprived of clear sight, Exon. Th. 335, 29; Gn.
cennan
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Ǽlc be him sylfum cennan sceolde ... Gehwilce ǽnlípige on heora burgum be him sylfum cendon, Hml. Th. i. 34, 2-5. Ælc man sceolde cennan his gebyrde and his áre, 30, 4
leófian
To be dear ⬩ pleasant ⬩ to delight
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To be dear or pleasant, to delight Him leófedan londes wynne bold on beorhge the pleasures of the country were dear to him, the house on the hill, Exon. 34 b; Th. 110, 19; Gú. 110
hlísful-líce
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Ióhannes wæs. . . ðæs folces heretoga and hí hlýsfullice geheóld wið þá hǽðenan ðeóda (cf. John . . . and his wars and worthy deeds which he did, i. Macc. 16, 22), Hml. S. 25, 743. Add
syn-byrðen
The burden of sin
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The burden of sin Hí synbyrþenne, firenweorc beraþ, Exon. Th. 79, 34; Cri. 1300. Ne þearf ðæs nán man wénan ðæt his líchama móte ða synbyrþenna on eorþscrafe gebétan, Blickl. Homl. 109, 31
stranglíce
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Se here ða burh besǽton and hire stranglíce wið feaht, Chr. 1016; Erl. 156, 15. Hire mǽtte ðæt heó hæfde sweord on handa and ðæt heó stranglíce fuhte mid ðý, Shrn. 60, 30.
hliþ
A slope, ⬩ declivity. ⬩ hill-side, ⬩ hill
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A slope, declivity. hill-side, hill Of hliþes nósan from the promontory, Beo. Th. 3789; B. 1892: Exon. 123 b; Th. 473, 28; Bo. 22. Beneoþan ðæm hliþe under the hill, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 52, 15. Swá tó ðám westhliþe, 123, 5.
Linked entry: hleoðo
strácian
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Wildu hors, ðonne wé hié ǽresð gefangnu habbaþ, wé hié ðacciaþ and stráciad mid brádre handa equos indomitos blanda prius manu tangimus, 41, 4 ; Swt. 303, 10. Myd swýþe drígeon handum stráca geornlíce ðane innoþ, Lchdm. iii. 134, 17
un-gemetlíce
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Hié swá ungemetlíce gefuhton ꝥ hié neáh ealle forwurdon acerbissimis invicem praeliis fatigati, Ors. 3, I ; S. 96, 32
a-metan
To paint ⬩ depict ⬩ adorn ⬩ pingere ⬩ depingere ⬩ ornare
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To paint, depict, adorn; pingere, depingere, ornare Swelce he hit amete and atiefre on his heortan quasi in corde depingitur, Past. 21, 3; Hat. MS. 30b, 26. Firmamentum [fæstnes] mid manegum steorrum amett the firmament adorned with many stars.
ahsian
to ask ⬩ demand ⬩ call ⬩ summon before one ⬩ interrogare ⬩ postulare ⬩ exigere ⬩ to obtain ⬩ experience ⬩ nancisci ⬩ experiri
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to ask, demand, call, summon before one; interrogare, postulare, exigere He ongan hine ahsian he began to call him, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 18; Gen. 863: Deut. 4, 32: Ps.
for-sendan
To send away ⬩ send into banishment ⬩ banish ⬩ dimittĕre ⬩ relēgāre ⬩ deportāre
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He hine siððan forsende he afterwards banished him, 3, 7; Bos. 59, 26. He wearþ snúde forsended he was quickly banished, Beo. Th. 1812; B. 904
wamm-wlite
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A wound on the face Swá hwylc man swá óðrum womwlite on gewyrce, forgylde him ðone womwlite, and his weorc wyrce óð ðæt seó wund hál sig quicunque homo alio vulnus in faciem in*-*flixerit, emendet ei vulnus, et opus ejus operetur, donec vulnus sanetur
brægen
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Ǽrest þæs mannes brægen bið geworden on his móder innoþe. Þonne bid ꝥ brægen útan mid reáman bewefen on þǽre syxtan wucan, Nar. 49, 24-26. Án stán hine slóh inn oð þæt brægen, Hml. Th. ii. 300, 24. Add
for-wirnedlíce
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Gyf þæt þonne hwylc mon sý, þæt him on his móde tó earfoðe þince, þæt hé on ǽlce tíd swá forwernedlíce lyfige, tylige hé þonne húru þæt hé þis fasten sélost áfæste, Wlfst. 284, 7-12
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un-lísan
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Se ceorl þe þyder cóm gebunden ongan semninga þǽr standan unlýsed and unbunden, 164, 19. to release from a restrictive condition His dohtor wæs dumb geboren, and hé Martinum bæd ꝥ hé hire tungan unlýsde, Hml. S. 31, 1107
ofer-scínan
to cover with light, illumine
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Beorht wolcn hig ofersceán nubes lucida obumbravit eos, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 5. Ðonne his (the moon's) leóma ealne middaneard oferscíne, Anglia viii. 323, 7
floc-rád
A riding company ⬩ a troop ⬩ turma
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Fóron hie æfter ðæm wealda hlóþum and flocrádum they went through the wood in bands and troops, 894; Erl. 90, 13
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reáfung
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Plundering, spoiling Atheniensum se sige and seó reáfung ðæs Persiscan feós tó máran sconde wurde forðon siððan hié welcgran wǽron hié eác bleáðran gewurdon castra regiis opibus referta ceperunt, non parvo quidem antiquae industriae damno.