leóht
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Ox. 1692. light, wanton, frivolous, Cf. leóht-brǽdnes. moving quickly Brimwudu scynde leóht, láde fús, Gú. 1306.
gaderian
to join, unite ⬩ to bring together ⬩ to bring together ⬩ collect ⬩ accumulate, amass ⬩ to bring ⬩ garner ⬩ to gather ⬩ to gather ⬩ compile
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Th. i. 256, 7. to bring together persons Gaderiað eów tó þá þe Godes ǽ lufiað, and wrecað eówer folc on ðám fúlum hǽðenum take unto you all those that observe the law, and avenge ye the wrong of your people (1 Macc. 2, 67), Hml. S. 25, 268.
blis
BLISS, joy, gladness, exultation, pleasure ⬩ lætitia, gaudium, exultatio, beatitas ⬩ friendship, kindness, benevolence, grace ⬩ comitas, benignitas, benevolentia, gratia
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Lamb. 99, 2. Ðis is se dæg ðæne Drihten worhte eádigum to blisse this is the day which the Lord made for joy to the blessed, Menol. Fox 125; Men. 62: Exon. 15 b; Th. 35, 2; Cri. 552.
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streónan
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Guman gylpe strýnaþ men proudly lay up treasure, Exon. Th. 445, 28; Dóm. 14. Hé hié gemyndgaþ ðara welegra ðe longe stríndon (striéndon, Hatt.
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þunor
thunder ⬩ tonitrus ⬩ fulmen ⬩ Jupiter ⬩ a thane of king Egbert of Kent
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.), Laym. 13929. ] a thane of king Egbert of Kent Ermenréd gestrýnde twégen sunu ða syððan wurðan gemartirode of Ðunore, Chr. 640; Erl. 26, 4. See for more details of the event thus recorded, Lchdm. iii. 422 sqq., and the Latin charter, Cod. Dip.
ge-rihtan
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Béda cwæð ꝥ lan. and October wǽron mid twám bendum gerihte, ꝥ ys ꝥ hig habbað twá rihtinga, Angl. viii. 301, 48. to cause to move straight to a point (lit. or fig. ) Girihte mec in sáðfæstnisse dine, Rtl. 167, 23. to regulate the course of, guide, instruct
óþer
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Add Wæs gehwæðer óðrum láð, B. 814. Ǽghwæðrum wæs bróga fram óðrum, 2565.
wág
A wall, mostly of a building
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Þare halle wah, Laym. 25887. Waȝes (walls of temples), wowes (2nd MS.), 10182. Wah (wach) oðer wal, A. R. 104, 5. Wiðinnen þe uour woawes, 172, 21. Fra wah to waȝhe, Orm. 1015. Tweȝȝenn waȝhess, 6825. Wowes, O. and N. 1528. Woȝ, Ayenb. 72.
á-stígan
downward ⬩ upward ⬩ downward ⬩ upward ⬩ to descend ⬩ go down into ⬩ to ascend ⬩ mount
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Tó eorþan ástígan to land, Bl. H. 233, 27. Ástígendum in seáð descendentibus in lacum, Ps. Srt. 27, 1. upward Nán mann ne ástihð (ascendit) tó heofenum, Hml. Th. ii. 386, 1. Hé ástáh (-stáhg, R.) on þone munt ascendit in montem, Mt. 5, 1.
liss
Mildness ⬩ lenity ⬩ mercy ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ grace ⬩ delight ⬩ joy
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Wé ðé getǽhton land tó lissum ðú ús leánest nú unfreóndlíce we assigned thee land for thy delight, now dost thou repay us in fashion unfriendly, 127; Th. 162, 28; Gen. 2688. Lissum kindly, graciously, Andr. Kmbl. 1735; An. 870
fremede
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Ðý lǽs fremde menn ( extranei ) weorðen gefylled of ðínum gesuince, Past. 249, 11.
wenian
To accustom ⬩ to accustom ⬩ train ⬩ prepare ⬩ fit ⬩ to draw ⬩ attract ⬩ to draw to ⬩ to draw ⬩ to wean ⬩ ablactare
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Utan ús sylfe mid gódan geþance wenian tó rihte Wulfst. 76, 2. with prep in,marking end attained by training Leorna láre, wene ðec in wísdóm train yourself so that you may be wise Exon.
hál
Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation
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Ðá betǽhte Ecgferþ on hálre tungan land and bóc Dunstáne then Ecgferth in plain, unequivocal language delivered land and charter to Dunstan [cf. Icel. með heilum hug sincerely ], Th. Chart. 208, 11. Hál wes ðú Iudéa cyning Haue rex Iudæorum, Mt.
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lócian
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Hé lócade geond þæt láðe scræf. Sat. 727. Lóca ofer londbúende, 684. Lócian ongeán þá sunnan oculos ad lucem solis attollere. Bt. 38, 5 ; F. 204, 27.
Eádmund
Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year
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Ædmund] cining him wið gefeaht, and ða Deniscan sige náman, and ðone cining ofslógon, and ðæt land eall ge-eódon here the army went over Mercia into East-Anglia;—and, in that year, St.
molde
mould ⬩ dust ⬩ sand ⬩ earth ⬩ ground ⬩ earth ⬩ land ⬩ earth
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Be moldan ða ðe on ðære stówe genumene wǽron, 3, 9; S. 533, 27. ground, earth, land Molde vel land humus, rus, arvum, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 61: humus, 70, 12: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 53.
wirs
Worse ⬩ worst
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Ðý læs hira lufu áslacige, and hé him ðe wirs lícige, Past. 19; Swt. 143, 10. Se æfterra anweald git wyrs lícode ðonne se ǽrra, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 50, 13. Ic mín fulluht wyrs geheóld ðonne icbehéte, L. Edg. C. 9; Th. ii. 264, 8: L.
heord
keeping ⬩ custody ⬩ care ⬩ guard
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Take here the last two passages under heorde in Dict., and add Hé út wæs gongende tó neáta scypene þára heord (heorde, v.l. custodia) him wæs þǽre nihte beboden, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 483, 2.
ge-sittan
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(la) of conquered territory :-- Hié gesittað land Cananéa, Exod. 442. Hé búde on Eást-Englum, and ꝥ lond ǽrest gesæt, Chr. 890; P. 82, II. Hié geridon Wesseaxna lond and gesǽton, 878 ; P. 74, 26.
þurh-teón
to carry through ⬩ get a proposal accepted, a request granted ⬩ to carry out a plan, orders, etc. ⬩ give effect to an intention ⬩ to carry through ⬩ carry on to a (successful) end ⬩ to accomplish ⬩ perform ⬩ to perpetrate ⬩ to carry on ⬩ continue ⬩ to bring to a successful issue ⬩ to achieve ⬩ bring about ⬩ bring to pass ⬩ to afford ⬩ to go through ⬩ undergo ⬩ to draw ⬩ drag
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Homl. 179, 7. to afford Hit wæs geset on ðære ealdan ǽ, ðæt ða ðe mihton ðurhteón sceoldon bringan ánes geáres lamb, and áne culfran ... Gif hwylc wíf tó ðam unspédig wǽre, ðæt heó ðás ðing begytan ne mihte..., Homl. Th. i. 138, 35.