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lácan

(v.)
Grammar
lácan, p. leólc, léc; pp. lácen.

to swing ⬩ wave about ⬩ to play ⬩ fight ⬩ to play

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Fuglas ða ðe late þurh lyft lácaþ fiðrum birds which slowly through the air move with their pinions, Exon. 60 b; Th. 220, 7; Ph. 316.

Linked entries: leólc be-leólc

fægere

(adv.)

beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ gently ⬩ fair ⬩ plausibly ⬩ speciously ⬩ impurity ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ justly

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Hé ðám folce fægere bodade with kindly words he warned the people, Hml, Th. ii. 140, 10. Hé hí gefréfrode, ðus fægre tihtende, 328, 3. Mid fæderlicre lufe fægere tihtende, Hml.

þín

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þín, prop. poss.

thy ⬩ thine, ⬩ thine ⬩ thine

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Ða módðínra getreówra freónda ... nimaþ hí heora men mid him and lǽtaþ þíne feáwan getreówan mid þé, 20; Fox 72, 14-17. where a demonstrative pronoun is used with the noun Þes þín sunu, Lk. Skt. 15, 30.

for-weornian

(v.)
Grammar
for-weornian, p. ode; pp. od

To dry up ⬩ wither away ⬩ fade ⬩ grow old ⬩ rot ⬩ decay ⬩ marcescĕre ⬩ sĕnescĕre ⬩ tābescĕre

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Hý forweorniaþ they wither away, Salm. Kmbl . 629; Sal. 314. Ðæt gé hrædlíce forweornion that ye may speedily fade, Homl. Th. i. 64, 15

Linked entries: weornian for-wurnian

ár-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
ár-fæst, ǽr-fæst; adj. [ár honour, fæst fast]

Honourable ⬩ honest ⬩ upright ⬩ virtuous ⬩ good ⬩ pious ⬩ dutiful ⬩ gracious ⬩ kind ⬩ merciful ⬩ honestus ⬩ probus ⬩ bonus ⬩ pius ⬩ propitius ⬩ clemens ⬩ misericors

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Ongan ðá ródera wealdend árfæst wið Abraham sprecan then began the gracious Ruler of the skies to speak with Abraham, 109 ; Th. 145, 13; Gen. 2405.

Linked entries: ǽr-fæst ár-fest

DARU

(n.)
Grammar
DARU, daro, e; f.

Hurt, harm, damage ⬩ damnum, noxa

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Ðæt mód mid þwyrlícum geþohtum hogaþ óðrum dara the mind will meditate harm to others with perverse thoughts, i. 412, 28

Linked entries: dæru daro dere

Datia

(n.)
Grammar
Datia, Ors. 1, 1, § 12; Bos. 19, 3, = Datie; gen.Datia ; pl. m.

The DACIANS ⬩ Dāci

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D. 106, and colonised it with Romans.

dearnunga

(adv.)
Grammar
dearnunga, dearnenga, dearninga; adv. [dyrne secret, obscure]

Secretly, privately, clandestinely ⬩ clam, occulte, clandestīno

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Secretly, privately, clandestinely; clam, occulte, clandestīno He wolde dearnunga mid mándǽdum menu beswícan he would secretly deceive men with wicked deeds, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 14; Gen. 450.

Linked entries: deornunga dern-unga

dúru-weard

(n.)
Grammar
dúru-weard, dúre-weard, -werd, es; m.

A door-keeper ⬩ jānĭtor, ostiārius

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Hostiārius] is ðære cyrcean dúrewerd, se sceal mid bellan bícnigan ða tída, and ða cyrcan unlúcan geleáffullum mannum, and ðám ungeleáffullum belúcan wiðútan ostiārius is the door-keeper of the church, who shall announce the hours with bells, and unlock

Linked entry: dúre-weard

for-beran

(v.)
Grammar
for-beran, p -bær, pl. -bǽron; pp. -boren [for for; beran to bear]

To FORBEAR ⬩ abstain ⬩ refrain ⬩ restrain ⬩ bear with ⬩ endure ⬩ suffer ⬩ abstĭnēre ⬩ sustĭnēre ⬩ comprĭmĕre ⬩ reprĭmĕre ⬩ tŏlĕrāre ⬩ păti ⬩ ferre

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To FORBEAR, abstain, refrain, restrain, bear with, endure, suffer; abstĭnēre, sustĭnēre, comprĭmĕre, reprĭmĕre, tŏlĕrāre, păti, ferre Ðæt he ðone breóstwylm forberan ne mihte that he might not restrain the fervour of his breast. Beo.

from-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
from-cyn, -cynn, es; n.

a from-kin ⬩ offspring ⬩ progeny ⬩ posterity ⬩ prōgĕnies ⬩ prōles ⬩ the race from which one springs ⬩ ancestry ⬩ origin ⬩ gĕnus ⬩ ŏrigo

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Fyllaþ eówre fromcynne foldan sceátas fill the regions of the earth with your offspring, Cd. 75; Th. 92, 25; Gen. 1534: 100; Th. 133, 1; Gen. 2204. the race from which one springs, ancestry, origin; gĕnus, ŏrigo Fród wæs mín fromcynn my ancestry was

FYLLAN

(v.)
Grammar
FYLLAN, = fellan; ic fylle, ðú fyllest, he fylleþ, pl. fyllaþ; p. fylde, pl. fyldon; pp. fylled; v. trans.

To fell ⬩ cut down ⬩ cast down ⬩ throw down ⬩ destroy ⬩ prosternĕre ⬩ cædĕre ⬩ dejĭcĕre ⬩ destruĕre

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Gif ðú wylt ða firenfullan fylian mid deáþe if thou wilt fell the wicked with death, Ps. Th. 138, 16. Ic beámas fylle I fell trees, Exon. 101 a; Th. 381, 11; Rä. 2, 9.

Linked entry: fellan

hid

(n.)
Grammar
hid, e; f.

A hide of land.

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Kmbl. ii. 5, 25, seems to shew that the word is connected with híwan, hígan, and this etymology is supported by the use of familia and híd in the Latin and English versions respectively of Bede's Ecclesiastical History.

land-ár

(n.)
Grammar
land-ár, e; f.
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Wilniende ðætte heó him funden swylce londáre swylce hé mid árum on beón mehte desiring that they should provide him such an estate as he might reside on with dignity, Chart. Th. 47, 21.

milisc

(adj.)
Grammar
milisc, adj.

Honeyed ⬩ sweet ⬩ mellow ⬩ mulled

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(Melarium, pomarium melis (μηλoις), hoc est malis, consitum, Du Cange: the Anglo-Saxon glosser seems to connect the word with mel?.) Milisc æppel nicalalbum, 289, 74: ii. 60, 42. Ðære miliscan mulsæ, 32, 66: 54, 35. Myliscre, Hpt. Gl. 520, 39.

plóg

(n.)
Grammar
plóg, es ; m.
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A plough ; with this meaning the word occurs in Icel. and O. H. Ger., but in A. S. it seems to mean land, a plough of land (cf. Cath. Angl. p. 284 a ploghe of land carrucata.

ge-fadian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fadian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To set in order ⬩ dispose ⬩ arrange ⬩ regulate ⬩ ordĭnāre ⬩ dispōnĕre

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He gefadode wið ða burhware he arranged with the townsfolk, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 21 : Homl. Th. i. 278, 19. Hí ða gebytlunge gefadedon they arranged the building, ii. 172, 30. Gefadige [gefadie MS.

á-ginnan

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Ǽr þám þe hí habban bóte águnnnen, 324, 13. to act, proceed Ic wið eów stíðlícor áginne ðonne ic tale wið eów habban wylle I shall proceed too severely against you for me to be willing to have speech with you. Hml. S. 23, 183.

be-stelan

to rob ⬩ to go secretly ⬩ stealthily ⬩ to steal

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Similar entries v.bi-stelan in Dict. to go secretly, stealthily, to steal, with reflexive pronoun Hé árás, and bestæl hine tó him and forcearf his mentles ǽnne læppan occulte surrexit, et oram chlamydis ejus abscidit, Past. 197, 21.

ge-nyht

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Add: sufficiency Ðǽm ðegnum is beboden ðæt hié him ðæt tó genyhte dón ðæt hié him sellen servants are bidden to be satisfied with what is given them, Past. 321, 2. abundance, plenty, opulence For ðǽre genyhte ðæs flówendan welan hé blissað rerum affluentium