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on-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
on-líhtan, -leóhtan.

of places or things, to illumine, make bright, cause to shine,to give sight to, make the sight clearto clear the mental vision, to enlightento give light (with dat.)To shine

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Ðá geseah hé sóna gesundfullum eágum, þurh ðone ylcan onlíht ðe hine ǽr áblende, H. R. 107, 28; Homl. Skt. i. 21, 275. to clear the mental vision, to enlighten Sóð leóht ðæt onlýht ǽlcne man, Jn. Skt. 1, 9.

spanan

(v.)
Grammar
spanan, p. spón, speón; pp. spanen

To allureenticeluredecoyattracturgesuggerere, suadere, persuadereto allure

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On ðæm weorce ðe hine ǽr nán willa tó ne spón quo non trahit desiderium, Past. 33, 1; Swt. 215, 10. Hió speón hine on ða dimman dǽd, Cd. Th. 43, 2; Gen. 684. Hé mid listum speón idese on ðæt unriht, 37, 12; Gen. 588.

ge-þingian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þingian, p. ode; pp. od, ad.

to determine

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Bútan ðú ǽr wið hí geþingige unless thou first be reconciled to them, Exon. 68 b; Th. 254, 16; Jul. 198. Geþinge wið ðínum bróðer reconciliare fratri tuo, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 24.

ge-líc

(adj.)
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Hú ne miht þú gesión ꝥ ǽlc wyrt and ǽlc wudu wile weaxan on þǽm lande sélost þe him betst geríst. . . .

ge-byrd

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Hé on þǽrehis gebyrde oferswíþde ealle ǽ þisse menniscan gebyrde, 167, 3. Hé latode on þissum líchomlicum gebyrde, 8. Manige on his gebyrd gefeóþ, 165, 10. On þá his gebyrd, 167, 16.

macian

(v.)
Grammar
macian, <b>. I.</b>
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Grn. 2, 43. causative uses. with dependent clause, to cause something to happen, bring it about that Hí macedon hit þá ꝥ ǽr wæs ful ríce, þa (ꝥ?)

CÝÐAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÝÐAN, p. ic, he cýðde, cýdde, ðú cýðdest, cýddest; pp. cýðed .

to make known, tell, relate, proclaim, announcenuntiare, annuntiare, narrare, referre, effari, prædicare to declare, reveal, manifest, shew, perform, confess, confirm, testify, prove notum facere, revelare, manifestare, ostendere, perhibere, confiteri, testari, probare

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Ongan Dryhtnes ǽ georne cýðan he began the Lord&#39;s law gladly to proclaim, Elen. Kmbl. 398; El. 199: 2510; El. 1256. Cýþ narra, Lk. Bos. 8, 39: Mt. Bos. 2, 8: Gen. 37, 14: Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 32.

Linked entry: ge-cýðan

hlít

(n.)
Grammar
hlít, es; m. (but in Ps. L. 30, 16 the word seems feminine).

lotfatefortune

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Nú syndon gesette þá apostolas in hlét ǽ hié bodian now are the apostles appointed to the task(?) of ever proclaiming her Bl. H. 157, 35. On handum þínum hlýta míne in manibus tuis series meae, Ps.

Linked entries: hlét hlot hlyt

ge-neálǽcan

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., appropiat), Lk. 12, 33, Hié selfe sǽdon þæt hié ǽr flugon ǽr hié tógædere geneálǽcten ipse rex ante se victum quam congressum fuisse prodiderit, Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 170, 25.

ongeagn

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Hé ongan lifgean ongeán God, ǽr þon þe hé him sylfum lifgean mihte ante coepit vivere Deo, quam sibi, Bl. H. 165, 22. Lócigan ongeán þás sunnan, Solil. H. 34, 22.

sócn

(n.)
Grammar
sócn, e; f.

a seeking, search, exploringa seeking, desiring, trying to geta seeking to obtain an enda seeking for information, question, inquirya seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resorta seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asyluma seeking with hostile intent, an attack inquisitio the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea seekinglevying fines socasoca quaestio inquisitio an attack an action, prosecution an assemblage a parish

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Ic cýþe ðæt ic nelle sócne habban tó mínum híréde ðone ðe mannes blód geóte ǽr hé hæbbe godcunde bóte underfangen . . .

Linked entry: fird-sócn

lamb

(n.)
Grammar
lamb, es; and lamber; n.

A lamb

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Nyme ǽlc mann án lamb tollat unusquisque agnum, Ex. 12, 3. Swá swá lamb sicut agni, Ps. Spl. 113, 4. Swá sceóne lambru, Ps. Th. 113, 4, 6. Lambra, Ps. Spl. 113, 6. Mid lamba rysle cum adipe agnorum, Deut. 32, 14.

Linked entries: lemb lomb

líhting

(n.)
Grammar
líhting, e; f.

Lightingshiningillumination

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Nú is ǽlc dæg of ðære sunnan lýhtinge, Lchdm. iii. 234, 18. Hí (the stars) nabbaþ náne lýhtinge for ðære sunnan andwerdnysse, 236, 1. Se móna næfþ náne líhtincge the moon shall not give her light, Wulfst. 137, 12.

Linked entries: a-líhting leóhting

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, es; n.
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Scipe cercilo, 17, 72: 76, 30 (cf. aesc cercilus, 103, 56). Ðá wende hé on scype (scipp, Lind.) ascendens nauem, Lk. Skt. 8, 37. Scyp ástígan, Lchdm. iii. 184, 13. Swá eode hé on scyp, Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 47. Scipu classes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 46.

wóhness

(n.)
Grammar
wóhness, e; f.

crookednesswrongdoinginiquilyperversitydepravitywickedness

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Ǽlc ðæra wónessa(crimes) ðe tó ǽnigre bóte gebyrie, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 143, 23. On wðnyssum in iniquitatibus, Bd. l, 27; S. 495, 25.

Linked entry: wóness

weorold-spéd

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-spéd, e; f.
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Hé him weoruldspéde and ǽhte ( locus faculiasque ) forgeaf, 3, 24; S. 556, 42. Ðé Dryhten geaf welan and wiste and woruldspéde, Andr. Kmbl. 636; An. 318. Ðonne hié wilniaþ ðæt hié hira woruldspéda (world-, Cott.

á-gitan

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Gif ǽni man ágiten wurðe ꝥ ǽnige hǽðenscipe dreóge if any one be found to practise heathen rites, Ll. Th. ii. 296, 27. <b>I a.</b> to find out, get to know of :-- Gyf hé hwæt be óðrum gehýre oððe sylf ágyte, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 19.

Linked entry: á-gytan

ed-wist

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Ǽlc edwist þætte God nys, þæt is gesceaft, Hml. Th. i. 276, 21. Seó sunne hæfð ðreó ágennyssa; án is seó líchamlice edwist, þæt is ðǽre sunnan trendel, 282, 8.

fæsten

(n.)
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Man ǽlc beboden fæsten healde . . . tó Philippi et Jacobi mæssan wé ne beódað nán fæsten . . . ǽlces Frigedæges fæsten, Wlfst. 117, 8-13. Gif hí þæt fæsten rihtlíce ne gefæstan . . . gyf hé þæt fæsten ábrece, 172, 1-2. Fæstinum jejuniis, Rtl. 8, 17.

ge-cirredness

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Ǽlc endebyrdnys on mynstre sceal beón gehealden be heora gecyrrednysse ( according to the date of entrance ), 112, 23. conversion Óswold hine tó fulluhte nam, fægen his gecyrrednysse, Hml. S. 26, 133.