þeóf
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A thief [the secrecy implied by the word is marked in the following passage from the Laws dealing with injury done to a wood: Fýr biþ þeóf ... sió æsc biþ melda, nalles þeóf, L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 19-23. Cf.
Linked entry: þeáf
lád-teów
A leader ⬩ guide ⬩ conductor ⬩ general
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Wæs ðæt se mín látþeów se ðe mé ǽr lǽdde ille erat ipse qui me ante ducebat, Bd. 5, 12: S. 629, 8. Látþeów ductor, S. 629, 40. Látþeów dux, Ps. Spl. 54, 14. Lífes láððeów the guide of life, Dóm. L. 52, 9.
Linked entries: lǽttewestre lǽd-teów láteów látwa
tweó
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Ðú mé hæfst árétne on ðam tweón ðe ic ǽr on wæs be ðam freódóme, Fox 246, 12. Wé habbaþ litellne gearowitan búton tweón, 41, 6; Fox 254, 10. Ðonne secge ic eów búton ǽlcum tweón, 16, 1; Fox 50, 27. Ðæt hé ðæt on gehðu gesprǽce and tweón, Elen.
cuman
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Hira demm ðe him of ðǽm gestreónum cymð oððe coom (cóm, v. l. ), 345, 2. to leave Wilnian æt þám cásere ꝥ hé of þám campdóme cuman móste, Hml. S. 31, 100. to escape from Of þám cnihtum þe cómon of þám hungre, Ælfc. T.
fundian
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Tó áwirigenne þæt folc þe fundode wið his maledic populo huic sedenti contra me, Num. 22, 6. of things, to move so as to reach a point Ðæt wæter, ðonne hit bið gepynd, hit uppað and fundað wið ðæs ðe hit ǽr from cóm illud repetit, unde descendit, Past
ge-réfa
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On þýs geáre gefór Ælfréd wæs æt Baðum geréfa. Chr. 906; P. 94, 21. (l b) where the function is given :-- On helle beóþ yfele geréfan þS þe nú on wóh démaþ . . . Be þsém démum Críst sylf wæs spre-cende . . . Se yfela déma onféhþ feó. Bl.
hring
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Hringum orbibus, 63, 10. in reference to the revolution of time and its computation Ǽr sunne twelf mónða hringe útan ymbgán hæbbe priusquam sol bis senis voluminibus annilem circumvolverit orbem, Guth. Gr. 172, 28
hyht
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Mé bið forwyrned þurh wiðersteall willan mínes hyhtes, Jul. 442. joyous expec-tation, joy, exultation Hyht æs á in heofonum, Dóm. 64: Seef. 122. Lufu, lífes hyht, and ealles leóhtes gefeá, Cri. 585: Gú. 631.
hwanne
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Hé sceal winnan and sorgian hwonne se dæg cume ... búton hé ǽr hwæt for Gode gedyde, Bl. H. 97, 26. after verbs expressing attempt to know, knowing, or causing to know Þá áhsodon hí hine hwænne (huoenne, L., hwenne, R.) Godes ríce cóme, Lk. 17, 20.
HEARD
HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave ⬩ durus, rigidus, asper, acer
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Nǽfre hé ǽr ne siððan heardran hæle fand never before or since did he find a stouter warrior, 1442; B. 719.
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slege
a stroke, blow ⬩ of a serpent's sting, ⬩ a striking, beating, ⬩ stamping, coining ⬩ clashing, collision ⬩ a crash, clap of thunde ⬩ a fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violence ⬩ a defeat, loss inflicted on an army; clades ⬩ a stroke of affliction, punishment, disease ⬩ an instrument for striking ⬩ a slay ⬩ a plectrum ⬩ plectro] ⬩ a stroke, blow ⬩ slaying ⬩ plaga, ictus, tusio, percussio : ⬩ a blow, defeat; ⬩ n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy
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Rdr. 95, 13. metaph. a stroke of affliction, punishment, disease, etc. v.sleán, VIII Ǽr ðan ðe se fǽrlíca slege (the pestilence)ús ástrecce Homl. Th. ii. 124, 21. an instrument for striking (or to be put with the next word?)
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þanc
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Hié ða miclan feorme þigedon Cristes þonces ðe hié ǽr þigedon deófla þonces, Ors. 6, 21; Swt. 272, 22-24
tó-dǽlan
To divide, ⬩ separate, ⬩ distribute ⬩ to divide a whole into parts, ⬩ to destroy unity, ⬩ make dissension in ⬩ to divide a whole by assigning the limits of the different parts ⬩ to divide one number by another ⬩ to divide one thing from another, ⬩ part, ⬩ separate ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ disperse ⬩ to destroy ⬩ to distribute, ⬩ give away parts of a whole, ⬩ to divide into shares ⬩ to share ⬩ to divide, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ separate, ⬩ make a difference between ⬩ to be different, ⬩ be distinguished from. ⬩ to separate with the mind ⬩ discern, ⬩ discriminate, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ to give forth, ⬩ utter
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Ǽlc ríce on hyt sylf tódǽled byþ, tóworpen. Gyf Satanas is tódǽled on hine sylfne, hú stent his ríce? Bk. Skt. 11, 17, 18. to divide a whole by assigning the limits of the different parts Iosue ðone eard gewann and ealne tódǽlde, Ælfc. T.
gód
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Add: good, having in due measure the properties, which an object of its kind ought to have. of material things Ǽlc gód treów byrð góde wæstmas, Mt. 7, 17. Ælfheres láf ( a corslet ), gód . . ., golde geweorðod, ealles unscende, Vald. 2, 17.
BORH
a security, pledge, loan, bail ⬩ fœnus ⬩ a person who gives security, a surety, bondsman, debtor ⬩ fidejussor, debitor
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a security, pledge, loan, bail; fœnus Ic wille, ðæt ǽlc mann sý under borge ge binnan burgum ge bútan burgum I will that every man be under security both within cities and without cities, L. Edg. S. 3; Th. i. 274, 6.
ge-glengan
To adorn ⬩ embellish ⬩ set in order ⬩ compose ⬩ ornāre ⬩ cōmĕre ⬩ compōnĕre
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Ælf. P. 5; Th. ii. 366, 2. Ic geglenge cōmo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 13. Ic smicere geglengce orno, Ælfc. Gl. 99; Som. 76, 116; Wrt. Voc. 54, 58.
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swice
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</b> escape from that which threatens to befall, evasion :-- Ne biþ ð æes lengra-swice sáwelgedáles ðonne seofon niht fyrstgemearces there will not be a longer escape from death than a period of seven days, Exon. Th. 164, 6 ; Gú. 1007.
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un-æþele
not noble ⬩ ignoble ⬩ mean ⬩ infamous
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Ǽlc mon ðe allunga underþeóded biþ unþeáwum ... wyrþ anæþelad óþ ðæt hé wyrþ unæþele ( degener ), Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 22: Met. 17, 28. of things, ignoble, mean, infamous Unæþelre ádle degeneri languore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 33.
wiþer-saca
an adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ enemy ⬩ a rebel ⬩ an adversary at law ⬩ a prosecutor ⬩ one who renounces ⬩ denies ⬩ apostate
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Ǽlc ðæra ðe hyne tó cynge déð ys ðæs cáseres wiðersaca (contradicit Caesari), Jn. Skt. 19, 12. Hér sýn on earde Godes wiðersacan, apostatan ábroðene, Wulfst. 164, 10. Wiðersa[cena] contrariorum, inimicorum, Hpt.
á-bítan
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Godes þeówas on dón, ðæt hié diór ábite in quo sanctos bestiis objiceret laniandos Ors. 6, 31; S. 286, 12. of a serpent Hét hió ðá nǽdran dón tó hiere earme ( Cleopatra . . . serpentis morsu in sinistro tacta brachio ) . . . ðǽre nǽdran gecynd is ðæt ǽlc