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hlosnian

(v.)
Grammar
hlosnian, p. ode

To listen, be silent in expectation of hearing, listen for the coming of a person, watch, await, be on the look out

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Ðæt folc hlosnende wæs gehérde hine populus suspensus erat audiens ilium, Lk. Skt. Lind. 19, 48. Hlosniend attonitus, Cot. 3, Lye

Linked entry: hlysnan

á-streccan

to stretch outhold oatto extend:--to prostrate,

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Hié sculon licgean ástreahte debent jacere substrati, Past. 109, 23. to lay low Críst oferswíðde hine and ástrehte, Hml. Th. i. 176, 29. Hé ástrehte middangeardes wuldor, 578, 33. Ær ðan þe se fǽrlica siege ús ástrecce, ii. 124, 21

á-wirgan

(v.)
Grammar
á-wirgan, á-wirgean.
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Áwerigdun (ówoerigdon, L.) ł miscwédun him maledixerunt ei, Jn. 9, 28. Áweredon ł téldon ðá óðoro aspernabantur ceteros, Lk. L. R. 18, 9.

be-lecgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lecgan, bi-lecgan; p. -legde, -léde pl. -legdon; pp. -legd, -léd; v. a.

To lay or impose uponcoverinvestloadafflictchargeaccuseimponereafficereonerareaccusare

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To lay or impose upon, cover, invest, load, afflict, charge, accuse; imponere, afficere, onerare, accusare Heó ðone hleóðor-cwyde husce belegde she covered the revelation with scorn Cd. 109; Th. 143, 21; Gen. 2382.

Linked entry: bi-lecgan

BÉN

(n.)
Grammar
BÉN, gen. dat. béne; acc. bén; pl. pl.nom. béna, béne; f.

A prayingprayerpetitionan entreatya deprecationsupplicationdemandboneBOONdeprecatiooratioprecespostulatio

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Be ryhtes béne of praying for justice L. In. 8; Th. i. 106, 19. Ðín bén-ys gehýred exaudita est deprecatio tua Lk. Bos. 1, 13. Ic underféng ðíne béne suscepi preces tuas Gen. 19, 21.

Linked entry: ge-bén

cáfer-tún

(n.)
Grammar
cáfer-tún, es; m.
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Lamb. 83, 11: 95, 8: 115, 8: 121, 2: 134, 2: Ps. Th. 121, 2 : 133, 2: 134, 2. Infaraþ on cáfertúnas his on ymnum introite atria [courts] ejus in hymnis, Ps. Spl. 99, 4: Ps. Lamb. 99, 4

Linked entry: ceafer-tún

hreóf

(adj.)
Grammar
hreóf, adj.

Roughruggedscabbyleprous

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Lǽcedóm wið hreófum líce a recipe for a scabby body, L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 1. Is ðæs hiw gelíc hreófum stáne it looks like a rough stone, Exon. 96 b; Th. 360, 20; Wal. 8. Monige hreófe [hreáfo, Lind.] multi leprosi, Lk. Skt.

Linked entry: hrífþo

incer

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
incer, adj. pron. 2nd person dual.
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Ðý læs gyt láð gode incrum [Adam and Eve ] waldende weorðan þyrfen, Cd. 27; Th. 36, 25; Gen. 577. Tó incre andsware, Th. 35, 19; Gen. 557. Biddaþ incerne [Moses and Aaron ] god, Ex. 10, 17.

lengu

(n.)
Grammar
lengu, indecl. f.

Length

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Lengu, Lk. Skt. Rush. 12, 25. Se ðe lífa gehwæs lengu wealdeþ he who determines the length of every life, Exon. 40 a; Th. 133, 2; Gú. 483. Tele nú ða lengu ðære hwíle, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 6 note

Linked entries: leng lenge leng lengeo

oxa

(n.)
Grammar
oxa, an ; m.
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. ¶ The value of an ox as given in the Laws was 30 pence :-- Oxan mon sceal gyldan mid .xxx. p., L. O. D. 7 ; Th. i. 356, 4. Oxan tó mancuse, L. Ath. v. 6, 2 ; Th. i. 234, 1. .xxx. pæñ scyldig oððe ánes oxan, v. 8, 5 ; Th. i. 236, 31

Linked entries: axan exen

ge-scendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scendan, -scindan, -scyndan; p. de; pp. ed

To shame, put to shame, confound, corrupt

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Gescendes corrumpit, Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 33. Ðæt ðú híg gescindest that thou didst shame her, Gen. 20, 6. He us gescende and úre weorc he hath put us and our deeds to shame, Blickl. Homl. 243, 11.

stela

(n.)
Grammar
stela, steola, stæla; m.
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Voc. ii. 102, 53: cauliculus, 103, 50: 129, 84, Stela caulem, 13, 14: cauliculus, 76, 11: i. 33, l0. Healm vel stela culmus, i. stramen spicarum, ii. 137, 58. Sæpig stela succulentus cauliculus (ramusculus), Hpt. Gl. 419, 45.

Linked entries: steola stealu

tǽlness

(n.)
Grammar
tǽlness, e: f.

Reproach, slander, calumny, detraction

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Tó niomanne télnisse ( opprobrium ) míne, Lk. Skt. Rush. 1, 25. Télnise ł sceoma calumniam, Lind. 3, 14. Tǽlnysse detractio, L. Ecg. C. proem.; Th. ii. 132, 7. Télnisse weorlde aerumnae saeculi, Mk. Skt. Rush. 4, 19.

Linked entry: télnis

ticcen

(n.)
Grammar
ticcen, es; n.
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.: tycchen, later MS. ), Lk. Skt. 15, 29. Ticcenu beóþ eáðmelte, Lchdm. ii. 196, 24. Bring mé twá ða betstan tyccenu ( hoedos ) . . . Heó befeóld his handa mid ðæra tyccena fellum, Gen. 27, 9, 16.

Linked entry: tyccen

twi-béte

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-béte, adj.
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B.), L. C. S. 48; Th. i. 404, 1

Linked entry: -béte

þriwa

(num.; adv.)
Grammar
þriwa, þrywa, þreowa, þriowa, þriuwa, þriga, þrige, þría; adv.

Thricethree times

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.), Lk. Skt. 22, 61. Þriwa (þrywa, MS. A.), Jn. Skt. 13, 38: 21, 14. Þriga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 35. Ðriga, Bd. 1, 13; S. 481, 42. -- Cweð þriwa nigon síþan, Lchdm. i. 202, 11. Þriwa seofon beóð án and twéntig, Anglia viii. 302, 43.

Linked entries: þría þriga

þrosm

(n.)
Grammar
þrosm, es; m.

smokevapourdarknessa dark spacechautêrem

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Se þrosma ( but see þrosmig) líg, Dóm. L. 191. darkness, a dark space Sweart þrosm onáslít tetrum chaos inlabitur, Hymn. Surt. 13, 36. Betwux ús and eów is gefæstnod micel ðrosm ( inter uos et nos chaos magnum firmatum est, Lk. 16, 26), Homl.

éstfulnes

luxurylasciviousness

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Gode mid geornfulnysse and éstfulnysse þénian, LI. Th. ii. 360, 31. luxury, lasciviousness.

fleám

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Búton hé hine geládige ꝥ hé hine fleáme (fléma, v. l.) nyste, Ll. Th. i. 382, 23

frécednes

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On frécednesse (frǽcnisse, v.l.) hé dyrfð periculo periclitat Lch. iii. 151, 9: Hml. Th. ii. 160, 6: Hml. A. 97, 177. Beón hý álýsede fram ǽlcere frécednysse. Hml. S. 30, 437. Bútonftácednysse. Ll. Th. ii. 370, 27. Frécednysse discrimen. An.