LEÓGAN
To lie ⬩ deceive ⬩ feign
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To lie, tell a lie, say falsely, break one's word, play false, deceive, feign Ic leóge mentior, Ælfc. Gr. 31; Som. 35, 53. Eal hit is swá, ne leóge ic, Blickl. Homl. 179. 3. Ðú líhst ðæt ðú God sý thou sayest falsely that thou art God, Homl.
stician
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Ða deóflu ðe on ðám anlícnyssum sticodon, ii. 482, 8. of direction, to run, lie (cf. sceótan) Út æt ðæs croftes heáfod ðæt sticaþ on ðære lace, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 37, 24.
ge-féran
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Th. 118, 59, to depart this life, die Þá þe of middangearde wǽron tó geféranne (geleóranne, v.l. ) . . . heó geférde (geleórde, v.l.) qui de mundo essent rapiendi, . . . transierat.
and-swaru
An ANSWER ⬩ responsum
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An ANSWER ; responsum Andswaru líðe a soft answer, Scint. 77. Grim andswaru a fierce answer, Beo. Th. 5713; B. 2860. Hí aféngon andsware illi acceperunt responsum, Mt. Bos. 2, 12. Andsware bídan wolde would await an answer, Beo.
druncnian
become drunk ⬩ inebriāri ⬩ to sink, ⬩ mergi
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Lind. 14, 30
eofot
A debt, crime ⬩ dēbĭtum, culpa
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Lind. 18, 25. Godes ágen bearn, unscyldigne eofota gehwylces, héngon on heáne beám fæderas usse our fathers hung up God's own son on a high tree, guiltless of every crime, Elen. Kmbl. 846; El. 423
fóre-secgan
To FORE-SAY ⬩ foretell ⬩ predict ⬩ announce ⬩ præfāri ⬩ prædīcĕre ⬩ prædĭcāre ⬩ pronuntiāre ⬩ annuntiāre
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Lind. 13, 10. Iosue cwæþ dá to ðám fóresǽdan ǽrendracum Joshua then spoke to the aforesaid messengers, Jos. 6, 22
here-cumbol
A military signal
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Tacitus, Germania c. 3: 'As their line shouts, they inspire or feel alarm. It is not so much an articulate sound, as a general cry of valour.
scortness
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Ða scortnesse ðysse worulde and ða écnesse ðæs tóweardan lífes. Homl. As. 168, 117. a short account, an epitome (cf. a brief, and v. scortlíce, ) Manega synd gyt coniunctiones, ðe wé ne mágon nú secgan on ðissere sceortnysse, Ælfc.
ge-earnung
Earning ⬩ desert ⬩ merit ⬩ meritum
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Earning, desert, merit; meritum For heora lífes geearnunge for their life's earning [desert]; præ merito virtutum, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 23.
un-snytro
Folly
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Lind. 6, 11. Hosp unwísum ł unsnytro ðú sealdest mé opprobrium insipienti dedisti me, Ps. Spl. T. 38, 12. Worda eallra unsnyttro ǽr gesprecenra, Elen. Kmbl. 2567; El. 1285. Hé his selfa ne mæg for his unsnyttrum ende geþencean, Beo.
fleax
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Þone wlacan smocan wáces flæsces lini lepidos fumos, Dóm. L. 51. Hé hét bewindan heora handa and fét mid gesmyredum flexe, and fýr under bétan, Hml. S. 4, 393. Add
griþ-bryce
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Gif hwá on fyrde griðbryce fulwyrce, þolige lífes, Ll. Th. i. 408, 21. the fine for such breach, the revenue derived from such fines Ic cýðe eów ꝥ ic hæbbe geunnen him ꝥ hé beó his saca and sócne wyrðe and griðbryces, Cht. E. 233, 3.
yfel-sacian
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Hé lange ǽr wæs yfelsaciende, and swá þeáh lifde gesund blasphemus vixerat , Gr. D. 289, 27
wæl-not
A fatal mark ⬩ a mark that brings death ⬩ a rune that brings death,
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for baleful influence of runes, Egils Saga, c. 75: Grettis Saga, c. 81; see also Corpus Poeticum Boreale, vol. i. pp. 40, 41, for the virtues of runes Hwílum hié (fiends) gefeteraþ fǽges monnes handa, gehefegaþ ðonne hé æt hilde sceall wið láð werud lífes
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wípian
To wipe
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Ic geseó Godes engel standende ætforan ðé mid handcláðe, and wípaþ ðíne swátigan limu, Homl. Th. i. 426, 30. Sum synful wíf his fét áþwóh and mid hyre fexe wípode, Homl. Ass. 41, 436. Wætercláðas ðe hý heora handa and fét mid wípedan, R. Ben. 59, 8.
hlýp
A leap, ⬩ jump
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Heorta hlýpum leaping like the hart, Cd. 203; Th. 252, 5; Dan. 574
tramet
A page
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Lá hwylc tramet (pagina) is, oððe hwylc sprǽc ðæs godcundan lareóudómes, áðer oðþe ðære ealdan cýðnesse oþþe ðære níwan, ðæt ne sý seó rihteste bysen úran menniscan lífes, R. Ben. 133, 2. Tramod, R. Ben. Interl. 118, 2.
locc
a hair ⬩ a curl ⬩ ringlet
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Se scínenda lig his locc up áteáh the shining flame drew up his hair, Homl. Th. ii. 514, 3. Wífmannes loccas crines : loccas vel unscoren hǽr comæ, Wrt. Voc. 42, 49, 64. Loccas capilli, 64, 27. Loccas oððe feaxeácan antiæ frontis, Wrt.
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swápan
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To sweep, trans, To sweep with a brush (lit. or metaph.) Ic swápe uerro, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Zup. 169, 14. Ic sweóp gást mínne scopebam spiritum meum, Ps.