wlitig
Beautiful ⬩ comely ⬩ fair ⬩ beauteous ⬩ glorious
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Spl. 146, Ðeáh ðe ne beó wlitig lof on ðæs synfullan múðe, hwæðere ne geswíce hé ðære herunge, Homl. Th. i. 448, 5. Þúhte fæger and wlitig heora líf, Blickl. Homl. 107, 30. Is ðín nama mǽre, wlitig and wuldorfæst, Cd. Th. 234, 3; Dan. 286.
mǽg
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Th. i. 88, 2J. by the law of the church marriage was forbidden within certain limits of kinship Wé lǽrað . . . ꝥ ǽnig crísten mann binnan .vi. manna sibfæce on his ágenan cynne ǽfre ne gewítie, ne on his mǽges láfe þe swá neáhsib wǽre, Ll.
LAND
LAND ⬩ earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ region ⬩ district ⬩ province ⬩ land ⬩ landed property ⬩ estate ⬩ cultivated land ⬩ country
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Ne nim ðú náne sibbe wið ðæs landes menn ne ineas pactum cum hominibus illarum regionum, Ex. 34, 15. Twegen landes menn and án ælþeódig, Homl. Th. ii. 26, 20.
Linked entries: land-gewyrpe landes mann
LÍF
LIFE
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Sume hit ne gedýgdan mid ðam lífe some did not get off with their lives, Chr. 978; Erl. 127, 13. Heó of deáþe férde tó lífe she went from death unto life, Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 32.
plúm-feðer
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Down Plúmfeðera hnescnyss geonglíce lima ná gehlýwe plumarum mollities iuuenilia membra non foveat, Scint. 43
gǽste-dóm
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spirituality Utan geearwian ús nú mid inneweardum gebedum and mid gǽstedóme, Verc. Först. 96, 8
cele
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the beak of a ship Neb vel scipes caeli (cæle, celae) rostrum, Txts. 93, 1748
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ge-hnycned
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Éþung bið sárlic, gehnycned neb, Lch. ii. 258, 17. [Cf. (?) Icel. hnykkja to pull.]
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heáh-sǽl
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Nú is hire helpe heáhsǽl cumen venit tempus miserendi ejus, Ps. Th. 101, 11. Add
gyltend
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Þá þe nú náne mildheortnesse nabbað wid hyra gyltyndum, Ll. Th. ii. 400, 25. Add
hér-rihte
Just here ⬩ at this point
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Just here, at this point Uton ændian þás bóc nú hǽrrihte, Solil. H. 49, 10
níd-lic
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Necessary Swígendum ná éþelíce mæg lácnung gedafenlicre and neódlicre sprǽce beón gegearwnd, Scint. 41, 2
sealf
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Ox. 314. v. lǽce-, lungen-, neb-sealf. Add
tó-blǽdan
To inflate, ⬩ puff up
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To inflate, puff up Sóð lufu ná byþ tóblǽdd caritas non inflatur, Scint. 82, 10
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a-wendan
To turn away or off ⬩ avert ⬩ remove ⬩ to turn upside down ⬩ turn ⬩ change ⬩ translate ⬩ pervert ⬩ avertere ⬩ vertere ⬩ mutare ⬩ transferre ⬩ subvertere ⬩ To turn or direct oneself to turn from ⬩ go ⬩ depart ⬩ se vertere ⬩ ire
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Ne nim ðú lác, ða awendaþ rihtwísra word nec accipies munera, quæ subvertunt verba justorum, Ex. 23, 8. v. intrans.
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leánian
To reward ⬩ recompense ⬩ requite ⬩ pay
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Nú ic wolde ðé ðone unþanc mid yfele leánian valet manus mea reddere tibi malum, Gen. 31, 29. Ðá cwæþ heó ðæt heó ne dorste him swá leánian swá hé hire tó geearnud hæfde then said she, that she dared not requite him as he had deserved of her, Chart.
Linked entry: lǽnian
BÍTAN
to BITE with the teeth ⬩ mordere ⬩ to cut, wound ⬩ cædere, vulnerare ⬩ discerpere ⬩ findere, perforare
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that the war-beam [the sword] would not wound, Beo.
twiwa
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Hú ne mynegodest ðú mé nú tuwa? Bt. 35, 2; Fox 156, 14. Tuwa (twiga, Bd. M.), Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 16. Tuwa (twigea, Bd. M.) on geáre, 4, 5; S. 573, 6. Tuwa (tuiga, Lind.), Mk. Skt. 14, 30. Tua (tuwa, MSS. A. B. C.: twiga, Lind., Rush.), 14, 72.
weorold-þing
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A worldly thing, matter, affair Ne sý nán sacerdhádes man ðe durre geþrístlǽcan, ðæt ǽnig ðara fata, ðe tó god-cundum bígonge gehálgod bið, tó ǽnigum woruldþinge dó ( put it to any secular use ), L. E. I. 18; Th. ii. 412, 30.
ge-lengan
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Add: to extend, increase the amount of Ne durre wé ðás bóc ná miccle swíðor gelengan, Hml. Th. ii. 520, 4. Wé willað þysne cwyde gelencgan, Hml. S. 24, 81.