for-lácan
To seduce ⬩ betray ⬩ deceive ⬩ sedūcĕre ⬩ decĭpĕre
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Forléc hie mid ligenum he seduced her with lies, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 30; Gen. 647. Hie seó wyrd forleólc fate deceived them. Andr. Kmbl. 1227; An. 614. He wearþ on feónda geweald forlácen he was betrayed into the foes' power. Beo. Th. 1811; B. 903
fór-scyttan
To shoot before ⬩ prevent ⬩ prævĕnīre
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Ðæt da sceortan wítu ðises geswincfullan lífes fórscytten [MS. forscyttan] ða toweardan, ðe nǽfre ateoriaþ that the short punishments of this painful life may prevent those to come, which will never fail, Homl. Th. ii. 328, 34
freá-drihten
A lord ⬩ master ⬩ the Lord ⬩ dŏmĭnus
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He wolde freahdrihtnes feorh ealgian he would defend his lord's life, Beo. Th. 1596, note; B. 796
Linked entry: freah-drihten
cwician
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Wæs sum mǽden licgende on paralisin . . . ealle hire lima cucodon, Hml. S. 31, 504. to make alive Se fæder ðá deádo cuicað ( vivificat ), Jn. L. 5, 21. Þǽre sáwle mægen cwicaþ þone líchoman, Gr. D. 268, 18
cosp
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Puncto, foramine, in quo pedes vinctorum tenentur in ligno cubitati, spatio interjecto, id est cosp, Txts. 86, 765. Copses cippi, An. Ox. 3251. Copse cibbo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 3: 18, 32, Copsas (conpedes ) synd on fótum dysiges, Scint. 96, 16.
ge-bræcseóc
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Voc. ii. 132, 25 : þá symbelmónað*-*lican ádla, 20, 39), Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 5
sprengan
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Se diácon ꝥ gebletsode waster sprengde (stregde, v. l.) ofer his lima 'vade citius, et aquam super jacentis corpus projice' . . . Diaconus aquam benedictam super membra illius aspersit, Gr. D. 82, 18-22. Add
of-lícian
to displease, be displeasing
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Swá hwæt swá him oflícaþ ðeáh hit hálig sý hié hit lǽtaþ unálýfed whatever they do not like, though it be holy, they profess that it is not permitted R. Ben. 9, 19. Ðá oflícode mé þearle ðæt ic eft tó ðam líchaman sceolde, Homl. Th. ii. 354, 10.
Linked entry: lícian
on-bíd
Awaiting, expectation
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Long is ðis onbíd worulde lífes long in this life is this waiting for the next, 164, 30; Gú. 1019.
Linked entry: an-bíd
sliccan
to strike, slap
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(cf. colloquial lick = to beat. Halliwell gives slick as an Oxfordshire word for a blow, slap)
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spón
A chip, shaving
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Monige of ðam treówe ðæs hálgan Cristes mǽles spónas and sceafþan nimaþ multi de ipso ligno sacrosanctae crucis astulas excidere solent Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 31: 3, 17; S. 544, 44. Genim ðone wyrttruman . . . þwít nigon spónas, Lchdm, ii. 292, 2
scínan
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Ðæt ðú móste hálig scínan, eádig on ðam écan lífe, Exon. Th. 87, 19 ; Cri. 1427. On wordum and on dǽdum beorht and scínende verbo et actibus clarus . Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 4. On scínendre praepollenti . Hpt. Gl. 491, 1
þrúh
Wood or stone hollowed out ⬩ a trough ⬩ pipe ⬩ conduit ⬩ a box ⬩ chest ⬩ a coffin ⬩ sarcophagus ⬩ tomb
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Hí his líc gedydon on þrúh, Blickl. Homl. 191, 33: Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 84, 7, 14. Hé worhte áne ðrúh on hwítum seolfre tó ðæra apostola líce, Homl. Th. ii. 498, 3. ¶ The word seems left in local names, Thrubrook, Througham, v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 342
Linked entry: þrýh
sceádan
to separate, divide, make a line of separation between ⬩ to distinguish, decide ⬩ to scatter, shed ⬩ to separate, divide, part ⬩ to be distinguished, to differ ⬩ to scatter, shed
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So wurð ligt fro ðisternesse o sunder sad, Gen. and Ex. 58. On sunder shad, 148
Linked entries: be-sceadan sceáde-sealf scédan
on-týnan
to open ⬩ of places or things, ⬩ to make an opening in ⬩ to open, allow to burst forth ⬩ to open so as to admit of ingress or egress ⬩ to open (a door) ⬩ to open the mouth, lips, to speak ⬩ to open the eyes (one's own), to look, (another's), to give sight to ⬩ to open the ears, to listen to a person ⬩ to disclose, reveal, display
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Grn. ii. 278, 77. to disclose, reveal, display Se ðe líf ontýneþ, Exon. Th. 2, 15; Cri. 19.
tóþ
A tooth ⬩ tusk
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Mannes tóða beóþ on eallum his lífe .ii. and .xxx., Salm. Kmbl. 192, 13. Tóða sár. Lchdm. i. 72, 24. Tóþa wagung, 334, 9. Tóþa grystlung (grisbittung tóðana, Lind.) stridor dentium, Lk. Skt. 13, 28. Tóða gebitt. Homl. Th. i. 126, 20.
Linked entry: fóre-téþ
grówan
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Add: of a plant, to shew vigorous life, flourish, be green Florescit bléwþ, crescit gréwþ, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 48. Þeós wyrt byð seldon funden, ne hý man gecnáwan ne mæg búton ðonne heó gréwð and bléwð, Lch. i. 98, 4.
swéte
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Lind. 11, 30. Swoete and reht Dryhten dulcis et rectus Dominus, Ps. Surt. 24, 8. Ðú ðín swéte good sealdest þearfum, Ps. Th. 67, 11. Ða geógoðlustas ðe him swéte wǽron tó áræfnenne, Blickl. Homl. 59. 10.
wesan
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Lind. 17, 4: Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 5. Wosanne (wosane, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 9, 33: Mk. Skt.
Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan
ge-fyrn
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H. 54, 1. of a period considerable, in respect to a person's life Hé wiste his geendunge gefyrn ǽr hé férde fram ðissum lífe, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 1. Hú gefyrn hé gelýfde, 310, 15. Gefirn ( quatuordecim fere anni ), Solil. H. 35, 12.