lesan
To lease ⬩ gather ⬩ collect
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To lease [ = glean dialect.], gather, collect Se eorþlíca anweald nǽfre ne sǽwþ cræftas ac lisþ and gadraþ unþeáwas earthly power never sows virtues, but collects and gathers vices, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 94, 25. Gif gé lesaþ wyrte on Sunnandæg if ye gather
réce-leás
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Careless, reckless Réccileás prefaricator, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 8. Ymb ða gýmene his écre hǽlo hé wæs tó sǽne and tó réceleás erga curam perpetuae suae salvationis nihil omnino studii & industriae gerens, Bd. 3,13; S. 538, 19. Tó hwam wurde ðú
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ge-sǽlan
To happen, come to pass, befall ⬩ accĭdĕre, evĕnīre
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To happen, come to pass, befall; accĭdĕre, evĕnīre Hú gesǽleþ ðæt how doth that happen? Salm. Kmbl. 698; Sal. 348: Andr. Kmbl. 1021; An. 511: 1029; An. 515. Gif hit ǽfre gesǽlþ, ðæt ... if it ever happen that..., Bt. Met. Fox 13, 43; Met. 13, 22: Th.
wiþer-sæc
striving ⬩ opposition ⬩ contradiction ⬩ denial ⬩ apostasy ⬩ recusancy
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striving, opposition, contradiction Æt ðæs wiðersæces wæterum ad aquas contradictionis, Deut. 32, 51: Ps. Spl. 105, 31. Fram wiðersace tungana a contradictione linguarum, 30, 16. Genera mé of wiðersacum (contradictionibus) folces, 17, 45. denial Hé
clǽne
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Add: clean, so as to leave nothing remaining Dó ꝥ fám of clǽne, Lch. ii. 94, 8, 20. Feormige man þone pyt clǽne purgetur puteus, Ll. Th. ii. 220, 20. Wé habbað Godes hús inne and úte clǽne berýpte, Wlfst. 157, 18. Nán gesceaft swá cléne onwæg ne gewít
wífung
taking a wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ wives ⬩ matrimonia
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taking a wife, marriage Be gehádodra manna wífunge ( malrimonio ), L. Ecg. P. iii. 1, tit. ; Th. ii. 194, 25 : Gen. 24, 9. Ús sceamaþ tó secgenne ealle ða sceandlícan wíglunga ðe gé dwǽsmenn drífaþ on wífunge, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 102. Se ðridda cwæð :
ymb-hoga
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Care, solicitude, anxiety Se ymbhoga (cf. gémen, Bt. 12 ; Fox 36, 28) ðyssa woruldsǽlþa, Met. 7, 53. Se rén ungemetlíces ymbhogan, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 19 : Met. 7, 28. For ðære ungemetgunge ðæs ymbehogan ðara úterra ðinga, Past. 18; Swt. 141, 8. On tó monigfaldum
self-déma
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One who depends upon his own judgment [cf. ǽlc ídel mon liofaþ æfter his ágenum dóme, Past. 39; Swt. 283, 21], used of a certain kind of monks called sarabaitae, monachi qui nulla regula approbati . . . proprio arbitratu vivunt Þridde cyn is muneca
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ge-réþru
Rudder, helm
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Rudder, helm [the steering was done by means of an oar] Ða men ða ðe beóþ winnende in sciplícum gewinne híg ðonne begáþ ǽrost ða geréþru in ðære hýþe qui in nauali prælio demicaturi sunt ante in portu inflectant gubernacula, Shrn. 35, 8: 9. Geréþru vel
steór-leás
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without restraint, ungovernable, fierce Sió réþe oððe sió steórleáse efferra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 16. without regulation, profligate Ðú cýþdest ðæt ðú nestest hwelces endes ǽlc angin wilnode ðá ðú wéndest ðæt steórleáse men and réceleáse wǽron gesǽlige
wiþer-mál
A case against ⬩ in reply to ⬩ by way of accusation ⬩ defence ⬩ prosecution
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A case against (in reply to, or (?) by way of accusation), defence, prosecution (?) Man útlagode Swægn eorl, his óðerne sunu. Ðá ne onhagode him tó cumenne to wiðermále ongeán ðone cyng, and ágeán ðone here ðe him mid wæs his (Godwin's) other son, Swegen
húsel-gang
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Wé beóð geclǽnsode þurh ðæs hálgan húselganges, Hml. Th. ii. 266, 24. þá wæs þeáw ǽr bám húslgange ꝥ se diácon cleopode, ' Swá hwilc man swá tó húsle ne gá, þonne búge sé of þissere stówe' cum missarum solemnia celebrarentur, atgue ex more Diaconus clamaret
mǽþ
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Add Swá þæs gyltes mǽð beó secundum modum culpę, Chrd. 62, l. add Nis nánes mannes mǽð ꝥ cunne ásæcgan eal ꝥ gód þe God hæfð gegearwod þám þe hine lufiað, Angl. xii. 514, 29. Se man hæfð gold, þæt is gód be his mǽde, Hml. Th. i. 254, 19. Add Intingan
ciric-griþ
Church-peace, right of sanctuary ⬩ ecclesiæ pax
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Church-peace, right of sanctuary; ecclesiæ pax Stande ǽlc ciiicgriþ [cyric- MS. A.] swá swá hit betst stód let every church-peace stand as it has best stood, L. Edg. i. 5; Th. i. 264, 25: L. E. G. 1; Th. i. 166, 20. Gif ǽnig man Godes ciricgriþ swá abrece
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húslian
To housel
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To housel, to administer the sacrament Hý mihton wel habban wíf on ðam dagum forðan ðe hý nǽfre ne mæssodon ne menn ne húslodon they might well have wives in those days for they never celebrated mass nor administered the Eucharist to men, L. Ælfc. C.
innan-weard
Inward ⬩ internal ⬩ interior
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Inward, internal, interior Ǽlc wuht cwices biþ innanweard hnescost mollissimum quodque, sicuti medulla est, interiore semper sede reconditur, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 150, 6. Flet innanweard the interior of the hall, Beo. Th. 3957; B. 1976 : 1987; B. 991. Breóst
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sifeþa
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siftings, bran, chaff Sifeþa furfur, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 49 : acus, 83, 19. Sifiþan, siuida furfures, Txts. 65, 940. Syfeþa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 75. Swá swá mon melo sift ; ðæt melo þurhcrýpþ ǽlc þyrel and ða siofoþa (syfeþa, Cott. MS.) weorþaþ ásyndred.
bin
a basket ⬩ cofinus ⬩ a crib ⬩ manger ⬩ a stall
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Add: a receptacle for food, a basket; cofinus In binne in cofino, Ps. Srt. 80, 7. Þára hláfgebroca wæs tó láfe twelf binna fulle, Shrn. 48, 32. a crib, manger Ne untígð eówer ǽlc his oxan fram þǽre binne (praesepio) ?, Lk. 13, 15. 'Se assa oncneów his
deáþ-lic
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Substitute: mortal, subject to death Ǽnig deáþlic man, Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 7. Ǽlc deáþlic man, 24, 1; F. 80, 6. Hé cóm deáðlic . . . hé árás undeáðlic, Hml. Th. i. 222, 10: Bl. H. 21, 31. On þyssum deáðlican (deád-, v. l.) líchaman in hac mortali carne,
ge-beór
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Add: a guest at a meal Gebeór convictor, conviva, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 72. Tó lytlum beóde ǽwfæste þearfan Críst gebeór( conuiuam ) beón witan, Scint. 158, 11. Wæs his gewuna ꝥ hé wolde swýþe lytel drincan, þeáh hé mid gebeórum blíðe wǽre, Vis. Lfc. 24