teorian
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Gif mon on langum wege teorige if a man tire on a long journey, Lchdm. ii. 16, 26. Lǽcedóm wiþ miclum gange ofer land ðý læs hé teorige, 16, 26. Be ðone ðe lád teorie ( fail ). Ðeáh æt stæltyhtlan lád teorie Ængliscan, L. O. D. 4; Th. i. 354, 13-14.
fægen
glad
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Weaxad hraðe feldes blóstman, fægen ꝥ hí móton, Met. 6, 10. with gen. of pronoun and clause Lyt monna weorð lange fægen ðæs ðe hé óðerne bewrencð few men are glad for long that they have tricked others, Prov. K. 34.
for-ildan
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Oft daedlata dóme foręldit, sigisítha gahuém, Txts. 152, 1. with (negative) clause Ðý lǽs hí tó lange forelden ðæt hí hí ne anbinden lest they too long delay to unbind them, Past. 413, 9. to put off time Þe lǽs wé foryldon þás álýfdon tíd, Bl.
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féðe-spédig
Speedy of foot ⬩ lĕvĭpēs
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Speedy of foot; lĕvĭpēs Sum biþ on londe snel, féðespédig one is swift on land, speedy of foot, Exon. 79a; Th. 296, 18; Crä. 53
sceand
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Add: [Whaðer unker þe geð abake and þis feoht wulle forsake, beo he in ælche londe iqueðe for ane sconde, Laym. 23668]. v. sceand, f. ; swǽm
seófung
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Ðis is seó ealde siófung ðe ðú longe siófodost (siófodes, Cott. MS.) vetus haec est querela, 41, 3 ; Fox 246, 25. Ne beó dó tó ceástful; of irsunge wyxt seófung. Prov. Kmbl. 23. Ic ne mæg ádreohan ðíne seófunga for ðam lytlan ðe ðú forlure.
leger
a lying ⬩ dead ⬩ sickness ⬩ death ⬩ a couch ⬩ a lair ⬩ a grave
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Se wæs fíftiges fótgemearces lang on legere he was fifty feet long in the place where he lay, Beo. Th. 6078; B. 3043. Leger ðis lectum istum, Rtl. 111, 24. On legir in lectum, 181, 7.
loppe
A flea ⬩ a spider ⬩ a silk-worm
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Icel. lyppa wool drawn into a long hank before being spun? In Ps. Lamb. 38, 12 sicut araneam is glossed 'swá swá ǽtterloppan'; if this is not a mistake for 'áttercoppan,' by which the word is rendered in Ps.
slæcness
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Gl. 694. slowness of physical movement Swá swá ðære sunnan sleacnys ácenþ ǽnne dæg and áne niht . . . swá eác ðæs mónan swiftnys áwyrpþ út ǽnne dæg and áne niht, Lchdm. iii. 264, 19. slowness in action Ðæs þeówes sleacnys ( he seemed long in doing
holh
A hollow, ⬩ cavity, ⬩ hole
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Holh wæs beboden ðæt sceolde beón on ðæm weobude uppan ... wel hit wæs gecueden ðæt ðæt holh sceolde beón on ðæm weobude ánre elne brád and ánre elne long quod est altaris fossa, nisi bonorum patientia quæ, dum mentem ad adversa toleranda humiliat, quasi
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scræf
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Screb ibinem (ΐβιν, cf. ibin avis in Affrica habens longum rostrum, 4), Shrn. 29, 19
syndig
Skilled in swimming
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Sum byþ rynig; . . . sum on londe snel, féðe spédig; sum fealone wǽg stefnan steóreþ . . . ; sum biþ syndig, Exon. Th. 296, 28; Crä. 58. v., cf
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ge-standan
to stand ⬩ stand still ⬩ remain ⬩ last ⬩ exist ⬩ be ⬩ stāre ⬩ mănēre. existĕre ⬩ esse ⬩ to stand against any one ⬩ oppose ⬩ oppress ⬩ attack ⬩ urge ⬩ seize ⬩ insurgĕre ⬩ ingruĕre ⬩ urgĕre ⬩ corrĭpĕre
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Ahsige hú lange seó sibb gestóde let him ask how long the peace lasted, Ors. 4, 7; Bos. 88, 6: Bd. 4. 23; S. 594, 40. Ðæt gestód lytle leng ðonne vii hund wintra that lasted a little longer than seven hundred years, Ors. 6, 1; Bos. 115, 28, 20.
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dráf
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III. and see lád. a drove [v. N.E.D. drove; I 3.] a road Of ðám hlince andlang dráfæ, C.D. v. 217, 6
líft
a grant ⬩ allowance
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a grant, allowance Ús bóceras beteran secgaþ lengran lýft wynna learned men tell us of a better and longer grant of joys, Cd. 169; Th. 211, 24; Exod. 531
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eftern
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evening Forðon ꝥ eftern lócað (forðon éfern longeð ðú wást, R.) quoniam aduesperascit, Lk. L. 24, 29. [The glosser seems to have read uesper aspicit.] [Cf. (?) Icel. aptan, aftan.] (?)
eáhtan
to observe, judge ⬩ observāre, æstimāre, reputāre ⬩ To watch any one, pursue, persecute ⬩ persĕqui
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To watch any one, pursue, persecute; persĕqui Bona eáhteþ ánbúendra the murderer persecutes lone dwellers, Exon. 33 b; Th. 107, 15; Gú. 59: 37 b; Th. 123, 4; Gú. 317: Ps. Th. 118, 150
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in-cuman
To come in ⬩ enter
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To come in, enter Ðonne gé incumaþ on ðæt lond ðe ic eów sille cum ingressi fueritis terram; quam ego dabo vobis, Lev. 23, 10. On swá hwilcum húse swá gé incumaþ whatever house you enter, Homl. Th. ii. 534, 8.
bearhtm-hwíl
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Gif hé mihte on ánre bearhtmhwíle (berhtm-, v. l.) swá feorr gefaran si tam longe potuit sub momento ire, 150, 12. Áne berhtmhwíle (bærht-, v. l.) áswygode seó stefn parvo momenta vox siluit, 52, 28. Add