leóht
Light ⬩ bright ⬩ cheerful ⬩ shining ⬩ clear
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Dó ðíne ansýne esne ðínum leóhte faciem tuam illumina super servum tuum, 118, 135. Ðonne wurþaþ ðín eágan swá leóht then shall thine eyes become so clear, Cd. 27; Th, 35, 34; Gen. 564.
fandian
to try ⬩ to tempt ⬩ to try ⬩ to try ⬩ taste ⬩ feel ⬩ to try ⬩ to visit ⬩ tempt ⬩ provoke ⬩ attempt
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S. 13, 231. to try to do something, attempt Þeáh hit úre mǽþ ne sié ꝥ wé witan hwæt hé sié, wé sculon be ðæs andgites mæ-acute;ðe ðe hé ús gifð fandian, Bt. 42; F. 256, 4
feorm
provisions ⬩ stores ⬩ a feast ⬩ an entertainment ⬩ entertainment
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Ǽhta lǽdan, feoh and feorme, Gen. 1650. stores furnished to a person as his due: Ðá nam hé his feorme on Wuldahám, and on ðám óðran wolde he took the provision that was due to him in Wuldaham, and intended to do the same in the other places, C.
ge-dihtan
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God gesceóp man on ðám sixtan dæge, ðá ðá hé gesceafta gedihte, 260, 22. to perform, do Þá ealle þás ðinge þurh Godes fadunge þus wurdon gedihte, Hml.
mearc
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mearce onféng accepta tonsura, Bd. 3, 18; Sch. 274, 4. a character made with a pen by an illiterate person in place of a signature Ꝥ gewrit mid his ágenre hand hé áuríte, oððe gif hé ná can stafas óðer fram him gebeden wríte ; and se nícumena mearce dó
fón
to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with
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S. 26, 156. to join together to do something Féngon hí tógædere and worhton áne cyrcan, Hml.
for-stelan
To steal with violence ⬩ rob ⬩ deprive ⬩ fūrāri ⬩ surrĭpĕre ⬩ prīvāre
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Gif hwá befæst his feoh to hyrdnysse and hit man forstylþ ðam, ðe hit underféhþ, gif man ðone þeóf finde, gilde be twífealdon si quis commendāvērit amīco pĕcūniam in custōdiam et ab eo, qui suscēpĕrat, furto ablāta fuĕrit, si invĕnītur fur, duplum reddet
FRÓFOR
comfort ⬩ solace ⬩ consolation ⬩ help ⬩ benefit ⬩ profit ⬩ refuge ⬩ sōlāmen ⬩ sōlātium ⬩ consōlātio ⬩ auxĭlium ⬩ refŭgium
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Grn. ii. 286, He geandbídode ðone frófer he awaited the comfort, Homl. Th. 136, 2. Nú behófige gé ðæs ðe swíðor ðæs bóclícan frófres now need ye so much the more the comfort of books, ii. 370, 18.
ícan
To EKE ⬩ increase ⬩ add to ⬩ augment
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To EKE, increase, add to, augment Ðú ýcest ðine yrmþo thou dost increase thy misery, Andr. Kmbl. 2381; An. 1192. Hwæt is ðis manna ðe íceþ ealdne níð what man is this that adds to ancient hate? Elen. Kmbl. 1806; El. 905.
leód-biscop
a suffragan
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Ðá bǽdon ealle ða leódbisceopas ðone hálgan apostoi ðæt hé ða feórþan bóc gesette then all the provincial bishops asked the apostle to compose the fourth gospel, Homl. Th. i. 70, 6.
portic
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His líchoma on ðære cyricean norþportice ( porticu aquilonali ) wæs bebyriged; in ðam eác swylce ealra ðæra æfter-fylgendra ærcebiscopa líchoman syndon bebyrged bútan twegra ; heora líchaman sindon on ðære cyricean sylfre gesette, forðan ðe on ðone fore-cwedenan
be-scerian
To deprive, separate, defraud ⬩ privare, separare, fraudare
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Ðone we sceoldan bescyrian ðære onfangenan ealdorlícnysse quem nos privare auctoritate percepta debemus, Bd. 1, 27; S. 492, 14.
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ge-feón
To be glad ⬩ rejoice ⬩ exult ⬩ lætari ⬩ delectari ⬩ gaudere ⬩ exultare
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Eal rihtgelýfed folc sceal gefeón on ðone his tocyme all right-believing folk ought to rejoice at his advent, Blickl. Homl. 167, 14. Ðonne mótan we in ðære engellícan blisse gefeón then may we in angelic bliss rejoice, 83, 3. Gefeage exultare, Jn.
slæc
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Th. ii. 138, 6. that makes inactive, sluggish Wé sceolon ásceacan ðone sleacan slǽp ús fram, i. 602, 15. not attended with effort Hit is ealles tó sleac munuca . þeówdóm (nimis iners seruilium), gif hié læsse singaþ, R.
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stregdan
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Óðre ða telge strédun (sternebant) on ðone woeg. Mk. Skt. Rush. II. 8. Ðú somnas ðér ðú ne strugdes ( sparsisti) . . . Ic somnigo ðǽr ic ne strugde (strægde, Rush.: strédde, W. S. sparsi ), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 24, 26.
swician
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Voc. ii. 68, 79. to depart, turn Ná ic fram ðínum dónum dǽdum swicade a judiciis tuis non declinavi, Ps. Th. 118, 102. to deceive Mǽst ǽlc swicode and óðrum derede wordes and dǽde, Wulfst. 160, 3.
ymb-sittan
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Ðá com micel werod werigra gásta and ðis hús útan ymbsǽtan (domum hanc et exterius obsedit), Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 2. <b>II a.
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bryne
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Hí woldon mid wætre dwǽscan ðone byrne ... ðá ne gemitton hi nǽnigne bryne, Shrn. 73, 37. burning heat Hǽto ł byrn aestus, Mt. L. 20, 12. Beswǽled for þám micclan byrne (of the sun), Hml. S. 23 b, 574. <b>II a.
eallunga
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Witodlíce ðæs mónan trendel is symle gehál, þeáh ðe eall endemes eallunga ne scíne certainly the disc of the moon is always complete, though to be sure the whole of it does not continuously shine, Lch. iii. 242, 5.
ge-mǽnelíce
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Ben. 69, 10. where persons are affected together Ic nú þás þing wríte tó þé gemǽnelice and tó mínre méder and mínum geswustrum, Nar. 3, 7. where things are done together Seó hiés and þá fulfremedan weorc gemǽnelíce (communiter) butú þá þing beóð gefyllede
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