læs
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and add: adv. or conj. Næfð nán man tó þæs hál eágan þæt hé ǽni hwíle mage lócigan ongeán þas sunnan þe wé hǽr geseóð, and húru þæs þe lǽs ( all the less ) gyf heó hefð unhále, Solil. H. 35, 1. Hys mé lyst swá læng swá lǽs, 36, 17.
leornung
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Voc. ii. 141, 10. what is learnt or taught Sió fóstermódur ǽlcre leornunga and ǽlces cræftes mater omnium virtutum, Past. 217, 1
nágan
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Th. ii. 388, 4. not to te obliged or bound to do Ðá ðá Landfranc cræfede fæstnunge his gehérnesse mid áðswerunge, þá forsóc hé and sǽde ꝥ hé hit náhte tó dónne ( he was not bound to do it ), Chr. 1070; P. 206, 2
hægtesse
A witch, hag, fury
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Gif hér inne sý ísenes dǽl hægtessan geweorc hit sceal gemyltan ... gif hit wǽre ylfa gescot oððe hit wǽre hægtessan gescot nú ic wille ðín helpan if herein there be a bit of iron, a witch's work, it shall melt ... if it were an elf's shot or it were
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ofer-módigian
to be proud or haughty, to be puffed up with pride
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to be proud or haughty, to be puffed up with pride:— Ðonne se unrihtwísa ofermódegaþ (-módgaþ, Ps. Spl. ) dum superbit impius, Ps. Th. 9, 21. Hwí ofermódige gé ofer óðre men for eówrum gebyrdum, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 15: 42; Fox 258, 15.
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smeá-líc
searching, penetrating ⬩ that goes to the root ⬩ heart of a matter, profound ⬩ exquisite, choice
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is sió þyrelung ðæs wǽges búton scearplícu and smeálícu fandung ðæs módes ðæt mon mid ðære . . . onlúce ða heardan heortan quid est parietem fodere, nisi acutis inquisitionibus duritiam cordis aperire Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 1. that goes to the root or
hind
A hind, ⬩ the female of the hart
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Hé lægde laga ðæt swá hwá swá slóge heort oððe hinde ðæt hine man sceolde blendian he made laws that whoever should kill hart or hind should be blinded. Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 27. Secan heorotas and hinda to hunt harts and hinds, Bt. Met.
tó-nama
A surname, ⬩ cognomen
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'Huætd ðé tónoma (or tó noma (dat.)?; Rush. has noma) is?' And cuoeð tó him: 'Here tónoma mé is' quod tibi nomen este? Et dicit ei: 'Legio nomen mihi est,' Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 9. Ðes wimman hadde on toname Magdalene, O. E. Homl. ii. 143, 13.
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weód
A useless or injurious plant, ⬩ a weed
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A useless or injurious plant, a weed Æceres weód, ðæt ðe bið on ofen ásend faenum agri, quod in clibanum mittitur Mt. Kmbl. 6, 30. Hwonan hæfð hit ðæt weód (zizania) ? Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 27.
CEÓSAN
to CHOOSE, select, elect ⬩ legere, seligere, eligere ⬩ to accept ⬩ oblatum accipere, accipere
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to CHOOSE, select, elect; legere, seligere, eligere Ðæt hí woldon óðerra wera ceósan that they would make a choice of other husbands, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 32.
færeld
a way, going, motion, journey, course, passage, progress, expedition, company, one who accompanies in the journey of life, a relation ⬩ via, ĭter, cursus, gressus, expĕdītio, cognăta ⬩ The passover of the Jews ⬩ transĭtus, phase, id est transĭtus
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On ðam færelde in the company, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 36. Færeld ðín cognāta tua, Lk. Rush. War. 1, 36.
hrycg
a back ⬩ dorsum ⬩ spina ⬩ a ridge ⬩ rigg
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Se cyning hæfde his hrycg him tó hliépan ut ipse acclinis humi regem super adscensurum in equum dorso adtolleret, Ors. 6, 24; Swt. 274, 24.
húru
At least ⬩ at all events ⬩ at any rate ⬩ in any case ⬩ however ⬩ even ⬩ yet ⬩ only ⬩ indeed ⬩ certainly ⬩ especially
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Húru fífténe míla brád at least fifteen miles broad, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 8. Ðæt hé húru þreó þing ðananforþ healdan wille, L. Eth. v. 6; Th. i. 306, 8 : L. C. E. 19; Th. i. 370, 33.
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slǽd
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Slade a breadth of greensward in ploughed land, or in plantations, E. D. S. Publ. Gloss. B. 7 (West Riding) In Levin's Manip. Vocab. -1570- a slade, valley = vallis, and Drayton uses the word in this sense, v.
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á-bregdan
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Add: trans. with idea of quick or forcible movement, to drag, pull, snatch, pluck Se heofon ábrét ðás tunglan underbæc, Angl. vii. 14, 137. Februarius mónð bissextus up ábrét, viii. 307, 29. Hí ðone mete him of ðám múðe ábrúdon, Hml. Th. i. 404, 5.
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wundor-líc
Wonderful ⬩ exciting admiration ⬩ surprise
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Seó burg ðe ǽr wæs ealra weorca fæstast and wunderlecast and mǽrast, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 24. Is ðæt eác ealles wundorlícost, ðæt..., Blickl. Homl. 127, 14
and
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S. 30, 371. connecting a subordinate clause or phrase with the principal clause, and so superfluous Mid þí þe hié gehýrdon þára sácerda ealdormen, and hié cwǽdon him betweónan, Bl. H. 239, 29.
breóst
the chest ⬩ thorax ⬩ the stomach ⬩ womb ⬩ a breast ⬩ mamma ⬩ mamilla
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Wiþ innoþes sáre and þǽra breósta (or under IV?), Lch. i. 182, 21. Þis ofet is swá swéte, blíð on breóstum (bonum ad vescendum), Gen. 656. On þám hálgan breóstum hé eardode nigon mónaþ, Bl.
ofer-hygd
pride, arrogance ⬩ honourable pride ⬩ high spirit ⬩ superbia
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Ðæs oferhýdes ord, 272, 3; Sat. 114. Se is kyning ofer eall ða bearn oferhygde (-hýde, Cote. MSS.) ipse est rex super universos filios superbiae, Past. 17, 4; Swt. 111, 22. In oferhygde in superbia, Ps. Surt. 16, 10: 58, 13.
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west-rodor
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The western heavens Fram upgange sunnan óð ðæt heó wende on westrodur a solis ortu usque ad occasum Ps. Th. 112, 3. Heó gewíteþ on westrodur, 106, 3. Westrodor, Exon. Th. 350, 24; Sch. 68