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áþ

Grammar
áþ, <b>. I.</b>
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. , and þæne áð nam se scírigman tó þæs cinges handa, and þǽr wæs gód eáca tén hundan mannan þe þane áð sealdan, Cht. Th. 273, 22-31. Leófríc sealde Wulfstáne twégra þegna áð and wæs hymsylf þridde, C.

up-áhefedness

(n.)
Grammar
up-áhefedness, e; f.

Elevationexaltationexultationarrogance, pride

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Lamb. 31, 7. arrogance, pride Ðisses mannes (Dives') uncyst and upáhefednys, Homl. Th. i. 328, 22: ii. 560, 20: Homl. Skt. i. 16, 163. Aman wearð gehýnd for his upáhefednysse, Homl. Ass. 101, 322.

Linked entry: up-áhafenness

LEÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
LEÓGAN, p. leáh; pl. lugon

To liedeceivefeign

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Hig hym fæla ongeán lugon they brought many false charges against him, Nicod. 34; Thw. 19, 39.

LIBBAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIBBAN, p. lifde

To LIVE

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Nán man nán þing ne bycge ofer feówer peninga weorþ ne libbende ne licgende, L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 3. Hý hit be ðán libbendan habban let them have it during their lifetime, Chart. Th. 491, 25

Linked entries: lifian be-libban

þancian

(v.)
Grammar
þancian, p. ode.
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Th. 17, 10; Gen. 257. with gen. of a pronoun and clause stating cause of thanks Se gomela Gode þancode ðæs se man gespræc, Beo. Th. 2799; B. 1397: Elen. Kmbl. 1921; El. 962. Heó Gode þancode ðæs ðe hió sóð gecneów, 2276; El. 1139: Beo.

neáh-west

(n.)
Grammar
neáh-west, -wist, e; f. : es; m.

nearnessneighbourhoodthe being with anotherpresencesocietyfellowship

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Se sacerd démde ðæt hé sceolde beón áscyred fram manna neáwiste the priest judged that he (the leper) should be separated from the society of men, Homl. Th. i. 124, 25. Hé férde tó folces neáwiste and bodade, 352, 11.

Linked entry: né-west

beón

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. ¶ beón ymbe to be about a business :-- Deófol byð á ymbe þæt án, hú hé on manna sáulum mǽst gesceaðian mæge, Ll. Th. i. 374, 25. Hí beóð ymbe þæt án, hú . . . Hml. Th. i. 12, II. Tó beónne ymbe ðeófas, An.

cýþþu

Grammar
cýþþu, (-o).
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Tó manegra manna cýððe (v. cýþ-ness, ), Gr. D. 44, 5. Hæbben þá ungelǽredan inlendisce þæs regules cýþþe þurh ágenes gereordes anwrigennesse, Lch. iii. 442, 8. Þurh cýððe þǽre ealdan ǽ, Hml.

Linked entry: cýþ

ge-þanc

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God geseah his geðanc, þæt hé ne éhte geleáffulra manna ðurh andan, Hml. Th. i. 390, 5. Hé hæfde gód geþanc, By. 13. Beóð tóstencte geþancu (cogitationes) þár þár nys geþeaht without counsel purposes are disappointed (A. V.)

ge-weorþan

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Gif þæs geweorðe gesíðcundne mannan, ꝥ hé unrihthíémed genime if it please a gesith-cund' man to take to adultery, Ll. Th. i. 38, 4.

hladan

to loadto loadfreightcargoto loadto drawto drawto drawto drawobtainto scoop out

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Windhladen (q. v.) ventuosus. to put as a burden, freight, or cargo, to load something on a porter or vehicle Ic mé [on] hrycg hlade, þæt ic habban sceal, Rä. 4, 65, Hý ne móston on bǽl hladan leófne mannan, B. 2126.

FEORH

(n.)
Grammar
FEORH, feorg, fiorh, ferh, fyorh; gen. feores; dat. inst. feore; pl. nom. acc. feorh; gen. feora; dat. inst. feorum; n. m.

lifesoulspiritvītaănĭmaa living beingpersonhŏmopersōna

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life, soul, spirit; vīta, ănĭma Nǽniges mannes feorh to lore wearþ no man&#39;s life was lost, Bd. 4, 21; S. 590, 23: Beo. Th. 2425; B. 1210: Ps. Th. 106, 4.

findan

to come acrossto obtainfindto meet withexperiencebe exposed tofind difficultyprocureto visitlearnarrangesettleto determineto supplyprovidefurnish

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Þæt man finde of þám yrfe healfes pundes wyrþne sáulsceat, Cht. Th. 534, 12. Þæt hí findon betweox him twá scencingcuppan intó beódern, 536, 6. Þ hé him bysceop funde and sealde episcopum dari, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 348, 20. Þ man funde ǽnne man. Ll.

ÁR

(n.)
Grammar
ÁR, e; f.

honourgloryrankdignitymagnificencerespectreverencehonordignitasgloriamagnificentiahonestasreverentiakindnessfavourmercypitybenefitusehelpgratiafavormisericordiabeneficiumauxiliumpropertypossessionsan estatelandecclesiastical livingbeneficebonapossessionesfundusbeneficium

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Ðǽr is ár gelang fira gehwylcum there is help ready to every man, Andr.

Linked entry: árra

be-gitan

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Þá mynsterclǽnsunge man begite, 340, 19. to beget Hé bið mid synnum begylen and mid synnum ácenned and on synnum áfédd, Wlfst. 193, 4

wǽdl

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdl, (v.
  • P. B. viii. 535
), e: wǽdle, an; f.

Povertywantpovertyindigencewantpenuryunproductivenessbarrenness

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Man sceal gesceádlíce tósceádon ylde and geóguðe, welan and wǽdlan, L. Edg. C. 4; Th. ii. 262, 5. with gen. of that which is wanting Wǽdl hláfes, Greg. Dial. 2, 21.

Linked entry: wéðel

wilisc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilisc, adj.

foreign, not Englishservile

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Náh náðer to farenne ne Wylisc man on Ænglisc land, ne Ænglisc on Wylisc ðe má, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 23. Tremerin se Wylisca (Wylsca, v. l. ) biscop (bishop of St. David's ), Chr. 1055; Erl. 191, II.

HLÁF

(n.)
Grammar
HLÁF, es; m.

Bread, food, a loaf

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Man sceolde dón dǽdbote on hláfe and on wætere pœnitentia sit agenda in pane et aqua, L. Ecg. C. 2; Th. ii. 134, 4. Úrne dæghwamlícan hláf syle ús tódæg give us to-day our daily bread, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 11.

middan-geard

(n.)
Grammar
middan-geard, es; m.

the middle dwellingthe earthworldthe world and they that dwell thereinmankind

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Hé getácnaþ ðysne middangeard, se wæs synna and mána full, 75, 5. Hé com on ðære syxtan ylde on ðysne middangeard mancyn tó álýsenne, 71, 26: Homl. Th. i. 62, 11

Linked entry: middan-eard

grið

(n.)
Grammar
grið, es; n.
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Sette man him iv nihta grið his safety was secured for four days, 1046; Erl. 173, 4. Godes grið protection belonging to the church, Swt. A. S.