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tyllan

(v.)
Grammar
tyllan, p.tylde

To draw ⬩ attract

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Ille felawes hafd maistri To tille this yong man to foli, Met. Homl. 113, 8. Þe world tyl hym drawes And tilles ... þam þat him knawes, Pr. C. 1183. To þe scole him for to till (tille), C.M. 12175. He hauede ...

seám

(n.)
Grammar
seám, es; m.

a seam ⬩ a load ⬩ burden ⬩ the furniture of a beast of burden ⬩ that in which a burden may be carried ⬩ a bag ⬩ a service which consisted in supplying the lord with beasts of burden ⬩ summagium ⬩ sagmegium

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nolite portare sacculum, 10, 4. as a technical term, a service which consisted in supplying the lord with beasts of burden; summagium, sagmegium Hé sceal beón gehorsad, ðæt hé mǽge tó hláfordes seáme ðæt (the horse) syllan oððe sylf lǽdan, swæðer him man

séfte

(adj.)
Grammar
séfte, adj.

Soft ⬩ gentle ⬩ mild ⬩ not stern ⬩ mild ⬩ not strong ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ untroubled ⬩ easy ⬩ comfortable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ without pain or discomfort ⬩ luxurious ⬩ voluptuous ⬩ effeminate

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Ðone deáþ hé him gedéþ séftran ðonne óðrum monnum, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 10. in a bad sense, luxurious, voluptuous, effeminate Ðý ne sceolde nán wís man wilnian séftes lífes gif hé ǽnigra cræfta récþ neque enim vos in provectu positi virtutis, diffluere

Linked entry: sófte

inwit-full

(adj.)
Grammar
inwit-full, adj.

Deceitful ⬩ guileful ⬩ malicious ⬩ evil

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Ðá geseah sigora waldend hwæt wæs monna mánes and ðæt hí wǽron inwitfulle then saw the Lord of victories what the wickedness of men was, and that they were full of deceit, Cd. 64; Th. 77, 10; Gen. 1273.

a-fligan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fligan, l. á-flígan, -fífan,
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Sume menn áflýað þá áwyrgedan gástas fram ofsettum mannum, 344, 28. Áflýgde abigit, repellit , An. Ox. 50, 41. Hé áflýgde þá crístenan of Alexandria, Hml. S. 2, 33, Gé áflígdon deóflu, Hml. Th. i. 64, 22.

ge-liþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-liþian, ge-leoþian; p. ode
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Mæg se biscop þæs mannes syngrína þurh Godes þafunge þe swýðor geliðian þe þus wile georne helpan him sylfan, Wlfst. 155, 26. Seó hálige sáwl wæs álysed and geleoðod of þám líchaman sancta illa anima carne soluta est, Gr. D. 282, 17.

Linked entries: on-liþian ge-leoþian

gnídan

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S. 14, 46. to rub material on a surface Hé gnád on ansýne þæs mannes ꝥ dúst . . . hé lange hwíle gnád, Gr. D. 216, 15

mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
mǽrsian, <b>. A.</b> trans.
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Manige wundra scínaþ and mǽrsiað (clarescunt) þe lange ǽr wǽron mannum bemiþene, 330, 21

fyrst

Grammar
fyrst, adj.

first, foremost in position ⬩ foremost in virtue or worth, best, of great excellence

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Exod. 399' substitute: first, foremost in position Hé wæs mid þǽm fyrstum mannum on þǽm lande he was among the first men in the country, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 13. foremost in virtue or worth, best, of great excellence Hú se láreów sceal beón on his weorcum

ge-wunelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wunelíc, -wunolíc; adj.

Accustomed ⬩ wonted ⬩ usual ⬩ ordinary ⬩ consuetus

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On úre wísan us to spræcþ swá ðæt we þurh ða gewunelícan sprǽce ða þing oncnáwan ðe us uncúþe wǽron speaks to us in our manner so that through the speech to which we are accustomed we may understand those things that were unknown to us, Boutr.

Linked entry: wune-líc

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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His geworhtne wine the man he had made his friend Seef. 115. of mental or moral constitution, to dispose, constitute Yrtacus, yfele geworht man, Hml. Th. ii. 476, 18.

eorþe

the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ land ⬩ earth ⬩ the earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ soil ⬩ mould ⬩ dust

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and eallum mannum bringð gemǽnne fóster, Past. 335, 9.

Linked entry: eorþ-lic

hwæþere

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Add: in a principal clause with which is connected a dependent clause introduced by þeáh. þeáh ... hwaeþere Þeáh hé hié mannum missenlíce dǽle, hwæþere hé bebeád ꝥ wé ... gedǽlan ... þone teóþan dǽl, Bl. H. 39, 18.

smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
smeágan, smeán; p. smeáde; ppr. smeágende, smeánde; pp. smeád

to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberate ⬩ to consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, search ⬩ to seek an opportunity ⬩ to accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose

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Smeáge man geornlíce, hwæðer hit sóþ sí Deut. 19, 18. Hí águnnon smeágan, hwilc of him ðæt tó dónne wǽre Lk. Skt. 22, 23. Dauid ongan smeágan and þencan, hwilce ðæs gódan mannes dǽda wǽron Blickl. Homl. 55, 12.

Linked entry: smeán

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, es; pl. [which is more frequent] leóde; m.

A man ⬩ poet ⬩ a prince ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ country

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A man, poet. a prince [cf. Icel. álfa ljóði] ; in pl. men, people, people of a country, country [cf. the use of proper names, e.g. hé gewát intó Galwalum he departed into Gaul, Chr.

Linked entries: leóde leód-geld

leng

(n.)
Grammar
leng, e; f.

Length ⬩ height ⬩ stature

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Length [of time or space], height, stature Mannes leng statura, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 45, 4. Nǽfre ne sý se hálga eásterdæg gemǽrsod ǽr ðan ðe ðæs dæges lenge [lencge MS. P; lenge, MS.

ge-samnung

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assembling :-- Þæt wé sendan and wilnian fultum be swá manegum mannum swá ús cinelic þince . . . ꝥ þám forworhtum mannum beó þe mára ege for úre gesomnunge (or under ), Ll. Th.

wénan

(adj.)
Grammar
wénan, <b>. I.</b>
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H. 24, 18. (20) with complement :-- Hé wæs hæfd and wéned fram mannum mycelre árfæstnysse magnae aestimationis habebatur, Gr. D. 326, 24. Add Mé sceamað nú þæt ic wénde þæs ðe hyt næs I am ashamed that I supposed what was not, Solil.

ge-streón

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(l a) of getting by violence, rapine, robbery :-- Wæs hé hogiende tó gestreóne (reáfláce, v.l.) manna æhta in rapinam rerun inhians, Gr.

heofon-lic

chaste

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Þá hine man on ꝥ fýr wearp, þá álýsde ic hine mid heofonlicon réne Croesum rogi flammis traditum, misso coelitus imbre defensum, Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 13. Hit wearð fram heofonlicum fýre (igne caelesti) forbærned, Ors. I. 3; S. 32, 3.