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hearpe

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hearpan wynne, gomenwudu grétte, B. 2017. Hú ic þé mid hearpan hlyste cwéman, Ps. Th. 91, 3. Mid his hearpan (Bt. F. 168, 14 has hearepan), Bt. 35, 6; S. 102, 11.

on-scunian

(v.)
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Lócian on fýr ǽr ðám ongeán þá sunnan lócie. Siþþan þat geleornod hæbbe þæt his eágan nánwyht þæt fýr ne onscyniað, 45, 11.

wilnung

(n.)
Grammar
wilnung, e; f.

Desire

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nóhwæþere heora willnunge habban ne ðurhteón magan in neutro cupitum possunt obtinere propositum, Bd. 5, 23; S. 647, 2. Drihten gehýrð ða wilnunga his þearfena desiderium pauperum exaudivit Dominus, Ps. Th. 9, 37. Willniungum petitionibus. Mt.

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ord

(n.)
Grammar
ord, es; m.

a point,of a weapona spear, pointed weaponone who is at the topmost point, a head, chief, princehead, frontline of battle, forefrontthe beginning, origin, source (applied to persons and things)

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Burgwarena ord, 462, 22; Hö. 56. of position, head, front Se ðe on orde geóng he who went at the head of the band, Beo. Th. 6242; B. 3125. line of battle, forefront Se ord on here acies, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 14.

Linked entries: ór ord-wíga

be-ceápian

(v.)
Grammar
be-ceápian, p. ode; pp. od

To sellvendere

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To sell; vendere He sceolde ealle his wélan beceápian he should sell all his wealth, Homl. Th. i. 62, 3. Se ðe sóþfæstnysse beceápaþ wið feó he who sells truth for money, ii. 244, 24.

be-niman

(v.)
Grammar
be-niman, bi-niman; p. -nam, pl. -námon; pp. -numen [be, niman to take]

To deprivebereaveprivare

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He hine his ríces benam eum regno privavit Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 31. He us hæfþ heofonríce benumen he has bereft us of heaven's kingdom Cd. 19; Th. 23, 20; Gen. 362

Linked entries: bi-niman bi-nom

feormere

(n.)
Grammar
feormere, es; m.

One who supplies with fooda purveyorFARMERobsōnātor

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One who supplies with food, a purveyor, FARMER; obsōnātor Se ðe má manna [MS. manne] inlǽde ðonne he sceole, búton ðæs, stíwerdes leáfe and ðæra feormera, gylde his ingang he who introduces more men than he should, without leave of the steward and of

in-lǽdan

(v.)
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in-lǽdan, p. de

To leadbring inintroduce

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Se ðe má manna inlǽde ðonne sceole he who introduces more men than he ought, Chart. Th. 606, 32. Mið ðý inlǽddon ðone cnæht aldro his cum inducerent puerum parentes ejus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 2, 27

lád-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
lád-leás, adj.

Innocentharmless

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Innocent, harmless, free from harm or annoyance Gif láðleás [MS. H. ladleas] beó séce swylcne hláford swylcne wille forðý ðe ic an ðæt ǽlc ðara ðe láðleás [MS. H. ladleas] beó folgie swylcum hláforde swylcum wille, L.

lim-lǽweo

(adj.)
Grammar
lim-lǽweo, adj.
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-læpeo) lama ðe forworht wǽre weorþe forlǽten and æfter ðam þreó niht álibbe siððan man mót hylpan if a criminal that has been mutilated be left, and he live after that three days, then he may be helped, L. E. G. 10; Th, i. 172, 16

Linked entry: lim-lǽw

seglan

(v.)
Grammar
seglan, siglan, seglian ; p. de, ede, ode
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To sail Ðá hámweard seglde, Ors. 4, 10 ; Swt. 202, 1. siglde ðá eást be lande, 1, 1 ; Swt. 17, 16. Se sciphere sigelede (seglode, MS. E.) west ymbútan, Chr. 877 ; Erl. 78, 17. hys segl up áhóf, and swýðe forð seglode, St. And. 38, 33.

Linked entries: seglian siglan

swicn

(n.)
Grammar
swicn, e; f.
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Ðeóf, siþþan biþ on cyninges bende, náh ða swicne is not allowed the alternative of clearing himself by oath, L. In. 15; Th. i. 112, 5

á-gímeleásian

(v.)
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MSS.) ðone ymbhogan, Past. 137, I. with clause Gif se hierde ágiémeleásað ðæt hiera helpe, 137, 14. ágýmeleásede ꝥ heólde his líchaman forhæfdnesse, Gr. D. 241, 17. Ðæt hié ne ágímeleásien ðæt hí hira mód gebrídligen, Past. 215, 6

langsumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
langsumlíce, adv.
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tó þǽre dura cóm and þǽr langsumlíce swýðe cnucede ( he knocked long and loudly ), Vis. Lfc. 29. patiently, with long-suffering nele þæs synfullan deáð, ac langsumlíce his gehwyrfednesse bíð (anbít, v. l. ), Hml. S. 23 b, 391

ádlian

(v.)

to ail, &c.to make ill, cause disease

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Lange ádlað and áríst diu languet et surget, Lch. iii. 151, 6, 7, 23, 25. ádlað and swelt, 26: Scint. 41, 3. Míne eágan ádlodan languerunt Ps. L. 87, 10. Hálwende ádligendum líchaman, Hml.

æ-bléc

(adj.)
Grammar
æ-bléc, ǽ-blǽce; adj.

Pallid, pale, livid

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On plúmfeðerum líð ac þéhweðere oft ǽblǽce, E. Stud. viii. 473, 19. wearð geangsumod, and ǽblǽce on nebbe cwæþ, Hml. S. 37, 213. Ðá áxode mid ǽblǽcum andwlitan his réðan cwelleras, 129. Be hiora híwe . . . hí beóð ǽblǽce, Lch. ii. 232, 2.

riht-lǽce

(n.)
Grammar
riht-lǽce, es; m.

A genuine physician, one who is really a doctor

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, he does the devil's will, Wulfst. 12, 12

dæg

(n.)
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ǽlce dæge symblede, Past. 309, 5. sǽde þæt þone dæg forlure þe nóht tó góde on ne gedyde, Chr. 81; P. 8, 7. Þrý dagas wǽron ǽr þám dæge bútan sunnan and mónan, Lch. iii. 238, 19. ii. mónðas and .xxi. daga, Chr. 643; P. 27, 34.

ge-syngian

(v.)
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Th. 16, 2. of moral wrongdoing, to sin. intrans. absolute Ðonne of yfelum willan ne gesyngað, 157, 25. Ne wénde Ezechias þæt gesyngode, 38, 3.

on-wendan

(v.)

to turn, changeto change one thing for another, to exchangeto turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn asideto change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down,to subvert, disturb, upsetto cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervertTo return

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hine ðá onwende from ðisse worlde begangum, Blickl. Homl. 113, 26-30. Onwende his neb áweg, Lchdm. ii. 284, 15. Nǽfre ðú ðæs swíðlíc sár gegearwast ðæt ðú mec onwende ðissa worda, Exon. Th. 246, 5; Jul. 57.