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ofer-hleápend

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hleápend, es; m.

One who overleapstransilitor

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One who overleaps; transilitor Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 41

Linked entry: hleápend

hleápe-wince

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Hleápewince cucu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 17: cucurata Hpt. 33, 240, 26. Add

á-hléfan

(v.)
Grammar
á-hléfan, (-léfan ?, cf.
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Icel. lófi palm of the hand) to pluck out ꝥte áhloefa ut evellas, Rtl. 55, 20

Linked entry: hléfan

tó-hlecan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-hlecan, (Ρ); p. -hlæc; pl. -hlǽcon; pp. -hlocen

To disjoin,pull to pieces

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To disjoin, pull to pieces Tóhlocene (tolocene? v. tó-lúcan; but see also hlec, hlecan. In the glosses among which the word occurs initial h before a consonant does not seem to be inserted elsewhere, though it is twice omitted, in lecum rimosae, 400,

út-hleáp

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Substitute : The fine to be paid by a man who goes from his lord without leave Si quis a domino suo sine licentia discedat, útleipa emendetur et redire cogatur, ut rectum per omnia faciat, Ll. Th. I. 543 13. Cf. Gif hwá fare unáliéfed fram his hláforde

út-hleáp

(n.)
Grammar
út-hleáp, es; n.

The fine for allowing a culprit to escape

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The fine for allowing a culprit to escape (cf. L. In. 36; Th. i. 124, 14) Úðleáp, Chart. Th. 411, 30: 359, 3 (printed -leaw)

Linked entry: hleáp

ǽlpig

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽlpig, adj. [=án-lípig, án-lépig, from án one, hleáp a leap]

Eachsingleunicus

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Each, single; unicus Ðæt næs án ǽlpig híde, ne án gyrde landes that there was not one single hide, nor one yard of land, Chr. 1085; Th. i. 353, 12

án-lépe

(adj.)
Grammar
án-lépe, -lépig, -lípig, -lýpig, [ǽn-]; adj. [án one; hleáp, hlýp a running, leap]

Going alonesolitaryprivatealonesingularoneeach onesolivagussolitariusprivatussolussingularisunussingulus

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Going alone, solitary, private, alone, singular, one, each one; solivagus, solitarius, privatus, solus, singularis, unus, singulus Nis nán ðe eallunga wel dó, nó forðon ánlépe non est qui faciat bonum, non est usque ad unum, Ps. Th. 13, 2. Ánlépra ǽlc

hlówan

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Dele passage from El. 54, for which see hleápan, and add: of animals or uncertain Gehlów hlówan mugitum reboasse, An. Ox. 1466. Hlówende mugitans (taurus), 36, 12. Hlówende, þútende bombosa, Wrt.

on-feall

(n.)

a swelling, fellon

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a swelling, fellon Wið onfealle, gefóh fox, ásleah of cucum ðone tuxl, lǽt hleápan áweg, bind on næsce, hafa ðé on. Lchdm. ii. 104, 12. Drenc wið onfealle, 102, 27: 104, 1, 3, 4, 6.

Linked entry: innan-onfeall

tuscel

(n.)
Grammar
tuscel, tuxl, es; m.
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A canine tooth or a molar tooth, a tusk Gefóh fox, ásleah of cucum ðone tuxl, lǽt hleápan áweg catch a fox, knock out while alive the canine tooth, let the fox run away, Lchdm. ii. 104, 12.

næsc

(n.)

fawn-skin

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Gefóh fox, ásleah of cucum ðone tuxl, lǽt hleápan áweg, bind on næsce, hafa ðé on, Lchdm. ii. 104, 13 : 140, 10. Dó on næsc, 36, 8.

hleápere

a landleapervagranta horse-man

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Ben. 135, 20. one who mounts a horse, a horse-man, Similar entries v. hleápan ; II a Hleáperas (-es, MS.), rǽdehere, cerethi An. Ox. 775.

hlípe

(n.)
Grammar
hlípe, an; f.
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Similar entries v. hleápan; II a. Take here passage under hlýpa in Dict. a place to jump over On hlýpan; of hlýpan. Cht. Crw. 3, 14. Tó hindehlýpan, C. D. iii. 385, 29. On ðone holan weg æt hindehlýpan; þonne of hindehlýpan, ii. 249, 35.

Linked entries: hlíp hlýpa

eóred-mann

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Hét ic þá hors gerwan and eóredmen hleápan úp imperaui equitibus ut ascenderent equos, Nar. 21, 22. ¶ a man riding in a chariot ?

faran

to traveljourneyto marchto goto godepartto gomoveto goflyto cometo pass awaydepartto go onpractisehappenturn out

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Heaðorófe hleápan léton, on geflit faran, fealwe meáras, B. 865. of things, that move naturally. Similar entries v. 4. Færeð æfter foldan fýrswearta lég the flame shall run along the ground, Cri. 984.

Linked entry: farnian

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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The peculiar force which this particle imparts to different verbs may correspond to the Latin ex out, as á-gangan to go out; exire: to the English up, as á-hleápan to leap up; exsilire: á-fyllan to fill up; implere: it expresses the idea of an origin