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gold-læfra

(n.)
Grammar
gold-læfra, an; m.
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Gold-leaf; bractea, Cot. 207, Lye

þúf-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
þúf-bǽre, adj.

Bearing foliageleafy

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Bearing foliage, leafy Bóh þúfbǽres píntreówes frondentis pini stipitem, Hpt. Gl. 458, 67

Linked entry: þúf

gold-fell

(n.)
Grammar
gold-fell, es; n.
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Gold skin, gold leaf; bractea, Cot. 24, Lye

Linked entry: gold-fyll

arod

(n.)
Grammar
arod, es; n ?

A species of herb, probably arumherbæ genus, arum

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A species of herb, probably arum = άρον; herbæ genus, arum Nim lybcornes leáf, oððe arod take a leaf of saffron, or arod, L. M. 3, 42; Lchdm. ii. 336, 10. Gehwæde arodes wóses a little of the ooze of arum, Lchdm. iii. 2, 23

Linked entries: ared earu

leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht, léht, líht [from comparison with other dialects the proper spelling would seem to be líht, but leóht (or leoht?), in West-Saxon at least, is the regular form]; adj.

Lightinconsiderablequickreadynimblefickleeasy

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Light, not heavy, inconsiderable; not slow, quick, ready, nimble, fickle, easy Mín byrðyn ys leóht (Lind. léht; Rush. líht) onus meum leve est, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 30. Leóht and leoþuwác nimble and supple, Exon. 79 b; Th. 298, 12; Crä. 84. Hé is snel and swift

laur-treów

(n.)
Grammar
laur-treów, es, n.

Laurel

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Laurel Laurtreówes leáf, Lchdm. iii. 88, 10. Of lawertreówe, i. 174, 11

hoc

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Hocc, cottuc vel gearwan leáf malva Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 62. Hoc, 56, 36. Add:

wiþ-styltan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-styltan, p. te

To hesitatedoubt

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To hesitate, doubt Gif gié hæbbe leáfo and gié ne wiðstylte si habueritis fidem et non haesitaveris, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 21

un-wærlíce

(adv.)
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Heora geféran æt hám fuhton unwærlíce. . . ofer lúdan leáfe . . . and wurdon ðá ofslagene wel fela manna, ðá ðá hí fuhton búton wísdóme, Hml. S. 25, 455. Add

forþ-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-genge, adj.

Progressiveincreasingeffectivepŏtens

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Progressive, increasing, effective; pŏtens Hú mæg se leáfa beón forþgenge, gif seó lár [MS. lare] and ða láreówas ateoriaþ how can the faith be increasing if the doctrine and the teachers fail? Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 34.

ge-fealdan

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Add Heofon bið gefealden swá swá bóca leáf beóð caelum plicabitur ut liber, Verc. Först. 107, 1

sin-gréne

(adj.)
Grammar
sin-gréne, adj.
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Ever-green Ne fealð þǽr nǽfre leáf of, ac á hé bið singréne, E. S. viii. 477, 15

persoc

(n.)
Grammar
persoc, es; m.
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A peach; malum persicum Genim persoces leáf, Lchdm. iii. 58, 27. Æppla and peran and persucas, ii. 176, 18

un-gewil

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewil, un-gewill; adj.

Displeasingnot with the good will of a person

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Displeasing, not with the good will of a person Se arcebiscop leáfe æt ðam cynge nam, ðeáh hit ðam cynge ungewill wǽre, ðæs ðe men léton, Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 16

wudu-bind

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-bind, es; m. ; -binde, au; f. : -bindele, an; f.

Woodbine

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Wudubindes leáf, Lchdm, ii. 34, 26: 306, 24: 326, 11. Wudubindan leáf, iii. 14, 2 : 30, 8. Wuduhunig ðæt wæxes on wudubinde, Mk. Skt. Lind. i. 6

gold-fyld

(adj.)
Grammar
gold-fyld, adj.
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Gilt, covered with gold-leaf Goldfyld fel petala (furva, Ald. 142, 3), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 48. See next word

Linked entry: -fyld

hege-clife

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Hegeclifan leáf, 58, 27. Genim hegeclifan, ii. 54, 8. Add:

heáfod-bæþ

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-bæþ, es; n.
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Weliges leáf wylle on wætere, þweah mid þý, Lch. ii. 156, 1

fealwian

(v.)
Grammar
fealwian, fealewian, fealuwian; p. ode; pp. od

To grow yellow, ripen, to wither as leaves flāvescĕre

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His leáf ne fealwiaþ its leaves shall not wither, Ps. Th. 1, 4. Lytle hwíle leáf beóþ gréne, ðonne hý eft fealewiaþ, feallaþ on eorþan a little while the leaves are green, then they grow yellow again, fall to the earth, Salm. Kmbl. 627; Sal. 313.

ge-swincfulnys

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ge-swincfulnys, Add: Labour, difficulty, trouble: — Geswincfulnyss nys menn forlǽtan his it is no trouble to a man to leave his things, Scint. 60, ii. v. ge-swincfull;
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