leáf
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</b> an artificial leaf :-- Gylden is se Godes cwide gimmum ástǽned, hafað silfren leáf, Sal. 64. a leaf of a book Hér on þysan óþran leáfe onginð seó æftere bóc, Gr. D. 92, 2. Se ǽresta heofon gefealden swá swá bóca leáf beóð, Verc.
mengan
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Gr. 137, 7, Ðǽm láreówe is tó mengenne ðá líðnesse wið ðá réðnesse miscenda est lenitas cum severitate, Past. 124, 13. add : to confound, not to distinguish Ná mengende hádas and ná spéde syndriende neque confundantes personas neque substantiam separantes
nyten-ness
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Add Ignorantia, ꝥ is nytennys, Angl. xi. 109, 40. Ꝥ hé on his ylde of ðám yfelan slǽpe his ǽrran nytennysse áríse, Hml. A. 53, 81: Hml. S. 14, 36 : 25, 788.
stede
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</b> official position :-- On his styde se ðe is wyrðe efterfylige in loco eius (decanus) qui dignus est succedat, R. Ben. I. 54, 9. Mathias wæs gecoren on Iúdan stede, Ælfc. T.
Linked entry: welig-stedende
ságol
A staff, cudgel, club
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Ðæt is ðonne ðæt mon ða earce bere on ðǽm ságlum, Past. 22, 1; Swt. 171, 5-12. Hié Claudium mid ságlum of beótan, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 88, 26. Hét ða cwelleras mid stearcum ságlum hine beóton, Homl. Th. i. 424, 32.
sceam-líc
shamefast, bashful ⬩ shameful, base, disgraceful, ignominious
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Eni velunge bitweone mon and ancre is so scheomelich and so naked sunne, A. R. 116, 3
wǽtan
To wet, moisten
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Ne is ðæt wín tó þicgenne ðætte hǽteþ and wǽteþ ðone innoþ, Lchdm. ii. 246, 5. Mec ( an animal's skin ) brýd wǽteþ in wætre. Exon. Th. 393, 34 ; Rä, 13, 10. Heó genam ðæs gehálgodan sealtes, and wǽtte, Guthl. 22; Gdwin. 98, 2.
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æl-fremed
strange, foreign, not belonging to one ⬩ stranger to anything, without a share in, free from
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Culfre is fram geallan biternysse ælfremed, 584, 35. Wé wǽron þurh synna ælfremede fram Gode; ðá wurde wé eác ælfremede fram his englum getealde, 38, 15. Fram ðám écan wurðmynte ælfremede beón, Hml. A. 21, 169
ǽr
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Blódlǽs is tó forgánne fíftýne nihtum ǽr hláfmæsse, Lch. ii. 146, 8. Ðá geácsedon ðá consulas ðæt ǽr, ǽr Hannibal, Ors. 4, 10; S. 198, 23. Heó cymð ǽr, ǽr ðá wyrðmynðu, Past. 209, 16
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ge-anbídian
to wait ⬩ to wait for. ⬩ to wait for the coming ⬩ return ⬩ to wait for the coming to pass ⬩ to wait
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Ben. 25, 21. to wait for the settlement of what is uncertain Drihten geanbidaþ hwæþer wé mid weorcum his láre gefyllan willen, R. Ben. 4, 16. Hé geanbidode þǽr hwæðer man him tó búgan wolde, Chr. 1066; P. 200, 8
hǽlu
Health, safety, salvation
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Health, safety, salvation Æt him is hǽlu mín ab ipso salutare meum, Ps. Th. 61, 1. Sý hǽlu úrum Gode ðe sitt ofer his þrymsetle salvation be to our God that sitteth on his throne, Homl. Th. i. 538, 18. Hǽlo, Exon. 13 b; Th. 26, 1; Cri. 411.
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haga
A place fenced in, an enclosure, a haw, a dwelling in a town ⬩ yard ⬩ a yard, or enclosure ⬩ a hedged field, a pasture
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Ðis syndon ðæs hagan gemǽru those are the boundaries of the messuage [in the previous part of the charter the gift is spoken of as unam curtem ], iii. 240, 18.
hamele
An oar-loop
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Icel. hamsa an oar-loop, is used in the phrase, til hömlu = per man [v. Cl. and Vig.
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heáh-setl
A high seat, throne, seat of honour [at table], seat of justice ⬩ throne ⬩ thronus, solium, triclinium ⬩ a high seat (at table)
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Forðon héhseðil godes is quia thronus Dei est, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 34. Ðonne crist siteþ on his cynestóle on heáhsetle when Christ sitteth on his royal seat, on his throne, Exon. 25 b; Th. 75, 7; Cri. 1218: Lchdnt. iii. 426, 6.
Linked entry: heáh-seld
ord-fruma
source, origin ⬩ author, source, ⬩ applied to the Deity ⬩ chief, head, prince
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Drihten is ordfruma ( auctor ) ealra eadignesse, Bd. 4, 30; S. 609, 16. God, lífes ordfruma, Exon. Th. 14, 30; Cri. 227. Ordfruma ealra gescafta, Cd.
ge-þafa
A favourer ⬩ supporter ⬩ helper ⬩ assenter ⬩ consenter ⬩ fautor ⬩ adjūtor
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A favourer, supporter, helper, assenter, consenter; fautor, adjūtor He biþ ryhtes geþeahtes geþafa he is the supporter of good designs, Past. 42, 1; Swt. 306, 14; Hat. MS. 58 a, 17: Cd. 22; Th. 127, 8; Gen. 414.
hlinc
a link, ⬩ linch, ⬩ rising ground ⬩ 'agger limitaneus, parœchias, etc, dividens,' ⬩ a hill, ⬩ rising ground
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Fearnhlinc, landsore hlinc, sweord hlincas, wotan hlinc In later times, the word is given with a similar sense in provincial glossaries, e.g. in Suffolk some woods are called links: linchets grass partitions in arable fields, Lisle: linch a bawke or litele
strang
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Se gewuna is strengra on ǽlcum worde, ðonne his regol sý, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Zup. 193, 2. Ðæt hié hæfden ðý strengran scyte ne sagittarum jactus inpedirentur, Ors. 1. 10; Swt. 46, 13.
for
before ⬩ in front of ⬩ before ⬩ since ⬩ ago ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ instead of ⬩ in place of ⬩ in exchange for ⬩ in return for ⬩ in expiation of ⬩ in redemption for ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ in support of ⬩ in respect to ⬩ in relation to ⬩ as regards ⬩ against ⬩ from ⬩ in spite of ⬩ notwithstanding ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ according to ⬩ as representative of ⬩ for ⬩ to take ⬩ in compensation for ⬩ as punishment for ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ for the benefit of ⬩ As representative of
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Nú hit is for eahta and þrýttíðan geáran ꝥ mín dohtor mé losode, Hml.
fédan
to suckle ⬩ nurse ⬩ to feed up ⬩ fatten ⬩ to support ⬩ maintain ⬩ nurture ⬩ educate ⬩ foster ⬩ to nourish ⬩ sustain ⬩ to bring forth ⬩ To graze
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D. 69, 25. of things, to nourish, sustain. of material things Bere is swíðe earfoðe tó gearcigenne, and þeáhhwæðere fét ðone mann þonne hé gearo bið, Hml. Th. i. 188, 5. Saga mé ðás iiii wæteru ðe ðás eorðan fédað, Sal. K. p. 192, 4.