leger
a lying ⬩ dead ⬩ sickness ⬩ death ⬩ a couch ⬩ a lair ⬩ a grave
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Wé lǽraþ ðæt man innan circan ǽnigne man ne birige búton ... hé sí ðæs legeres wyrðe we enjoin that no man be buried within a church, unless he be worthy of such a place of burial, L. Edg. C. 29; Th. ii. 250, 17.
þys-líc
Such
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Wé gehýrdon þyllíce gereccan. Homl. Skt. i. 6, 184, 189. [O. E. Homl. Kath. A. R. H. M. þullich: Ayenb. þellich.]
ge-swícan
To leave off ⬩ desist ⬩ stop ⬩ cease ⬩ rest from ⬩ turn from ⬩ withdraw ⬩ relinquish ⬩ fail ⬩ deceive ⬩ betray ⬩ intermittere ⬩ desistere ⬩ cessare ⬩ quiescere ⬩ requiescere ⬩ deserere ⬩ discedere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ deficere ⬩ fallere ⬩ prodere ⬩ with the genitive ⬩ with the dative
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Gif we ðæs unrihtes geswícaþ if we cease from evil, Elen. Kmbl. 1030; El. 516. Gerǽddon [gerædden, MS.] ða witan ðæt man ǽlces yfeles geswác the witan decreed that men should cease from every kind of evil, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 33: Ps. Th. 58, 4.
sib
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God sylfa bebeád ðæt wé sóðe sibbe heóldan and geþwǽrnesse ús betweónon habban, 109, 15 : Ps. Th. 33, 14. Ne wéne gé ðæt ic cóme sybbe on eorþan tó sendanne; ne com ic sybbe tó sendanne, ac swurd, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 34. Sybbe . . . tódál, Lk.
arctos
The constellation Ursa Major
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Se ne gǽþ nǽfre adúne under ðyssere eorþan, swá swá óðre tunglan dóþ, ac he went abútan, hwílon adúne and hwílon up, ofer dæg and ofer niht one constellation is called arctos in the north part, which has seven stars, and for that is called by another
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Dere
The Deirians, inhabitants of Deira between the rivers Tyne and Humber ⬩ Deīri
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Man gehálgode ii biscopas on his stal, Bosan to Derum, and Eatan to Beornicum two bishops were consecrated in his stead, Bosa to Deira [lit. to the Deirians], and Eata to Bernicia, Chr. 678; Erl. 41, 7
deal
Proud, exulting, eminent ⬩ superbus, clarus
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Ðǽr swíþferhþe sittan eódon, þryþum dealle the strong of soul went to sit there, proud of their strength, Beo. Th. 992; B. 494. Sprǽcon wlonce monige, dugeþum dealle many proud ones spoke, eminent with virtues, Cd. 89; Th. 111, 1; Gen. 1849
FURÐOR
FURTHER ⬩ more ⬩ forwards ⬩ ultĕrius ⬩ ultra ⬩ amplius ⬩ porro
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Eóde se sæster hwǽtes to lv penega, and eác furðor the sester of wheat went to fifty-five pence, and even further, Chr. 1039; Erl. 167, 22. Ðæt he á furðor wǽre ðonne óðre bróðor that he was always more than the other brethren, Past. 17, 6; Hat.
leáp
a basket ⬩ trunk
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I.] a weel for catching fish Leáp corbis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 6: calatus, 127, 73. Leóht leáp imbilium, Wrt. Voc. 287, 27: ii. 46, 40. Leáp vel wilige cophinus, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 32; Wrt. Voc. 55. 37.
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mild-heort
kind-hearted ⬩ of gentle disposition ⬩ meek ⬩ merciful ⬩ compassionate ⬩ gracious ⬩ clement
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Ðá weóp hé eác sylf ... swá hé wæs manna mildheortost, 225, 23. merciful, compassionate, gracious, clement Ðú God mildheort (misericors), Ps. Spl. 85, 14: miserator, 102, 8. Beóþ mildheorte swá eówer fæder is mildheort, Lk.
munuc-hád
Monk-hood ⬩ the monastic state
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Monk-hood, the monastic state (of women as well as of men) Munuchád and abbudhád syndon on óðre wísan (different from the seven orders previously mentioned), L. Ælfc. C. 18; Th. ii. 348, 31.
ge-brǽdan
To make broad ⬩ broaden ⬩ extend ⬩ spread ⬩ dilātāre ⬩ ampliāre ⬩ extendĕre ⬩ expandĕre ⬩ sternere
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Ðreatas gebrǽdon wédo hiora turba straverunt vestimenta sua, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 8. Miþ stáne gebrǽded lapide stratus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 13
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sweng
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Weras him ondrédon for ðære dǽde Drihtnes handa, sweng ( the stroke, i. e. the punishment threatened if Sara were not returned to Abraham ), 161, 26; Gen. 2671. Iacob swilt þrowode ðurg stenges sweng, Apostls. Kmbl. 143; Ap. 72.
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un-áwendendlíc
Unchangeable ⬩ unalterable ⬩ invariable
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God is ealra ðinga reccend and hé ána unáwendendlíc wunaþ and eallra ðara áwendendlícra welt rerum orbem mobilem rotat, dum se immobilem ipsa conservat, 35, 5; Fox 166, 9.
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wic-þegen
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A brother in a monastery who performs the duties of an office for a week Wicþegn betica, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 45. Be wicþénum (de septimanariis coquine). Gebróðru gemǽnelíce heom betwyh þénien, and nǽnig sý beládod fram ðære kycenan þénunge . . .
ge-sibsum
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Voc. ii. 68, 76. at peace, not in conflict Þeóda him betweónum búton þeówdóme gesibbsume wǽron nations were at peace with one another without one being the slaves of the other, Ors. 10 ; S. 50, that brings about peace Gesibsuma God gemetgaþ ealla gesceafta
hæleþ
A man, warrior, hero
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Hæleþ hátene wǽron Sem and Cham Iafeþ þridde the heroes were named Shem and Ham, the third Japhet, Cd. 75; Th. 93, 22; Gen. 1550. Hæleþa scyppend creator of men, Exon. 11 b; Th. 17, 7; Cri. 266 : Cd. 98; Th. 129, 6; Gen. 2139 : Andr.
slícian
To make sleek, smooth, or glossy
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He can so well his wordes slikeGower ii. 365, 22. See, too, Jamieson's Dictionary, sleekie fawning and deceitful sleekit smooth, shining (of the face); but also deceitful sleekit-gabbit smooth-tongued
FLÓR
A FLOOR ⬩ păvimentum ⬩ sŏlum ⬩ ārea
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Flór áttre weól the floor [of hell] boiled with venom, Cd. 220; Th. 284, 8; Sat. 318: 213; Th. 267, 17; Sat. 39.
Eádmund
Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year
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Ædmund] cining him wið gefeaht, and ða Deniscan sige náman, and ðone cining ofslógon, and ðæt land eall ge-eódon here the army went over Mercia into East-Anglia;—and, in that year, St.