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forþ-lǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-lǽstan, p. -lǽste; pp. -lǽsted

To follow outaccomplishfulfilăgĕreperăgĕre

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To follow out, accomplish, fulfil; ăgĕre, perăgĕre Ðæt for intingan ðæs godcundan eges ǽne síþe for his scylde onbryrded ongan, swá he eác eft for intingan ðære godcundan lufan lustfulligende ðam écum médum fæstlíce forþlǽste quod causa divīni tĭmōris

heorþ-bacen

(adj.)
Grammar
heorþ-bacen, adj.

Baked on the hearth

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Baked on the hearth Heorþbacen hláf subcinericius vel focarius, Ælfc. Gl. 66; Som. 69, 64; Wrt. Voc, 41, 20. Mid heorþbacenum hláfe with a loaf baked on the hearth, Herb, 45, 2: Lchdm. i. 148, 8.

ídisc

(n.)
Grammar
ídisc, ýddisc, es; pl. e; m. n [?].

Propertyhouseholdstuff

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Property, household, stuff Ýddisc supellex, Ælfc. G1. 27; Som. 80, 98; Wrt. Voc. 25, 38. Ýddisce supplex, Wrt. Voc. 83, 28. Ne forlǽte gé nán þing of eówrum ýddisce nec dimittatis quidquam de supellectili vestra, Gen. 45, 20.

irfe-weardness

Grammar
irfe-weardness, irf-weardness, e; f.

An inheritance

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An inheritance Yrfeweardnes hereditas, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Sons. 57, 95; Wrt. Voc. 20, 36. Drihtnes dǽl wæs his folc and Iacob his yrfeweardnis pars domini populus ejus, Jacob funiculus hereditatis ejus, Deut. 32, 9.

Linked entry: irf-

Lǽden-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden-bóc, f.
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A Latin book Nán man næfþ lédenbóca angit be fullon búton hé ðone cræft cunne no man perfectly understands Latin books, unless he know that art [grammar], Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 50, 65. Áwriten on lédenbócum written down in Latin books, Homl.

lorh

(n.)
Grammar
lorh, lorg, e; f.

A pole

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A pole, a weaver's beam Lorh vel webbeám liciatorium [lignum in quo licium involvitur, et laqueus qui de filo solet fieri, Ducange], Ælfc. Gl, 110; Som. 79, 48; Wrt. Voc. 59, 19.

ge-wit-leást

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wit-leást, -witt-leást, e; f.

Follymadnessphrensystultitia

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Th. i. 424, 16: Ælfc. T. Lisle 32, 24. Wið ða ádle ðe grécas frenésis nemnaþ ðæt is on úre geþeóde gewitlést ðæs módes for the disease which the Greeks call φρένησιs, that is, in our language, witlessness of the mind, Herb. 96, 4; Lchdm. i. 210, 1

grundlinga

(adv.)
Grammar
grundlinga, -lunga; adv.
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From the very bottom or root, entirely, totally Grundlunge oððe mid stybbe mid ealle stirpatus: grundlunga funditus: grundlinga oððe mid wyrttruman mid ealle radicitus, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 3, 4.

Linked entry: grundinga

be-swincan

(v.)
Grammar
be-swincan, p. -swanc, pl. -swuncon; pp. -swuncen

To toil, labour, make with toillaborare

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Ðæt hrægl is beswuncen laboratur vestis, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 48

Linked entries: swincan be-swuncen

BLǼTAN

(v.)
Grammar
BLǼTAN, p. blǽtte; pp. blǽtted; v. n.

To BLEATbalareto cry as a sheep or goat, to bleat

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Scǽp blǽt ovis balat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 9. Hit biþ swíðe dyslíc ðæt se man beorce oððe blǽte it is very foolish that the man bark or bleat, 22; Som. 24, 12

ge-beorc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-beorc, es; n?

A barkinglatrātus

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, swylc swá is hryðera gehlów, and horsa hnǽgung, húnda gebeorc, treówa brastlung, et cætera confused voice is what is without understanding, such as is the lowing of oxen, and the neighing of horses, the barking of dogs, the rustling of trees, etc, Ælfc

Linked entry: BEORCAN

ge-cwid-rǽdden

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cwid-rǽdden, -cwid-rǽden, -cwyd-rǽden, -cwed-rǽden, -rǽdenn, e; f.

An agreementa contractstatuteconspirationratiopactorumconventioconspiratio

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Gecwidrædden conspiratio, Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 87 : Wrt. Voc. 34, 19. Ðæt wæs seó gecwydrǽden that was the agreement, Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 111, 26

ge-dwelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dwelian, -dweligan.

to deceivelead astrayto err

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Ne weorðe ic ðínra dóma gedweled ǽfre judicia tua non sum oblitus, Ps. Th. 118, 30. to err Ic gedwelede swá ðæt dysige scép erravi sicut ovis, Ps. Th. 118, 176

ge-hýrsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hýrsum, -hiérsum; adj.

Obedientobligingready to serveobĕdiensoffĭciōsus

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Éstful vel gehýrsum offĭciōsus, Ælfc. Gl. 115; Som. 80, 54; Wrt. Voc. 61, 32. H woldon hint beón gehýrsume they would be obedient to him, Chr. 1083 ; Erl. 217, 6

Linked entries: hýr- ge-hiérsum

telge

(n.)
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On xiiii nihte mónan is gód ǽlc telge tó anginnanne, Lchdnr, iii. 178, 31.

þeówet-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þeówet-líc, adj.
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Servile Þeówtlíc (þeówet-, þeówot-) servilis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 55, 1. Þeówtlícum inhíréde vernacula clientela, Hpt. Gl. 483, 71. Mid þeówetlícum móde seruili mente, Scint. 63, 13. Þeówtlícne líchoman servile corpus, Hymn. Surt. 50, 12.

wræc-síþian

(v.)
Grammar
wræc-síþian, p. ode

To betravel in a foreign country, to be in exile

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To be or travel in a foreign country, to be in exile Ic wræcsíðige peregrinor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Zup. 145, 19. Ðæt hine mann ásende ofer sǽ on wræcsíð tó sumum wéstene, on ðam ðe cristene menn for geleáfan fordémde wræcsíðedon, Homl. Th. i. 560, 22.

blóstm

(n.)
Grammar
blóstm, es; m.
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Blóstm flos, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 312, 2: flosculus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 58. Ísengrǽgum blóstme ferrugineo flore, 147, 67. Flores blóstma (-as?, -an?) s. nominati quod cito defluant de arboribus, Wülck. Gl. 240, 22.

dol

(n.)
Grammar
dol, es; n.
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Folly, stupidity Ne geríseð ǽnig unnytt ǽfre mid bisceopum, ne doll ne dysig, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 31. Sé ðe eall his mód bið áflogen tó gæglbǽrnesse and tó dole qui totis cogitationibus ad lasciviam defluit, Past. 73, 12.

ge-méde

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II l ; S. 24, 9. of things, that satisfies requirements, adequate, suitable Heó hit Ósulfe on ǽht gesealde wið gemédan feó ( the land was sold for a fair price, or (?) a price that had been agreed on ), Che. Th. 170, 21