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lang-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
lang-líce, adv.

Longat lengthfor a long time

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Hét ðone diácon langlíce swingan, Homl. Th. i. 426, 13: ii. 490, 5. Langlíce on gebedum læg, 160, 35: 510, 25. Langlíce bæd, i. 66, 23

lengan

(v.)
Grammar
lengan, p. de

To pertainbelong

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To pertain, belong Ðonne heó byþ ii and xx niht eald ðæt ðú gesihst hit lenceþ tó góde and gefeán when the moon is twenty-two nights old, what thou seest belongs to good and to joy, Lchdm. iii. 160, 9

mis-boren

(v.; part.)
Grammar
mis-boren, pp.

mis-bornmis-shapen at birthabortivedegenerate

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mis-born, mis-shapen at birth, abortive Gif cild misboren sý, Herb. 115, 3; Lchdm. i. 228, 10. (Cf. H. M. 33, 34: ȝif hit (the child) is mis-born, as hit ilome limpeð.) degenerate Misboren degener, Germ. 393, 130

níd-bádere

(n.)
Grammar
níd-bádere, es; m.

One who exacts toll

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One who exacts toll Ic him álýfde alle nédbáde tuegra sceopa, ða ðe ðǽr ábǽdde beóþ from ðǽm nédbáderum in Lundentúnes hýðe, and nǽfre ic ne míne lástweardas ne ða nédbáderas geþrístlǽcen ðæt heó hit onwenden, Chart. Th. 29, 7-14

Linked entry: bádere

up-wæstm

(n.)
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growth upwards, stature Se cyningc hét bringan ísenne scamol; se wæs emnheáh ðæs mannes upwæstme; ðæt wæs twelf fæðma lang jussit rex fieri scamnum ferreum secundum statum ejus.

á-hlocian

(v.)
Grammar
á-hlocian, [-locian ? cf. á-lúcan]; p. ode
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R.) 5, 29 (the late southern version has here aholeke: can hloc- in the older form = holc-? v. holc, and holk in N. E. D.).. Áhlocadum, ach ocadum effossis, Txts. 59, 721

Linked entries: á-locian hlocian

á-wefan

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Heó wæs gegyred myd golde áwefenum hrægelum, Shrn. 149, 21. Add

fódnóþ

(n.)
Grammar
fódnóþ, fódnoþ, es; m.

sustenancesupportfoodannona

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Sch. 42, 36, the passage here glossed), Txts. 180, 20

Linked entry: fóddernoþ

fleah

Grammar
fleah, l. fleáh,
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Ðeós eáhsealf mæg wiþ ǽlces cynnes broc on eágon, wiþ fleán on eágon, Lch. iii. 292, 2. take here II under fleá in Dict., and add:

healtian

(v.)
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Gangas rihte dóð mid fótum eówrum þæt ná healtigende (claudicans) worige (Heb. 12, 13), Scint. 186, 3. Add

hnifol

Grammar
hnifol, hneofola (-e?)
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Hneofulan (heo-fulan, v. l. heafolan, lxxiv, 4) fronti Lch. i. lxx, 3. Add:

hrís

(adj.)
Grammar
hrís, (?); adj.
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. ¶ in a local name :-- Heó ann ðæs landæs æt Hrísan beorgan, C. D. iii. 360, 4. Cf. Ultra flumen Tamense, Hrisebeorgam, 347, 11. See preceding word

meltan

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perhaps some of the forms given here should be taken under miltan, q. v. II. Add Geríst ꝥ him mon lytlum þá mettas selle þá þe late melten, leax, and þá fixas þá þe late meltan, Lch. ii. 176, 22-24

seowian

(v.)
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Álces mannes miht þe on módignysse færð is þám gelic swilce man siwige áne bytte, and bláwe hí fulle windes, and wyrce siððan án þyrl þonne heó tóþunden bið on hire greátnysse, þonne tógǽð seó miht, Hml. S. 34, 316. Add

ge-restan

(v.)
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(l a) of the sleep of death, to die, fall on sleep :< — Her lohs hine gereste in Effesia (cf. he John eode cucu and gesund into his byrgene, Hml.

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.
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eode tó ðære burge wealle, and fleáh út ofer, Ors. 5, 12; Swt. 244. 3. Ðonne cépþ hwǽr se weall unhéhst sý, and ðær ofer scýt (oferscýt?) he observes where the wall is lowest, and over there he rushes, Homl. Th. i. 484, 11.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan

and-weald

(n.)
Grammar
and-weald, es; m.

Powerright or title to anything

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Power, right or title to anything Ðæ he wolde habban andweald ongeán God that he would have power against God, Homl. Th. i. 10, 25: Ps. Spl. 19, 7: 113, 2: Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 121

axian

(v.)
Grammar
axian, axigan, axigean; p. ode; pp. od

To askinterrogare

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To ask; interrogare He axode he asked, Ors. 2, 5 ; Bos. 46, 43. Ic axige me rǽdes consulo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3 ; Som. 31, 2. Ic axige percunctor [ = percontor ], 25 ; Som. 27, 6: Mt. Foxe 22, 46

Linked entries: axigean axode

ful-bealdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-bealdlíce, -baldlíce; adv.

Full boldlyvery boldlyaudācissĭme

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He fulbaldlíce beornas lǽrde he exhorted the warriors full boldly, Byrht. Th. 140, 60; By. 311

eald-cýþ

(n.)
Grammar
eald-cýþ, eald-cýððu, e; f.

The old countryprisca patria

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The old country; prisca patria Ðæt he his ealdcýððu sécan móte that he may seek its old country, Exon. 62a; Th. 228, 9; Ph. 435: 61a: Th. 222. 19; Ph. 351: 18b; Th. 46, 16; Cri. 738