LǼTAN
to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let
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Lind. 13, 20.
Linked entries: aweg-lǽtan leórt
hálig
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Be hálgum lífe de conuersatione, 4533. Fæsten and hálige wæccan, Bl. H. 73, 27. Þæt wé tó þám hýhstan hrófe gestígan hálgum weorcum, Cri. 750.
FEÐER
FEATHER ⬩ penna ⬩ plūma ⬩ Wings ⬩ ālæ ⬩ pennæ ⬩ what is made of a feather ⬩ A pen ⬩ penna ⬩ călămus
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Fox 24, 10; Met. 24, 5. in the pl. sometimes used for Wings; ālæ, pennæ Mec wǽgun feðre on lifte wings bore me in air, Exon. 107b; Th. 409, 20; Rä. 28, 4.
metan
to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ to measure out ⬩ mark off ⬩ assign the bounds of a place ⬩ to measure by paces ⬩ to traverse ⬩ pass over ⬩ to measure one thing by or with another ⬩ to compare
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Forþ gesáwon lífes látþeów lífweg (liftweg?) metan, Cd. 147; Th. 184, 9; Exod. 104. to measure one thing by or with another, to compare Se swég wæs be winde meten the sound was compared to the wind, Blickl. Homl. 133, 31.
gildan
To yield ⬩ pay ⬩ restore ⬩ requite ⬩ give ⬩ render ⬩ make an offering ⬩ serve ⬩ worship ⬩ reddere ⬩ solvere ⬩ tribuere ⬩ retribuere ⬩ rependere ⬩ restituere ⬩ service ⬩ colere
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Gilde ðæt ilce wíte ðæt se óðer sceolde gif he him ryhtes wyrnde let him pay the like penalty that the other should if he had denied him justice, L. Ath. i. 3; Th. i. 200, 18.
á-beran
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Se drenc wæs deádbǽre, ðá ðá hé ne mihte lífes tácn áberan ( the vessel containing the liquor had burst when the sign of the cross was made ), Hml. Th. ii. 158, 23. to bear, be under an obligation for an imposition, &c.
á-fédan
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Chr. 1085; P. 216, 1. of material which is food Manna wæs geháten se heofon-lica mete þe áfédde þæt folc on wéstene. Hml.
birnan
To burn ⬩ ardent ⬩ vehement
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Ðætte se spearca bierne (birne, v. l.) heálice líge, Past. 87, 6. Þæccille bearnende (biornende, R.) lucerna ardens, Jn. L. 5, 35. Fýres biornendes, Rtl. 101, 37. Mon geseah swelce se heofen burne coelum ardere visum est, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 22.
hæleþ
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Add: [The declension of this word is like that of ealu ; both are t-stems, and the regular nominative should be hæle q. v. See Kl. Nom.
leóht
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Dele last passage but two, and add: bright, shining, luminous Wolcen léht (líht, R. beorht, W. S.) nubes lucida, Mt. L. 17, 5. Lyftwundor leóht ( the pillar of fire), Exod. 90. Se leóhta beám leódum byrhteð, Cri. 1090.
wénan
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Cóm swá mycel unweder him tó ꝥ hí him ne wéndon þæs lífes, Hml. S. 31, 1137. Ðonne hit ðé frǽcnost þynce, wén ðé ðonne frófre and áre and gesǽlda, Prov. K. 75. Þéh þe hié him leána tó þǽre díéde wénden, Ors. 5, 2; S. 218, 18
hlísa
Sound, ⬩ rumour, ⬩ report, ⬩ reputation, ⬩ renown, ⬩ fame, ⬩ glory
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Sume hí gebycgaþ weorþlícne hlísan ðisses andweardan lífes mid heora ágnum deáþe forþam hí wénaþ ðæt hí næbben nán oðer fioh ðæs hlísan [hliosan, Bod.] wyrðe bútan hiora ágnum fiore nonnulli venerandum sæculi nomen, gloriosæ pretio mortis, emerunt, Bt
springan
To spring ⬩ to leap ⬩ bound ⬩ to burst forth, of a fluid to spirt, of sparks, etc., ⬩ to fly ⬩ to grow as a plant ⬩ to rise as the sun ⬩ to move as a spring moves ⬩ to spread ⬩ be diffused ⬩ to spring as blood from a wound ⬩ to spring as water ⬩ to burst ⬩ crack
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Ðes hlísa sprang (spranc, Lind.)ofer eall ðæt land exiit fama haec in universam terram illam, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 26. Sprang ł foerde processit, Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 28: Beo. Th. 36; B. 18 : Apstls. Kmbl. 12; Ap. 6. Ða sprang ðæt word the report spread, Homl.
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DÓGOR
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Lind. 15, 32. Uferan dógrum in later days, Beo. Th. 4407; B. 2200
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FRIGNAN
To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ sciscĭtāri
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Lind. 21, 24: Mk. 11, 29. Swá ðú hine wordum frignest as thou askest him in words, Elen. Kmbl. 1175; El. 589: Exon. 50 b; Th. 175, 27; Gú. 1201. Gif ðeós cwén úsic frigneþ ymb ðæt treó if this queen asks us about the tree, Elen. Kmbl. 1065; El. 534.
eardian
To dwell, live, feed ⬩ habĭtāre ⬩ To inhabit ⬩ inhabĭtāre
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To dwell, live, feed; habĭtāre Heofenes fugelas eardian mágon under his sceade possunt sub umbra ejus aves cœli habĭtāre. Mk. Bos. 4, 32: Exon. 129 b; Th. 496, 24; Rä. 85, 19: Ps. Th. 67, 6: Ps. Spl. 2, 4: 5, 5. Eardigan, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 10.
módor
A mother
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Of his módor (móderes, Lind.: moeder. Rush.) innoþe. Lk. Skt. 1, 15. Of módur hrife, Ps. Th. 70, 5. From bearme móddor. Exon. 112b; Th. 430, 27; Rä. 44, 15. Þurh geleáfan ðæs fæder and ðære méder, Homl. Th. ii. 52, 2: 50, 35: 116, 13: i. 66, 21.
Linked entries: médder móddor módor-healf
mór
a moor ⬩ waste and damp land ⬩ high waste ground ⬩ a mountain
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Lind. 4, 8: 5, 1. Swá unefne is eorþe þicce, syndon ðás móras myclum ásprotene, Ps. Th. 140, 9. Ungeféredra móra inaccessorum montium, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 20.
be-scerian
To deprive, separate, defraud ⬩ privare, separare, fraudare
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He wæs eallra his lima þénunge bescyred he was deprived of the use of all his limbs, Bd. 5, 5; S. 617, 38. He hæfþ us ðæs leóhtes bescyred he hath deprived us of the light, Cd. 21; Th. 25, 12; Gen. 392 : 21; Th. 25, 16; Gen. 394.
Linked entries: be-scirian be-scyrian be-scyrigan bi-scerian
síðian
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. ¶ of the spirit's journey to another world :-- Æfter deáþe somod síðiaþ sáwla mid líce, 237, 2 ; Ph. 584. Scolde se ellorgást on feónda geweald feor síðian, Beo. Th. 1621 ; B. 808. Ðæt mín sáwul tó ðé síðian móte, Byrht. Th. 136, 65