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leóht

Grammar
leóht, not heavy.
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Wið innoþes ( l. (?) módes) hefighesse, syle etan rædic . . . sóna bið ꝥ mód leóhtre, iii. 50, 23

wilisc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilisc, adj.

foreign, not Englishservile

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Ða Wylisce menn hí gegaderodon, and wið ða Frencisce ðe on Walon wǽron gewinn up áhófon, 1094 ; Erl. 230, 32. Hengest and Æsc gefuhton wiþ Walas, and .xii.

mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽre, adj.

Greatexcellentdistinguishedillustrioussublimesplendidcelebratedfamouswidely knownnotoriousdistinguished by evil deedsinsignis

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Mǽre wurdon his wundra geweorc wíde and síde far and wide spread the fame of the wonders he wrought. Exon. 45 b; Th. 155, l; Gú. 853. Eall ðeós mǽre gesceaft the universe. Rood Kmbl. 24; Kr. 12. Mǽre wundur mirabilia, Ps. Th. 106, 30: 110, 3.

BRÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÁD, def. se bráda, seó, ðæt bráde ; comp. m.brádra, f.n. brádre,brǽdre; superl. brádost; adj.

BROAD open, large, spacious, copiouslatus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus

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Ge onsceáwiaþ beágas and brád gold ye will behold bracelets and ample gold, Beo. Th. 6201;B. 3105. Ic his cynn gedó brád and bresne I will make his race large and powerful, Cd. 134;Th. 169, 17;Gen. 2801.

Linked entries: brǽd bréd bréden

for-ðam

(con.)
Grammar
for-ðam, for-ðæm, for-ðan, for-ðon, for-ðam-ðe, for-ðæm-ðe, for-ðan-ðe, for-ðon-ðe; conj, [for that which]

For thatfor that reason whichforbecausenamquia

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Næfþ ðys word [willan] nǽnne imperātīvum, forðanðe se willa sceall beón ǽfre frig this verb [to will] has no imperative, for the will must always be free, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 11: Homl. Th. ii. 290, 1, 3, 25.

Linked entries: for-ða for-ðon

stíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ, adj.
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Se démþ stíðne dóm ðám réceleásum he will pass severe sentence on the careless, Homl. Th. i. 320, 18. Gelácnian myd líðum lǽcedómum ðe myd stíðum to cure with gentle remedies or severe, Shrn. 189, 24. Wiþ ða stíþustan feferas, Lchdm. i. 114, 16.

Linked entries: stiép stíþe

wandian

(v.)
Grammar
wandian, p. ode.
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Hé wandode ðá git (dissimulante illo ); ac nig gelæhton hys hand and his wífes hand and gelǽddon hig út of ðære byrig, Gen. 19, 16. Wandode se wísa ( Daniel ), hwæðre hé worde cwæð tó ðam æðelinge, Cd. Th. 250, 24; Dan. 550.

Linked entries: ge-wand á-wandian

lufian

(v.)
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Hí í II. with object a thing, to be strongly attached to, be unwilling to part with Sé ðe lufað sáuel his spildeð ł losað hiá, Jn. L.

open

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Mid þǽm þe hié þára dura hwelce opene gesáwon, þonne hié gieredon hié tó wíge, Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 16.

dǽl

(adv.)
Grammar
dǽl, pl. dǽle (gelimplice daele conpetentes portiunculas,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
), dǽlas.
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Ne mæg weorðan wís wer, ǽr hé áge wintra dǽl (many years) in woruldríce, Wand. 65. Leóðworda dǽl reccan, An. 1490. ¶ sum-dǽl some-what, some (cf.

feor

(adv.)
Grammar
feor, adv.

avoidancewidelywidelyfarfar

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Th. i. 432, 18. where point from which distance is measured is given, in dative Hé hwearf mondreámum feor, B. 1715. with a prep. Nó hé wiht fram mé feor fleótan meahte, B. 542. Hé hine feor forwræc mancynne fram, 109.

Linked entries: fier firr fyr

ge-limpan

(v.)
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, Guth. 80, 21. to fall in with, be suitable to Gelimpan quadrare, An. Ox. 4262. Forgylde hé ꝥ ángylde, and ꝥ wíte swá tó þám ángylde gelimpan wylle, Ll. Th. i. 66, 3

ge-logian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-logian, l. ge-lógian,
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Ne mæg nán wíf hire bóndan forbeódan ꝥ hé ne móte in tó his cotan gelógian ꝥ ꝥ hé wille, Ll. Th. i. 418, 24. Hí wendan on ánum scipe mid swá miclum gaersuman swá hí mihton þǽr on mǽst gelógian tó ǽlcum mannum, Chr. 1052 ; P. 176, 19.

hál

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Ox. 3471. (3 b) where the sickness from which a person is freed is given, with gen. Hé byþ þæs sáres hál, Lch. i. 352, 2. with inst. Hé biþ ece hál, Lch. ii. 308, 2. with prep. Hál from februm (ridesohte, R.), Mk. 1, 31.

hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
hwǽr, [or hwær?], hwar; adv.

Whereanywheresomewherewheresoeverwherever

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Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 16. combined with swá, wheresoever, wherever Swá hwǽr swá hold biþ ubicunque fuerit corpus, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 28. Swá hwǽr swá hé on wíc oððe on túnas eode quocunque introibat in vicos vel in villas, Mk. Skt. 6, 56.

Linked entries: hwára hwar

til

(adj.)
Grammar
til, adj.
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Til sceal mid tilum the good shall be associated with the good, 334, 28 ; Gn. Ex. 23. Ðæt hió ðære cwene oncweðan meahton swá tiles swá tráges, swá hió him tó sóhte, Elen. Kmbl. 649; El. 325.

Linked entries: ticlum til-líc

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, fiscnoþ (-naþ), fixnoþ, es; m.

fishinga fishing-grounda catch

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Hé stód mid ðám folce swá wið ǽnne fixnoð, ꝥ wæs án brád mere Genesareð geháten, 30. Sí ðis mynster fram eallum eorðlicum þeówdðme freóh . . . ðæt is on feldum and on lǽsewum, . . . and on sealtum merscum, and on fiscnoðum, C. D. iii. 350, 8.

ge-déman

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L. 6, 37. to judge a person, with dat. (or uncertain) Swá hé gedémð ús swá wé hér démað þám þe wé on eorðan dóm ofer ágan, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 13. Se déma sé þe óðrum on wóh gedéme, i. 266, 15. with acc. Hé gedoemeð hine ille iudicabit eum, Jn. L.

lǽfan

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Hí nymað ǽlc wiht, and uneáðe hí ám þearfiendum lytles hwæt lǽfað, Ll. Lbmn. 476, 11. Hí náman æt heora mágon sceattas genóge . . . and á spendon and dǽldon hafenleásum mannum . . .

hearh

(n.)
Grammar
hearh, hearch, herh, es; m: pl. hearga, f.

A temple, an idollucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara

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Ne wirc gé eów hearga ne ágrafene godas ... eówre hearga ic tóbrece ye shall make you no idols rear graven image ... I will cut down your images, Lev. 26, 1, 30

Linked entries: hearh-eard hearh-lic