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ge-leáfa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-leáfa, an; m.
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Leave Be þes cynges gelǽfan (leáfe, lǽfe, v. ll. ), Chr. 1043; P. 165, 10

læssa

(adj.)
Grammar
læssa, adj. cpve.

Less

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Less Se ðe lessa ys ys on heofena ríce him máre qui autem minor est in regno cælorum, major est illo, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 11. Hwæðere hé ðám ðe on sceare máran wǽron on ðám mægnum eáþmódnesse and hýrsumnesse nóhte ðon læssa wæs verum eis quæ tonsura majores

Linked entries: lærest læst

for-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-licgan, -licggan, -ligan; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen [licgan to lie]

To lie in a forbidden mannerfornicatecommit fornicationfornĭcāriadultĕrāre

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To lie in a forbidden manner, fornicate, commit fornication; fornĭcāri, adultĕrāre Ðá forlǽg heó hý sóna then she soon committed fornication, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 6: 4, 4; Bos. 80, 21. Ðæt nán wíf heó ne forlicge that no woman commit fornication, L. C

án-for-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
án-for-lǽtan, ic -læte, ðú -lætest, -lǽtst, he -lǽteþ, -léteþ, pl. -lǽtaþ; p. -lét, -leórt, -leót, pl. -léton; pp. -lǽten

To leave aloneloserelinquishforsakeamittere

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To leave alone, lose, relinquish, forsake; amittere Ðú nú án-forléte thou hast now lost, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 12: Bd. 1, 27, resp. 3; S. 490, 25: 4, 10; S. 578, 34

Linked entry: ǽnforléten

líget

(n.)
Grammar
líget, es; m. n.: lígetu, e; f.

Lightning

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Lightning, a flash of lightning Lígit fulgor vel fulmen, Wrt. Voc. 52, 46. Hys ansýn wæs swylce lígyt, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 3: 24, 27. Ðǽr begann tó brastligenne micel þunor and líget sceótan, Homl. Th. ii. 196, 23. Swá háttra sumor swá mára þunor and líget

Linked entry: légetu

for-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
for-lǽtan, ic -lǽte, ðú -lǽtest, -lǽtst, he -lǽteþ, -léteþ, pl. -lǽtaþ; p. -lét, -leórt, -leót, pl. -léton; pp. -lǽten [for, lǽtan].

to let gopermitsufferpermittĕreto relinquishforsakeomitneglectrelinquĕreomittĕreprætĕrīre

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to let go, permit, suffer; permittĕre Sum eorþlíc ǽ forlǽtaþ some earthly law permits, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 2. to relinquish, forsake, omit, neglect; relinquĕre, omittĕre, prætĕrīre Forlǽt se man fæder and móder, and geþeót hine to his wífe the man shall

Linked entries: for-lǽting for-lǽtnes

efen-lǽcend

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Hwæðer þes árwurða wer lǽfde ǽnie efenlǽcendras ( imitatores ) his mægena, Gr. D. 23, 1. Add

fore-wyrcend

(n.)
Grammar
fore-wyrcend, es; m.

a servantslave

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One who works for another, a servant, slave Hyre wer lǽfde unlytle ǽhta on lande and on feó and on forewyrcendum (wyrcendum mannum, v. l.), Hml. S. 2, 156

un-lytel

(n.)
Grammar
un-lytel, es; n.

No small amountmuch

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lǽfde þære wudewan unlytel on feó and on óðrum ǽhtum, Homl. Ass. 108, 200: Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 14

leód-burh

(n.)
Grammar
leód-burh, f.
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Hé eaferum lǽfde lond and leódbyrig he to his children left his land and its towns, Beo. Th. 4933; Th. 2471

twi-lafte

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-lafte, adj.
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læppa or læfer

Linked entry: -lafte

be-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-licgan, he -ligeþ, -líþ, pl. -licgaþ; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon, ; pp. -legen; v. a. [be by, licgan to lie]

To lie or extend by or aboutto surroundencompasscircumdarecingere

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To lie or extend by or about, to surround, encompass; circumdare, cingere Hí belicgaþ us mid fyrde circumdabunt nos exercitu Jos. 7, 9. Sió eá Etheopia land beligeþ úton the river encompasseth the Ethiopian land Cd. 12; Th. 15, 7; Gen. 229. Me néd belæg

Linked entries: be-ligeþ be-líþ

CWYRN

(n.)
Grammar
CWYRN, cweorn, e; f:cweorne , an; f.

A mill, hand-mill, QUERN mola

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A mill, hand-mill, QUERN; mola Twá beóþ æt cwyrne grindende: án byþ genumen, and óðer byþ lǽfed duæ molentes in mola; una assumētur, et una relinquētur, Mt. Bos. 24, 41. Ðæt híg grundon on cwyrne popŭlus illud frangēbat mola, Num. 11, 8.

Linked entries: cwearn cweorn

á-mundian

(v.)
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Nú bidde ic ðone bisceop ðæt hé ámundige míne láfe and ðá þing ðe ic hyre lǽfe, C. D. iii. 305, 12. Add

forþ-síþ

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Ðonne him forðsíð gebyrige gýme his hláford ðæs hé lǽfe, Ll. Th. i. 434, 27. Behealdað hiera líf and hira forðsiið, Past. 205, 16. Hé þám bróþrum cýðde hyre forðsíð ( obitum ), Gr. D. 169, 14: Hml. Th. ii. 184, 19. Add

rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
rǽs, (?). On the analogy of blód-lǽs, -lǽswu (q. v.) this might be entered as rǽs, rǽswu : <b>rǽsa</b> (?).

Similar entry: on-rǽsa

þǽr-big

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-big, adv.
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Thereby, by that (person or thing) Gif hwá gefare and nán bearn ne gestriéne, gif hé bróðor lǽfe, fó se tó his wífe. Gif hé ðonne bearn ðǽrbig(-bié, Cott.

Linked entry: be

oþ-standan

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Add Ic wæs út áþrungen fram eallum þám folce, oð ðe ic ǽnlípigu on þám cafertúne tó lǽfe oþstód, Hml. S. 23 b, 410

Linked entry: æt-standan

bed

Grammar
bed, bedd.
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<b>III a</b>. add : v. æsc-bed, æsc-bedd, aler-bed, aler-bedd, holen-bed, holen-bedd, læfer-bed, læfer-bedd, ros-bed, ros-bedd

feorh-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-ádl, e; f.

A mortal diseasefatal sicknessfatālis morbus

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Herodes lǽfde fíf suna, þrý he hét acwellan, on his feorhádle, ǽrðan ðe he gewíte Herod left five sons, three he commanded to be slain in his last illness, ere he departed, Homl. Th. i. 478, 13