sǽl
time, occasion ⬩ a fit time, season, opportunity, ⬩ circumstance, condition ⬩ happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity
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Ne frín ðú æfter sǽlum, sorh is geníwod, Beo. Th. 2648; B. 1322. ¶ On sǽlum, sálum in a state of happiness, happy [cf. þu ware a sele gief ich was wroð, O. E. Homl. ii. 183, 17. Heora færð wes on sæle was prosperous, Laym. 1310.
Linked entry: sél
ge-weaxan
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Th. ii. 432, 29. Wearð hrædlíce micel mennisc geweaxen, Hml. Th. i. 20, 21. Alle ðá ðe gewæxen sint mé omnia quae nata sunt mihi, Lk.
ge-gearwian
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Is gegearwod paratur (in imbri vehementi fames), Kent. Gl. 1043. <b>III a.
for-liger
Fornication ⬩ adultery ⬩ fornĭcātio ⬩ adultĕrium
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Th. ii. 322, 28: L. Edm. S. 4; Th. i. 246, 5. Se óðer heáfodleahter is gecweden forliger the second chief sin is called fornication, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 3. Innan of manna heortan cumaþ forligeru ab intus de corde hŏmĭnum procēdunt forĭcātiōnes, Mk.
Linked entries: for-legere for-ligr for-lír for-legor
wræc-lást
An exile-track
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Ic sceal wreclástas settan, síðas wíde, Cd. Th. 276, 14; Sat. 188. Wreclástas wunian to live in exile, 280, 21 ; Sat. 259
wriþa
a band ⬩ collar ⬩ a ring
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Skt. i. 23, 608. a ring Ic gesleá ǽnne wriðan on his nosu ponam circulum in naribus tuis (2 Kings 19, 28), Homl. Th. i. 568, 33. Ic geseah in healle bring gyldenne (a cup) men sceáwian, . . . friþospéde bæd God gǽste sínum se ðe wende wriþan. Exon.
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feormian
to maintain ⬩ foster ⬩ to feast
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Th. i. 86, 5.
hwilc-hwega
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In hwylcnmhugu ánnm þinge in una qualibet re Gr. D. 41, 17. Cweð bwylchugu (sum, v. l) word dicito aliquod uerbum, 5, 2 ; Sch. 558, 16. ꝥ hé Angelþeóde onsende hwylce-hugu (sume, v. l aliquos ) láreówas, 2, I ; Sch. 111, 15.
hlǽfdige
A lady, ⬩ mistress of a house; ⬩ after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king,
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A lady, mistress of a house; after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king, v. William of Malm. bk. ii. c. 2 Hlǽfdige, domina, Wrt. Voc. 72, 79. Hírédes hlǽfdige materfamilias, 73, 21.
hleóðor
hearing ⬩ what is heard, ⬩ sound, ⬩ noise, ⬩ voice, ⬩ speech, ⬩ song
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Grn. ii. 278, 77. [Cf.
scort
Short ⬩ marking the length of an object ⬩ not tall ⬩ of time ⬩ of a period of time ⬩ short-lived ⬩ brief ⬩ not occupying much time ⬩ as a grammatical term
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Wé hit sæcgaþ eów on ða scortostan wísan we will tell it you in the briefest fashion, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 140. as a grammatical term Seó forme geendung is on scortne a, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 1; Zup. 32, 17. Mid fíffétedum ł scertrum brachycataleclico, Hpt.
ge-hild
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Ne mihte ic gangan tó eástdǽlum for Rómwarena cempena neáhhergunge and for [Persisc]ra gehældum, Hml. A. 200, 174. <b>I a.</b> a watch, period during which watch is kept :-- Swé swé gehaeld (custodia ) in næht, Ps. Srt. 89, 4.
standan
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S. 2; Th. i. 432, 12. Hwílon stód ðæt ... at one time the law was that..., L. Ff.; Th. i. 226, 1: L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 288, 29.
ge-setnes
Position, foundation, tradition, an institution, constitution, composition, ordinance, decree, law ⬩ pŏsĭtio, sĭtus, fundātio, trādĭtio, instĭtūtio, constĭtūtio, compŏsĭtio, lex, pactum
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ðonne Cristes gesetnys sý it is known to every intelligent man that the old law was easier than the institute of Christ is, Homl.
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ge-nirwan
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Th. ii. 164, 28. Cf. ge-nearwian
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a-gyltan
To fail in duty ⬩ to commit ⬩ become guilty ⬩ offend ⬩ sin against ⬩ delinquere ⬩ committere ⬩ admittere ⬩ peccare
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To fail in duty, to commit, become guilty, offend, sin against; delinquere, committere, admittere, peccare Ic agyite ego deliqui, Ps. Th. 118, 67. Agyltan, 74, 4: Ex. 10, 16: Hy. 7, 114: Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 39, 41.
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CYCENE
A kitchen ⬩ coquīna, culīna
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Th. ii. 166, 5, 11. Wurpon hí ða anlícnysse inn to heora cycenan [MS. kycenan] they cast the image into their kitchen, ii. 166, 3. Gif ceorl hæfde cirican and cycenan [MS. kycenan] if a free man had a church and a kitchen, L. R. 2; Th. i. 190, 15
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lácnung
Healing ⬩ cure ⬩ remedy ⬩ medicine
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Pen, 1; Th. ii. 278, 4. Ða hé gehǽlde ðe lácnunga beþorftun eos qui cura indigebant sanabat, Lk. Skt. 9, 11. Gebéte wið hine ða wunde and begyte him ða lácnunge componset ei vulnus, et sanationem ei comparet, L. Ecg. P. iv. 22; Th. ii. 210, 25
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leóf-líce
Kindly ⬩ graciously ⬩ gladly ⬩ lovingly
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Kindly, graciously, gladly, lovingly Ðeáh ðe ic scyle ealle wucan fæstan ic ðæt leóflíce dó though I have to fast all the week, I will do it gladly, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 7.
lígen
Flaming ⬩ fiery
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Th. ii. 164, 23