leornian
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Hé hiene benǽmde . . . þǽre scóle þe hé on leornode, Ors. 6, 31; S. 284, 24. Húmeta cann þes stafas þonne hé ne leornode?, Jn. 7, 15. Ðá þe firwetgeorne weorþaþ and onginnaþ leornian, Bt. 39, 3; F. 216, 5. with prep.
leásung
fiction ⬩ falsehood ⬩ falseness ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ deception ⬩ deceitfulness ⬩ artice
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Scott. 'leasing-making the crime of uttering falsehood against the king to the people or vice versa ], Homl. Th. ii. 208, 27. Ða Judéiscan noldon gehýran Cristes sóðfæstnysse, forðan ðe hí wǽron áfyllede mid heora fæder leásunge, 226, 24.
Linked entry: bisleásung
DEÓRE
DEAR, beloved ⬩ cārus, dilectus, familiāris ⬩ dear of price, precious, of great value, desirable, excellent, glorious, magnificent, noble, illustrious ⬩ pretiōsus, magni æstimandus, desiderabĭlis, exĭmius, gloriōsus, magnifĭcus, nobĭlis, illustris
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Ðǽr seó deóre scólu leófne lofiaþ where the glorious assemblage praise the beloved, Exon. 64 a; Th. 235, 21; Ph. 560. Ðeáh hwá æðele sié, duguþum dióre though any be noble, magnificent in riches, Bt. Met. Fox 10, 57; Met. 10, 29.
gilp
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Bið wén láðlicre scome . . . geótende gielp there will be chance of foul shame, good fame will befalling Fä. 41. Gítsung gilpes, Met. 7, 15. Gelpes, 10, 13. Gif ic wiste hú wið þám áglǽcan elles meahte gylpe ( with glory ) wiðgrípan, B. 2521.
fæst
constant ⬩ firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ fixed ⬩ unchangeable ⬩ firm ⬩ secure ⬩ stubborn ⬩ unyielding ⬩ firm ⬩ solid ⬩ compact ⬩ strong ⬩ firm ⬩ strong ⬩ fortified ⬩ unbroken ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ standard
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Timbrian hús on þám fæstan stáne, 12; F. 36, 22. to or by something, firmly attached, closely bound, fixed to a spot Wearð his óðer fót be his scó fæst on ánum hegesahle ejus pes per calceamentum in sude sepis inhaesit, Gr. D. 24, 28.
treów
a tree ⬩ a material ⬩ wood ⬩ trees ⬩ a wood ⬩ roof-tree ⬩ saddle-tree ⬩ a piece of wood ⬩ a beam ⬩ log ⬩ stake ⬩ staff ⬩ cudgel ⬩ gallows-tree ⬩ tree used of the cross
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Th. 211, 19; Ph. 200. tree as in roof-tree, saddle-tree, a piece of wood, a beam, log, stake, staff, cudgel Scort sineweah stall vel treów cilindrus, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 35.
þeówian
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Ic ðǽr Englisce scole gesette, ðe ǽfre for úre þeóde Gode þýwian scolde, Chart. Th. 116, 35. Þeówigende (ðió hérde Gode, Rush.) on fæstenum and on hálsungum, Lk. Skt. 2, 37. Wæs heó Drihtne ðeówiende on ðam mynstre, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 15.
earfoðe
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., ꝥ hí scoma mǽste dreógað, Cri. 1273. Þæt his earfeðu eal gelumpe, módcearu mǽgum, Gú. 165. Orsorg ðises andweardan lífes earfoþe (-a, v. l. ), Bt. 39, 7; F. 222, 31. Þæt him Dryhten tó hyra earfeða ende gerýme, Gú. 196.
tó-brecan
To break, ⬩ break in pieces ⬩ to break in two, ⬩ to break to pieces, ⬩ break up, ⬩ to separate into parts by striking or pulling ⬩ to overthrow, ⬩ break down, ⬩ ruin, ⬩ destroy, ⬩ put into confusion, ⬩ rout, ⬩ to destroy, ⬩ crush ⬩ to take by assault ⬩ to break a promise, pledge, etc., ⬩ to infringe, ⬩ violate ⬩ to break, ⬩ interrupt
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Tóbrocen wérun sconco hiora frangeruntur eorum crura, Jn. Skt. Rush. 19, 31. Ða bytta beóþ tóbrocene rumpuntur utres, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 17. Heora scipu sume þurh oferweder wurdon tóbrocene.
ge-wríþan
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. :-- Se foreda sconca bið gewriðen mid ðǽm bende, suá beóð ðá synna mid láreówdóme gebundne. Sió wund wile tóberan, gif hió ne bið gewriðen mid wrǽde . . .
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ELN
the Royal
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Liddell and Scott say πῆχυς = cŭbĭtus, and ulna an ell properly contain twenty-four δάκτυλοι [δάκτυλος the breadth of a finger, about 3/4 of an English inch] Τίς δὲ ἐξ ὑμῶν μεριμνῶν δύναται προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν αὐτοῦ πῆχυν ἕνα; Mt. 6, 27; īp whas
Linked entry: eln-gemet
settan
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Hé sette scole instituit scholam, Bd. 3, 18; S. 545, 44. Ǽgðer ge cyninga rícu settan ge ceastra timbredon, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 9 : Met. 1, 4. Ðæt wæs weallfæstenna ǽrest ealra ðara ðe æðelingas settan héton, Cd. Th. 65, 3 ; Gen. 1060.
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here
an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging
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Ælbeorhtra scolu, hergas háligra, 930 Þas heregas þreó, se heofonlica þreát. . . þæt eorðlice mægn . . . þæt helcunde wered. Wlfst. 254, 11-15. of a fortuitous collection of people, a crowd, multitude Wæs forléten here (turba), Mt. L. 14, 23.
word
a word ⬩ a single part of speech ⬩ words ⬩ a written word ⬩ a word ⬩ a group of words ⬩ a saying ⬩ sentence ⬩ words ⬩ a saying ⬩ maxim ⬩ a tale ⬩ story ⬩ a report ⬩ tidings ⬩ fame ⬩ name ⬩ (good) word, ⬩ (good) report ⬩ a command ⬩ an order ⬩ ordinance ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ word ⬩ solemn statement ⬩ promise ⬩ oath ⬩ an (expressed) intention ⬩ opinion ⬩ speech ⬩ language ⬩ words ⬩ language ⬩ style ⬩ word ⬩ word of God
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Scóp him Heort naman se ðe his wordes geweald hæfde (who had power to name things as he pleased), Beo. Th. 158; B. 79. Wordes ord the first word, 5576; B. 2791. Rǽdsnotteran, wordes wísran. Andr. Kmbl. 947 ; An. 474. Wordes gleáwne, 3295 ; An. 1650.
hálig
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Scyldigra scolu áscyred weorðeð from hálgum, 1609. Þinum þám hálgum, Ps. Th. 73, 4. Ne forlǽt God nǽfre his hálge, 36, 27. Mánfulle . . . hálige under heora fótum þryccaþ. Bt. 4; F. 8, 14. Hí þíne hálgan yfeladan, Ps. Th. 82, 3. a sacred rite (?)
ende
a region ⬩ quarter ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ part ⬩ proportion ⬩ death ⬩ end ⬩ finished ⬩ issue ⬩ event ⬩ goal ⬩ ultimately ⬩ always ⬩ ultimately ⬩ continuously ⬩ consecutively ⬩ kind ⬩ sort
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Þæt him feóndes hond æt þám ýtmestan ende ne scóde, Gú. 414. final state Ic (the soul) uncres gedáles onbád earfoþlíce; nis nú húru se ende tó gód, Seel. 38. completion of action, æt ende finished Swefn wæs æt ende, Dan. 524: Exod. 267.
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án
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Hé forleás his ǽnne scóh, Shrn. 14, 12. Áxode se cásere þone ǽnne preóst ( one of the priests ), Hml.
self
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Sylfum tó sconde to thine own shame, Exon. Th. 90, 27 ; Cri. 1480. Se swóre for sylfne æfter his rihte, L. R. 4; Th. i. 192, 6. Se cásere héht eft gearwian sylfe tó síðe, Elen. Kmbl. 1998; El. 1001. <b>III a.
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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Hé sette scole and on ðære hé lét cnihtas lǽran he set up a school, and had boys taught in it; instituit scholam in qua pueri literis erudirentur, Bd. 3, 18; S. 545, 45.
Linked entries: aweg-lǽtan leórt
be
rest ⬩ by ⬩ along, ⬩ by, not later than ⬩ by ⬩ during ⬩ by ⬩ with ⬩ conveyance, by (in to send by) ⬩ subject to ⬩ in the case of ⬩ in the matter of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ (to do) by ⬩ or about ⬩ to ⬩ with ⬩ (to become)of ⬩ by ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by the use of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in the form of ⬩ after ⬩ according to ⬩ after ⬩ by the command ⬩ at the request
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Sé gefreóde Ongelcynnes scóle be Ælfrédes béne, Chr. 885; P. 80, 6. marking penalty, by deprivation, under pain of losing Forgá hé þýfðe be his feóre and be eallum þám þe hé áge, Ll. Th. i. 210, 3.