be-seón
To look ⬩ attention ⬩ expectation ⬩ To see about ⬩ care for ⬩ attend to ⬩ provide for
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Hé wæs wel besewen on reáfe and yfele on þeáwum, Hml. Th. i. 534, 3. Hláf well besewen and well gesyfled, C. D. iv. 278, 4. Behealde hé þæt his oflétan ne beón yfele besewene, Ll. Th. ii. 360, 27.
cúþ-líce
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Cúðlíce hé wæs freóh fram leahtre liber quippe a vitio, 102, 7. Cúplíce ꝥ wuldor þysses middangeardes is sceort, Bl. H. 65, 14: 61, 30: 81, 3. Swá hwæt swá bið on marmstáne ic sóþlíce wyrce, and ic him cúðlíce tǽce, Hml.
ge-leáfa
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Leóde lǽran ꝥ hí lifgen on geleáfan, Dóm. 49. mental acceptance of a statement or fact Hé wæs þurh þæs mæssepreóstes láre on fullum geleáfan heofonríces de vitae aeternitate securus, Ors. 6, 34; S. 290, 12.
ge-rihtan
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Ðas béc hé sceal néde habban, gif hé wyle þám folce æfter rihte wísigan, . . . and beó hé æt þám wær ꝥ hí beón wel gerihte, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 18. to order to be given, assign Wíse worldwitan Críste and cyninge gerihtan þá bóte, Ll.
heofone
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Eác se apostol Paulus áwrát ꝥ hé wæs gelǽdd oð ðá þriddan heofenan, Lch. iii. 232, 21-26: Angl. viii. 310, 2: Ps. L. 148, 4. used in forms of asseveration or in oaths Sé ðe swereð on heofonan, hé swereð on Godes þrymsetle, Mt. 23, 22
lǽfan
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Eal monncynnes þæt þǽr lǽfed wæs, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 6; Bt. 11, 1; F. 30, 19. ¶ where the object is food, not to eat :-- Wulfas on ǽfne ne lǽfað náwiht oð morgen, Ll. Lbmn. 476, 3.
hláford
A LORD; ⬩ dominus. ⬩ herus
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Hé wæs ǽgðer mín mǽg and mín hláford he was both my kinsman and my lord, Byrht. Th. 138, 23; By. 224. Ðæs þegenes lof is ðæs hláfordes wurþmynt. Sý lof ðam Hláforde ðe leofaþ on écnysse the servant's praise is the Lord's honour.
Linked entries: hláf-weard hlǽfdige
hleóðrian
To sound, ⬩ make a sound [with the voice], ⬩ to speak, ⬩ sing, ⬩ cry, ⬩ exclaim, ⬩ resound
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Hé wæs ðæra worda wel gemyndig ðe hé hleóðrade tó Abrahame memor fuit verbi quod locutus est ad Abraham, Ps. Th. 104. 37. Fýnd ðíne hleóðrodon inimici tui sonnerunt, Ps. Spl.
twelf
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Hé wæs án ðara twelfa (án of ðǽm twelfum,Lind.), Jn. Skt. 6, 71. Án of eów twelfum (ðǽm twelfum,Lind.), Mk. Skt. 14, 20. Hé ætýwde him twelfum (ðǽm tuoelfum,Lind.), 16, 14. Ðú ús twelfe trymman ongunne, Andr. Kmbl. 2837; An. 1421.
Linked entry: endleofan
FRETAN
to eat up ⬩ gnaw ⬩ FRET ⬩ devour ⬩ consume ⬩ devŏrāre ⬩ consūmĕre ⬩ comĕdĕre ⬩ to break ⬩ burst ⬩ frangĕre ⬩ rumpĕre
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Rush. 12, 40. to break, burst; frangĕre. rumpĕre Heó wǽre frǽton they brake their covenant, Cd. 149; Th. 187, 7; Exod. 147
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lutian
lurk ⬩ skulk
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Cwæþ ðæt hé god wǽre on mannes hiwe lutiende said that he was a god concealed in the form of a man, ii. 474, 22
ge-mengan
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Th. 305, 28, Ðæt wæter and seó eorþe wǽron gemengede óþ ðone þriddan dæg the water and the earth were commingled unto the third day, Hexam. 4; Norm. 8, 15.
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un-lytel
not little ⬩ great ⬩ not little ⬩ not few in number ⬩ much ⬩ not little ⬩ great
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Kmbl. 2985; An. 1495. of quantity, amount, number, not little, not few in number, much Tó miclum bryne sceal wæter unlytel, Wulfst. 157, 9. Menigo, folc unlytel, Elen. Kmbl. 1740; El. 872: 565; El. 283: Andr. Kmbl. 2542; An. 1272: Beo.
wiþerian
to be against ⬩ be hostile ⬩ to strive ⬩ struggle ⬩ dispute ⬩ to resist ⬩ oppose ⬩ to make hostile ⬩ provoke ⬩ to become provoked
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Eal folc hine tó ðære geðincðe geceás, þeáh ðe hé mid eallum mægne wiðerigende wǽre, Homl.
bodung
annunciation ⬩ declaration ⬩ testimony ⬩ interpretation ⬩ reciting ⬩ rehearsing ⬩ preaching
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Lára, bodunga cathegorias i. nuntiationes ł praedicationes, 3128. reciting, rehearsing : Gif hwylc bróðor wǽgð and misféhð on boduncge sealma oðþe ræpsa si quis dum pronuntiat psalmum aut responsorium fallitur, R.
campian
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Hé wǽpn gegráp mid tó campienne, Bl. H. 167, 1. Campiende agonizans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 51. to fight for, with dat. Þá þe campiað cynincge eorðlícum qui militant regi terreno, Scint. 61, 1, 2: Hex. 34, 15, 17.
herigend-lic
praiseworthy ⬩ approbation ⬩ excellent
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Se man nǽre herigendlic, gif hé for þí ne syngode þe hé ne mihte; ac hé wǽre hérigendlic, gif hé ne syngode þá þá hé mihte . . . drecð deófol mancyn mid costnungum, ꝥ þá be-ón hergendlice and hálige þe him wiðstandað magnae laudi non esset, si ideo homo
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nese
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Add: saying no to a question 'Hwæþer ðín woruld eall wǽre æfter ðínum willan.' Ðá andsworode Boetius: 'Nese, lá, nese; næs ic nǽfre gít náne hwíle swá emnes módes . . .
spryttan
To sprout ⬩ spring ⬩ germinate ⬩ To put forth a shoot ⬩ bring forth fruit ⬩ to incite
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Nǽnne wæstm tó spryttanne, Homl. Th. ii. 90, 18. to incite (cf. þurh þes (Ranulf's) macunge and tóspryttinge se eorl pis land mid unfriðe gesóhte,) (Chr. 1101; Erl. 238, 1) Sprytte instigavit, Anglia xiii. 36, 245.
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wíse
a wise way ⬩ manner ⬩ mode ⬩ fashion ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ an arrangement ⬩ instruction ⬩ a disposition ⬩ direction ⬩ condition ⬩ a thing ⬩ res ⬩ negotium ⬩ a cause ⬩ reason ⬩ res
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Hit feor on óðre wísan wæs longe aliter erat, 3, 14; 13. 539, 45. On óðre wísan secus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 74. Wé ongitaþ mop on óðre wísan, on óðre hine God ongit Bt. 39, 10; Fox 226, 39.
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