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ídel-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ídel-ness, e ; f.

Idlenessvanityfrivolityuselessnessfutilityemptinessfalseness

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Nys eác mid ídelnysse tó forelǽtenne ðæt wundor ðe ðes hálga wer foresǽde nor is the wonder which this holy man foretold to be lightly dismissed, Guthl. 19; Gdwin. 77, 10 [cf. 70, 2].

Linked entry: ídel-gild

leó

(n.)
Grammar
leó, g. león; [a dat. leóne and acc. f. leó are found as well as regular forms león: the dat. pl. leónum is put under leóna q.v.] m. f.

A lionlioness

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man sende in wildra deóra menigo, in leóna and in berena, Shrn. 133, 10: Wulfst. 200, 23. Hwænne áhredst [ðú] míne ángan sáwle æt ðǽm leóum (leóm, Ps. Surt.) restitue a leonibus unicam meam, Ps. Th. 34, 17.

Linked entries: leá león leóna

prica

(n.)
Grammar
prica, an; m. pricu (e), an, e (?) ; f.
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Hé sǽde ðæt eal ðes miðdaneard nǽre ðé máre dríges landes ofer ðone mycelan gársecg, ðonne man ǽnne prican ápricce on ánum brádum brede, Wulfst. 146, 21.

Linked entry: pric-mǽlum

reáf-lác

(n.)
Grammar
reáf-lác, es; n. m.
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Man wolde biddan ðæs reáfláces ðæt hé hit sciolde ágyfan and forgyldan, Chart. Th. 289, 27. Ágife hé ðone reáflác he shall restore what has been seized, L. In. 10; Th. i. 108, 9. Tódǽlan reáflac dividere spolia, Ps. Spl. T. 67, 13

ge-wendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wendan, p. -wende; pp. -wended, -wend.

To turnchangetranslateinclinebring aboutTo turn [one's self]changegoreturn

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To turn [one's self], change, go, return Wá biþ ðam ðe sceal frófre ne wénan wihte gewendan woe to the man that must expect no comfort, who must change [his condition] in nothing [whose state is hopeless and unchangeable?], Beo. Th. 374; B. 186.

duguþ

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Þǽr gelífde sum ríce man mid ealre his duguðe, Chr. 627; P. 25, 24. Dugheþe senatu, An.

ge-bringan

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Þæt man crístene men on hǽðendóme ( in heathen lands) ne gebringe, 378, 1. Cuce orf hé on gemǽnre lǽse gebringe, 274, 26. Hé hine sceal æt stæðe underfón, and eft þǽr gebringan, 354, 25.

Linked entry: ge-brengan

ge-wilnian

(v.)
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Hé ꝥ gefremede man gewilnade tó bedíglianne, Ap. Th. 2, 6.

wægn

(n.)
Grammar
wægn, wægen, wǽn, es; m.

A waggonwaincarriagevehicleCharles' wain

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T.) com ðe man ða bán on lǽdde cum venisset carrum in quo ossa ducebantur, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 17 note. Hé ofer wǽg gewát, wǽn æfter ran, Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 32; Rún. 22. Wægnes hweól rotam, Ps. Th. 82, 10. Wǽnes weð (swæd? pæð?) orbita, Wrt.

GYLT

(n.)
Grammar
GYLT, gilt, gelt, gielt, es; m.

Guiltcrimesinoffencefaultwrongdebtfineforfeiture

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Eustatius hæfde gecýdd ðam cynge ðet hit sceolde beón máre gylt ðære burhwaru ðonne his Eustace had told the king that it was more the citizens' fault than his, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 9.

Linked entry: gelt

hladan

(v.)
Grammar
hladan, p. hlód;pp. hladen.

to heap, pile up, build, place, lade, load, freight to lade, draw [water]; haurire

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Hý ne móston on bǽl hladan leófne mannan they might not place the beloved man on the pile, Beo. Th. 4259; B. 2126. Him on bearm hladan bunan and discas to heap up in his bosom cups and dishes, 5543; B. 2775.

Linked entries: hlæd hlædel hlæst

be-beódan

'to give . . . generally,'to orderenjoin to commitcommendto offer to the gods to commit into (on, in)to announce

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Healde man mæssedæg swá hé beboden beó, Wlfst. 117, 5. Hí wǽron bebodene imperantur, An. Ox. 4782, to commit, commend Ic mé þé bebeóde, Hml. S. 23 b, 448. Gif ðú gewítest, hwǽm bebeódest þú ús?, Bl. H. 225, 17.

CÍGAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÍGAN, cígean, cýgan, cýgean, ciégan, cégan, cégean; cígende; de; ed.

To call, name, call upon, invoke, call together, summonvocare, nominare, invocare, convocareTo cry, callclamare, vocare

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Us gehýr swilce we ðé daga, Drihten, cígen hear us, 0 Lord, on whatever day we may call upon thee, Ps. Ben. 19, 9; Ps. Grn. ii. 148, 19, 9.

Linked entries: cýgan cégan ciégan

ENGEL

(n.)
Grammar
ENGEL, ængel, angel, engyl; gen. engles; dat. engle; pl. nom. acc. englas, engel; gen. engla; dat. englum; m. An ANGEL, a messenger; angelus = ἄγγελος
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Ðæt mæg engel ðín eáþ geferan that thine angel may more easily travel. Andr. Kmbl. 387; An. 194. Þurh ðæs engles word through the angel's word, Exon. 20a; Th. 51, 31; Cri. 824: 34b; Th. 110, 11; Gú. 106: Salm. Kmbl. 901; Sal. 450: Homl.

loc

(n.)
Grammar
loc, es; n.

A lockboltbarenclosurefoldA closeconclusionsettlement

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Hwylc manna is ðæt his ágene sáwle fram helle locum generige quis eruet animam suam de manu inferi, Ps. Th. 88, 41. Tó helle locum gelǽded beón sceolde ad inferni claustra raperetur, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 22 : 5, 13; S. 633, 20.

Linked entry: loca

scilling

(n.)
Grammar
scilling, es; m.
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The shilling appears to have been of different values in different parts of the country; in Wessex five pennies make a shilling: Fíf penegas gemacigaþ ǽune scillinge, Ælfc.

wrixlan

(v.)
Grammar
wrixlan, wrixlian; p. ede.

to changevaryalterto changealternateto exchangedealconversationintercourseto lendof what is lentof wordsto speak

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Th. 218, 13; Ph. 294. with dat. of that in which change is made Ic þurh múþ sprece mongum reordum, wrencum singe, wrixle geneahhe heáfodwoþe (I change my voice; Similar entries cf. the Latin riddle: Vox mea diversis variatur pulcra figuris), Exon.

Linked entries: wrislan wrixlung

or-sorg

(adj.)
Grammar
or-sorg, -sorh,; adj; with gen.

free from care, without anxiety, secure, prosperoussecure from danger, safe

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Se tó ánra ðara burga (the cities of refuge) gefliéhþ ðonne mæg hé beón orsorg ðæs monnsliehtes he may be without anxiety as to the manslaughter he has committed; reus perpetrati homicidii non tenetur, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 167, 20.

ge-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sittan, p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten.

to sitsit downsettleleanreclinesĕdēreconsīdĕrediscumbĕreto occupypossessinhabitpossĭdērehăbĭtāre

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Bútan óðrum manegum gesetenum íglandum besides many other inhabited islands, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 16, 25. Us is aléfed heofena ríce to gesittenne we are permitted to occupy heaven's kingdom, Blickl. Homl. 137, 15: Ors. 6, 34; Bos. 130, 23

Linked entry: ge-setenness

ge-wítan

(v.)
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(bb) to desist, withdraw from doing what ought to be done, fall away, decline :-- Gif hwylc gód man from góde gewíte, ne biþ hé þon fullíce gód, Bt. 37, 3; F. 190, 28.