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hlecan

(v.)
Grammar
hlecan, p. hlæc [?]

To join, unite, cohere

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Swá eác his folgeras swá hie unwiðerweardran and gemódran beóþ swá hie swíður hlecaþ tósomne and eác fæstor tósomne beóþ gefégde tó gódra manna hiénþe sequaces quippe illius, quo nulla inter se discordiæ adversitate divisi sunt, eo in bonorum gravius nece

be-cípan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cípan, (-cýpan, q. v. in Dict.)

to sell

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Gif hwylc neód sý tó becýpenne ǽnig þing, R. Ben. 95, 10, 16

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ETAN

(v.)
Grammar
ETAN, to etanne; part. etende; ic ete, ðú etest, etst, itst, ytst, ætst, he, heó, hit, yt, ytt, et, ett, eteþ, ieteþ, iteþ, yteþ, pl. etaþ; p. ic, he æt, ðú ǽte, pl. ǽton; subj. indef. ic ete, æte, pl. eten; p. ǽte, pl. ǽten; pp. eten; v.a.

EAT, consume, devourĕdĕre, cŏmĕdĕre, mandūcāre, vescĕre

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Ðæt gé ne ǽton ut non cŏmĕdĕrētis, 3, 1. 3

hruse

(n.)
Grammar
hruse, an; f.

The earthground

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Ne gelýfdon ðætte líffruma in monnes hiw from hrusan áhafen wurde did not believe that the author of life had been raised from the ground in the form of a man, Exon. 17 b; Th. 41, 19; Cri. 658. Ne hreósaþ hí tó hrusan non est ruina maceriæ, Ps.

lama

(adj.)
Grammar
lama, loma, lame; adj.

Lamemaimedcrippledweakparalysedpalsiedparalytic

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Kmbl. 155; Sal. 77. lii hit oftræd and hié tó loman gerénode ðæt hió mec ǽnigre note nytte beón ne meahton duos et 1. calcatos inutiles fecit, Nar. 15, 26. Laman paralyticos, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 24

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, e; f,

A peoplenationracecountry

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Úres hláfordes gerǽdnes is ðæt man cristene menn of earde ne sylle ne húru on hǽðene leóde our lord's ordinance is, that Christian men be not sold out of the land, certainly not into a heathen country [or leóde = men, preceding word], L.

senatus

(n.)
Grammar
senatus, the senate, senators. The treatment of this word in the translation of Orosius is somewhat exceptional. The Latin form senatus occurs in the nom. and acc. , but in the former senatas, senatum, and in the latter senatum, senatos are also used; in the gen. senatuses, senatusa are found, and in the dat. senatum; in every case but one (?) the word is plural. The Latin senator is also used, though the word
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Ne mehten ða senatus nǽnne consul under him findan, 4, 10; Swt. 196, 7 — 10. Búton his ágnum fultume and búton ðara senatuses, 5, 12; Swt. 242, 1. Hé forneáh nánne ðara senatusa ne lét cucne plurimos senatorum ad mortem coegit, 6, 2 ; Swt. 256, 1.

ge-sceppan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceppan, -scippan, -scyppan; p. -sceóp, -scóp, pl. -sceópon, -scópon ; pp. -scæpen, -sceapen , -sceopen, -sceapen

To form, createformare, disponere, creare

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Nǽron náwðer ne on Fresisc gescæpene ne on Denisc they were formed neither, on a Frisian nor on a Danish model, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 15. Ðá ðá híg wǽron gesceopene when they were created, Gen. 2, 4.

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stranglíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
stranglíce, adj.
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Ðæt se wind swá stronglíce hrure on ða circan, ðæt ðǽr ne mihte nǽnig mon gestandan oððe gesittan, 81, 22. boldly, bravely, hardily Hí heora land stronglíce geeodan and freódóm onféngon. Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 46.

twéntig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twéntig, twégentig; num.
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Næs tó ánum dæge, ne tó twám . . . ne tó twéntigum, Num. 11, 19. Intó ðýs twéntigum híd?m, Cod. Dip.

car-ful

Grammar
car-ful, (care-).
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Ne beó ðú carful ymbe woruldlicum gestreónum, 344, 2. Férde se cásere swíðe carful, and gelóme beheóld wið heofonas weard, 304, 8. Hé ongǽn his fiónd férde mid carfullum móde, H.

for-seón

to despisehold in contemptto rejectto rejectto refuse

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Gif ðæt mód ǽr ne forsáwe ðá écan edleán, Past. 435, 3. Forseónde spernendo, R. Ben. I. 61, 11. Hé ne mæg geþyldgian ðæt hé for ðisse worlde sié forsewen (fore-, v. l.), Past. 216, 7. Forsáwen (-saw-?), Chr. 975; P. 120, 18 note.

ge-brecan

(v.)
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Þá hé hit gebrecan ne móste, þá cómon twégen englas . . . and ꝥ gild gebrǽcan, Bl. H. 221, 2-32. Nó gebrocen weorðeð holt on híwe, Ph. 80.

hladan

to loadto loadfreightcargoto loadto drawto drawto drawto drawobtainto scoop out

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Ne in huon ðú hlada hæfis ðú neque in quo haurias habes, Jn. L. 4, 11. Úp hladen exantlamus, hauriamus, Hpt. Gl. 418, 33. Tó hladanne dæt wæter, Past. 373, 9. Tó ladanne (hladanne, R.), Jn.

láf

Grammar
láf, <b>. I.</b>
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Án of him tó láfe ne wunode unus ex eis non remansit Ps. Vos. 105, 11. Ic ǽnlípigu on þám cafertúne tó lǽfe oþstód, Hml.

hycgan

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</b> where a pronoun representing the thought is object :-- Ne meahte monna ǽnig bedeáglian hwæt hé dearninga on hyge hogde heortan geþoncum, Gú. 1227. <b>I c.

on-weald

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Þá hié gesomnod wǽron, and hiene tó cyninge dón woldon, þá ne mehton hié þá gúðfonan úp áhebban.

réðness

(n.)
Grammar
réðness, -e; f.

Fiercenessragecrueltyseverity.ferocitasausteritasferitas, i. crudelitas, inclementia, duritia furorferia, insaniasavagenessfiercenessferocityharshnessseverity

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Homl. 43, 29. of justifiable severity Ðæt hé his hiéremonna yfelu tó hnesclíce forberan ne sceal ac mid miclum andan and réðnesse him stiére subditorum mala, quae tolerare leniter non debent, cum magna zeli asperitate corrigere, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 16,

sár

(adj.)
Grammar
sár, adj.

Sore, painful, grievous, distressing

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Ne wæs hyra ǽnigum síðe ðý sárra ðeáh hý swá sceoldan reáfe birofene slítan haswe bléde, Exon. Th. 394, 20; Rä. 14, 6.

spor

(n.)
Grammar
spor, es; n.

a trace, track, spoor a trace, vestige, mark left by anything (of the marks made by weapons; cf. a woundtracing, tracking

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a trace, track, spoor Ne biþ ðǽr éþe ðín spor on tó findanne vestigia tua non cognoscentur Ps. Th. 76, 16. Stande ðæt spor for ðone foreáð, L. Ath. iv. 2; Th. i. 222, 16. Wé noldon tó ðæm spore onlútan. Past. pref. ; Swt. 5, 18 : Exon.