lígnian
To deny
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To deny Ðú lígnest nú ðæt síe lifgende se ofer deóflum dugeþum wealdeþ, Cd. 212; Th. 263, 18; Dan. 764. Hú hine [Christ] lýgnedon leáse on geþoncum, Exon. 24 a: Th. 69, 13; Cri. 1120
óþ-þeódan
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to disjoin, dismember Ðú ðæt gehéte ðæt ús heterófra hild ne gesceóde, ne líces dǽl óþþeóded, ne sinu ne bán on swaðe lágon, ne loc of heáfde tó forlore wurde, Andr. Kmbl. 2842; An. 1423
ge-rǽcan
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Ger. er-reichen) Ic biddo ... ðæt se monn se hígon londes unnen tó brúcanne ðá ilcan wísan léste on swǽsendum tó mínre tíde and ðá godcundan leán mínre sáule mid geréce, C.D. i. 316, 21
blíþsian
To rejoice, be glad, blithe, merry ⬩ lætari ⬩ exsilire gaudio
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To rejoice, be glad, blithe, merry; lætari Hí tó swíðe blíþsodon they rejoiced too much, Past. 50, 2; Hat. MS. Blíþsa, cniht on ðínum gióguþháde rejoice, young man, in thy youth, 49, 5; Hat. MS
ge-scǽned
Ornamented
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Ornamented[?] Sweord swíðe gescǽned, Salm. Kmbl. 444; Sal. 222. Cf. on ðæm scennum scíran goldes, Beo. Th. 3392; B. 1694. Grein compares with O. H. Ger. giskeinan, and translates made bright; Kemble, again, translates sheathed
stalung
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Stealing, robbery Án hirde, se wæs Veriatus háten, wæs micel þeófmon and on ðære stalunge hé wearð reáfere Viriathus, homo pastoralis et latro, primum infestando vias, deinde vastando provincias, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 216, 7
tæl-cræft
Arithmetic
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Arithmetic Mæg geseón ǽlc man ðe telcræftas ǽnig gesceád can ( that knows anything of arithmetic ), ðæt hit máre is ðonne þreó hund geára syððan ðyllíc feoh wæs farende on eorðan, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 699
under-scyte
Intercepting ⬩ intervention
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Intercepting, intervention Se móna mæg þurh his underscyte ða sunnan áþeóstrian, Lchdm, iii. 242, 25. Wé rǽdaþ on tungelcræfte ðæt seó sunne bið hwíltídum þurh ðæs mónelícan trendles underscyte áðýstrod, Homl. Th. i. 608, 32
unriht-wilnung
Improper desire ⬩ cupidity ⬩ concupiscence
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Improper desire, cupidity, concupiscence Ánra gehwylces unrihtwillnung ( cupiditas ) on ðyssum fýre byrneþ, Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 27. Ða ðe mid sumere unryhtwilnunga beóð fǽringa ofersuíðede qui repentina concupiscentia superantur, Past. 23; Swt. 179, 2
wudu-bend
wood-bine
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wood-bine Wudubend. Genim ðysse wyrte wyrttruman ðe man capparis and óþrum naman wudubend hátaþ, Lchdm. i. 302, 11. Wuduhunig ðæt wæxeþ on wudebendum, Mk. Skt. Rush. l, 6. v. wudubind, and cf. wiþo-bend
æt-slídan
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Add: To slip up, fall Ætslád se hálga wer on ðám grádum swá þæt hé forneán eal wearð tócwýsed, Hml. Th. ii. 512, 10. Þá ætslídendan (printed -slidan) beheald labentes respice , Hy. S. 7, 13
eár-gespreca
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Substitute: A confidential speaker, a counsellor Eárgespeca auricularius (cf. auricularium, consiliarium, Corp. Gl. H. 23, 945, a gloss on a Sam. 23, 23 (?) :-- Fecit eum sibi David auricularium a secreto), Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 46
eax-faru
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an expedition in carriages(?) Aexfaru aparatu (perhaps a gloss on Ald. 64, 10 :-- Scythicae gentis impetum, quae cum infinito duelli apparatu proficiscens. In An. Ox. 4560 the word is glossed by fyrdungce ), Txts. 41, 186
fæst-hafolnes
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Fæsthafolnes dira cupido, Dóm. L. 236. Swá ðá rúmmódan fæsthafolnesse lǽren, swá hí ðá uncystegan on yfelre hneáwnesse ne gebrengen sic prodigis praedicetur parcitas, ut tenacibus periturarum rerum custodia non augeatur, Past. 453, 28. Add
ge-fylced
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Substitute: <b>ge-fylcian;</b> pp. ed To array troops, set in order for fighting Wyllelm him cóm ongeán on unwær ǽr his folc gefylced wǽre, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 29
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gristbitian
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Hé gristbitað ( fremet; stridebit, Ps. L.: grystbitað, Ps. Spl.) mid his tóþum ongeán hine, Ps. Th. 36, 12. Gristbites, Mk. R. 9, 18. Hý gristbitoton ( stridenunt ) on mé tóþum heora, Ps. Rdr. 34, 16. Add
gór
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See <b>gár; IV,</b> where add Tó ðes gáres súðende, C. D. v. 86, 28. Cf. on ðone gáran ufwerdne, 356, 16 (the three passages refer to the same place)
náwihtlíce
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Add: ignobly Ongeán þæs módes strengðe se mánfulla deófol forgifð ábroðennysse, þæt se man ábreóðe on ǽlcere neóde náhtlíce ǽfre, and eác þæt hé híwige hine sylfne mihtigne, Wlfst. 59, 13: Angl. xi. 109, 54
stæppan
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Ǽlc þǽra stapa ðe gé tó Godes húse stæppað, Hml. Th. ii. 444, 11. Mid þám ðe hé mótode on his dómsetle sittende, . . . þá stóp him tó Godes engel, and hine ofslóh, 382, 31. Add
strewung
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Add: bedding Hé læg . . . mid fefore gewǽht . . . on stíþre hǽran licgende mid axum bestreówod. Þá bǽdon þá gebróðra ꝥ hí his bed móston mid wáccre streówunge (strewunge, v. l.) húru underlecgan, Hml. S. 31, 1353