husclíce
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Take here huxlíce in Dict. and add Sleánde mid handbredum huxlíce and gelóme, Hml. Th. ii. 248, 13. Huxlíce gebundenne, Hml. A. 107, 157. þa hors hí oftrǽdan huxlíce under fótum. Hml. S. 18, 347.
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hrís
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Voc. ii. 151, 7. Geleáf hrís frondes, 39, 69. Oð birnan hrís, C. D. v. 157, 16. ¶ Perhaps in a local name :-- Hé cóm tó Hrísbeorgan, vi. 184, 14: 197, 31. (Cf. Icel. Hrís-hóll as a local name). [v. N. E. D. rice.] See next word
leáf-leóht
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In some way fidei seems to have occasioned leáf-leóht ), R. Ben. 5, 19
líhtan
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Take here leóhtan in Dict. and add: to be light Þá sceán leóht inn, swylce níwe móna árise, swá ꝥ hit líhte under þǽre róde swýðran earme . . . hit líhte geond ealle þá cyrcan, Vis. Lfc. 51-56.
tó-flówan
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Þá hraþe áblan se ele ꝥ hé ná tófleów geond þone flór swá hé ǽr dyde in pavimentum oleum defluere cessavit, Gr. D. 160, 16. <b>II d.</b> add :-- Leáf his ne tófléuwð folium eius non defluet, Ps. L. 1, 3.
ælan
to kindle light, fire ⬩ to burn up ⬩ to burn, expose to fire what is not consumed
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Ph. 222: 526: Cri. 813 (in Dict.). to burn, expose to fire what is not consumed Se deópa seáð giémeð gǽsta, ǽleð hý mid ðý ealdan líge, Cri. 1547
fót-mǽl
foot-mark ⬩ foot ⬩ a foot
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v. mǽl; II ) Of ðám hamme tó fótmǽle; of fótmǽle éstrihtes on wulfputt, C.D. iii. 449, 30
Fríge-niht
The night between Thursday and Friday
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Th. ii. 190, 19. Hé wæs sume Frígeniht in ciricean. Þá on þá þriddan tíde ðǽre nihte . . . Shrn. 113, 4. Ne mæssenihtum ne Frígenihtum, Wlfst. 305, 24
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þræft
a quarrel ⬩ dispute ⬩ contention ⬩ chiding
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their train, leavened as he is with pride, inflamed with ill-will, full of overweening, Exon.
ge-cwémednes
to the delight of a person, so as to please a person :--
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Th. i. 480, 31. Sé ðe leahtras begǽð deófle tó gecwémednysse, ii. 110, 27: S. 13, 271
befer
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Voc. ii. 35, 33: castor, 129, 34. Befor, i. 66, 3. Beofer fiber, 78, 16. On beueres bróces heáfod, C. D. v. 48, 8. The word occurs in local names, v. C. D. vi. 257, col. 2
ge-hrepod
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Substitute: <b>ge-hrepian;</b> p. ode To touch Tactus gehrepod is participium; and tactus hrepung is nama, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 255, 3. to touch with the hand Gehrepa hire byrigene, and þú bist sóna hál, Hml.
ná-hwǽr
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Th. ii. 506, 4. <b>I a.</b> fig. :-- Gyf hyt nú fǽrenga gewurde, nyste ic náhwǽr eorðan hú ic ongynnan wolde ( I should not know how on earth to set about it ), Solil. H. 34, 12. Add
on-médla
pride, glory, magnificence ⬩ pride, arrogance, presumption ⬩ courage, boldness
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pride, glory, magnificence Ald onmédla is gecyrred the glory of earlier times is changed, Elen. Kmbl. 2529; El. 1266. Ðæt geó guman heóldan, ðenden him on eorþan onmédla wæs, Exon. Th. 51, 13; Cri. 815.
ge-wyrdan
To hurt ⬩ injure ⬩ lædere ⬩ nocere
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G.] if any one in strife hurt a woman, L. Alf. 18; Th. i. 48, 17. Gif hwá gewerde [gewyrde, MS. G.] óðres monnes wíngeard if any one injure another man's vineyard, 26: Th. i. 50, 24.
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be-lǽfan
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To remain [for intrans. use in later English v. N. E. D. s. v. bielieve] Án of him ne beláf (-lǽfde, MS. C), Ps. Spl. 105, II. Hé hét t
cíne
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Voc. ii. 23, 61. Cinum cavernis, Germ. 399, 272. <b>II a.</b> fig. a deep subject (?) :-- Ic warnige þæne þe þás cinan þengð tó áspyrianne, ꝥ hé gelóme sceáwige þás seofon rǽdinga, Angl. viii. 333, 8
swealwe
A swallow
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Voc. ii. 43, 5. Swalowe, swaluwe, swalewe, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Zup. 37, 7. Storc and swalewe, Homl. Th. i. 404, 25. Genim swealwan nest, Lchdm. ii. 100, 18. Swolwan, iii. 44, 13. Genim swealwan, gebærn tó ahsan, ii. 156, 8.
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ceáp-land
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Ic an mín wíf al ðat ceáplond and dat óðer ðat ic mid hire nam, C. D. iv. 294, 18
dysegian
to be foolish, act foolishly, err ⬩ ineptīre, errāre ⬩ to talk foolishly, blaspheme ⬩ blasphĕmāre
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to be foolish, act foolishly, err; ineptīre, errāre Ða, dysiende, wénaþ ðætte ðæt þing sió ǽlces weorþscipes wyrþe they, foolish, think that the thing is worthy of all estimation, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 9.
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