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lætest

(adj.)
Grammar
lætest, superl. of læt.

Last

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Last Ðe lætest [ða lætmesta, Lind.] the last, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 22, 27

ham

(n.)
Grammar
ham, a piece of enclosed land, a ham (v.
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N. E. D.). Add: — Hæfde hió hire gebógod on ánan wyrtigan hamme, Hml. S. 30, 312. On brádan leá on énne ham; þurh út ðone leá súð út on óðerne ham ; of ðan hamme . . . on brádan ham westeweardne; of brádan hamme . . . of mǽde on flexhammas; of flexhamman

fætt

(n.)
Grammar
fætt, m. Dele: the MS. has sefa ? geðang. v. Mod. Lang. Rev. xi. 215.

spearnlian

(v.)
Grammar
spearnlian, p. ode

To spurnstrike out with the feetkick

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To spurn, strike out with the feet, kick Ðæt ðú ne spear[n]last ut non calcitres, Hpt. Gl. 463, 77. Se sticca him eode út þurh ðæt heáfod in tó ðære eorðan and hé ætforan hire spearnlode mid fótum the nail went through his head into the earth, and he

þorfnian

(v.)
Grammar
þorfnian, (?) to suffer lack of
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(gen. ) Ne ondrǽd ðú ðé deáð tó swíðe . . . Ne forgit ðú hine ðeáh ealne weg, ðý lǽs ðú þolie (þornige, v.l. v. Verc. Först. 174) ðæs écan lífes, Prov. K. 17

Linked entry: þornian

æt-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-licgan, p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen

To lie still or idleinutilem jacere

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To lie still or idle; inutilem jacere Ðæt Godes feoh ne ætlicge ne Dei pecunia jaceat, Ælfc. Gr. pref ; Som. 1, 27

worþ

(n.)
Grammar
worþ, weorþ, wurþ, wierþ, wyrþ, e; f; es; m. : wyrþe, wirþe
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(v. wyrþe-land, and first extract under I),
es; m.

a closean enclosed placean enclosed homesteada habitation with surrounding landlanda place enclosed by buildingsa courthalla placestreet

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Ic gean ðara twégra landa æt Cohhanfeldæa and æt Cæorlesweorþe, 272, Ðæt land æt Ægeleswyrðe, 125, 10.

Linked entries: ryge weorþ

for-líþan

(v.)
Grammar
for-líþan, p. -láþ, pl. -liton, -liþon; pp. -liden, -liþen
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To suffer shipwreck Forliþan naufragaverant, An. Ox. 4490: 4621

Linked entries: for-liden for-lidennes

ád-loma

(n.)
Grammar
ád-loma, -lama ? an; m.

One crippled by the flame?cui flamma claudicationem attulit?

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One crippled by the flame? cui flamma claudicationem attulit? Earme ádloman poor wretches, i. e. diaboli, Exon. 46a; Th. 156, 33; Gú. 884. —

Linked entry: lama

fót-lǽst

(n.)
Grammar
fót-lǽst, -lást, es; m.

A foot-stepfoot-tracevestīgium pĕdistrāmes

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A foot-step, foot-trace; vestīgium pĕdis, trāmes Se wyrm onfand feóndes fótlást the worm found the foe's foot-trace, Beo. Th. 4567; B. 2289. Fótlǽstas [MS. fótlǽst] ðíne ne beóþ oncnáwen vestīgia tua non cognoscentur, Ps. Spl. 76, 19: Blickl. Homl. 203

a-lynnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lynnan, -linnan; p. -lann, pl. -lunnon; pp. -lunnen

To deliverfree fromreleaseliberareevellere

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To deliver, free from, release; liberare, evellere He wolde hine alynnan of láþscipe he would release him from calamity, Cd. 95; Th. 123, 19; Gen. 2048

Linked entries: a-linnan a-lynian

a-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-licgan, -licgean; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen

To liefailconfineperishjacereconquiesceredeficereaboleri

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To lie, fail, confine, perish; jacere, conquiescere, deficere, aboleri Nú sceal eall éðelwyn alicgean now all joy of country shall fail, Beo. Th. 5764; B. 2886. His dóm alæg its power failed, Beo. Th. 3061; B. 1528

Linked entry: a-legen

ge-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-licgan, -licgean; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen.

to lielie near, togetherjacereadjacereconjacereto lie downfailceaseloiterdelaydeficerecessare

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to lie, lie near, together; jacere, adjacere, conjacere Mægen-stán him on middan geligeþ a huge stone lies in the middle of it, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 32; Met. 5, 16. Stedewangas strǽte gelicgaþ fixed plains lie near the road, Andr. Kmbl. 668; An. 334. On ðæm

lætemest

(adj.)
Grammar
lætemest, a double superlative of læt.

Last

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Last In ðæm lætemestan dæge in novissimo die, Jn. Skt. Rush. 6, 44: 39, 40. Stówe ða lætemestu novissimum locum, Lk. Skt. Rush. 14, 9, 10. Monige wutudlíce bióþun ǽrist ða foerþmestu and ða lætemestu foerþmest multi autem erunt primi novissimi et novissimi

Linked entry: lætmest

ge-líðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líðan, p. -láþ, pl. -lidon; pp. -liðen, -liden

To gomovesailadvanceproceedcomeīremeāreadvĕhiprofĭciscivĕnīre

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Ǽr ðon we to lande geliden hæfdon ere that we had sailed to land, Exon. 20 b; Th. 53, 30; Cri. 858 : Elen. Kmbl. 498; El. 249. Ðæs ðe lencten geliden hæfde werum after spring had come to men, Menol. Fox 57; Men. 28

Linked entries: ge-liden ge-lyðen

éðe

(adj.)
Grammar
éðe, adj. [éðan to lay waste]
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Laid waste, desert, desolate; vastātus Ðæt he geheólde éðne éðel that he might hold the desert land, Cd. 175; Th. 220, 28; Dan. 78

Linked entry: eáðe

cweðst

Grammar
cweðst, sayest, speakest, Ps. Lamb. 87, 11;
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2nd pres. sing. of cweðan

oflǽte

(n.)
Grammar
oflǽte, -láte, -léte, an;

an oblation, offeringa sacramental wafera wafer like the sacramental wafera sacramental waferwafer

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f. an oblation, offering Oflǽtan oblationem Ps. Spl. C. 39, 9. Oflátan oblationes Ps. Surt. 50, 21. a sacramental wafer Eal ðæt tó húsle gebirige, ðæt is, clǽne ofléte, clǽne wín, and clǽne wæter, L. Edg. C. 39; Th. ii. 252, 13. Behealde hé ðæt his

Linked entry: ofláte

latian

(v.)
Grammar
latian, p. ode

To be slowto lingerloiterdelay

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Hwí latast ðú swá lange ðæt ðú ðé lǽce ne cýðst why dost thou delay so long to show thyself to the leech? Dóm. L. 6, 66. Lataþ tardat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 48. Deáþ ne lattaþ mors non tardat, Rtl. 11, 7.

Linked entry: elcian

ge-fystlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fystlian, pp. -lad

To beat with the fistsbuffetpugnis impetere

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To beat with the fists, buffet; pugnis impetere, Scint. 2

Linked entry: -fýstlian