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leahter

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ne cann nǽnne leahter, and wǽron mid leahtrum áfyllede, Hml. Th. ii. 572, 35. Ne mæg synne on mé fácnes frumbearn fyrene gestǽlan, líces leahtor, Gú. 1045. Þæs líchoman leah as and þá unþeáwas, Met. 22, 25. Leahtra conuitiorum An. Ox. 5363.

sceótan

Grammar
sceótan, <b>I a.</b>
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Add Swutelað hit hér ðæt Boui mid his scette áwerede ðæt land and fore scét on ealre scíre gewitnysse, C. D. vi. 183, 10

of-sleán

(v.)

to kill or wound by a blow, to kill, slayto slay

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Gif hwâ his cild ofslihþ tó deáþe, L. M. I. P. 8 ; Th. ii. 268, I. Se gerêfa nyste hwæt hié wǽron, and hiene mon ofslôg, Chr. 787; Erl. 56, 15. (the elephant) ofslôg micel ðæs folces, Ors. 4, I; Swt. 156, 12. Ofslôh, Cd. Th. 60, 18; Gen. 983.

Linked entry: of-gesleán

on-weg

(adv.)
Grammar
on-weg, adv.

Away, off.

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Away, off. with verbs of motion Óðer þing wiston ða wífmenn ðá onweg cyrdon when they went away (from the sepulchre ), Exon. Th. 460, 13; . 16. Gif ðú onweg cymest if you come away (alive from the fight ), Beo. Th. 2769; B. 1382.

Linked entries: an-weg a-weg

innan

(adv.)
Grammar
innan, adv. and prep. gen. dat. acc.

Inintowithinfrom within

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Hie hiora onweald innanbordes [cf. Icel. innan-bords] gehióldon they maintained their power at home, Past. pref; Swt. 3, 7. Innabordes intus, Rtl. 2, 21. with dat Ðá sæt innan húse discumbente eo in domo, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 10.

ágan

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þæt weorð nolde ágán ( would not retain in his possession ), ac hit óþrum monnum sealde, Ors. 4, 10:8. 198, 17. Eall ꝥ him wæs leófost tó ágenne, Bl. H. 111, 26. Tó áganne, Met. 21, 19. <b>la.</b> of a husband's relation to his wife.

ge-gaderung

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Gegæderunge, hýpe congerie (prunarum ), 4780.

sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþa, an; m.

a criminal, wretch, miscreant, an enemyfiend, devila spoiler, robbera warrior

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hit dóþ sceaþum tó scrafum 'ye have made it a den of thieves,' Blickl. Homl. 71, 20. wæs on mycelre frecednysse on wéstene betwux sceaþum, Homl. Th. i. 392, 7.

Linked entries: sceoþa sceþþ

pleó-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
pleó-líc, adj.
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Gif hié (seó menigo ðínra monna) yfele sint ðonne sint hié ðé pleólícran and geswincfulran gehæfd ðonne genæfd si vitiosi moribus sunt, perniciosa domus sarcina, Bt. 14, 1 ; Fox 42, 22.

clǽne

(adv.)
Grammar
clǽne, adv.
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Wé habbað Godes hús inne and úte clǽne berýpte, Wlfst. 157, 18. Nán gesceaft swá cléne onwæg ne gewít, þæt æft ne cume, ne swá clǽne ne forwyrð, ꝥ tó hwan*-*hwugu ne weorðe, Shrn. 198, 17, 18.

here-beácen

a war-signala beaconan ensigna lighthouse

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sealde háligra fædera herebeácen him, id est, credo sanctorum patrum tradidit symbolum, Bd. 4, 17; Sch. 432, 4. a beacon: Úpstandende herebeácn pira, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 43.

láreów-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
láreów-dóm, es; m.

mastershipgovernanceteaching

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Ðæt biþ ðæs recceres ryht ðæt þurh ða stemne his láriówdómes ætiéwe ðæt wuldor ðæs uplícan éðles debitum rectoris est supernæ patriæ gloriam per vocem prædicationis ostendere, 21, 5; Swt. 159, 22.

leóf

(n.)
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Ic bidde eów leóf ðæt gé gecirron tó mínum húse obsecro, domini, declinate in domum pueri vestri, Gen. 19, 2. Gefyrn ic hine cúðe leóf ... La leóf nele gelýfan mínum wordum long ago 1 knew him, Sir ... Ah!

ge-samnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-samnian, -somnian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.

to gather, collectcongrĕgāre, collĭgĕreto unite, joinconsŏciāre, jungĕreTo collect, come togethercongrĕgāri, convĕnīre

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Se gesamnade sáwle to líce he united the soul to the body, Bt. Met. Fox 17, 23; Met. 17, 12. v. intrans. To collect, come together; congrĕgāri, convĕnīre gesamniaþ congrĕgāti sunt, Ps. Th. 103, 21.

Linked entries: samnian ge-somnian

a-lefan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lefan, to become weak.
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Þreó hund geára ylpas libbað, gif áléfede ne beóð, Hml. S. 25, 570. Wundru worhte on áléfedum mannum, Hml. A. 10, 255. Gegadera ðearfan and áléfede ( pauperes ac debiles, Lk. 14, 21), Hml. Th. ii. 374, 27.

on-cweðan

(v.)

of animate beings, to reply, respondto echo back, give back a sound, reply

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Ne sculon mæssepreóstas bútan óðrum mannum mæssan syngan, ðæt wite hwone gréte, and hwá him oncwæðe, L. E. I. 7; Th. ii. 406, 23. Ðæt hió ðære cwéne oncweðan meahton . . . swá hió him tó sóhte, Elen.

wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, wielle, welle, wylle, an ; f.

A well, spring, stream, fountain

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him forlét feówer wellan sceótan ( the reference is to the milk from a cow's udder' ), Exon. Th. 419, 26; Rä. 39, 3. [The word is also found in place-names.]

freórig

(adj.)
Grammar
freórig, adj.

freezingchilledfrigidfrozenfrīgensfrīgŏre rīgensfrīgĭdusgĕlĭduschilled with fear or sorrowtremblingsadtrĕmenstristis

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Kmbl. 2520; An. 1261. chilled with fear or sorrow, trembling, sad; trĕmens, tristis He gefeóll freórig to foldan he fell trembling to the ground, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 27; Jud. 281.

ge-frætewian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-frætewian, -frætwian, -fretwian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To adorndecktrimornāreredĭmīre

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He gefrætwode foldan sceátas he adorned earth's regions, Beo. Th. 192; B. 96. He æfter fæce mid óðrum gástlícum mægenum gefrætewod ætýwde postmŏdum cætĕris virtūtĭbus ornātus appāruit, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 44 : 3, 11; S. 535, 32.

up-spring

(n.)
Grammar
up-spring, es; m.

an upspringingrising of a heavenly bodycoming of day or nighta rising of waterbreaking forthbirthwhat springs up

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Þurh ðæs steorran upspring, 108, 5. a rising of water, breaking forth On upspri[n]c (diluvii) inruptionem, Anglia xiii.32, 124. birth gestrýnde Cainan.

Linked entry: spring