æþelo
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Ǽlc mon ðe allunga underþeóded biþ unþeáwum forlǽt his fruman sceaft and his æþelo, Bt. 30, 2; F. 110, 22: Met. 17, 25. <b>II b.</b> noble birth, nobility :-- Hwý gé eów for æðelum up áhebben, Met. 17, 18.
flówan
to pass away ⬩ be transitory ⬩ to issue ⬩ to flow ⬩ to be flooded ⬩ to flow ⬩ to abound
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Hé eft cymþ tó þám ilcan ǽwelme þe hé ǽr út fleów, Bt. 24, l; F. 80, 27. Ðæt of ðǽm innoðum á libbendu wætru fleówen, Past. 467, 30. to flow (opposed to to ebb) Seó sǽ symle feówer prican oððe fíf lator flówð.
ge-leáfa
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Hý him sylfum séllan þúhton þonne Críst; gelugon hý him æt þám geleáfan, Hy. 4, 56. Þá men þá þe Godes ríces geleáfan habbað the men who believe in God's kingdom, Bl. H. 55, 17; 77, 4.
grim
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Wæs æt þám geongum grim andswaru, B. 2860. Him bið grim sefa, 2043. Onda tó ungemetlíce grim zelus immoderate saeviens, Past. 127, 3: Rä. 34, 5. Grimre gúðe, B. 527. Grimne gripe, 1148.
rícsian
to exercise or have power ⬩ to rule ⬩ govern ⬩ reign ⬩ to domineer ⬩ dominate ⬩ tyrannize ⬩ exercise violence ⬩ to prevail
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Gif wé áslaciaþ ðæs weddes ðe wé seald habbaþ, ðonne máge wé wénan ðæt ðás þeófas willaþ ríxian gyta swíðor ðonne hig ǽr dydon these thieves will get the upper hand yet more than they did before, L. Ath. v. 8, 9; Th. i. 238, 23.
on-cirran
to turn (trans.) make a change in position or direction ⬩ to turn (into another form) ⬩ to turn, ⬩ to go ⬩ to turn, make a person adopt a line of conduct, etc. ⬩ to turn, change ⬩ to turn from good to bad, to pervert ⬩ to turn aside, avert ⬩ to turn back, reverse (a sentence), revoke ⬩ to turn (intrans.)
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Hé ða yrmðu eft oncyrde æt his upstige, Exon. Th. 38, 30; Cri. 614. Ða word oncyr retract the words, 251, 13; Jul. 144. Wæs se dóm oncyrred Euan ungesǽlignesse, Blickl. Homl. 3, 8. Wearþ se sárlíca cwide eft oncerred, 123, 7. to turn (intrans.)
losian
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</b> to be lost to a place, taken from a place :-- Híg . . . þæt bið forwisnad, ǽr hit áfohten foldan losige foenum . . . quod priusquam evellatur arescit, Ps.
þeóf
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A thief [the secrecy implied by the word is marked in the following passage from the Laws dealing with injury done to a wood: Fýr biþ þeóf ... sió æsc biþ melda, nalles þeóf, L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 19-23. Cf.
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hú
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Tó béhðe, hú hyre æt beaduwe gespeów, Jud. 175. Þá ealdan race, hú þú yfle gehogdes, Cri. 1398. Þæt is fyrn sægen, hú hé weorna feala wítu geþolode, An. 1492.
HEL
HELL ⬩ the place of souls after death ⬩ Hades ⬩ the infernal regions ⬩ the place of the wicked after death
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HELL, the place of souls after death, Hades, the infernal regions, the place of the wicked after death Helle infernus, Ælfc. Gl. 54; Som. 63, 103; Wrt. Voc. 36, 24: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 11, 34. Satanas ðære helle ealdor cwæþ tó ðære helle ...
INNOÞ
the inside ⬩ stomach ⬩ womb ⬩ bowels ⬩ the breast ⬩ heart
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The inner part of the body, the inside, stomach, womb, bowels, the breast, heart Innoþ alvus; wífes innoþ uterus, Ælfc. Gr. 8 ; Som. 7, 52, 30 : viscus, 9 ; Som. 12, 12, Wífmannes innoþ matrix, uterus, Ælfc. Gl. 74; Som. 71, 56; Wrt.Voc. 44. 39.
gehwǽr
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Óðre béc man hæfð wíde gehwǽr on crístendóme Críste tó lofe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 19, 39. (cc) of statements in books :-- Hit is áwriten on Crístes béc, and gehwǽr on óþrum bócum, Hml.
hof
A house ⬩ hall, ⬩ dwelling, ⬩ building ⬩ ædes, ⬩ domus
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A house, hall, dwelling, building; ædes, domus Lytel hof ædicula, Ælfc. Gl. 107; Som. 78, 84; Wrt. Voc. 57, 60. Cinges hof basilica, Som. 78, 86; Wrt. Voc. 58, 1.
ild
an age ⬩ ævum ⬩ sæculum ⬩ age ⬩ years ⬩ ætas ⬩ mature ⬩ eld ⬩ senectus ⬩ vetustas ⬩ age
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Th. 89, 11. mature or old age, eld ; senectus, vetustas Yld senectus, Ælfc. Gr. 9 ; Som. 12, 28.
weorpan
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Ðæt hé wurpe his cynehelm and gecneówige æt ðæs fisceres gemynde, Homl. Th. i. 578, 6. Hwylc eówer sí synleás weorpe (wurpe, v. l. ) stán on hí, Jn. Skt. 8, 7. Be ðære coþe þe se mon his útgang þurh ðone múð him fram weorpe, Lchdm. ii. 236, 13.
læssa
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Ǽlc fagnað þæs þe lǽste ( to a very slight extent ) hé ongytan mæg, Solil. H. 31, 23
git
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Tó þon ꝥ hié þá git swíþor blóten þonne hié ǽr dyden, 4, 4; S. 162, 30. Þonne git lǽssan, Ll. Th. i. 342, 3. [Goth. ju hita.]
alor
An ALDER- tree ⬩ alnus ⬩ alnus glutihosa
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Alr alnus, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 65, 5; Wrt. Voc. 33, 4
cyne-dóm
royal dominion or power, kingdom, realm ⬩ imperium, regnum, sceptrum, potestas
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royal dominion or power, kingdom, realm;imperium, regnum, sceptrum, potestas Cynedóm sceptrum, Ælfc. Gl. 69; Som. 69, 127; Wrt. Voc. 42, 7.
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dǽd-bót
An amends-deed, repentance, penitence ⬩ pœnitentia, maleficii compensatio
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An amends-deed, repentance, penitence; pœnitentia, maleficii compensatio Behreówsung oððe dǽdbót pœnitentia, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 22.