leác-tric
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Ðá geseah heó ǽnne leáhtric ðá lyste hí ðæs and hine genam and forgeat ðæt heó hine mid Cristes ródetácne gebletsode then she saw a lettuce and had a longing for it, and took it and forgot to bless it with the sign of the cross, iii. 336, col. 1.
Linked entry: cærse
leóhtmód-ness
levity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ inconstancy
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For hira leóhtmódnesse levitate cogitationum, 42, 1; Swt. 305, 17
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mægen-spéd
Abundance of strength ⬩ strength ⬩ power ⬩ virtue
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Hé mec for miltsum and mægenspédum nǽfre wille án forlǽtan on account of his mercy and his might he will never forsake me, 42 a; Th. 140, 17; Gú. 611: Andr. Kmbl. 2572; An. 1287. Mín múþ sægeþ ðíne mægenspéde os meum pronuntiabit justitiam tuam, Ps.
máðum-hús
A treasure-house ⬩ treasury
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Ðá fór Julius and ábræc hiera máðmhús ( ærarium ), Ors. 5, 12; Swt. 240, 15
mere-flód
a flood of water ⬩ deluge ⬩ a body of water ⬩ flood ⬩ ocean
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Fox 27, 4; Met. 27, 2: Cd. 167; Th. 209, 23; Exod. 503. On mereflóde middum in the midst of the waters, 8; Th. 9, 21; Gen. 145. Bisencte on mereflóde drowned in ocean, Exon. 72 b; Th. 271, 10; Jul. 480: 82 a; Th. 309, 19; Seef. 59
niþerung
a bringing low ⬩ humiliation ⬩ overthrow ⬩ damnation ⬩ condemnation
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For ðæs dæges nyþerunge ad damnationem diei, L. Ecg. P. add. 22; Th. ii. 236, 4 : Bd. 5, 14; S. 635, 2
plantian
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Bt. 27, 1 ; Fox 94, 24. Sanctus Paulus underféng ða hálgan gesomnunga tó plantianne, suá se ceorl déþ his ortgeard, Past. 40; Swt. 293, 3
earfoþ-líce
With difficulty, reluctantly, sorely, hardly ⬩ diffĭcĭle, invīte, ægre
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Se ellen-gǽst earfoþlíce þrage geþolode the potent ghost reluctantly endured for a time, Beo. Th. 173; B. 86: Exon. 98 a; Th. 369, 8; Seel. 38. Ðá wæs gegongen earfoþlíce then it befel sorely, Beo. Th. 5636; B. 2822: Andr. Kmbl. 1028; An. 514.
ge-trum
A knot ⬩ band ⬩ mass ⬩ company ⬩ company of soldiers ⬩ nodus ⬩ caterva ⬩ cohors ⬩ exercitus
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Fox 523; Gn. C. 32. Under tungla getrumum under the troops of stars, Salm. Kmbl. 285; Sal. 142. He eft gewát getrume micle he returned with a great company, Andr. Kmbl. 1413; An. 707: Beo. Th. 1849; B. 922: Exon. 90 a; Th. 337, 12; Gn. Ex. 63
self-will
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Getǽc mé sumne mann ðara ðe ðé gesǽlegost þince and on his selfwille sý swíðost gewiten who most has had things his own way, Bt. 11. 1; Fox 32, 16.
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be-þurfan
To need, have need, want, to be in want, to require ⬩ opus habere, egere, indigere
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Máre ðonne he beþurfe more than he has need of, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 21
BIFIAN
To tremble, shake, be moved ⬩ tremere, contremere, commoveri
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Ða wudas bifodon the woods shook, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 8
ge-clǽnsian
To cleanse ⬩ purify ⬩ mundāre ⬩ purgāre
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Bos. 8, 3 : Mk, Bos. 1, 40, 41 : Bt. 38, 4; Fox 202, 29. Geclǽnsedra castīgātior, Bd. 4, 31; S. 611, 1
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ge-lífan
To believe ⬩ trust ⬩ crēdĕre ⬩ confīdĕre
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Se ðe him to ðam hálgan helpe gelífeþ, he ðǽr gearo findeþ he who trusteth himself to the holy one for help, he findeth it there readily, Wald. 111; Vald. 2, 27.
ge-rúm
Room, space ⬩ spătium
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Room, space; spătium Hí náuðer ne gestillan ne móton, ne eác swíðor styrian, ðonne he him ðæt gerúm his wealdleðeres toforlǽt they neither can be still, nor yet move farther, than he allows to them the space of his rein, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 8.
Linked entry: rúm
ge-nemnan
To name ⬩ nominare
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Hí beóþ Godas genemnede [Cot. genemde] they are named gods, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 9. Hí Angle ge-nemnode wǽron they were named Angles, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 29
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sinc-þegu
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Acceptance of treasure the gift of a lord Sceal sincþego and sweordgifu eówrum cynne álicgean . . . syððan æðelingas gefricgean eówerne dómleásne dǽd for your kin shall receiving a lord's costly present and gift of sword be no more . . . after
sigle
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A necklace, collar, band for the neck Ne beóþ ðǽr forþ borene sigele ne beágas ne heora heáfodgold, Wulfst. 253, 23. Ðá gemétte heó under hrægele gylden sigele ( monile ), Bd. 4, 23 ; S. 595, 5. Háma ætwæg Brósinga mene, sigle and sincfæt, Beo.
sticel
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Ða gnættas mid swíþe lytelum sticelum hine deriaþ, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 11. Sticelas ramnos, Blickl. Gl
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tá
a twig, shoot
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Ðá com ðæs wítegan tá upp, i. 246, 3-5. v. tán, and Similar entries cf. for a similar pair of forms flá and flán