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a-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þencan, -þencean ; p. -þohte ; pp. -þoht.

to think outdeviseinventexcogitareto thinkintendcogitareintenderevelle

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to think out, devise, invent; excogitare Gif we hit mǽgen wihte aþencan if we may devise it in any way, Cd. 21; Th. 26, 2; Gen. 400 : 179; Th. 224, 35; Dan. 146 : Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 28. to think, intend; cogitare, intendere, velle He ðis ellenweorc

Linked entries: a-þohte a-þoht

dyderung

(n.)
Grammar
dyderung, dydrung, e; f.

An illusion, delusion, pretence delūsio, simŭlātio

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Hit wæs ðæs deófles dydrung it was an illusion of the devil, ii. 166, 6. He nys wís ðe mid dydrunge hyne sylfne beswícþ non est sapiens qui simulātiōne semet ipsum decĭpit, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 3

líf-leást

(n.)
Grammar
líf-leást, -lǽst, e; f.

death

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Loss of life, death On ǽlcum ðara daga gif man ǽnige ǽddran geopenaþ on ðara tíde ðæt hit biþ lífleást oððe langsum sár on each of those days, if a vein be opened at that hour, it is death or long disease, Lchdm. iii. 152, 5.

lyffettan

(v.)
Grammar
lyffettan, p. te

To flatter

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Ða byrþeras ðe hine tó byrgenne feredon synd ólæcunga lyffetyndra geférena the bearers who carried him to the grave are the blandishments of flattering companions, Homl. Th. i. 492, 28.

Linked entry: liffettan

méting

(n.)
Grammar
méting, e; f.

A paintingpicture

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Ne gǽþ ná máre tó métinge búton ðæt ðú hit geseó and herige, 186, 5-7

seonu-bend

(n.)
Grammar
seonu-bend, (?), e; f.
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Siððan hine Níðhád on néde legde swoncre seonobende (Grein would read -benne, which is more in accordance with the story in the Edda, that Völund had the sinews of the knees cut: v. Thorpe's note on this passage, and his Northern Mythology, i. 86.

tæl

(n.)
Grammar
tæl, tel, es; n.

A tale, number, series

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A tale, number, series Heora tel biþ swá menigfeald, ðæt hit oferstíhþ sandceosles gerím, Homl. Th. i. 536, 33. Ðæra etendra tal manducantium numerus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 21. Of tale numero, Jn. Skt. Rush. 6, 10. Tele laterculo, numero, Hpt.

Linked entries: tal tel fore-tal

teám-byrst

(n.)
Grammar
teám-byrst, es; m.

The failure to produce a geteáma in a suit.

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Ðá bæd Byrhferhð ealdor-mann Æðelstán his wer for ðam témbyrste, Chart. Th. 207, 4

un-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
un-cræft, es; m.

An evil artill practice

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Gyf hit geweorðe ðæt man mid tyhtlan and mid uncræftum sacerd belecge, L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 8. Utan some getrýwða habban ús betweónan bútan uncræftan, Wulfst. 167, 5

cyssan

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Hió cyst deosculatur, Kent. Gl. 192. Ne cys þú míne fét, Hml. S. 5, 301. Cyssan bassiare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 19. Ǽlc þára manna þe óðerne swíðe lufað, hine lyst bet cyssan ðonne óðerne on bær líc, þonne þér þǽr cláðas betweóna beóð, Shrn. 185, 31.

ende-mann

(n.)
Grammar
ende-mann, es; m.
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Wlfst. 156, 4 ; Ðeós woruld is on ofste and hit neálǽcð þám ende), Hml. Th. i. 476, 18. Fela hálige menn fram frymðe middaneardes wǽron beforan ús, þám wé nú endemenn geefenlǽcan ne magon, Hml. S. 12, 281

for-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
for-genge, adj.
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Gyf hit on lencten gebyrige, ꝥ þæ þonne þǽre flǽscun geweorð on fisce gestriéne, búton ꝥ þis forgenge sié if it (the time for giving a contribution of food (including flesh meat)) happen in Lent, that then the value of the meat may be taken in fish, unless

Linked entry: genge

full-gearwian

(v.)
Grammar
full-gearwian, p. ode.
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D. 126, 2. to equip fully Án scegð is eall gearo bútan þám hánon, hé hine wolde fulgearwian his hláforde tó gerisnum, Cht. Crw. 23, 9.

lamb

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Swá swá lamb þonne hit man scyrð, Hml. Th. ii. 16, 21. Sceáphyrdes riht is ꝥ hé hæbbe . . . .i. lamb of geáres geogeðe, Ll. Th. i. 438, 23. Lombur scépa agni ovium Ps. Srt. 113, 4. Lomberu, 6. Lo[m]bra agnorum ii. 193, 1. .xx. lamba, C.

lungre

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Flódwylm ne mæg manna ǽnigne ofer Meotudes ést lungre gelettan, An. 518 : 1423: 1474. of unchecked action Ne magan wé him lungre láð ætfæstan (cf. hine God forstód, 1337), An. 1349. See preceding word

þǽr-rihte

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Add: of an event which immediately succeeds another ꝥ cild þe bið ácænned, sóna hit cýð mid wópe and þǽrrihte wítegað þissere worulde geswinc, Hml.

watel

(n.)
Grammar
watel, es ; m.

A wattle interwoven twigs

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Ðá ástigon hig uppan ðæne hróf þurh ða watelas (per tegulas) and hine mid ðam bedde ásendon Lk. Skt. 5, 19

ælmes-selen

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-selen, e; f.

Alms-giving

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hit hæfde geearnod mid ælmæsselenun and gódum weorcum, 330, 18. Mid bénum and mid ælmessylenum, Ll. Th. ii. 324, 32

on-wadan

(v.)

to make ones way into, to penetrateto enter with irresistible force, to make ones self master of, take possession of

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Hié wlenco onwód, 155, 27; Gen. 2579

Linked entry: an-wadan

hláford-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-dóm, es; m.

Dominion, lordship

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Dominion, lordship For Godes ege under ðæm geoke his hláforddómes þurhwunigen and hine for Godes ege weorþigen, suá mon hláford sceal divino timore constricti ferre sub eis jugum reverentiæ non recusent, Past. 28, 5; Swt. 197, 8.

Linked entry: hláford