a-þencan
to think out ⬩ devise ⬩ invent ⬩ excogitare ⬩ to think ⬩ intend ⬩ cogitare ⬩ intendere ⬩ velle
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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
dyderung
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
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
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.
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méting
A painting ⬩ picture
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Ne gǽþ ná máre tó métinge búton ðæt ðú hit geseó and herige, 186, 5-7
seonu-bend
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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
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.
teám-byrst
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
An evil art ⬩ ill 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
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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
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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
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full-gearwian
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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
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
Alms-giving
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Hé hit hæfde geearnod mid ælmæsselenun and gódum weorcum, 330, 18. Mid bénum and mid ælmessylenum, Ll. Th. ii. 324, 32
on-wadan
to make ones way into, to penetrate ⬩ to enter with irresistible force, to make ones self master of, take possession of
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Hié wlenco onwód, 155, 27; Gen. 2579
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hláford-dóm
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.
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