un-gebrosnendlic
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Þ hí onféngon þá ungebrosnendlican (-nedlican, v.l. ) leán, Gr. D. 233, 15. Add
Linked entry: ge-brosnendlic
un-hwílen
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Þǽr cyning engla clǽnum gildeð leán un-hwílen,Hpt. 33, 73, 26. Add
hleáppettan
To leap up
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To leap up Hé ongunne hleápettan exsiliens, Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 22
geác
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Iéces (iáces) súræ calciculium Txts. 47, 380. in a place-name Tó Geáces leá, C. D. v. 342, 24. Geákes leá et óðer Geákes leá, iii. 101, 15. Æt Iáces leá, 125, 9. [The tenth riddle is on the cuckoo.]
mægerian
To macerate ⬩ emaciate ⬩ make lean
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To macerate, emaciate, make lean Mægeregan macerare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 16: 96, 34
Lige
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the river Lea
hoc
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Hocc, cottuc vel gearwan leáf malva Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 62. Hoc, 56, 36. Add:
ymb-lǽdan
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To lead about Hé ymblǽdde hine circumduxit eum (Deut. 32, 10), Cant. M. ad fil. 10
lǽg-hrycg
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D. lea
wiþer-hlinian
To lean against
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To lean against Wiðerhlingende, uuidirhliniendae, uuidirlinienti innitentes, Txts. 71, 1098. Wiþerhlyniende, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 78
Linked entry: hlinian
lǽ
hair
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'Forty threads of hemp-yarn are termed in Norfolk a lea. The "lea" by which linen yarn was estimated at Kidderminster, contained 200 threads.' Halliwell gives as a northern word 'lea
hlíp
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D. iii. 5, 7. a precipitous fall in a river (cf. stæþ-hlípe), leap as in salmon leap Of ðǽre ealdan hæcce into présta hlýpe, intó ðám bece . . . tó Freóbearnes hlýpe . . .
Linked entry: hlípe-burna
ge-fealdan
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Add Heofon bið gefealden swá swá bóca leáf beóð caelum plicabitur ut liber, Verc. Först. 107, 1
ǽttren
Poisonous ⬩ venenosus
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Kmbl. 37; Leás. 20
hwer
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Man sceal habban . . . hwer, leád, cytel, hlædel, pannan, crocca, dixas, Angl. ix. 264, 9. Hét hé feccan ǽnne ǽrene hwer, and hine ealne áfyllan mid weallendum leáde and lecgan Georium innon ðone hwer, Hml. 8. 14, 104-107: 25, 117.
sin-gréne
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Ever-green Ne fealð þǽr nǽfre leáf of, ac á hé bið singréne, E. S. viii. 477, 15
hóre
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Add: — Leás fyrnhicge, hóre prostituta pellax, i. meretrix quae prostat, i. mendax, An. Ox. 2940. Hórena meretricum, 3329
-módness
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án-, eád- (eáþ-), glæd-, heáh-, heard-, leás-, leóht-, meagol-, ofer-, or-, rûm-, swíþ-, þole-, wác-, weá-, wiþer-módness
ful-sméðe
Full smooth ⬩ very smooth ⬩ levissĭmus
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Kmbl. 20; Leás. 12
lyge-wyrhta
A liar
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Kmbl. 19; Leás. 11