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léf

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
léf, [or lef?]; adj.

Weakinjuredinfirm

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Weak, injured, infirm Léf debilis, Germ. 389. On fýre hí ne lyst lócian gif se æppel léf biþ men do not like to look at fire if the apple of the eye be injured, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 204, 29. Léf mon lǽces behófaþ a sick man needs a doctor, Exon. 89 b; Th.

líðian

(v.)
Grammar
líðian, p. ode
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To be, become, or make líðe [q. v.] Miltsige man for Godes ege and líðige man georne let mercy be shewn for fear of God, and let kindness be diligently shewn, L. Eth. vi. 53; Th. i. 328, 28. Swá hwæt swá gé gebindaþ hér ofer eorþan eall hit wyrþ on heofenan

Linked entry: líðan

be-seón

(v.)
Grammar
be-seón, -sión, bi-seón; ic -seó, ðú -sihst, he -sihþ, -syhþ, pl. -seóþ; p. ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon; impert. -sih; pp. -sewen; [be by, near, about; seón to see]

to look about or aroundcircumspicereto see, look, beholdvidere, aspicereto go to see, visitvisere, visitare

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to look about or around; circumspicere Sóna ðá hí besáwon hí, nánne hí mid him ne gesáwon suddenly when they looked about them, they saw no one with him, Mk. Bos. 9, 8. Ðá he beseah, ðá geseah he olfendas when he looked about, then he saw the camels,

biter-nys

(n.)
Grammar
biter-nys, -nyss, e; f.

BITTERNESSamaritudo

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BITTERNESS; amaritudo Híg cómon to ðære stówe, ðe ys Mara genemned, ðæt ys on úre lýden biternys; ðá ne mihton híg drincan ðæt wæter, forðamðe hit wæs biter: ðá héton híg ealle his naman Mara, ðæt ys on úre lýden biternys venerunt in Mara, nec poterant

Linked entry: bitter-nes

ge-limp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-limp, es; n.

An eventaccidenta chanceaccĭdenscāsus

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An event, accident, a chance; accĭdens, cāsus Ðara in gelimpe lífe weóldon of those who in chance possessed life, Exon. 36 b; Th. 118, 13; Gú. 239. Is ǽnig óðer on eallum ðám gelimpum búton godes yrre ofer ðas ðeóde swutol and gesýne is there anything

Linked entries: be-limp ge-lymp

ge-rím

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rím, es; n.

A number, computation, calendar, diarynŭmĕrus, compŭtātio, ephāmĕris

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A number, computation, calendar, diary; nŭmĕrus, compŭtātio, ephāmĕris = έφημερίs Ðæs næs ná gerím cujus non ĕrat nŭmĕrus, Ps. Spl. 104, 32. Feówer and twentig wintra gerímes twenty four winters in number, Chr. 1065; Erl. 196, 26, 40; Edw. 7, 21: Cd.

Linked entry: gerím-bóc

ge-lóme

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-lóme, adv.

Often, frequently, continually, repeatedlysæpe, frĕquenter, contĭnuo, crebrofrequenter

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Often, frequently, continually, repeatedly; sæpe, frĕquenter, contĭnuo, crebro Fregn gelóme freca óðerne one warrior often asked the other, Andr. Kmbl. 2327; An. 1165 : Beo. Th. 1122; B. 559 : Ps. Th. 54, 13 : 62, 4. Ðonne h-i gelóme sáwon swíðlíce rénas

Linked entry: -lóme

ge-niwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niwian, p. ode; pp. od, ad

To renew, make new, changerenovare, innovare

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To renew, make new, change; renovare, innovare Gást rihtne geniwa spiritum rectum innova, Ps. Spl. 50, 11. Biþ geniwod renovabitur, 102, 5. On sumum geáre byþ se móna twelf síðon geniwod fram ðære hálgan Eáster-tíde óþ eft Eástron; and on sumum geáre

ge-nóg

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-nóg, -nóh; adj.

ENOUGH, sufficient, abundantsatis, sufficiens, abundans

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ENOUGH, sufficient, abundant; satis, sufficiens, abundans He hæfþ on his ágenum genóh he has of his own enough, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 8. Ðǽr wæs genóg drinc sóna gearu there was soon drink enough ready, Andr. Kmbl. 3067; An. 1536. Hwæt druge ðú dugeða genóhra

Linked entries: ge-nóh ge-nóh

þurh-scríþan

(v.)

to pass throughglide throughto go through a subjectexamineconsiderperlustrare

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of physical movement, to pass through, glide through Synd twelf tácna on ðam foresprecenan circule ðe seó sunne þurhscríð, Anglia viii. 298, 18. to go through a subject, examine, consider; perlustrare Ǽlc ðæra ðe wyle ða eásterlícan blisse mǽrsian,

þegen-riht

(n.)
Grammar
þegen-riht, es; n.
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Thane-right, the legal rights and privileges which attached to the rank of thane (e. g. Mæssepreóstes áð and woruldþegenes is on Engla lage efendýre ... Twelfhyndes mannes (a thane's) áð forstent .vi. ceorla áð, L. O. 12, 13; Th. i. 182, 14-19) Se mæssepreóst

Linked entries: þegen-lagu þegen-wer

un-sméþe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sméþe, adj.

Not smoothroughuneven

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Not smooth, rough, uneven Unsméðe scabra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 13. Unsméðe hrægel birrus, i. 40, 25. Eoh bið útan unsméðe treów, Runic pm. Kmbl. 341, 27; Rún. 13. Tunge unsméþe, Lchdm. ii. 242, 10. Wé habbaþ hrepunge, ðæt wé magon gefrédan hwæt bið sméðe

Linked entry: sméðe

un-staþolfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-staþolfæst, adj.

unsettlednot remaining in one placenot stationaryunsettleddesirous of changenot steadfastunstablenot enduringeasily movedunsettled in mindwavering

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unsettled, not remaining in one place, not stationary Ða twám and þrím dagum geond missenlícra monna húsum wuniaþ, ǽfre unstaþolfæste ( numquam stabiles ) and woriende, R. Ben. 9, 23. unsettled, desirous of change Sum munuc wearð unstaðolfæst on his

Linked entry: under-staþolfæst

ymb-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-cirran, p. de
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To turn about, to revolve round Hí ðære eaxe útan ymbhwerfaþ (-eþ, MS.) ðone norðende, neáh ymbcerraþ (-eþ, MS.), Met. 28, 14. Saturnus hæfð ymb þrítig wintergerímes weoruld ymbcyrred, 28, 26. to turn one's self round Ymbcerred wæs on bægcgling conuersa

ende-stæf

An endconclusiondeath

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An end, conclusion; especially with reference to the end of life; death (violent or natural) Endistaeb exito, perditio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 57. Endestæf exito, 29, 65. Exitus, finis, effectus, terminus, egressus útgong, endestæf, 144, 83. Endestæf exterum

fæst-hafol

strongfirmsteadfasttenaciousretentiveparsimonious

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Add: that holds fast Fæsthafellæstum (-nestum, An. Ox. 4595) gerǽpod tenacissimis (vinculis) inretita, Hpt. Gl. 512, 63. strong, firm, steadfast God, fæsthafol strængð unástyred on þé þurhwunað Deus, tenax vigor inmotus in te permanet, Hy. S. 11, 2.

feóung

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Sóðfæstnysse feóung (féung, v. l.) and seó lufu leásunge odium ueritatis amorque mendacii, Bd. 1, 14; Sch. 38, 19: Past. 222, 2. Bið ðæt fýr onǽled ðǽre feóunga (fióunga, v. l.), and sió feóung (fióung, v. l.) ádwǽscð ðá sibbe, 279, 11. Ðæt geþreátude

geárlic

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Take here gérlic in Dict., and add Gérlicae annua, Txts. 42, 94. Gérlice, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 67. that occurs yearly Geárlic freólsdæg annua festiuitas, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 287, 12. Ðes freólsdæg is ús geárlic, ac hé is heofonwarum singallic, Hml. Th. i. 442,

ge-neah

(v.)
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Substitute: ge-neah, pl. ge-nugon; p. ge-nohte. impersonal it suffices a person, a person has enough, abounds in Wé eáðe magon úpcund ríce forð gestígan, gif ús on ferðe geneah, and wé willað healdan heofoncyninges bibod, Sch. 35. [Cf. O. H. Ger. ganah

ge-sceádwíslic

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Substitute Discretum, detractum vel gesceádwíslic, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 12. endowed with reason, rational Þǽre sáwle gecynd is ðryfeald . . . þridde dǽl is gesceádwíslic, Hml. S. 1, 97. On eówerre sáule is andgit and gemynd and se gesceádwíslica willa