lytel
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. þe lytel, þe þǽr nán ne sié, Lch. ii. 218, 11.
tela
Well. ⬩ well, rightly, aright, correctly ⬩ well, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainly ⬩ well, prosperously, happily ⬩ well, in a beneficial or pleasant manner ⬩ marking degree, very, to a great extent ⬩ as an exclamation, well, good
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Th. 310, 26; Sat. 733. Teala foresecgan, Ps. Th. 118, 172. Tela, Exon. Th. 432, 19; Rä. 49, 2. well, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainly Heald forð tela sibbe continue without interruption to maintain peace, Beo. Th. 1901; B. 948.
bén-ríp
The reaping of corn by request ⬩ ad preces messio
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S. 5; Th. i. 436, 3-5
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cwéne
A woman, wife, queen, common woman, harlot ⬩ femina, uxor, regina, meretrix
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A woman, wife, queen, common woman, harlot ; femina, uxor, regina, meretrix Ic wæs feaxhár cwéne I was a hoary-headed woman, Exon. 126b; Th. 487, 13; Rä. 73, 1. Cwénan forlǽtan to forsake a wife, L. N. P. L. 35; Th. ii. 296, 1.
flýma
One who flees ⬩ a runaway ⬩ an exile ⬩ outlaw ⬩ a man who had fled for any offence, and whose flight was equivalent to a conviction ⬩ profŭgus ⬩ fŭgĭtīvus ⬩ exul
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Th. 77, 37. Beó he sydðan flýma let him be henceforth a fugitive, L. Ath. i. 2; Th. i. 200, 10: i. 20; Th. i. 210, 13, 14
hredding
Saving ⬩ salvation ⬩ liberation
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Th. i. 194, 33. His ágen líf syllan for ðæs folces hreddinge to give his own life for the redemption of the people, 240, 14. Ongunnon for his hreddinge biddan began to pray for his liberation, 534, 27.
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leger-bedd
A sick-bed ⬩ grave
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Ðæt ðú ðus láðlíc legerbed cure that thou shouldst choose so loathly a couch [the grave], Soul Kmbl. 307; Seel. 157: Wulfst. 187, 12. Sceal ðis sáwelhús legerbedde fæst wunian wælræste, Exon. 47 b; Th. 164, 2; Gú. 1005: Beo. Th. 2019; B. 1007
líc-tún
a grave-yard ⬩ cemetery
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Th. 157, 23. Hé nǽfre binnan nánum gehálgodum líctúne ne licge let him never lie in a consecrated graveyard, L. Ath. i. 25; Th. i. 212, 20: L. C. E. 22; Th. i. 372 35
mann-þeáw
A manner ⬩ custom ⬩ practice
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A manner, custom, practice Gé scyldigra synne secgaþ sóþfæstra nó monþeáw mǽran willaþ ye rehearse the sin of the guilty, the practice of the just ye will not celebrate, Exon. 40 a; Th. 132, 25; Gú. 478.
ge-beorhlíc
Safe ⬩ cautious ⬩ prudent ⬩ becoming ⬩ tūtus ⬩ circumspectus ⬩ dĕcens
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Th. 24, 21. Gebeorhlíc circumspectus R. Ben. 64. Swilce hit fór Gode gebeorhlíc sý and fór weorulde aberendlíc as it may be becoming before God and tolerable before the world, L. Edg. ii. 1; Th. i. 266, 6 : L. C. S. 2; Th. i. 376, 14
geond-hweorfan
To turn or pass through, go about, traverse ⬩ pertransire, peragrare, perlustrare
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Hwílum cwén flet eall geondhwearf at times the queen went about all the hall, Beo. Th. 4039; B. 2017. Ðonan ic ealne geondhwearf éðel Gotena thence I traversed all the country of the Goths, Exon. 86 b; Th. 325, 9; Wíd. 109.
ge-nihtsumian
To abound, suffice ⬩ abundāre, suffĭcĕre
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Se ungesǽliga gýtsere wile máre habban ðonne him genihtsumaþ the unhappy miser wishes to have more than suffices him, Homl. Th. i. 64, 34.
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for-sewennes
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Swylce tó forsewennysse woruldlicra ǽhta as if in contempt of worldly possessions, Hml. Th. i. 60, 25: Ps. Th. 43, 15. Forsǽwennesse (-sæw-? cf. forsewenne, v. l.) despectione, Ps. L. 122, 4. Mid forseawennesse spernendo, R. Ben. 54, 14.
lustfull-nes
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Þá þá hé geseah þá lustfullnesse þæs líchaman (delectationem carnis) . . . hé spræc þysne cwyde : ' Eall seó lustfulnes and swétnes þæs líchaman weorðeþ tó wyrma geride (dulcedo illius vermes), Gr. D. 323, 1-3 : 8.
wyrt
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Þá þá hé gehýrde ꝥ hé gelǽred wæs wyrta tó begangenne ' Artem aliquam nescio, sed hortum bene excolere scio' . . . Cum in nutriendis oleribus peritus esset, audivit, 180, 23-26. v. lǽce-, spere-, wealh-, wyn-, wyrm-wyrt. Add
réwet
Rowing ⬩ a ship ⬩ navigium
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Th. ii. 290, 11
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sǽ-streám
Sea-stream,
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Th. 88, 22. Sicilia sǽstreámum in, Met. 1. 15. He iwende ouer sea*-*streames, Laym. 326. Þu steorest te sea stream ꝥ hit fleden ne mot fir þan þu markedest, Marh. 9, 34
trod
A track
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tó stæðe lǽdan, L. O. Ð. 1; Th. i. 352, 3-11. Gyf him hundred bedrífe trod on óðer hundred, L. Edg. 4, 5 ; Th. i. 260, 3. Secga ǽnigum ðara ðe tírleáses trode sceáwode, hú hé on weg ðanon feorhlástas bær. Beo. Th. 1691; B. 843
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bisceop
a BISHOP, prelate ⬩ episcopus ⬩ a chief priest of the Jews ⬩ pontifex ⬩ a heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians
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], and to bletsigenne ele there is no difference between a mass-priest and a bishop, but that the bishop is appointed for greater benediction [blessing] than is the mass-priest; that is, to hallow churches, and to ordain priests, to confirm children,
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flǽsc
flesh ⬩ animals ⬩ human beings
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Th. 62, l: 72, 21. the sensual appetites Ðú woldest brúcan ungemetlicre wrǽnnesse; ac dé willaþ ðonne forseón Godes þeówas, for þám þe þín wérige flǽsc hafaþ þín anweald, nalæs þú his.