hleóþor
a sound ⬩ noise ⬩ voice
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Engla þreátas sigeleóð sungon, 1289), Gú. 1293. voice, note of a bird Ic þurh múð sprece . . . hleóðres ne míðe, Rá. 9, 4. Dyde ic mé tó gomene ganetes hleóðor, Scef. 20.
ó-leccan
to treat gently, to soothe, caress ⬩ to be obsequious, pay court to, fawn upon, flatter, to try to gain a person's good will by unworthy means ⬩ to gain good will by worthy means, to propitiate, be submissive ⬩ of things to gratify, charm, give pleasure
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Mé riht ne þinceþ ðæt ic óleccan þurfe Gode æfter góde ǽnegum, Cd.
Linked entry: óliccan
swíge
- Scint. 82, 1
silence, absence of speech ⬩ silence, quiet, absence of noise; also a time of silence ⬩ silence from astonishment, amazement ⬩ stupor ⬩ delay ⬩ a curve, circuit ⬩ to bend, sway ⬩ taciturnitas, silentium
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MSS.) geðencan meahte; óðer ondréd ðæt hé ongeáte on his swýgean (swiggean, Cott. MSS.) ðæt hé sumne hearm geswigode, Past. 7; Swt. 49, 19-22. Mid suígean, 35; Swt. 237, 12. Mid swígan forberan to bear in silence, Homl. Th. ii. 164, 20.
leahter
a crime ⬩ fault ⬩ offence ⬩ sin ⬩ vice ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ reproach ⬩ opprobrium ⬩ blame ⬩ disgrace ⬩ disease ⬩ disorder ⬩ hurt ⬩ malady
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Bútan leahtre sine crimine, Ælfc, Gr. 47; Som. 48, 3: Mt. Kmbl. 12, 5. Hié eodan on eallum Drihtnes bebodum bútan leahtre they walked in all the commandments of the Lord blameless, Blickl. Homl. 161, 31.
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murnan
To mourn ⬩ be sad ⬩ be anxious ⬩ To mourn ⬩ lament ⬩ to care about ⬩ regard
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Kmbl. 971; Sal. 485. to care about, regard Se ðe hiora welt ne murnþ náuþer ne friénd ne fiend ðé má ðe wédende hund he that rules them regards neither friend nor foe any more than he would a mad dog (cf. se hláford ne scrífþ freónde ne feónde, Met.
binnan
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Þá wíse menn ǽgðær ge binnan burh ge búton, Chr. 1052; P. 181, 1. within an enclosure, a fence, &c. with dat. Iéwde hé mé áne duru beinnan ðǽm wealle, Past. 153, 19. Ðá wuhta beinnan ðám wáge, 155, 21.
be-swícan
to decoy ⬩ ensnare ⬩ beguile ⬩ to betray ⬩ to defraud ⬩ supplant ⬩ to circumvent ⬩ to seduce ⬩ mislead
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Ic nǽnigne man beswícan (laedere) ne mihte, Gr. D. 30, 23.
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drincan
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H. 229, 16. to swallow the contents of a cup Mage gyt drincan þone calic þe ic tó drincenne hæbbe? Gyt mínne calic drincað, Mt. 20, 22, 23: Mk. 10, 38-39. to use as a beverage Ne drincþ hé wín ne ealu, Bl. H.165, 11.
eádig
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Mid eádire forestihtunge beata praedestinatione, An. Ox. 1488. Þone eádegan hlísan fau(s)tam famam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 16: 37, 31. Mé eádige cwǽdon ealle cneórisna, Bl. H. 7, 4. Eádige ( beati ) synt þá gástlican þearfan, Mt. 5, 3, ... 11.
nágan
not to have ⬩ not to be allowed ⬩ ought not
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On ða gerád ðæt hine náge nán man of tó áceápienne, Chart. Th. 151, 13. Ðæt hit náge nán man fram ðære stówe tó dǽlanne, 157, 6
grípan
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Ðú ðe samod mid me swéte gripe metas qui simul mecum dulces capiebas cibos, Ps. Spl. 54, 15: Cd. 42; Th. 55, 8; Gen. 891. Scearpe gáras gripon the sharp arrows griped, Cd. 95; Th. 124, 16; Gen. 2063.
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ge-scildan
To shield, cover, protect, defend ⬩ protegere, tueri
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Wiþ egesan yfeles feóndes míne sáwle gescyld a timore inimici eripe animam meam, Ps. Th. 63, 1. Gescildan wið to protect against, Exon. 40 b; Th. 135, 23; Gú. 528. Heó is gescyld she is protected, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 3.
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sín
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Ðæt wíf (wíf though neuter is represented by a fem. pron. ) ðín heáfod tredeþ mid fótum sínum, Cd. Th. 56, 16 ; Gen. 913. referring to a plural Ðec Israéla herigaþ, herran sínne (þínne, MS.), 240, 28 ; Dan. 393. Gebid sínna sówhula, Txts. 124, 5.
þunian
to stand out ⬩ be prominent ⬩ be lifted up ⬩ stick up ⬩ to be lifted up ⬩ be proud ⬩ to be stuck up ⬩ to make a noise ⬩ to sound ⬩ resound ⬩ creak
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Þunie (þu me, Th.) him gewinnes wearn ofer wealles hróf may much strife be lifted up for it above the top of its wall; circumdabit eam super muros ejus iniquitas, Ps. Th. 54, 9.
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wandrian
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Voc. ii. 54, 26. in a physical sense Se steorra ( Saturn ) wandraþ ofer óþrum steorran, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 13: Met. 24, 23. Wandraþ vagatur, Hpt. Gl. 412, 56.
be-niman
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Mé hæfþ þeós gnornung þǽre gemynde benumen, Bt. 5, 3; S. 12, 20. Hine hæfde Penda ríces benumenne, Chr. 658; P. 32, 6. Hié wǽron benumene ceápes, 895; P. 88, 16. to comprehend, contain Benumene comprehensum, Jn. p.
Eást-Engle
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Add: (the word may often be translated by) East Anglia Norþhymbre and Eást-Engle hæfdon Ælfréde cyninge áþa geseald, and Eást-Engle foregíslas .vi., Chr. 894; P. 84, 20.
efen
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</b> of sounds, harmonious, not discordant :-- Efnum sónum consonantibus, Mk. p. 1, 13. unruffled, undisturbed Gyf eówer hwylc bið geunrótsod, hé hyne gebidde mid emnum móde ( aequo animo ), Ll. Th. ii. 354, 19. Mid efnum móde, R.
ge-myndgian
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VI. to think of :-- Ic on móde gemyndgade hú mé ǽrran dagas álumpan, metegade on móde þíne mǽran weorc, and ymbe þíne handgeweorc hogode memor fui dierum antiqworum, meditatus sum in operibus tuis, in factis manuum tuarum meditabar, Ps. Th. 142, 5
ge-timbru
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Getimbro (-u, R.) temples aedificationes templi, Mt. L. 24, 1: Mk. p. 5, 6. building, construction Be þæs temples getimbro de aedificatione templi, Bd. S. 23; Sch. 696, 16. Þá broþor óþerra weorca swíðor gýmdon and þysse cyricean getimbro forléton.