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
þúfian
To become leafy or bushy
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To become leafy or bushy Þúfaþ and wridaþ frutescit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 13
Lige
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the river Lea
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
seárian
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His leáf and his blǽda ne fealwiaþ ne ne seáriaþ folium ejus non decidet. Ps. Th. 1, 4,, Hé (Regulus) slápan ne mehte, óþ hé swá seárigende his líf forlét, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 178, 24
Linked entry: seár
ǽttren
Poisonous ⬩ venenosus
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Kmbl. 37; Leás. 20
hentan
To pursue ⬩ follow after ⬩ seize[?]
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Nime ðonne leáfe ðæt hé móte hentan æfter his ágenan let him then take leave to follow after his own, 19; Th. i. 386, 17
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.
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
welig
A willow
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Weliges leáf Lchdm. ii. 156, 1. Welies 154, 22. Ǽrest on ðone welig; of ðam welige Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 223, 23. Tó ðam greátan welige 438, 3. On ðone ealdan myl[en] ðǽr ða welegas standaþ ii. 250, 10. On welgum in salicibus Blickl. Gl
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
trog
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., and add Þrý trogas, C.D.B. iii. 367, 39. v. corn-, leác-trog
hunig-smæc
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Kmbl. 53; Leás. 28
Linked entry: smæc