á-lǽtan
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. :-- Hé wolde hine tó lífe álǽtan (cf. deliver to death ), ii. 252, 8. of release Álǽten cempa emeritus, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 15
bí-leofa
subsistence ⬩ maintenance ⬩ provision ⬩ victuals
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subsistence, maintenance, provision; in a limited sense victuals Hé sǽde ꝥ ꝥ feoh wǽre widewena bigleofa of gódra manna ælmyssan, Hml. S. 25, 765. Leahtras fóda, deáðes bigleafa, 7, 26. Þæs mannes bíleofa is tó besceáwianne, Lch. ii. 210, 18: R.
rówan
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Cómon hí tó sǽ and þǽr gemétton scip standan, and hí on ꝥ eódon and mid him reówan ( they went on board and sailed in it ), Hml. S. 30, 165. Sume scypmen reówan on þǽre tyreniscan sǽ, Hml. S. 31, 1135.
ǽmetgian
to empty ⬩ to be at leisure. ⬩ to devote one's self to, take time for
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Add: to empty Ic ǽmtige (émtigie, ǽmptig(i)e, v. ll.) vacuo, Ælfc. Gr. 137, 4. fig. Similar entries v. ǽmettig, II His sprǽc wæs ǽmetegod vacua ðǽre mycelnyssé his gódan mægnes, Gr. D. 151, 1. to be at leisure.
or-mód
Without courage, hopeless, despairing
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Ða lytelmódan ðonne hié ongietaþ hiera unbældo, hié weorðaþ oft ormóde ( in desperationem cadunt), Past. 32, i; Swt. 209, 8; Homl. Th. i. 536, 6; Nar. 32, 23. Hig ormóde (orwéne, MS. D. ) ne gedó, L. de Cf. 1; Th. ii. 260, 14
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MǼD
MEAD ⬩ meadow
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Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on mǽdum this plant is produced in meadows, Herb. 1, 1; Lchdm. i. 70, 2
wynsumness
pleasantness ⬩ agreeableness ⬩ delight ⬩ pleasantness ⬩ fairness ⬩ beauty ⬩ pleasantness ⬩ joyousness ⬩ exultation ⬩ devotion
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Ic ða wynsumnesse and fægernesse ðæs londes wundrade, Nar. 26, 25. On ðære stówe wynsumnesse in amoenitatem loci, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 39. Geseón ealles ðysses middangeardes wynsumnessa, ge on golde, ge on deórwyrþum hræglum, Blickl.
eorþ-lic
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Add: Similar entries cf. eorþe, I, 3, 3a Seó culfre ne leofað be wyrmum, ac be eorðlicum wæstmum, Hml. Th. ii. 44, 26. Þá gewideru ealle eówre wæstmas and eorðlice tilþa gebétað, Wlfst. 132, 14.
á-dón
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Hædde hét his líchoman up ádón and lǽdon tó Wintonceastre ( translatus in Ventam civitatem Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 24. Ðanon (from hell) ne byð ǽnig upp ádón, Nar. 50, 24. út, Similar entries v. út, I. 4 Út ádyde excepit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 33.
wel
Well ⬩ well ⬩ prosperously ⬩ well ⬩ much ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ freely ⬩ well ⬩ properly ⬩ well ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ well ⬩ ah
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Ben. 32, 18. marking degree well, much, thoroughly, freely: Gecnua wel Lchdm. ii. 322, 26. Lǽt gestandan wel let it stand a good while Lchdm. ii. 326, 19. Syle him ðás ylcan wyrte wel drincan on wætere Lchdm. i. 148, 19.
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ge-win
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Voc. ii. 74, 57: 4, 62. of hostile conflict, a fight, battle, cf. (2 b) Of ánwígum vel gewinnum congressibus, i. pugnis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 42. Geedcwicede gewin rediuiua certamina, An.
BYRGAN
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Grn. ii. 293, 29
CEALF
A CALF ⬩ vitulus, vitula
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Ne onfó ic ná of eówrum húse cealfas non accipiam de domo tua vitulos, Ps. Th. 49, 10. Ðæt hálige cealf the holy calf, Ps. C. 50, 137; Ps. Grn. ii. 280, 137. Me ymbhringdon mænige calfru circumdederunt me vituli multi, Ps. Th. 21, 10.
hider
Hither
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Ne mæg hió hider ne ðider sígan ðé swíðor ðe hió symle dyde it cannot decline to one side or the other more than it ever did, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 328; Met. 20, 164. Sume hyder sume ðyder some on one side, some on the other, Elen. Kmbl. 1093; El. 548
luf-líce
Amiably ⬩ kindly ⬩ dearly ⬩ willingly
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Ic wylle cýpan luflícor ðonne ic gebicge volo vendere carius quam emi, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 19
marc
A mark ⬩ half a pound
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L. 48; Th. ii. 298, 2. (See also several of the following paragraphs.) Tó viii. healfmarcum ásodenes goldes, L. A. G. 2; Th. i. 154, 1
mis-beódan
To do wrong to ⬩ to offend ⬩ abuse ⬩ ill-use
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To do wrong to, to offend, abuse, ill-use Hé misbeád his munecan on fela þingan he ill-used his monks in many things, Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 3. Ðé læs ǽnig man óðrum misbeóde lest any do wrong to other, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 22: Chart.
neádian
To force ⬩ compel ⬩ constrain
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P. iv. 25; Th. ii. 212, 5 : L. Ælfc. C. 29; Th. ii. 352, 29. Neádede cogeret, Hpt. Gl. 519, 19. Neádiendum cogente, 503, 39. His deópe rihtwísnys nolde hí neádian tí náðrum, Homl. Th. i. 112, 3
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neoþan
Down ⬩ beneath ⬩ from beneath
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On heofenum and on eorþan neoþan in coelo sursum et in terra deorsum, Jos. 2, 11. Ealle stówa hé neoþan underwreþeþ, Blickl. Homl. 23, 20. Ðæt wæter wæs sweart under ðæm clife neoþan, 211, 2 : Cd. Th. 20, 18; Gen. 311.
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ge-riht-lǽcan
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Th. ii. 146, 8. Gif we beóþ fram úrum ðwyrnyssum gerihtlǽhte if we be corrected from our perversities, 124, 35