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ǽ-léten

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Dele

ǽ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽ-líce, adv.

Lawfully, legitimately

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Lawfully, legitimately Ǽlíce lybbende, Hml. A. 24, 12. Æwlíce legitime, Angl. xiii. 369, 50

ǽ-melness

want of energy or of interest, slothweariness, tedium, disgust

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Add: want of energy or of interest, sloth Se sixta heáfodleahtor (accidia) is ásolcennys oððe ǽmelnys. Se leahtor déð ðæt ðám men ne lyst nán ðing tó góde gedón, ac gǽð him ásolcen fram ǽlcere dugeðe, Hml, Th. ii. 220, 22. Ǽmylnys, Hml. S. 1, 107. weariness

ǽ-menne

(n.)
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solitude ‘Ðú beþorftest ðæt ðú hæfdest dígele stówe and ǽmanne (-menne?) ǽlces óðres þinges ista solitudinem meram desiderant and fæáwa cúðe men.’ Ðá cwæð ic: ‘Ic nebbe nán ðára ne ðonne ǽmenne ne óðera manna fultum ne dýgela stówe,’ Shrn. 165, 8-12

Linked entry: -menne

ǽ-reáfe

Similar entry: ǽ-rǽfe

ǽ-rist

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-rist, es; n.

resurrectio

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Se drihtenlica ǽrist anastasis dominica, An. Ox. 2753. Seó wunderlice ǽrest eallum mannum wæs geopenod, Shrn. p. 6. Ðæt gemǽnelice ǽrist, Hml. Th. i. 394, 25. Mínes ǽristes dæg, 74, 18: ii. 224, 25. Ðone tóhopan deádra monna ǽristes (-restes, Hatt. MS

ǽ-sceáda

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-sceáda, an; m.

Bran

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Bran Healmes láf stipulae, ceaf palea, ǽscéda migma, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 51-3. Ǽsceádan furfures, purgamentum farinae, ii. 152, 4

Linked entries: -sceáda æsceda

ǽ-slítend

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-slítend, es; m.

A law-breaker

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A law-breaker Ǽslítendras praevaricantes, Ps. L. 118, 119, 158

Linked entry: sliten

ǽ-smæl

(n.)

a contraction of the pupil of the eye

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a contraction of the pupil of the eye Wiþ ǽsmælum and wiþ eallum eágna wærce, Lch. ii. 338, 1 : 2, 9 : 36, 16, 19

Linked entry: smæl

on-ál

(n.)
Grammar
on-ál, es; n.

A burning, kindling; also what is burnt

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A burning, kindling; also what is burnt Hé nemde ðære stówe naman 'onál' incensio for ðam ðe Drihtenes fýr wæs ðǽr onǽled, Num. 11, 3. Mid onále ramma cum incenso arietum, Ps. Lamb. 65, 15. Onál incensum, 140, 2. Onál incensa, 79, 17: incendia, Hpt.

Linked entry: ál

cwic-ǽht

(n.)
Grammar
cwic-ǽht, cwyc-ǽht , e; f. [ǽht cattle]

Live stock, cattle pecus

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Live stock, cattle ; pecus Gebéte on cwicǽhtum [cwyc- MS. B.] let amends be made in live stock, L. Alf. pol. 18 ; Th. i. 72, 12

Linked entries: ǽht cwyc-ǽht

ærs

(n.)

The buttocksthe hind partanuspodex

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The buttocks, the hind part; anus, podex Open-ærs a medlar, Wrt. Voc. 32, 50; Som. 64, 116

ælde

(n.)

men

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men Ælda bearnum for the sons of men, Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 18; Cri. 937. Ænig ælda cynnes any one of the race of men, 19a; Th. 49, 4; Cri. 780: 44b; Th. 151, 16; Gú. 796. Mid ældum with men, 13b; Th. 25, 25 ; Cri. 406

æsc

ash-treea ship

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D. vi. 252-3 for the large number of place-names in which æsc occurs) Æsces sceal mǽst there must be most of ash, Lch. ii. 86, 8. a ship Aesc cercilus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 56. Æsc cercylus, 14, 16.

æðel-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
æðel-líce, æðel-íce; adv.

Noblynobiliter

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Nobly; nobiliter Wæs se wer on hálgum gewritum æðellíce gelǽred vir erat sacris litteris nobiliter instructus, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 17: 4, 26; S. 603, 9: 2, 1; S. 501, 8

Linked entry: æðel-íce

ǽra

(n.)
Grammar
ǽra, an; m.

A scraper (of brass)

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A scraper (of brass) Aera, ǽren screop strigillus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 41

gemót-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
gemót-ærn, -ern, es; n. [gemót; ærn, ern a place]

A meeting-place, senate-house, hallconveniendi locus, aula

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A meeting-place, senate-house, hall; conveniendi locus, aula Ahleópon ðá ealle, and hine mid heora metseaxum ofsticedon on heora gemótærne [MS. gemóterne] then [the consuls and the senate] all jumped up, and stabbed him [Julius Cæsar] with their daggers

Linked entry: mót-ærn

ǽðe-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽðe-líc, adj. [ǽðe = eáðe easy; adj. líc like]

Easyfacilis

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Easy; facilis Gif ðú ne wilt us geþafian in swá ǽðelícum þinge si non vis assentire nobis in tam facili causa, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 26

Linked entry: eáðelíc

æðel-

(prefix)

noblenobilis

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noble; nobilis

Linked entries: stenc tungol

ǽðel

(n.)
Grammar
ǽðel, es; m.

A native countrycountrylandpatriaterra

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A native country, country, land; patria, terra In ðeos-sum ǽðele in this country. Cd. 215; Th. 217, 21; Sat. 108. On ǽðelum, d. pl. Menol. Fox 236; Men. 119