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of-sleán

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Gyf in cyninges túne man mannan ofsleá,.L. scill gebéte, 4, 4. where no penalty was to be exacted Sé þe þeóf ofslihð, sé mót gecýðan mid áðe ꝥ hé hine synnigne ofslóge, 112, 7. Gif man leúd ofsleá an þeófðe, licge bútan wyrgelde, 42, 13.

á-masian

(v.)
Grammar
á-masian, p. ode
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To amaze, stupefy, confound Þú ámasost þeóda obstupefacies gentes, Cant. Ab. 12. Stent hé heortleás and earh, ámasod and ámarod, mihtleás, áfǽred pavor percutiet stupidis cunctorum corda querelis, Dóm. L. 125: Wlfst. 137, 23

Linked entry: masian

eal-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
eal-sealf, e; f. [eal all, sealf salve] The herb called the oak of Jerusalem or the oak of Cappadocia; ambrŏsia, Som. Ben. Lye:=ἀμβροσία a perfumed salve, a plant; ambrŏsia mărĭtĭma, Diosc. 3, 129, L. S. Lex. under ἀμβροσία.

flítere

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On helle beóþ þeófas and flýteras and gítseras, Bl. H. 61, 21. Flítera scismaticorum, An. Ox. 2895. Substitute for the passages

weorc-níten

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-níten, es; n.
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A beast wsed for work; — Restað eów, þú and þín sunu and þíne dohter and þín þeówe and þíne wylne and þín weorc-nýten, Ll. Th. i. 44, ll n

Linked entry: níten

tilia

(n.)
Grammar
tilia, tiliga, an; m.
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A. ad agricolas) his þeów . . . Ðá cwǽdon ða tilian (coloni) . . . Ðæs wíngeardes hláford fordéþ ða tiligean (tylian, MS. A. colonos ), Mk. Skt. 12, 2, 7, 9

Linked entry: tiliga

þrotu

(n.)
Grammar
þrotu, an; f.

The throat

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Þeós ðrotu hoc guttur, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22; Zup. 49, 3. On ðære ðrotan, Lchdm. ii. 2, 18. On ða þrotan, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 30. Hé ( Judas ) gewráð ða forwyrhtan ðrotan, seó ðe lytle ǽr belǽwde Drihten, Homl. Th. ii. 250, 16.

lád-teów

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Add: [from lád-þeów]. a leader, guide Ne forlǽt ús, ac beó úre láðeów ( ductor ), ðú cans eal ðis wésten, and wásð hwǽr wé wícian magon, Past. 304, 15. a military leader, general Marcellinus, Iuliuses ládteów. Ors. 5, 12; S. 240, 24.

þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
þeódan, þiédan, þídan, þýdan; p. de
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Mid cnottum (wǽre) þeód nexibus nodaretur, Hpt. Gl. 481, 31. Þióð subjugatae, subjunctae, 519, 4

Linked entries: þídan þiédan

ge-þeówrǽden

(n.)
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: ge-þeóde, v. l.) nádor ne wið ꝥ mynster ne wið þá geférrǽdene non debet sociari corpori monasterii, R. Ben. 108, 18. (?)

hæft-encel

(n.)
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Cf. hæft; Hæftincel empticius (cf. emptilius geboht þeówa, i. 50, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 34

ǽg-

(prefix)
Grammar
ǽg-, either a contraction of the prefixes á, ǽ, with a g added, as ǽg, or derived from aa = á, áwa, ǽw. It is used in compound pronouns and adverbs, as ǽg-hwá, ǽg-hwǽr, ǽg-hwilc, etc; but, in its place, we also find the prefix á as,—á-hwǽr, á-hwilc, etc. Both ǽg- and á- impart to their compounds a sense of universality.

Ever ⬩ always ⬩ semper

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Ever, always; semper:

lísing

(n.)
Grammar
lísing, es; m.

A freedman

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A freedman Lísingas and þeówe, Chart. Th. 592, 1. Búton ðam ceorle ðe on gafollande sit, and heora [the Danes] liésingum [lýsingum]; ða syndan efendýre, ǽgðer tó cc. sciłł., L. A. G. 2; Th. i. 154, 3

dráf

(n.)
Grammar
dráf, <b>. I.</b> driving. Take here Hml. Th. i. 502, 10 in Dict., and Bl. H. 199, 7. &para; the phrase dráfe drífan, C.D. iii. 450, 33, seems to refer to the transport of the lord&#39;s goods by vehicle which the geneát had to &#39;drive&#39;. Cf. drífan;
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III. and see lád. a drove [v. N.E.D. drove; I 3.] a road Of ðám hlince andlang dráfæ, C.D. v. 217, 6

nealles

(adv.)
Grammar
nealles, nalles, nallæs, nallas, nales, nalæs, nalas; adv.

Not ⬩ not at all

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Not, not at all Grammar nealles, in the second clause of a sentence. Ðonne telle ic ða weorþ-mynd ðæm wyrhtan, nealles ðé I ascribe the honour to the maker, not to thee, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 19 note. Swá sceal mǽg dón, nealles inwitnet óðrum bregdan, Beo

Linked entry: nalas

þrowian

(v.)
Grammar
þrowian, (þrówian?), þreowian (þreówian?); p. ode

To suffer ⬩ to suffer as opposed to to act ⬩ to suffer what is painful ⬩ to suffer martyrdom ⬩ to make to suffer ⬩ to crucify ⬩ to suffer for something ⬩ pay for ⬩ atone for

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To suffer Ic ðrowige patior, Ælfc. Gr. 29; Zup. 286, 9. to suffer as opposed to to act Verbum ys word ... getácniende oððe sum ðing tó dónne oððe sum ðing tó þrowigenne oððe náðor, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Zup. 119, 10. to suffer what is painful. Grammar þrowian

Linked entry: a-þrówian

mid-ferhtness

(n.)
Grammar
mid-ferhtness, The Latin original of the passage is: Si pueritia, si adolescentia, si iuuentus eorum exstitit sine querela . . . qualis esse potuit eorum senectus?, Archiv cxxii. 247, 10-13.

calwa

(n.)
Grammar
calwa, an; m. A disease which causes baldness, the mange; alopecia = ἀλωπεκία , Cot. 12.

ful-gegán

(v.)
Grammar
ful-gegán, p. -ge-eóde, -geóde, pl. -ge-eódon, -geódon; pp. -gegán; with the dat.

To fulfil ⬩ perform ⬩ carry out ⬩ follow ⬩ complēre ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ perăgĕre ⬩ obsĕqui

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To fulfil, perform, carry out, follow; complēre, perfĭcĕre, perăgĕre, obsĕqui Ðá ðú lustgryrum eallum fulgeódest when thou didst follow all horrid lusts, Soul Kmbl. 47; Seel. 24

ge-hyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyrtan, p. -hyrte; pp. -hyrted, -hyrt [hyrtan to hearten, encourage; heorte the heart]

To encourage ⬩ animate ⬩ refresh ⬩ confortare ⬩ animare ⬩ refrigerare

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To encourage, animate, refresh; confortare, animare, refrigerare Beó ðú húru gehyrt, and hicg þegenlíce be thou only encouraged, and strive nobly, Jos. 1, 18. Ðæt ðínre wylne sunu sý gehyrt that the son of thy slave may be refreshed; ut refrigeretur

Linked entry: hyrtan

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