eam
am
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Ic eam leás écan dreámes I am bereft of eternal joy, Cd. 216; Th. 275, 7; Sat. 168: Exon. 10a; Th. 11, 8; Cri. 167: Exon. 36a; Th. 116, 34; Gú. 217: Mt. Rush. Stv. 11. 29
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
ge-fealdan
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Add Heofon bið gefealden swá swá bóca leáf beóð caelum plicabitur ut liber, Verc. Först. 107, 1
wealh-land
a foreign land ⬩ Normandy
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a foreign land Ǽghwǽr eorðan dǽr wit earda leás mid wealandum wunian (winnan, MS.) sceoldon (cf. mé ellþeódigne, l. 20), Cd. Th. 163, 30; Gen. 2706. Normandy (cf.
Linked entry: wealand
wæl-fǽhþ
Deadly feud ⬩ hostility that leads to slaying
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Deadly feud, hostility that leads to slaying Hé wælfǽhða dǽl, sæcca gesette. Beo. Th. 4061; B. 2028
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.
sin-gréne
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Ever-green Ne fealð þǽr nǽfre leáf of, ac á hé bið singréne, E. S. viii. 477, 15
wéna
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ imagination ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation
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Gewyrd nis nán ðing búton leás wéna. . . . Gé habbaþ nú gehýred be ðan leásan wénan, ðe ýdele men gewyrd hátaþ Homl. Th. i. 114, 13-34. Sume men wénaþ, ðæt . . .: ac gif heora wéna sóþ wǽre, ðonne . . . 124, 18.
Linked entry: wén
lǽdend
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One who leads or brings Se wæs ǽ bringend, lára lǽdend, Exon. 10 a; Th. 9, 27; Cri. 141
Linked entry: lǽdan
persoc
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A peach; malum persicum Genim persoces leáf, Lchdm. iii. 58, 27. Æppla and peran and persucas, ii. 176, 18
trog
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., and add Þrý trogas, C.D.B. iii. 367, 39. v. corn-, leác-trog
gold-fyld
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Gilt, covered with gold-leaf Goldfyld fel petala (furva, Ald. 142, 3), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 48. See next word
Linked entry: -fyld
hege-clife
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Hegeclifan leáf, 58, 27. Genim hegeclifan, ii. 54, 8. Add:
feormere
One who supplies with food ⬩ a purveyor ⬩ FARMER ⬩ obsōnātor
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One who supplies with food, a purveyor, FARMER; obsōnātor Se ðe má manna [MS. manne] inlǽde ðonne he sceole, búton ðæs, stíwerdes leáfe and ðæra feormera, gylde his ingang he who introduces more men than he should, without leave of the steward and of
þeód-loga
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An arch-impostor, a great liar Ða gódan Godes þegnas sǽdan, ðæt hé ( Simon the sorcerer ) luge, and hý geswutelodon, ðæt hit eal leás wæs, ðæt se þeódloga sǽde, Wulfst. 99, 23.
Linked entry: loga
firen
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Ealra fyrena leás, 135, 2, Hé gyt feola cwide firna herede he spoke of many troubles, Sat. 160. þeáh ðe hí gelíce fyrene fremmen etsi similia crimina committant, Ll. Th. ii. 132, 29. Add