leóht
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Ic him þá máðmas geald æt gúðe leóhtan sweorde, B. 2492. Mid þá leóhtan gedryht with the band in shining robes, El. 737. Dryhtnes onsién sunnan leóhtre, Cri. 1652. Sceán leóht inn. . . þá wæs hit swá leng swá leóhtre, Vis. Lfc. 54. <b>I a.
leóma
Light ⬩ radiance ⬩ sheen ⬩ splendour ⬩ lightning ⬩ ray
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Leómum inlýhted illumined with his rays, 42 a; Th. 141, 14; Gú. 627. Seó sunne behýdde hire hátan leóman the sun hid its hot beams, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 34
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mis-tǽcan
to teach wrongly
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to teach wrongly Gif ða láreówas wel tǽcaþ, ðonne beóþ hí gehealdene; gif hí mistǽcaþ, hí forpǽraþ hí sylfe, Homl. Th. ii. 50, 4
á-fillan
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H. 151, 16. metaph. to cause to cease, put an end to Hé áfylleþ þá inwitfullan word of his tungan he puts away deceitful words from his tongue , Bl. H. 55, 16. Áfyl praecipita , Ps. Spl. 54, 9. Áfæl, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 7.
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of-stígan
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Ofstígendum (níþerstígendum, R.) him of mór, Mt. L. 17, 9 : Mk. L. R. 9, 9. to depart Ofstíges gié from mé discedite a me, Mt. L. 25, 41. to ascend Ofstígende hine ł ðá hé ofstág in lytlum scipe ascendente eo in naviculam, Mt. L. 8, 23
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eáwan
To shew, manifest ⬩ ostendĕre, manifestāre
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To shew, manifest; ostendĕre, manifestāre Hi þenceaþ þreá þearle þeódum eáwan they intend to shew a severe chiding to the nations, Ps. Th. 149, 7. He eáweþ him egsan he shews them terror, Exon. 33 b; Th. 107, 11; Gú. 57: Beo. Th. 557; B. 276.
magu-timber
A child ⬩ progeny ⬩ all those who are born
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through him that created the world, Exon. 89 a; Th. 335, 13; Gn.
nyt
use ⬩ advantage ⬩ profit ⬩ office ⬩ duty
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Hundteóntig hí him sylfum tó nytte dydon centum in suos usus habebant, Bd. 4, 13; S. 583, 3 : Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 6. Niþum tó nytte, Exon. Th. 409, 10; Rä. 27, 27. Nebb biþ hyre æt nytte it has a face for use, 416, 23; Rä. 35, 3.
ge-welgian
To enrich ⬩ make wealthy ⬩ endow ⬩ dītāre ⬩ dōtāre
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To enrich, make wealthy, endow; dītāre, dōtāre Ðú gemænifyldest gewelgian hine multĭplĭcasti lŏcuplētāre eam, Ps. Spl. 64, 9.
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fore-genga
an attendant ⬩ a predecessor ⬩ a leader ⬩ ruler
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Hí gesáwon heora foregengan swá dón, Hml. Th. ii. 534, 1. a leader, ruler Gemunað eówerra foregengena ðára ðe eów bodedon Godes word mementote praepositorum vestrorum, qui vobis locuti sunt verbum Dei, Past. 205, 14
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heóflan
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Add: absolute In þám dæge heofene and eorðe cwaciað and heófiað and ealle þá ðing þe on him syndon in quo omnis creatura congemescit. Wlfst. 182, 9. Eádige beóð ðá þe heófiað beati qui lugent, Hml. Th. i. 550, 27.
land-leód
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Næs ná ꝥ án ꝥ seó stów wæs ungewunelic, ac eác swilce uncúð þám landleódum him selfum, Hml. S. 23 b, 107. Landleóde indigenas An. Ox. 17, 18
leásung
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Hí tieligeað ðæt hié ne sculen leásunga secgan ( falsa dicere ), Past. 237, 8. vain or foolish speech Leásung famfaluca Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 75. deceitful action Gereónung, leásung factio, mendacium An. Ox. 2243.
namian
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A. 34, 261. substitute: to call by some title or epithet Hwí namode Críst on his godspelle Abel rihtwísne tóforan óðrum ? cur Abel in evangelio singulariter justus nominatur ?
sǽl
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Cómon on sumne sǽl venerunt his fere diebus, 151, 1. Seó æftre bóc ús sægð ꝥ hí on sumne sǽl fuhton, Hml. S. 25, 459. Add Hé cwæð: 'On sǽlum, lá bróðra, on sǽlum!
sprǽc-hús
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gelógodon his bæd on þæs mynstres sprǽchúse, Hml.
á-dún
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Hí lédon heora wǽpna ádúne, Hml. S. 29, 171. Clif áscoren rihte ádúne, 31, 316. Heáfod ádúne gewended, Bl. H. 173, 4. Ásend ðeh ádúna deorsum Lk. L. 4, 9. Cumað ádúne of heofonum tácn, Wlfst. 137, 12. Hé his gesyhða ádúna on eorðan besette, R.
wíf-cyn
woman-kind ⬩ women ⬩ female sex
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woman-kind, women Ðæt hí of ðam wífcynne him cyning curan ut de feminea regum prosapia regem sibi eligerent, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 22. Ðú eart gebletsod betuh ealle wífcyn (in mulieribus, Lk. 1, 28), Blickl. Homl. 143, 18.
swealwe
A swallow
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Hú ða swalawan on him sǽton and sungon . . . . Twá swalewan heora sang up áhófon and hí setton on ða sculdra ðæs hálgan weres Gúðláces, Guthl. 10; Gdwin. 52, 3-10. For instances of the word in local names, see Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 338
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un-stæððig
not steady ⬩ remiss ⬩ irregular ⬩ unstable ⬩ inconstant ⬩ fickle ⬩ unsteady ⬩ unstaid ⬩ not sober ⬩ light ⬩ wanton
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Skt. i. 5, 67. unsteady, unstaid, not sober, light, wanton Wearð hé gegripen mid ðære gálnysse his unstæððigan heortan, Homl. Ass. 110, 247. Hé his sylfes geweóld on ungerípedum freódóme and unstæððigum þeáwum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 13.