lǽnend-líc
Transitory ⬩ transient
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Transitory, transient Uton geþencan hú lǽnendlíc ðeós woruld ys, Wulfst. 136, 27
pician
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To pitch, cover with pitch Crocca gepicod útan, Lchdm. ii. 26, 23
Linked entry: ge-picod
un-cystig
Niggardly ⬩ parsimonious ⬩ not liberal
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minime laxentur; sic prodigis praedicetur parcitas, ut tamen tenacibus periturarum rerum custodia non augeatur, Past. 60; Swt. 453, 27-29
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spillan
To destroy ⬩ confundo, ⬩ to destroy, spoil
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Ðætte ne ic losige ł ic ne spillo ut non perdam, Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 39. Ðætte ðú spilla ut dissipes, Rtl. 55, 22. Ne þurfe wé ús spillan we need not destroy one another, Byrht. Th. 132, 50; By. 34. Sóhton hine tó spillanne quaerebant eum perdere. Jn.
beódan
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Th. ii. 290, 2. ꝥ hé bude ut (virgini spurca ludibria) inrogaret, An. Ox. 4319
hwatung
Divination
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álýfed nánum cristenum men ðæt hé ídele hwatunga; begá swá hǽðene men dóþ ðæt is ðæt hig gelýfon on sunnan and on mónan and on steorrena ryne and sécon tída hwatunga hyra þing tó begynnanne homini christiano certe non est permissum vana auguria facere, uti
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heard-sǽlþ
A hard fate, ill fortune, misfortune, unhappiness, wickedness, misconduct
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Ic wolde gewýscan gif ic mihte ðæt hí næfdon ða heardsǽlþa ðæt hí mihton yfel dón uti hoc infortunio cito careant, patrandi sceleris possibilitate deserti, vehementer exopto, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 4.
FEL
skin ⬩ hide ⬩ pellis ⬩ cŏrium ⬩ cŭtis
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Ðæs cealfes flǽsc and fell and gór ðú bærnst úte búton fyrdwícon carnes vĭtŭli et cŏrium et fĭmum combūres fŏris extra castra, Ex. 29, 14. Fell hongedon on seles wæge the skins hung on the wall of the room, Exon. 104 a; Th. 394, 15; Rä. 14, 3.
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rignan
- Cf.
- Piers P. 14, 62.
to rain, to cause rain to fall ⬩ to rain, to fall (of rain)
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Swá gelíc swá ... sý fýr onǽled and ðín heall gewyrmed and hit ríne and sníwe and styrme úte, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 17. Drihten lét rínan hagol pluit Dominus grandinem, Ex. 9, 24. Hé lǽt rínan (regneþ,) and ða unrihtwísan, Mt.
hlýdan
To sound, ⬩ make a loud noise, ⬩ to clamour, ⬩ vociferate
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Se uncer hláford hlýdde ðǽr úte that master of ours was vociferating without, Shrn. 43, 14. Hlóh and hlýdde he laughed and clamoured, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 18; Jud. 23. Ðá hlýddon hig and cwǽdon at illi invaliscebant dicentes, Lk. Skt. 23, 5.
hleápan
to run ⬩ rush ⬩ to jump ⬩ spring ⬩ to leap ⬩ to mount ⬩ jump about
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Gif hé út hleápe . . . And gif mon þone hláford teó ꝥ hé be his rǽde út hleópe, Ll. Th. i. 282, 2-5. to jump, spring Hé áwearp his hrægl him of and hleóp on ðone mere (cf. hé unscrýdde hine sylfne and scǽt intó ðám mere, Hml. S.
ymb-líþan
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to circumnavigate Ymblíþendre Breotone útan circumnavigata Brittania Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 17
ár-dǽde
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Merciful Uton beón ælmesgeorne and árdǽde wið earme men, Bl. H. 131, 2
be-sceafan
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To scrape thoroughly Bescæf útan swíðe clǽne ðá moran, Lch. iii. 18, 28
ymb-sittan
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Se cásere embsæt þá burh útan mid herige. Bl. H. 79, 14. Add
ge-lícian
to please ⬩ delight ⬩ placere ⬩ acquiescere ⬩ delectare ⬩ it pleases ⬩ placet
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Ðæt ðé gelíciaþ ut te complaceant, Ps. Spl. 18, 15. On ðé ic gelícode in te complacui, Mk. Bos. 1, 11. impers. it pleases; placet Me gelícaþ placet mihi, Ælfc. Gr. 3, 3; Som. 37. 17
ge-mangian
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To traffic, trade; nĕgōtiāri Ðæt he wiste hú mycel gehwilc gemangode ut scīret quantum quisque nĕgōtiātus esset, Lk. Bos. 19, 15.
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for-cúþlíce
contemptibly ⬩ ignominiously ⬩ feebly ⬩ ignominiously
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Ox. 5044. in a way that expresses contempt, that inflicts disgrace, ignominiously 'Teóð þá cynegas út of þám scræfe, and gange þá yldostan tó and ofstæppað heora swuran swíðe mid fotum.'
flíman
to ront ⬩ to banish ⬩ exile
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Ine ofslóh Ealdberht þe hé ær út flémde, Chr. 725; P. 43, 28. Man flýmde Godwine eorl and ealle his suna of Englalande, 1051; P. 172, 38
ge-hálsian
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Add: to make a solemn appeal to Þá áxode hine se ealdorbiscop and mid áðe gehálsode, þæt hé openlíce sǽde gif hé Godes sunu wǽre ( princeps sacerdotum ait: 'Adjuro te per Deum vivum, ut dicas nobis si tu es Christus filius Dei, Mt. 26, 63), Hml.