spildan
To waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ make away with ⬩ effundere, expendere
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To waste, destroy, make away with Ðeaf ne cymes búta ðætte [hé] spildeþ (perdat), Jn. Skt. Lind. 10, 10. Seðe lufaþ sáuel his spildeþ (perdet) hiá, 12, 25. Ðú wilnast, ðæt ðú ðíne feore spilde, Andr. Kmbl. 568; An. 284
ge-tǽse
Meet ⬩ convenient suitable ⬩ mild ⬩ easy ⬩ accommodus ⬩ placidus ⬩ lenis
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Meet, convenient suitable, mild, easy; accommodus, placidus, lenis Gif him wǽre niht getǽse if he had had an easy night, Beo. Th. 2645; B. 1320. Swá hit getǽsost wæs as was most fitting, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 22; Met. 20, 11
hinder-weard
Backward, ⬩ slow
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Backward, slow Nis hé hinderweard swár ne swongor swá sume fuglas ða ðe late þurh lyft lácaþ fiþrum non tamen est tarda, ut volucres quæ corpore magno incessus pigros per grave pondus habent, Exon. 60 a; Th. 220, 2; Ph. 314
hlytm
a parting or deciding by lot, ⬩ an arranging of shares
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a parting or deciding by lot, an arranging of shares Næs ðá on hlytme hwá ðæt hord strude the part of each in despoiling the hoard was not carefully allotted [each took what he could ], Beo. Th. 6243; B. 3126
Linked entry: un-hlytm
toll-sceamol
A seat where a receiver of toll sits, ⬩ a place for receiving contributions
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A seat where a receiver of toll sits, a place for receiving contributions Hé geseah ǽnne man sittende æt tollsceamule (in teloneo), Mt. Kmbl. 9, 9. Ðæt folc hyra feoh torfude on ðone tollsceamul (in gazophilacium), Mk. Skt. 12, 41, 43
Linked entry: toll-setl
swég-cræft
The art of playing on a musical instrument,
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The art of playing on a musical instrument, Ðá ongunnon ealle ða men hí herian on hyre swégcræft . . . Apollonius cwæð. 'Ic ongite ðæt ðín dohtor gefeól on swégcræft, ac heó næfþ hine ná wel geleornod, ' Ap. Th. 16, 17-24
þǽr-ofer
Thereover ⬩ over that
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Thereover, over that Se fnobeám ofersceadaþ ðæt lond, ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrówan, ne hé self nánne wæsðm dǽrofer ne bireþ, Past. 45; Swt. 337, 12. Hig tódðldon hys reáf, and wurpon hlot þǽrofer, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 35
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lár-leást
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Lack of learning or instruction Þurh lárleáste hí ne cunnon ne lǽdan ne lǽran hí through want of knowledge they cannot guide or teach them, L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 326, 28.
stæþ-hlípe
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[wæs] dǽr hí gongan [sceoldon] ǽr ðon hié gerýmdon ðone upgang and geworhtan they could not pass the cave, so steep was it where they had to go, before they had cleared and constructed the ascent, Blickl. Homl. 201, 16. v. next word
Linked entries: -hlípe swæð-hlýpe
lácan
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Swilce þá woruldsǽlþa wǽron rihte þá hí ðé mǽst geóleccan swilce hí nú sindon, þeáh þe hý þé liólcen (óleccan, v. l.) on þá leásan sǽlþa fortuna talis erat, cum blandiebatur, cum tibi falsae illecebris felicitatis alluderet, Bt. 7, 2; F. 18. 2.
á-þeódan
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H. 57, 23. Áðiéde, Past. 351, 21. Hié beóð from ðǽre lufe áðiéd hiera niéhstena, 349, 6. Ne myhte hyra náðer fram óðrum beón áðýded. Shrn. 99, 8. Swá swíðe swá hí beóð fram him áþeódde hí ne cunnon his dómas, Gr. D. 138, 27.
Linked entry: á-þiédan
hrægl
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Horses hýde hí habbað him tó hrægle gedón pelliculas equorum ad uestimentum habentes, Nar. 38, 2. Mid swelce hrægle (veste) hé in eóde, mid swelce gange hé út, Ll. Th. i. 46, 3. <b>II a.
hreówan
To rue ⬩ grieve
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Gif ðú ongite ðæt him his synna hreówen if you see that his sins cause him sorrow, L. de Cf. 2; Th. ii. 260, 19. Swá swá hí læsse ongietad on him selfum ðæs ðe him hreówan þyrfe cum minus se respiciunt habere quod defleant, Past. 52, 9; Swt. 411, 5.
ge-fetian
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Wurdon gefætte ætforan þám déman þá crístenan, Hml. S. 2, 197. the object a thing Hí ofer six míla him wæter on heora exlum gefetton, Hml.
mǽþ
- Prov. Kmbl. 27. )
measure ⬩ degree ⬩ proportion ⬩ the measure or extent of power, ability, capacity, efficacy ⬩ degree ⬩ rank ⬩ status ⬩ condition ⬩ due measure ⬩ right ⬩ due measure in regard to others ⬩ honour ⬩ respect
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Eth. vii. 3; Th. i. 330, 8. due measure, right Hé þeáh swá hit mǽþ wæs fægere forþwerd he made good progress, as was right and fit. Wulfst. 17, 8. Manna gehwilc óðrum beóde ðæt riht ðæt hé wille ðaet man him beóde, be ðam ðe hit mǽþ sí, L.
GYRD
A staff ⬩ rod ⬩ twig ⬩ a yard ⬩ the fourth part of a hide ⬩ virga ⬩ virgata
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Swá swýðe nearwelíce he hit létt út aspyrian ðæt næs án ǽlpig híde ne án gyrde landes ðæt næs gesæt on his gewrite so very narrowly did he have things searched out that there was not a single hide nor a rood of land that was not put down in his book,
metod
fate ⬩ destiny ⬩ death
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-Ne dorston ða deóflu, ðá ðá hí ádrǽfde wǽron, intó ðám swýnum, gif hé him ne sealde leáfe, ne intó nánum men forðan se metoda drihten úre gecynd hæfde on him sylfum genumen, Homl. Th. ii. 380, 4-7.
án-lípig
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Hí námon him ðá gedwollmenn ǽnlípige (heretics only) tó gemynde, Hml. S. 23, 390. of number, (one) single Lǽcedóm onsundron ánlípig a single recipe by itself. Lch. ii. 12, 7.
lícung
Pleasing ⬩ pleasure ⬩ gratification
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Wel gedafonaþ ðætte ða gódan recceras wilnigen ðæt hié monnum lícigen, forðæm ðætte þurh ða lícunga hí mǽgen gedón ðætte hiera Dryhten lícige ðæm folce, 19, 3; Swt. 147, 7. Ne sylþ Gode lícungæ his non dabit Deo placationem suam, Ps. Spl. T. 48, 7.
Linked entry: ge-lícung
ge-feón
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Hé nihtweorce gefeah, ellenmǽrðum, B. 827. Hí gefégon burhweardes cyme, An. 659. with prep. Fore ðissum gefiht (exultavit) tunge mín, Ps. Srt. 15, 9. Ðǽt mód gefihð on his yfelum, Past. 417, 2. Gefehð (gefyhð, v.l.), Mart. H. 84, 3.