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Anglo-Saxon

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Lige

(n.)
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the river Lea

hoc

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Hocc, cottuc vel gearwan leáf malva Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 62. Hoc, 56, 36. Add:

lǽg-hrycg

(n.)
Grammar
lǽg-hrycg, 437, 18. v.
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D. lea

ymb-lǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-lǽdan, p. de
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To lead about Hé ymblǽdde hine circumduxit eum (Deut. 32, 10), Cant. M. ad fil. 10

wiþer-hlinian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþer-hlinian, p. ode

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

(n.)

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

(n.)
Grammar
hlíp, e; f.
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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

ǽttren

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽttren, ǽttern; adj.

Poisonous ⬩ venenosus

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Kmbl. 37; Leás. 20

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

(adj.)
Grammar
sin-gréne, adj.
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Ever-green Ne fealð þǽr nǽfre leáf of, ac á hé bið singréne, E. S. viii. 477, 15

hóre

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Add: — Leás fyrnhicge, hóre prostituta pellax, i. meretrix quae prostat, i. mendax, An. Ox. 2940. Hórena meretricum, 3329

-módness

(suffix)
Grammar
-módness, v.
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án-, eád- (eáþ-), glæd-, heáh-, heard-, leás-, leóht-, meagol-, ofer-, or-, rûm-, swíþ-, þole-, wác-, weá-, wiþer-módness

ful-sméðe

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-sméðe, adj.

Full smooth ⬩ very smooth ⬩ levissĭmus

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Kmbl. 20; Leás. 12

lyge-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
lyge-wyrhta, an; m.

A liar

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Kmbl. 19; Leás. 11

persoc

(n.)
Grammar
persoc, es; m.
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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

hunig-smæc

(n.)
Grammar
hunig-smæc, gen. -smæcces; m.
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Kmbl. 53; Leás. 28

Linked entry: smæc

gold-fyld

(adj.)
Grammar
gold-fyld, adj.
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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:

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