for-healdan
withhold ⬩ keep back ⬩ disregard ⬩ neglect
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Hé onféng for worlde mycelne noman, and ꝥ eal forheóld and his Scyppend, Bl. H. 43, 35. Eall hí forheóldan heáh weorc Godes, Ps. Th. 105, 29.
Linked entry: for-healden
ge-lífan
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R. 19, 38. to allow a person (acc. ) to do something Ne geléfde ðá gesprecca non sinebat ea (daemouia) loqui, Lk. L. 4, 41: p. 5, 20. Ðá . . . giblinna giléf quos . . . cessare concede, Rtl. 16, 27
hrepian
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Ne hrepa þú þæs treówes wæstm, for þan ðe þú bist deádlic, gif ðú ðæs treówes wæstm geetst de ligno . . . ne comedas . . . in quocumque enim die comederis ex eo, morte morieris, Hml.
leóf
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Ðá cwæþ ðæt wíf tó him leóf ðæs mé þingþ ðú eart wítega dicit ei mulier domine video quia propheta es tu, Jn. Skt. 4, 19. Hí cwǽdon, leóf, wé wyllaþ geseón ðone hǽlend, 12, 21.
LÚTAN
To lout ⬩ bow ⬩ stoop
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Hé leát tó ðæs cáseres eáre he bent down to the emperor's ear, Homl. Th. i. 376, 28. Ðæt heofonlíce wolcn leát wið his and hine genam the cloud from heaven stooped towards him, and received him, 296, 2.
Linked entry: ge-loten dæg oððe ofernón
cneów
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E. D. knee, ll. 11; Grmm. R. A. 468-70] On ðám feórðan cneówe hí gecyrrað hider ongeán, Hml. Th. ii. 190, 22. Feówerténe kneó ( generationes ), Mt. R. 1, 17
feónd
an enemy ⬩ foe ⬩ fiend ⬩ devil
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'For ðínum feóndum ic áswand on mínum móde, and ic hié hatode, for ðǽm hié wǽron eác míne fínd (fiénd, v. l.).' Swá mon sceal Godes fiénd hatigean, Past. 353, 5-8. Feónda emulorum, i. inimicorum, An. Ox. 22, 42.
ge-timbru
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Substitute: <b>ge-timbre,</b> es; n.: ge-timbru (-o); f. g. pl. ge-timbrema (cf. ge-tíme). a building, fabric Ꝥ æteówde ꝥ eall ꝥ getimbre þǽre cycenan ( omne coquinae aedificium ) sceolde beón forburnen, Gr. D. 123, 29.
hǽs
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Hé bead þæs apostoles hǽsa (-e, v. l. ) Dyonisie, Hml. S. 29, 63. an invitation from a superior Sc̃s Paulinus þǽre cyricean scíre onféng mid þæs arcebisceopes hǽse and Eádboldes þæs cyninges (innitatione Honorii amistitis et Eadbaldi regis).
sceaft
creation,origin ⬩ a creation, what is created, a creature
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Swilc safte (the tabernacle) was ear neuere on werlde brogt, Gen. and Ex. 3628. For be a man faire or foule 'it falleth nouȝte for to lakke þe shappe ne þe shafte' þat God shope hymselue, Piers P. B. 11, 387
wefl
weft, woof, thread which crosses the warp ⬩ an implement for weaving ⬩ a shuttle (?)
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Voc. ii. 65, 61, in a gloss to the same passage : Lanea filorum stamina ex glomere et panniculis revoluta, Ald. 8), 417, 30. an implement for weaving (-l suffix in words denoting implements, cf, scofi), a shuttle (?)
Linked entry: wefta
tó-licgan
to lie or run in different directions ⬩ To lie between, ⬩ to lie and part, ⬩ to divide, ⬩ separate
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intrans. of roads, rivers, etc., to lie or run in different directions Heó (the Nile) tólíþ on twá ymb an ígland ðe mon hǽt Meroen the stream runs in two channels round the island of Meroen; faciens insulam nomine Meroën in medio sui.
a-breótan
To bruise ⬩ break ⬩ destroy ⬩ kill ⬩ frangere ⬩ confringere ⬩ concidere ⬩ necare
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Kmbl. 1017; El. 510
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a-dilegian
To abolish ⬩ blot out ⬩ destroy ⬩ do away ⬩ abolere ⬩ delere
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Ic adilgige hí delebo eos, Ps. Lamb. 17, 43. Adilga me of ðínre béc dele me de libro tuo, Ex. 32, 32: Ps. Th. 68, 29: 108, 13, 14. Adilgode, Ps. Th. 17, 40
Linked entry: a-dylegian
a-hýðan
To destroy ⬩ lay waste ⬩ despoil ⬩ vastare ⬩ abo-lere ⬩ subvertere
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Kmbl. 81; El. 41. Hungor he ahýðeþ [MS. A. ahiéðeþ] hunger despoileth it, Salm. Kmbl. 147; Sal. 73. Ahíðan, Exon. 87a; Th. 328, 9; Vy. 15
dóm-georn
Eager for justice, ambitious, just, virtuous ⬩ justĭtiæ appĕtens, justus
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Kmbl. 2579; El. 1291
ellen-wyrt
Elderwort, wallwort, danewort, dwarf-elder ⬩ sambūcus ĕbŭlus
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Elderwort, wallwort, danewort, dwarf-elder; sambūcus ĕbŭlus, Lin Genim ðas wyrte, ðe man ĕbŭlum, and óðrum naman ellenwyrte nemneþ, and eác sume men wealwyrt hátaþ take this herb, which is named ĕbŭlum, and by another name elderwort, and some men also
ende-mes
Equally, likewise, in like manner, together ⬩ părĭter
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Equally, likewise, in like manner, together; părĭter Forðon ic ne mæg eal ða monigfealdan yfel endemes areccan because I cannot equally reckon all the manifest evils, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 49, 11: 3, 10; Bos. 69, 36.
for-leógan
To lie greatly ⬩ belie ⬩ valde mentīri ⬩ ementīri
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Mænige synd forsworene and swýðe forlogene permulti sunt perjūri et mendāces, Lupi Serm. 1, 12; Hick. Thes. ii. 102, 41
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for-meltan
To melt away ⬩ become liquid ⬩ liquefy ⬩ lĭquescĕre ⬩ lĕquĕfiĕri
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To melt away, become liquid, liquefy; lĭquescĕre, lĕquĕfiĕri Hét wǽpen eall formeltan he commanded the weapons all to melt away, Andr. Kmbl. 2294; An. 1148. Formealt oððe hnesce geworden is eorþe lĭquĕfacta est terra, Ps. Lamb. 74, 4: Ex. 16, 21.
Linked entry: for-myltan