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searu-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
searu-cræftig, adj.
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Kmbl. 80; Leás. 42. Sum biþ searocræftig goldes and gimma, Exon. Th. 296, 29; Crä. 58. wily, cunning (in a bad sense), 416, 7; Rä. 34, 7

ge-dwǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dwǽlan, p. -dwǽlde

To seducelead astray

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To seduce, lead astray Ðæt is hefig dysig, ðæt ða earman men mid ealle gedwǽleþ of ðæm rihtan wege that is a grievous folly that altogether seduces the miserable men from the right way, Bt. Met. Fox 19, 6; Met. 19, 3

sǽd-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
sǽd-cynn, es; n.

A kind of seed

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Sǽdere gebyreþ ðæt hé hæbbe ǽlces sǽdcynnes ǽnne leáp fulne, ðonne hé ǽlc sǽd wel gesáwen hæbbe ofer geáres fyrst, L. R. S. 11; Th. i. 438, 9

CAWEL

(n.)
Grammar
CAWEL, cawl, caul, es; m. COLE, colewort, cabbage; caulis, magudăris = μαγύδαρις , brassica, Lin
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H.] leáf fold it in the leaf of a cabbage, Herb. 14, 2; Lchdm. i. 106, 17. L. M. 1, 46; Lchdm. ii. 114, 22: 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 214, 23. Sele him etan geso-denne cawel on gódum broþe give him colewort to eat sodden in good broth, L.

Linked entry: cál

hlǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
hlǽne, adj.

Lean, meagre;macer

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Lean, meagre; macer Hlǽne macer, Ælfc. Gl. 89; Som. 74, 102; Wrt. Voc. 51, 15. Oxan fule and swíðe hlǽne boves fœdæ confectæque macie, Gen. 41, 3. Nú wé sind hlǽne anima nostra arida est, Num. 11, 6: Ors. 4, 13; Bos. 100, 25

witness

(n.)
Grammar
witness, e; f.

knowledgewitnesscognisanceknowledgewitnesstestimonya person who gives testimonya witness

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Leása witnesa falsa testimonia, 15, 19. a person who gives testimony, a witness Monigo leáse witnesa (testes ), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 60. In múð tuoe witnesa (testium ), 18, 16. Tó witnesum testibus, 26, 65

hentan

(v.)
Grammar
hentan, p. te

To pursuefollow afterseize[?]

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Nime ðonne leáfe ðæt hé móte hentan æfter his ágenan let him then take leave to follow after his own, 19; Th. i. 386, 17

hyht-wynn

(n.)
Grammar
hyht-wynn, e; f.
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Joy of hope Ne þearf hé hopian nó ðæt hé ðonan móte ac dǽr wunian sceal hyhtwynna leás no need has he to hope that he may go thence, but there shall he dwell hopeless and joyless, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 14; Jud. 121

tǽsl

(n.)
Grammar
tǽsl, tǽsel, e; f.

Teasel, teazle

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Plant Names) nemneþ, hafaþ leáf wiþerrǽde and þyrnyhte, and heó hafaþ on middan sumne sinewealtne crop and þyrnyhtne, Lchdm. i. 282, 15

Linked entry: wulfes-tǽsl

féðan

(v.)
Grammar
féðan, féþan; p. de

walk

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To travel on foot, walk Fergað and féþað fæder and módor father and mother lead [the child] and walk (with it), Vy. 7. Hí námon þá hors þe hí þyder bróhton, and wǽron ðá rídende ðe ǽr wǽron féðende, Hml. A. 116, 449. Substitute:

Linked entry: féþa

ham

(n.)
Grammar
ham, a piece of enclosed land, a ham (v.
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On brádan leá on énne ham; þurh út ðone leá súð út on óðerne ham ; of ðan hamme . . . on brádan ham westeweardne; of brádan hamme . . . of mǽde on flexhammas; of flexhamman on minthammas . . . of ðan wæterwege on waterhammes; of ðan hamman, C.

Lyge

(n.)
Grammar
Lyge, an; f.
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The river Lea Úre landgemǽra up on Temese and ðonne up on Ligan [Ligean, 2nd text] and andlang Ligan [Ligean] óþ hire ǽwylm our [English and Danes] boundaries: up on the Thames, then up on the Lea, up to its source, L. A. G. 1; Th. i. 152, 9.

Linked entries: Lige lige

ge-delf

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Add: digging, act of digging Sum underdealf þá duru mid spade . . . leát tó gedelfe, Hml. S. 32, 212. ' Geopeniað þás eorðan on þyssere stówe'. . . Æt ðam forman gedelfe swégde út ormǽte wyllspring, Hml.

hord-weorþung

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Hé þám bátwearde bunden golde swurd gesealde, þæt hé syððan wæs máðme ðý weorðra, B. 1902), costly reward Ful oft ic for lǽssan leán teohhade, hordweorðunge, hnáhran rince, sǽmran æt sæcce, B. 952. Cf. hring-, sinc-weorþung; weorþung; III

a-faran

(v.)
Grammar
a-faran, he -færþ; p. -fór. pl. afóron; pp. -faren.

To departmarchto go out of or from a placeexireegrediTo removelead outemigrare

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To remove, lead out; emigrare Afærþ ðé emigrabit te, Ps. Spl. 51, 5

Linked entries: a-færþ a-fór

cúslyppe

(n.)
Grammar
cúslyppe, cúsloppe,an; f.

A COWSLIP primula veris, Lin

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A COWSLIP ; primula veris, Lin Nim wudubindes leáf and cúslyppan take leaves of woodbine and cowslip, L. M. 3, 30 ; Lchdm. ii. 326, 4: 3, 31 ; Lchdm. ii. 326, 10: iii. 30, 8: 46, 22 . Cúsloppe britannica, Ælfc. Gl. 42; Som. 64, 30; Wrt. Voc. 31. 40

forþ-lǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-lǽdan, p. de; pp. ed

To lead or bring forthproduceprodūcĕre

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To lead or bring forth, produce; prodūcĕre Se ðe forþlǽdeþ windas of goldhordum his qui prodūcit ventos de thesauris suis, Ps. Lamb. 134, 7.

sund-gird

(n.)
Grammar
sund-gird, e; f.
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-Sundgyrd bolis (βολίς sounding-lead], Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 67: bolidis, 57, 7. Sundgerd in scipe vel metráp bolides, ii. 102, 14. Sundgyrd on scipe vel metráp bolidis, 126, 46: 11, 17. Cf. sund-líne, -ráp

Linked entry: sund-ráp

hæg-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
hæg-þorn, es; m.

Hawthorn

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Genim hægþornes leáf take leaves of hawthorn, Herb. 37, 6; Lchdm. i. 138, 17. Of ðam mappuldre tó ðam hægþorne from the maple to the hawthorn, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 424, 3

Linked entries: hege-þorn haga-þorn

clif-hlép

(n.)
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A cliff-leap, a going headlong to destruction Clifhlép pessum (cf. pessum, pracceps, Corp. Gl. H. 92, 370: pessum spilth, 90, 213: ofer clif per praeceps (v. clif)), Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 6 ( = Corp. Gl. H. 91, 307). Clifhlýp, 68, 7