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hlinc

(n.)
Grammar
hlinc, es; m.

a link, linch, rising ground'agger limitaneus, parœchias, etc, dividens,'a hill, rising ground

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Fearnhlinc, landsore hlinc, sweord hlincas, wotan hlinc In later times, the word is given with a similar sense in provincial glossaries, e.g. in Suffolk some woods are called links: linchets grass partitions in arable fields, Lisle: linch a bawke or litele

furþum

Take herein Dict., and add:even,just

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Thw. 2, 9. just, of time. of an exact point of time Þonne dæg and niht furþum scade, Lch. ii. 346, 13.

hengen

(n.)
Grammar
hengen, e; f.

hanging that on which any one is hunga gibbetgallowscrossprisonconfinementdurance.

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Hét hine hón and mid hengen þráwan tó langere hwíle bade hang him and for a long time torture him with hanging, 308, 31. that on which any one is hung, a gibbet, gallows, cross Crist ðone ðe hí on hengene fæstnodon Christ whom they fastened on a cross

Linked entry: heng-wíte

ildan

(v.)
Grammar
ildan, p. de

To delaytarrydeferput offpostponeprocrastinateconnive atdissimulate

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Ðonne se láreów ieldende sécþ ðone tíman ðe hé his hiéremenn sidelíce on þreátigean mǽge cum tempus subditis ad correptionem quæritur, Past. 21, 2 ; Swt. 153. 5

Linked entries: ældan ildian ilding

LYTEL

(num.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LYTEL, adj.

LITTLE

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Lytlum by little, by degrees, in little pieces, a little at a time :-- Lytlum paulatim, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 30. Tóbrec hig lytlum divides eos minutatim, Lev. 2, 6. Sele ðæt lytlum súpan, L. M. 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 270, 1.

Linked entries: lytlum litel

under-hnígan

(v.)
Grammar
under-hnígan, p. -hnáh; pl. -hnigon; pp. -hnigen.

to descend beneathgo lower than a placeto submit to what is laborious or painfulbe subjected to evilundergo punishment

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Nyste heora nán on hwæs tíman hé ðrowunge underhnige, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 31

beorgan

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Wið ǽlc wóh gestreón beorge man georne, Wlfst. 70, 2. absolute, to abstain from wrongdoing Nis on ǽnigne tíman unriht álýfed, and þeáh man sceal on freólsstówan georn-lícost beorgan, 398, 19.

éfestan

(v.)
Grammar
éfestan, l. efestan,
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H. 249, 20. referring to rapid passage of time Ǽlc fægernes tó ende efsteþ, Bl. H. 57, 28. Þes middangeard tó ende efsteþ, 59, 26. Ætwesan efestaþ tída adesse festinant tempora, Cant. M. ad. fil. 35.

sorh-full

(adj.)
Grammar
sorh-full, adj.

full of care or anxietycarefulanxiousfeeling anxietyattended with anxietycausing anxietysorrowfulmournfulsadfeeling sorrow or griefattended with or causing sorrowgrievoussollicitus

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Ðæt hé sorgfulra sié ymb hine selfne ut circa se solicitius vivant, Past. 28, 2; Swt. 191, 19. attended with anxiety, causing anxiety Ðeós woruld is sorhful the present time is full of anxieties, Wulfst. 189, 6.

á-þenian

(v.)

to stretch outextendto stretch by pulling:to extend noticedirect attentioneffortto extendprolongto spread outextend superficially to stretch outprostrate:--

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Hé hine hét áþenian on írenum bedde, Shrn. 116, 2. of a space of time: -- Þá þrý dagas wǽron bútan sunnan and mónan ... gelícere wǽgan mid leóhte and þeóstrum áþenede, (the first three) Lch. iii. 234, 6

Linked entry: on-þenian

ildu

(n.)
Grammar
ildu, indecl. f.

an ageævumageætasagesenectus

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úre yldo ðæt beón mihte ðæt forþgongendre yldo oft geworden getreówe spell secgaþ nec diffidendum est nostra etiam ætate fieri potuisse, quod ævo præcedente aliquoties factum fideles historiæ narrant, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587. 32 : 3, 27; S. 558, 31. age, time

Linked entries: ældu eldo ilda ildo

lencten

(n.)
Grammar
lencten, lengten, lenten, es; m.

SpringLent

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Nis nán blódlǽstíd swá gód swá on foreweardne lencten there is no time for letting blood so good as its the early spring, L. M. 1, 72; Lchdm. ii. 148, 3: 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 228, 8.

Linked entry: lengten

stæþ

(n.)
Grammar
stæþ, es; n.
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Of staþe niþer stígan gódne tíman getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 210, 16. ¶ In the following passage the word seems to be masculine :-- Wægn brohte beornas ofer burnan from stæðe heáum, ðæt hý stópan up on óðerne of wǽge, Exon. Th. 405, 6; Rä. 23, 19

ufe-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
ufe-weard, uf-weard; adj.

upperupper part ofupper partlaterlatter part of a time

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Se móna gehrán mid his scíman ðǽm triówum ufeweardum, Nar. 30, 8. temporal, later, latter part of a time.

gífer-nes

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Án is gecwæden gula ꝥ is gýfernyss on Englisc ; seó déð ꝥ man yt ǽr tíman and drincð, oððe hé tó micel nimð on ǽte oððe on wǽte, Hml, S. 16, 268.

leóht

Grammar
leóht, bright.
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dagum sceolde weorþan geboren sé sé þe leóhtra and scínendra (clarior) þonne sió sunne þá wǽre, Ors. 5, 14; S. 248, 11. giving mental illumination Swá dóð nú þá þeóstro þínre gedréfednesse wiðstand in mínum leóhtum lárum, Bt. 6; F. 14, 31. of a place, time

teón

Grammar
teón, [On p. 978, ll. 2, 3 for leáh, tongne l. teáh, longne.]
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On þám tíman ne teáh nán æðelborennyss nǽnne man tó wurðscype, Hml. S. 3, 6. <b>IV 1.</b> add :-- Þá nǽddran áweg tugon, Hml. Th. ii. 490, 1

æfter

(prep.; adv.)

among, through, along (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.)

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B. adv. of time Monncwealm ðe him raðe ðæs æfter com, Ors. 2, 6; S. 86, 25. Ðisse ádle fruman mon mæg ýþelíce gelácnian . . ., and æfter unéð, Lch. ii. 232, 17.

ge-neálǽcan

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II a. to come or go to doing or suffering :-- Oð ðæt se tíma cóm ꝥ hé sylfwilles þám deáðe geneálǽhte, Hml.

fylgean

to follow to pursueto followproceed alongto follow to followto followto followdevote one's self to, diligently attend to. to attend toto accommodate one's self to the will of another, yield to a thingobsequito try to gain to follow, do what has already been done by anotherto happen or come at a later time

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Gl. 462. of time. to follow, do what has already been done by another Hí ealle becumað tó ðám écan lífe, and þú sylf siððan him fyligst tó Godes ríce, Hml.