lúcan
To pull up
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To pull up Swá swá londes ceorl of his æcere lýcþ yfel weód monig, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 55; Met. 12, 28
mid-ferhþ
Middle life or age
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Middle life or age On cnihtháde ... swá forþ eallne giógoþhád ... and ðonne lytle ǽr his midferhþe, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 25
mód-geþoht
Mind ⬩ thought
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Mind, thought <b>Mihtigne</b> on his módgeþohte mighty of mind, Cd. 14; Th. 17, 1; Gen. 253
munucian
To make a person a monk
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To make a person a monk Hé hine mót munecian se monachum potest facere, L. Ecg. C. 27; Th. ii. 152, 13
næcedness
Nakedness
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Nakedness Swá ðæt hig ne gesáwon heora fæder næcednesse, Gen. 9, 23. Ðé ne sceamaþ ðínre næcednysse, Homl. Th. i. 432, 5
nægled-cnearr
A vessel the planks of whose sides are nailed together
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A vessel the planks of whose sides are nailed together Gewitan him ðá Norþmen nægledcnearrum, Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 2; Æðelst. 53
níd-þing
A necessary thing
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A necessary thing Ealra neádþinga hé ( the monk) sceal hihtan and wilnigan fram his mynstres fæder (the abbot ), R. Ben. 57, 3
ge-wyld
Power ⬩ dominion
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Power, dominion Æfter ðam ðe Alexander hæfde ealle Inde him to gewyldon gedón perdomita Alexander India, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67. 21
ge-byrd
Bearded ⬩ barbātus
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Gebyrdne hine he gesihþ he sees himself bearded, Lchdm. iii. 200, 4
ge-hæftnys
Captivity ⬩ captīvĭtas
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Captivity; captīvĭtas Ðonne awent oððe acyrreþ God gehæftnysse oððe hæftnóde folces his cum convertit Deus captīvĭtāctem plēbis suæ, Ps. Lamb. 52, 7
Linked entry: -hæft-nes
ge-helian
To conceal ⬩ hide ⬩ cover over ⬩ cēlāre ⬩ claudĕre
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To conceal, hide, cover over; cēlāre, claudĕre Se pitt wæs geheled mid ánum stáne os ejus grandi lăpĭde claudēbātur, Gen. 29, 2
sige
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A fall, setting of the sun Sió sunne ðonne hió on sige weorðeþ (cf. Bt. 25 ; Fox 88, 25), Met. 13, 111
sige-tiber
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Icel. sigr-blót) Wolde líge gesyllan his swǽsne sunu tó sigetibre, Cd. Th. 203, 12 ; Exod. 402
Linked entry: sigor-tiber
þurh-út
Throughout ⬩ quite through
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Throughout, quite through Ðæt spere him eode þurhút, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 55. Hé fór þuthút Eoferwíc, Chr. 1066; Erl. 200, 33
un-cynlíc
Unsuitable ⬩ improper
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Unsuitable, improper Ðæt wǽre uncynlícre, gif God næfde on eallum his ríce náne frige gesceaft, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 28 note
un-gebyrde
Not natural ⬩ uncongenial
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Not natural, uncongenial Ǽlc gesceaft flíhþ ðætte him wiþerweard biþ and ungebyrde (? -byde, Fox) and ungelíc, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 23
wer-bold
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Weir-building Se gebúr sceal his riht dón . . . tó werbolde .xl. mǽra oððe án fóðer gyrda, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 37
Linked entry: bold
be-héflic
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Useful, needful, necessary Ús þingð wel behéflic ꝥ; wé hine gehandlion, Angl. viii. 308, 15. Hé ys behéflic tó cunnane, 314, 18
egefullíce
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Fearfully, awfully, in a way that inspires awe Se Hǽlend egefullíce and hálwendlíce clypað on his godspelle, Hml. Th. i. 94, 9
feówertíne-wintre
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Fourteen years old Feówertýnewintre man hine sylfne mæg þeówne gedón quatuordecim annorum homini licet se servum facere, Ll. Th. ii. 152, 27