þurh-wacol
Very watchful ⬩ vigilant ⬩ very wakeful ⬩ quite sleepless
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Hé ábád on ðam legere ... Þurhwacol on gebedum, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 30. Wé hálsiaþ eów ðæt gé beón on gebedum þurhwacule hortamur vos orationibus pervigiles existere, Cod. Dip. B. i. 154, 36.
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leásere
hypocrite ⬩ a buffoon ⬩ jester
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a false person, hypocrite Leáseras ł légeras falsos, Mt.
reordian
to speak, say, talk ⬩ to read
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Seó bysen ðæs rihtan geleáfan fram eallum ðe hine gehýrdon oððe reordedon þancwurþlíces wæs onfangen ;exemplum catholicae fidei ab omnibus qui audiere vel legere gratantissime susceptum,; Bd. 4,18; S. 587, 13.
á-ceósan
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Ðára monna ðe hé him tó fultume hæfde ácoren ( consilii causa legerat ), 6. 2; S. 256, 2. Paulus wæs bodigend and ǽcoren láreów, Hml. A. 149, 148 : 182, 43. On ðára ácorenra monna heortan in electorum cordibus Past. 237, 21 : 465, 10.
ÁDL
A disease ⬩ pain ⬩ a languishing sickness ⬩ consumption ⬩ morbus ⬩ languor
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Laman legeres ádl the palsy
fǽrlíce
suddenly ⬩ unexpectedly ⬩ soon ⬩ immediately ⬩ by chance ⬩ haphazard
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Ben. 36, 3. without forethought, haphazard Ne man ne gedyrstlǽce þæt hé fǽrlíce bóc gelæcce and þǽr bútan foresceáwunge onginne tó rǽdenne ne fortuitu casu qui arripuerit codicem legere audeat, 62, 4
ge-rǽdan
to arrange, dispose, direct, advise, determine, ordain, consult for, provide for ⬩ decernere, statuere, edicere, consulere, providere ⬩ to enjoin ⬩ to arrange ⬩ to read ⬩ legere
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[Goth. ga-raidjan to enjoin: Icel. greiða to arrange.] to read; legere Sý gerǽd sit lectus, C. R. Ben. 22. Hit is gerǽd on gewyrdelícum racum it is read in historical narratives, Homl. Th. i. 58, 9.
fore-sceáwung
consideration ⬩ contemplation ⬩ foreseeing ⬩ foreknowledge ⬩ forethought ⬩ foresight ⬩ providence ⬩ divine providence
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Ne nán ne gedyrstlǽce þæt hé fǽrlíce bóc gelæcce and þǽr bútan foresceáwunge onginne tó rǽdenne ne fortuitu casu qui arripuerit codicem legere audeat, 62, 5.
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clǽne
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Habban eágan clǽne and hlúttre, Bt. 42; F. 256, 13. free from impropriety Wið clǽnum legere if the death had not been a violent one (it was by drowning), Cht. Th. 206, 30. Þá clǽnan þénunga lauta munia, Wrt.
GADERIAN
To GATHER ⬩ gather together ⬩ collect ⬩ store up ⬩ lĕgere ⬩ collĭgĕre ⬩ congrĕgāre
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To GATHER, gather together, collect, store up; lĕgere, collĭgĕre, congrĕgāre Næs nán heáfodman ðæt fyrde gaderian wolde there was not a chief man who would gather together a force, Chr. 1010; Erl. 144, 10.
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milts
mildness ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ mercy ⬩ meekness ⬩ humility ⬩ joy
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Þolige hé clǽnes legeres and Godes mildse, L. N. P. L. 62; Th. ii. 300, 19, Ðú mid mildse mínre férest thou shalt depart with my favour, Andr. Kmbl. 3344; An. 1676.
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HUNGOR
HUNGER ⬩ famine
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HUNGER, famine Nis ðǽr hungor ne þurst slǽp ne swár leger ne sunnan bryne there is there neither hunger nor thirst, sleep nor grievous sickness, nor burning heat of the sun, Exon. 32 a; Th. 101, 20; Cri. 1661.
lama
Lame ⬩ maimed ⬩ crippled ⬩ weak ⬩ paralysed ⬩ palsied ⬩ paralytic
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Mid langre ádle laman legeres swíðe gehefigod longo paralysis morbo gravatam, 3, 9; S. 534, 5.
CEÓSAN
to CHOOSE, select, elect ⬩ legere, seligere, eligere ⬩ to accept ⬩ oblatum accipere, accipere
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to CHOOSE, select, elect; legere, seligere, eligere Ðæt hí woldon óðerra wera ceósan that they would make a choice of other husbands, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 32.
leornian
To learn ⬩ study ⬩ read
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To learn, study, read Swá swá in ðære béc his lífes geméteþ swá hwylc swá hí rǽdeþ and leornaþ sicut in volumine vitæ ejus quisque legerit inveniet, Bd. 4, 31; S. 611, 7.
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fúl
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. ¶ used substantively, on fúl lecgan, on fúlan lecgan to bury ignominiously (of burial in unconsecrated ground, the opposite of clǽne leger). v. instances under <b>fúl,</b> e; f. in Dict
swǽr
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Swár leger, Exon. Th. 101, 21; Cri. 1662 : 201, 15; Ph. 56. Gebrec swár and swíðlíc a crash grievous and great 59, 19; Cri. 955. Ðæt hé swǽre áhweorfe hæftnéd hefige, Ps. Th. 125, 1. Ðú þolades swár gewin, Exon. Th. 86, 22 ; Cri. 1412.
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lange
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Be þǽre róde þe ǽr in legere wæs lange bedyrned, El. 602. Gelǽstan þæt hé lange gehét . . . in fyrndagum, Exod. 557. Lange siððan woruld bryttade, Gen. 1215.
rǽdan
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., legere), Lk. 4, 16. add: to dress, trim, set in order Hé forlét þá leóhtfatu þe hé rǽdde and fylde (behwearf, v. l.) lampades quas reficiebat relinquens, Gr. D. 46, 31. On fealuwes leá þǽr Ælfríc biscop rédan hét tó þǽre ealdan díc, C.