CAWEL
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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
leógan
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Hé ne leág fela wyrda ne worda, B. 3029. to deceive a person ( as a translation of Latin fallere), Hymn. Surt. 33, 15 (in Dict.)
hlǽne
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
hentan
To pursue ⬩ follow after ⬩ seize[?]
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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
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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
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
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féðan
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:
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witness
knowledge ⬩ witness ⬩ cognisance ⬩ knowledge ⬩ witness ⬩ testimony ⬩ a person who gives testimony ⬩ a 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
ham
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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
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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.
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
To depart ⬩ march ⬩ to go out of or from a place ⬩ exire ⬩ egredi ⬩ To remove ⬩ lead out ⬩ emigrare
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To remove, lead out; emigrare Afærþ ðé emigrabit te, Ps. Spl. 51, 5
cúslyppe
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
To lead or bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ prodūcĕre
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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
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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
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hæg-þorn
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
mealmiht
Sandy ⬩ chalky
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Tó mealmehtan leáhe ( the land lay in Surrey ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 394, 13. [E. D. S. Ellis' Farming Words, 'The chalk and mould were so mixed together, that in Hertfordshire we call it a maumy (malmey) earth.' 'A chalk or a maume.'
clif-hlép
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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
fóran-niht
The fore-night ⬩ early part of the night ⬩ dusk of the evening ⬩ antĕrior pars noctis ⬩ crĕpuscŭlum
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The fore-night, early part of the night, dusk of the evening; antĕrior pars noctis, crĕpuscŭlum Lǽd hine út of ðam húse on fórannihte lead him out of the house in the dusk, Herb. 8, 2; Lchdm. i. 98, 18: fram foran-nihte per noctem, Nar. 35, 9
Linked entry: fóran-dæg