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be-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-licgan, he -ligeþ, -líþ, pl. -licgaþ; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon, ; pp. -legen; v. a. [be by, licgan to lie]

To lie or extend by or about ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ circumdare ⬩ cingere

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Sió eá Etheopia land beligeþ úton the river encompasseth the Ethiopian land Cd. 12; Th. 15, 7; Gen. 229. Me néd belæg want surrounded me Ps. Th. 118, 153

Linked entries: be-ligeþ be-líþ

a-lesan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lesan, p. -læs, pl. -lǽson; pp. -lesen [a, lesan to choose]

To choose ⬩ eligere ⬩ seligere

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To choose; eligere, seligere Þeóden holde hæfde him alesen the prince had faithful ones chosen to him, Cd. 151; Th. 189, 11; Exod. 183: 154; Th. 192, 7; Exod. 228: Elen. Kmbl. 571; El. 286: 759; El. 380

spillan

Grammar
spillan, Dele last passage, and see spillend: <b>-spilledness.</b>

DERIAN

(v.)
Grammar
DERIAN, derigan; part.deriende, derigende ic derige, ðú derast, detest, he deraþ, dereþ, pl.deriaþ, deregaþ ; p. ode, ede ; pp. od, ed; v. trans. dat.

To injure, hurt, harm, damage ⬩ nocēre, lædĕre, obesse

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Lamb. 104, 14. Derigende nŏcens, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 38; Som. 12, 51. Dém Driht derigende [deriende MS. T; ða deriendan, Lamb.] me judĭca Domĭne nocentes me, Ps. Spl. 34, 1, Ic derige noceo, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 44, 41: Ps. Lamb. 88, 34.

hwearf

Grammar
hwearf, [The word is neuter in the two instances given in the (late) charter]
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Add: Nó man ne worðe suuá dirsty ðat ðis ilk wharf ( commutationem ) and ðis ilk forward breke, C. D. iv. 242, 29

fætt

(n.)
Grammar
fætt, m. Dele: the MS. has sefa ? geðang. v. Mod. Lang. Rev. xi. 215.

steóre

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Lár ł steóre þín gestýrde disciplina tua correxit, Ps. L. 17, 36. Add

a-hládan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hládan, p. -hlód, pl. -hlódon; pp. -hláden [a from, hládan to lade]

To draw out ⬩ draw forth ⬩ exhaurire ⬩ educere

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To draw out, draw forth; exhaurire, educere Ic hláde haurio: ic of ahláde [MS. C. ofhláde] exhaurio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 2; Som. 34, 41. He of hæfte ahlód folces unrím he drew forth from captivity numberless people, Exon. 16a; Th. 35, 34; Cri. 568

leód-gewinn

(n.)
Grammar
leód-gewinn, es; n.

Strife

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Strife Lǽt sace restan, láð leódgewin, Exon. 68 b; Th. 254, 22; Jul. 20

spic-hús

(n.)
Grammar
spic-hús, es; n.

A larder ⬩ lardarium

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Voc. i. 58, 16: lar (kitchen ?), Lchdm. i. lxiii. 3

lǽst

(n.)

act ⬩ performance

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Nalles hige gehyrdon háliges láre siððan leófes leóþ lǽste neár swég swiðrode they did not neglect the holy one's [Moses] teaching, after the loved one's lay, when the time drew nearer for action [crossing the Red Sea], and his voice died away, Cd. 158

be-líðan

(v.)
Grammar
be-líðan, p. -láþ, pl. -liðon = -lidon; pp. -liðen = -liden [be from, líðan to go, sail]

To go from ⬩ to leave ⬩ effugere ⬩ relinquere

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To go from, to leave; effugere, relinquere Lífe belidenes líc the body of the left by life, i. e. the body of the lifeless Elen. Kmbl. 1752; El. 878 : Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 18, note; Gú. 1312 : Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 26; Jud. 280. Ða belidenan [MS. behlidenan

Linked entries: líðan bi-liden

æmetig

(adj.)
Grammar
æmetig, adj.

Vacant ⬩ empty ⬩ barren ⬩ vacuus

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Vacant, empty, barren; vacuus Hit æmetig læg it lay barren, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 34, 16

of-lecgan

(v.)

to lay down ⬩ to lay down, put away

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to lay down Eom ic on láme oflegd infixus sum in limo Ps. Th. 68, l

riht-gelífed

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Wæs geworden ꝥ seó ryhtgelýfde (-lýfede, v. l.) lǽr wæs weaxende; and ealle þá þe þǽre rihtgelýfdon (-lýfedan, v. l.) láre wiþerwearde wǽron perplura catholicae obseruationis ecclesiis Anglorum contulit . . .

-fæst

(suffix)
Grammar
-fæst, as a termination, denotes fast, very, perfectly, effectually, as the English fast asleep, perfectly asleep; Ǽ-fæst fast in the law, firm, religious; Sóþ-fæst fast in truth, true, just; Staðol-fæst steadfast, steady; Unstaðol-fæst

unsteady, unsteadfast

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unsteady, unsteadfast

Dæne

(n.)
Grammar
Dæne, pl. nom. acc; gen. Dæna; m.

The Danes ⬩ Dani

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The Danes;Dani Dæna lagu the law of the Danes, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 3, note 4

Lǽden-geþeóde

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden-geþeóde, es; n.
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The Latin language Lǽre mon furður on Lǽdengeþióde ða ðe mon furðor lǽran wille ... Ðá ic ða gemunde hú sió lár Lǽdengeþiódes áfeallen wæs giond Angelcynn let those to whom it is desired to give further instruction, be instructed in Latin ...

cneord-lǽcan

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H. 14 a substitute Seó lár ne mihte þám cneorðlǽcendum cnihte cýðan be his Scyppende, Hml. S. 3, 27

lǽrestre

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In l. 3 for 543 read 548, and add Lár hyrde hopan . . . lǽrestre mægenes disciplina custos spei . . . magistra uirtutis Scint. 206, 18

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