hlǽnian
To make lean ⬩ to become lean
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Ðonne ðæt flǽsc hlǽnaþ dum carnem macerant, 43, 6; Swt. 313, 20
tæppian
To tap, put a tap into a cask
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To tap, put a tap into a cask Gyf ðé gedrýrptes wínes lyste, ðonne dó ðú mid ðínum swýþran scytefingre on ðíne wynstran hand, swylce ðú tæppian wille, and wænd ðínne scytefinger ádúne and twængc hine mid ðínum twám fingrum, swylce ðú of sumne dropan
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full-eáðe
Very easily ⬩ facillĭme
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Very easily; facillĭme Ne meht ðú fulleáðe cweðan ðæt ðú earm sé thou canst not very easily say that thou art miserable, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 22
seglan
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Witodlíce ðú becymst tó Rómebyrig, ofer sǽ ðú seglast (equidem Roman ingressurus es, mare transiturus, Gr. D. bk. 2, c. 15), Hml. Th. ii. 168, 31. Add
efen-hleóðor
A sounding together, concordance of voices or sounds, united voice ⬩ concentus
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A sounding together, concordance of voices or sounds, united voice; concentus Bletsiaþ Bregu sélestan efenhleóðre ðus they bless the most excellent Lord thus with united voice, Exon. 64 b; Th. 239, 15; Ph. 621
efn-éðe
Equally easy ⬩ æque făcĭlis
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Equally easy; æque făcĭlis Is efnéðe up and of dúne to feallanne foldan ðisse it is equally easy for this earth to fall up and down, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 333; Met. 20, 167
mǽl-gesceaft
That which happens at its appointed time in accordance with the decrees of fate
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That which happens at its appointed time in accordance with the decrees of fate Ic bád mǽlgesceafta I waited for that which in due time fate would assign me, Beo. Th. 5467; B. 2737
un-foresceáwod
Unconsidered ⬩ hasty ⬩ without due consideration
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Unconsidered, hasty, without due consideration Næs hit ná fǽrlíc geðóht oððe unforesceáwod rǽd, ðæt se ælmihtiga God ðysne middangeard gesceóp, ac wæs ǽfre æt fruman on his écum rǽde, Hexam. 14; Norm. 22, 5
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níd-riht
a duty that must be performed ⬩ service ⬩ office ⬩ officium ⬩ debitum ⬩ a due ⬩ what must be paid
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(v. níd, III). a duty that must be performed, service, office; officium, debitum Nédreht debitum, Rtl. 89, 26. God-cund þeówdóm is gesett on cyriclícum þénungum æfter canoneclícan gewunan tó niédrihte eallum gehádedum mannum.
ge-neát-man
A tenant, one holding land on payment of rent, 'gafol:'
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A tenant, one holding land on payment of rent, 'gafol:' -Gif geneátmanna hwilc forgýmeleásaþ his hláfordes gafol if any 'geneat-man' neglect the tribute due to his lord, L. Eádg. Suppl; Th. i. 270, 16
un-geféred
Unapproached ⬩ inaccessible
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Unapproached, inaccessible Feldas and wudu and dúna, ða wǽron monnum ungeférde, for wildeórum and wyrmum, Nar. 20, 11. In án nearo fiesten micel ungeféredra móra in angustias inaccessorum montium, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 20
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ofer-lyftlic
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That is above the air (lyft) (applied to the second heaven) Siofon heofonas sindon in gewritum leornode, ꝥ is, se lyftlica heofon and se oferlyftlica . . . sió durn ðæs oferlyftlican heofones is nemned Elioth, Nap. 50
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ge-meode
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glosses dignatus Ðú híów líchoman genioman gemeode (gemeodemad? v. ge-medemian; but see next word) ðú wére tu formam corporis adsumere dignatus es, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 202, 38
nett
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ic wéne þeáh ꝥ gé hí ðonne settan úp on dúnum and innon wudum, Bt. 33, 3; F. 118, 11-15. v. feax-, fugol-, sǽ-, wíd(?)-nett
for-eáþelíce
Very easily
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Very easily, without inconvenience Hú mihtú for sceame ǽniges ðinges æt Gode biddan, gif ðú forwyrnst ðínum gelícan þæs ðe ðú foreáðelíce him getíðian miht?, Hml. Th. i. 256, 7
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un-efn
Unequal ⬩ unlike ⬩ dissimilar ⬩ diverse ⬩ irregular
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Unequal, unlike, dissimilar, diverse, irregular Hú ðǽr wæs unefen racu unc gemǽne, ic onféng ðín sár ðæt ðú móste gesǽlig mínes éþelríces neótan, Exon. Th. 89, 20; Cri. 1460. Dysigra monna mód bið suíðe unemn and suíðe ungelíc ...
un-áwendendlíc
Unchangeable ⬩ unalterable ⬩ invariable
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God is ealra ðinga reccend and hé ána unáwendendlíc wunaþ and eallra ðara áwendendlícra welt rerum orbem mobilem rotat, dum se immobilem ipsa conservat, 35, 5; Fox 166, 9.
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ell-reordig
Foreign-speaking, barbarous ⬩ barbărus
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Foreign-speaking, barbarous; barbărus Oðer [heretoga] wæs ðam hǽðenan réþra and grimra forðon he ellreordig wæs alter [dux] quia barbărus ĕrat, pāgāno sævior, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 21, 24: 3, 6; S. 528, 10
leán-gifa
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One who gives recompense or reward Swylce se rihtwísa leángyfa nó mid wordum ac mid dǽdum ðus cwǽde as if the righteous Recompenser had said not with words but with deeds, Lchdm. iii. 436, 23
huntian
To hunt
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Ne canst ðú huntian búton nettum nescis venari nisi cum retibus, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 21. Ic fare huntian venatum pergo, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 10. Huntigendra venantium, Ps. Spl. 90, 3 : 123, 6