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þeón

(v.)
Grammar
þeón, [from þíhan; and this from an earlier nasal stem, of which traces are preserved in the past forms, where g has replaced h by Verner's law:-Ðunge pollesceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 40. Fród fæder freóbearn lǽrdewordum wísfæstum, ðæt hé wel þunge, Exon. Th. 300, 9; Fä. 3. See also the passages given under ge-þingan; ofer-þeón; ge-, heáh-, wel-þungen; on-þungan, Exon. Th. 497, 3; Rä. 85, 23 (omitted in its place)]
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; p. þáh and þeáh, pl. þigon and þugon; p. pr. þíende and þeónde; pp. þigen and þogen To thrive, grow, flourish, prosper Þíhþ cluit, pollet, viget, nobilitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 75. Þáh pubesceret, 66, 22. Þeó vigeat, Wülck. Gl. 257, 17. of persons in

dwelian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 110, 19. of wrong conduct, to err Þú dwelast, geneálǽc and geoffra þíne lác, Hml. S. 14, 33. Mid þám Francum þe þá swíðost dweledon on deófles biggencgum, 29, 165. Hié on hǽðnum þeáwum dwelgende wǽron, Bl. H. 201, 20.

hunig

(n.)
Grammar
hunig, es; n.

Honey

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Tó ðam lande ðe eall fléwþ on riðum meolce and hunies ... of ðam lande ðe weóll meolce and hunie in terram, quæ fluit rivis lactis et mellis ... de terra, quæ lacte et melle manabat, Num. 16, 14, 13.

Linked entry: teár-líc

FLÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
FLÓWAN, part. flówende; ic flówe, ðu flówest, fléwst, he flóweþ, flewþ, pl. flowaþ; p. fleów, pl. fleówon; pp. flówen

To FLOWissuefluĕrefluctuāreinundāre

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On ðæt land ðe fléwþ meolece and hunie in terram quæ fluit lacte et melle, Ex. 3, 8: Num. 13, 28: 14, 8: 16, 14: Ps. Spl. 57, 8: Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 15, 19; Lchdm. iii. 268, 16.

Linked entry: geond-flówan

DEÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
DEÁD, def. se deáda; seó, ðæt deáde; adj.

DEAD mortuus

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Hí ǽton deádra lác manducavērunt sacrifĭcia mortuōrum, Ps. Th. 105, 22: Mt. Bos. 23, 27. Land dryrmyde deádra hrǽwum the land mourned over the corpses of the dead, Cd. 144; Th. 180, 6; Exod. 41: Elen. Kmbl. 1299; El. 651: 1887; El. 945.

Linked entry: déd

be-seón

(v.)

To lookattentionexpectationTo see aboutcare forattend toprovide for

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Beseah Drihten tó Abele and tó his lácum, Gen. 4, 4, 5. Hé beseah wið mín, and gehýrde mín gebed, Ps. Th. 39, 1. Ealle heó on áne ídelnesse symle beségan omnes declinaverunt, simul inutiles facti sunt 52, 4. Beseoh tó mé, Ps. Th. 12, 3: 21, 1.

á-stígan

(v.)

downwardupwarddownward upwardto descendgo down intoto ascendmount

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Ástígendum in seáð descendentibus in lacum, Ps. Srt. 27, 1. upward Nán mann ne ástihð (ascendit) tó heofenum, Hml. Th. ii. 386, 1. Hé ástáh (-stáhg, R.) on þone munt ascendit in montem, Mt. 5, 1. 'Ástígað on mín scip.'

týdran

(v.)
Grammar
týdran, týdrian; p. ede
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Hér seó gálnese týdrode (týtrode, MS.) hir[e] cyn on hire sylfre multitudinem vitiorum avaritia nigro lacte nutrit, Gl. Prud. 57 b. Ǽlces landes gecynd is, ðæt hit him gelíce wyrta týdrige (týdre, Cott.

á-bítan

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Add: to lacerate with the teeth, mangle, tear to pieces, of animals Seó leó ábít ǽrest hire ládteów primus lacer dente cruento domitor Bt. 25 ; F. 88, 13. Micel draca ábát ðone þriddan dǽl ðæs folces, Shrn. 88, 23.

LUST

(n.)
Grammar
LUST, es; m.

LUSTdesirepleasurevoluptuousness

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Ic ðé lustum láce cwéme voluntarie sacrifcabo tibi, Ps. Th. 53, 6. Néde oððe lustum, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 88; Met. 9, 44. Mid lustum, Dóm. L. 6, 70. Wesan on lustum to live joyously, Cd. 23; Th. 30, 26; Gen. 473.

Linked entry: lustume

HLÁF

(n.)
Grammar
HLÁF, es; m.

Bread, food, a loaf

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Ne sý neáta cwyld ne ádl ne hláfes hungor let there not be murrain among cattle, or disease, or lack of food, Shrn. 104, 27.

ge-niman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niman, -nyman, -nioman; he -nimeþ, -nimþ; p. -nam, -nom , pl. -námon, -nómon; imp. -nim, pl. -nimaþ; subj. p. -náme, pl. -námen; pp. -numen

To take, take up, take away, assume, receive, accept, obtain, comprehend, enter intosūmĕre, tollĕre, auferre, assūmĕre, accĭpĕre, nancisci, comprehendĕre, inīre

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Genimaþ eów árlíce lác tollĭte hostias, Ps. Th. 95, 8. Búton hwá þurh flánes flyht fyl genáme unless any one through an arrow's flight obtained his fall, Byrht. Th. 133, 57; By. 71.

hálig-dóm

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Sende Benedictus twǽgen his muneca tó Maure mid lácum, ꝥ is mid háligdóme of þæs Hǽlendes róde and of Marian reáfe and of Stephanes líchaman and of Martines reliquium, Hml. S. 6, 72. Sum wudewe wolde efsian ǽlce geáre þone sanct ( St.

dreógan

(v.)
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Ne dreáh ic náne óþre dǽda, bútan Dryhtne þás lác offrode, Hml. S. 9, 64. For þen héðenscipe þe hí drugon, Chr. 634; P. 27, 7. God sceáwað hwæt þǽr man dreóge wordes oððe weorces, Wlfst. 278, 31. Hǽðenscipe dreóge, Ll. Th. ii. 296, 28.

ge-wunelic

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Hé wolde offrian æfter Móyses ǽ þá gewunelican lác, Hml.

wrǽt-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wrǽt-líc, adj.

wondrouscurious of wondrous excellencebeautifulnobleexcellentelegant

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Wrǽtlíc mé þinceþ, hú seó wiht mæge wordum lácan þurh fót neoþan, 414, 11; Rä. 32, 18. Ðæt is wrǽtlíc þing tó gesecganne, 421, 27; Rä. 40, 24. Wrǽtlícne wyrm, Beo. Th. 1786; B. 891. Wrǽtlíce gecynd wildra, Exon. Th. 356, 9; Pa. 9.

LEÓHT

(n.)
Grammar
LEÓHT, líht, es; n.

LIGHTa light

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Godes cyrcan mid leóhte and lácum gelóme gegrétan to visit God's church frequently with candles and offerings, Wulfst, 308, 28. Of ðissum leóhte álǽded de hac vita subtractus, Bd. 3, 20; S. 550, 23.

Linked entry: líht

sáwel-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel-sceatt, es; m.

An ecclesiastical due

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It appears to have been one of the objects of the early gilds, to provide for the payment of this fee Sáwlsceat vel syndrig Godes lác dano (dona? ), Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 44.

Linked entry: sáwel-gescot

betǽcan

(v.)

to entrustguidanceto hand overpaygiveto assigndestineyield toto direct

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Ǽnig þǽra þinga þe tó lácum betǽht bið, Wlfst. 157, 17. Bi-gencgum betǽhtne ceremoniis deputatum, An. Ox. 2225. Laboratores sind yrðlingas tó þám ánum betǽhte, þe hig ús bigleofan tiliað, Ælfc. T.

þreátian

(v.)
Grammar
þreátian, p. ode.

to urgepressto oppressafflictvextroubleexerciseharassto urge a person to somethingpress for somethingforce to do somethingto reproverebuketo threaten

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Ða cempan hine ðreátodon ðæt hé his lác offrian sceolde the soldiers urged him to offer his sacrifice, Homl. Th. i. 416, 27. Men ðreátian and tihtan tó gódum ðeáwum for ðam ege ðæs wítes ad rectum supplicii terrore deducere, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 200, 7.

Linked entries: þreátnian þreátung