be-secgan
To defend ⬩ defendere
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To defend; defendere Him wæs lýfnesse scald, ðæt he him móste scyldan and besecgan on andweardnesse his gesacena leave was given him, that he might shield and defend himself in the presence of his accusers, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 11
ficol
Crafty ⬩ deceitful ⬩ false
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Ne beón gé náðor ne tó swicole ne tó ficole ne leáse ne lyðerfulle, Wlfst. 40, 4. Sume weorðað swicole and swǽslíce ficole and bútan getrýwðum forscyldgode on synnan, 82, 3. Substitute:
cýð-nes
A witness, testimony, testament ⬩ testimonium, testamentum
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A witness, testimony, testament; testimonium, testamentum Sume sǽdon leáse cýðnesse agén hine quidam falsum testimonium ferebant adversus eum, Mk. Bos. 14, 57. Cýðnys, 14, 59: Jn. Bos. 3, 32, 33: Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 17. Cýðnys testamentum, Ps.
Linked entry: ge-cýðnes
wamm-sceaþa
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Áwyrgede womsceaðan, leáse leódhatan. árleásra sceolu, Elen. Kmbl. 2595 ; El. 1299
fóre-beácen
A fore-token ⬩ prodigy ⬩ wonder ⬩ prodĭgium ⬩ portentum ⬩ ostentum
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Sóþlíce leáse cristas and leáse wítegan arísaþ, and wyrcþ, fórebeácna exsurgent ĕnim pseudochristi, et pseudoprophētæ, et dăbunt signa et portenta, Mk. Bos. 13, 22: Deut. 13, 1.
un-ágán
Not lapsed ⬩ with the time of its lease not run out
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Ðis is seó gerǽdnes ðe Ealdulf hæfð gerád tó setnesse, ða hwíle ðis land unágán sé as long as the lease of the land runs, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 295, 22-33.
fleswian
To mutter ⬩ whisper ⬩ susurrāre
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To mutter, whisper; susurrāre Mid ðý he ðá geswippre múþe líccetende ǽrend rehte [MS. wrehte] and leáse fleswede when he then told a feigned message with his crafty mouth, and falsely whispered; cum sĭmŭlātam lēgātiōnem ōre astūto volvĕret, Bd. 2, 9;
ge-scendnys
A confounding ⬩ confusio
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Babilonia seó Chaldeisca burh is gereht gescyndnys the devil that leads the sinful to confusion. Babylon, the Chaldean city, is interpreted 'confusion,' Homl. Th. ii. 66, 21
Linked entries: ge-sceandnys ge-scyndnys
helle-
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In the case of at least some of the following words which are given as compounds, they might be taken as independent words, the first of which is the genitive of hel. For the meaning of such combinations the second word may be referred to
CWALU
A quelling with weapons, torment, a violent death, slaughter, destruction ⬩ nex, cædes, exitium
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To cwale lǽdan to lead to death, 74b; Th. 279, 14; Jul. 613
Linked entry: cwælu
ELLEN
The elder-tree ⬩ sambūcus nigra, a small tree whose branches are filled with a light spongy pith. The fruit is a globular, purplish-black berry, of which wine is often made, called elder-berry wine. It is quite distinct from alor the alder-tree
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Genim ellenes leaf take leaves of elder, L. M. 1, 27; Lchdm. ii. 68, 23: 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 228, 4
Linked entry: ellm
þistel
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Kmbl. iii. 82, 15: þistel-leáh, iv. 49, 2
Linked entry: brád-þistel
ciric-weard
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Hé ábæd him ingang fram þám cyricweardum þæt him wǽre ágifen leáf him tó gebidenne ingressus ecclesiam a custodibus pettit, ut sibi licentiam concederetur orandi, Gr. D. 200, 3
CNUCIAN
To KNOCK ⬩ beat ⬩ pound; ⬩ pulsare ⬩ tundere ⬩ pertundere
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Ða leáf cnuca on ánum mortere pound the leaves in a mortar Herb. 41, 4; Lchdm. i. 142, 18: 57, 1; Lchdm. i. 158, 20: 63, 7; Lchdm. i. 166, 29: 64; Lchdm. i. 168, 5: 65; Lchdm. i. 168, 11. Cnucige ealle ða wyrta pound all the herbs Lchdm. i. 382, 15
foxes glófa
Foxglove ⬩ digĭtālis purpŭrea
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Foxglove; digĭtālis purpŭrea, Lin Wið óman genim ðysse wyrte leáf ðe man στρύχνος μανικός, and oðrum naman foxes glófa [MS. foxes clófa] nemneþ for inflammatory sores, take leaves of this wort, which is named sōlānum insānum or Sodŏmeum, and by another
GRÉNE
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Genim ðære ylcan wyrte leáf ðonne heó grénost beó take the leaves of the same plant when it is greenest, Herb. 1, 4; Lchdm. i. 72, 7
Linked entry: groene
bletsung
A BLESSING ⬩ benedictio
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Him se beorn bletsunga leán ageaf the prince gave him the gift of his blessings, Cd. 97; Th. 128, 2; Gen. 2120
Linked entry: bledsung
réþe
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Add Stefn leás in woestern roeðe vox leonis in eremo rugientis, Mt. p. 9, 14. León and beran . . . þá réðan deór, Hml. S. 4, 405. Add Réþes stormes dirae tempestatis, An. Ox. 631. Hé gebróhte hine of ðám réðan cwearterne, Hml. S. 18, 447.
þynne
Thin ⬩ thin ⬩ lean ⬩ the opposite of fat or stout ⬩ thin ⬩ the opposite of thick ⬩ thin ⬩ the opposite of broad ⬩ thin ⬩ thin ⬩ thin ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ delicate ⬩ fine
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Gr. 24; Zup. 137, 9. of dimension, thin, lean, the opposite of fat or stout Þynne monn galbus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 11.
lǽn-land
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to the possession of Eadric his thane, such as before he held by lease, Cod.