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cwyde-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
cwyde-leás, adj.

Speechless, intestate mutus, intestatus

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Speechless, intestate ; mutus, intestatus He læg cwydeleás, bútan andgite he lay speechless, without sense, Homl. Th. i. 86, 26. Gif hwá cwydeleás of ðyssum lífe gewíte if any one depart this life intestate, L. C. S. 71; Th. i. 412, 27

Linked entry: cwide-leás

synder-ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
synder-ǽ, f.

A separate, private law, law for an individual

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A separate, private law, law for an individual Syndurae privilegium, Rtl. 190, 19, col. 2

Linked entry: syndur-ae

ge-lecgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lecgan, p. -legde; pp. -leged, -legd, -léd

To laypōnĕre

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To lay; pōnĕre Hí ðec gelegdon on láþne bend they laid on thee the loathsome band, Cd. 225; Th. 298, 26; Sat. 539. Hwár he geléd wǽre ubi pōnĕrētur, Mk. Bos. 15, 47.

bringan

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Gif ðú wille ðín lác bringan (brengan, v. l.). . . lǽt inc geséman ǽr ðú ðín lác bringe (brenge, v. l.); brieng (breng, v. l. ) siððan ðín lác, Past. 349, 9-13. Hé þá sprǽce ne mihte bringan tó nánum ende, Bt. 41, 3; F. 246, 29.

þwirel

(n.)
Grammar
þwirel, es; m.

A stick for whipping milk

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A stick for whipping milk Meolc lac, fliéte verberatum, molten lac coagolatum, þwiril verberaturium, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 26-30

folc-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
folc-rǽden, -rǽdenn, e; f.

A nation's lawplēbiscītum

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A nation's law; plēbiscītum Sum mæg folcrǽdenne gehycgan one may deliberate a nation's law, Exon. 79a; Th. 295, 32; Crä. 42

ǽ-bebod

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-bebod, es; n.

Lawinjunction of the lawcommandlexlegis mandatum

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Law, injunction of the law, command; lex, legis mandatum Ðú me ǽbebod ǽrest settest tu legem posuisti mihi, Ps. Th. 118, 102

ge-sǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sǽgan, p. de; pp. ed [sǽgan to cause to sink]

To lay low, cast downprosternĕre, incurvāre

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To lay low, cast down; prosternĕre, incurvāre Hæfdon ealfela Eótena cynnes sweordum gesǽged they had laid low full many of the Jutes' race with their swords, Beo. Th. 1772; B. 884: Judth.12; Thw. 25, 36; Jud. 294.

ge-hende

(adj.; prep.)
Grammar
ge-hende, prep. dat.

Nighnearjuxta

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He læg ðeódne gehende he lay by his prince, Byrht. Th. 140, 27; By. 294 : Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47, 34

Ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
Ǽ, indecl. f.

Lawstatutecustomritemarriagelexstatutumceremoniæritusmatrimonium

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Law, statute, custom, rite, marriage; lex, statutum, ceremoniæ, ritus, matrimonium God him sette ǽ ðæt ys open lagu God gave them a statute that is a plain law, Ælfc. T. 10, 20. Ǽ Drihtnes the law of the Lord, Ps. Spl. 18, 8: Mt. Bos. 26, 28.

Linked entries: ǽ-fyllende á

mealmiht

(adj.)
Grammar
mealmiht, adj.

Sandychalky

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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.'

bi-lecgan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-lecgan, p. -legde, -léde; pp. -legd, -léd

To lay or impose upon, to lay round, cover, load, afflict, chargeimponere, afficere, onerare, accusare

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To lay or impose upon, to lay round, cover, load, afflict, charge; imponere, afficere, onerare, accusare,Exon. 107 a; Th. 409, 6; Rä. 27, 25

ǽ-hlýp

law

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Dele ǽ law

scúr-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
scúr-heard, adj.
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Ðæt him féla láf ( the sword ) ne meahte scúrheard sceþþan, Beo. Th. 2070; B. 1033

ge-lecgan

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D. iv. 202, 13. with a non-material object, to lay a command, task, &c., upon a person 'Ábeódað míne ǽrende tó ðám gemóte . . . and cýðað hwǽm ic mínes landes geunnen hæbbe' . . .

lǽwede

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽwede, adj.

Laylaiclewd

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Lay, laic, not learned, not of the church; by gradual change of meaning it has become the later lewd Lǽwede man laicus, Wt. Voc. 72, 8.

Linked entry: lǽwed

offrung-sang

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Add: Cf. lác-sang

ge-wícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wícan, p. -wác, pl. -wicon; pp. -wicen

To give wayfaildepartretirecederedeficererecedere

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láf gewác æt wíge his kinsman's legacy failed not in the contest, Beo. Th. 5251; B. 2629: 5148; B. 2577

GALAN

(v.)
Grammar
GALAN, part. galende, ic gale, ðú gælest, gælst, he gæleþ, gælþ, pl. galaþ, p. gól, pl. gólon; pp. galen

To singenchantcallcănĕreincantāreinsŏnāreclāmāre

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Lamb. 57, 6. Sorh-leóþ gæleþ he sings a sad lay, Beo. Th. 4912; B. 2460. Se wísdóm gól gyd wisdom sung a lay, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 3; Met. 7, 2. Wíf fyrd-leóþ gólon [MS. galan] the women sang a martial song, Cd. 171; Th. 215, 3; Exod. 577.

lǽst

(n.)

actperformance

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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