luf-líc
Lovely ⬩ lovable ⬩ amiable ⬩ dear
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Cild ácenned gód luflíc a child born at this time will be good and amiable, Lchdm. iii. 190, 5. Hú luflíce geteld ðín how amiable are thy tabernacles; quam dilecta tabernacula tua, Ps. Spl. 83, 1
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récan
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Ðám mannum ðe fram ðære teóþan tíde ne geseóþ, ðæs ylcan drinces smýc heora eágan onfón and mid ðam broþe récen, and ða lifre wǽten, and gníden and mid smyrgen, Lchdm. i. 346, 22
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wólbǽrness
Pestiferousness ⬩ destructivity
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Pestiferousness, destructivity Ic wolde ðæt ða ongeáten, ðe ða tída úres cristendómes leahtriaþ, hwelc mildsung siþþan wæs, siþþan se cristendóm wæs, and hú monigfeald wólbǽrnes ðære worulde ǽr ðæm wæs (with how many kinds of plagues the world was afflicted
wyn-dæg
A day of gladness ⬩ a joyous time
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A day of gladness, a joyous time Wǽrun wudubearwas on wyndagum exultabunt omnia ligna sylvarum, Ps. Th. 95, 12. Ne móstun gé á wunian in wyndagum, ac scofene wurdon in éce fýr, Exon. Th. 140, 3; Gú. 604.
be-hogian
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Substitute: to take care of, attend to, be solicitous about Hé behogode þá tíde þæs nihtlican gebedes, Gr. D. 170, 28. Ðá ðe his líc behogodon qui funus ejus curaverant, 297, 17. Ealdor þe georne behogige (curiose intendat) hwæþer hé God geséce, R.
ge-sǽliglic
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Hú gesǽliglica tída ðá wǽron giond Angelcynn, Past. 3, 4
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grínu
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(The word occurs in a list with the title 'Nomina colorum'.) Hwít albus, grionu avidius, giolu aureus, ii. 10, 29
lencten-tíma
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spring-time, spring Lengtentíma and cildiugoð geþwǽrlǽcað . . . Lengtentíma ys wǽt and wearm, Angl. viii. 299, 25-28. Lententíma vernale tempus An.
ofer-wreón
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Mæht ðæs hésta oferwríð (-wrígað, L. ) ðec uirtus altissimi obumbrabit tibi, Lk. R. 1. 35. 'Awyrp mé hyder þínne scyccels . . . ꝥ ic mæge þá wíflican týddernysse oferwreón'. . . Héé Oferwreág cooperuit, Ps. L. 43, 16.
ge-ágnian
To own ⬩ possess ⬩ inherit ⬩ appropriate to one's self ⬩ claim as one's own ⬩ possĭdēre ⬩ herēdĭtāre ⬩ vindĭcāre sibi
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Óþ-ðæt se ágenfrigea him ðæt orf geáhnige till the proprietor claims the cattle for his own, L. Edg. S. 11; Th. i. 276, 16. Sceal monna gehwilc wesan geágnod me every man shall be appropriated to me, Cd. 106; Th. 140, 1; Gen. 2321
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lind
a shield
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the linden or lime-tree Lind seno vel tilia, Ælfc. Gl. 45; Som. 64, 111; Wrt. Voc. 32, 46. Linde tilie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 29. In ða greátan lindan; of ðære lindan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 24.
neán
from near ⬩ near ⬩ close at hand ⬩ nearly ⬩ about
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Ðá wæs neán seó syxte tíd erat autem fere hora sexta, 23, 44. Wé ðæs hereweorces neán myndgiaþ we bear that warlike deed in mind nearly as it happened, have an accurate remembrance of it, Elen. Kmbl. 1311; El. 657
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big-spell
A by-history, a parable, fable, example, proverb, story ⬩ parabola, fabula, exemplum, proverbium, narratio
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He him rehte bíspell bí ðære sunnan he related to him a parable of the sun, Bt. titl. vi; xFox x. 12.
unriht-hǽmed
Unlawful cohabitation ⬩ illicit intercourse ⬩ adultery ⬩ fornication
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C. 16, tit.; Th. ii. 128, 26: Shrn. 99, 4. Monige hié gehealdaþ wið unryhthǽmed multi scelera carnis deserunt, Past. 51; Swt. 399, 7. Hé onscunede unrihthǽmed recusabat stuprum, Gen. 39, 10. Gif wer unrihthǽmed fremeþ wiþ óþer wíf, Blickl.
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be-rǽdan
to dispossess ⬩ betray
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Hú Boetius hí (the Goths) wolde berǽdan (cf. áferran, I ;F. 2, 19), Bt. tit. I ; F. x. 2. Birédnae (-raed*-*nae) prodimur, Txts. 89, 1661. with acc. of person and inst.
efen-niht
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Rímcræftige on þá ylcan tíd emniht healdað, Men. 45. Ymb þás emnihte sprecan, Lch. iii. 240, 1. Macað heó lenctenlice emnihte, 250, 26: 252, 2. Twégen sunstedas synd and twá emniht on þám twelf mónðum, Angl. viii. 311, 9.
ge-cunnian
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., probare), ðis tíd ne gecunnað (gicunigas, R., probatis ) gié, Lk. L. 12, 56. Hé wolde gecunnian ( probare ) þæs þe hé ǽr gehýrde, Gr. D. 142, 9.
hwílum
At times ⬩ for a time ⬩ sometimes ⬩ whilome
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At times, for a time, sometimes, whilome Hwílon ic dyde swá aliquando feci sic ... Dudum gefyrn, quondam hwílon, andolim getácniaþ þreó tída, forþgewitene and andwerde and tówerde, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 39, 62-4.
regol-weard
The guardian of a rule, ⬩ an authority in the matter of the observance of a rule (v. regol, I) ⬩ a ruler
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One who sees that a rule (v. regol, III) is observed, a provost, v. práfost Ðæs mynstres práfost and reogolweard wæs in ða tíd Boisel ...
síþ
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Late Biþ seó síþre tíd sǽda gehwylces mǽtræ in mægne, Exon. Th. 104, 31 ; Gú. 16. Se síþemesta dóm (síþemesða demm, Hatt. MS.) extrema damnatio, Past. 2 ; Swt. 30, 21.