sweotolung
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Ðá gesáwon hí licgan án cild on ðám weófode ... hí þæt húsl ðygedon Gode ðancigende þsére swutelunge, Hml. Th. ii. 272, 14-22.
earmlíce
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Þá ealdan sculan earmlíce licgan heápmǽlum æt hám hungre ácwolene, Wlfst. 295, 15. meanly.
Affrica
Africa
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Africa Asia and Affrica togædere licgaþ Asia and Africa lie together, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 15, 14. Ðære Affrica norþ-west gemǽre the north-west boundary of Africa, id; Bos. 16, 4.
Linked entry: Africa
fúlian
To become foul ⬩ putrefy ⬩ rot ⬩ decay ⬩ putrescĕre ⬩ computrescĕre ⬩ corrumpi
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To become foul, putrefy, rot, decay; putrescĕre, computrescĕre, corrumpi Ðǽr is mid Eástum án mǽgþ, ðæt hí mágon cýle gewyrcan; and ðý ðǽr licgaþ ða deádan men swá lange, and ne fúliaþ, ðæt hí wyrcaþ ðone cýle hine on there is among the Esthonians a
oððe
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Ða scipu eall oððe tóbrǽcon oððe forbærndon oððe tó Lundenbyrig brohton oððe to Hrófesceastre, Erl. 91, 25. with óðer, áðer Hé sǽde ðæt hé wolde óðer, oððe ðǽr libban oððe ðǽr licgan, 901; Erl. 96, 32.
Linked entry: eðða
racente
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A chain, fetter Licgaþ mé ymbe írenbendas, rídeþ acerntan sál, Cd. Th. 24, 3; Gen. 372. Gebunden mid gyldenre racentan vinctum compedibus aureis, Ors. 3, 9 ; Swt. 128, 12. Gerǽped mid his racentan, Met. 13, 8 : 25, 37 : 26, 78.
Linked entry: racete
weg
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Add Hié sægdon ꝥ nǽre mára weg þonne meahte on týn dagum geféran (uiam non amplius decem dierum), Nar. 25, 2. add Ðá þe on ðǽre synne ealnu weg licgað, Past. 179, 3.
wiþ
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Add Swí eác wið þan (þǽr ongeán, v.l. e contra) beforan Godes eágum licgað forsewene þá þe áþindað, Gr. D. 40, 2. Wið ðám spelle wæs Crisorius contra Chrysaorius narrare consuevit, 325, 19. 2. Add Nabbe gé nánne gemánan wið hine, Past. 357, 6.
Swǽfas
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Tó ðǽm beorgan ðe mon Alpis hǽtt licgaþ Begwara landgemǽro and Swǽfa, 1, 1; Swt. 16, 1-14. Engle and Swǽfe, Exon. Th. 321, 10; Wíd. 44. Mid Englum ic wæs and mid Swǽfum. 322, 10; Wíd. 61. Witta weóld Swǽfum, 319, 34; Wíd. 22
bufan
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Hí licgað bufan eorðan on hyra húsum, Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 24. Gif se earm bið forad bufan elnbogan, Ll. Th. i. 94, 24. Hé ofwearp þone ent bufon ðám eágan, Hml.
ǽn-lic
only, single ⬩ alone, solitary ⬩ excellent, peerless,
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Hí ealle licgað on ǽnlicum wurðmynte, Hml. S. 29, 333. Tó Antiochia ðǽre ǽnlican byrig, 3, 298. On Eferwíc ðæt ǽnlice mynster, 26, 109. Tó ǽnlicum aurea (in astra), An. Ox. 1438. Hé oft dyde swýðe ǽnlice ðincg, Hml. S. 13, 270.
Linked entry: án-lic
wæter-ǽdre
A vein of water, a spring
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Swá swá ǽddran licgeaþ on ðæs mannes líchaman, swá licgaþ ðás wæter-ǽddran geond ðás eorðan, Lchdm. iii. 254, 23. On stemne wæterǽdrena (-édrana, Ps. Lamb.cataractorum )ðínra, Ps. Spl. 41, 9: Blickl. Gl. Wæterǽdra, Ps. Th. 41, 8.
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snícan
To crawl, creep of the motion of a reptile ⬩ of imperceptible movement ⬩ to sneak ⬩ to hanker after
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To crawl, creep of the motion of a reptile [Sume wuhta] creópaþ and snícaþ, eall líchoma eorþan getenge (cf. sume licgaþ mid eallon líchaman on eorþan and snícende faraþ, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 26) Met. 31, 6. Wyrm com snícan Lchdm. iii. 34, 21.
sol
Mire or a miry place ⬩ filthy ⬩ volutabrum
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Swín simle willnaþ licgan on fúlum solum . . . ðeáh hí beswemde weorþon, ðonne sleáþ hé eft on ða solu and bewealwiaþ þǽron Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 26-29. [Cf. sol; adj. filthy Wule a sol cloð et one cherre beon hwit iwaschen? A. R. 324, 1.
cneów
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Ic wille ꝥ gé beran eówer leóht tó mé, and licgað on cneówum ( kneel ), 21, 296. Cnéum gewælteno (cnéu bégende) genibus provolutus, Mt. L. 17, 14. Mid gesetnum cneóum positis genibus, Lk. L. 22, 41. Gisettedum cnéum, Rtl. 44, 13.
sál
a rope, cord, line, bond ⬩ a rein ⬩ the loop which forms the handle of a vessel ⬩ the fastening of a door ⬩ a necklace, collar
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a rope, cord, line, bond Licgaþ mé ymbe írenbendas, rídeþ racentan sál, Cd. Th. 24, 3; Gen. 378. Ðá wæs be mæste segl sále fæst, Beo. Th. 3816; B. 1906. (cf.O. H. Ger. segil-seil rudens ) Sálum nexibus, Wrt.
meox
Muck ⬩ dung ⬩ ordure ⬩ dirt
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Licgaþ forsewene swá swá meox (Cott. MS. miox) under feltúne, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 11: Homl. Skt. 2, 241. Heó eall forseah on meoxes gelícnysse, 8, 38. Ða nýtenu forrotedon on heora meoxe, Homl. Th. i. 118, 15.
Linked entry: mix
a-fíndan
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Ásændon hí inn ǽnne his búrðéna, and sé áfunde his hláford licgan heáfodleásne, 113, 364. Helena ðá róde áfunde, H. R. 99, 8. Hé hyne áxode hwæt hé áfunde be þám Hǽlende, St. A. 44, 11.
FEAX
Hair of the head ⬩ the locks ⬩ cæsăries ⬩ cŏma ⬩ căpillus
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Licgaþ æfter lande loccas todrifene, fex on foldan throughout the land lie my driven locks, hair upon the ground, Andr. Kmbl. 2853; An. 1429.
ge-hálgian
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Binnan gehálgodum líctúne licgan, Ll. Th. i. 212, 20. Gehálgodne initiatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 70. <b>II a.</b> to consecrate to an office :-- SendeÆþelwulf cyning Ælfréd his sunu tó Róme.