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láþ

(adj.)
Grammar
láþ, adj.
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Dele passage in l. 19, and add Láþe exosas Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 25. hateful, repulsive Láþ unclǽnnys detestanda obscenitas An. Ox. 4301. Láþera inuisorum (uitiorum), 885. <b>I a.</b> hateful to a person :-- Hú láð eów selfum wæs tó gelǽstanne

man

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Add: with correlative he Ðonne mon má fæst ðonne hé ðyrfe, Past. 313, 1. On ðǽre gesundfulnesse mon forgiett his selfes, 35, 6. Hit is áwrieten ðæt mon ne scyle cweðan tó his fríend . . . 325, 1. Seó hróf wæs ꝥ man mid his handa gerǽcean mihte, Bl. H

swín

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Þá semninga geféldon hí án swýn ( porcum ) yrnende hider and þider betwyh heora fótum, ꝥ sum ꝥ swýn heora hwylc gefélde ... sóhte ꝥ swín þá duru þǽre cyrcan ... and ne mihte hit nán man geseón, and swá þeáh hí hit mihton gefélan, Gr. D. 236, 1-6. Ne án

wǽge

(n.)
Grammar
wǽge, (see also wǽg), an; f.

a weighta weyan implement for weighinga balancescale

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a weight, as a general term Byrðen oððe wǽge pondus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32; Zup. 58, 17. Hæbbe ǽlc man rihte wǽgan and rihte gemetu pondus habebis justum et verum et modius aequalis et verus erit tibi, Deut. 25, 15. as a definite weight, a wey Gá seó wǽge

Linked entries: wége wégi

wǽpen-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-mann, (wǽp-), es; m.

A malea man

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A male, a man Wǽpnmann mas, Anglia xiii. 366, 23. Éghuelc hé ł woepenmon (wépenmon, Rush. wæpned, W.S.) omne masculinum, Lk. Skt. 2, 23. Wer oððe wǽpman vir, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 11. Ðes wǽpman hic mas, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Zup. 50, 15. Ne scríde nán wíf hig

Linked entries: wæp-mann wǽpned-mann

wǽt

(n.)
Grammar
wǽt, es; n.

wet, moistureliquor, drink

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wet, moisture Se cyle geþrowode wið ða hǽto, and ðæt wǽt wiþ ðám drýgum, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 33: Met. 20, 74. liquor, drink Hé ána gereorde, and be dǽle ǽt and wǽt gewanod sý reficiat solus, sublata ei portione sua de vino, R. Ben. 69, 14. Hé ne mæg

hǽte

(n.)
Grammar
hǽte, an; f.

Heatbrewing

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Heat Cíle and hǽte ne geswícaþ frigus et æstus non requiescent, Gen. 8, 22. Ðá ðá seó hǽte com ðá forscranc hit when the heat came then it withered away, Homl. Th. ii. 90, 30. On ðære hǽtan ðæs dæges in the heat of the day, Gen. 18, 1 : Mt. Kmbl. 20,

Linked entry: hǽtu

híréd

Grammar
híréd, l. híred,

a familya familyhousethe familycourt

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and add: a family, wife and children Gif hwá stalie swá his wif nyte and his bearn ... Gif hé stalie on gewitnesse ealles his híredes, Ll. Th. i. 106, 15-17. Gif hig (priests) hwylc árwyrðe hýredes fæder tó his húse gelaðige, sé þe wyle mid his wífe

ge-lǽdan

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Add: where there is movement. where the movement of the object is not the act of the subject, to lead, bring, conduct. the subject a person Ic þé út gelǽdde of Ægypta londe, Ll. Th. i. 44, 4. Ðrió cnæhtas of ofone ðú gilǽddest ( eduxisti ), Rtl. 101,

á-cumba

(n.)
Grammar
á-cumba, an; m: ǽ-cumbe, an; n ? [cemban to comb] .

oakumthat which is combedthe coarse part of hemp,—Hards, flax, towstuppathe thing pruned or trimmed, properly of treesPruningsclippingstrimmingsputamenreduced to ashesWood ashes

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oakum, that which is combed, the coarse part of hemp,—Hards, flax, tow; stuppa = στύππη,στύπη [v. heordas stuppæ, R. 68] Afyl ða wúnde, and mid ácum-ban besweð fill the wound, and swathe up with tow. L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm, ii. 22, 21. Ǽcumbe stuppa, Ælfc

Linked entries: á-cuma ǽcumbe

rípan

(v.)
Grammar
rípan, p. ráp, pl. ripon
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To reap, cut corn; metaph. to derive advantage Ic rípe meto, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 63. Ðú rípst ðíne æceras tui agros metis, 15; Som. 19, 46. Hláford ðú rípst ðǽr ðú ne seówe.... Ðú wistest ðæt ic rípe (hrippo, Lind.) ðǽr ic ne sáwe, Mt. Kmbl. 25

Linked entry: rýpan

ge-hiwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hiwian, -hywian, -heowian, -hiowian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.

to formfashionmaketransformtransfigureformāreplasmārefingĕrefĭgūrāretransfĭgūrāreto seemappearpretendsĭmŭlāre

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to form, fashion, make, transform, transfigure; formāre, plasmāre, fingĕre, fĭgūrāre, transfĭgūrāre Ðú ðe gehiwast sárnesse on bebode qui fingis lăbōrem in præcepto, Ps. Lamb. 93, 20. Sió godcunde fóreteohhung eall þing gehiwaþ the divine predestination

wís-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wís-líc, adj.

Wisediscreetprudentsagacious

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Wise, discreet, prudent, sagacious Mé ðynceþ wíslíc, gif ðú geseó ða þing beteran, ðæt wé ðám onfón, Bd. 2, 13 ; S. 516, 10. Is wíslíc rǽd, ðæt manna gehwylc geornlíce smeáge, Wulfst. 4, 21. Wíslíc wærscipe, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 318, 37. Ðín mildheortnes

dugan

Grammar
dugan, l. deáh, deág,
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and add: subj, prs. dyge, duge. absolute Biþ se wela þý wyrsa, gif sé ne deáh þe hine áh, Bt. 27, 2; F. 98, 15. Gif þú hunig tó dést, ꝥ deáh. Lch. ii. 30, 22. Ne dohte hit nú lange inne ne úte, ac wæs here and hunger, Wlfst. 159, 7. Ꝥ ys tó gelýfenne

ge-lícian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lícian, to please.
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Add: with a subject expressed. a person Gelícað ( quasi pater in filio) complacet (sibi ), Kent. Gl. 40. Móna se þreótteóþa . . . cild ácenned . . . ofermód, him sylfum gelícigende, Lch. iii. 190, 14. Mǽden scamfæst, clǽne, wærum gelíc(i)gende, 192,

ge-munan

(v.)
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Take here ge-monan, ge-mynan in Dict. and add Þú ge-manst, ge-munst, hé ge-manþ, -muneþ, -myneþ, pl. ge-munon (-an) ; p. ge-mýste (cf. O. Sax. far-munsta) :-- Ne sint gemunene non recordentur (either the verb is taken to be passive or gemunende should

HÝF

(n.)
Grammar
HÝF, e; f.

A HIVE

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A HIVE Hýf canistrum vel alvearium, Ælfc. Gl. 25; Som. 60, 60; Wrt. Voc. 25, 2. Hýf alvearia, Wrt. Voc. 284, 40. Hýfe alvearii, ii. 4, 64. Hýfi alvearia, 100, 1. Wið ðæt beón æt ne fleón genim ðás ylcan wyrte ðe wé veneriam nemdon and gehóh tó ðære hýfe

Linked entries: híf héf

botl

(n.)
Grammar
botl, es; n.

An abode, a dwelling, mansion, house, halldomus, ædes, domicilium, atrium

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An abode, a dwelling, mansion, house, hall; domus, ædes, domicilium, atrium Gif he him nán botl ne selþ if he do not give him an abode, L. In. 67; Th. i. 146, 5. Fordrífe ðý botle let him be driven from the abode, 68; Th. i. 146, 8. Wæs Gúþláce botles

Linked entry: ge-bytlu

þoden

(n.)
Grammar
þoden, es; m.
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A violent wind, a whirlwind; also, a whirlpool; turbo Þoden alcanus (l. altanus), Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 3: altanus, i. 17, 34. Ðoden turbo, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Zup. 37, 10. Þoden ða nán ne tócwíse oþþe worigende tówurpon windas turbo quam nullus quatit aut

un-geþyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþyldig, adj.

Impatient

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Impatient Ðæt wæs ungeþyldig heretoga ... hé wǽpn gegráp mid tó campienne, ǽr ðon ðe hé tó his líchoman leomum becóme, Blickl. Homl. 165, 33. Se ðe ðysne lǽcedóm þolaþ, hé sceal upweard licgean, ðý læs hé ungeþyldig ( if he is impatient ) ða strengðe

Linked entry: ge-þyldig