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hleápan

(v.)
Grammar
hleápan, p. hleóp, pl. hleópon and hlupon [cf.Icel.hlupu]; pp. hleápen

To LEAP, jump, dance, run

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To LEAP, jump, dance, run Ic hleápe salio, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 34, 45. Ðonne hleápþ se healta swá swá heort the lame shall leap as a hart, Homl. Th. ii. 16, 18. Se ðe hleápeþ he who dances, Exon. 88 b; Th. 332, 11; Vy. 83.

ferian

(v.)

to carrymoveconveyto leadconduct

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Th. i. 66, 14. the object moving itself, to lead, conduct Fergað swá and féþað fæder and módor father and mother lead the child and walk with it (?), Vy. 7. Hé færode folc his þurh ꝥ wésten traduxit populum suum per desertum, Ps.

a-gifan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gifan, -gyfan, -giefan, -geofan; p. -gæf, -geaf, -gef, pl. -géfon, -geáfon; pp. -gifen, -giefen, -gyfen

To restoregive backgive upleavereturnrepayrenderpaygivereddererestitueretradererelinquereexsolveredare

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To restore, give back, give up, leave, return, repay, render, pay, give; reddere, restituere, tradere, relinquere, exsolvere, dare He wolde hine his fæder agifan volebat eum reddere patri suo, Gen. 37, 22.

ge-feormian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feormian, p. ode; pp. od. v. a.

to entertainharbourreceive as a guestfeedcherishsupportsusciperehospitio suscipereepularefoverecurareto feed ondevourvescicomedereto cleansefarmcleanse outmundare

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Búton ðæs bisceopes leáfe, ðe hí on his scíre gefeormode [MS. gefeormade] sín without the bishop's leave, in whose diocese they may be entertained, 4, 5; S. 573, 5. We ðé gefeormedon we entertained thee, Cd. 127; Th. 162, 24; Gen. 2686.

wéna

(n.)
Grammar
wéna, an; m.

suppositionopinionthoughtideaimaginationhopeexpectation

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supposition, opinion, thought, idea, imagination Se leása wéna and sió rǽdelse ðara dysigena monna hominum fallax opinio Bt. 27, 3; Fox 98, 32. Swá sume wénaþ, ðæt sió sunne dó, ac se wéna nis wuhte ðe sóþra Met. 28, 35.

Linked entry: wén

lencten

(n.)
Grammar
lencten, lengten, lenten, es; m.

SpringLent

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Gif mon in lencten hálig ryht in folce bútan leáfe álecgge gebéte mid cxx. sciłł if any one in Lent suppress holy law among the people without leave, let him make amends with cxx shillings, L. Alf. pol. 40; Th. i. 88, 13.

Linked entry: lengten

líf-weg

(n.)
Grammar
líf-weg, es; m.
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A way which leads to life, way of life, one's path in life Lífweg [the road followed by the Israelites under the guidance of the pillar of cloud], Cd. 147; Th. 184, 9; Exod. 104.

gewit-loca

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Gif þú áwyrtwalast of gewitlocan (cf. of ðínum móde, Bt. 23; F. 78, 33) leása gesǽlþa, Met. 12, 26. Þone wísan on gewitlocan scamian (cf. hine scamian, Bt. 19; F. 68, 23), 10, 12.

ge-þancian

(v.)
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.), 9. to express gratitude by action, shew gratitude, reward Rómáne him geþancodon ealles his geswinces mid wyrsan leáne þonne hé tó him geearnod hæfde, Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 32

ofer-lǽfan

(v.)
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to leave over, not to use up Étun alle and gifylde wérun, and ginimen wæs ðætte oferlǽfed wæs (quod superfuit), Lk. R. 9, 17. [ȝe shulen ouerleeuen hem to the aftercomers transmittetis ad posteros, Wick.

þætte

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; v. se, IV. 3); pron.
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Ðæt hé ne forleóse his dreámes blǽd and his dagena rím and his weorces wlite and wuldres leán, þætte heofones cyning syleþ tó sigorleánum, Exon. Th. 97, 11; Cri. 1589. Metod fét eall ꝥte gróweþ, Met. 29, 70.

Linked entry: þæt

ge-dwelian

(v.)
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To lead astray. in a physical sense Hí hine geseón ne mihton, and hý swá mid blindnysse wurdon gedwelede (-dwealde, v.l.) ꝥ hí eft of þám mynstre ídelhende hwurfon ( sic sua caecitate frusirati a monasterio sunt vacui regressi), Gr.

be-fealdan

to fold uproll upto bendthe bodyto fold up in somethingwrap up to entwine;implicareto involveimplicateto attach

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Befeald hyt on caules leáfe, Lch. i. 106, 17. Befeald on wulle, 206, 1. fig. :-- Befealdon contentum, sufficiens, Germ. 402, 54. to entwine; implicare Befealdende hófringas hófum inplicans orbes orbibus, An.

for-lǽdan

destructionbetray

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to lead so as to injure or destroy, bring to harm, destruction, &c., betray: Þér hé wæs ǽrost geswenced mid grimmum gefeohte and micelne dǽl his heres forlǽdde (ubi acerba primum pugna fatigatus, deinde . . . non paruum numerum . . . disperdidit,

lǽs

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Beó-leáh, C. D. iii. 75, 37 :-- On beólése . . . út þurh beóleáse, C. D. B. iii. 249,31. Add

hnáh

(adj.)
Grammar
hnáh, adj.

Bent down, low, lowly, humble, abject, mean, poor

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Ful oft ic leán teohhode hnáhran rince sǽmran æt sæcce full oft have I appointed reward to a warrior inferior and of less worth in battle, 1909; B. 952

wind

(n.)
Grammar
wind, es; m.

windair in motionwindflatulencewindbreath

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Ðú ðe ða treówa þurh ðone stearcan wind norþan and eástan on hærfesttíd heora leáfa bereáfast, and eft on lencten óþru leaf sellest þurh ðone smyltan súþanwesternan wind quas Boreae spiritus aufert, revehat mitis Zephyrus, frondeis, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 5-8.

á-hildan

(v.)
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Ðeós wyrt hafaþ leáf nyþer wið þá eorþan áhyldende, Lch. i. 274, 14. figurative, trans, to incline, decline Hi ( conjunctions ) áhyldað and gebígað heora swég tó ðám stæfgefége þe him ætforan stent, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 265, 2.

Linked entries: á-held á-hyldan

be-hindan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-hindan, prep. dat.

Behindpostpone

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Ne ðé behindan nú lǽt mænige ðus micle now leave not behind thee such a multitude of people Exon. 10 a; Th. 10, 19; Cri. 155

ge-wítendlic

Grammar
ge-wítendlic, In l. 6 l. gewítendlicum, and add: ge-witenlic perishable.
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Ne bidde wé ná leáse welan and gewitenlice wurðmyntas, Hml. Th. i. 158, 26. Heó oferwinð þá gewítendlican geswinc, Hml. A. 77, 102

Linked entries: -wítendlic ge-witenlic