eald-geníþla
An ancient foe, arch-fiend, Satan ⬩ antīquus inĭmīcus, diăbŏlus
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An ancient foe, arch-fiend, Satan; antīquus inĭmīcus, diăbŏlus Ðe-læs him ealdgeníþlan scyððan cómon lest the old foes might come to injure him, Andr. Kmbl. 2098; An. 1050 : Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 37.
Linked entry: eald-feónd
ge-hende
Nigh ⬩ near ⬩ juxta
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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
be-helan
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Þý lǽs mé ówiht in þǽm londe beholen oððe bedégled wǽre ne quid mihi in ignotis subtraheretur locis, Nar. 20, 21. From þǽm uncystum ðe mé beholen synt ab occultis delictis meis, Ps. Th. 18, II. Add
ge-hádian
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Gif hwylc abbod mæssepreóstes behófige, geceóse hé of his ágenum geférum þe þæs hádes wyrðe sý, and hine gehádian lǽte, 111, 19. Add
ge-scrífan
to judge, deem, assign, impose, appoint ⬩ judicare, assignare, imponere, designare ⬩ to shrive, impose penance, censure ⬩ pœnitentiam imponere, reprehendere
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Hió me lytle læs láðe woldan ðisses eorþweges ende gescrífan paulo minus consummaverunt me in terra, Ps. Th. 118, 87. Siððan gé agifen habbaþ sceattas gescrifene when you have given the appointed sum, Andr.
Linked entry: ge-scrif
un-sceaþfulness
Innocence
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Ðý læs hí forlǽtan hiora uusceaþfulnesse (-sceð-, Cott. MS.) desinet colere forsitan innocentiam, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 5. Unsceaðfulnisse innocentiam, Ps. Surt. 17, 25. Unsceðfulnisse, 7, 9: 40, 13: 100, 2
a-sealcan
To languish ⬩ to be or become weak ⬩ idle ⬩ slothful ⬩ remiss ⬩ languescere ⬩ remittere ⬩ desidiosum fieri
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To languish, to be or become weak, idle, slothful, remiss; languescere, remittere, desidiosum fieri Ne lǽt ðú ðe ðín mód asealcan wǽrfæst willan mínes let not thou thy mind languish [to be] observant of my will, Cd. 99; Th. 130, 30; Gen. 2167.
Linked entry: a-solcen
miltestre
A harlot
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Ne lǽt ðú ðíne dohtor beón myltestre me prostituas filiam tuam, Lev. 19, 29. Beclypte seó myltestre ðæt clǽne mǽden, Homl. Skt. 2, 169: 7, 178. Cómon tó ánre miltistran húse ingressi sunt domum mulieris meretrices, Jos. 2, 1.
reócan
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Genim níwe horses tord, lege on háte gléda, lǽt reócan swíþe betweoh þá þeóh úp under þæt hrægl, Lch. ii. 330, 27. Reócende halans (odorato thure fragrantior halans, Ald. 271, 15), An. Ox. 26, 66.
fóran-niht
The fore-night ⬩ early part of the night ⬩ dusk of the evening ⬩ antĕrior pars noctis ⬩ crĕpuscŭlum
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The fore-night, early part of the night, dusk of the evening; antĕrior pars noctis, crĕpuscŭlum Lǽd hine út of ðam húse on fórannihte lead him out of the house in the dusk, Herb. 8, 2; Lchdm. i. 98, 18: fram foran-nihte per noctem, Nar. 35, 9
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fór-grípan
To take before ⬩ carry off prematurely ⬩ pre-occupy ⬩ prærĭpĕre ⬩ præ-occŭpāre
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Ðý-læs hit sí mid deáþe fórgripen ne morte præ-occŭpētur, 1, 27; S. 492, 30, note
lǽlian
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Ꝥte nales ðá sweartan deóblu in mínre sídan léligen, swá swá gewuniað, scytas ut non tetri daemones in latera mea librent, ut solent, iacula, Lch. i. lxxiii, 33. to get black and blue Æfestian, lǽlian libescant (cf. lǽl; ¶), Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 41
hwón-lic
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Skt. for Swt. and add Wurdon æteó-wode fela ðúsend engla, þý lǽs ðe wǽre geþúht ánes engles ealdordóm tó hwónlic tó swá micelre bodunge, Hml. Th. i. 38, 6. Hit wǽre hwónlic gebúht ꝥ . . . bútan mennisce eágan mihte geseón ꝥ . . Hml. S. 31, 1252
swingel
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Wæs sum wyln gehæft tó swinglum ... and læg on hæftnédum ꝥ heó hetelíce wǽre þæs on morgen beswungen ... Heó clypode tó þám hálgan Swýðúne ꝥ hé ... fram þám réðum swinglum hí áhredde, Hml. S. 21, 166-171.
gíme-líst
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Cf. gíman ; 4 Hé lǽt his mód tóflówan on ðæt ofdele giémeliéste and ungesceád-wísnesse æfter eallum his willum neglectam (animam) se inferius per desideria expandit Past. 283, 15. Hé lǽt his hláfordes gebod tó giémeliéste, 121, 14.
á-cólian
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Ðý lǽs anda ákólige, 150, 1. Ácólige, Lch. iii. 442, 21. Ácólige ( tepescat ) bryne gástes, Hy. S. 26, 32. Ǽr ðæt fýr ðǽre willunge from ðám móde ácólie, Bd. 1, 27; M. 80, 31. Hí lǽtað ácólian ðá innecundan lufan, Past. 139, 8.
blíðe-líce
Gladly, joyfully, BLITHELY, merrily ⬩ læte, hilariter
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Gladly, joyfully, BLITHELY, merrily; læte, hilariter He hine blíðelíce onféng he received him joyfully, Lk. Bos. 19, 6: Gen. 46, 30. Ge mágon blíðelíce hlihhan potestis hilariter ridere, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 62, 28.
weorold-scipe
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.), ðý læs hé mislícige ðæm ðe hé ǽr hine selfne gesealde nemo millitans Deo implicat se negotiis secularibus, ut ei placeat, cui se probavit, Past. 18 ; Swt. 131, 2
brord
a point
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Voc. i. 288, 74: pun(c)tus, ii. 68, 53. a spire of grass or corn þý lǽs þá ofþinenan corn in brord gehwyrfden (should sprout), Hml. A. 204, 320. Brordas clumula (spicarum glumula, Ald. 23, 10), Wrt. Voc. ii. 77,51
hrycg
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S. 31, 1047. a ridge. v. gráf-, lǽg-, middel-, sand-, stán-, timber-hrycg, and Midd. Flur. s. v