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ge-sleán

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I. l; Sch. 13, 7. to drive, fix a peg, stake, &c., pitch a tent Gif hé hæbbe geteld geslagen. Ll.

hǽlan

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Æt úrum Hǽlendum Críste per Christum, Ors. 4, 10 ; S. 194, 28. On Hǽlendum Críste, Bl. H. 187, 8. Tó Drihtne Hǽlendum Críste, 155, 15. Wið úrne Drihten Hǽlendne Críst, 159, 33- v. for-hǽlan, ge-hǽlan, þurh-hǽlan, un-hǽlan

híwung

shapingshapeframemakeconstitutionshapeformspecieskindtransformationan illusory shapedeceptive appearancea pretencetricksimulationhypocrisyfictionirony

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Manega geleáfan Crístes ná lufiað, ac þæne þurh leáse híwunge gehealdan hí gehíwiað multi fidem Christi non amant, sed eandem per hypochrisin tenere se simulant, Scint. 129, 12. of speech, false speech, fiction Híwung oððe leásspel figmentum, Wrt.

lícettan

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Tó ðǽm móde ðe innan bið gnornigende and útan lícet geðyld menti interius dolenti, et sanctam se exterius per patientiam demonstranti, 225, 11. Se góda cræft ðe hé ðǽr lícette virtus oslensa, 222, 3.

lim

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Þurh lim and tódál per cola, i. membra et commata

a-þreótan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þreótan, indef. hit aþrýt ; p. -þreát, pl. -þruton ; pp. -þroten.

To wearyirkdispleasebe loathsomeirksome to any onetæderepigereTo loathedislikebe weary of anythingpertæsum esse

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Fox 29, 82; Met. 29, 40. pers. To loathe, dislike, be weary of anything; pertæsum esse Se cyning wæs aþroten his ællreordre gespræce rex pertæsu erat barbaræ loquelæ, Bd. 3, 7 ; S. 530, 4

ge-bycgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bycgan, -bicgan, -bicgean; ic -bycge, -bicge, ðú -bygest, -bigest, he -bygeþ, -bigeþ, -bigþ, pl. -bycgaþ, -bicgaþ; p. -bohte, pl. bohton; pp. -boht

To buyprocurepurchaseredeememereredimere

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Ðæt hý móston friþ gebicgean that they might buy peace, L. Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284, 13. Ic gebycge bát I buy a boat, Exon. 119 a; Th. 458, 11; Hy. 4, 99. Ðæt hí man beágum gebycge that one may buy her with bracelets, Menol. Fox 551; Gn. C. 45 : L. H.

lytig

(adj.)
Grammar
lytig, lyteg; adj.

Cunningastuteslyartfulcraftywily

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Marius ðone consul á swá lytigne swá hé wæs Marii consulis, qui non minore pene quam ipse præditus erat astutia, Ors. 5, 7; Swt. 228, 32. Ðone leásan lytegan ðú scealt hatan fox insidiator occultis surripuisse fraudibus gaudet?

Linked entries: letig lot lyteg

nearu

(adj.)
Grammar
nearu, adj.

narrowstraitconfinednot spaciousnarrowlimitedpoorrestrictedstraitoppressivecausing anxietyoppressednot having free actionstrictsevere

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A. nearu : Lind. naruu : Rush. naru) is ðæt geat intrate per angustam portam ... Quam angusta porta, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 13-14 : Lk. Skt. 13, 24. Se sǽ ðe ǽgðer is ge nearo ge hreóh, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 12.

Linked entry: nearu-cræft

fullíce

(adv.)
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Th. i. 166, 8. with numerals. v. full; Wæs án gér fullíce þæt seó eorþe wæs cwaciende per totum fere annum terraemotus fuerunt, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 10. Seofon geár fullíce, Hml. S. 10, 7. Heó twéntig wintra wunode mid hyre were fullíce, Hml.

ge-férscipe

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Hé hine on úrne geférscipe ðurh flǽsces gecynd gemengde sese nobis per naturae nostrae consortium junxit, 167, 23. of animals or things Sum fearhryþer þæs óþræs ceápes geférscipe oferhogode, Bl. H. 199, 4.

óþ-fæstan

(v.)
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óþ-fæstan, I.
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Drihten hæfde wítes clomma[s] feóndum óþfæsted the Lord had imposed penal chains on the fiends, Cd. Th. 292, 23; Sae. 445

gang-dagas

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gang-dagas, Add:

days on which processions were made during which prayers for peace and prosperity were recited.

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days on which processions were made during which prayers for peace and prosperity were recited.

tógædere-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
tógædere-weard, adv.

In directions that will bring [people] together, will lead to meeting

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Ðá hié tógædereweard fóron ðá flugon Péne swá hie eft selfe sǽdon . . . iér hié tógædere geneálǽcten when the armies were marching to meet one another, the Carthaginians fled, as they afterwards themselves said, before they were near meeting; Ap.

tó-sceacan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceacan, -scacan; p. -sceóc, -scóc; pp. -sceacen, scacen.

to shake to pieces,shake violently,to disturbto shake off,drive away,disperse

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With shaking shal be toshaken pees, Wick. Is. 24, 20. Wynde may the plantes bigge toshake, Pall. 52, 240. The word is used also intransitively: All þe worlde shall toshake, Anglia iii. 546, 156

ge-tácnian

(v.)
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Sió hreófl getácnað þæt wóhhǽmed per scabiem luxuria designatur, 71, 4. Hwæt elles getácnað ðæs sácerdes hrægl búton ryht weorc vestimenta sacerdotis quid aliud quam recta opera debemus accipere t, 93, 12.

ýtera

(adj.)
Grammar
ýtera, cpve.: ýtemest; spve. adj.
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Ðú miht blissigan ðæt ðære ðeóde sáwla þurh ða ýttran wundra beóð getogene tó ðære incundan gife gaudeas quia Anglorum animae per exteriora miracula ad interiorem gratiam pertrahuntur (Bd. 1, 31), Homl. Th. ii. 132, 2

Linked entry: ýtmest

ge-hiwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hiwian, l. ge-híwian,
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Þruh þá is gehíwot per quem (gastrimargia) figuratur An. Ox. II, 101. Guhíwudre sprǽce tropologiam 8, 150.

Linked entry: ge-hiwad

spyrian

(v.)
Grammar
spyrian, p. ede, ode

to trackgo in a trackfollowmake a journey in search of something to make a trackgoto enquireinvestigateexamineto enquire after or intoseek to know aboutto search afterseek to attainto askinvestigare, indagare, sciscitarito track; to investigate; to ask

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.; Swt. 5, 16. to make a track, go Mec fugles wyn geond speddropum spyrede geneahhe . . . beám telge swealg stóp eft on mec síþade sweartlást me (a book) throughout the bird's joy (the pen) with drops made frequent tracks, . . . swallowed the tree's

Linked entries: æfter-spyrian spirian

dún-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
dún-sǽte, gen. -sǽta; dat. -sǽtum,sǽtan ; pl. m. [dún a mountain, -sǽte dwellers, inhabitants]

Mountaineers, inhabitants of the mountains of Wales montĭcŏlæ Walliæ

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The Dúnsǽte also need, if the king grant it to them, that at least peace-hostages be allowed them, L. O. D. 9; Th. i. 356, 16-20