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fleax

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Þone wlacan smocan wáces flæsces lini lepidos fumos, Dóm. L. 51. Hé hét bewindan heora handa and fét mid gesmyredum flexe, and fýr under bétan, Hml. S. 4, 393. Add

ge-nípan

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v. ge-niman; d) nǽfre þeóstra þæs heofenlican leóhtes scíman, Dóm. L. 253

ge-synto

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D. 50, 2. of favourable condition Eála sé bið ofersǽlig sé þe mid gesyntum swylce cwyldas and wítu mæg wel forbúgon felix o nimium qui illas effugiet poenarum prospere clades, Dóm. L. 248

plega

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Heora biscepas sǽdon þæt heora godas bǽdon ꝥ him man worhte anfiteatra, ꝥ mon mehte þone hǽðeniscan plegan þǽrinne dón suasere pontifices, ut ludi scaenici diis expetentibus ederentur, Ors. 3, 3; S. 102, 12. an implement for a game Geseah hé ǽnne nacodne

scearp-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
scearp-líc, adj.

Sharp, keen, searching, effectual

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Dóm. L. 53

wilcumian

(v.)
Grammar
wilcumian, p. ode

To welcomebid welcomegreetsalute

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To welcome, bid welcome, greet, salute Gyf gé ðæt án dóð, ðæt gé eówre gebróðra wylcumiaþ (welcumieð (later version); hǽlo beádas ł wilcyma, Lind. si salutaveritis fratres vestros tantum . Mt. Kmbl. 5, 47. Ðæt folc . . . wellcumiaþ Fénix, Engl.

Linked entry: wellcumian

leáh

(n.)
Grammar
leáh, m.
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In l. 12 after Kmbl. insert ii. and add Þurh ðone leá on ðám leáge; þurh ðone lytlan leá westeweardne . . . þurh ðone leá norðeweardne, C. D. v. 207, 12-23

leóþ-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-cwide, es; m.

A poem

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A poem Ic nát for hwí eów sindon ða ǽrran gewin swá lustsumlíce on leóþcwidum tó gehiéranne I do not know why the earlier contests are so pleasant for you to hear in poems, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 120, 2

þorfan

(v.)
Grammar
þorfan, p. te
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Ne ðo[r]feþ ða ðe hálo sint tó léce non egent qui sani sunt medico, Lk. Skt. Lind. 5, 31. Cf. þearfan, and see next word

ceald

(n.)
Grammar
ceald, es; n.
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on sumes cynnes cald (MS. B. adds seáw), Lch. i. 80, 19

nán-wiht

Grammar
nán-wiht, <b>. I.</b>
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Þæt hé þé nánwiht (náwiht, nóht, v.l.) láðes ne ut nec tibi aliquid mali faciat, Bd. 2, 12 ; Sch. 156, 23. Nát ic nánwiht betere þonne þú ðé gebidde, Solil. H. 4, 14. Nǽniht nullam, Lk. L. 23, 14. Add

niþer-scyfe

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-scyfe, es; m.

A pushing downfalling downhasty downward movement

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A pushing down, falling down, hasty downward movement Niþerscyfe per praeceps, Hpt. Gl. 468, 74

ge-beódan

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Geboden tó bǽle, Dan. 414. to offer to do, do to a person Rihtlaga is þæt man óðran gebeóde, þæt hé wylle, þæt man him gebeóde, Wlfst. 274, 12.. nánum ne gebeóde þæt, þæt hé nelle þæt man him gebeóde, Hml. Th. i. 260, 30-32.

líðigian

(v.)
Grammar
líðigian, líðegian; p. ode

to assuagecalm

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Se ðe on ðam ǽrran tócyme líðegode se démþ stíðne dóm æt ðam æfteran tócyme he that was mild at the first advent shall judge stern judgement at the second, Homl. Th. i. 320, 17. Ðæt ðú líðegie ut mitiges, Ps. Spl. 93, 13.

Linked entry: líðian

un-nídige

(adv.)
Grammar
un-nídige, adv.

Without compulsionwillingly

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Oft hit gebyreþ ðætte manige men bióþ swá ungetrume ǽgþer ge on móde ge on líchoman ðæt hí ne magon ne nán god dón, ne nán yfel nyllaþ unnédige, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 1

Linked entries: nídige un-nédige

un-lǽred

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lǽred, adj.

Untaughtunlearnedignorant

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ðon ðæt unlǽrede sýn gelǽrede ut indocti doceantur, Bd. 1, 27; S. 492, 24. Ðú ongytest ðæt hié syndon unlǽrede men, Blickl. Homl. 183, 7. Hwá unlǽredra ne wundraþ...? Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 15: Met. 28, 1

Linked entry: un-gelǽred

á-mánsumian

(v.)
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Sí þeós buruh ámánsumod sit civitas haec anathema, Jos. 6, 17. as an ecclesiastical term, to excommunicate Gif gé ne dóð, ic eów ámán*-*sumige, Hml. Th. ii. 176, 13.

Linked entry: mánsumian

beorhte

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His andgit bið tó ðon beorhte scínende, ðæt hé mæge ongietan sóðfæstnesse, Past. 69, 24

feorran-cumen

(adj.)
Grammar
feorran-cumen, adj.

stranger

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Sé þe freóndleásan and feorrancumenan wyrsan dóm démeð þonne his geféran, 396, 25-29. Be feorrancumenum men bútan wege gemétton, 114, 13. Hér syndon geferede feorrancumene (feorran cumene?) Geáta leóde, B. 361.

Linked entry: feorren

midde-winter

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On ðon .xl. dæg ofer midewinter, 762; P. 51, 13. Tó þám ymbrene ǽr myddawintran (-wintra ?), Lk. 1, 26, rbc. Add