ge-hát
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., habbað on gehátum hunigsmæccas, Leás. 28. <b>I a.</b> what is promised, a promised good :-- Ic sendo gihát (promissum ) fædres mínes in iówih, Lk. R. 24, 49.
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hwettan
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Þone síðfæt him snotere ceorlas lythwón lógon, . . . hwetton higerófne, B. 204. (2 a) where the course or action to which a person is incited is given :-- Ic dysge dwelle and dole hwette [on] unrǽdsíðas, óðrum stýre nyttre fóre I silly ones lead astray
alýfan
To give leave ⬩ permit ⬩ grant ⬩ permittere ⬩ concedere ⬩ tradere
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To give leave, permit, grant; permittere, concedere, tradere Se eorl ongan alýfan landes the earl began to grant the land, Byrht. Th. 134, 26; By. 90. Alýfe me to farenne permitte me ire, Mt. Bos. 8, 21. Alýf me permitte mihi, Lk.
CÓL
COOL, cold ⬩ frigidus
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Wyrc him leage of ellenahsan, þweah his heáfod mid cólre make him a ley of elder ashes, wash his head with this cold 3, 47; Lchdm. ii. 338, 26. Ða cearwylmas cólran wurþaþ. the anxious emotions become cooler Beo. Th. 570; B. 282;4139; B. 2066
huntnaþ
Hunting
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And let every man leave my hunting alone where I wish to have it preserved, L. C. S. 81; Th. i. 420, 23-6. Wǽre ðú tó-dæg on huntnoþe fuisti hodie in venatione? Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 35. Hé of huntnoþe com venerat de venatu, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 33.
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þýfel
A bush ⬩ a thicket ⬩ a leafy plant
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A bush; a thicket; a leafy plant Frutectum, i. arborum densitas vel ramus (ramnus?) þýfel, frutices, ramos (ramnos?) þyrne, frutex, frutecta þýfel, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 42-45. Þýfel frutex, i. 33, 42. Ðýfel, 80, 20.
ge-ascian
To find out by asking ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ discĕre ⬩ audīre
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To find out by asking, learn, hear; fando accĭpĕre, discĕre, audīre Geascode he ðone cyning on Meran túne he learnt [that] the king [was] at Merton, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 28.
gomel
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Ahleóp se gomela the aged [man] leapt up, 2798; B. 1397: 5695; B. 2851. Biþ geómorlíc gomelum eorle it is sad for an aged man, 4880; B. 2444. Gomele ymb gódne ongeador sprǽcon the old spake together about the good [warrior], 3194; B. 1595.
clǽne
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Add: clean, so as to leave nothing remaining Dó ꝥ fám of clǽne, Lch. ii. 94, 8, 20. Feormige man þone pyt clǽne purgetur puteus, Ll. Th. ii. 220, 20. Wé habbað Godes hús inne and úte clǽne berýpte, Wlfst. 157, 18.
leornian
To learn ⬩ study ⬩ read
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To learn, study, read Swá swá in ðære béc his lífes geméteþ swá hwylc swá hí rǽdeþ and leornaþ sicut in volumine vitæ ejus quisque legerit inveniet, Bd. 4, 31; S. 611, 7.
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wind
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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.
DWELIAN
To be led into error, err ⬩ in errōrem dūci, errāre ⬩ To lead into error, mislead, deceive ⬩ in errōrem dūcĕre, decĭpĕre
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To lead into error, mislead, deceive; in errōrem dūcĕre, decĭpĕre Ðæt folc dweliende misleading the people, Homl. Th. ii. 492, 35. Ic ðé ne dwelode I have not deceived thee, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 1; 164, 32, MS. Bod.
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DEÓP
DEEP, profound, stern, awful, solemn ⬩ prŏfundus, grăvis, sōlemnis
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Deóp leán a deep requital, Cd. 167; Th. 209, 29; Exod. 506. Þurh deópne gedwolan through profound error, Exon. 70 a; Th. 260, 22; Jul. 301. Onguldon deópra firena they atoned for their deep crimes, 45 a; Th. 153, 23; Gú. 830 .
EALD
old, ancient ⬩ vĕtus, ætāte provectus, priscus, antīquus
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Kmbl. 61; Leás. 32. Eald enta geweorc the old work of giants, Exon. 77b; Th. 291, 24; Wand. 87: 60b; Th. 220, 16; Ph. 321: 86b; Th. 326, 1; Wíd. 122.
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hyhtan
To hope ⬩ trust ⬩ rejoice
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Kmbl. 84; Leás. 44. Ic ellen wylle habban and hlyhhan and mé hyhtan tó I will have courage, and laugh and look forward with hope, Exon. 119 a; Th. 456, 22; Hy. 4, 70: 12 b; Th. 21, 26; Cri. 340.
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GRIM
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Sharp, bitter, severe, fell, fierce, dire, savage, cruel, GRIM, horrible; acer, immanis, sævus, crudelis, atrox, dirus He him æt his ende grim geweorþeþ and hine gelǽdeþ on éce forwyrd he [the devil] will become cruel to him at his end, and will lead
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hleápan
to run ⬩ rush ⬩ to jump ⬩ spring ⬩ to leap ⬩ to mount ⬩ jump about
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II. 211), Shrn. 62, 9. to leap on to a horse; hleápan úp to mount: Similar entries v. hleápere; II. Hleóp ascendit (equum), An. Ox. 2142.
CLIF
A CLIFF, rock, steep descent ⬩ promon ory, clivus, rupes, promontorium
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Ðæt hí ne hlipen on ðæt scorene clif that they leap not down the abrupt cliff, Past. 33, 1; Hat. MS. 41a. 9. Be clifum on the cliffs, Exon. 81b; Th. 306, 15; Secf. 8.
land-scearu
land ⬩ country
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Héton lǽdan ofer landsceare ... drógon æfter dúnscræfum ymb stánhleoðo efne swá wíde swá wegas tólǽgon innan burgum strǽte stánfáge they bade lead him over the country ... they dragged him by mountain caves, across rocky slopes, far as the roads stretched
Gúþ-lác
The hermit ⬩ saint of Crowland died at the age of 41,in A. D. 714
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Gúþlác æfter ðon fiftyne geár ðe he lǽdde his líf, ðá wolde God his þeów gelǽdan to ðǽre écan reste ðæs heofoncundan ríces after Guthlac had led his life for fifteen years, then God would lead his servant to the eternal rest of his heavenly kingdom, Guthl
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