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ge-feallan

(v.)
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Leáf féalewiað, feallað on eorðan, ... swá gefeallað þá þe firena lǽstað, Sal. 315. of things, to decline, decay, fail Mycel yfel weaxeþ on þínum ríce, gif þú lǽtest leng þysne drý ríxian, ... and þín ríce for his lárum gefealleþ, Bl. H. 181, 34.

ge-teón

(v.)
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Ox. 4531. to bring, lead: — Heora ǽgþer ꝥ mǽste folc ongeán óþerne geteáh, Ors. 2, 7 ; 8. 90, 17. in various figurative senses. to bring up, educate, instruct Ðínne diácon ðe ðú getuge, Hml. Th. i. 418, 4.

hwæt

(adj.; int.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwæt, neut. of hwá, used as an adv. or interj.

Whywhat!ah!

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now we learn, Cd. 45; Th. 57, 36; Gen. 939. Hwæt wé gefrunon twelfe tíreádige hæleþ lo! we have heard of twelve glorious heroes, Andr. Kmbl. 1; An. 1: Beo. Th. 1; B. 1: Cd. 143; Th. 177, 27; Exod. 1: Rood Kmbl. 1; Kr. 1. Eá lá hwæt! Bt.

lufian

(v.)
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lufian, p. ode

To love

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Hí hine lufedan leáse múðe dilexerunt eum in ore suo, 77, 35. Lufgean his néhstan swá hine sylfne, Mk. Skt. 12, 33.

rǽdels

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdels, es; m.: e; f.: rǽdelse, rǽdelle (?), an; f.
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Ðeáh se leása wéna and sió rǽdelse ðara dysigena monna tiohhie ðæt se anweald síe ðæt héhste gód ( hominum fallax opinio ), Bt. 27, 3; Fox 98, 32.

seonu-wealt

(adj.)
Grammar
seonu-wealt, (sionu-, sinu-, sino-, sine-, sin-, syne-); adj.
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Heó is leáfun sine-wealton. Lchdm. i. 290, 8, 18. round, spherical, globular, of a building, having a concave roof or dome Seó heofen is sinewealt, Lchdm. iii. 232, 20 : Boutr. Scrd. 18, 24. Sineweald cliuen rotundus, teres globus, Hpt.

á-blinnan

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Áblunnan desierant 26, 6. of persons, absolute, to cease, leave off, stop Ic áblinne cessam, i. desistam Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 5. Tó hwan áblinnest ðú? Bl. H. 189, 2. Ne áblinð non cessabit Kent. Gl. 799: 961.

Linked entry: on-blinnan

wefan

(v.)
Grammar
wefan, p. , pl. ; pp.

to weave a webto weave, construct, put together, arrange, plan, contrive

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Ða of ðæs treówes leáfum and of his flýse spunnon and swá eác tó godewebbe wǽfon and worhtan gens foliis arborum ex siluestri uellere uestes detexunt, Nar. 6, 19. Ðá onféng Maria hwít godweb tó wefanne . . .

cyre-líf

(n.)
Grammar
cyre-líf, es; n.

A choice of life, where on decease of a lord, the cultivators choose a lord for themselves; optio vitæ, ubi, mortuo domino, villani sibi dominum eligunt

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ceósan swylcne mann swylce hý wyllan I pray in the name of God, and his saints, that no one of my kinsmen nor heirs molest any choice of life of those for whom I have paid, and the witan of the West Saxons have rightly confirmed to me, that I might leave

un-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
un-lagu, e; f.

violation of lawillegalityinjusticea bad law

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Swicollíce dǽda and láðlíce unlaga áscunige man, ðæt is, false gewihta ... and leáse gewitnessa, L. Eth. v. 24; Th. i. 310, 12: vi. 28; Th. i. 322, 13. Ðæt man rihte laga up árǽre, and ǽghwylce unlaga georne áfylle, vi. 8; Th. i. 316, 26: L. C.

án-forlǽtan

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H. 99, 30. to leave unnoticed, to omit, neglect Þá gódan weorc wé ánforlǽtaþ þe wé began sceoldan, Bl. H. 109, 4. ꝥ nán dæg ne sý betweoh ánforlǽten (praetermittatur), ꝥ on þám ne sý geoffrod seó onsægdnes, Gr.

Linked entry: for-lǽtan

stǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
stǽlan, p. de

To impute a crime toa personto chargedeclare something against a person

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Wið mé árison leáse gewitan and stǽldon on mé ðæt ic náwþer ne nyste ne ne worhte exurgentes testes iniqui quae ignorabam interrogabant me, Ps. Th. 34, 12.

land

Grammar
land, <b>. I.</b>
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Hé him brád syleð lond tó leáne, Vy. 76. (2 a) an estate in land :-- On Dyddanhamme synd .xxx. hída . . .

swǽsende

(n.; adj.)
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swǽsende, es; but occurring almost always in pl. swǽsendu (-a, -o); n.
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Hé þanc gesægde ðá hé gereordod wæs : &#39;Ðé ðissa swǽsenda Meotud leán forgilde,&#39; Andr. Kmbl. 771; An. 386.

Linked entries: swésende swoese

á-mirran

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Add:to á-myrran: to lead astray, misguide, in a physical sense Se yrðlincg ámyrð his furuh ( will not make a straight furrow ) gif hé lócað tó lange underbæc, Hml.

ge-cnáwan

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Gebyreð ꝥ man his geswinces leán gecnáwe on ðám endum ðe tó efenlǽse licgan, 440, 12. to know, be acquainted with Hié hæfdon míne ǽ, and hí mé ne gecniówon (-cnéwon, v.l.) tenentes legem nescierunt me, Past. 29, 1. to know, be conversant with a subject

hopian

(v.)
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Gehiéren ðá unblíðan ðá leán ðæs gefeán ðe hié tó hopiað tristibus inferenda sunt laela, quae promittuniur Past. 187, 18. Hú sóðlic sió heánes is ðe hié tó hopiað and eác habbað quam sit vera excellentia, quam sperando tenent 299, 5.

leóht

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leóht, not heavy.
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Hét ic .cc. mínra þegna leóhtum wǽpnum (levibus armis) hié gegyrwan, Nar. 10, 27. of a vessel or receptacle, adapted for light loads Leóht leáp imbilium, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 27 : ii. 46, 40.

til

(adj.)
Grammar
til, adj.
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Him ðæs lean ágeaf Metend gumcystum til (liberally kind ), Cd. Th. 108, 23; Gen. 1810. good, excellent, of moral good Til biþ se ðe his treówe gehealdeþ, Exon. Th. 293, 6; Wand. 112.

Linked entries: ticlum til-líc

þunor

(n.)
Grammar
þunor, (-ar, -er, -ur), es; m.

thundertonitrusfulmenJupitera thane of king Egbert of Kent

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Ðunres-leáh, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 342. [Þa Þunre heo ȝiuen þunres dæi (þoris dai, and MS.), Laym. 13929. ] a thane of king Egbert of Kent Ermenréd gestrýnde twégen sunu ða syððan wurðan gemartirode of Ðunore, Chr. 640; Erl. 26, 4.