LEÓF
LIEF ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ acceptable ⬩ loved ⬩ beloved ⬩ dear ⬩ a friend ⬩ loved one
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On ða tíd wæs mannum leóf ofor eorþan and hálwende at that time it was pleasant for men upon earth, and healthful, 115, 8.
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ge-weorþian
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Byð tíd geweorðad Barðoloméus, Men. 154. to honour in words, speak in honour of, celebrate, praise, glorify Geworðade God glorificabat Deum, Lk. L. 13, 13.
CWÉN
a woman ⬩ femina ⬩ a wife ⬩ uxor ⬩ a king's or emperor's wife, a QUEEN, empress ⬩ regina, imperatrix, augusta
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Oft on ánre tíde acenþ seó cwén and seó wyln the queen and the slave often bring forth at one time, Homl. Th. i. 110, 27: Elen. Kmbl. 832 ; El. 416: 1113; El. 558: Beo. Th. 2311; B. 1153 .
tela
Well. ⬩ well, rightly, aright, correctly ⬩ well, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainly ⬩ well, prosperously, happily ⬩ well, in a beneficial or pleasant manner ⬩ marking degree, very, to a great extent ⬩ as an exclamation, well, good
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Similar entries v. un-tela; til; and cf. wel for similar uses
DUST
DUST ⬩ pulvis
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DUST; pulvis Hwæðer ðé ðæt dust hérige numquid confitēbĭtur tibi pulvis? Ps. Th. 29, 9: Ps. Lamb. 77, 27. Ligeþ dust ðǽr hit wæs the dust shall lie where it was, Exon. 99 b; Th. 373, 8; Seel. 105: l08 a; Th. 412, 10; Rä. 30, 12.
ge-healdsumnys
A keeping ⬩ observance ⬩ preservation ⬩ abstinence ⬩ custōdia ⬩ observātio ⬩ conservātio ⬩ abstĭnentia
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abstinence; custōdia, observātio, conservātio, abstĭnentia We rǽdaþ on bócum, ðæt ðeós gehealdsumnys wurde arǽred on ðone tíman ðe gelamp on ánre byrig ðe Uigenna is gecweden micel eorþstyrung we read in books, that this observance was established at the time
be-hwerfan
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Substitute: be-hwirfan; p. de. to turn Ðonécan þe heó útan behwerfed sié, Bt. 25; F. 88, 35: Met. 13, 77. to surround, encompass Ic wolde mid sumre bisne þé behwerfan útan ego tibi corollarium dabo, Bt. 34, 4; F. 138, 27. to turn to, convert into, change
feolan
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Hé hét rǽdan oð ðæt hé fulge on slǽpe he bade them read till he could get to sleep, Hml. A. 98, 211.
on-sígan
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Gregorius þæt Rômânisce folc for ðâm onsîgendum cwealme tô behreówsunge tihte, 124, 2.
wel
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Add Ic nát for hwý gé þá tída swelcra broca swá wel hergeað I know not why you praise so much the times of such calamities, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 120, 3. Þonne mæg hé witan ꝥ hé bið on sýðfæte and wel gysthúses beþearf, Ll. Th. ii. 430, 25.
hátian
To become or get hot, to be hot ⬩ fervere
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Óþ ðæt se clam hátige till the paste gets hot, L. M. 3, 59; Lchdm. ii. 342, 19. Ðonne byþ heó sóna hátigende it will at once be getting hot, Herb. 90, 8; Lchdm. i. 196, 4
wín-berige
A grape
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Hit wæs ðá se tíma, ðæt wínberian rípodon erat autem tempus, quando jam praecoquae uvae vesci possunt Num. 13, 21: Scint. 154, 2. Winberigena bacciniorum Hpt. Gl. 524, 21.
CÓL
COOL ⬩ cold ⬩ frigidus
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Hrér mid sticcan óþ-ðæt hit cól síe stir it about with a spoon till it be cool L. M. 3, 26; Lchdm. ii. 324, 1; 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 270, 2; 3, 30; Lchdm. ii. 326, 6; 3, 31; Lchdm. ii. 326, 15.
-a
A person ⬩ an agent ⬩ actor
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Some abstract nouns, and words denoting inanimate things, end in -a; and these words, having the same declension as those which signify Persons or actors, are masculine; as Hlísa, an; m. fame: Tíma, an; m. fame: Líchama, an; m. a body: Steorra, an; m.
byht
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A bending, corner, dwelling, an abode, bay, BIGHT; habitatio, dominium, sinus Andlang norþgeardes ðæt hit cymþ in ðone byht along the north yard till it comes to the corner, Cod. Dipl. 538; A. D. 967; Kmbl. iii. 18, 29: Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 308; A.
DEÁW
DEW ⬩ ros
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Syle ðé God of heofenes deáwe det tibi Deus de rore cœli, Gen. 27, 28, 39
freód
Affection ⬩ good-will ⬩ friendship ⬩ peace ⬩ ămor ⬩ dilectio ⬩ amīcĭtia ⬩ pax ⬩ grātia
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Affection, good-will, friendship, peace; ămor, dilectio, amīcĭtia, pax, grātia Næs ðǽr mára fyrst freóde to friclan there was no more time to desire peace, Beo. Th. 5105, note; B. 2556.
lyt-hwón
A little
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A little [space, time, quantity] Meng lythwón wið hunig mix a little with honey, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 22, 20. Lythw-on becom cwicera tó cýððe few living reached their country, Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 5; Jud. 311: Elen. Kmbl. 284; El. 142.
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ge-wyrpan
To recover ⬩ verti ⬩ recuperare
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He ðá befrán on hwilcere tíde he gewyrpte he then enquired at what hour he recovered, Homl. Th. i. 128, 12. Sóna ðæt him bet wæs, and gewyrpte fram ðære untrumnysse melius habere cœpit, et convalescens ab infirmitate, Bd. 3, 13; S. 539, 7
glóf
GLOVE ⬩ chirothēca ⬩ χειρoθήκη
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Wilfriþ cwæþ ðæt he forléte his twá glófan on ðam scipe Wilfrid said that he had left his two gloves in the ship, Guthl, 11; Gdwin. 54, 14, 9, title.