LEÓÞ
A song ⬩ poem ⬩ ode ⬩ lay ⬩ verses
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Hé for ðon nǽfre nóht leásunga ne ídeles leóþes wyrceanne mihte unde nihil unquam frivoli et supervacui poematis facere potuit, Bd. 4, 24; S. 596, 42. Ðý betstan leóþe geglenged optimo carmine compositum, S. 597, 37.
gram
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Ne beó ðú me gram noli mihi molestus esse, Lk. Skt. 11, 7: 18, 5
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wéste
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Hé ne mihte on ða ceastre gán, ac beón úte on wéstum stówum, Mk. Skt. 1, 45. Of ðissum wídum, wéstum mórum a desertis montibus, Ps.
for-fleón
to avoid ⬩ to avoid ⬩ abstain from
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Gl. 408. to avoid being reached or overtaken by, escape a pursuer Nán man Godes mihte ne forflíhð on nánum heolstrum heofenan oþþe eorðan, Hml.
ge-þwǽrian
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Samod geþwǽrende concordantes, 24, 8. of persons, to agree together Þá ne mihte hí betwyh him geþwǽrian and geweorþan cum invicem concordare non possent, Bd. 4, 4; Sch. 369, 5. Gegadan vel geþwǽriende complices, conspirantes, Wrt.
irfe
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Hé wolde his irfe (ierfe, v. l.) geteóðian (cf. cunctorum quae dederis mihi decimas offeram tibi, Gen. 28, 22), 101, 17. <b>II a.</b> on éce irfe in perpetuity :-- Mon ágefe ðæt lond innhígun on ǽce ærfe, C.
sægen
a saying, statement, assertion ⬩ tradition, report, story ⬩ a narration, relation
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Hié sǽdon ðæt sió sibb of his mihte wǽre ac hé fleáh ða sægene he would not admit what they said, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 106, 33. Sægenum assertionibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 62.
wæl-hreów
Cruel ⬩ barbarous ⬩ bloodthirsty
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Mid wealhreówre ł deóflícre mihte tyrannica potestate, Hpt. Gl. 434, 3. Mid wealreówre grimnysse crudescente atrocitate, 515, 23. On þysum wælhreówan cwearterne, Nicod. 26; Thw. 15, 1. Forgripen mid wælhreówe (crudeli) deáþe, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 24.
hwilc
which ⬩ who ⬩ any one ⬩ any ⬩ some
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Dó mé wegas wíse ðæt ic wite on hwylcne ic gange notam mihi fac viam, in qua ambulem, Ps. Th. 142, 9. Geþence gé hwæt gé síen and hwelce gé síen pensa quod es, Past. 21, 4; Swt. 159, 14.
þrymm
a host ⬩ great body of people ⬩ a force ⬩ multitude ⬩ a great body of water ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ might ⬩ glory ⬩ majesty ⬩ magnificence ⬩ greatness ⬩ grandeur
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Ðínes mihtes þrym potentiain tuam, Ps. Th. 70, 18: Exon. Th. 349, 19; Sch. 48, Þone þrym and þa fægernesse ðæs temples the magnificence and beauty of the temple, Blickl. Homl. 77, 30.
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frécennes
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Þá þe ne mihton ádreógar þæs hungres frǽcnesse (frécen-, v.l.) qui famis periculum ferre non poterant, Gr. D. 197, 25. Frécnysse discrimen, Hpt. Gl. 443, 71
onettan
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Guman ónetton . . . oð þæt hý sæl ongytan mihton, B. 306: 1803: Gen. 1985
EARD
land, country, province, region, place of residence, dwelling, home ⬩ sŏlum nātīvum, patria, rĕgio, dŏmĭcĭlium ⬩ on land ⬩ terra, terra firma ⬩ state, station, condition ⬩ sĭtus, condĭtio
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Eard git ne const frécne stówe, ðǽr ðú findan miht secg thou dost not yet know the land, perilous place, where thou mayest find the man, Beo. Th. 2759; B. 1377: Exon. 38 b; Th. 128, 4; Gú. 399: 129 a; Th. 495, 20; Rä. 85, 6.
scír
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</b> of a quality Gé ða scíran miht ( the power of Christ) déman ongunnon, Elen.
under-þeódan
to subject ⬩ subjugate ⬩ render subject ⬩ to subject ⬩ cause to endure ⬩ render liable ⬩ to subjoin ⬩ add ⬩ to support
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Syndan mé fremde cynn underþeóded mihi allophili subditi sunt, Ps. Th. 107, 8. Deófolseócnessa ús synt underþeódde daemonia subjiciuntur nobis, Lk. Skt. 10, 17.
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be-cuman
to come ⬩ get, ⬩ to come to power ⬩ get into trouble ⬩ to come to ⬩ by ⬩ to cometo a person ⬩ to befall ⬩ to become ⬩ behove
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Add: to come, get, local, of completed movement (arrival, traverse) Ecbyrht becuman wolde on Germaniam . . . ac hé ne mihte; ac Wihtbyrht ðyder becom . . . and eft wæs hám hweorfende on Scotland, þanon hé ǽr becom, Bd. 5, 9; Sch. 589, 5-12.
mód
the inner man ⬩ the spiritual as opposed to the bodily part of man ⬩ spirit ⬩ soul ⬩ mind ⬩ soul ⬩ heart ⬩ spirit ⬩ mind ⬩ disposition ⬩ mood ⬩ Courage ⬩ high spirit ⬩ Pride ⬩ arrogance ⬩ Greatness ⬩ magnificence ⬩ pride
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Ne mihton forhabban werestreámes mód they could not restrain the pride of the flood (of the Egyptians drowned in the Red Sea), Cd. 167: Th. 208, 24; Exod. 448
LǼCE
A LEECH ⬩ doctor ⬩ physician ⬩ a leech
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Gelácna ðú hý forðan ðú éðest miht ealra lǽca, Hy. 1, 6; Hy. Grn. ii. 280, 6. Fram manegum lǽcum a compluribus medicis, Mk. Skt. 5, 26. Is seó geoluwe swá ðeáh swíðost lǽceon [MS.
morþ
death ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ that which causes death ⬩ murder ⬩ slaying with an attempt at concealment of the deed ⬩ murder ⬩ homicide
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Grn. 21, 15. that which causes death Ðú (the evil soul) wǽre ðǽr (in this world) morþ and myrþra, ac ðú ne miht hér (in the next world) swá beón, Wulfst. 241, 9.
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scúfan
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Ús ys miht geseald ðe tó sceófanne on ðás wítu ðisse deópnysse, Guthl. 5 ; Gdwin. 38, 17. of proceedings which imply violence, to thrust into prison, out of a place, etc. Drihten heó (the fallen angels) furðor sceáf in ðæt neowle genip, Cd.
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