líc-wyrþe
pleasant ⬩ acceptable ⬩ agreeable ⬩ estimable ⬩ sterling
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Ne lǽt ðú unlofod ðæt ðú swutele ongite ðæt lícwyrþe sý leave not unpraised what you clearly see is estimable, Prov. Kmbl. 62.
bídan
to wait ⬩ remain ⬩ to await ⬩ experience
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Hi bídaþ, hwæt him déman wille tó leáne, Jul. 706: Cri. 802. Bídan, hwæs him cyning unnan wolde, An. 145. Bídan, hwonne him betre líf ágyfen wurde, Gu. 751. uncertain Bídende suspensus (Lk. 19, 48), Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 70.
wecg
a wedge ⬩ a mass of metal ⬩ a piece of money
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Berende on wecga órum, áres and ísernes, leádes and seolfres venis metallorum, aeris, ferri, et plumbi, et argenti faecunda, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 23. Seó eorðe is cennende wecga óran terra parens metallorum, Nar. 2, 15. On smǽtum goldórum ł (gold-?)
HEÁWAN
To HEW, cut, strike, smite
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To HEW, cut, strike, smite [with a sharp weapon] Gif mon óðres wudu heáweþ unáliéfedne if a man cut another's wood without leave, L. Alf. pol. 12; Th. i. 70, 4.
wandrian
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Wandrigende pucan uagantes demonas, Germ. 388, 37. figurative, to leave one's proper work Ðonne gǽð Dine út sceáwian ða elðiódigan wíf, ðonne hwelces monnes mód forlǽt his ǽgne tilunga, and sorgaþ ymb óðerra monna wísan, ðe him náuht tó ne limpð, and
ge-lǽtan
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Add: to leave, allow to have, grant Ic eaforan þínum spédum wille stépan and him sóðe tó módes wǽre míne gelǽtan, (gelæstan? v. 1542), Gen. 2366.
hraðe
Quickly ⬩ immediately ⬩ at once ⬩ soon ⬩ forthwith ⬩ straightway
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Héton út hræðe æþeling lǽdan they bade quickly lead out the noble one, Andr. Kmbl. 2545; An. 1274: 3039; An. 1522. Ðú ealne hræðe hefon ymbhwearfest rapido cælum turbine versas, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 6; Met. 4, 3.
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sweora
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Icel.] of water, the part where the distance between opposite shores is least Ofer swira sǽs (cf. ofer ðære sǽs múðan, W. S.) trans fretum maris, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 5, 1. On púles sweran, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 97, 5
bétan
put right ⬩ to mend ⬩ repair ⬩ restore ⬩ cure ⬩ to correct ⬩ to amend ⬩ make amends ⬩ reparation for
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Þá hóman hyt béteþ, i. 360, 11. to correct, emend an error, mistake Ic béte sume leáse bóc corrigo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 173, 10. Ðú boetas restitues, Mt. p. 3, 11.
elcor
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Voc. ii. 72, 20: 30, 63) gé ne habbaþ leán, Mt. R. 6, 1. Ne menn geótaþ wín neówe in wínbelgas alde; elcur ł elles ( alioquin ) tóbersteþ þá belgas ealde, 9, 17. Elcur nú, Lk.
gréne
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Foldweg tredan, gréne grundas, An. 777. (1 a) fig. of a path, pleasant :-- Gearwian ús tógénes gréne strǽte úp tó englum, Sat. 287. of a tree, in leaf Hwæðer gé willen on wuda sécan gold þæt reáde on grénum triówum?
tó-lísan
To unloose, ⬩ undo, ⬩ dissolve ⬩ solvere, ⬩ dissolvere, ⬩ exsolvere ⬩ resolvere ⬩ to undo that which is bound ⬩ release from a bond, ⬩ to release from captivity, difficulty, ⬩ to do away with tension, ⬩ relax, ⬩ relieve ⬩ to put an end to the connection between, ⬩ to separate ⬩ to dissolve, ⬩ put an end to, ⬩ dissipate, ⬩ to dissolve, ⬩ relax, ⬩ destroy the force of, ⬩ weaken ⬩ to desolate, ⬩ destroy, ⬩ to undo a bond ⬩ to discharge an obligation, ⬩ to pay ⬩ to break a connection
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Th. 277, 23; Jul. 585. to dissolve, put an end to, dissipate, of concrete objects Ðysse wyrte leáf tólýsaþ gehwylce yfele springas and heardnyssa, Lchdm. i. 262, 9. Scadu sweþredon tólýsed under lyfte, Exon.
læssa
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Ic for lǽssan leán teohhade, B. 951. Sé þe lǽsse hæbbe, Ll. Th. i. 414, 19 note : Bl. H. 53, 16. Hweðer ðú máre wisse þonne ðú nú wást, þe lǽsse, Solil.
weá
woe ⬩ misery ⬩ evil ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice
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Kmbl. 27; Leás. 15. Ðæt gelamp for weán and for yfelnesse ðara eardiendra ( a malitia inhabitantium), Bd. 4, 25 ; S. 599, 22. Hý magon weána tó fela geseón onhim selfum, synne genóge. Exon. Th. 77, 30; Cri. 1264
rǽdan
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Hé hálsaþ ǽlcne þára ðe þás bóc rǽdan lyste, Bt. proem; F. viii. 11. to learn by perusal, find a statement recorded Rǽde hé on his bócum hwelce ungetína hié dreógende wǽron, Ors. 1, 11; S. 50, 17.
leásung
fiction ⬩ falsehood ⬩ falseness ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ deception ⬩ deceitfulness ⬩ artice
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Ne beó ðú leás gewita. Ðis bebod wiðcweþ leásunge 'Thou shall not be a false witness.' This commandment forbids leasing-making [cf. Scott. 'leasing-making the crime of uttering falsehood against the king to the people or vice versa ], Homl.
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túdor
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Se egorhere eorðan tuddor eall ácwealde, búton ðæt earce bord heóld heofona freá, 84, 24 ; Gen. 1402. of plants Beorc byþ blǽda leás, bereþ tánas bútan túdre. Runic pm. Kmbl. 342, 29; Rún. 18.
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grétan
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Hróþgár grétte Beówulf Hrothgar took leave of Beowulf, Beo. Th. 1308; B. 652
sellan
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S. 7; Th. i. 250, 14-17. to give leave, consent, forgiveness, etc. Ðyssum wordum óðer ealdormann geþafunge sealde ( tribuens assensum ), Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 13. Hé him ne sealde leáfe. Homl. Th. ii. 380, 5.
Cyménes óra
Cymen's shore, near Wittering, Sussex ⬩ Cymēni lītus, qui ibi naves ad terrain appulit. Nunc nomen amisit, sed fuisse prope Wittering, in agro Sussexiensi, Charta Donatiònis quam Cedwalla Rex Ecclesiæ Selsiensi fecit, planissĭme convincit
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D. 477, com [MS. cuom]] Ælle on Bretonlond, and his iii suna, Cymen, and Wlencing, and Cissa, mid iii scipum, on ða stówe ðe is nemned Cyménes óra, and ðǽr ofslógon monige Wealas, and sume on fleáme bedrifon on ðone wudu ðe is genemned Andredes leáge
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