tó-lǽtan
To let go in different directions, ⬩ to cause to go different ways, ⬩ to disperse, ⬩ release, ⬩ relax
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Hé forgiet hine selfne ðonne hé tólǽtt and fægnaþ ongeagn ðara óðerra word oblitus sui in voces se spar git alienas, Past. 17; Swt. 111, 10. Tólǽtenum æddrum laxis fibris, Hymn. Surt. 102, 22
fore-þeón
o excel ⬩ surpass
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Sé ðe lǽssan gife hæbbe, ne andige hé on ðám foreðeóndum, for ðan ðe . . . sume englas mid underþeódnysse óðrum hýrsumiað, and sume mid oferstígendre wurðfulnysse ðám óðrum sind foresette, 346, 32
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bædzere
A baptist ⬩ baptizer ⬩ baptista
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A baptist, baptizer; baptista Hie cwǽdun, sume Iohannes se bædzere illi dixerunt, alii Ioannem Baptistam, Mt. Rush. Stv. 16, 14: 3, 1
lícend-líc
Pleasing ⬩ pleasant
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Pleasing, pleasant Forðon on his folce is fægere Drihtne wel lícendlíc quia beneplacitum est Domino in populo suo, Ps. Th. 149, 4
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swegel-candel
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f The candle of the sky, the sun Ǽr ðæs beácnes cyme, sweglcondelle, Exon. Th. 205, 5; Ph. 108. Cf. heofon-candel
tweónigend-líc
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Expressing doubt Sume syndon dubitativa, ðæt synd twýnigendlíce (tweóniend-, MS. H.), Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 228, 16. Twýniendlíce, 44; Zup. 261, 2
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-incel
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Add: v. bóg-incel, cof-incel, dóc-incel, hæft-incel, liþ-incel, stán-incel, súl-incel, tún-incel, þeów-incel, wíl-incel
út-gefeoht
Foreign war
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Foreign war Ðætte Bryttas sume tíd gestildon fram útgefeohte ut Brittones, quiescentibus ad tempus exteris bellis, Bd. 1, 22; S. 485, 11
wilder-líc
Wildbeast-like ⬩ brutish
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Wildbeast-like, brutish Hié be sumum dǽle wildorlíce (wildiórlíce, Cott. MSS. ) beóð ex qua parte bestiales sunt Past. 17; Swt. 109, 23
ge-sweorfan
To file or rub off to polish off; ⬩ expolire
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To file or rub off to polish off; expolire To ásworfenum óran, to gesworfenum óran sub expolita, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 142, 19
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ǽrynde
An interpreter ⬩ interpres
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An interpreter; interpres Ðæra byrla ealdor forgeat Iosepes ǽrynde prepositus pincernarum oblitus est Josephi interpretis sui, Gen. 40, 23
cýp
A measure, bushel ⬩ modius, dolium
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A measure, bushel; modius, dolium Under cýpe sub modio, Mt. Kmbl. Hat. 5, 15. Cýpe dolium, Mone B. 3630
lambes cerse
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Lamb's cress; cardamine hirsuta Cersan sǽdes sume men hátaþ lambes cersan, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. i. 24, 16
earfoþ-fere
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substitute Sume cumað swíðe feorran and habbað swíðe yfelne weig and swíðe earfoðférne, Shrn. 187, 12. Cf. eáþ-fére
ge-beterung
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Lye substitute Wé wyllað sume óðre trimminge gereccan tó eówre gebetrunge, Hml. Th. i. 448, 10
læssa
Less
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Gaderodon sum máre sum læsse collegerunt, alius plus, alius minus, Ex. 16, 17. Ne eart ðú læst [læsæst, Rush.] nequaquam minima es, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 6. Nis dæt læsest, Exon. 43 b; Th. 148, 7; Gú. 741.
snícan
To crawl, creep of the motion of a reptile ⬩ of imperceptible movement ⬩ to sneak ⬩ to hanker after
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To crawl, creep of the motion of a reptile [Sume wuhta] creópaþ and snícaþ, eall líchoma eorþan getenge (cf. sume licgaþ mid eallon líchaman on eorþan and snícende faraþ, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 26) Met. 31, 6. Wyrm com snícan Lchdm. iii. 34, 21.
sícan
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To cause to suck, to suckle, give suck Ðú sýcst hálgum breóste lactas sacrato ubere, Hymn. Surt. 75, 43. Ða breóst ðe ne síctun (sýctun, MS. A.) ubera quae non lactauenmt, Lk. Skt. 23, 29
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el-þeódig
Strange, foreign, barbarous, one who is abroad ⬩ pĕregrīnus, barbărus, advĕna, alienīgĕna, qui pĕregre est
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Hwonne me wráþra sum ellþeódigne aldre beheówe when some enemy might bereave me, a stranger, of life, 128; Th. 163, 20; Gen. 2701: Exon. 82 a; Th. 308, ii; Seef. 38: 87 b; Th. 329, 5; Vy. 29.
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ge-wénan
To hope ⬩ expect ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ esteem
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Ic me ðyslícre ǽr þrage ne gewénde I before expected not such a time for myself, Exon. 72 a; Th. 269, 21; Jul. 453. Gewéned ic eom æstimatus sum. Ps. Spl. 87, 4; 43, 25. Ðás beóþ men gewénede hi putantur homines fuisse, Nar. 35, 33