feld-lǽs
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field-pasture, pasture in open country Feldlǽs and mǽda and yrðland, C.D. vi. 39, 9. Seó feldlés, iv. 96, 2. Cf. feld-land
úrig-lást
Making a dewy track ⬩ walking the wet earth
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Making a dewy track, walking the wet earth Sum sceal on féþe on feorwegas nýde gongan, and his nest beran, tredan úriglást elþeódigra frécne foldan, Exon. Th. 329, 4; Vy. 29
un-lǽd
poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ unhappy ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched
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poor, miserable, unhappy, unfortunate Unlǽde bið and ormód se ðe á wile geómrian, Salm. Kmbl. 699; Sal. 349. Óðer bið unlǽde on eorðan, óðer bið eádig, 731; Sal. 365. Him mæg eádig eorl eáðe geceósan mildne hláford; ne mæg dón unlǽde swá, 784; Sal. 391
ge-lǽte
A going out ⬩ ending ⬩ meeting ⬩ exitus ⬩ occursus
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A going out, ending, meeting; exitus, occursus To wega gelǽtum to the meetings of ways, Mt. 22, 9. Twegra wega gelǽtu meetings of two ways, Cot. 110. Æt ðæra wæga gelǽte, Gen. 38, 21
Linked entries: þeóh-gelǽte ge-lét
lǽcan
spring ⬩ leap
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To move quickly, spring, leap [as flame] Hwílum se wonna lég lǽhte wið ðes láþan at times the lurid flame leaped towards the fiend, Cd. 229; Th. 309, 25; Sal. 716
lǽr-gedéfe
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Leorna láre lǽr gedéfe wene ðec in wísdóm. Exon. 806; Th. 303, 31; Fä. 61. In this passage Ettmüller and Grein take lǽrgedéfe as an adj. but lǽr may well be, as Thorpe takes it, the imperat. of lǽran, which verb naturally accompanies leornian
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efe-láste
The everlasting ⬩ gnaphălium
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The everlasting; gnaphălium, Lin Genim efelástan take everlasting, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 20, 3: 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 19: 1, 47; Lchdm. ii. 120, 2: 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 292, 4. Nim efelástan ufewearde take the upper [part] of everlasting, L. M. 2, 56;
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ah-lǽca
A miserable being ⬩ miscreant ⬩ monster ⬩ miser ⬩ perditus ⬩ monstrum
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A miserable being, miscreant, monster ; miser, perditus, monstrum He wiste ðæm ahlǽcan hilde geþinged he knew conflict was destined for the miscreant, Beo. Th. 1297; B. 646: 1983 ; B. 989
lǽ
hair
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hair Lǽ wíffex cæsaries, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 46. Perhaps we may compare here lee of threde, Prompt. Parv. 291, where the following note is given. 'Forty threads of hemp-yarn are termed in Norfolk a lea. The "lea" by which linen yarn was estimated at Kidderminster
efen-lǽce
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Imitative Þe lǽs þe gé syndon efenlǽce (-lǽcend?, -lǽceras?) þæs hǽðenscypes þe hý þǽr begáð, Ll. Th. ii. 358, 4
for-lǽge
neglected ⬩ disgraced
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neglected, disgraced Ðý-læs seó mynegung [MS. mynugung] forlǽge lest the giving notice should be neglected, L. Ath. v. § 7; Th. i. 234, 29;
æc-lǽca
A wretch ⬩ miscreant ⬩ monster ⬩ miser ⬩ perditus ⬩ monstrum
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A wretch, miscreant, monster; miser, perditus, monstrum, Elen. Grm. 901; El. 902
æg-lǽca
A miserable being ⬩ wretch ⬩ monster ⬩ miser ⬩ perditus ⬩ monstrum
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A miserable being, wretch, monster; miser, perditus, monstrum Atol æglǽca the fell wretch, Beo. Th. 1188; B. 592 : Cd. 216; Th. 274, 28; Sat. 161: Andr. Kmbl. 2717; An. 1361
be-lǽwa
A destroyer ⬩ proditor ⬩ traditor
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A destroyer; proditor, traditor
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efen-láste
The everlasting ⬩ gnaphălium
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The everlasting; gnaphălium Genim efenlástan nyðowearde take the netherward [part] of everlasting. Lchdm. iii. 2, 2
ellen-lǽca
A champion ⬩ pŭgil, agōnista
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A champion; pŭgil, agōnista, Cot. 15
frig-lǽta
One made free ⬩ a freedman ⬩ libertus
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One made free, a freedman; libertus, Cot. 120
earfoþ-lǽte
Difficult to be sent forth ⬩ diffĭcĭlis emissu
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Difficult to be sent forth; diffĭcĭlis emissu Earfoþlǽte micga a painful discharge of urine, strangury; strangūria = στραγγουρία, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 47; Wrt. Voc. 19, 49
hungor-lǽwe
Hungry ⬩ famished
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Hungry, famished Ða hungerlǽwan gefylde synt famelici saturati sunt, Ps. Lamb. Cantic. Annæ, 5
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