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blát

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Þá cwom wópes hring blát út faran, weóll waðuman streám a flood of tears poured forth pale, a surging stream welled, An. 1281. Substitute for first passage

á-hlýtran

(v.)
Grammar
á-hlýtran, á-hlýttrian
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to make pure Áhlýttra swíþe wel, Lch. ii. 270, 24. Áhlýttre þá buteran, 308, 28. Seáw wel áhlýtred (-ttred, v. l. ), i. 214, 19. Þý áhlýtrede elucubrate, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 15. Ðá áhlýtredan merulenti, 79, 75: 56, 69

un-ágifen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ágifen, adj.

Not given upnot repaid

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Not given up, not repaid Nolde Sigelm tó wigge faran mid nánes mannes scette unágifnum Sigelm would not go to battle with the money owing to any man unpaid, Chart. Th. 201, 24

Linked entry: á-gifan

feorh-fægen

(adj.)
Grammar
feorh-fægen, adj.
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Glad to live Ðá hí ðus hí sylfe earhlíce betealdon, þá hét se cásere hí faran swá hwider swá hí woldon, and hí feorhfægene him fram sóna ðanon eódon, Hml. S. 23, 309

Linked entry: fægen

sumer-lic

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Wel is Godes ríce sumerlicre tíde wiðmeten, Hml. Th. i. 614, 28. Add

ge-gada

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Add: a colleague, confederate, consort Gegada complex, Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 34. Him niman óðerne gegagan (-gadan ?) alium sibi conjugem sumere, Ll. Th. ii. 152, 35. Gegadan collegam, Germ. 399, 299: alumni, 398, 137. Hé læg swá deád . . . ðá wéndon his gegadan

be-sceáwod

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Sý hé snotor and wel besceáwod on his dǽdum . . . Sý hé á foregleáw and wel besceáwod on his gebodum prudenter agat. . . In ipsis imperiis suis prouidus et consideratus , R. Ben. 121, 2-15. Seó besceáwode geornfulnyss gemetegað ealle þá missenlicnyssa

þyldigian

(v.)
Grammar
þyldigian, p. ode

To endure

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To endure Wel þyldigende hí beóð bene patientes erunt, Ps. Spl. 91, 14

yfel-dónd

(n.)
Grammar
yfel-dónd, -dóend, es; m.
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An evil-doer, malefactor Yfeldóend malefactor, Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 30. Cf. wel-dónd

ge-beorhlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-beorhlíc, -beorglíc; adj.

Safecautiousprudentbecomingtūtuscircumspectusdĕcens

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Safe, cautious, prudent, becoming; tūtus, circumspectus, dĕcens Gebeorhlícre ys me faran to eá, mid scype mýnum, ðænne faran mid manegum scypum, on huntunge hranes tūtius est mihi īre ad amnem, cum nāve mea, quam īre cum multis nāvĭbus, in venātiōnem

bríw-þicce

(adj.)
Grammar
bríw-þicce, adj.
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Thick as pottage Wylle hit oð ðæt hit beó wel bríwþicce, Lch. iii. 76, 7

ge-streccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-streccan, p. -streahte, -strehte; pp. -streaht, -streht

To stretchspreadsternere

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To stretch, spread; sternere Wel gestreht bed a well spread bed, Lchdm. iii. 208, 4

waþema

(n.)
Grammar
waþema, waþuma, an ; m.

Moving water wave flood

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Moving water, wave, flood Ðá cwom wópes hring út faran, weóll waðuman and hé worde cwæð, Andr. Kmbl. 2561; An. 1282. Tungol beóþ áhýded, gewiten under waþeman westdǽlas on, Exon. Th. 204, 13 ; Ph. 97

Linked entry: waþem

lícian

(v.)
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Add: to please, with person or thing as subject. absolute On ǽlcum lande ne lícað ꝥ on óþrum lícaþ, Bt. 18, 2 ; F. 64, 26. Hé wilnað ungemetlíce lícigean (lícian, v. l. ), Past. 143, 6. Hí woldon lícian for manna eágum, 449, 10. with dat. of person pleased

huntung

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Add: — Wæs hé wel gleáw on huntunge, and ꝥ ǽlce dæge beeóde, Hml. S. 30, 16

eáþ-béde

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-béde, adj.

Exorabledeprĕcābĭlis

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Exorable; deprĕcābĭlis Wes ðínum scealcum wel eáðbéde deprĕcābĭlis esto super servos tuos, Ps. Th. 89, 15

full-rípod

(adj.)
Grammar
full-rípod, adj.
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Mature Þeán hý fulrípode sýn and wel áfandode ( gravissimi et probatissimi senes ), R. Ben. 139, 9

ge-teágan

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Add: — Him mon selle leóhte wyrtdrencas swilce swá bið wel geteád alwe, Lch. ii. 226, 14

wilde

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wilde, wild.
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Add Wilde weorf, Ll. Th. i. 356, 4. Mettas . . . þá þe gód blód wyrceað, swá swá sint. . . wilda hænna and ealle þá fugelas þe on dúnum libbað, Lch. ii. 244, 25. <b>I a.</b> :-- Hors wilde yrnan equos solutos currere, Lch. iii. 202, 32.

líciend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
líciend-líc, adj.

Pleasingpleasant

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Pleasing, pleasant Se is Gode wel líciendlíc beneplacitum est Deo, Ps. Th. 67, 16. Teala líciendlíc, 68. 13

Linked entry: lícend-líc