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leóht-berend

(n.)
Grammar
leóht-berend, es; m.

Lucifer

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Lucifer Leóhtberend Lucifer, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 19. Ðá wæs ðæs teóþan werodes ealdor swíðe fæger and wlitig gesceapen swá ðæt hé wæs geháten Leóhtberend, Homl. Th. i. 10, 22. Se hátte Lucifer, ðæt ys Leóhtberend, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 35

ge-leofian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leofian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To livevīvĕre

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To live; vīvĕre Ne geleofaþ man náht miriges, ða hwíle ðe mon deáþ ondrǽt there is no mirth in life when there is dread of death, Prov. Kmbl. 16. Gyf swá biþ geleofad si sic vīvĭtur, Cant. Ezech. Lamb. fol. 185 a, 16

Linked entry: ge-lifian

un-tíme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tíme, adj.

Unhappyunfortunateill-timed

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Unhappy, unfortunate, ill-timed Se dysiga dranc bútan bletsunge and eode him út. Man slǽtte ðá ǽnne fearr, and se fear arn him tógeánes, and hine ðýde ðæt hé his feorh forlét, and gebohte swá ðone untíman drenc, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 74

Linked entry: tíme

un-getogen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getogen, adj.

Uneducated

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Uneducated Fisceras and ungetogene menn geceás Drihten him tó leorningcnihtum, and hí swá geteáh, ðæt heóra lár oferstáh ealne woruldwísdóm, Homl. Th. i. 576, 28. Hé geceás siððan woruldlíce úðwitan, ac hí módegodon, gif hé ǽr ne gecure ða ungetogenan

cild-geogoþ

(n.)
Grammar
cild-geogoþ, e; f.
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Infancy, childhood Þá feówer tíman, lengten, . . . , and eác þá gelícnyssa, ꝥ ys cildhád, . . . lengtentíma and cildiugoð geþwǽrlǽcað, Angl. viii. 299, 26. Swá hé ǽr behét on his cildgeogoðe, Lch. iii. 438, 10. Sprǽcon hí embe heora cildgeogoðe, Hml

Linked entries: cild-hád cild-ildu

efen-meahtig

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-meahtig, adj.
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Of equal might Ðeáh hé him efnmihtig (emmniehtig, v. l.) sié on his godháde quamvis divinitate esset aequalis, Past. 260, 16. Habban geleáfan on God ælmihtigne. . . . Hé wæs ǽfre efenmihtig, and Hé gyt is, and Hé á swá byð, Wlfst. 16, 7

geond-scínan

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Hwý scíneð seó sunne swá reáde on morgene? For ðám hire twýnað hwæðer heó mæg ðe ne mæg ðisne middangeard geondscínan, Sal. K. 192, 2. Ðone ðe ðone folgað ðurh ðá sunnan goodes weorces giendscínan (geond-, v. l. ) wille, Past. 337, 17. Add

ge-sméþan

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Add: to smooth what is rough to the touch, polish Ðá stánas on ðǽm temple wǽron swá emne gesnidene and gesméðde, Past. 253, 14. to remove irritating properties in food, v. sméþe; Meoluc mid hunige gesméþed, Lch. ii. 222, 13. See next word

sceamian

(v.)
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Add Hwá bið gesciended ðæt ic eác ðæs ne scamige?, Past. 101, 5. Hé scamode his wiþ men, gif hé ne eóde intó cyrican in swá hálgan dæge þára eástrena si tanto die non iret ad ecclesiam, erubescebat homines, Gr. D. 308, 23

sceó-ness

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Ic wundrige ꝥ ǽfre mihte swá mycclum biscope beón undercropen seó deófollice scinnys miror quod subripi pontifici tanto potuerit, Gr. D. 40, 18. Undercropen beón mid scinnysse subripi, 41, 16. Gebí[gað] eów fram þæs líchoman sciónesse, Verc. Först. 145

Linked entry: scý-nes

weornian

(v.)
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Rómeburuh byð geswenced ꝥ heó weornað and brosnað in hire sylfre Roma fatigata in semetipsa marcescet, Gr. D. 134, 2. Eall hé weornige swá sýre (syer, MS.) wudu weornie, Lch. i. 384, 13. Unwæstmbǽre týdrunge weorniende infructuosa sterilitate manescens

on-spreccan

(v.)

to enliven, to make sprack(?)

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to enliven, to make sprack(?) [Sprack lively, active, Halliw. Dict.: Icel. sprækr active. ] Ðá wæs wæstnum áweaht world onspreaht (-spreht, MS.), Exon. Th. 353, 8; Reim. 9. [Cf.(?) ich sprechi in ham sprekes of lustes swa luðere ðæt ha forberneþ, Marh

Linked entry: spreccan

tinclian

(v.)
Grammar
tinclian, p. ode

To tickle

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To tickle Náht swá onǽlþ and tinclaþ gecyndlima ðænne gemylt mete nihil sic inflammat et titillat membra genitalia quam indigestus cibus, Scint. 52, 5. Hé wiðstynt weorce se ðe tincligendre ná geþwǽrlǽcþ lustfullunge resistit operi qui titillanti non

byrn-wígende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
byrn-wígende, -wiggende; part.
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Clothed in armour, mailed; loricatus Swá hire weoruda helm byrnwiggendra beboden hæfde as the prince of the mailed armies had commanded her, Elen. Kmbl. 447; El. 224. Gehlódon byrnwígendum werum wǽghengestas they loaded the ships with men covered with

fór-syngian

(v.)
Grammar
fór-syngian, -singian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [syngian to sin]

To sin greatlymultum peccāre

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To sin greatly; multum peccāre Ne wurþ ǽnig man on worlde swá swíðe fórsyngad, ðe he wið Gode gebétan ne mǽge no man in the world is so very sinful, that he may not make atonement to God, L. Pen. 12; Th. ii. 282, 1

friðo-webba

(n.)
Grammar
friðo-webba, an; m.

A peace-weaveran angelpācis tectorangĕlus

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A peace-weaver, an angel; pācis tector, angĕlus He up lócade swá him se ár abeád, fǽle friðowebba he looked up as the messenger commanded him, the faithful weaver of peace. Elen. Kmbl. 175; El. 88. v. Grm. And. u. El. pp. 143-5

Linked entry: freoðo-webba

mǽrsung-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
mǽrsung-tíma, an; m.

A time of celebration or glorification

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A time of celebration or glorification Ðá wæs his mǽrsungtíma, ðæt se Fæder hine mǽrsode swá ðæt hé hine sette tó his swíðran on heofenan ríce, and him forgeaf andweald on heofenan and on eorþan, and eác ofer hellwarum, Homl. Th. ii. 360, 25

geornful-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
geornful-líce, comp. -lícor; adv. [geornful eager]

Anxiously, diligently, earnestlystŭdiōse, dīlĭgenter, sēdŭlo

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Anxiously, diligently, earnestly; stŭdiōse, dīlĭgenter, sēdŭlo He húsulfatu and leóhtfatu geornfullíce gegearwode vasa sancta et lumĭnāria stŭdiōsissĭme parāvit, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 4. Swá he geornfullícor ðæs écan lífes gewilnode he the more earnestly

á-cýþan

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Þeáh hé ǽr yfel wolde, þonne nyste hé hú hé hit swá fullíce ácýðde, ǽr hé fullne anweald hæfde, Bt. 16, 3; F. 56, 23. Sý on þone synnigan bróðor seó sóðe lufu ácýd and gefæstnod confirmetur in eo karitas, R. Ben. 51, 7. Add

cúþ-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
cúþ-lic, adj.
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Certain, evident Úre Dryhten cwæð: 'Saga hym . . . ꝥ ic hym gylde hys méde'. . . Hé ymbe þá cúðlican méde gehýrde, Shrn. 98, 20. Heó onféng swá cúþlicra geháta, 99, 37. Bið þis þá cúðlæcestan (-lec-, v. l.) tácnu habet evidentissime signa sua, Gr. D.

Linked entry: cúþe-lic