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LICGAN

(v.; adv.)
Grammar
LICGAN, p. læg: pl. lǽgon; pp. legen.

To LIE ⬩ fail ⬩ to lie ⬩ go ⬩ run

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Tó ðam wege ðǽr eást ligþ ... on ðone wege ðe líþ tó Stánleáge ... ðam wege ðe tó Stanleáge ligþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 409, 2-17. Sió stów ðe se weg tó ligþ, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 37.

Linked entry: for-lǽge

dol-spræc

(n.)
Grammar
dol-spræc, e; f. [spræc a speaking, talk]

Foolish or vain talk, loquacity ⬩ fătuus sermo

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Foolish or vain talk, loquacity; fătuus sermo Ðýlæs we, for dolspræce, tó wídgangule weorþen lest, from loquacity, we wander too far, Past. 49, 4; Hat. MS

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, p. ede, de; pp. ed; v. a.

To fill ⬩ fulfil ⬩ make a total ⬩ complete ⬩ finish ⬩ accomplish ⬩ satisfy ⬩ implere ⬩ saturare

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Wel gefylde bene pastos, Th. An. 20, 31

mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl, e; f.

A speech ⬩ talk ⬩ conversation

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A speech, talk, conversation Gemuna ða mǽla ðe wé oft æt meodo sprǽcon think of the talks that we oft had at table, Byrht. Th. 137, 66; By. 212

ge-hlǽg

Grammar
ge-hlǽg, l. ge-hlæg,
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and add Oft wé gewuniað ꝥ wé þám woruld-mannum hwæthugu mid sprecað for gehlæge. and þá ylcan sprǽce wé nimað lustlíce, þeáh þe heó sí ús unwyrðelíce and unrihtlic tó sprecane dum plerumque eis ad quaedam loquenda condescendimus, paulisper assueti, hanc

self-willes

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Add Wé sceolan beón eádmóde, wille wé, nelle wé, and hé wolde sylfwilles ús syllan ðá bysne, Hml. S. 16, 121. Scealt þú þínes unþances þone hord ámeldian þe þú sylfwilles ǽr noldest cýðan, 23, 716.

mǽgþ-hád

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ-hád, es; m.

Kinship ⬩ relationship

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All we are brethren that believe on God, and we all say 'our Father that art in heaven.' Let no man presume on kinship without true love. Homl. Th. i. 54, 6-11

for-pǽran

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Wé ne mótan ná furðor embe þis (the nature of God) smeágan, gif wé nellað ús sylfe forpǽran (if we do not wish to work our own destruction), 1, 71. Add

níd-micel

(adj.)
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H. is: Medmycel ǽrende wé þyder habbað, and ús is þearf ꝥ wé hit þéh gefyllon we have an unimportant errand thither, and we must however carry it out, 233, 11.

folde

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Hál wes þu, folde, fira módor, Lch. i. 404, 2. Se líchama in þǽre cealdan foldan (eorðan, moldan, v. ll.) gebrosnað, Wlfst. 187, 12. Wæs Waldendes lof áfylled on foldan, Chr. 975; P. 120, 14. Add

ge-þíwe

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., and add Sume dæge sænde se hálga wer þǽra muneca sumne, swá him geþýwe wæs quadam die misit ex more, Gr. D. 142, 31

Linked entry: ge-þýwe

un-þæslic

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;Þá cwæð se hálga wer ;ꝥ Add

seóslig

(adj.)
Grammar
seóslig, adj.

Afflicted ⬩ troubled ⬩ vexed

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Afflicted, troubled, vexed Se hálga wer ælda gehwylces ðe hine seóslige sóhtun hǽlde líc and sáwle the holy man healed body and soul of all that in affliction sought him Exon. Th. 157, 29; Gú. 899

a-limpan

(v.)
Grammar
a-limpan, p. -lamp, pl. -lumpon; pp. -lumpen

To happen ⬩ befall ⬩ evenire ⬩ accidere ⬩ contingere

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Ðá him alumpen wæs wén then hope had occurred to him, Beo. Th. 1471; B. 733

Linked entry: a-lamp

lícan

(v.)

to please

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Wel lícaþ Drihtne ða ðe hine him ondrǽdaþ beneplacitum est Domino super timentes eum, 146, 12

Linked entry: lícian

óþ-grípan

(v.)
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to snatch away Gif wén wíére ðæt hé ðǽr hwylce mihte deófle óþgrípan and tó Criste gecyrran si quos forte ex illis ereptos Satanae ad Christum transferre valeret, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 19

be-weddian

(v.)
Grammar
be-weddian, -weddigan; p. -ede, ode; pp. ed, od

To espouse, wed ⬩ spondere, despondere

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To espouse, wed; spondere, despondere Ic beháte oððe ic beweddige [MS. bewedige] spondeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 10. Gif he híg his suna beweddap si filio suo desponderit eam, Ex. 21, 9

Linked entries: be-wyddod bi-weddian

weorold-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-dóm, es; m.
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A secular judgment, judgment by a secular court Sum wer wæs betogen ðæt hé wǽre on stale, and hine man gelæhte and æfter worulddóme dydon him út ða eágan, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 267

wudu-fugel

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-fugel, es; m.

A bird of the woods

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A bird of the woods Wudufuglas, ðeáh hí beón wel átemede, gif hí on ðam wuda weorþaþ, hí forseód heora láreówas, and wuniaþ on heora gecynde, Bt. 25 ; Fox 88, 15 : Met. 13. 35

hígung

(n.)
Grammar
hígung, e; f.

Striving ⬩ endeavour ⬩ effort

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Striving, endeavour, effort Se flǽscbana hæfde ꝥ getogene sweord on his handa and mid stranglice hígunge (nisu forti) áhóf þone earm upp in heánesse and mynte sleán þone Godes wer, Gr. D. 254, 34