gold-blóma
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In favour of the meaning 'golden mass' it may be noted that blóma is not found in A.
un-forswǽled
Unburnt ⬩ unscorched
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Unburnt, unscorched Ic geseó feówer weras gangende onmiddan ðam fýre ungewemmede and unforswǽlede ego video quatuor viros ... ambulantes in medio ignis, et nihil corruptionis in eis est (Dan. 3, 25), Homl. Th. ii. 20, 15
Linked entry: un-gewemmed
líf-leást
death
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Pen. 3; Th. ii. 278, 27
lísian
to release ⬩ redeem
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to release, redeem Gif hé on hand gán wille dó hine man on carcern swá hit æt Greátanleá gecweden wæs and hine be ðam ylcan lýsige if he is ready to submit, let him be put in prison, as it was determined at Greatanlea [v.
hrágra
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Hrágra ardea et dieperdulum (cf. deperdulus, auis i. negra, id est reig, Steinm. iv. 185, 42), Txts. 38, 42. Ardea hrágra diomedea, Wrt. Voc. i. 29, 9. Hrágra ardea, ii. 7, 69: 10, 34. Hráhra (hrágra, v. l. ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 307, 3.
land-ár
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Property in land, landed estate Of Seint Petres land-áre in territorio Sancti Petri, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 242, 16.
ge-witnes
knowledge ⬩ cognisance ⬩ witness ⬩ testimony ⬩ used of persons
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Ðæt is to gewitnesse ðæt hit him ne lícode that is for a testimony that they did not like it, Past. 21, 6; Swt. 165, 13; Hat. MS. In gewitnisse hiora in testimonium eorum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 14.
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loppe
A flea ⬩ a spider ⬩ a silk-worm
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Lamb. 38, 12 sicut araneam is glossed 'swá swá ǽtterloppan'; if this is not a mistake for 'áttercoppan,' by which the word is rendered in Ps.
sæltna
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Voc. ii. 119, 37 : seltra, i. 281, 8 : salthaga, 62, 36 gloss rubisca which is in the last
Spaldas
a tribe name left in Spalding
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a tribe name left in Spalding (?). In a list giving the extent of territory belonging to various districts in England it is said Spalda syx hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 20. Cf. Spaldyng, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 333, col. 2
deorfan
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Add: I. to labour Ic dearf exercebor, i. laboravi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 67. Ic nelle deorfan (laborare) ofer hig, Coll. M. 26, 17. II. to be in peril :-- On frecednesse he dyrfð periculo periclitat, Lch. iii. 151, 10, 15.
þanne
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Ic wylle cýpan hér luflícor þonne ic gebicge ðǽr ( the price is higher in one case than in the other ), Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 19.
heóf
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Voc. ii. 51, 33. Þǽr (in hell) is wánung and gránung and aa singal heóf, Wlfst. 94, 3. Se hlúda heóf, 186, 19. Nán þincg gehýred næs búton seó geómerung þæs heófes, Hml. S. 23 b, 203. In þám heófe þæs feóndes deáðes in luctu mortis inimici, Gr.
ge-tácnian
to denote by a sign ⬩ signify ⬩ betoken ⬩ show ⬩ instruct ⬩ signāre ⬩ signĭfĭcāre ⬩ denŏtāre ⬩ insĭnuāre ⬩ monstrāre ⬩ instruĕre ⬩ to sign ⬩ mark ⬩ witness ⬩ seal ⬩ signāre ⬩ insignīre ⬩ obsignāre
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Him gedafenaþ ðæt hí cunnon hwæt heó gástlíce getácnige it is fitting that they know what it betokens spiritually, Homl. Th. ii. 264, 27. Mid ðý is getácnod, ðæt ... by that is signed that..., Bt. Met. Fox 31, 35; Met. 31, 18: Boutr.
hyge-leást
Thoughtlessness ⬩ foolishness ⬩ folly ⬩ heedlessness
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I. P. 10, note; Th. ii. 318, 32
lystan
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Ic hys hæbbe goodne dǽl gehýred, and ic hys eác gelífe; ac mé lyste hyt nú bet tó wítanne þonne tó gelýfanne it would be pleasanter to me for it to be known than to be believed, Solil.
on-þeón
to prosper ⬩ to be successful in ones efforts, to prove serviceable
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Th. 1805; B. 900. to be successful in ones efforts, to prove serviceable Gamele ne móston hilde onþeón the aged might not be of service in battle (in the preceding lines it is mentioned that the very young were excluded from the army), Cd.
stæf-cræft
the art of letters ⬩ grammar ⬩ skill in letters ⬩ learning ⬩ study
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Gramma is on Englisc stæf, and grammatica is stæfcræft, 50; Zup. 289, 10.
Linked entry: stæf-cyst
ge-endebyrdan
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Geendbyrde digesta, i. ordinata, composita, enarrata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 23: Hml. Th. i. 554, 9
be-swícan
To deceive, entice, seduce, delude, betray, offend, supplant, weaken, evade ⬩ decipere, illicere, seducere, illudere, prodere, scandalizare, supplantare, deficere, evadere
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Ic beswíce illicio, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 67. Gif hwá fǽmnan beswíce unbeweddode if any one entice an unbetrothed woman, L. Alf. 29; Th. i. 52, 5.