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mis-lǽdan

(v.)

to misleadlead astray

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to mislead, lead astray Gif hé láre ne can, ne hé leornian nele, ac mislǽt his hýrmen and hine silfne forþ mid, L. Ælfc. P. 46; Th. ii. 384, 22

gistern-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
gistern-lic, (<b>gysternlic,</b> q. v. in Dict.); adj.
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Of yesterday Ðám dæge ne fyligð merigenlic dæg, for ðan ðe him ne forestóp se gysternlica, Hml. Th. i. 490, 20. Dæg se georstenlica dies hesterna, Hy. S. 47, 10

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fersc

freshfreshfresh

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Ne ete fersce gós, ne ferscne ǽl, ne fersc swín . . . gif hé hwilc þissa ete, sié ꝥ sealt, 88, 7-10

a-togen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-togen, pp. of a-teón.

drawn out

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drawn out,Num. 22, 22;

etest

Grammar
etest, shalt eat; cŏmĕdes, Ps. Th. 127, 2;
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2 nd fut. of etan

witan

(v.)
Grammar
witan, prs. ic, hé wát, ðú wást, wǽst, pl.witon; p. wiste; pp. witen.

to witknowhave knowledgebe aware,to knowhave knowledge of, be aware ofto be wisebe in one's sensesto be conscious ofto knowto feelshew

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Ne meahte hire Iudas, ne ful gere wiste, sweotole gecýðan, Elen. Kmbl. 1717; El. 860, Ne ongeátan hí, ne geara wistan nescierunt, neque intellexerunt, Ps. Th. 81, 5. Giefe monigfealdran ðonne ǽnig mon wite, Exon. Th. 177, 4; Gú, 1221.

Linked entries: weotan wietan

ge-swícan

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Ðá ungesewenlican fýnd ne geswícað nǽfre wiþ ðé tó campienne, Hex. 34, 26. Nene geswác ðá gesceafta tó edníwigenne, 20, 13. Ne geswác hé tó manienne his gingran nec discipulos suos admonere cessabat, Gr.

HEARM

(n.)
Grammar
HEARM, herm, es; m.

HARM, hurt, injury, evil, grief, affliction, pain, injurious speech, calumny, insultpain, griefgrief, sorrow, harmcalamitas, calumnia, contumelia, ærumna, iujuriagrief, sorrow

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Nán hearm ne biþ ðeáh hit ne gewyrðe there is no harm if it do not happen, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 4.

Linked entry: hearm-heort

un-stille

(adj.)
Grammar
un-stille, adj.

Not stillunquietnot at restmovingliking movementunquietrestlessunrulyunquietdisturbednot at peacetroubled

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Ðara unstillena gesceafta styring ne mæg weorþan gestilled, ne eác onwend of ðam ryne ðe him geset is, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 3.

Linked entry: stille

EALDOR

(n.)
Grammar
EALDOR, aldor, es, ; n: e;

lifevita

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Ne wæs me feorh ðá gén ealdor in innan there was as yet no soul, no life within me, Exon. 103 a; Th. 391, 10; Rä. 10, 3 : Andr. Kmbl. 2276; An. 1139: Salm. Kmbl. 711; Sal. 355.

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æ-léten

(n.; part.)
Grammar
æ-léten, æ-lǽten, a-lǽten; part, [from a-lǽtan to let go]

One let godivorcedrepudiata uxor

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One let go, divorced; repudiata uxor Ne on ælǽten ǽnig cristen mann ǽfre ne gewífige nor with one divorced let any Christian man ever marry, L. C. E. 7 ; Th. i. 364, 23

ciric-tún

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-tún, es; m. [tún an inclosure]

A church-inclosure, church-yard, cemetery ecclesiæ sepimentum, cœmetērium = κοιμητήριον

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A church-inclosure, church-yard, cemetery; ecclesiæ sepimentum, cœmetērium = κοιμητήριον Ne binnan cirictúne ǽnig hund ne cume let not any dog come within the churchyard, L. Edg. C. 26; Th. ii. 250, 7

Linked entry: cyric-tún

scremman

(v.)
Grammar
scremman, p. de
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To make a person stumble, put a stumbling-block in a person's way Ne wirige ðú deáfe ne scremme ðú blinde non male*-*dices surdo, nec coram coeco pones offendiculum, Lev. 19, 14

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císe-lybb

(n.)
Grammar
císe-lybb, (cís-)
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Ne cýse ne cýslyb, Angl. ix. 260, 13. Haran cýslyb, Lch. i. 346, 11. Cýslybbu coagula, Germ. 390, 68

Linked entry: cése-lib

flít-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
flít-georn, flít-georn; adj.

Contentiousquarrelsome

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Contentious, quarrelsome Flítgeor[n] litig[i]os a (mulier), Kent. Gl. 1022. Mid flitgeornan wífe cum muliere litig[i]osa, 972. Ne beón gé tó nídfulle ne tó flítgeorne, Wlfst. 40, 17. Substitute:

druncen-georn

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Ne mót nán preóst tó druncengeorn wurðan, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 9. Ne sceal mon beón druncengeorn ne oferǽte ( non vinolentus, non multum edax ), R. Ben. 17, 15. Nǽfre druncengeorne ( ebriosi ) nágon Godes ríce, Hml. A. 145, 39.

ge-wérgian

(v.)
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Ox. 49, i. of bodily weariness Ne hors ne hé sylf gewérgod wæs, Hml. S. 30, 35 : 31, 1418. of mental or spiritual weariness Hé gewérgað his heortan suíðe hearde mid ðý gesuince dnro cor labore fatigatur, Past. 239. 13.

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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ne móton tóslúpan of heora endebyrdnesse, 39, 5; F. 218, 32.

ge-lendan

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Gecwǽdon þæt þá hám gelendon eos Spartam remittunt, 1, 14; S. 56, 25. of things. material Nis nán tó þæs lytel ǽwelm ꝥ hé þá sǽ ne geséce, and eft of þǽre sǽ gelent in on þá eorþan there is no spring so small that it do not make its way to the sea, and

studu

(n.)
Grammar
studu, stuðu; gen. stude, studu; dat. stude(-u), styde, styðe; acc. studu, stuðu(-o); pl. styde, styðe(-a); gen. studa; f.
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Se lég ðære studu (ða ilcan studu, col. 2) gehrínan ne mihte. . . . Ðæt fýr eode andlang ðara nægla ðe seó studu ( destina ) mid gefæstned wæs and ðære stude ne onhrán (ða stuþo sceþþan ne meahte, col. 2). . . .

Linked entries: stuðan-sceaft styðe