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þwǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
þwǽre, adj.

Gentle ⬩ agreeable

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Gentle, agreeable Scs Arculfus sǽde ðæt ðǽr hangade úþmǽte leóhtfæt and ðwǽre ( a lamp giving an agreeable light? ), Shrn. 81, 17

cneord-lǽcan

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H. 14 a substitute Seó lár ne mihte þám cneorðlǽcendum cnihte cýðan be his Scyppende, Hml. S. 3, 27

ǽ-sceáda

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-sceáda, an; m.

Bran

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Bran Healmes láf stipulae, ceaf palea, ǽscéda migma, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 51-3. Ǽsceádan furfures, purgamentum farinae, ii. 152, 4

Linked entries: -sceáda æsceda

wilding

(n.)
Grammar
wilding, e ; f.

Dominion

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Lamb. 102, 22. Wylding, Ps. Spl. M. 102, 22

on-líhting

(n.)
Grammar
on-líhting, e; f.

Illumination, enlightening

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Lamb. 26, 1. Onlíhting, 138, 11. On onlíhtinge fýres, 77, 14

hólian

(v.)

to speak evil of, ⬩ slander, ⬩ calumniate

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Lamb. 118, 121

deópnes

(n.)
Grammar
deópnes, diópnes,deóp-ness, deóp-nys, deóp-nyss,deóp-niss,e ; f.

DEEPNESS, depth, an abyss ⬩ prŏfundum, altitūdo, ăbyssus = άβυσσos, vŏrāgo

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Lamb. 103, 6. Deópnys abyssus, Ælfc. Gl. 98; Som. 76, 91; Wrt. Voc. 54, 35. Nywelnes oððe deópnys deópnissa gecígd abyssus abyssum invŏcat, Ps. Lamb. 41, 8. On ðære hellícan deópnysse in the hellish abyss, Nicod. 24; Thw. 12, 20.

Linked entry: diópnys

ed-leánung

(n.)
Grammar
ed-leánung, e; f.

A rewarding, recompense ⬩ retrĭbūtio

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Lamb. 102, 2

Linked entries: ead-leánnung ed-leǽnung leánung

eormen

(adj.)
Grammar
eormen, eorman; adj.

Universal, immense, whole, general ⬩ universālis, immensus, permagnus, tōtus, ūnĭversus

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Used in composition, as in eormen-cyn, -grund, -láf, -ríc, -strýnd, -þeód

for-scæncednys

(n.)
Grammar
for-scæncednys, -nyss, e; f. [for-, screncednes supplantātio]

A supplanting ⬩ deceit ⬩ supplantātio ⬩ fraus

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Lamb. 40, 10

ge-hélan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hélan, p. de; pp. ed

To heal ⬩ save ⬩ sānāre ⬩ salvum făcĕre

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Lamb. 7, 2

ge-héring

(n.)
Grammar
ge-héring, e; f.

A hearing ⬩ hearsay ⬩ tidings ⬩ audītio

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Lamb. 111, 7

geond-leccan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-leccan, part. -leccende; p. -lehte; pp. -leht

To wet through, moisten, water ⬩ rĭgāre

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Lamb. 103, 13

Linked entry: leccan

diregað

Grammar
diregað, =
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Lat. dirigat Vibrat borettið vel diregað (the corresponding gloss, in Epinal and Erfurt glossaries is :-- Vibrat, dirigat boretit), Txts. 107, 2147

getæl-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
getæl-fæst, adj.

Measurable; ⬩ mensūrābĭlis

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Lamb. 38, 6

tó-bǽd

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
tó-bǽd, (? -blǽd. v. tó-blǽdan)

elevated, ⬩ exalted

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Lamb. 36, 35. Heó wyrð glædlíce on hyre heortan tóbǽd, Anglia viii. 324, 16

ge-gladian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gladian, p. ode; pp. od

To make glad ⬩ gladden ⬩ appease ⬩ lætĭfĭcāre ⬩ exhĭlărāre ⬩ plăcāre

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Ðæt he ðé mid his lácum gegladige that he appease thee with his gifts, Gen. 32, 20. Gegladan mitigare, repropitiare, Hpt. Gl. 515

Linked entry: gladian

for-þyldian

(v.)
Grammar
for-þyldian, -þyldigian, -þyldegian, -þylgian; p. ode; pp. od

To sustain ⬩ bear ⬩ endure ⬩ suffer ⬩ be patient ⬩ wait patiently ⬩ sustĭnēre ⬩ tolĕrāre ⬩ păti

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Hí forþyldegodon [Lamb. forþyldigodon] sáwle mine sustĭnuērunt anĭmam meam, Ps. Spl. 55, 7. Ic forbær ðé oððe forþylgode ðé sustĭnui te, 24, 22. Geþola oððe forþyldiga Drihten sustĭne Dŏmĭnum, Ps. Lamb. 26, 14

Linked entry: þyldian

láreów

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Add: [from lár-þeów a form which is represented in later English, e. g

fór-steal

(n.)
Grammar
fór-steal, -steall, -stal, fóre-steall, es; m. [fór, fóre before; steal from stellan to leap, spring; therefore, at least originally, an assault, consisting in one man springing or placing himself before another, so as to obstruct his progress, Thorpe's Glos. to A. Sax. Laws] .

an assault ⬩ assultus sŭper ălĭquem in via rēgia factus ⬩ viæ obstructio ⬩ the fine for an assault ⬩ mulcta pro assultu

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an assault; assultus sŭper ălĭquem in via rēgia factus, viæ obstructio Gif hwá forsteal oððon openne wiðercwyde ongeán lahriht Cristes oððe cyninges gewyrce if any one commit an assault or open opposition against the law of Christ or of the king, L.

Linked entries: fóre-steall fór-stal

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