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LIFIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIFIAN, leofian; p. ode

To LIVE

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He ongan lifgean ongeán Gode ǽrðon ðe hé him sylfum lifgean mihte, 165, 22. Gif seó upplíce árfæstnys mé ǽnig fæc tó lifianne forgifan wylle, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538. 31. Ic symle tilode tó lifigenne tó ðínes múþes bebode, 4, 29; S. 607, 28.

Linked entries: leofian LIBBAN

túdor

(n.)
Grammar
túdor, tuddor, es; n.
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Wé oncneówan ðæt ðæt tuddur ne grówan mihte of swylcum gesinscype didicimus ex tali conjugio sobolem non posse succrescere, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 5. Moncynnes tuddor. Exon. Th. 86, 32; Cri. 1417. Fruma ælda túdres, 151, 16; Gú. 796.

Linked entry: tuddor

cýþþu

Grammar
cýþþu, (-o).
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Hé þæs Ælmihtigan mihte his hláforde cýdde and his leódum eallum, Hml. S. 25, 792. kinsfolk In cýððo his in cognatione sua, Mk. L. R. 6, 4. In cýððo ðínre in cognatione tua, Lk. R. L. 1, 61

Linked entry: cýþ

ge-þanc

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Nis mé on geþance vel on móde non mihi est cordi, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 47.

ord

(n.)
Grammar
ord, es; m.

a point,of a weapona spear, pointed weaponone who is at the topmost point, a head, chief, princehead, frontline of battle, forefrontthe beginning, origin, source (applied to persons and things)

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Hwá ðǽr mid orde mihte on fǽgean men feorh gewinnan, wígan mid wǽpnum, 135, 31; By. 124. Hit is mycel nédþearf ðæt hié man forspille, and mid írenum þislum and ordum hié man sleá, Blickl. Homl. 189, 30. Hildesercum, bordum and ordum, Elen.

Linked entries: ór ord-wíga

gelíce

(adv.)
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Hé mæg streámas gefeterian, þæt þú mid fóte miht on treddian eorðan gelíce, Ps. Th. 65, 5. Seó sáwl færð hweóle gelícost, Met. 20, 217. with pronoun (þám), like that, similarly Gelíc þon similiter, Mt. p. 17, 6: p. 20, 4.

ge-reccan

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Eal ꝥ þú gereccan miht ( monstraveris ) ꝥ þínes ágnes wǽre, 7, 3; F. 20, 8:13.

helan

(v.)
Grammar
helan, p. hæl, pl. hǽlon; pp. holen

To concealhidecover

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Hí hǽlon ðæt hí forhelan ne mihton they hid what they could not keep hidden, Lchdm. i. 392, 4. Ðú him fæste hel sóþan sprǽce hide carefully from them true speech, Cd. 89; Th. 110; 11; Gen. 1836.

Linked entries: ge-hala be-helan hal

ge-rýne

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Se Hǽlend his þegnum sǽde his þrowunga . . . hié ne mihton þá word ongeotan þæs heofonlican gerýnes. Bl.

Linked entry: rún

á-styrian

(v.)

to move a thing from its placeto cause a living creature to move itself:--to stir up,to cause motion in somethingto cause emotion in a personto cause strifepassionTo stirmove one's self

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Hí of ðam stedum þá hors ástyrian ne mihton, Gr.

Linked entry: á-styrung

ild

(n.)
Grammar
ild, e ; f.

an ageævumsæculumageyearsætasmatureeldsenectusvetustasage

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Be ðám syx yldum, Bd. 5, 24; S. 648, 15. age, time of life, years; ætas Eadig is heora yld seó ðe ðá gyt ne mihte Crist andettan and móste for Criste þrowian blessed is their [the children of Bethlehem] age, which as yet could not confess Christ, and

Linked entries: yld eld

stów

(n.)
Grammar
stów, e ; f.
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Th. 10, 21 ; Gen. 160. a place in a series Onféngon hí ða teóþan stówe on ehtnysse Godes cyrcena æfter Nerone, Bd. 1, 6 ; S. 476, 22. place, room, stead Se ðe lifigende wǽre ðæs hádes hæfde mihte óþerne biscop his stówe tó hálgianne ðér se óðer forþférde

tela

(adv.)
Grammar
tela, teala, teola, telo, tiolo; adv.

Well.well, rightly, aright, correctlywell, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainlywell, prosperously, happilywell, in a beneficial or pleasant mannermarking degree, very, to a great extentas an exclamation, well, good

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Ðú hulpe mín ðæt is teala mihte, Ps. Th. 70, 20. Hé hét ðæt teala wunian éce, 77, 68. Æfter ðæm Cartainenses wunnon on.

bót

mendingrepairremedyimprovementhelpamendmentamendsreparationrepentancepenance

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Smeágende hwæt tó bóte mihte æt þǽm fǽrcwealme, Ll. Th. 270, 9. ꝥ wyrð hé ágeaf tó ðare ceastre bóte (cf. hé heora ceastre ge-staðolode, 16) Ap.

heofon-lic

chaste

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Heofonlice blisse mon mihte á on his mode ongytan, Bl. H. 223, 34. Sé ðe wile brúcan ðára godcundra ðinga and ðára hefonlicra lára, Past. 81, 14.

weall

(n.)
Grammar
weall, es; m.

a wall that is made, wall of a building, of a town, side of a cave a natural wall a steep hill a cliff.

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Ic sǽnæssas geseón mihte, windige weallas ( wind-beaten cliffs ), Beo. Th. 1148; B. 572: Cd. Th. 214, 19; Exod. 571. Ic wiht (a rake) geseah, seó wǽþeþ geond weallas ( among the hills (?)), wyrte séceþ, Exon. Th. 416, 27; Rä. 35, 5

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Ðú wurde mé tó hǽlu factus es mihi in salutem, Ps. Th. 117, 27. Hió wearð mongum tó frófre, Exon. Th. 421, 17; Rä. 40, 18. Tó blisse, Blickl. Homl. 123, 2. Tó aldorceare, Beo. Th. 1817; B. 905.

lád-teów

(n.)
Grammar
lád-teów, es; m.

A leaderguideconductorgeneral

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Mín ládþeów dux mihi, Ps. Th. 30, 4: Ps. Spl. C. 54, 14. Ðú eart ǽgðer ge weg ge ládþeów tu semita, dux, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132. 37. Látteów dux, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 49. Heretoga and látteów dux, Bd. 1, 16; S. 484, 18.

LECGAN

(v.)
Grammar
LECGAN, p. legde, lægde, léde

to layplaceputlayto slay

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Sege mé hwar ðú hine lédest diciio mihi ubi posuisti eum, Jn. Skt. 20, 15. Se cyng lægde hí wið Eádward kyng hire hláforde the king laid [buried] her by King Edward her lord, Chr. 1075; Erl. 214, 12. Léde him ætforan posuit coram eis, Gen. 18, 8.

níwe

(adj.)
Grammar
níwe, neówe; adj.

newnot yet usednewrecentnot of long standingnot long madenew (to anything)inexperiencednewnoveldifferent from what has gone before

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Brembel ðe síen begen endas on eorþan; genim ðone neówran wyrttruman, Lchdm. ii. 292, 1. new (to anything), inexperienced Swá swíðe swá ða níwan Cristenan hit niman mihte in quantum rudes capere poterant, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 10.

Linked entry: níwung