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gilp

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Ðonne se mon nó his ágenne gielp ( gloriam ) mid ne sécð, ac ðæs úplican Fæder . . . hé hæfð gewitnesse. . . ðæt hé hit for Gode dyde, næs for gielpe, 451, 15-18.

líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
líhtan, p. te

To shine ⬩ lighten

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Se móna líht on niht, Bt. 21; Fox. 74, 25. Swá swá ðæt leóhtfæt liéht on nieht úrum eágum, ðætte ða gewritu on dog liéhten úrum móde, Past. 48, 1; Swt. 365, 15. Líhteþ luceat, Ps. Surt. ii. 202, 11: Exon. 64 a; Th. 237, 9; Ph. 587.

ge-lícian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lícian, to please.
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Móna se þreótteóþa . . . cild ácenned . . . ofermód, him sylfum gelícigende, Lch. iii. 190, 14. Mǽden scamfæst, clǽne, wærum gelíc(i)gende, 192, 3. a thing Him wel gelícode his wurðfulniss, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 34.

on-tendan

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S. 25, 416. to set on fire what is to give light, light a candle, lamp, &c, Lch. iii. 286, 6 (in Dict.). (2a) of the illumination of the moon by the sun Gyf se môna æfter sunnan setlunge ontend byð. . . ne byð hê nîwe geteald, Lch. iii. 266,

fleó

(n.)
Grammar
fleó, indecl. n.

A white speck ⬩ disease of the eye ⬩ albūgo

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A white speck, disease of the eye; albūgo Ðæs eágan wǽron mid fleó and mid dimnesse twelf mónþ ofergán whose eyes had been for a twelvemonth overspread with the white speck and with dimness, Guthl. 22; Gdwin. 96, 14

eóred-mann

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cf. eóred, ¶: Sixténe þúsend monna and eahta hund eóredmanna ealle mid heregeatwum gegerede xvi milia equitum, octingente quadrige, omnes falcate, Nar. 4, 13. Add

ge-wlitegian

(v.)
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Ðæt tácnað ðætte eal ðá gód and ðá mægenu beón gewlitegode mid ðǽre lufan Godes and monna ut omnia virtutum bona ex caritate decorentur, Past. 87, 4

hláford-dóm

jurisdiction

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An ðás rédenne ðe se monn, sé ðe Krístes cirican hláford sié, sé mín and mínra erfewearda mundbora, and an his hláforddóme wé bián móten, C.D. i. 311, 21.

þe

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Add Lyt monna weorð lange fægen ðæs ðe hé óðerne bewrencð few men are glad for long at having tricked another, Prov. K. 34. Add His freónda foresprǽc forstent him eal þæt ylce þe (cf. eal þæt sylfe swylce, 38, 17) hit sylf sprǽce, Wlfst, 110, 4

ge-þeahting

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeahting, -þeahtung, -þæhtung, e f.

Counsel ⬩ consultation ⬩ deliberation ⬩ agreement ⬩ consilium ⬩ consultātio ⬩ consultum ⬩ consensus

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Hú egesfullíc he is in geþeahtingum ofer monna bearn quam terrĭbĭlis in consĭliis sŭper fīlios hŏmĭnum! Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 36.

igil

(n.)
Grammar
igil, íl, es; m.

A hedgehog ⬩ porcupine ⬩ an urchin

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Se iil ǽrðæm hé gefangen weorðe mon mæg gesión ǽgðer ge his fét ge his heáfod ac sóna swá hiene mon geféhþ swá gewint hé tó ánum cliewene and tíhþ his fét swá hé inmest mæg and gehýt his heáfod ericius cum apprehenditur, ejus et caput cernitur, et pedes

Linked entry: iil

rǽswan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽswan, rǽswian, rǽsian, résian; p. ede, ode
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Hié eallneg rǽswaþ and ondrǽdaþ ðæt hí mon tǽlan wille they are always suspecting and dreading that people want to blame them, Past. 35, 2; Swt. 239, 6. Ðú rǽswedest ( existimasti ) swíðe unryhte ðæt ic wǽre ðín gelíca, Ps. Th. 49, 22.

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healm

stubble ⬩ straw ⬩ a straw ⬩ stalk

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R. 3, 17. stubble as representing the arable land from which a crop has been gathered: Ciricsceat mon sceal ágifan tó ðám healme and tó ðám heorðe (according to the amount of cultivated arable land and to the kind of house.

bærnan

to expose to the action of heat ⬩ to cauterize ⬩ to cause to give light ⬩ to consume by fire

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Ꝥ hine mon lǽde tó þám rícum ꝥ mon þǽr mæge sníþan and bærnan his unþeáwas, Bt. 38, 7; F. 210, 3. of a lamp, to cause to give light Ꝥ gé wacian mid mé and wé bærnan gástlico leóhfato, Bl. H. 145, 4. to consume by fire Ic folcsalo bærne, Rä. 2, 5.

wundor

Grammar
wundor, <b>. I</b> 3 a.
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For earnunge hálignesse wundra manega hǽla (monig wundur hálo, v.l.) gefremede wǽron ob meritum sanctitatis eius multa sanitation sint patrata miracula, Bd. 5, 15; Sch. 649, 12. Gelómlico wundor hǽla crebra sanitatum miracula, 4, 3 ; Sch. 365, 16.

wiþ-scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-scúfan, p. -sceáf, pl.-scufon; pp. -scofen

To push back ⬩ away ⬩ repel ⬩ drive away ⬩ refute ⬩ repellere ⬩ expellere ⬩ praecipitare

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Gif hwylc monn his ágen wíf wiþscúfe (expulerit), 4, 5; S. 573, 17. Hwí willaþ gé wiþscúfan (repellere) ðone ðe gé ǽr onféngon, 3, 19; S. 549, 4.

ge-þingan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þingan, to determine.
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Þæs ymbe þreó niht ... þætte hálig mónð hæleðum geþinged féreð tó folce, 164

líchamlíce

(adv.)
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His micelnesse ne mæg nán monn ámetan ; nis þ nó líchonilíce (lícum-, v. l. ) tó wénanne, ac gástlíce, Bt. 42 ; F. 258, 13. carnally, having no regard to spiritual interests Þá lufedon hí hyre mágas líchamlíce (carnaliter) . . . and ne hogodon ná þeáh

cweþan

Grammar
cweþan, <b>. I.</b>
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S. 8, 59. (2 a) to use a particular phrase :-- Wé cweðað níwne mónan, ac hé is ǽfre se ylca, Lch. iii. 242, 15. where the subject of discourse is object of the verb, to tell, speak of. Cf. secgan; II 2.: sprecan; III c.

æfstigian

(v.)
Grammar
æfstigian, æfestigian; p. ode.

to envy, be envious of ⬩ to took with envy or ill will on, have envy towards

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with acc. to envy, be envious of Hié æfestigeað óþera, monna góddǽde, Gr. D. 117, 4. Ðá æfestgodon ð æt sume men, Shrn. 74, 28. Se ealda feónd ongan æfstigian invidens ðæs óðres lufan, Gr.