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for-lǽdan

destructionbetray

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Hé mid firde fór . . . and sóna þæs folces þone mǽstan dǽl fleónde forlǽdde and mid searwe þǽm cyninge on onwald gedyde acceptum exercitum statim Cyro per proditionem tradit, Ors. 1, 12; S. 52, 27.

hild

(n.)
Grammar
hild, hild, es; m.

gracesafe keepingpreservationsafety

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Th. 133, 2. preservation, safety experienced by a person Þæt hí fore his hyldon (gehylde, v. l.) heora béne geóten pro eius custodia preces fundant, Bd. I. 27; Sch. 73, 14

efnan

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.), efne tó eorðan (lay flat on the ground ) ealdne ceorl; sóna þæt onfindeð, sé þe mec féhð ongeán, þæt hé hrycge sceal hrúsan sécan, Rä. 28, 8. [v. N. E. D. even; vb. 2. Cf. O. H.

freólslíce

(adv.)
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Þæt hí áblinnen fram gewinnum hwílwendlicra þinga, þæt hí for willunge þára écra góda freólslícor (freólícor, v.l., liberius ) gewinne, 4, 25; Sch. 500, 7. in a manner proper to a festival, solemnly Seó wucu freólslíce ( sollempniter ) byþ gewyrþud,

ge-egesian

(v.)
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Þæt þára óþra gehwylc þurh þæt geegesad sý ut ceteri metum habeant, R. Ben. 129, 19. Geegsod, Hml. S. 21, 74. Add

hwæt-hwára

(adv.)
Grammar
hwæt-hwára, adv. A
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little, somewhat, slightly Þá þeáhhwæðre gebyrede him þæt hié hwæthwára gebugan tó fleónne cum Persarum acies paulatim cederet, Ors. 1, 12; S. 54, 1.

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defe

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Of þám þorne tó þǽre defe; of þǽre defe tó beorclíge, Cht. Crw. 25, 55

á-metan

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Syndon from þǽre burge weallum twelf míla ámetene up tó þǽm heán cnolle, Bl. H. 197, 23. Syndon betwyh þám twám mynstrum þreóttýne mila ámetenra (-metene, v. l. ], Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 480, 14. Ámetenra demetarum, Wrt.

cǽg

(n.)
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S. 3, 484.Þæs wífes cǽglocan . . . Þǽra cǽgean (cǽgan, v. l. ) heó sceal weardian, ꝥ is hire héddernes cǽge and hyre cyste cǽge and hire tǽgan, Ll. Th. i. 418, 20. fig. 'Ic ðé betǽce heofonan ríces cǽge.'

éþung

breathingpantingflatulencyinspirationbreath

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Add: breathing, panting Mid þæs rynes éðgunge (éþunge) with panting from running, R. Ben. 68, 3. flatulency (?): Wiþ áþundenesse and éþunge magan, Lch. ii. 188, 19. fig. inspiration: Éþunge inspirationis, R. Ben.

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feter

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Hé sæt lange on þám láðum bendum, oð þæt hé bestæl út mid his stafe hoppende and gesóhte ðone sanct . . . Se scyttel ðá ásceát of þǽre fetere, Hml. S. 21, 414-419. Gebundene feterum vinculis ligatos, Ps. Th. 106, 9.

hin-síþ

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Heard wæs hinsíð . . . þe hý æt þám beorge blídne f[u]ndon hard had been (Christ's) death (on the cross) . . . . . which at the grave (cf. for the meaning of beorg: Wéndon þæt hé on þám beorge bídan sceolde ána in þǽre eásterniht, 14) they found to be

leó

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Woldon þá hǽþenan hentan þǽre leó (cf. þurh ðá león, 306), 35, 280. Hwelp þæs león catulus leonis, Ps. L. 16, 12. Onsión leás facies leonis, Mt. p. 7, 11: 14. Þá cwóman hwíte león in fearra gelícnisse, Nar. 14, 26.

mearu

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Mærewestan gracillima (cunabulorum aetatula), 5038. delicate, not robust Ðám untrumum gebróðrum oðþe þǽm mearewum (mearwum, v. l. delicatis ) and þám unweorcheardum, R. Ben. 75, 7

stagan

(v.)
Grammar
stagan, stǽcan ?.(Cf.
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Icel. steikja to roast) to roast Ǽles tácen is þæt mon wecge his swýþran hand and sette syþþan ofer his wynstran earm and ástrehtre his wynstran hande stríce þwyrs ofer mid þǽre swyðran, swylce hé hine corflige swá swá mon ǽl déð þonne hine mon on spite

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staþol

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Heó cwæð ꝥ þæs gyfe genihtsumode þe þǽre sáwle stadol unwemme geheóld she said that his grace sufficed who kept the state of the soul stainless, Hml. S. 23 b, 717. <b>III a.

un-cúþ

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un-cúþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Uncúð þæáh mé scamige perhaps I may be ashamed, Solil. H. 49, 7 ; 2 12. IV. add: as an epithet of disease :-- Biðon monncwalmo ł uncúð ádle erunt pestilentiae, Mt. L. 24, 7. Uncúð áðlo plagas, Mk. L. 3, 10.

be-gitan

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be-gitan, (I a)
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add : to get a wife Þæs cyninges sáwle þe hí begæt, Lch. iii. 422, 15 : Gen. 1130. to get into one's keeping, bring home Begyte hé þá báde hám, Ll. Th. i. 354, 7. where the object is non-material Freóndscipe begitan, An. 480.

blóstmian

(v.)
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Þás treówa blóstmiað þurh þæs windes blǽd, Shrn. 67, ii. Add

drý-lác

(n.)
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sorcery, magic Gif þíne æceras nellaþ wel wexan oþþe þǽr hwilc ungedéfe þing on gedón bið on drý ( = drýláce) oððe on lybláce, Lch. i. 398, 3. (?)