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fisc-wylle

Grammar
fisc-wylle, l. -wille,
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and dele last passage

freó

(n.)
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a lady. Cf. frowe

-lendan

(v.; suffix)
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to endow with land

slæc

(adj.)
Grammar
slæc, sleac, slec (v. slæcness); adj.
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Slack. of persons inactive, slothful, lazy, not willing to make an effort Slæc reses, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 77. Sleac piger, i. 74, 33: lentus vel piger, 49, 35. Sleac vel slaw pigras vel lentus, 16, 48.

Linked entry: sleac

ge-logian

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

To place, lodge, dispose, regulateponere, disponere, reponere, collocare

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Geloga híg on ðære sélostan stówe in the best of the land make them to dwell, Gen. 47, 6. Ðás lamb ðe ðú gelogast on sundron these lambs which thou hast set by themselves, 21, 9. Ðone wudu gelogode laid the wood in order, 22, 9.

Linked entry: lógian

þreátung

(n.)
Grammar
þreátung, e; f.

compulsionforceviolenceoppressionill-treatmentrebukereproofthreatening

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Hié heora land tó bismere oferhergodan, and him ðæs nǽnige bóte dydon búton ofermódlíce wíg and þreátunge they harried their land, and for that they made them no amends, but in their arrogance made war on them and harassed them, Blickl.

of-linnan

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Oflinnað, , ǽr eów se deáð ofercume, Verc. Först. 143, 7. to desist from (gen.) Uton oflinnan þára unárímedra metta . . . Uton eác oflinnan þára tǽlnessa, and uton ús on gebedu gelómlǽcan, 148, 4-7

wel

Grammar
wel, <b>. I</b> 1 b.
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Add Hí hí and wel well and ðyllice óðre sindon englisce interjectiones, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 280, 13

in-lagian

(v.)
Grammar
in-lagian, p. ode
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To restore an outlaw to the protection of the law Ǽrest ðæt hé his ágenne wer gesylle ðam cyninge and Criste and mid ðam hine sylfne inlagige first, thnt he [a man who has committed manslaughter in a church] pay his own 'wer' to the king and to Christ

Lindesse

(n.)
Grammar
Lindesse, Lindisse, Lindesíge

Lindsey

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Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire [Lat. Lindi colonia] Lǽrde Scs. Paulinus Godes word on Lindesse: seó mǽgþ is seó nýhste on súþhalfe Humbre streámes, ligeþ út on sǽ, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 18. On Lindesége mǽgþe, 519, 16.

mæðtel-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
mæðtel-cwide, es; m.

Discourseconverse

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Hyrcnigan hálges lára mildes meðelcwida to listen to the instructions of the holy man, the discourses of the kind one, 47 b; Th. 162, 23; Gú. 980. Meaht ðú meðelcwidum worda gewealdan are words at thy command for discourse, Th. 163, 4; Gú. 988.

screncan

(v.)
Grammar
screncan, p. te
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To lay a stumbling-block in a person's way, trip up, ensnare Eft hé cwæð: 'Ne screnc dú ðone blindan' . . . Se screncþ ðone blindan ðe ðone ungesceádwísan mirþ protinus adjunxit: 'Nec coram coeco pones offendiculum' . . .

un-clǽnness

(n.)
Grammar
un-clǽnness, e; f.

uncleannessimpurityfoulnesssqualoruncleannessimpurityobscenity

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Gl. 509, 75. in a moral sense, uncleanness, impurity, obscenity Láð unclǽnnys detestanda obscenitas, Hpt. Gl. 506, 74.

Linked entry: un-clǽne

ést-mete

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Éstmettas þæs écan gereordes, ii. 372, 17. of other things 'Geoffra ðíne lác úrum godum, oððe ðú bist mid eallum ðisum pínungtólum getintregod. ' Se diácon cwæð: ' Þás éstmettas ic symle gewilnode,' Hml. Th. i. 424, 23

æfter-fylgan

(v.)
Grammar
æfter-fylgan, æfter-fyligan; p. de

To follow

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Ðás æfterfylgendan (-fylig-, v. 1.) láre, Gr. D. 1, 16. Ðá æfterfiligendan yrmða, Hml. Th. i. 408, 18

on-gemang

(adv.)

Among

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. :-- Gif wé Sanctus Paulus láre sume ongemong secgaþ if we introduce some of St. Paul's teaching, 40; Swt. 291, 13. Gif wé Æfneres dǽda sume hér ongemong secgaþ, Swt. 295, 13

Linked entry: ge-mang

a-fón

(v.)
Grammar
a-fón, p. -féng, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen, -fongen

To receivetaketake uphold upsupportseizelay hold ofsuscipereassumerecorripereoccuparetradere

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To receive, take, take up, hold up, support, seize, lay hold of; suscipere, assumere, corripere, occupare, tradere We aféngon mildheortnysse ðíne on midle temple suscepimus misericordiam tuam in media templi, Ps. Spl. 47, 8: 118,116.

cásus

(n.)
Grammar
cásus, gen. cásūs; m.
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A case, falling or change to denote the relation of nouns, adjectives, and pronouns to other words in a sentence: [Lat, cāsus, from cădo to fall; as the Grk. πτῶσις a fall, case, from πίπτω I to fall] — Mid ðam casu with the case, Ælfc.

CAT

(n.)
Grammar
CAT, catt, es; m.
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Ger. kazza, f; Dan. kat, m. f: Swed. katt, m: Icel. köttr, m; Fr. chat, m: Span. gato, m: Ital. gatto, m: Lat. cătus, m: Grk. κάττα f: Wel. cáth: Corn. cath, f: Ir. cat: Gael. cat, cait, m: Manx cayt: Armor. kaz, m.]

Linked entry: catte

eáðe

(adv.)
Grammar
eáðe, sup. eáðost. -ust; adv.

Easily, readily, soon, perhapsfacĭlĭtor

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Ic eáðe forbær rúme regulas I readily preferred the lax rules, Exon. 39 b; Th. 131, 22; Gú. 459. We ðé eáðe gecýðaþ síþ userne we readily proclaim our adventure to thee, Andr. Recd. 1721; An. 861. Hwá mæg eáðost [eáðust MS.