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ge-libban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-libban, ge-lifian, ge-leofian; p. ge-lifde, ge-lifode, ge-leofode
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L. 10, 28. trans. to have as part of one's life, to experience Ne ondrǽd ðú ðé deáð tó swíðe; ne geleofað man náht miriges ðá hwíle ðe mon deáð ondrǽt life hath no mirth while death is feared, Prov.

Linked entries: ge-leofian ge-lifian

on-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
on-búgan, p. -beáh.

to bendto bend in reverence or submission, to bowto submit, yieldto bend aside, deviate

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Ða ðe nolden tó his libbendum líchaman onbúgan, ða eádmódlíce on cneówum ábúgaþ tó his deádum bánum, Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 20: Ors. 6, 9; Swt. 264, 9. to submit, yield Ðú eart rihtwís and nánum ne onbíhst, Homl. Th. ii. 298, 33.

Linked entries: an-búgan on-bígan

on-cnáwan

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Helias cuóm and ne oncneáwn (cognoverunt) hine, 17, 12.

ge-ádlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ádlian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [ádlian to be sick, to languish]

To be sickto languishbecome impotentlanguescĕre

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Ðæt úre mód þurh wærscipe wacole beón, ðæt hí þurh orsorhnysse ne asleacion, ne þurh nytennysse geádlion that our minds may be vigilant through heedfulness, that through security they slacken, not, nor through ignorance become impotent, Homl.

Linked entry: ádlian

ídel-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
ídel-georn, adj.

lazyinert

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Fond of idleness, lazy, inert Ne beó ðú tó slǽpor ne tó ídelgeorn forðan ðe slép and ðæt ýdel fét unþeáwas and unhǽlo ðæs líchoman be not too fond of sleep or idleness, for sleep and idleness nourish bad habits and bad health in the body, Prov.

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, es; m.
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A patch, clout Ne ásend nán man scyp (scep altered to scyp, MS. A.: ðæt ésceapa commisuram, Lind.) of níwum reáfe on eald reáf; elles ðæt níwe slít, and se níwa scyp (as before in MS. A. and Lind.) ne hylpþ ðam ealdan, Lk. Skt. 5, 36: Mt.

Linked entries: scyp é-sceapa ǽ-sceap

syn-grin

(n.)

the toilsnare which a sin constitutes

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the toil or snare which a sin constitutes Ðæt ús deófol of rihtan wege þurh deriende þýstra belǽdan ne mǽge, ne mid syngrinum tó swíðe gehremman not hamper us too much with the snares of sin, Btwk. 196, 19.

weorold-ríca

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ríca, an; m.
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Ne cyning ne woruldríca, Lchdm. iii. 442, 36. Unrihtwíse déman and geréfan and ealle ða wóhgeornan woruldrícan mid heora golde and seolfre and godwebbum and eallum ungestreónum. Wulfst. 183, 8. v. next word

lungre

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Flódwylm ne mæg manna ǽnigne ofer Meotudes ést lungre gelettan, An. 518 : 1423: 1474. of unchecked action Ne magan wé him lungre láð ætfæstan (cf. hine God forstód, 1337), An. 1349. See preceding word

máge

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nán biscop ne nán mæssepreóst næbbe on his húse wunigende ǽnigne wífman, búton hit sý his módor oððe his swustor, faðu oððe móddrige, oððe máge of þám þe ne mage nán unhlísa áspringan, Ll. Th. ii. 376, 23.

ofer-helian

(v.)

to cover over, conceal

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Gif hwá pytt ádelfe and hine ne oferhelie operuerit Ex. 21, 33. Tó oferhelianne, Glostr. Frag. 102, 2. Beón oferheled obtegi, Germ. 389, 22. Nis nán þing oferheled opertum ðe ne beó unheled, Lk. Skt. 12, 2

flohten-fóte

(adj.)
Grammar
flohten-fóte, adj.

Web-footedpalmĭpes

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Web-footed; palmĭpes Ne ete flohtenfóte fugelas let him not eat web-footed birds, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 88, 9

Linked entry: fleohtan

síþ-stapel

(n.)
Grammar
síþ-stapel, síþ-stappel
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a track, footstep Ðæt ne sýn ástyrode síþstapla míne ł wegas ł fótswaþu ut non moueantur uestigia mea, Ps. Lamb. 16, 5

swót-mete

(n.)
Grammar
swót-mete, es; m.
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A sweet-meat, delicacy Nǽron ðá welige hámas ne mistlíce swótmettas, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 4. v. swét-mete, and preceding word

Linked entry: swét-mete

tíging

(n.)
Grammar
tíging, e; f.
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Tying, connection Sume naman syndon absolutivae, ðæt synd ungebundene, ða ne behófiaþ nánre tíginge óðres naman, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 14, 14

un-gesínelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesínelíc, adj.

Invisible

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Flǽsclíce men ða ungesýnelícan ne magon angytan, Wulfst. 2, 4

Linked entry: un-gesýnelíc

un-lofod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lofod, adj.

Unpraised

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Unpraised Ne lǽt ðú unlofod ðæt ðú swutele ongite ðæt lícwyrðe sý; ðǽr ðé áuht tweóge, lofa ðæt gemetlíce, Prov. Kmbl. 62

wiþer

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer, (?), es; n.

Oppositionresistance

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Opposition, resistance Hé hæfde Higeláces hilde gefrúnen, wlonces wígcræft; wiðres ne trúwode, ðæt hé sǽmannum onsacan mihte, Beo. Th. 5899; B. 2953

wiþ-styltan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-styltan, p. te

To hesitatedoubt

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To hesitate, doubt Gif gié hæbbe leáfo and gié ne wiðstylte si habueritis fidem et non haesitaveris, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 21

árung

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Hié him sendon áne tunecan ongeán, ꝥ hé ealles buton árunge tó Róme ne com, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 24. Add