a-hlehhan
to laugh at ⬩ ridere ⬩ deridere ⬩ to exult ⬩ laugh ⬩ exultare ⬩ lætari
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to laugh at; ridere, deridere Ðá ðæt wíf ahlóh wereda Drihtnes the woman then laughed at the Lord of hosts, Cd. 109; Th. 143, 16; Gen. 2380. to exult, laugh; exultare, lætari Heorte mín ahlyhheþ lætetur cor meum, Ps. Th. 85, 11.
Beorg-ford
BURFORD in Oxfordshire
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Beorhforda], wið Æðelbald, Myrcena cing, and hine geflýmde here, in 752 Cuthred, king of the West-Saxons, fought in the twenty-second year of his reign, at Burford, with Æthelbald, king of the Mercians, and conquered him Chr. 752; Erl. 49, 13
hefig-líce
Heavily ⬩ grievously ⬩ graviter
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Ða weras mon sceal hefiglecor and stíðlecor lǽran and ða wíf leóhtlecor illis [viri] graviora, istis [feminæ] injungenda sunt leviora, Past. 24; Swt. 179, 16
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lissan
to soften ⬩ weaken ⬩ tame ⬩ subdue
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... the wild bird she devours ... the wolf she conquers, Salm.
tǽtan
to gladden, make cheerful
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to gladden, make cheerful Ful oft ðæt gegongeþ, ðætte wer and wíf in woruld cennaþ bearn, and mid bleóm gyrwaþ, tennaþ and tǽtaþ ( the father and mother try to make the child joyous, to amuse it; Thorpe suggests temiaþ and tǽcaþ ), Exon.
handlinga
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Ða men handlunga (mid heora handum, v. l. in manibus ) genámon ꝥ wíf of þám gebedhúse, 73, 7. Þá ongunnon ðá hǽðenan hí handlinga áteón, Hml. S. 11, 247
sealt-stán
rock salt ⬩ a stone formed of salt ⬩ a pillar of salt
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Lothes wíf wearð áwende tó ánum sealtstáne (in statuam salis), Gen. 19, 26: Anglia vii., 48, 472
hreów-
Grievous ⬩ miserable ⬩ pitiful ⬩ sad
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His wíf wyrþe wydewe hreówlíc fiat uxor ejus vidua, Ps. Th. 108, 9. Wálá ðǽt wæs hreówlíc síþ alas! that was a miserable thing, 1057; Erl. 192, 20.
mægþ-bót
The fine to be paid by an unmarried woman
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This regulation follows one that settles the fine to be paid by 'frí wíf locbore.'
eácnian
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Ðá eácniendan wíf praegnantes, Past. 366, 9. Wá eácniendum vae praegnantibus, Mt.24, 19. to produce, bring forth Eacnað parturiet, Kent. Gl. 341. Eácniendra and elniendra æcera, Lch. i. 402, 5
gifol
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Hié wilniað ðæt hié gifule (giofole, v. l.) ðyncen munifici videri appetunt 339, 25. gracious Gefol wíf mulier gratiosa Kent. Gl. 366. Icel. gjöfull munificent.]
geócend
A preserver, Saviour ⬩ servator, salvator
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A preserver, Saviour; servator, salvator Wís biþ se ðe con ongytan ðone geócend he is wise who can understand the preserver, Exon. 54 a; Th. 191, 14; Az. 88.
un-treówlíce
With bad faith ⬩ perfidiously
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With bad faith, perfidiously Agothocles gedyde untreówlíce wið hiene, ðæt hé hiene on his wárum beswác and ofslóg per Agathoclem insidiis circumventus, occisus est, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 170, 9. Ðá bæd hé ðæt mon dyde beforan him ðone triumphan.
swellan
To swell ⬩ tumere, turgere, obturgescere ⬩ inflatio
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Wiþ ǽlcre yfelre swellendre wǽtan, Lchdm. ii. 6, 26. Swellende yfele swilas, 264, 12
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lǽwa
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Hwílon cweþað preóstas ꝥ Crístes lǽwa . . . mage wið Críst hine betellan, swilce hé neádunge gefremode ꝥ fácn wið hine, Hml. S. 27, 157. Add
wunden-feax
With plaited mane
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With plaited mane Wicg wundenfeax, Beo. Th. 2804; B. 1400
ǽw
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law. v. ǽ. a wife. v. ǽwe, and riht-ǽwe
on-þeón
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Wit þæ̂re beadwe bêgen ne onþungan, Rä. 85, 23. Add
ceol-wærc
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pain in the throat Wið ceolwærc, Lch. ii. 312, 2
runol
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Wið ðý (ða, MS.) runlan áttre, Lchdm. iii. 36, 17