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gǽlsa

lust

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Add: lust Ǽlc gǽlsa scyldig scelerata libido, Dóm. L. 237. Mid sticelum gǽlsan luxuriae stimulis, 179. Þá þe ðá eorðlican grǽdignysse and gǽlsan ungefóhlíce fremmað qui luxuria et libidine pascitur et delectatur, Angl. vii. 26, 252: Wlfst. 166, 29.

dagian

(v.)
Grammar
dagian, dagigan; p.ode ; pp.od[dagas days, pl. of dæg a day]

To DAWN, to become day, be daylucescere

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To DAWN, to become day, be day; lucescere Mín leóht me tocymeþ ðonne hit dagian ongynneþ mea lux, incipiente aurora, mihi adventure est, Bd. 4. 8; S. 576, 7: 4, 9; S. 576, 30. Ne ðis ne daraþ eástan this dawns not from the east, Fins.

Linked entry: dægian

geap

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geap, gæp; comp, m. geappra, f. n. geappre; adj.

crookedbentcurvedcurvuspandusnot straightforwarddeceitfulcraftycunningshrewdastutefallaxcallĭdusastūtus

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Lun. § 2; Lchdm. iii. 184, 14 : § 9; Lchdm. iii. 188, 11

Linked entries: gæp gep

beorht

(n.)
Grammar
beorht, es; n.

Brightnessa glisteninglightsightglancetwinklingsplendorlumenlux

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Brightness, a glistening, light, sight, glance, twinkling; splendor, lumen, lux Ðis leóhte beorht cymeþ morgna gehwám this pure brightness cometh each morn Exon. 93 a; Th. 350, 6; Sch. 59.

níd-micel

(adj.)
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The poem seems to support the idea contained in nédmicel, that of urgency: Úsic lust hweteð on þá leódmearce micel módes hiht, An. 286. In support, too, of nédmicel is the accent in the MS. Moreover St.

wyrms

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wyrms, es; n. m.
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Wyrms lues, 9, 27; Zup. 53, 7: colera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 54. Wið eárena sáre ... gif ðǽr wyrms inne bið, hyt ðæt út áwyrpð, Lchdm. i. 354, 16. Wyrms (worms, v.l. ), 358, 16 Sáh út wyrms (of ðam geswelle), Homl. Skt. i. 20, 64.

Linked entries: wyrsm worms

beór

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For translation of Icelandic quotation substitute: Ale is it called among men, but among the gods beer, and add Beór ydromel-lum vel mulsum, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 34. Æppelwín, beór idromelum, ii. 49. 57. Leóht beór melle dulci, 56, 49.

flǽsc-hama

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Þurh leáslice líces wynne, earges flǽschoman ídelne lust, Cri. 1298. Þú synna tó fela gefremedes in flǽschoman, GG. 558

ǽr-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-dæg, es; m.

early dayearly mornmatutinummaneprima luxEarly daysformer daysdies prisci

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early day, early morn; matutinum, mane, prima lux Mid ǽrdæge at early day, Andr. Kmbl. 440; An. 220: 3048; An. 1527: Cd. 121; Th. 155, 19; Gen. 2575. On uhtan mid ǽrdæge in the morning at early day, Beo. Th. 253; B. 126.

Linked entry: samod

eád-lufe

Grammar
eád-lufe, l.
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-lufu

swefian

(v.)
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to lull

stræclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stræclíce, adv.
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Godes streclíce ásyndraþ mann fram middaneardenre lufe sicut mors uiolenter separat animam a corpore, ita dilectio Dei uiolenter segregat hominem a mundano amore, Scint. 16, 14-16

bears

(n.)

a perchlupus

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a perch; lupus

bærs

(n.)
Grammar
bærs, bears, es; m.

A perchpercalupus

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A perch; perca, lupus Bærs lupus vel scardo, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 58; Wrt. Voc. 55, 63

Linked entry: bears

ceáp-man

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-man, cýp-man, cýpe-man;-mannes; -men; -men; -manna; -mannum; m. A

CHAPMAN, merchant, market-manmercator, negotiator, nundinator

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Lun. § 14; Lchdm. iii. 190, 23. Ða cýpmen binnon ðam temple getácnodon unrihtwíse láreówas on Godes gelaðunge the chapmen within the temple betokened unrighteous teachers in God's church, Homl. Th. i. 410, 35: ii. 120, 15.

dæg-ðerlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-ðerlíc, [ = dæg-hwæðer-líc]; adj.

Daily, present diurnus, hodiernus

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Se gódspellere Lucas beleác ðis dægðerlíce gódspel mid feáwum wordum the evangelist Luke concluded the gospel of this day with few words, i. 90, 8. Ðás dægðerlícan þénunga these daily services, ii. 86, 24.

ge-sægdnis

(n.)
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L. 7a-6 mgn. a mystery of religion : — lúh gesald is ~& pound; gé witte clǽno rýno t gesægdnisse ] diópnise (mystería) ríces heofna, Mt. L. 13, ll

hring-seta

(n.)

circenses ludi

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circenses ludi, Cot. 43, Lye

stæf-plega

(n.)
Grammar
stæf-plega, an; m.

A letter-gamea literary game

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A letter-game or a literary game Staebplegan, staefplagan ludi litterari, ludi litterali, Txts. 72, 577. Stæfplegan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 17

gylung

(n.)
Grammar
gylung, , [?] e; f.
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Garrulity Gy[lung] garrulitas, An. Ox. 56, 141

Linked entry: gylian