leger
a lying ⬩ dead ⬩ sickness ⬩ death ⬩ a couch ⬩ a lair ⬩ a grave
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Líchoman, se ðe on legre sceal weorþan wyrme tó hróðor, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 15; Jul. 415. Be ðære róde ðe ǽr in legere wæs lange bedyrned [of the cross that had been buried ], Elen. Kmbl. 1200; E1. 602: 1442; El. 723.
styrian
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Swá sceal ǽghwelc láreów tó ánre lufan mid mislícum manungum his hiéremonna mód styrigean, Past. 23; Swt. 175, 12. (2 a) to handle, treat, deal with :-- Secg ongan síð Beówulfes snyttrum styrian, Beo.
Linked entry: stirian
þrág
a time ⬩ season ⬩ time
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Is ðeós þrág ful strong, ic sceal þinga gehwylc þolian, 270, 13; Jul. 464. Onwæcnap sió wóde þrág ðære wrǽnnesse and gedréfþ hiora mód libido versat avidis corda venenis, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 18: Met. 25, 41.
Linked entry: wód-þrág
helm
a helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ diadem ⬩ the top ⬩ crown ⬩ cover ⬩ concealment ⬩ a covering
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Helm sceal cénum, On. Ex. 205. Wæs of þǽm hróran helm and byrne álýsed, B. 1629. Wæs his helm þyrl, Fin. 45. Helmes cassidis, Wrt. Voc. ii 103, 34: 13, 61: 129, 25: An. Ox. 2, 417.
líc
A body
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Ealle ða hwíle ðe ðæt líc biþ inne, ðǽr sceal beón gedrync and plega, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 25. Ðǽr ðæs hǽlendes ne áléd wæs ubi positum fuerat corpus iesu, Jn. Skt. 20, 12. Cwæþ ðæt his líc wǽre leóht and scéne, Cd. 14; Th. 17, 25; Gen. 265.
Linked entry: byrgen
háwian
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Hire fóstermóder hí hét gán mid óþrum fǽmnum on feld sceáp tó háwienne, Hml.
wann
Dark ⬩ dusty ⬩ sable ⬩ lurid ⬩ livid ⬩ blue-black ⬩ livid ⬩ swarthy ⬩ dusty ⬩ dark-hued ⬩ dark ⬩ dingy
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Sceadu wann under wolcnum, Rood Kmbl. 109; Kr. 55. Seó deorce niht won gewíteþ. Exon. Th. 204, 17; Ph. 99: 292, 23; Wand. 292. Ðá se æþela glǽm setlgong sóhte, swearc norðrodor won under wolcnum, 178, 34; Gú. 1254.
grówan
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Þæs sǽdes corn bið áweaht mid áscunga ... gif hit grówan sceal, Met. 22, 42.
ge-sylhþ
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for a plough Ágife hé ꝥ land þám híréde mid swá myclum swá se híréd him on hand sette; ꝥ synd . xii. þeówe men, and .II. gesylhðe oxan, and .I. hund sceápa. Cht. Th. 435, 6. [Cf. Hé geann án sylhðe oxna, Cht. Crw. 23, 4.
FRIÐIAN
to keep the peace ⬩ towards, make peace ⬩ to protect ⬩ defend ⬩ keep ⬩ pācĭfĭcāre protĕgĕre ⬩ tuēri
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Ðæt ic friðian sceal that I shall protect them, Exon. 105 a; Th. 398, 14; Rä. 17, 7. Ealle Godes gerihta friðige man georne one shall diligently keep all God's laws, L. C. E. 14; Th. i. 368, 9, note 8
Linked entry: freoðian
rǽcan
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Se gebúr sceal erian healfne æcer and rǽcan (cf. on bærene gebringan, Chart. Th. 145, 1) ðæt sǽd on hláfordes berne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 35
Linked entry: a-rǽcan
un-gerád
stupid ⬩ rude ⬩ unskilled ⬩ foolish ⬩ ignorant ⬩ discordant ⬩ disagreeing ⬩ at variance
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Ic sceal nú mid ungerádum wordum gesettan, þeáh ic geóhwílum gecoplíce funde carmina qui quondam studio florente peregi, moestos cogor inire modos, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 7
Linked entry: ge-rád
un-lytel
not little ⬩ great ⬩ not little ⬩ not few in number ⬩ much ⬩ not little ⬩ great
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Kmbl. 2985; An. 1495. of quantity, amount, number, not little, not few in number, much Tó miclum bryne sceal wæter unlytel, Wulfst. 157, 9. Menigo, folc unlytel, Elen. Kmbl. 1740; El. 872: 565; El. 283: Andr. Kmbl. 2542; An. 1272: Beo.
un-strang
Not strong ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble
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Á sceal man ðam unstrangan men líðelícor déman ðonne ðam strangan, L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 4. Hyra handa wǽron unstrange hine tó ácwellanne, Shrn. 117, 31. Hé ( Peter ) mid his gange getácnode ǽgðer ge ða strangan ge ða unstrangan on Godes folce.
eardian
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.; P. 3, 12. to live, pass one's life Seó cyrice sceal fédan þá þe æt hire eardiaþ, Bl. H. 41, 28.
elcian
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se Ælmihtiga forgeáfe gódne willan þám seócan hǽðenan, þæt hé leng ne elcode tó His geleáfan that the Almighty would give a good will to the sick heathen, that he should not put off longer coming to a belief in Him, ii. 26, 1. with clause Nán man ne sceal
for-ealdian
to run out ⬩ expire
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Th. 31, 3. of a period of time, to run out, expire Seó syxte yld þe nú ys hyre geendung ys swýðe ungewis, ac hyre yld sceal forealdian and mid worulde ende beón geendod, Angl. viii. 336, 13
glædnes
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Cf. glædlíce; Gode man sceal dón mid glædnysse ǽfre þá betstan behát, Hml. A. 35, 272. Þá Godes þegnas mid glædnysse efston, ástræhton heora swuran tó slæge for Críste, Hml.
hlæder
a ladder ⬩ flight of steps ⬩ stairs
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Hé sceal habban ... hlǽdre, Angl. ix. 263, 8. Lytlum and lytlum stígan stæpmélum swilce hé on sume hlǽdre stíge, and wylle weorðan uppe on sumu sǽclife, Solil.
medume
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Sceal hé þurh clǽne andetnysse and þurh medeme bóte (through meet penance) and þurh his teáras þá synna eft áðweán, Hml. A. 158, 158. Hé gecéð him to geþingum ðínne ðone medoman naman ( thy worthy name), Shrn. 77, 8.