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god-borh

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Gif hwá óðerne godborges oncunne and tión wille ꝥ hé hwelcne ne gelǽste þára þe hé him gesealde if any one bring against another a charge in the matter of a pledge whose validity was confirmed by invoking the name of the Deity (where solemn formulae were

á-þolian

(v.)

To hold out under trial,To put up withenduresuffer

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Wurdon gelæhte micele and manega fixas, and þæt net swá ðeáh áðolode, 290, 21. trans. To put up with, endure, suffer Ic wundrige hú seó sǽ áðolode míne lustas, Hml. S. 23 b, 385. Þám ylcum gemete wuniaþ and gyt áþolede synt munecena mynstru, R.

wítnung

(n.)
Grammar
wítnung, e; f.

Punishmenttormentpain

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Ðonne seó sáwul bið tó hire wítnunge gelǽd . . . betǽht tó écere wítnunge, Homl. Th. i. 410, 24, 30. Helpan ðám forðfarenum ðe on wítnunge beóð, ii. 356, 12. Gefyl hié nú mid ðære wítnunga ðe ðú him geteohhod hæfdest, Ps. Th. 16, 13.

heorþ-pening

(n.)
Grammar
heorþ-pening, -peneg, es; m.

A tax of a penny to be paid by every house [e.g. Peter's pence]

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Sý ǽlc heorþpenig ágífen be Petres mæsse dæge: and seðe hine tó ðam ándagan gelǽst næbbe, lǽde hine tó Róme, and ðǽr tó eácan xxx pænega and bringe ðonne swutelunge ðæt hé ðǽr swá micel betǽht hæbbe.

rihtwísness

(n.)
Grammar
rihtwísness, e ; f.

righteousness justice rightness reasonablenessreason

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Gelǽd mé on rightwísnysse ðíne, 5, 9. Rechtwísnisse Ps. Surt. 44, 5. Gif hí míne rihtwísnessa ( justificationes ) gewemmaþ, Ps.

tó-weard

(prep.)
Grammar
tó-weard, prep.

Towardin the direction of

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Crist wæs tóweard ðære róde gelǽd, Btwk. 214, 27. following the governed word Hé eów onet tóweard mors propinquat, Met. 27, 8. where tó precedes and weard follows (cf. to God ward, to us ward in A. V.) Hé hine bær tó mynstre weard, Homl.

sticol

(adj.)
Grammar
sticol, adj.
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Ðonne máge wé ðurh Godes fultum ástígan ðone sticolan weg, ðe ús gelǽt tó ðam écan lífe, Homl. Th. i. 162, 23-35. Se weg is rúm and forðheald, ðe tó deáðe lǽt; se is neara and sticol, ðe tó lífe lǽt, R. Ben. 5, 21: Shrn. 12, 19.

Linked entry: sticel

dǽd-bétan

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Úre Drihten gelǽt þá dǽdbétendan ( the penitent ) æfter sóðre dǽdbóte tó ðǽre úplican Hierusalem, Hml. Th. ii. 68, 24

þóþer

(n.)
Grammar
þóþer, (-or, -r), es; m.
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Ðá ágan se cyngc plegan wið his geféran mid þóðere, and Apollonius yrnende ðone ðóðor gelǽhte, Ap. Th. 13, 1-3

hæft-níd

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-níd, e; f. ; es; n.
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Ic on hæftnýd hider gelǽd wæs I was brought here into captivity, Hml. S. 30, 345. Drihten ne dyde þæt hé ús on hearde hæftnýd sealde non dedit nos in captionem, Ps. Th. 123, 5. Hæftnéd hefige, 125, 1. Þá graman hæftnéd, 84, 1.

Linked entries: hæfte-neód hæft-néd

læccan

(v.)
Grammar
læccan, læccean; p. læhte; pp. læht

To takegraspseizecatchapprehendcapture

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Ðæt wíf wearþ ðá læht and gelǽd tó ðam cininge sublata est mulier in domum Pharaonis, Gen. 12, 15

Linked entries: on-leccan leccan

teóðung

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung, teóðing, e; f.
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Ǽgðer ge earm ge eádig, ðe ǽnige teolunga habbe, gelǽste Gode his teóðunga mid ealre blisse, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 25-272, 2.

Linked entry: tegðung

Crúland

(n.)
Grammar
Crúland, Crúwland, es; n. [Interprete Ingulpho crūda et cænosa terra,
  • Gib. Chr. explicatio, p. 22, col. 1
]

CROWLAND or CROYLANDLincolnshire loci nomen in agro Lincolniensi

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Hér wæs Walþeóf eorl beheáfdod on Wincestre, and his líc wearþ gelǽd to Crúlande, and he ðǽr is bebyrged in this year [A.

Linked entries: Gúþ-lác Crúwland

sculan

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Eal ic him gelǽste ꝥ ꝥ ic him scolde, Ll. Th. i. 182, 11. Hé forgeaf on Godes ést Centingan ðæne borh ðe hý him sceoldan, C.

ge-lecgan

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Voc. ii. 48, 44. to settle the regulations concerning an object, determine by law the character of Se wudu is gemǽne swá hé on ældum tímum gelægd wæs sylva, sicut antiquis temporibus lege cautum erat, est communis, C.

hen

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Cóm se fox, swá his gewuna wæs, and gelæhte áne henne (hæn, v. l.), Gr. D. 69, 22-70, 2. Mettas þe gód blód wyrceað, swá swá sint wilda henna, Lch. ii. 244, 25.

leánian

(v.)
Grammar
leánian, p. ode

To rewardrecompenserequitepay

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God mǽrlíce leánaþ ǽghwylcum ðara ðe him gód behét and ðæt eft fullíce gelǽst, Lchdm. iii. 436, 16: Exon. 20 a; Th. 52, 4; Cri. 828: 113 a; Th. 434, 12; Rä. 51, 9. Gúþláce God leánode ellen mid árum, 39 a; Th. 129, 13; Gú. 420.

Linked entry: lǽnian

for-ceorfan

to cut upto cut offto cut down

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Add: to cut up, cut asunder Hé gelæhte his sex and forcearf his basing ... þá hlógon his geféran þæs forcorfenan basinges, Hml. S. 31, 69-72. Heó wæs forcorfen on middan on twá styccu per medium secabatur, Gr.

here-geatu

Grammar
here-geatu, [The word occurs very rarely in the singular; indeed be hergeate,
    Ll. Th. i. 412, 26,
seems the only instance that number. Plural forms are n. ac. -geatwei,(-a), -geata(-u, -e); dat -geat-wum, -geatum.]
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Gelǽste ǽlc wuduwe þá heregeata (-u, v. l.) binnan twelf mónðum, 416, 16. ¶ For instances of heriots see C. D. ii. 380, 27: iii. 127 22: 304, 30: 360, 19: iv. 299, 19 (of a woman): vi. 147, 5: Cht. Th. 573, 3: 292, 5 (of a bishop): Cht. Crw. 23, 5.

bærnett

burningcauterizinga burnburning heatconsuming by fire

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Ben. 52, 13. of the effect of cold:-- Wið cile bærnettes frigore exustis, Lch. l. 228, 23. a burn Wæs þæt bærnet þe hé gelæhte æt ðám were on his sculdre gesewen, Hml. Th. ii. 346, 25.