wic-weorc
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Weekly work, work done for the lord by the tenant so many days a week On sumen lande is ðæt hé ( the gebúr) sceal wyrcan tó wicweorc .ii. dagas swilc weorc swilc him man tǽcð ofer geáres fyrst ǽlcre wucan, and on barfest .iii. dagas tó wicweorce, and
Linked entry: wice-weorc
æt-fleón
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Ðá óðre ætflugon tó Philistéa lande, Hml. S. 25, 321. Þén scip ætfleó tó hwilcre friðbyrig, Ll. Th. i. 286, I. Cf. oþ-fleón
ge-búgan
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Hé gebéh ... mid lande intó Sce Augustine, and ǽlce geáre gyld ... .i. pund tó geswutelunga ... and æfter his dæge gange þæt land intó Sce Augustine, C.D. ii. 300, 6.
cniht
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Ic geann Wulfgáre mínan cnihte þæs landes, 545, 28: 559, 10. Ic geann Æðelwine mínon cnihte ðæs swurdes þe hé mé ǽr sealde, 561, 20. Ic gean Wulmǽre mínum cnihte landes for his gódra gearnunge, Cht. E. 238, 19. Cnihta parasitorum, An. Ox. 4165.
Hwiccas
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In a list of territorial names in one group occurs the following :-- Hicca (Wicca, 416, 7, a Latin form of the list) landes is þrý hund hýda. The next group begins :-- Hwinca ( = Hwicna?)
slaga
A slayer ⬩ homicide ⬩ interfector ⬩ percussor ⬩ lanio
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A slayer, homicide; interfector, percussor, lanio Slaga lanio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 36. Hú ne biþ hé swelce hé sié his slaga (mortis auctor), ðonne hé hine mæg gehǽtan and nyle ? Past. 38, 4; Swt. 275, 9.
inne
In ⬩ within ⬩ inside ⬩ in-doors
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On ðám scyran ðe ordríc abbud hæfþ land inne in those shires that abbot Ordric has land in, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 228, 5. Alle ða ðe ðǽr inne eardedon all who dwelt therein, Chr. 491; Erl. 14, 6.
Linked entry: innian
rýman
to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplify ⬩ to clear a way ⬩ yield, give place
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Ðæt se gítsere his land mid unryhte rýme, Past. 44,8 ; Swt. 329,21 . Hú feor wolde gé rýman eówer land quousque vos extenditis? Swt. 331, 1. Ic eft reorde under roderum rýman wille I will multiply food again under heaven (after the deluge), Cd.
Linked entry: rúmaþ
freó-dóm
freedom from spiritual bondage, ⬩ freedom from obligation, ⬩ release from restraint ⬩ freedom of activity ⬩ absence of restraint, or hindrance, ⬩ freedom to do ⬩ liberty of action ⬩ freedom ⬩ liberality ⬩ freedom ⬩ frankness ⬩ freedom from trouble ⬩ freedom from a tax ⬩ the charter granting freehold land
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Hé gebohte æt Æðere ... ðis gewrit and ðis land mið ðý friádóme ðe hit hǽr gefriád wæs tó Crístes cyrican on éc erfe, C.D.B. ii. 154, 17.
ge-riht
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[The phrase on gerihte (geriht) occurs often in the charters which give the boundaries of land, and corresponds to various Latin phrases, e. g. per rectitudinem uiae, C.
áþ-swaru
An oath-swearing ⬩ a solemn oath ⬩ an oath ⬩ juramentum
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Ðæt he lange gehét mid áþsware what he long had promised on oath, Cd. 170; Th. 213, 26; Exod. 558: Ps. Th. 88, 3. Áþsware pytt the well of the oath, Beersheba, Gen. 46, 1
ed-niwan
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Ðæs landes bóc ðe Eádréd cyngc ednýwon gebócade, C. D. iii. 428, 2. v. edníwe; adv
Eást-Seaxe
The East-Saxons, people of Essex ⬩ orientāles Saxŏnes
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Eást-Seaxena, -Seaxna land, ríce, þeód the country, kingdom or nation of the East-Saxons, Chr. 895; Th. 173, 7, col. 2: 836; Th. 118, 6, col. I: 855; Th. 128, 15, col. I; 129, 20: Bd. 4, II; S. 579, 4: 2, 3; S. 504, 21
þurh-faran
to go through or over ⬩ to traverse ⬩ pertransire ⬩ To pass ⬩ to pierce ⬩ pass through ⬩ to pass beyond ⬩ transcend ⬩ to penetrate
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Hé ðæt land eall þurhfór, Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 8: 1097; Erl. 233, 38. Grammar þurh-faran, intrans. To pass Mid ðí ðe ðú þurhfærst ( pertransires ) on wéstene, Ps. Spl. 67, 8. On anlícnysse þurhfærþ man in imagine pertransit homo, 38, 9: 102, 15.
Linked entry: þurh-féran
ge-þicgan
To take ⬩ accept ⬩ receive ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere
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Londryht geþah he received the land-right, 100 b; Th. 379, 29; Deór. 40: Cd. 161; Th. 200, 10; Exod. 354. Boitius se hæle hátte se ðone hlísan geþah Boethius the man was named who got that fame, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 106; Met. 1, 53.
Linked entry: þicgan
Róm-pening
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Sig ǽlc Rómpenig ágifen be Petres mæssedæge ǽiþer ge uppon lande ge on ǽlcan porte, Shrn. 208, 32. Rómpenegas (cf. seó ǽlc heorþpenig ágifen be Petres mæssedæg, 116, 4), Wulfst 113, 11.
Linked entry: Róm-feoh
fyrst
first, foremost in position ⬩ foremost in virtue or worth, best, of great excellence
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Exod. 399' substitute: first, foremost in position Hé wæs mid þǽm fyrstum mannum on þǽm lande he was among the first men in the country, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 13. foremost in virtue or worth, best, of great excellence Hú se láreów sceal beón on his weorcum
lemian
To lame ⬩ cripple ⬩ enfeeble ⬩ strike
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Hine sorhwylmas lemedon [MS. lemede] tó lange the waves of care had crippled him too long, Beo. Th. 1814; B. 905
un-gemód
Disagreeing ⬩ contentious ⬩ at variance ⬩ discors
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Disagreeing, contentious, at variance; discors Ðǽm ungesibsuman is tó cýðanne ðæt hié wieten ðætte swá lange swá hié beóð from ðære lufe áðiéd hiera niéhstena and him ungemóde beóð ... admonendi sunt dissidentes, ut noverint, quod ... quamdiu a proximorum