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tǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽlan, p. de.

to blame, rebuke, reprove, reproach, censure, accuse.to blame a person for what is wrongto blame what is wrong in a personto speak evil of, blaspheme, revile, slander, calumniate, backbiteto treat with contempt, to scorn, despise, insult, mock, deride, jeer at

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Ðú sǽte ongeán ðínne bróþor and tǽldest (téldes, Ps. Surt., detrahebas ) hine, Ps. Th. 49, 21. Hé his godu tǽlde, Exon. Th. 278, 16; Jul. 598. Hí tǽldon (téldon, Ps. Surt. detrahebant) mé me bakbate, þai (Ps. 108, 4), Ps. Spl. 108, 3.

Linked entries: télan be-tilldon

wíde

(adv.)
Grammar
wíde, adv.
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</b> of degree, far :-- Þeáh gé eów eác gewyrce wídor sæce, Exon. Th. 120, 14; Gú. 271. Hé hét tósomne sínra leóda ða wiccungdóm wídost bǽron, Cd.

fird

(n.)
Grammar
fird, faerd, ferd, fierd, fyrd(e).

an expeditioncampaignan armya camp

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Hannibal bestæl on þone consul, ðǽr hó on firde sætt (where he was encamped), 4, 10; S. 198, 12. used in reference to the English militia. [The military part of the trinoda necessitas is variously rendered in Latin charters, e. g. expeditio, C.

hǽlu

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Th. 131, 17. with gen. of saver Sæle mé, Dryhten, þínre hǽlo heht redde mihi laetitiam salutaris tui, Ps. C. loo. Ꝥ Geségon égo mín hǽlo ðín (salutare tuum), Lk. L. R. 2, 30. Sæcgeað Drihtnes hǽlu, Ps. Th. 95, 2. with gen. of saved.

leóht

(n.)
Grammar
leóht, a light.
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Sæge Adame hwilce þú gesihðe hæfst. . . gife ic him þæs leóhtes genóg, þæs ic þé swá gódes gegired hæbbe, Gen. 619. Se blinda leóht onféng, Bl. H. 19, 11.

riht

(n.)
Grammar
riht, es n.

that which is straight or erect, a plumb line that which is straight in a metaphorical sense, right, law, canon, rule what is in accordance with law, human or divine, what is just or proper, right, justice, equity what is just in the case of a criminal, just punishment, justicewhat properly belongs to a person, what may justly be claimed, a right, due what is due from a person, duty what agrees with a proper standard, what is correct or exact, the rights of a case, the truth an account, a reckoning;ratio, mostly in such phrases as - riht ágildan - to render an account

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Ðæt wíf sǽde him eall ðæt riht dixit ei omnem veritatem, Mk. Skt. 5, 33. Ðæt hé be ðære róde riht getǽhte, Elen. Kmbl. 1199; El. 601. Hé fram Sce Pauline ðæt riht leornade ðæs hálgan geleáfan, rationem Bd. 2, 9; S. 512, 9.

þing

(n.)
Grammar
þing, es; n.
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Hefon and eorþe and and ealle ða þing ðe on ðǽm syndon, Blickl. Homl. 91, 21. Ðinga scæpend rerum creator, Rtl. 180, 9. Wé ágyltaþ þurh feówer þing, þurh geþóht and þurh word and þurh weorc and þurh willan, Blickl.

níd

(n.)
Grammar
níd, neád, néd, neód, niéd, nýd, es; n.: e; f.

necessityinevitablenessnecessityneedurgent requirementa necessary businessdutyneedwhat one wantsnecessityneeddifficultyhardshipdistressforcecompulsion

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Moises sǽde Drihtne ðæs folces neóde, Ex. 15, 25. Of neádum mínum genera mé de necessitatibus meis erue me, Ps. Spl. 24, 18 : 106, 6. Nédum, 30, 9. Niédum, Andr. Kmbl. 2754; An. 1379. force, compulsion Ríccra manna need vis potestatis, Wrt.

ge-tácnian

(v.)
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. : — thorn;æt Octavianus sweotole getácnode . . . hé self sǽde þæt seó dǽd his nǽre, Ors. 3, 5 ; S. 106, 30. On þé wrát God . . . and ryhte ǽgetácnode on týn wordum, An. 1514. Hé sylf ǽlce tíd getácnige (nuntiet), R.

wíse

(n.)
Grammar
wíse, an: wís, e; f.

a wise waymannermodefashionstate conditionan arrangementinstructiona dispositiondirectionconditiona thingres negotiuma causereasonres

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Heora wíse on nǽnne sǽl wel ne gefór, náþer ne innan from him selfum, ne útane from óþrum folcum nulla unquam tempora vel foris prospera vel domi quieta duxerunt, Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 13 : L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 28.

Linked entry: wís-fæst

ELN

(n.)
Grammar
ELN, e; f.

the Royal

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Sax. was sometimes about 24 inches, or 2 feet Se hwæl biþ micle læssa ðonne óðre hwalas: ne biþ he lengra ðonne syfan elna lang; ac, on his ágnum lande, ða beóþ eahta and feówertiges elna lange, and ða mǽstan, fíftiges elna lange; ðara, he sǽde, ðæt

Linked entry: eln-gemet

ge-híran

(v.)
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., to listen to one who commands, to obey. a person Uindas and sæs gehéras (-hǽraþ, R.) him venti et mare oboediunt ei Mt. L. 8, 27. Gif hié mé oð ðæt on ryht gehiérad. . . on mínum geongum mágum swelce mé betst gehiérað, C.

þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf, es; m.
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Short of death were the punishments of selling into slavery, of imprisonment, fine, and mutilation: Gif man frigne man æt hæbbendre handa gefó, ðanne wealde se cyning þreora ánes: oþþe hine man cwelle, oþþe ofer selle, oþþe hine his wergelde álése,

Linked entry: þeáf

folc

a peoplea nationan armya racetribesectlay-folkthe laitythe peoplefollowersthe people the common peoplecountry-folkfolkmenpeoplefolksa crowdcompanytrooppeoplefolk

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Hí geridan West-Seaxna land . . . and mycel þæs folces ofer ádrǽfdon, Chr. 878; P. 75, 27. Ealles folces weg the high-way, C. D. B. i. 586, 15. Þǽm of-þynceþ V hiÉ synd Judéa folces, Bl. H. 175, 20: 187, 14. Folces Sodoma, Gen. 2489.

lǽdan

(v.)
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Hwæþer gé eówer hundas and eówer net út on lǽdon ðonne gé huntian willaþ?, Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 14. Tíd is ꝥ þú fére and þá æ-acute;rendu lǽde, Gú. 1271. Ne miht ðú náht lǽdan of þysum lífe mid þé, Hml. S. 9, 47.

(pronoun.)
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hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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Ǽlc , þeáh heó deóp sý, hæfð grund on ðǽre eorðan, Lch. iii. 254, 20. 'Teóh ðíne hand' . . . þá teóh hé hig ongeán and bróhte hí eft út, and heó wæs gelíc þám óðrum flǽsce, Ex. 4, 7.

niman

(v.)
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Dæghwámlíce ic sæt mid eów on þám temple, and gé mé ne námon (nómo, L. nóman, R.), Mt. 26, 55. Hí námon þone ꝥ and þes cynges men and dydon hí on hæftnunge, Chr. 1087; P. 224, 27.

lang

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Ic sǽde ðé swíþe lang spell and wundorlic, 35, 5 ; F. 166, 1. having a great extent in duration, of a period of time Tén ðúsend geára þeáh hit lang þince, Bt. 18, 3 ; F. 66, 12.

tíd

(n.)
Grammar
tíd, e; f.
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On wintregum tídum, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 12, 34. (2 b 1) a season of the year :-- Se cyng gewende tó ðam middan wintra tó Wihtlande and wæs ðǽr ða tíd, and æfter ðære tíde gewende ofer , Chr. 1013; Erl. 149, 11-13. Gehealdaþ ðás tíd (Lent), Homl.

Linked entry: týd

út

(adv.)
Grammar
út, adv.

outbeyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosedout on an expeditionoutoutoutoutforthto knock outpull outoutaway from homeabroadoutaway from landoutoutsidenot within doorsnot in the houseabroadoutexternally

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S. 8; Th. i. 274, 23. out, away from land Hweðer gé eówer hundas and eówer net út on ða lǽdon?, Bt. 323; Fox 118, 14: Met. 19, 19. Hié út óðreówon, Chr. 897; Erl. 96, 7. Út feor on Weudelsǽ, Met. 26, 30. Wit on gársecg út aldrum néðdon, Beo.