land-seten
an estate ⬩ occupation of land
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Land in possession or occupation, an estate Ðis his sió landseten æt Stántúne ðe Cénwold hæfde [then follow the boundaries], Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 403, 24. [cf. ii. 143 where it is said 'Æþelwulf suo fideli ministro nomine Cenwold jure hereditario possidendam
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ge-beót
a threatening ⬩ threat ⬩ boast ⬩ commĭnātio ⬩ mĭnæ ⬩ a promise ⬩ promissum
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a threatening, threat, boast; commĭnātio, mĭnæ Alýs us, Drihten, fram his gebeóte and mihte redeem us, Lord, from his threatening and might, Homl. Th. i. 568, 22. Swá fela þeóda wurdon todǽlede æt ðæle wundorlícan byrig ðe ða entas woldon wircean mid
tíder-líc
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Weak, frail Se ðe gehielt his unsceadfulnesse and his gódan willan ðeáh hé hwæt tiéderlíces oððe yfelra weorca útan doo hé mæg ðæt æt sumum cierre bétan si mentis innocentia custodilur, etiam si qua foris infirma sunt, quandoque roborantur, Past. 34;
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beó-breád
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For meanings given substitute: Honeycomb with honey, and add Beóbreád favus, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 65: favum, 284, 70: favi, ii. 37, 62: Beóbréd favus, Germ. 390, 72. Hwæt getácnode ðæs hunies beóbreád ? Beóbreád is on twám ðingum, on weaxe and on hunie,
bissextus
leap-year
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The intercalary day of leap-year; also leap-year Sume preóstas secgað ꝥ bissextus cume þurh ꝥ,ꝥ Iosue ábæd æt Gode ꝥ seó sunne stód stille . . . Nis nǽfre þurh ꝥ bissextus . . . Bis is twuwa, sextus se syxta, bissextus twuwa syx, for þám wé cweðað on
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ege
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Nis þǽr ( in heaven ) ege, ne geflit, ne yrre, Bl. H. 23, 31. Orsorg ǽlces eorþlices eges, Bt. 10; F. 28, 18. For ðǽm ege ánum ðæs innecundan déman, Past. 79, 7. For ríces mannes ege, Bl. H. 43, 10. Þysne ege þrowian æt þyssum englum, 93, 34. Ofergytende
fetian
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Hé wæter fette, Hml. S. 6, 14. Man him fette sumne dǽl þæs meóses, 26, 36. Þæt Ceaddes sáuwl cóme of heofonum and fette his bróþor sáwle tó heofonum, Shrn. 59, 19: Chr. 1049; P. 168, 38. Hí mæte (mete, v. l.) and mádmas ofer .L. míla him fram sǽ fættan
fore-spreca
an advocate ⬩ defender ⬩ a sponsor
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Add: an advocate, defender For[e]sprec[a] patronus, An. Ox. 56, 335. Forspeca orator, Germ. 400, 548. Hé bæd mé ðæt ic him wǽre forespeca, Cht. Th. 169, 26. Þá nyste Paulus ðá gástlican getácnunge ðǽre ǽ, and wæs forðí hyre forespreca, Hml. Th. i. 390
geornfulnes
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Add: eagerness. desire to have Þæs écean lífes hé sceal mid ealre geornfulnesse ( concupiscentia ) girnan, R. Ben. 17, 22. desire to do Þæt gefeoht wæs gedón mid micelre geornfullnesse of þǽm folcum bǽm ingentibus utrimque animis pugna committitur,
hǽþen-nes
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Add: paganism: — Hǽðennesse gentilitatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 30. Hé frægn hwæþer þá ylcan landleóde crístene wǽron þe hí þá gýt on hǽþennesse gedwolum lifdan (an paganis adhuc erroribus essent implicati), Bd. 2, 1; Sch. 109, 19. Hé monige wæs gecígende
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myndgian
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add: to bring to the notice of a person For ðám ic ðé mindgige, ꝥ þú ongite ðætte nán gesǽlþ nis on þisse andweardan lífe ut agnoscas in his fortuitis rebus beatitudinem constare non posse, sic collige Bt. 11, 2 ; F. 34, 14. to remind a person of something
nágan
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Add Hé náh æfter forðsíðe crístenra manna gemánan. Ll. Th. i. 372, 34. add Náh man on ǽnigne tíman dæges ne nihtes æt Godes húse unnyt tó dónne, Wlfst. 278, 18: 39, 16. Be þám magon Godes þeówas gecnáwan ꝥ hí nágon mid worldcampe tó farene, ac mid gástlican
of-spring
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For ðan ðe hé is Abrahames ofspring quod ipse filius sit Abrahae (Lk. 19, 9), Hml. Th. i. 582, 6. Eádríc hæfð geboht Sǽgyfu æt Ælfsige . . . tó écum freóte, and eall hire ofspring, C. D. vi. 209, 11. Tácnu wurðað on eów and on eówrum ofspringum (in semine
spornan
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add: to kick Hine gelæhte án hors . . . and hefde him upp. Þá spearn óðer hors tó, and ásprencde hine ofer bord, Hml. S. 8, 213. Se flǽscbana spearn hine mid his spuran, and hét hine ꝥ hé árise hunc interfector calce pulsavit ut surgeret, Gr. D. 254,
weard-setl
A place where guard is kept; those who keep watch, a guard
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A place where guard is kept; those who keep watch, a guard On weardsetl; of weardsetle, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 48, 11. Andlang herpaðes tó weardsetle, 284, 23. On weardsetl, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 682, 24. Seofon weardsetl wacodon ofer ðone cásere. ... Ðá férde
ǽfen-sang
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Ne sý ǽfensang geendod bútan ðám drihtlican gebede. R. Ben. 38, 15. Se ǽfensancg mid antefene sý gecweden, 39, 20. Se ǽfensang sý geendod mid feówer sealma dreáme, 43, 7. Ðone lofsang (the Magnificat) ðe wé singað on Godes cyrcan æt ǽlcum ǽfensange, Hml
hefe
Weight
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Weight Hú mihte hé gefrédan ǽniges hefes swǽrnysse ðá ðá hé ðone ferode ðe hine bær how could he feel the heaviness of any weight when he carried one who bore him, Homl. Th. i. 336, 26. Swilce hé búton hefe wǽre as if he were without weight, ii. 164,
óra
A border, edge, margin, bank
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A border, edge, margin, bank (mostly in place names, -or in Windsor, Bognor. v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. xxxv: Leo, A. S. Names. p. 92) In ðone stede ðe is gecueden Cerdices óra, Chr. 495 ; Erl. 14, 10: 514; Erl. 14, 21. Æt Cerdices óran, Erl. 2, 3. Ðonan
lǽnan
To lend ⬩ grant ⬩ lease
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To lend, grant, lease Lǽnþ commodat, Ps. Spl. 36, 27 : 111, 5 : Blickl. Gl. Lénþ fenerator, Kent. Gl. 699. Gif gé lǽnaþ ðám ðe gé eft æt onfóþ hwilc þanc is eów sóþlice synfulle synfullum lǽnaþ si mutuum dederitis his a quibus speratis accipere quæ gratia
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ge-fetian
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Add: to go in quest of and bring back. the object a person Se cniht gefette ꝥ mǽden mid woruldlicum wurðmynte, Hml. S. 34, 21. Amilcor wæs of Sicilium him tó fultume gefett accitum ex Sicilia Amilcarem, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 20. Gefetodne accitum, Wrt.