æfter
among, through, along ⬩ (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.)
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Ðes mónaþ is se ýtemesta æfter Lýdenwarum, Angl. viii. 306, 8. Se Hǽlend cwæþ æfter bíspellum heora, Mt. R. 22, 1. Niman geðyld æfter Iobe, Hml. Th. ii. 328, 28. Æfter æþelborennysse oferhýdige haughty after the manner of noble birth, 174, 7.
gafol
tribute. ⬩ payment exacted by a stronger from a weaker people, by the conqueror from the conquered ⬩ payment exacted by the state, a tax ⬩ payment exacted by the church ⬩ payment exacted by a lord, e.g. rent by a landlord ⬩ a contribution exacted in aid ⬩ a rate ⬩ interest ⬩ a debt ⬩ due, obligation
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Nán fram þám gefule (debito) þeówdómes sí beládud, Angl. xiii. 439, 1057. Þænne gaful gemǽnre týddernysse tó ágyldenne ǽnig geclypud byþ cum ad debitum communis fragilitatis exsoluendum quis uocatus fuerit, 442, 1093
bísen
an exemplar ⬩ a model ⬩ pattern ⬩ example ⬩ precedent ⬩ a rule ⬩ prescript ⬩ precept ⬩ parable ⬩ similitude ⬩ type
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Wé wyllað eów dón bysne of twám mónðum, Angl. viii. 300, 37. Gif bisenum (exemplaribus) lufu is tó gefanne ... swǽ monig aron bissena (exemplaria) swá monige boec, Mt. p. 1, 13.
folgian
to pursue ⬩ to accompany ⬩ be attendant upon ⬩ to follow ⬩ be guided by ⬩ follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ practise
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Þǽra twelf mónða naman, and . . . eall ꝥ gerád þæt heora gehwylcum folgað, Angl. viii. 305, 28. Þá þing þe heora ágene gecynd þé gedydon fremde . . . nis hit nó þé gecynde ꝥ te þú hí áge, ne him nis gebyrde ꝥ hí ðé folgien, Bt. 14, 1; F. 40, 34.
flǽsc
flesh ⬩ animals ⬩ human beings
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Þæs lambes flǽsc gebrǽd etan, Angl. viii. 323, 47. Ic eotu flésc ferra (carnes taurarum), Ps. Srt. 49, 13. Flǽsca ǽt carnium esus, R. Ben.
ge-hwá
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For gehwæt heardes oððe hnesces . . . þæs ðe mé innan oððe útan gebyrede, Angl. xi. 98, 52. Scealt þú georne geþolian gehwæt þæs þe tó heora þénungum belimpþ aequo animo toleres oportet quidquid intra fortunae aream geritur Bt. 7, 2 ; F. 18, 25.
lagu
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Th. i. 440, 23. what is considered right and proper Þæt wé beón wære ꝥ wé náhwár ne gán of lage, Angl. viii. 308, 18. a rule of action or procedure Hé lǽrde þæt manna gehwilc óðrum beóde þæt, þæt hé wille þæt man him beóde.
ród
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On róde treów áhebban, Angl. xii. 506, 4. Hér Petrus þrowode on róde, Chr. 69; P. 8, 30. On róde áhón to crucify, Shrn. 67, 15: 153, 12: Chr. 1096; P. 232, 23. the cross as a Christian symbol.
tún
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Mai, 25) spring comes to our dwellings on the 23rd of February, Anglia viii. 312, 19. Se mónþ gǽð on Sunnandæge on túne (cf. cymð se mónð tó mannum, 14: 8), 304, 12. Cymeþ on ðám ylcan dæge us tó túne forma mónað. Menol.
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sacu
strife, contention, dissension, sedition, dispute ⬩ distress, trouble, affliction, persecution ⬩ crime, guilt ⬩ a contention at law, a suit, cause, action
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It is thus explained in the Latin version of an Anglo-Saxon charter where it is found Ic an heom ealswá ðæt hý habben ðǽrofer saca and sócna iis (sanctus Petrus et fratres Westmonasterienses) etiam concedens ut insuper habeant priuilegium tenendi curiam
stæpe
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On ðære hlǽddra is twá and sixti stapa, Anglia xi. 5, 22. Stæpena, 4, 11. Ne gá ðú on stapum tó mínum weofode, Ex. 20, 26. Hé stíhþ be ðære hlǽddre stapum, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 22. <b>III a.
hwá
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Hwæt seó rǽding cwyð . . . hyt ys tó gýmanne, Angl. viii. 323, 32. (B) with gen. Cf.
be-lúcan
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Th. i. 154, 13. to confine within certain limits Se arc wæs mid ánre fæðme belocen ufewerd at the top the ark did not exceed a cubit, Angl. vii. 34, 356. of speech, to put thought into few words, to express briefly : Lucas beleác þis dægþerlíce godspel
ge-samnian
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Þæs dæges sáwla and líchaman beóð gesamnode, Angl. viii. 336, 31. <b>IV b.</b> of the union of marriage :-- Ne synt hig twégen, ac an flǽsc. Ne getwǽme nán man þá þe God gesomnode (conjunxit), Mt. 19, 6.
ge-scippan
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Cf. ge-sceap ; I Godes gást férde ofer þá wæteru tó gescyppenne and tó gelíffæstenne ꝥ ungehíwode antimber (ad formandam et vivificandam informem materiam), Angl. vii. 16, 155. Hwanon wæs Adames nama gesceapen? Fram iiii steorrum, Sal. K. 178, 32.
ge-wis
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Þonne hé byð feówertig síðon gegaderod, þonne gefylleð hé áne tíd; and hé ys gecweden for þǽra tungla hwætnysse momentum, þæt ys styrung a motu siderum, Angl. viii. 318, 4. certain (thing), some; quidam Pilatus cwæþ: 'Myd gewyssum gesceáde (v. ge-sceád
girnan
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</b> the subject not personal :-- Gif þing gesceádlic swá gyrnþ (exigerit ), Angl. xiii. 374, 130
fæste
shaken ⬩ firmly ⬩ fast ⬩ urgently ⬩ strictly ⬩ solemnly ⬩ securely ⬩ fast ⬩ fast ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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Þá þing þe wé handledon and fæste ymbe wǽron the matters that we handled and with which we were diligently engaged, Angl. viii. 304, 24. expressing vigorous action or thoroughness of condition: Hí fæste tógedere féngon they attacked each other vigorously
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ge-þeaht
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Se bisceopsinoð þæs Niceniscan geþeahtes, Angl. xi. 8, 1. [Tó sinoþ]licum gemóte ł geþehte ad synodale concilium. An. Ox. 2093
ge-wendan
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On Ianuarii mónde gyf hit þunreð, hit bodeþ tóweard mycele windes and wel gewænde eorðe wæstme ... wæstmes wel gewænde ... wæstme wel gewænde, Angl. x. 185, 5, 8, 12.