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ge-treów

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-treów, ; adj. [Besides this unmutated a-stem, a mutated ja-stem (ió, ié, í, ý) and a mixed form ge-treówe occur: the eó-forms are taken here, the mutated forms under ge-tríwe.]
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Syndon feáwa þe þǽm deádan getreówe weorþon, Bl. H. 53, 2. Hié ne beóþ nánum men getreówe, Bt. 7, 1; F. 16, 17. [O. H. Ger. ge-triu.]

wǽr-loga

(n.)
Grammar
wǽr-loga, an; m.

One who is false to his covenant, a faithless, perfidious person

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Hér syndan wedlogan and wǽrlogan in this land are men false to their pledges and to their covenants, Wulfst. 165, 37. Wǽrlogan ( the cannibal Mermedonians ), Andr. Kmbl. 141; An. 71: 215; An. 108.

Linked entry: wér-loga

hám-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
hám-sócn, e; f.

Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peacethe crime of beating or assaulting a person within his own housean inroad or attack on one's homeattack on one's house

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Ðis syndon ða gerihta ðe se cyning áh ofer ealle men on Wesseaxan ðæt is hámsócne these are the rights which the king has over all men in Wessex that is [the fines for] 'ham-socn,' L. C. S. 12; Th. i. 382, 13, see the note: 15; Th. i. 384, 6: Th.

Linked entry: sócn

riht-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
riht-líc, adj.

right, just right, fitting, adapted to due requirements adapted, fitted, entitled right, in accordance with reason right as regards conduct,righteous

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Eahta sweras syndon ðe rihtlícne cynedóm trumlíce up wegaþ there are eight pillars that firmly sustain a rightly conducted royal authority, L. I. P. 3; Th. ii. 306, 19

folc

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

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Þ wé ealle Gode lícian, swá hit eallum geleáffullum folcum beboden standeþ, næs ná þám ánum þe Gode sylfum underþeódde syndon mid myclum hádum, 109, 21

for-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gitan, -gytan, -gietan; ic -gite, ðú -gitest, -gitst, he -giteþ, -gitt, -git, pl. -gitaþ; p. ic, he -geat, -gæt, ðú -geáte, pl. -geáton, -gǽton, -géton, impert. -git , pl. -gitaþ; subj. pres. -gite, pl. -giton; p. -geáte, pl. -geáten; pp. -giten; v. trans. gen. acc. [for-, gitan to get]

To FORGETneglectoblīviscineglĭgĕre

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Sýn gecyrrede to helle ealle þeóda ða ðe forgitaþ God convertantur in infernum omnes gentes qui oblīviscuntur Deum, Ps. Lamb. 9, 18. Ic forgeat to etanne mínne hláf oblītus sum comĕdĕre pānem meum, 101, 5: 118, 153, 176.

Linked entry: for-gietan

ge-beorgan

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Hé wile gebeorhgan (-byrgan, -beorgan, -burgan, v. ll. ) þám þe hym sýn gecorene, Wlfst. 19, 10. Swá man mæg stýran and eác þǽre sáwle gebeorgan, Ll.

be-witan

watch over

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Mynstres ǽhta on tólum oþþe on reáfum sýn betǽhte tó bewitenne þám gebróþrum, R. Ben. 56, 4

Linked entry: be-witian

scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
scúfan, scéufan, sceófan; p. sceáf, pl. scufon, sceufon, sceofon; pp. scofen, sceofen
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Th. 170, 13; Gen. 2812. to urge, prompt a thought or action, cf. scyfe, Mid ðý se weriga gást ða synne scýfþ on móde cum malignus spiritus peccatum suggerit in mente. Bd. I. 27; S. 497, 19 note. to push on or forward, to move (intrans.)

þearfa

(adj.)
Grammar
þearfa, adj.
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., and sié ðæt feoh gedǽled ðǽm þearfum, ðe on ða[m] tún[e] synd, L. Ath. prm.; Th. i. 198, 12. Gif feohbót áríseþ, ðæt gebyreþ rihtlíce ... tó þearfena hyððe, L. Eth. vi. 51 ; Th. i. 328, 6

Linked entry: EARM

þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
þeówan, þéwan, þíwan, þýwan, þýgan, þeón, þían, þýn, and þeówian, þíwian, þýwian; pres. ic þý, hé þýþ; p. þeówde, þéwde, þíwde, þýwde, þýgde, þeóde, þýde; ppr. þýwende, þíende; pp. þéd, þýd.
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Hé þýwþ (arguet ) ðysne middaneard be synne, Jn. Skt. 16, 8. Hé ondrǽde ða þeówwrace ðe Drihten þurh his wítigan ðýwð ðus cweþende metuat prophete comminationem per quem dicit Deus, R. Ben. 51, 14.

on-findan

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Ðá ðe hiera líchoman synna onfunden habbað peccata carnis experti, Past. 403, 12. with pronoun object representing a clause Hé swíðor lufade wífa gebǽro þonne wǽpnedmonna. Ꝥ onfunde Arbatus, Ors. 1, 12; S. 52, 2: 4, 10; S. 200, 18.

sceamian

(v.)
Grammar
sceamian, ode.

to feel shame, be ashamed to cause shame

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Forgif ús úre synna, ðæt ús ne scamige eft, Hy. 7, 84. Ne sceamige nánum men, ðæt hé ánum láreow his gyltas cýðe . . . him sceal sceamian ætforan Gode, Homl. Th. ii. 602, 30. Ðæt mé nesceamie non erubescam, Ps. Th. 24, 18.

ge

andevenevenboth . . . and . . . and

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Ge ꝥ hié him selfum heora synna bebeorgaþ, ge eác óþre syngiende rihtaþ, 63, 24. and Hí hit eall álugon, ge wed, and eác áþas, Chr. 947 ; P. 112, 25.

FÁCEN

(n.)
Grammar
FÁCEN, fácn, es; pl. nom. acc. fácnu; gen. fácna; n.

Deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, malice, wickedness, evil, crime dŏlus, fraus, nēquĭtia, mălĭtia, inīquĭtas, prævārĭcātio

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Deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, malice, wickedness, evil, crime; dŏlus, fraus, nēquĭtia, mălĭtia, inīquĭtas, prævārĭcātio Eádig wer ðam ðe ná ætwíteþ Drihten synna, and nys on gáste his fácen beātus vir cui non impŭtābit Dŏmĭnus peccātum, nec est spīrĭtu

Linked entries: fácn fácon fǽcne

seón

(v.)
Grammar
seón, p. seah, pl. sáwon, sǽgon, ségon ; pp. sewen, sawen.
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Ealle synd gedréfede ðe hí on sióþ conturbati sunt omnes qui videbant eos, Ps. Th. 63, 8. Secg seah on unleófe, Beo. Th. 5719; B. 2863. Folc tó sǽgon, 2849; B. 1422: Elen. Kmbl. 2208; El. 1105. Ðǽr hí tó ségon, Andr. Kmbl. 1422; An. 711: Exon.

talian

(v.)
Grammar
talian, p. ode.

to suppose a thing (to be) such and such, consider, reckon, account,to impute, ascribe, lay to the account ofto reckon, enumerate

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Eádig se wer ðam ðe ne talode ( imputavit ) Drihten synne, Ps. Lamb. 31, 2. Ne tala ðú mé, ðæt ic ne cunne ðone intingan ðínre unrótnesse, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 40. Ne talige nán man his yfelan dǽda tó Gode, ac talige ǽrest tó ðam deófle, Homl.

un-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scyldig, adj.

innocentguiltlessinnocent of a crime, chargeguiltless in relation to (wið) a personinnocentnot accountable for an ill resultnot responsible

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Unscyldigne, synna leásne, Elen. Kmbl. 990; El. 496. Hú ne is se yfelwillende and yfelwyrcende ðe ðone unscyldgan wítnoþ ? Bt. 38, 6; Fox 208, 11, 15. Ne syle ðú unscyldigra sáwla deórum ðe ðé andettaþ ne tradas bestiis animas confitentes tibi, Ps.

éþel

fatherland

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Sume naman synd patriae, þá geswuteliað þæs mannes éþel, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 13, 4. Ic hæfde bróþer and éðel on Egyptum, Hml. S. 23 b, 324. Ne cymst þú on þínne éþel ðonan þú férdest ǽr uiuus in patriam non reuerteris amplius, Nar. 29, 12, 19.

freó

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Þá bearn synt fríge (freó, L.R.), Mt. 17, 26. (10 a) of land :-- Sí hyt ǽlces þinges freóh búton ferdfóre ..., C.D. iii. 20, 4. Ǽghwæs tó brúcenne tó freón ... bútan ðǽm circsceatte, 254, 12.