for-niman
To take away ⬩ deform ⬩ plunder ⬩ destroy ⬩ ransack ⬩ waste ⬩ consume ⬩ devour ⬩ rapĕre ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ extermĭnāre ⬩ vastāre ⬩ consūmĕre ⬩ devŏrāre
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To take away, deform, plunder, destroy, ransack, waste, consume, devour; rapĕre, perdĕre, extermĭnāre, vastāre, consūmĕre, devŏrāre Ðú hí eáðe miht forniman thou mayest easily consume them, Ps. Th. 72, 16: 118, 36. Eów in beorge bǽl fornimeþ fire shall
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birnan
To burn ⬩ ardent ⬩ vehement
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To burn (intrans.) Ic byrne ardeo, ðú byrnst ardes, ic onginne byrnan ardesco, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 212, 6. of fire, light, &c. Bir[n]ð ardescit (ignis ), Kent. Gl. 573. Hé þá leóhtfatu onǽlde and hý burnon, Gr. D. 43, 19. Ðætte se spearca bierne (birne
FÆTT
FAT, fatted ⬩ pinguis, săgīnātus, crassus
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FAT, fatted; pinguis, săgīnātus, crassus Seófatte gelynd the fat grease, Ps. Th. 62, 5. Ðín fæder ofslóh án fætt cealf occīdit păter tuus vĭtŭlum săgīnātum, Lk. Bos. 15, 27, 23, 30: Gen. 18, 7. Ðonne híg etaþ and fulle beóþ and fætte cum comēdĕrint et
mann-líca
A human form ⬩ image of a man ⬩ statue
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A human form, image of a man, statue Ǽfre siððan se monlíca ( the pillar of salt into which Lot's wife was turned ) stille wunode, Cd. 119; Th. 155, 1; Gen. 2566. Eall Adames cynn ðe módor gebær tó manlícan all the race of Adam that mother gave the form
metgian
to assign due measure ⬩ to moderate ⬩ regulate ⬩ to measure in the mind ⬩ consider ⬩ meditate upon
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to assign due measure (with dat.) Ðonan metgaþ ǽlcum be his gewyrhtum thence assigns to each due measure according to his deserts; quid unicuique conveniat, agnoscit, et, quod convenire novit, accomodat, Bt. 39, 9; Fox 226, 23. to moderate, regulate
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þætte
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as a relative, that, which Ðæt ðú hyra frumcyn ícan wolde, ꝥte æfter him cenned wurde, Cd. Th. 236, 9; Dan. 318 : 245, 32; Dan. 472. Ðæt hé ne forleóse his dreámes blǽd and his dagena rím and his weorces wlite and wuldres leán, þætte heofones cyning
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bodig
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For II and III substitute: II. the main portion, of the animal frame (opposed to head or limbs) Bodig truncus, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 26. Bodeg, bodęi spina, Txts. 99, 1891. Bodig, An. Ox. 18b, 89. Hí næfdon ꝥ heáfod ld þám bodige, Hml. S. 32, 137, 165. Hí
beorþor
child-bearing ⬩ partus ⬩ gestation ⬩ partus ⬩ foetus
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Add: child-bearing, bringing forth of a child; partus Ǽr þám þe heó cenne, and æfter hire beorðre antequam pariat, et post partum suum, Ll. Th. ii. 154, 3. Gif hé mónðe ǽr þám beorþre (ante partum) hǽmð, 24. Ǽr þám beorðre and æfter þǽre ácenned-nysse
medumlíce
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add: slightly Gyf þú halban habban wille, þonne wege þú þá medemlíce þín reáf mid þínre handa, Tech, ii. 119, 19. Wé byddað þá bóceras þe þás þing fulfremedlíce cunnon ꝥ heom hefelíce ne þince þás þing þe wé medomlíce iungum cnihtum settað, Angl. viii
yfel
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Add: moral evil Hé cwæð ðæt ǽlces yfles fruma wǽre ofermétta, Past. 300, 4. Gemyne hé ðæs yfles (yfeles, v. l. ) þe hé worhte, 24, 3. Ðæt hé tó yfle gedyde, 35, 9. Ðý lǽs hié hit mid ðǽm óðrum yfle (yfele, v. l. ) geiéce, 312, 11. Mid ðǽm ánum yfle,
ge-teohhian
To appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ decree ⬩ assign ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ decernĕre ⬩ assignāre
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To appoint, determine, decree, assign; stătuĕre, decernĕre, assignāre Ðá heó Gode ánum geteohode þeówian cum Deo sōli servīre decrēvisset, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 7. Wæs óðer in geteohhod mǽrum Geáte another dwelling had been assigned to the renowned Goth
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híwisc
A family, ⬩ household, ⬩ house; ⬩ also a hide of land
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A family, household, house; also a hide of land Fæder hiogwuisc, hiowisc, hiuwisc paterfamilias, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 39: 13, 25: 14, 21. Gif hé hæbbe híwisc landes if he have a hide of land, L. Wg. 7; Th. i. 186, 13 [cf. l. 23]. On Cotenes-felde
á-sittan
to sit up ⬩ to remain sitting ⬩ to be aground ⬩ to reduce by siege ⬩ to be apprehensive ⬩ afraid
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Add: to sit up Hé ácwicode and semninga upp ásæt (resedit). Bd. 5, 12;S. 627, 14: 5, 19;S. 640, 27. Hé nǽfre ne mihte of his reste árísan ꝥ hé upp ásǽte. Gr. D. 281, 18. to remain sitting; of a ship, to be aground Ðára óþerra scipu ásǽton; þá wurdon
a-byrgan
To taste ⬩ gustare
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To taste; gustare We cýðaþ eów ðæt God ælmihtig cwæþ his ágenum múðe, ðæt nán man he mót abyrgean nánes cynes blódes. Ǽlc ðæra ðe abyrgþ blódes ofer Godes bebod sceal forwurþan on écenysse we tell you that God Almighty said by his own mouth, that no
cyre-áþ
The select oath, the oath sworn by the accused, together with a certain number of consacramentals selected by him out of a fixed number of persons named to him by the judge ⬩ juramentum electum, quod quis præstabat cum aliquot coujura-toribus ab ipso selectis e quibusdam a judice nominatis [Schmd. 566]
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The select oath, the oath sworn by the accused, together with a certain number of consacramentals selected by him out of a fixed number of persons named to him by the judge; juramentum electum, quod quis præstabat cum aliquot coujura-toribus ab ipso selectis
gang-dagas
Perambulation days ⬩ the three days before Ascension day or Holy Thursday ⬩ Rogation days, when the boundaries of parishes and districts were traversed ⬩ dies perambŭlātiōnes vel processiōnis ⬩ rogātiōnum dies
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Perambulation days, the three days before Ascension day or Holy Thursday, Rogation days, when the boundaries of parishes and districts were traversed; dies perambŭlātiōnes vel processiōnis, rogātiōnum dies Betweox gang-dagum and middum sumera betwixt
mann-þwǽrness
Gentleness ⬩ meekness ⬩ courtesy
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Gentleness, meekness, courtesy Forðam oft gebyreþ ðæm monþwǽran ðonne hé wierþ riéce ofer óðre menn ðæt hé for his monnþwǽrnesse ásláwaþ and wierþ tó unbeald forðæm sió unbieldo and sió monnþwǽrnes bióþ swíðe anlíce nonnunquam enim mansueti, cum praesunt
geoc
a YOKE ⬩ jugum ⬩ a yoke of oxen ⬩ boum jugum, boves jugo juncti ⬩ conjux
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a YOKE; jugum Nimaþ mín geoc ofer eów tollite jugum meum super vos, Mt. Bos. 11, 29. Mín geoc ys wynsum jugum meum suave est, 11, 30. We weorpan fram us geoc heora projiciamus a nobis jugum ipsorum, Ps. Spl. 2, 3. Utan aweorpan heora geocu of us projiciamus
Twi-fyrd
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Twyford, a place-name occurring more than once in England and meaning double ford On ðære stówe ðe is cweden Æt Twyfyrde in loco qui dicitur Ad Twifyrde, quod significat, ad duplex vadum, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 5. Æt Twyfyrde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 114, 33.
þrǽd
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A thread Ðréd filum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 59: i. 66, 28. Þrǽd, ii. 35, 44: i. 81, 65: fila, 282, 11. Se gyldna ðrǽd bratea fila, ii. 89, 37: 12, 3. Þrǽd mé ( a coat of mail ) ne hlimmeþ, ne æt mé hrisil scríþeþ, Exou. Th. 417, 18; Rá. 36, 6. Cnyte mid