mann-bót
A fine to be paid to the lord of a man slain
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Æt twýhyndum were mon sceal sellan tó monbóte xxx. sciłł, æt vi. hyndum Lxxx. sciłł, æt twelfhyndum cxx., 70; Th. i. 146, 13-15: L. Edm. S. 7; Th. i. 250, 21: L. E. G. 13; Th. i. 174, 27: L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 360, 7; L. W. I, 7; Th. i. 471, 11: L. H.
mann-þwǽrness
Gentleness ⬩ meekness ⬩ courtesy
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Mycelre monþwǽrnysse ( mansuetudinis ) mon, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 31. On his hátheortnesse ( fervor) and on his monþwǽrnesse (mansuetudo ), Past. 21, tit; Swt. 151, 6.
níwian
To renew ⬩ renovate ⬩ restore
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Ne wrec ðú ða ǽrran yflu, búton hí mon eft níwige, Prov. Kmbl. 35. Swá ðæt ðú ǽghwylce dæg ðone drenc níwie (níwige, MS. B.), Lchdm. i. 192, 15. Burh rǽran, and sele settan, salo níwian, Cd. Th. 113, 3; Gen. 1881. Sár níwigan, Elen.
weorold-wís
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worldly wise, having knowledge of the ways of the world On óðre wísan mon sceal manian ða woroldwísan (cf. ða ðe ðisse worulde lotwrenceas cunnon and ða lufigeaþ, 30 ; Swt. 203, 5), on óðre ða dysegan aliter hujus mundi sapientes admonendi sunt, aliter
ciric-weard
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Take here passages under cyrc-, cyric-weard, and add Ðæs cyricweardes tácen is þæt mon sette his twégen fingras on his twá eágan and dó mid his handa swylce hé wille áne hangigende bellan teón, Tech. ii. 118, 16.
daru
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S. 15, 7. loss, deprivation Þonne se mon bið blind, þeáh hé mycel áge, ꝥ him bið mycel daru, gif hé hit geseón ne mæg, Bl. H. 21, 8
erian
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Þeáh him mon erigan scyle ǽghwelce dæg æcera ðúsend quamvis rura centeno scindat opima bove, Met. 14, 4. Man mæg on wintra erian, Angl. ix. 261, 22. Ǽlce dæg ic (the ploughman) sceal erian fulne æcer oþþe máre, Coll. M. 19, 21.
ge-windan
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Add: intrans. of movement, by living things, to roll together, roll up Se iil . . . sóna suá hiene mon geféhð, suá gewint hé tó ánum cliéwene ericius . . . mox ut apprehensus fuerit, semetipsum in sphaeram colligit, Past. 241, 11. by inanimate things
hǽmed-þing
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Gif mon hǽme ( fornicetur ), i. 68, 8
hwæt
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Efficax, hwæt, i. citus, expeditus, astutus, acutus, sollers, peritus arud, 142, 54. swift Gif hé hwæt biþ, ne tweóþ nǽnne mon ꝥ hé hwæt ne sié cuicumque velocitas adest, manifestum est esse velocem, Bt. 16, 3; F. 54, 30.
on-innan
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Þonne hit hát wǽre, and mon þá earman men oninnan dón wolde, Ors. 1, 12 ; S. 54, 25.
winnan
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add: to be ill Hé winneð, and eft in þǽre untrumnise se mon swelteð, Archiv cxxix. 34, 25. Hé winneð (hine ádl gestandeð, v.l. ), 30. <b>I c.
slite
a slit, tear, rent in cloth, ⬩ a rent, tear made by an animal, a bite ⬩ a coil ⬩ a breach, infraction of a law
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Gif hund mon tóslíte oððe ábíte L. Alf. pol. 23; Th. i. 78, 1. Wið nædran slite, Lchdm. ii. 10, 21. Wyrma slite Exon. Th. 77, 4; Cri. 1251. Slita morsuum Germ. 392, 30. a coil of a snake (?) Nædre sprotum slitas (?)
Linked entry: slítan
for-weorpan
to throw away ⬩ to throw out ⬩ cast out
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., of reckless or fruitless expenditure Ðý lǽs mon unnytlíce mierre ðæt hé hæbbe, gehiéren menn ðisne cwide: 'Heald ðíne ælmessan, ðý lǽs ðú hié forweorpe,' Past. 325, 4.
wine-leás
Friendless
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Wineleás wonsǽlig mon genimeþ him wulfas tó geféran, 342, 24; Gn. Ex. 147. Earm biþ se ðe sceal ána lifgan, wineleás wunian, 344, 15; Gn. Ex. 1740. Wineleás guma, 289, 9; Wand. 45. Ic mé féran gewát folgaþ sécan, wineleás wræcca, 442, 9; Kl. 10.
ge-cneordlǽcan
to study, endeavour earnestly ⬩ to study, examine carefully ⬩ to study, apply oneself to learning
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Gr. 154, 5. to study, endeavour earnestly Hycge hé and gecneordlǽce þæt hine mon lufian mæge swíþor þonne ondrǽdan studeat plus amari quam timeri, R. Ben. 121, 11. Gecneordlǽcan exercere i. studere (afféctum erga suorum obsequia principum ), An.
a-hweorfan
To turn away ⬩ convert ⬩ avertere ⬩ convertere ⬩ To turn away ⬩ turn ⬩ move ⬩ averti ⬩ convert!
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Sigor eft ahwearf of norþ-monna níþ-geteóne victory turned away again from the northmen's hostile malice, Cd. 95; Th. 124, 24; Gen. 2067. Hie of sib-lufan Godes ahwurfon they turned away from the love of God, Cd. 1; Th. 2, 26; Gen. 25.
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cyre
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Mid cyre arbitrio, Mone B. 1344: 2616
GAMEN
GAME ⬩ joy ⬩ pleasure ⬩ mirth ⬩ sport ⬩ pastime ⬩ jŏcus ⬩ oblectāmentum ⬩ gaudium ⬩ jūbĭlum ⬩ lætĭtia ⬩ lūdus
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Gamena lūdōrum: gamene jŏco, Mone B. 2807, 2808
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fægen
glad
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Weaxad hraðe feldes blóstman, fægen ꝥ hí móton, Met. 6, 10. with gen. of pronoun and clause Lyt monna weorð lange fægen ðæs ðe hé óðerne bewrencð few men are glad for long that they have tricked others, Prov. K. 34.