un-cyme
Mean ⬩ paltry ⬩ poor
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Ne hæfde wit monig óðer uncymran hors nunquid non habuimus equos viliores plurimos? Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 26
sceádan
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Ic cuóm tóo sceádanne (-enne, R.) monno wið ł from fæder his ueni separare hominem aduersus patrem suum, Mt. L. 13, 35
ofer-færeld
A going across, passage, transit
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Heore is ðæt scip and se ouerfæreld ðare hæuene eorum (the monks of Christchurch) est navicula et transfretatio portus, Chart. Th. 317, 38. Æfter oferfærelde sǽ reádre post transitum maris rubri, Hymn. Surt. 82, 7
ofer-sleán
to reduce, subdue
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to reduce, subdue Ðæt ða munecas furþor restan ðonne healfe niht ðæt seó dæges þigen tófered sý on ðære nihtlícam reste and seó hǽte ðære þigene oferslegen that the monks may rest more than half the night, so that the food of tie day may be distributed
buteruc
A leathern bottle ⬩ flasco, uter
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Monast. Th. 27, 35. Ðæt wæter asceortode, ðe wæs on ðam buturuce consumpta esset aqua in utre, Gen. 21, 15. Butruc flasco, Wrt. Voc. 85, 83
gód
GOOD ⬩ bonus
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Ðǽr wearþ Heáhmund bisceop ofslægen and fela gódra monna there was bishop Heahmund slain and many good men, Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 34.
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lǽce-feoh
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A physician's fee, money paid to a doctor Swá hwylc man swá óðrum wonwlite ongewyrce forgylde him ðone womwlite and his weorc wyrce óþ ðæt seó wund hál sig and ðæt lǽcefeoh ðam lǽce gylde, quicunque homo alio vulnus in faciem inflixerit, emendet ei vulnus
land-sittende
Occupying land
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mycel ǽlc man hæfde ðe landsittende wæs innan Englalande on lande oððe on orfe and hú mycel feós hit wǽre wurþ he [William I.] caused to be written how much every man that was in the occupation of land in England, had in land or in cattle, and how much money
borh-leás
Void of security ⬩ fidejussore carens
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carens Gif hwá borh-leás orf habbe ... agife ðæt orf, and gilde xx oran if any one have cattle borhless [i.e. for which no borh has been given] ... let him give up the cattle, and pay twenty oran [which at 1s. 4d. each, would make £1. 6s. 8d. in our money
Ispánie
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He monega gefeoht on Ispánium þurhteáh, 29: 4, 8; S. 188, 19. Scipia geflémde Hasterbal on Ispániun ( in Hispania), 4, l0; S. 198, 14. He for of Ispánium (ab Hispaniis), 22. Wæs án hirde on Ispánium, 5, 2 ; S. 216, 6.
un-witende
Unwitting ⬩ not knowing ⬩ not aware of what is done ⬩ unconscious
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Unwitting, not knowing, not aware of what is done, unconscious Hé monig tácen self gedyde, þéh hé hié unwitende dyde, Ors. 5, 14; Swt. 248, 14. He oft unwitende slóg mid his heáfde on ðone wág, 5, 15; Swt. 250, 12.
God-fyrht
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Ic haue hére godefrihte muneces I have here godfearing monks, Chr. 656; Erl. 32, 1. Ðá ongan Andreas grétan godfyrhtne then began Andrew to greet the godfearing man, Andr. Kmbl. 2043; An. 1024: 3030; An. 1518. Godferhte, Ps. C. 14; Grn. ii. 277, 14
bearn-eácen
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Gif wíf biþ bearneácen (four months gone with child), feówer mónoð Lch. iii. 144, 19. Witan on bearneácenum wífe hwæþeres cynnes bearn heó cennan sceal, 6. Bearneácnum, ii. 330, 6. Wíf þe bearneácne (-ene, v. l.) (praegnantes) wǽron, Past. 366, 3.
Sunnan-dæg
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:-- Healde man ǽlces Sunnandæges freólsunga fram nóntíde ðæs Sæternes-dæges óþ ðæs Mónan-dæges líhtinge, L.
níwe
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Wé cweðað níwne mónan æfter menniscum gewunan, ac hé is ǽfre se ylca þeáh ðe his leóht gelómlíce hwyrfe, 242, 15.
ymb-gán
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to go round a circular course Ǽr sunne twelf mónða hringc útan ymbgán hæbbe. Guthl. 21; Gdwin. 96, 6. an object Hí útan ymbgáð ceaster circuibunt civitatem, Ps. Spl.
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hergian
to harry ⬩ plunder ⬩ to harrass
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Lbmn. 475, 22. used ot the action that rescued the inhabitants of hell On þone dæg Críst reste deád on byrgenne, and his sáwl somod and his godcundnes somod hergode geond belle grund, Shrn 68. 3. of things, to harrass Hit is wén ðæt sé ne mæge óðerra monna
hínþ
misery ⬩ poverty ⬩ hurt ⬩ injury ⬩ destruction
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L. 12, 44. hurt, injury, destruction: Hié fæstor tósomne beóð gefégde tó gódra monna hiénðe in bonorum gravius nece glomerantur. Past. 361, 21. Hýnðe (vitae) detrimento, i. dispendio, An. Ox, 3156.
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ge-þeódnes
a joining ⬩ juncture ⬩ joint ⬩ junctio ⬩ junctura ⬩ compages
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Monigra monna mód to geþeódnesse ðæs heofonlícan lífes onbærnde wǽron multorum animi appetitum sunt vitæ cælestis accensi, 4, 24; S. 596, 37. a conjunction Conjunctio mæg beón gecweden geþeódnyss conjunctio may be called 'geþeódnyss,' Ælfc.
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ge-twǽfan
To separate ⬩ divert ⬩ detain ⬩ hinder ⬩ deprive
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To separate, divert, detain, hinder, deprive Ne lǽt ðú ðec síðes getwǽfan láde gelettan lifgendne monn do not thou let any living man divert thee from thy course, hinder thy journey, Exon. 123 b; Th. 474, 2; Bo. 23: Beo.