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rand

(n.)
Grammar
rand, es; m.
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The word seems to have a different meaning in Icelandic : 'á fornum skjöldum var títt at skrifa rönd þá er baugr var kallaðr, ok er við þann baug skildir kenndir.' v. Cl. and Vig. s.v. baugr.

Linked entry: rand-beáh

brecan

(v.)

to shatterdemolishto subduetamereflexto strugglestrive

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Mid þǽm palistas hié weallas brǽcon, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 9. to break land, plough for the first time Brocen land novalis ager, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 53. to break a chain Racentan brecan, Bt. 25; F. 88, 13. to violate a law, agreement, &c.

Linked entry: bracan

ge-hǽlan

(prep.)
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</b> to save from something :-- Gehǽl mé of ðisse tíde saluifica me ex hora hac, Jn. 12, 27. Mé wið blódhreówes weres bealuwe gehǽle de viris sanguinum salva me, Ps.

ge-hiwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hiwian, l. ge-híwian,
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THORN;ás twelf tácna sind swá gehíwode on ðám heofenlicum roderum, and synd swá bráde ꝥ hí gefyllað twá tída mid hyra úpgange, Lch. iii. 246, 6.

Linked entry: ge-hiwad

hengen

a crossa rack

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'Áhóð hine on þǽre hengene and hetelíce ástreccað ealle his lima þ þá liþa him tógaan.' þá gefæstnodon þá cwelleras hine on þǽre heardre hengene, and hine hetelíce tihton, swá swá man web tiht...

hryre

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Gif on tíde (.x.) þunrað fram eástdǽle ryras buruga ( rui[n]as urbium ) getácnað, Archiv cxx. 51, 45. a yielding to temptation, moral fall Besende se áwyrgeda gást mænigfealde geþóhtas on heora mód, and wurdon þearle gecostnode þurh his fægernysse .

of

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Þú tída gehwane of sylfum þé symle inlíhtest, Cri. 108. <b>III a.</b> denoting cause, reason :-- Hé in yrmðum wunode þe of his lufan (from love of him) ádrég, An. 164.

Róm-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
Róm-feoh, gen. -feós; n.

Peter's pence

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Further with regard to the time of payment it is enacted : 'Iste (denarius) summoniri debet in festivitate sanctorum Apostolorum Petri et Pauli, et ultra festum Sancti Petri ad Vincula non detineatur,' Th. i. 446.

wǽdl

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdl, (v.
  • P. B. viii. 535
), e: wǽdle, an; f.

Povertywantpovertyindigencewantpenuryunproductivenessbarrenness

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Ðǽr is wyrma slite and ealra wǽdla gripe, Wulfst. 114, 24. weak forms Gé þeówiaþ eówrum feóndum and Drihten ásent hungor on eów and þurst and næcede and ǽlce wǽdlan servies inimico tuo, quem immittet tibi Dominus, in fame et siti et nuditate et omni

Linked entry: wéðel

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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Án ðé is forgeten unum tibi deest, Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 21

Linked entry: for-gietan

láð

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
láð, es; n.

harmevilinjuryhurttroublegriefpainannoyanceenmity

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Ðæt hé ðé nánwiht láðes ne dó ut nec ipse tibi aliquid mali faciat, 514, 3. Ðæt him mon nóht láðes gedón dorste ne qui prædicantibus quicquam molestiæ inferret, 5, 10; S. 624, 6.

niht

(n.)
Grammar
niht, næht, næct, neaht, neht, nyht, e; f.: but also with gen. es.

nightnightdarknessnight

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Hé hine micelre tíde ðære deáhlan neahte swong, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 13. Scínaþ þurh ða scíran neaht, Met. 20, 229. Niht (næht, Lind. Rush.) cymþ ðonne nán man wyrcan ne mæg, Jn. Skt. 9, 4 : 13, 30. Fira bearnum neálǽhte niht seó þýstre, Judth.

flód

flooda riverwatera flooddelugethe Delugea torrent

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Add: flood, flowing of the tide Flood adsida, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, l. On ǽlcum ánum geáre weaxeð ꝥ flód ðæs sǽs feówer and twéntigum síða, and swá oft wanað, Shrn. 63, 29. Ðonne hit bið full flód, C. D. iv. 24, l.

ge-beorgan

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</b> to abstain from wrong-doing :-- Nis on ǽnigne tíman unriht álýfed, and þeáh man sceal freólstídon . . . georn*-*lícost gebyrgan, Ll. Th. i. 398, 19

hláford

(n.)
Grammar
hláford, es; m.

A LORD;dominus. herus

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Áhte ic fela wintra folgaþ tilne holdne hláford I had for many years a good service, a gracious lord, Exon. 100 b; Th. 379, 26; Deór. 39.

Linked entries: hláf-weard hlǽfdige

tó-flówan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-flówan, p. -fleów; pp. -flówen

To flow different ways,disperse in flowing,flow awayto flow in different directions, be dispersedto melt away,be destroyed to wander,be drawn hither and thither,be distractedto be separated,take different directionsto spreadto pass away,be dissipated,scattered,rendered useless,brought to nothingto separate in confusion,become disconnected

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Of ðære tíde ongan se hyht and mægen Angelcynnes ríces tóflówan and gewanod beón ex quo tempore spes coepit et virtus regni Anglorum fluere, ac retro sublapsa referri, 4, 26; S. 602, 28. to separate in confusion, become disconnected lc ongite ðæt ealle

Linked entry: te-flówan

ge-limpan

(v.)
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Tíd gelimpð worde tempus accidit uerbo, 123, 12: 268, 10. Þreó ðing gelimpað þisum dǽle tria accidunt coniunctioni, 258, 14. Sume naman synd accidentia þe gelimpað ánum gehwylcum, 12, 13.

losian

(v.)
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Þæt him hálig gǽst losige þurh leahtras on þás lǽnan tíd, Cri. 1559. to be wasted, not to be used to advantage Somnigas ðá screádunga ðætte ne loesige (losia, L. ), Jn. R. 6, 12.

teóðung

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung, teóðing, e; f.
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Further, the time of payment and the penalties for neglect to pay were fixed Gif hwá teóðunge forhealde, gylde lahslit mid Denum, wíte mid Englum, L. E. G. 6; Th i. 170, 1.

Linked entry: tegðung

weorc

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
weorc, es; n.

Work opus.workoperative actionoperationworkingdoingperformanceworkdoingsactionswhat a person does what happens worklabouroccupationemploymentany form of long-sustained or habitual activitya particular act of labourworkmanshipa workdeedany actionof action that gives affect to anythinga work, what is wroughta strong building, fortresswork, what is done, effect producedpain, travail, grief,the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person

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Bt. 31, tit.; Fox xvi, 9.

Linked entries: weorce weorc-sum werc