biblio-þéce
a library ⬩ bibliotheca ⬩ The Bible ⬩ biblia
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T. Grn. 16, 6-8. Se saltere ys án bóc on ðære Biblioþécan the psalter is one book in the Bible, Ælfc. T. 14, 25.
wiþer-tihtle
A counter-charge ⬩ cross-action
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I. 34, 5; Th. i. 537, 6-10
weorold-hláford
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An earthly master, a temporal lord Se ðe gyfð ge ðæs worldhláfordes freóndscype ge his ágenne, Shrn. 177, 6. Se esne ðe ǽrendaþ his woroldhláforde wífes, Past. 19; Swt. 143, 2. Beó manna gehwylc hold and getrýwe his worldhláforde. Wulfst. 74, 9.
á-metan
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Add: to measure (lit or fig.) Ðú ám[et]st adpendes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 21. Ámet metitur, An. Ox. 20. Hé ámæt eorðan mensus est terram, Cant. Ab. 6.
bóc-land
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Voc. ii. 34, 50. Ic geseah englas ferigan gesǽlige sáwle of ðínum (the abbess Ælflæd's) bóclande (de tuo monasterio), Hml. Th. ii. 150, 26. An ic (King Eadred) mínre méder ealra mínra bóclanda þe ic on Súð-Seaxum hæbbe, C. D. B. iii. 75, 25.
for-gifen
forgiven ⬩ pardoned ⬩ mild ⬩ gentle ⬩ indulgent
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L. 10, 12, 14. Forgefenro, Mt. L. 11, 22. Forgefenre, 24
Linked entries: for-gifan for-gifenlic
ge-háwian
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Add: to notice, observe an object Ǽlc man ðára þe æágan heft ǽrest háwað þæs ðe hé geseón wolde oð ðone first þe hé hyt geháwað Þonne hé hyt geháwad heaft, ðonne gesyhð hé hit, Solil. H. 27, 7. Þæt ic þé geháwian mæge ut aspiciam te, 11, 18.
grǽg
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Voc. ii. 35, 34. Grége gós gans, 42, 15. Tó ðám grǽgan stáne, C. D. iii. 446, 8. Tó grǽwan stáne, ii. 29, 3. On grégan stán, v. 233, 2. Oþ þá grǽgan hárnesse usque cigneam canitiem, An. Ox. 1876. Nis ná Godes wunung on ðám grǽgum stánum, Hml.
inn
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Nán mann ne mihte ne inn (ing, v. l. ) ne út, Chr. 1016; P. 149, 6. Se ingang is eástan in, Shrn. 69, 3. Be cumbe ing on holan bróc; ꝥ andlang streámes ing on hlósmoc, C. D. iii. 412, 24. Ing tó ealdan mynstre, Che. E. 185, 7.
mǽte
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Hé mót ǽgðer witan ge lǽsse ge mǽre, ge betere ge mǽtre ðæs ðe tó túne belimpð, Angl. ix. 259, 23. Hý getrymedon him word mǽte firmauerunt sibi uerbum malum, Ps. Rdr. 63, 6. Micle ge méttan, C. D. B. iii. 491, 12.
strídan
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Add: to mount a horse Hé him sylf sóna strád (ástáh.v. l.) upon his hors ipse statim ascendent equum, Gr. D. 81, 20. [Wiche strides he makede dunward and eft uppard, ꝥ seið Salomon . . .
tó-brítan
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add: to break to pieces a material object Reód forþrést ne sý tó;brýd ( conterendum ), R. Ben. I. 108, 9. to destroy a person or thing, bring to destruction His setl on eorðan þú tóbrýttest sedem eius in terra collisisti, Ps. L. 88, 45.
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.
ofer-leóran
to pass, pass away, pass by ⬩ to pass moral bounds, deviate from right, transgress
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to pass, pass away, pass by Hé oferlióræs (-lióraþ, Rush.) from deáþe in lífe transiet a morte in vitam, Jn. Skt. Lind. 5, 24. Oferleóraþ transeant, p. 4, 10. Oferhlióras transibunt, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 31.
híréd-mann
A member of a 'híréd:' —
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A.)] on his ágenum borge let every lord have the members of his household in his own 'borg,' L. C. S. 31; Th. i. 394, 27: L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, 9.
sirwung
Plotting ⬩ machination ⬩ contrivance
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As. 101, 308. Be hláfordes syrwunge. Gif hwá embe cynincg oððe hláford syrwie of plotting against a lord. If any man plot against king or lord, L. C. S. 58; Th. i. 408, 1.
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ge-deorfan
to labour, do hard work ⬩ to perish, be destroyed, be wrecked (lit. or fig.),
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Voc. ii. 85, 60: 60, 68. Ðá hí oninnan þǽm sǽfærelde wǽron, þá gedu[r]fon (a letter is erased before the f) hí ealle and ádruncen obruta est et interfecta universa Aegypti multitude, Ors. 7; S. 38, 33.
symblan
To feast
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To feast Hú mǽre ðín folc is, ǽlce dæge hit symblaþ, Ps. Th. 22, 7. Hió ofer hire suna symblaþ and blissaþ, 112, 8. Se weliga se ðe on ðæm godspelle gesǽd is ðætte ǽlce dæge symblede . . .
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healf
a half
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Add: as adj. immediately preceding a substantive. denoting the thing which is halved Án healf tún . . . healfne tún, C. D. ii. 66, 29-30. Healf wer ætfealð, Ll. Th. i. 354, 21. Þolige hé healfe weres, 398, 5: 254, 15. Be healfan were gyldan, Ll.
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FREÓLS
freedom ⬩ immunity ⬩ privilege ⬩ lībertas ⬩ immūnĭtas ⬩ privĭlēgium ⬩ a time of freedom ⬩ a holy day ⬩ feast ⬩ festival ⬩ the celebration of a festival ⬩ festum ⬩ festi celebratio
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Eth. v. 17; Th. i. 308, 23: L. C. E. 16; Th. i. 368, 26. To ðam eáster-lícan freólse to the paschal feast. Lk. Bos. 2, 42; L. Eth. v. 14; Th. i. 308, 14, 16, 17: L. C. E. 16; Th. i. 368, 25.