fór-syngian
To sin greatly ⬩ multum peccāre
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To sin greatly; multum peccāre Ne wurþ ǽnig man on worlde swá swíðe fórsyngad, ðe he wið Gode gebétan ne mǽge no man in the world is so very sinful, that he may not make atonement to God, L. Pen. 12; Th. ii. 282, 1
hulc
a hulk ⬩ liburna
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A light ship, a hulk [but in later times the word is applied to a heavy ship of clumsy make]; liburna, Ælfc. Gl. 103; Som. 77, 102; Wrt. Voc. 56, 23. Si adveniat ceol vel hulcus, L. Eth. iv. 2; Th. i. 300, 9
ge-léwan
To betray ⬩ deceive ⬩ weaken ⬩ injure ⬩ prodere
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Gif hit byþ deád oððe geléwed if it is dead or hurt, Exod. 22, 10, 14. (Or does geléwed here = geléfed? cf. aléuaþ and geuntrumaþ, Homl. Th. i. 4, 22; and Swt. Rdr. 110, 174, note.)
tácor
A husband's brother, brother-in-law
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A husband's brother, brother-in-law Tácor (tácur) levir, Txts. 74, 598. Tácor, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 27, 20: levir, i. frater mariti, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 31. Tácor, ðæt is brýdguma[n] bróðor levirum, ii. 84, 16. Tácor, 50, 30: Hpt. Gl. 498, 75
cyne-stól
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Th. ii. 300, 26. Babilon ðe ic self átimbrede tó kynestóle Babilon quam ego aedificavi in domum regni, Past. 39, 17
ge-sundlic
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healthy Gesceáwa ǽlce dæge ꝥ þín útgong and micge sié gesundlic, Lch. ii. 226, 20. safe. Cf. ge-sund ; Se weg is mycele gesundlicra tutior est via, Gr. D. 348, 10. prosperous On þám gesundlicum þingum in prosperity, Bd. 4, 23 ; Sch. 475, 10
Linked entry: -sundlic
hundred-seten
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In multis locis debent habere constitutionem hundredi, quod Angli dicunt kundrtsdsetene, Ll. Lbmn. 615, 15. Omnes forisfacturas . . . id est hundredsetene, áthac et ordélas, C. D. ii. 252, 12. Cf. next word
á-wendedness
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Hwæt is gódra manna deáð búton áwendednys and færr fram deáðe tó ðám écan lífe?, Hml. Th. ii. 232, 23. Gif hwá rǽde ic bidde ꝥ hé þás áwændednesse (translation) ne tǽle, Ap. Th. 28, 18. On áwændednyssum heora, (commutationibus) Ps. L. 43, 13. Add
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þeów
A servant; ⬩ slave ⬩ servus ⬩ famulus ⬩ mancipium
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I. P. 12; Th. ii. 268, 11: L. Th. P. 21, 13; Th. ii. 24, 1. Ðeówæs wegreáf sé .iii. scillingas, L. Ethb. 89; Th. i. 24, 16; in the case of the ceorl it is six shillings, 19; Th. i. 8, 1. Gif þeów steleþ, .ii. gelde gebéte, 90; Th. i. 24, 17.
galluc
The plant comfrey ⬩ symphy̆tum officĭnāle,
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fields, and also in meadows, Herb. 60, 1; Lchdm. i. 162, 10-12.
ceorung
A murmuring, complaint, grudging ⬩ murmuratio, querimonia, querela
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Th. ii. 286, 14
hyrst
A hurst ⬩ copse ⬩ wood
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The word occurs most frequently in compounds, e.g. hnut-hyrst, æsc-hyrst, etc. and is still found as hurst in names of places. See Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxxii, and Leo's Anglo-Saxon Names. p. 107 In hyrst sciofingden, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. i. 273, 6.
Ælfríc
Ælfric ⬩ Ælfricus
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Th. i. pp. v-x: Lchdm. iii. pref. pp. xiv-xxix, etc. A list of his numerous books is given in Wright's Biographia Britannia Literaria, A. Sax. Period, pp. 485-494, and in Homl. Th. i. pp. vii-ix.
ge-cweþan
to speak ⬩ to say. ⬩ to say, tell, give an account of a circumstance ⬩ to declare, announce ⬩ to settle. ⬩ to agree upon a course of action, arrange, fix a time ⬩ to settle a regulation, law, an ordinance ⬩ where property is to be disposed of by will ⬩ (2 b) to settle property, assign to a person :-- ⬩ to offer, propose ⬩ to order ⬩ to give orders for (tó ) action ⬩ to call, name, ⬩ a name ⬩ to call an object so and so, say that it is so and so ⬩ to name, mention, speak of ⬩ to say, use certain words as a true description of an object
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Th. ii. 48, 3
Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden
spadu
A spade ⬩ sarculum, rastrum
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Voc. ii. 123, 10
heá-líce
on high ⬩ greatly ⬩ extremely ⬩ nobly ⬩ elaborately
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Th. 1. 13. specially: Heálícust on tíde gebedes precipue in tempore orationis, Scint. 36, 16. in or to a high degree or extent, greatly, extremely Ealle mægene hergan heálíce, Cri. 383. Swá swá heálicor ic geswu[telige] ut ahius pandam, An.
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morþ
death ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ that which causes death ⬩ murder ⬩ slaying with an attempt at concealment of the deed ⬩ murder ⬩ homicide
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Ic bidde ðæt man ðæs morþes (deadly sin, marriage by men in orders) heononforþ geswíce, L. I. P. 23; Th. ii. 334, 23.
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þearfa
destitute of, ⬩ needing ⬩ a needy, ⬩ poor person
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Thus in general terms it is said :-- Wé willaþ myngian freónda gehwylcne, ðæt hí Godes þearfan fréfrian and fédan, L.
alor
An ALDER- tree ⬩ alnus ⬩ alnus glutihosa
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The alder, or rather aler, is an inhabitant of swamps and meadows in all Europe, the north of Africa and Asia, and North America. Its favourite station is by the side of rivulets, or in the elevated parts of marshy land where the soil is drained.