án-gild
a single payment or compensation ⬩ the single value of property claimed or in dispute ⬩ a rate fixed by law, at which certain injuries, either to person or property, were to be paid for ⬩ simplex compensatio ⬩ the fixed price or rate at which cattle and other goods were received as currency ⬩ æstimatio ⬩ pretium
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a single payment or compensation, the single value of property claimed or in dispute, — a rate fixed by law, at which certain injuries, either to person or property, were to be paid for; simplex compensatio Forgylde ðæt ángylde let him pay for it with
-hád
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</b> marking office, rank, apostol-, bisceop-, mæsse-preóst-, martyr-, munuc-, pápan-, preóst-, sácerd-hád. cf. hád ; <b>V. V a.
ge-þingþu
honour ⬩ dignity ⬩ rank ⬩ honor ⬩ dignitas
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; now it is credible that the blessed queen excels others with so much brightness and glory, as much as her rank is not comparable with that of other saints, i. 446, 2-5: Jud.
a-wyrdan
To injure ⬩ corrupt ⬩ destroy ⬩ lædere ⬩ corrumpere ⬩ vitiare ⬩ violare
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Ðýlæs hí [scil. wæstmas] rénes scúr awyrde lest the shower of rain should destroy them [i. e. the fruits ], Exon. 59 b ; Th. 215, 2 ; Ph. 247
Dalamensan
The Dalamensan; Dalamensæ: a Slavonic race, who dwelt in Misnia on both sides of the river Elbe
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The Dalamensan; Dalamensæ: a Slavonic race, who dwelt in Misnia on both sides of the river Elbe Be norþan eástan Maroara syndon Dalamensan, and be eástan Dalamensan [MS. Dalamensam] sindon Horithi, and be norþan Dalamensan [MS.
DREÓSAN
To rush, fall, perish ⬩ cadĕre, ruĕre
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Dreóseþ deáw and rén dew and rain fall, 16 b; Th. 38, 19; Cri. 609. Druron dómleáse they fell ingloriously, Andr. Kmbl. 1989; An. 997.
Éste
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The Esthonians or Osterlings are a Finnish race, — the Éstas of Wulfstan and the Osterlings of the present day.
ge-rihtreccan
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Ic þé meg secgan þæt ic eom seó gesceádwísnes ðínes módes, þe ðé wið sprecð, and ic eom seó racu ðe mé onhagað ðé tó gerihtreccenne (the demonstration that it is in my power to give you), ðæt þú gesyhst myd ðínes módes eágan God swá sweotole swá þú nú
ofer-rǽdan
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I. 96, 16. to read over to oneself, peruse Gif hwilc gelǽred man þás race oferrǽde oððe rǽdan gehýre, Hml. Th. ii. 460, 5. Seó bóc is on Englisc áwend, on ðǽre mæg gehwá be ðison genihtsumlíce gehýran, sé ðe hí oferrǽdan wile, 358, 31
hrán
A reindeer
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A reindeer Se byrdesta sceall gyldan fíf hránes fell a man of the highest rank has to pay five reindeer skins, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 18, 20.
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reccan
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Th. 455, 19; Rä. 33, 13. Hér begann se deófol tó reccanne hálige gewritu and hé leáh mid ðære race here the devil began to expound holy writ, and he was false in his exposition, Homl. Th. i. 170, 4.
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DEÁD
DEAD ⬩ mortuus
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Mec deádne ofgeáfun fæder and móder father and mother gave me up as dead, 103 a; Th. 391, 7; Rä. 10, 1: Beo.Th. 2623; B. 1309.
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EARM
ARM, the limb extending from the shoulder to the hand ⬩ brachium ⬩ ocean, etc ⬩ sĭnus, rāmus
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Næfde séllícu wiht exle ne earmas the wonderful thing had not shoulders nor arms, Exon. 108 b; Th. 415, 4; Rä. 33, 6: 129 a; Th. 494, 24; Rä. 83, 6. Ðe me mid his earmum worhte who made me with his arms, Cd. 26; Th. 34, 28; Gen. 544: Ps. Th. 90, 11.
ge-rǽcan
To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer
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Siððan ic ðurh hylles hróf gerǽce when I reach through the hill's summit, 104 b; Th. 397, 30; Rä. 16, 27. Ðe gerǽcaþ wǽpen whom weapons reach, 102 a; Th. 386, 7; Rä. 4, 58. Ðú me gerǽhtest mid handa extendisti manum tuam, Ps. Th. 137, 7.
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lyft
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Stille þynceð lyft ofer londe and lagu swíge, Rä. 4, 11. Cómon twégen deóflu tó him of þǽre lyfte velut ex aere lapsi, Guth. Gr. 123, 7. Fliógan ofer þám fýre þe is betwux þám rodore and þǽre lyfte, Bt. 36, 2 ; F. 174, 10.
fill
death ⬩ destruction
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Se druncena . . . þurh fyllas bewylewud ebriosus . . . per precipitia deuolutus, Scint. 107, 14. figurative Hé gǽð on ðone weg, ac hé nát on hwæt hé gǽð, ac hé wirð suíðe raðe on fielle (citius corruit), Past. 287, 17. fall in battle, death, destruction
ge-fadian
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S. 3, 285. to order conduct, action, life, manage a matter Yfele þú gefadast þínne rǽd, Hml. S. 3, 303. Gif hé his weorc mid wísdóme gefadað, 1, 235. Þæt gehíwode yfel deófol sylf gefadað and gehýwað to þám þæt þæt ðincð gód, Wlfst. 54, 9.
grǽdignes
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Add: covetousness, cupidity Wyrtruma ys ealra yfela grǽdignyss radix est omnium malorum cupiditas, Scint. 100, 8: 111, 5: 112, 2. Ungefyllendlic eáge grǽdignysse, 110, 16: Prud. 57. Be grǽdignysse de cupiditate, Scint. 110, 3.
wísian
shew ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ to shew ⬩ shew ⬩ point put ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ indicate
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Th. 383, 19; Rä. 4, 13. Grammar wísian, with acc. of that to which the way is shewn, to shew the way to, shew, point put Secg wísade, lagucræftig mon, landgemyrcu. Beo. Th. 422 ; B. 208.
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slítan
To slit, tear, rend ⬩ to tear a garment ⬩ rend ⬩ to tear, split, rend, cleave, divide ⬩ to tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, ⬩ to tear, bite ⬩ irritate ⬩ to tear ⬩ to destroy, waste, consume ⬩ to carp at, back-bite ⬩ to tear ⬩ attero ⬩ to tear, split ⬩ to tear, break ⬩ scindere, lacerare, laniare, lacessere, saevire, delere ⬩ to slit, tear, break
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Th. 393, 17; Rä 13, 1. Hrefn hine slíteþ 329, 20; Vy. 37. Hine se wulf slíteþ 342, 27; Gn. Ex. 148. Hé (the evil spirit) bítes and slítes hine Mk. Skt. Rush. 9, 18. Heora heortan wyrmas ceorfaþ and slítaþ Dóm.