on-setness
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on-feng
laying hold of, seizing ⬩ taking, with the idea of wrongful taking ⬩ defence, protection (cf. and-fenga) ⬩ attack, onset, assault
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laying hold of, seizing Be cirliscre fǽmnan onfeuge. Gif mon on cirliscre fǽmnan breóst gefó, L. Alf. pol. 11; Th. i. 68, 13. Be nunnena onfenge(andfencgum, MS. B.: anfenge, MS. H.), 18; Th. i. 72, 7. Be þeófes onfenge æt þiéfþe, L. In. 28; Th. i. 120
on-cýð
Grief, distress
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Grief, distress Denum eallum wæs weorce on móde, oncýð eorla gehwæm, syððan Æscheres hafelan métton, Beo. Th. 2844; B. 1420. Hæfde Eást-Denum gilp gelǽsted, swylce oncýððe ealle gebétte, 1664; B. 830
on-fón
to take ⬩ to take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have given ⬩ to take what another offers, receive favourably, accept ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to undergo a rite, undertake a duty ⬩ to conceive ⬩ to take to, to begin ⬩ incipere
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to take Calic hǽlu ic onfóu, Ps. Surt. 115, 13. Hé mycelne dǽl ðæs landes on anweald onféng, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 12. Mód Bryttas onféngon they took courage, 1, 16; S. 484, 19. Se Ælmihtiga onféng ðæt hiw úre tyddran gecynde. Geþencean wé, gif óðer nýten
riht-æþelu
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Take here the passage given under riht-aþelo
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on-týnness
ǽ-riht
Law-right ⬩ law ⬩ jus legurn ⬩ jus
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Law-right, law; jus legurn, jus Ða ðe fyrngewritu sélest cunnen, ǽriht eówer who the old writings best know, your own law, Elen. Kmbl. 749; El. 375: 1176; El. 590
riht-laga
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Swá hit rihtlagu (-laga, v. l. ) sý, Ll. Th. i. 396, 1. Woroldwitan gesettan tó godcundan rihtlagan worldlaga, 334, 22. Worldwitan tó godcundan rihtlagan þás laga setton, ii. 242, 13. Add
riht-þeów
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a lawful slave Sæge ꝥ ic þín rihtþeówa (-þeów, v. l.) sý servum me juris tui esse profitere, Gr. D. 180, 6
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lyt-hwón
A little
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A little [space, time, quantity] Meng lythwón wið hunig mix a little with honey, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 22, 20. Lythw-on becom cwicera tó cýððe few living reached their country, Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 5; Jud. 311: Elen. Kmbl. 284; El. 142. Ðá hé wæs lythwón
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riht-lǽcan
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Add:(?) : to agree, be fitting Gehwǽrlǽcan ł riht-[lǽcan] congruant, i. conueniant (quamvis gymnicorum exempla . . . rite congruant ad comparationem eorum, Ald. 3, 23), An. Ox. 66. Rihtlǽcan seems doubtful here, as the verb elsewhere is transitive, and
burh-riht
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The civil law; jus civile, Som. v. riht law
riht-racu
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Add: reason Hé ne séceð ná þone geleáfan, ac rihtræce and gesceádwísnesse fidem non quaerit, sed rationem, Gr. D. 264, 12. Cf. Is ꝥ forinweardlíce riht racu, Bt. 40, 1; F. 236, 10, where riht seems an adjective qualified by an adverb
weorold-riht
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right in worldly matters, civil or secular law Wylle wé ǽrest, ðæt Godes riht forð gá and woruldriht syððan, Wulfst. 274, 20. Beó on ðære scíre bisceop and se ealdorman, and ðǽr ǽgðer tǽcan ge Godes riht ge woruldriht, L. Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 5. the
riht-gifu
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a lawful gift, a gift that is rightfully made. The word occurs in a section of Cnut's laws headed 'De officiis domino debitis', but what was the nature of the obligation to which it is applied is nowhere explained Hláfordes rihtgifu
riht-gesamhíwan
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lawfully married persons Be ðon ðe ryhtgesamhíwan (rihtgehíwan, v. l., Ll. Lbmn. 22, 25) bearn hæbben, and ðonne se wer gewíte. Gif ceorl and his wíf bearn hæbben gemǽne, Ll. Th. i. 126, 1. Cf. riht-híwa
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folc-riht
Folkright ⬩ common law ⬩ public right ⬩ the understood compact by which every freeman enjoys his rights as a freeman ⬩ publícum jus ⬩ commūne ⬩ τὸ κοινόν
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Folkright, common law, public right, the understood compact by which every freeman enjoys his rights as a freeman; publícum jus, commūne = τὸ κοινόν Arǽre up Godes riht; and heonanforþ lǽte manna gehwylcne, ge earmne ge eádigne, folcrihtes wyrðe, and
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riht-handdǽda
The actual perpetrator of a crime
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The actual perpetrator of a crime Gif hwá wrace dó on ǽnigum óðrum bútan on ðam rihthanddǽdan, L. Edm. S. 1; Th. i. 248, 12
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riht-gelífende
having a true belief faithful
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having a true belief faithful Seó duru ðæs heofonlícan ríces biþ ontýned ðǽm rihtgelýfendum monnum, Blickl. Homl. 61, 9. Ic beó lífes gást on eallum rihtgelýfendum on mé, 185, 34
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riht-geþancod
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Rihte on heortan ł ðá rihtgeþancodan rectos corde, Ps. L. 36, 14. Add