ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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, and all unjust laws carefully suppressed, and that every injustice be weeded out and rooted up, with all possible diligence, from this land, L.
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hláf-leást
Lack of bread
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Lack of bread For ðære hláfleáste ða eorþan ǽton for lack of bread they ate the earth, St. And. 34, 20
standan
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Tó þám forewerdon ꝥ hé becweðe þone sceat þám þe him leófost beó þe on þám lande stent on the condition that he may bequeath the money that is on mortgage on the land as he pleases, Cht. Crw. 9, 121.
ge-beorglic
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The Lat. version has remissio uenialis apud Deum) and for weorulde áberendlic, LI. Th. i. 266, 6. Gefadige man þá steóre swá hit for Gode sý gebeorhlic ( the lat. versions have erga Deum clementius, propter Deum parcibilis), 376, 17.
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hóp
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A piece of raised or enclosed land in the midst of fen, marsh, or waste land, a hope (v. N. E. D. s. v.) Mǽdwǽgan hop, C. D. vi. 243, 14. Perhaps in the gloss fennegan hopu stagnosa ligustra (An. Ox. 36, 14-15), hopu should be taken here.
brecan
to shatter ⬩ demolish ⬩ to subdue ⬩ tame ⬩ reflex ⬩ to struggle ⬩ strive
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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.
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weorold-gímenn
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last passage)
scrift
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healde our agreement that the land was resigned to him on the condition that fifteen shillings a year be paid to the bishop, and also that the penalty (the land had before been subject to the condition that if it were not held by a person in orders it
ge-ceósan
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Se cyng and his witan habbað gecoren and gecweden ꝥ ..., 342, 6. of those subject to a law Eádgáres lage þe ealle men habbað gecoren and tó gesworen, Cht. E. 231, 4. Wille ic ꝥ symble mid eów gehealden sý þe gé tó friðes bóte gecoren hæfdon, Ll.
nese
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'Nese, lá, nese,' 46, I. 'Næse, lá, nese, ' 49, 12. where a prohibition is assented to 'Þ án ic þé bebeóde, ꝥ þú . . . ne forgite ꝥ ꝥ ic ǽr tǽhte.
inne
In ⬩ within ⬩ inside ⬩ in-doors
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On ðám scyran ðe ordríc abbud hæfþ land inne in those shires that abbot Ordric has land in, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 228, 5. Alle ða ðe ðǽr inne eardedon all who dwelt therein, Chr. 491; Erl. 14, 6.
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Norþ-Engle
The inhabitants of the north of England
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The inhabitants of the north of England On Norþ-Engla lage stent ... be Norþ-Engla lage, L. Eth. vii. 13; Th. i. 332, 7-10
for-wyrcan
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Crw. 20, 27 (see note p. 113 on crimes for which forfeiture of land was a penalty). Hæbbe hé hit ... bútan hé hit forwyrce, Cht. E. 238, 24. Hit wæs his lǽn ðæt hé on sæt, hé ne meahte ná his forwyrcan, C. D. ii. 134, 35.
ge-ágnian
To own ⬩ possess ⬩ inherit ⬩ appropriate to one's self ⬩ claim as one's own ⬩ possĭdēre ⬩ herēdĭtāre ⬩ vindĭcāre sibi
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Ða geyrfweardiaþ oððe geáhniaþ land ipsi herēdĭtābunt terram, Ps. Lamb. 36, 9. Ðú geágnadest, Ps. Th. 79, 16. Parthe him ðæt ríce geáhnedon the Parthians took the kingdom to themselves, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 104, 35.
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seáþ
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Danihel læg betwux seofan leónum on ánum seáþe, Homl. Th. i. 488, 5. Héht scúfan scyldigne in drígan seáþ, Elen. Kmbl. 1382; El. 693. In synna seáþ, Exon. Th. 267, 10; Jul. 413.
on-cunnan
To accuse a person (acc.) of something (gen., clause beginning with ðæt or with prep, be, for), to blame, charge, lay to a person's charge
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., clause beginning with ðæt or with prep, be, for), to blame, charge, lay to a person's charge Ðonne oncann hé hiene selfne for ðære hrædhýdignesse ðe hé ǽr tó fela sealde occasionem contra se im- patientiae enquirit, Past. 44, 4; Swt. 325, 16.
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síþ
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Him lásta wearþ síþast gesýne the last trace of them was seen, Exon. Th. 270, 34 ; Jul. 475. Ðæt ðæm þeódne wæs síþas[t] sigehwíl ( his last hour of victory ), Beo. Th. 5413 ; B. 2710.
wund
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(la) add :-- Gif man bið on hrif wund, Ll. Th. i. 96, 10. Gif mon sié on þá herðan tó þám swíðe wund, 25
wiþer-saca
an adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ enemy ⬩ a rebel ⬩ an adversary at law ⬩ a prosecutor ⬩ one who renounces ⬩ denies ⬩ apostate
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Ben. 112, 13. an adversary at law, a prosecutor (?)
híd
familia
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The nominatives híde, gyrde in, Þ næs án ǽlpig híde ne án gyrde landes,' Chr. 1085; P. 216, 27, are perhaps really incorrect late forms] a portion of land Híd cassatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 21. Ðis syndon ðǽre halfre híde landgemǽru, C.