un-gilde
Not entitled to wergild
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Not entitled to wergild Gif se friðman fleó oþþon feohte, and nelle hine cýþan, gif hine man ofsleá, licge ungylde, L. Eth. ii. 3; Th. i. 286, 14. Homo qui aliquem innocentem affliget in via regia, si jaceat, jaceat in ungildan ækere [as the technical
deórwyrðlíce
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richly, sumptuously, splendidly, gloriously Ꝥ mann his godas deórwurðlíce frætewode, Hml. S. 14, 129. Hé geseah ðone rícan deórweorðlíce geglencgedne. Hml. Th. i. 330, 14. Hé geseah Drihtnes ródetácn deórwurðlíce scínan, ii. 304, 11 ; Hml. S. 27, 92.
ge-witleás
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Add Gewitleása freneticus, i. demoniaticus, insanus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 51. out of one's mind, mad. v. ge-wit; Ic wénde ꝥ heó gewitleás wǽre (cf. þú forlure þín gewitt, 311), Hml. S. 36, 352. Læg þǽr sum man on his móde gefangen mid ungewittignesse;
Róm-pening
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Sig ǽlc Rómpenig ágifen be Petres mæssedæge ǽiþer ge uppon lande ge on ǽlcan porte, Shrn. 208, 32. Rómpenegas (cf. seó ǽlc heorþpenig ágifen be Petres mæssedæg, 116, 4), Wulfst 113, 11. Wé willaþ ðæt ǽlc Rómpænig beó gelǽst be Petres mæssan tó ðam bisceopstóle
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æ-scære
Without tonsure ⬩ uncut ⬩ untrimmed ⬩ neglected ⬩ intonsus ⬩ incultus ⬩ neglectus
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Without tonsure, uncut, untrimmed, neglected; intonsus, incultus, neglectus Deóplíc dǽd-bót biþ, ðæt lǽwede man swá æscære beó, ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre, ne on nægle it is a deep penitence, that a layman be so untrimmed that scissors [iron] come not
cin-bán
The CHIN-BONE ⬩ mandibula, mentum
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The CHIN-BONE; mandibula, mentum Cin-bán man-dibula, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 81; Wrt. Voc. 43, 14. Cin-bán mentum, Text. Rof. 40, 1. Se ðe cin-bán forslæhþ, mid xx scillingum forgelde let him who breaks the chin-bone pay for it with twenty shillings,
folc-ágende
Folk-owning ⬩ păpŭlum possĭdens
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Folk-owning; păpŭlum possĭdens Bealg hine swíðe folcágende the folk-owning [man] was much irritated, Exon. 68a; Th. 253, 26; Jul. 186: Beo. Th. 6218; B. 3113. Nis se foldan sceat mongum gefére folcágendra the tract of earth is not easy of access to many
gǽst-berend
A spirit-bearer ⬩ man ⬩ is qui spīrĭtum vel ănĭmum fert ⬩ hŏmo
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A spirit-bearer, man; is qui spīrĭtum vel ănĭmum fert, hŏmo Ðás gǽstberend gíman nellaþ these spirit-bearers will not heed, Exon. 31 a; Th. 97, 33; Cri. 1600 : 78 a; Th. 293, 17; Crä. 2. Ic gǽstberend cwelle compwǽpnum I kill the living with battle-weapons
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herung
Praising, praise
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Praising, praise Herung laudatio, Ps. Spl. 110, 11. For manna herunge for the praise of men, Homl. Th. i. 60, 33: 38, 10: 180, 20. On ðære heringe ðæs eádgan weres in praise of the blessed man, Past. 56, 7; Swt. 435, 18: Bt. 27, 3; Fox 100, 4: 30, l;
mædere
Madder
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Madder Mæddre vermiculi, rubia, Ælfc. Gl. 42; Som. 64, 13, 19; Wrt. Voc. 31, 24, 29. Mædere anchorum, 67, 38 : veneria, 68, 38 : sandix (herba), Hpt. Gl. 524, 41. Ðeós wyrt ðe man gryas and óðrum naman mædere nemneþ, Herb. 51, 1; Lchdm. i. 154, 12 :
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ge-sceádlíce
Reasonably, rationally ⬩ rationabiliter
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Reasonably, rationally; rationabiliter Ful ge-sceádlíce ðú me andswarast and fulrihte thou answerest me very rationally and rightly, Shrn. 184, 17: 165, 21. Man sceal gesceádlíce tosceádan ylde and geóguþe we must discreetly distinguish between age and
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sife
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A sieve Sibi crebrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 41. Sife crebrum, cribellum, 136, 62 : cribrum, i. 34, 41 : cribra vel cribellum, 83, 20. Lytel sife cribellum, 34, 42. Ásift smale þurh smæl sife sift fine through a fine sieve, Lchdm. ii. 94, 2 : 72, 28. Man
un-fortredde
not destroyed by treading ⬩ knot-grass ⬩ polygonum aviculare
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not destroyed by treading; a name given to a plant that can grow in trodden paths, knot-grass; polygonum aviculare Pilogonus et sanguinaria ðæt is unfortredde, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 66. Unfortrædde. Ðeós wyrt ðe man proserpinacam and óðrum naman unfortredde
un-gefrǽgelíc
Unheard of ⬩ unusual ⬩ extraordinary
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Unheard of, unusual, extraordinary Gyf hyra ( gallinarum ) hwylc man æthríneþ, ðonne forbærnaþ hí sóna eall his líc; ðæt syndon ungefrǽgelícu (unge frelicu, un ge fræ licu, MSS. v. Anglia i. 332) lyblác, Nar. 34, 3. Ða deór habbaþ eahta fét, and wælkyrian
hádung
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Be ðæs abbodes hádunge. On abbodes hádunge . . . de ordinando abbati. In abbatis ordinatione . . . R. Ben. 117, 15. Heó wearð þá gefullod and hádunga underféng ( took the veil). . . and manega óðre mǽdenu wurdon Críste gehálgode, Hml. S. 7, 284. Hine
riht-ǽw
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Add: -ǽwe; n. (v. ǽwe). Add Wé lǽrað ꝥ man geswíce cifesgemánan and lufige rihtǽwe, Ll. Th. ii. 248, 18. Add Gif hé cyfesan hæbbe and náne rihtǽwe si concubinam habeat, et nullam legitimam uxorem, Ll. Th. ii. 186, 3. Heródes ðá áwearp his rihtǽwe, and
þæder
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Add: local Þæder quo, An. Ox. 2, 193: 3331 n. Dó man þǽm túna teóðunga þæder (ibidem) þe tó mynstre hýrað. And ǽlc preóst ... þæder (ad ipsum hospitale ) his teóðunga dó, Chrd. 51, 12-15. to a matter ꝥ hé tó þám gódan gewilnungum cume, þe þæder þurh
ǽ-mód
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Émód amens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 15. Ǽmód, 6, 57. Wǽron ðá synna ealle ádílegode bútan ánre; seó wæs seó mǽste, and heó wearð ðá ǽmód, Hml. S. 3, 553. Man sceal lǽwedum mannum secgan be heora andgites mǽðe, swá ðæt hí ne beón ðurh ðá deópnysse ǽmóde, Hml
ornest
Trial by battle
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Trial by battle Gif Englisc man beclypaþ ǽnigne Frænciscne mann tó orneste for þeófte . . . oððe for ǽnigan þingan ðe gebyrige ornest for tó beónne . . . hæbbe hé fulle leáfe swá tó dónne. And gif se Englisca forsæcþ ðæt ornest, W. ii. 1; Th. i. 489,
ceorl
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Dele first passage under <b>II,</b> and add: a man, male person Ceorl mas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 39. Ciorl vir, Kent. Gl. 1195. <b>I a.</b> poet, a (noble) man :-- Snotor ceorl monig, B. 908. Gomelum ceorle, 2444; 2972. Leóde míne