mete-leás
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Ne mihte Iúdas meteleás þǽr ábídan, Hml. S. 25, 447. Hié ( the Danes) sǽton on þám íglande . . . oþ þone first þe hiú wurdon swíþe meteleáse, Chr. 918; P. 98, 32. Þá león leofodon be hungre seofon niht meteleáse, Hml. S. 16, 82. Add
a-metan
to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ measure out ⬩ metiri ⬩ emetiri ⬩ to measure out to any one ⬩ to allot ⬩ assign ⬩ bestow ⬩ aliquid alicui emetiri ⬩ ex mensura dare ⬩ largiri ⬩ to measure out ⬩ plan ⬩ form ⬩ make ⬩ emetiri ⬩ for-mare ⬩ confingere
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Mid hondum amet measure with [thy] hands, Cd. 228; Th. 308, 30; Sat. 700. Ðæt súsl amǽte that he should measure his torment, 229; Th. 310, 13; Sat. 725.
Linked entry: a-mæt
castel-weorc
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Castle-work; castellorum opus Hí suencten ðe men of ðe land mid castelweorces [for castelweorcum] they oppressed the men of the land with castle-works [castellis ædificandis], Chr. 1137; Th. 382, 20
sóþ-cyning
The king of truth or justice ⬩ the Deity
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The king of truth or justice, the Deity Ic wát geare, ðæt ðam líchryre (the murder of Cain) on lást cymeþ sóðcyninges seofonfeald wracu, Cd. Th. 67, 13; Gen. 1100.
Linked entry: sóþ-fæder
lǽtan
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Hé lǽt þæt hé ána sý strengra þonne hí ealle, Wlfst. 197, 21. Ic lǽte riht ( justum censeo ) . . . ꝥ sé þe þone hearm geworhte, ꝥ sé þone hearm gebéte, Ll. Th. i. 418, 4. Hé lét him tó rǽde ꝥ ( what ) hé þá gerǽdde, Hml. S. 23, 319.
háwian
To view, look, observe, regard, survey, inspect
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third that they be able to see what they bring under their notice, 179, 20.
nyttian
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Sume beóð stæreblind and nyttiað þeáh þáre sunnan, Solil. H. 44, 23. Næfð nán man tó þæs unhále æágan þæt hé ne mage lybban be þáre sunnan, and hire (printed hine) nyttian gyf hé énygwiht geseón mæg, 43, 25.
brice
A breaking, rupture, fracture, fragment, violation, breach ⬩ fractio, ruptura, fractura, fragmentum, violatio
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Thes. ii. 99, 30. Ne sý bánes bryce let there not be a fracture of a bone, Exon. 42 b; Th. 143, 32; Gú. 670. Gefég ðás bricas to ánsúndnysse join these fragments to soundness, Homl. Th. i. 62, 7, 9.
Linked entry: bryce
geócor
Strong, fierce, harsh, dire, sad ⬩ strife, anger
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Wiste his fingra geweald on grames grápum ðæt he wæs geócor he [Grendel] knew that his fingers' power was in the gripe of the fierce one, so that he was sad, Beo. Th. 1535. Similar entries v. B. 765 for a different reading.
lyffetere
A flatterer
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Ðonne ádumbiaþ ða ýdelan lyffeteras then shall the vain flatterers be dumb, Homl. Th. ii. 570, 35. Faraþ tó ðám lyffeterum ðe eów ǽr leáslíce ólæhton go to the flatterers that before fawned on you falsely, 570, 23: i. 494, 10
Linked entry: lystere
god-gild
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Th. 105, 17
Linked entry: god-gyld
hergung
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hearmum þe ǽr þám gedón wǽre ǽr ꝥ frið geset wǽre, man eall onweig lǽte, Ll.
Ǽ
Law ⬩ statute ⬩ custom ⬩ rite ⬩ marriage ⬩ lex ⬩ statutum ⬩ ceremoniæ ⬩ ritus ⬩ matrimonium
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Stýrde unryhtre ǽ he reproved the unlawful marriage, Exon. 70a; Th. 260, 14; Jul. 297
Linked entries: ǽ-fyllende á
L
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This change does not occur to the same extent in the earlier specimens, and seems not to occur at all in the Northumbrian dialect, or in the kindred languages.
FREÓ
FREE ⬩ having liberty or immunity ⬩ noble ⬩ glad ⬩ joyful ⬩ līber ⬩ sui jūris ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ nōbĭlis ⬩ lætus
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Lǽt me freó lǽdan, eft on éðel let me lead them free, back into their country, 98; Th. 128, 22; Gen. 2130: Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 30; MS. Cot. > Ðæt hý ðý freóran hyge geféngen that they might receive the gladder spirit.
heáfod-botl
A chief dwelling, principal mansion ⬩ a manor, domain
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A chief dwelling, principal mansion Dǽlon hí ðæt heáfodbotl him betweónan let them share the chief dwelling between them, Chart. Th. 529, 33: 542, 10: 597, 6
BÚGAN
To BOW or bow down oneself, bend, swerve, give way, submit, yield, turn, turn away, flee ⬩ se flectere vel inclinare, curvare, declinare, desistere, cedere, vertere, divertere, fugere
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Hí bugon fram beaduwe they fled from the fight, 137, 12; By. 185: Beo. Th. 5190; B. 2598
Hæestingas
Hastings
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Hastings And ða hwíle com Willelm eorl upp æt Hestingan and that time Earl William landed at Hastings, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 3. Ðá férde se cyng tó Hæstingan then the king went to Hastings, 1094; Erl. 229, 35.
á-rísan
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Hé geswutelode þæt hé árisen wæs, Hml. Th. i. 222, 9. to arise with intent to act Hwá áríst tó þǽm þæt hé sylle hǽlo?, Ps. Th. 13, 11. Uton wé árísan and ácwellan þá apostolas, Bl. H. 149, 34. <b>II a.
berhtm-hwæt
Swift as an eye-blink ⬩ celer ut oculi nictus
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Swift as an eye-blink; celer ut oculi nictus Ðec lígetu bláce, berhtmhwate ða ðec bletsige the pale lightnings, swift as an eye-blink, these shall bless thee, Cd. 192; Th. 240, 3; Dan. 381
Linked entries: breahtum-hwæt bearhtm-hwæt