méég-gildan
to pay part of the wergild for a homicide committed by a kinsman
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B. which has mid ðam þeówan men gyldan. But the word is supported by L. H. i. 70, 5 :-- Non cogitur liber cum servo meggildare ), L. In. 74; Th. i. 150, 1. (?)
óþ-sceótan
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Man gehylt ðæt hé. hæfþ gif hé him ondrǽt ðæt hit him óþsceóte a man guards what he has, if he is afraid that it will escape from him, Prov. Kmbl. 18
ge-tiohhian
To appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ ordain ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ decernĕre
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Swá he getiohhod habbe as he has ordained, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 20
ge-hámian
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Substitute: To settle a person in a home (v. hám; II 1 b.), to obtain domicile for a person Aldréd ... hine gihámadi mið ðǽm ðriim dǽlum ... and æhtu óra seulfres mið tó inláde Aldred obtained domicile for himself (became a member of the Lindisfarne
wíd-síþ
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. ¶ the word occurs also as a name for one who has travelled much :-- Wídsíð maðolade, se ðe mǽst mǽrþa ofer eorþan, folca geondférde, Exon. Th. 318, 19; Wíd. 1
ymener
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Hymneres tácen is ðæt mon wæcge brádlinga his hand and rǽre up his litlan finger, Techm. ii. 121, 9. ii. salteras, and se saltere swá man singð on Róme, and .ii. ymneras, Chart. Th. 430, 13
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borian
to perforate ⬩ To bore into
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To bore into : Dó þú mid þínum fingre swilce þú borige inn on þíne hand, Tech. ii. 123, 11
butere
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Gif þú buteran habban wylle, þonne stríc þú mid þrím fingrum on þíne innewearde hand, Tech. ii. 123, 22. Hi ðicgað on ðám earde (Italy) ele on heora bigleofum, swá swá we dóð buteran, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 18. Add
fǽcan
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Gyf ꝥ geneódige ꝥ úre ǽnig tó óðrum fæce (the other version has: Gif gebyrige ꝥ for neóde heora hwilc wið úre bige habban wille, oþþe wé wið heora) mid yrfe and mid ǽhtum if from necessity it happen that one of us wants to go to another (and trade) with
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ge-sigefæstan
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Hé cóm hám symle gesund and gesyge-fæsted, 96, 25. Add
híred-lic
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Þæs híredlican palestinę (palatinę has been misread), An. Ox. 2414. Tó hýredlicum (hýrdelicum, 2996. Híredlicum, Angl. xiii. 33, 156. Hýrdlicum, Hpt. Gl. 476, 57) gesetum ad palatinas zetas, 7, 215. Hýrdlice palatinas, 8, 266
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scrífan
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</b> to determine Ne dear ic náht þrístelíce be þissere wísan reccan ne ne scrífan hac de re temere definire nil audeo, Gr. D. 332, 13. <b>V c.
segl
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Gl. 456, 69 has segen), An. Ox. 2130
un-gewitness
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Þám fét hé wiðbrægd þý lǽs hit gelumpe ꝥ hwæt unrihtes hine gehrine of his ágenum geþóhte and ungewitnesse, and hé þonne sylfa æfter þon eall geeóde in mycele forspildnysse (the original Latin, which has been misunderstood, is: Retraxit pedem; ne si quid
cnódan
To give ⬩ assign ⬩ call ⬩ carry out ⬩ exalt ⬩ tribuĕre ⬩ attribuĕre ⬩ efferre
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Gif hwæt welgedónes biþ, ðonne cnódaþ him ealle mid hérenesse if anything be well done, then all exalt him with praise; si qua bene gesta sunt, omnes laudibus efferunt Past. 17, 3;Hat. MS. 22b, 3
slingan
To wind, twist, worm, move as a serpent. ⬩ to move quickly ⬩ to wind ⬩ to wind
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It also has the same meaning as slinch (slink). Halliwell's Dict. Gif heó (the adder) ðæt heáfod innan ðone man bestingþ ðonne slingþ (= slincþ ?) heó mid ealle inn if it strikes its head into the man, then it winds itself quite in. Boutr.
hyrst
An ornament ⬩ a decoration ⬩ jewel ⬩ trapping ⬩ equipment ⬩ armour ⬩ implement
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Íren byrnan heard swyrd hilted and his helm háres hyrste the iron byrnie, the hard and hilted sword, and his helm, the hoary one's equipments, 5968; B. 2988.
a-lecgan
to place ⬩ lay down ⬩ throw down ⬩ suppress ⬩ lay aside ⬩ cease from ⬩ ponere ⬩ collocare ⬩ prosternere ⬩ deponere ⬩ abjicere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ omittere ⬩ to impose ⬩ inflict upon ⬩ imponere ⬩ immittere ⬩ to diminish ⬩ take away ⬩ refuse ⬩ imminuere ⬩ deprimere ⬩ reprimere
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deposed or laid aside its passive signification, and has only an active meaning; as the Latin luctor = ic wraxlige I wrestle; loquor=ic sprece I speak, here is action, Ælfc.
æled
Fire ⬩ conflagration ⬩ ignis ⬩ incendium
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Hát biþ monegum egeslíc æled the dreadful fire shall be hot to many, Exon. 63 a; Th. 233, 9; Ph. 522. Æled weccan to light afire, Cd. 140; Th. 175, 26; Gen. 2901. Ældes fulle full of fire. Exon. 22a; Th. 59, 30; Cri. 960
æt-hrínan
To touch ⬩ take ⬩ move ⬩ tangere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ movere
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He æt-hrán hyre hand tetigit manum ejus. Mt. Bos. 8, 15. Se unclǽna gást hine æt-hrínþ spiritus apprehendit eum, Lk. Bos. 9, 39. Nellaþ híg ðá mid heora fingre æt-hrínan digito autem suo nolunt ea movere, Mt. Bos. 23, 4
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