for-niman
To take away ⬩ deform ⬩ plunder ⬩ destroy ⬩ ransack ⬩ waste ⬩ consume ⬩ devour ⬩ rapĕre ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ extermĭnāre ⬩ vastāre ⬩ consūmĕre ⬩ devŏrāre
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Fórneáh hí fornámon me on lande paulo mĭnus consummāvērunt me in terra, Ps. Spl. C. 118, 87. Fornómon [MS. -noman] have consumed, Exon. 78 a; Th. 292, 14; Wand. 99.
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irfe-numa
an heir
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Se man ðe on fyrdunge ætforan his hláforde fealle, beón ða heregeata forgyfene, and fón ðá yrfenuman tó lande and tó ǽhtan, 78 ; Th. i. 420, 16
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LEÁF
LEAVE ⬩ permission ⬩ license
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Hé begeat ðá leáfe ðæt hé of ðam lande móste he got leave to go out of the country, Homl. Skt. 5, 328. Hí habbaþ leáf [Cott. MS. leáfe) yfel tó dónne they have leave to do evil, Bt. 38, 4; Fox 204, 13. Hæbbe hé fulle leáfe swá tó dónne, L.
líc-hama
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Mé is leófre þæt mínne líchaman mid mínne goldgyfan gléd fæðmie, 2651. þǽr þá líchoman lange þráge, heáhfædera hrá, be-heled wǽron, An. 791. Nelle wé ꝥ mon þá Hchoman þe ǽr on cyrcean bebyrgede wǽron út weorpe, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 9.
lǽdan
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Gif hý man út of lande lǽdan wille on óðres þegnes land, 256, 1 : Gen. 1774. Hát síðian Agar and Ismael lǽdan mid hié, 2785. of enforced movement Héton hiene Rómáne gebindan and gebringean beforan fæstennes geate.
fón
to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with
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Fón þá néhstan frýnd tó þám lande and tó þám ǽhtan, i. 416, 10. to take, undertake an office: Hér heom metes tilian sceoldon, and hé mid eádmódnysse fénge tó ðsére gehýrsumnysse, Hml.
tán
a twig, sprout, shoot, branch ⬩ a stake ⬩ a twig used in casting lots ⬩ a lot; also a share that is determined by lot
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Hé sealde him wéste land ðæt hí mid táne getugan rihte sorte divisit eis terram in funiculo distributionis, Ps. Th. 77, 55.
freó
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.), Mt. 17, 26. (10 a) of land :-- Sí hyt ǽlces þinges freóh búton ferdfóre ..., C.D. iii. 20, 4. Ǽghwæs tó brúcenne tó freón ... bútan ðǽm circsceatte, 254, 12. Hió hit hæbben tó frión ǽlces þinges bútan wealgeworce ..., 255, 17: 256, 16: Cht.
hám
Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, property ⬩ domus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessio ⬩ a village ⬩ a dwelling-place ⬩ an abode, world, this world ⬩ home ⬩ domus, domicilium, patria
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Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, property; domus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessio Se hám is gefylled mid heofonlícum gástum that abode [heaven] is filled with heavenly spirits, Blickl.
ge-rihtan
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Béda cwæð ꝥ lan. and October wǽron mid twám bendum gerihte, ꝥ ys ꝥ hig habbað twá rihtinga, Angl. viii. 301, 48. to cause to move straight to a point (lit. or fig. ) Girihte mec in sáðfæstnisse dine, Rtl. 167, 23. to regulate the course of, guide, instruct
wirnan
to refuse ⬩ refrain from granting ⬩ to prevent ⬩ prohibit ⬩ keep from
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Ætsóc Goda ðæs feós ǽgiftes, and ðæs landes wyrnde he refused to give up the land Chart. Th. 201, 30. Myrce ne wyrndon heardes hondplegan, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 24. Se hláford ðe ryhtes wyrne, L. Ath. i. 3; Th. i. 200, 14.
heáp
a band ⬩ company ⬩ the clergy ⬩ a choir ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a troop ⬩ company ⬩ a crew ⬩ a collection ⬩ in company ⬩ together
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Hæfde wuldres beám werud gelæded, hálige heápas, Exod. 568. an (armed) retinue: Ic and mínra eorla gedryht, þes hearda heáp, B. 432, Elene heápe gecoste lindwígendra land gesóhte, El. 269. a crew Heápum agminibus (remigantum), An.
scír
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Ðá sealde Leófwine ealdorman. . . and eal seó scír his land clǽne, Chart. Th. 376, 14 : L. C. S. 19; Th. i. 386, 15. Se ðe land gewerod hæbbe be scíre gewitnesse, 80; Th. i. 420, 20.
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ge-weald
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Eádmund cyning geeóde eal Norþhymbra land him tó gewealdan (-wealde, v. l. ), 944; P. 110, 31. Þá dyde hé him þá rícu tó gewealdon, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 29.
ESNE
A man of the servile class, a servant, retainer, man, youth ⬩ mercēnārius, servus, vir, jŭvĕnis
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He was a poor mercenary, serving for hire, or for his land, but was not of so low a rank as the þeów or wealh Ánan esne gebýreþ to metsunge xii púnd gódes cornes, and ii scípæteras and i gód mete-cú, wudurǽden be landsíde ūni æsno, id est, inŏpi, contingent
BORD
a BOARD, plank ⬩ tabula sectilis, tabula ⬩ what is made of a board, - A table, shield ⬩ mensa, clypeus ⬩ the board, covering or deck of a ship, the ship itself ⬩ tabulatum, stega ⬩ constratum, navis ⬩ at home and abroad ⬩ domi et foris ⬩ a foot-stool
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Man útan bordes wísdóm hieder on lond sóhte one from abroad [lit. outside the boundary] sought wisdom in this land, Past. pref; Hat. MS
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helm
a helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ diadem ⬩ the top ⬩ crown ⬩ cover ⬩ concealment ⬩ a covering
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Þeán ceorlisc geþeó ꝥ hé hæbbe helm and byrnan . . . gif hé ꝥ land nafað hé bið ceorl swá þeáh, Ll. Th. i. 188, 8. a crown, diadem Sitt þonne swegles brytta on heáhsetle helme beweorðod (gewurþod, Wlfst. 137, 17), Dóm. L. 118.
ge-weorc
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Ꝥ hí férdon on þæt geweorc þæs Godes wordes, Bd. l, 23; Sch. 50, l. v. ǽfen-, brycg-, ealu-, fasten-, land-, stán-, sulh-, tigel- timber-, weall- web-geweorc. <b>IV a.
DÚN
A mountain, hill, DOWN ⬩ mons, collis
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Genóh lange ge wunodon on ðisse dúne sufficit vobis, quod in hoc monte mansistis, Deut. 1, 6: Gen. 31, 54: Mt. Bos. 24, 3. Stópon stíðhycgende on ða dúne up the stout-hearted went aloft upon the hill, Elen. Kmbl. 1430; El. 717: Bt. Met.
seóþan
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Mid ðý hé ðá lange mid swígendum nearonessum his módes and mid ðý blindan fýre soden wæs cum diu tacitis mentes angoribus et caeco carperetur igni, Bd. 2, 13; S. 513. 34. Herebryht wæs mid singale untrumnesse soden and swenced, 4, 29; 8. 607, 41.
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