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habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Gif gesiðcund man fare, þonne mót hé habban his geréfan mid him and his smið, Ll.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

excuse

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Se geréfa namige ða láde let the reeve name the compurgators, L. Eth. iii. 13; Th. i. 298, 1.

Linked entry: ládian

toll

(n.)
Grammar
toll, es; n. m. (?)

Toll,tax,custom,duty,duethat which is paid to the state. that which is paid to individualstaking toll

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Se cyng ne róhte ná hú swiðe synlíce ða geréfan hit begeátan of earme mannon ...

híréd

Grammar
híréd, l. híred,

a familya familyhousethe familycourt

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Geréfan mid his hírede hé tó geleáfan gecyrde praefectum cum domo sua conuertit, Bd. 2, 16; Sch. 177, 21. Hírede familia, An. Ox. 3307. Hýrede, Rä. 60, 6. Ðone ðegn gesette hláferd his ofer hiórod (heórod, R. familiam) his, Mt. L. 24, 45.

wíc

(n.)
Grammar
wíc, The word is generally neuter, but as it is often used in the plural where a singular might express the meaning, the similarity of neuter plural and feminine singular accusatives seems to have caused the word to be taken sometimes as feminine, e. g. tó ánre wíc, Homl. Th. i. 402, 22. A weak form also seems to be used, Chart. Th. 446, 29.
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Th. 155, 9; Gen. 2570. a collection of houses, a (small) town, a village, a street, v. wíc-geréfa Wíc vel lytel port castellum, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 34: 84, 42 : vicus, 36, 27. Seó gelaþung férde of ðære byrig tó ánre wíc, Homl. Th. i. 402, 22.

werian

(v.)
Grammar
werian, wergan; p. ede.
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Ic wylle ðæt Ǽðelnóð arcebisceop werige his landáre nú, ealswá hé dyde ǽr Ægelríc wǽre geréfa, vi. 187, 19.

wed

(n.)
Grammar
wed, wedd, es; n.

a pledge, what is given as security a pledge, what is given as security a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact

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Ǽlc geréfa náme ðæt wedd on his ágenre scíre, L. Ath. v. 10; Th. i. 240, I : v. II; Th. i. 240, 15. Ða áðas and ða wedd and ða borgas synt ealle oferhafene and ábrocene, L. Ath. iv. proem.; Th. i. 220, 14.

Linked entries: bád borg-wed borh-wed

ge-wita

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Gif huoelc stale ðis ðerhendade ł ðerhendadon giwuta uæs si qui furtum hoc perpetravit, aut perpetrati conscius fuit, Rtl. 113, 34. (3 b) with gen. of criminal Úre geréfena swylc þe þǽra þeófa gewita wǽre, Ll. Th. i. 220, 24.

steóran

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
steóran, stióran, (and with umlaut) stiéran, stéran, stíran, stýran; p. de.
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Ðonne beóde ic mínum geréfan ðæt hí stýran ǽlcum ðara ðe ðis ne gelǽste . . . and on ðære steóre ne sý nán forgifnes, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 272, 6.

ge-cweþan

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Seó gerǽdnis þe þá biscopas and geréfan gecweden habbað, 228, 7. ꝥ Sig hit swá gecweden; mid swá hwám swá ic hit mid finde, beó hé mí þeów fiat juxta vestram sententiam: apud quemcumque fuerit inventum, ipse sit servus meus, Gen. 44, 10. (2 a) where property

Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden

ge-witnes

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Nán man hwyrfe nánes yrfes bútan þæs geréfan gewitnesse . . ., 204, 18. Under þæs bisceopes gewitnesse under the bishop's supervision, 198, 10. Hæbbe hé þæs portgeréfan gewitnesse, 158, 11.

LǼDAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼDAN, p. de; pp. lǽded, lǽd

TO LEADconducttakecarrybringbring forthproduce

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Ðá cwæþ hé tó his geréfan lǽde in ðás menn and gearwa úre þénunga præcepit dispensatori domus suæ dicen: Introduc viros domum, et instrue convivium, 43, 16. Ðá cwæþ hé lǽde hig tó mé adduc, inquit, eos ad me, 48, 9.

Linked entry: be-lǽdan

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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Sum wæs ǽhtwelig æþeles cynnes ríce geréfa, Exon. Th. 243, 29; Jul. 18. On his heortan cwæð unhýdig sum dixit insipiens in corde suo. Ps. Th. 52, 1. Sumes hundredmannes þeówa, Lk. Skt 7, 2. Sumes þinges wana, Bt. 34, 9; Fox 146, 18.

Linked entry: ÁN

ge-híran

(v.)
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H. 5, 22. the object a pronoun representing the statement in a preceding clause Se geréfa weatð wið hine forwréged swylce hé his gód forspilde . . . ' Hwí gehýre ic þis be þé ?, ' Lk. 16, 2. Férde Malcolm . . .

healf

(n.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.

Sidepartsidehandbesidedisputebehalfaccountsidequarterdirection

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Voc. ii. 1, 8. ꝥ wé sendan on twá healfa tó þám geréfum, Ll. Th. i. 236, 14.

hám

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.) :-- Fela sceal tó holdan hámes geréfan and tó gemetfæstan manna hyrde, Angl. ix. 265, 10. Þone hám æt Beccanleá . . . and æt Felhhamme and þá land þe þǽrtó hýran, Cht. Th. 489, 12-18 : 2: 9: 19.

be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

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Th. i. 48, 10. marking presence Dǽle man be scriftes and be túnes geréfan gewitnesse, Wlfst. 181, 6. subject to Síðþan ic mé hæfde þás þing be gewealdum quibus in potestatem redactis, Nar. 5, 17.

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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Ðǽr hé rád betwuh his hámum oþþe túnum (villas), Bd. 2, 16 ; S. 520, 11. v. tún-cyrice, -gebúr, -geréfa, -incel, -land, -mann, -scír, -steall, -stede; túnes-mann, -túningas. <b>II a.

Linked entry: bold

ge-mǽne

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Habban þá geréf-scypas bégen þá fullan spǽce gemǽne, Ll. Th. i. 236, 25.

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Gescádwís geréfa sceal witan ge hláfordes landriht ge folces gerihtu, Angl. ix. 259, 4. the lord of a manor in legal relations: Fó se hláford (landhláford, v.l.) tó healfan, tó healfan ꝥ hundred, Ll. Th. i. 268, 20: 258, 12-13.