fíftig
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Þá mǽstan beóð fíftiges elna lange, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 6: Gen. 1307: B. 3042. Sé bið on fíftegum (or pl.?) mancessa, Past. 9, 1. distributive: Hig sǽton hundredum and fíftegum (ðerh fíftigum, L.
lyft
Air ⬩ atmosphere ⬩ breeze ⬩ sky ⬩ heavens ⬩ cloud
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Sóna swá hí [snakes] ðæs landes [Ireland] lyft gestuncan, swá swulton hí, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 35. Ðonne lígette and þunorráde eorþan and lyfte brégdon, 4, 3; S. 569, 13. Swá oft swá hé lyft onstyrige, 569, 29. Hí fleóþ geond ðás lyft, Homl.
ge-habban
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for, to allow, suffer Þæt heora land ne wǽre tó þæs mycel, ꝥ hí mihton twá þeóde gehabban (on gehabban, v. l.) quia non ambos eos caperet insula, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 11, 10. to uphold, maintain, preserve Hé his ríce mid micelre uniéðnesse gehæfde, Ors.
lyge
A lie ⬩ lig ⬩ falsehood
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Hí on lige lange feredon de mendacio compellantur, Ps. Th. 58, 12. Mengan lyge wið sóðe, Elen. Kmbl. 613; El. 307. Ðú ǽr sægdest sóþlíce and nú on lyge cyrrest, 1329; El. 666.
ge-mǽre
An end, boundary, termination, limit ⬩ finis
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Óþ gemǽru usque ad terminos, 71, 8 Ðis sind ðæs londes gemǽra these are the land's boundaries, Kmbl. Cod. Dipl. iii. 78, 20. He ða gemǽro his rynes gefylde metas sui cursus implevit, Bd. 3, 20; S. 550, 25. Eall eorðan gemǽru omnes fines terræ, Ps.
un-gewiss
Uncertain ⬩ not having knowledge ⬩ ignorant ⬩ not known ⬩ of which there is not certain knowledge ⬩ not conveying certain knowledge ⬩ ignominious
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Ðá ðá ic ðǽr lange stód ungewis mínes færeldes, ii. 350, 26. of things, not known, of which there is not certain knowledge On ðínes lífes ryne ðe ðé is ungewiss, Basil admn. 8; Norm. 52, 8.
dugan
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Ne dohte hit nú lange inne ne úte, ac wæs here and hunger, Wlfst. 159, 7. Ꝥ ys tó gelýfenne ꝥ hit dyge, Lch. i. 84, 19. Án hríðer dugunde (cf. Icel. dugandi(s) - a prefix to nouns, denoting doughty ), Cht. Th. 460, 17.
fæc
distance ⬩ room
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Þá lǽcedómas ne sculon on áne þráge tó lange beón tó gedóne, ac sculon fæc habban betweónum, Lch. ii. 186, 13. Ymb lytel fæc paulo post, Past. 283, 1. Ymb tela micel fæc (mycelne fyrst, v. l. ), Chr. 942; P. 110, 26.
here-toga
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Add the acting leader of an army Scotta sumdǽl gewát on Brittene, and þes landes sumdǽl geeódon, and wes heora heratoga Reóda geháten, Chr. pref.; P. 5, l. Ðonne se heretoga wácað, þonne bið eall se here gehindred, 1003; P. 135, 15: Ll.
hoh-full
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Cf. hogian; Þá þá se munuc lange þurhwunode on þǽre ánwilnysse, þá cwæð se hálga tó þám hohfullum munece. Hml. S. 31, 1084
ildan
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Hé þá lange wiðsakende yllde diu negando distulit, Gr. D. 103, 31. Ælden tricent, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 81.
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.
Súþ-Seaxe
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Súþ-Sexena landes is syufan þúsend hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 415, 1. Ælle Súþ-Seaxna cyning, Chr. 827; Erl. 62, 35. Súþ-Seaxna (Súð-, MS. E.) ríce, 836; Erl. 66, 3. Súd-Seaxna (Súð-Seaxena, MS. E.) cyning, 661; Erl. 34, 15.
wíte-þeów
In slavery as a consequence of crime
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Ic wullan ðæt man gefreógen ǽlcne wíteðeówne man on ǽlcum ðæra landæ ðæ ic mínon freóndon bæcwedden hæbbæ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 128, 10. Ðæt man freóge on ǽlcum túnæ ǽlcne wítæþæównæ mann ðæ undær hiræ geðeówuð wæs, 360, 6.
hám
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Ic sceal lange hám, eardwíc uncúð, ána gesécan, Ap. 92. an inhabited place, district, region, neighbourhood. on earth Ne métte hé ǽr nán gebún land, siþþan hé from his ágnum hám fór, Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 24.
feónd
FIEND ⬩ enemy ⬩ foe ⬩ the devil ⬩ ōsor ⬩ inĭmīcus ⬩ hostis ⬩ diabŏlus ⬩ διάβoλos
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Wæs wera éðelland geondsended feóndum the people's native land was overspread with enemies, Cd. 92; Th. 118, 22; Gen. 1969
cneóres
A generation ⬩ posterity ⬩ race ⬩ tribe ⬩ family; ⬩ generatio ⬩ posteritas ⬩ gens ⬩ tribus ⬩ familia
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Ne gesihþ nán man of ðisse wiirestan cneóresse ðæt góde land non videbit quispiam de hominibus generationis hujus pessimæ terram bonam Deut. 1, 35; Ps. Th. 44, 18. On ðære þriddan cneórisse in the third generation Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 8; Mk.
líf
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V. adv. gen. lífes alive :-- Hé bið lang lífes vitalis erit, Lch. iii. 156, 18, 23. Unlǽde bið on eorðan, unnyt lífes . . . sé þurh þone cantic ne can Críst geherian, Sal. 21. (For other instances see Dict. )
ge-bringan
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Þæt man crístene men on hǽðendóme ( in heathen lands) ne gebringe, 378, 1. Cuce orf hé on gemǽnre lǽse gebringe, 274, 26. Hé hine sceal æt stæðe underfón, and eft þǽr gebringan, 354, 25.
Linked entry: ge-brengan
þeówet
Service ⬩ servitude ⬩ bondage ⬩ slavery
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Hé wolde ðæt folc habban ongeán tó his lande tó his láðum þeówte, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 26. Bige ús tó ðæs cynges þeówette eme nos in servitutem regiam, Gen. 47, 19. Tó þeówte bebycggan to sell into slavery, L. Alf. 12; Th. i. 46, 12 MS. H.