friþ-gild
A peace-guild ⬩ a society for the maintenance of peace and security ⬩ fœderātōrum sodālicium
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The statutes of these guilds are contained in the JUDICIA CIVITATIS LUNDONIÆ, set forth, under royal authority, by the bishop and reeves of the city [v. Th. L. Gl.]
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
beót-háta
A commander ⬩ leader ⬩ imperator ⬩ dux
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A commander, leader; imperator, dux Ahleóp ðá fór hæleðum hilde calla, bald beót-háta bord upahóf then the herald of war leaped before the warriors, the bold commander [Moses] upraised his shield Cd. 156; Th. 193, 27; Exod. 253
bold-wéla
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fægrost paradise is to thee the fairest dwelling of happiness, Andr.
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
Mon-íg
The Isle of Man or Anglesey ⬩ Mona
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The Isle of Man or Anglesey; Mona Ðá gehergodon hí Moníge [Mæníge] then they harried the Isle of Man, Chr. 1000 (ed. Thorpe). Moníge Brytta eáland Angelcynnes ríce hé underþeódde Mevanias insulas imperio subjugavit Anglorum, Bd. 2, 9; S. 510, 16
CWIC
Alive, QUICK ⬩ vivus, vivax
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Abraham leófa, ne sleah ðín ágen bearn, ac ðú cwicne abregd cniht of áde, eaforan ðínne beloved Abraham, slay not thine own child, but take thou the boy, thy son, alive from the pile, Cd. 141; Th. 176, 19; Gen. 2914: Beo.
hleówþ
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Gé hyra hulpon and him hleóþ géfon ye helped them [the poor] and gave them shelter, Exon. 27 b; Th. 83, 11; Cri. 1354
ge-tucian
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Þǽr stent cwén þé on þá swýðran hand mid golde getúcode (after hand on girelan might have been expected rendering in vestitu, and then mid golde getúcode (inst.) would = deaurato) and mid ǽlcere mislicre fægernysse gegyred adstitit regina a dextris tuis
geócor
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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. v. B. 765 for a different reading.
late
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Nis hé swár swá sume fuglas, þá þe late þurh lyft lácað, Ph. 316.
ge-feálíce
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Joyously, in joy Þæt wé ealle mótan on þás hálgan tíde ǽghwæðer ge for Gode and for worolde þý gefeálicor and þe blíþelícor lifian, Wlfst. 284, 16
á-lǽtan
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</b> to deliver up, return :-- Þá reáf þe þá yldran álǽtað (reddere debent), Chrd. 48, 22
FÓSTER
FOSTERing ⬩ nourishing ⬩ rearing ⬩ feeding ⬩ food ⬩ nourishment ⬩ provisions ⬩ edŭcātio ⬩ nutrīcium ⬩ pastio ⬩ alĭmentum ⬩ victus
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Let six shillings be paid for the fostering of a foundling for the first year, twelve for the second, thirty for the third; afterwards, according to its appearance, L. In. 26; Th. i. 118, 17-20: 38; Th. i. 126, 5.
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.
byre
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Ðæs ða byre siððan gyrne onguldon, ðe hí ðæt gyfl þégun for which their children since with grief have paid, that they ate that fruit, Exon. 61b; Th. 226, 22; Ph. 409. Mǽru cwén bǽdde byras geonge the illustrious queen solicited her young sons, Beo.
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dǽd-from
Deed-strong ⬩ agendo strenuus
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Deed-strong; agendo strenuus Hí beóþ ðý dǽdfromran they are so much the more energetic, Ps. Th. 109, 8
gebed-hús
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Gebedhús sý tó þan ánum þe hit gecweden is, þæt is þæt þǽr nán þincg elles geworht ne sý bútan þám ánum weorce . . . þæt is gebedrǽden, R. Ben. 81, 2-5. Æghwǽr, ge on weorce, ge on gebedhúse ( oratorio ), ge innan mynstre, ge on wyrtgearde, 31, 5.
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
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for-gifan
to give ⬩ bestow ⬩ grant ⬩ dispense ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give up ⬩ hand over ⬩ deliver up ⬩ commit ⬩ practice ⬩ to give back ⬩ restore ⬩ to marry ⬩ to grant ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ to grant ⬩ to give ⬩ cause ⬩ to forgive
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Gif hwylce þǽr beóð þára þe hwæt ǽbylhða wið óðre habbað, þonne sceolan hig þá forgyfan, Ll. Th. ii. 434, 8