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.
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.
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. )
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.
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.
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
þeówet
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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.
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.
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BRAND
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Hæfde landwara líge befangen, bǽle and bronde he had enveloped the land-inhabitants in flame, with fire and burning, Beo. Th. 4633; B. 2322.
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Þú
Thou
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Grammar Þú, alone Ðis land ðe þú gesihst, Gen. 13, 15. Hwæt eart þú þe þýn ansýn is swylce ánes sceaþan, and hwæt ys ðæt tácen þe þú on uppan þínum exlum byrst? Nicod. 32; Thw. 18, 19. Gewít þú, Abraham, féran ... þú scealt Isaac mé onsecgan, Cd.
fandian
to try ⬩ to tempt ⬩ to try ⬩ to try ⬩ taste ⬩ feel ⬩ to try ⬩ to visit ⬩ tempt ⬩ provoke ⬩ attempt
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Hé wolde fandian hú longe þæt land norþryhte lǽge, oþþe hwæðer ǽnig mon be norðan þǽm wéstenne búde, Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 7. of the action of things Gársecg fandaþ, hwæðer ác hæbbe æðele treówe, Run. 25. combining the constructions of 1 and 2 Wolde se
feorm
provisions ⬩ stores ⬩ a feast ⬩ an entertainment ⬩ entertainment
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Hit (land) becwæð sé þe hit áhte swá swá hit his yldran mid feó and mid feore (feorme?) rihte begeáton, Ll. Th. i. 184, 2. Ꝥ hé áðer oþþe feó oþþe feorme (freme, v. l.) þá wyrse sý that he be injured in respect to anything that is his, 384, 24.
mearc
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D. 197, 4. a boundary of land Istis terminibus terra circumgyrata esse videtur. . Ǽrest Ælfgýðe mearc .. . oþ Eádgife mearce, þonae þonan tó þæs biscopes mearce, Cht. E. 176, 16-21.
hlǽfdige
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Ðá com seó hlǽfdige hider tó lande then came the lady [Ethelred's wife] to this country, Chr. 1002; Erl. 137, 30: 1013; Erl. 149, 29. Æþelflæd Myrcena hlǽfdige, 918; Erl. 103, 1 [cf.
rihtan
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Ælþeódige mæn, gif hió hiora hǽmed rihtan ( amend ) nyllaþ, of lande gewíten, L. Wih. 4; Th. i. 38, 1. Tó rihtanne ł tó boetanne emendasse, Mt.
ge-sendan
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Wǽren ǽrendracen gesend of Róme tó Ængla lande Chr. 785 ; P. 55, 3. Wéron gesendene hergas his missis exercitibus suis, Mt. L. 22, 7.
gang
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Add: going, walking, moving on foot, step. of living beings Þǽr nǽfre feóndes ne bið gang on lande, An. 1696. Petrus mid his gange getácnode ǽgðer ge ðá strangan ge ðá unstrangan on Godes folce, Hml. Th. ii. 390, 16.
BRYCE
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Lǽnes landes bryce fructws, Cot. 92. [Plat, bruuk: Dut. ge-bruik, n: Kil. bruyk: Ger. brauch, m: O. H. Ger. brúh, m: Dan. brug, c: Swed. bruk, n: O. Nrs. brúk, n. usus, mos, Rask Hald.]
FÆGEN
FAIN, glad, joyful, rejoicing, elate ⬩ lætus, gaudens, hĭlăris, elātus
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Lyt monna wearþ lange fægen ðæs ðe he óðerne bewrencþ few men rejoice long in what they have got by deceiving others, Prov. Kmbl. 34. Fægenra more joyful, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 24; Met. 12, 12. Fægnost most joyful, Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 26; Seef. 13
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ge-mǽre
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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.