á-gitan
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<b>I a.</b> to find out, get to know of :-- Gyf hé hwæt be óðrum gehýre oððe sylf ágyte, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 19.
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sín
be
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be
sió
be
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(be)
riht-wer
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Gif be cwicum ceorle wíf hig be óðrum were forlicge, . . . hæbbe se rihtwer eall ꝥ heó áhte, Ll. Th. i. 406, 8. Add
dihtan
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Hé déð be þám þe his willa him dihte, Hml. S. 27, 175. to dictate what is to be written Þá fíf béc God sylf dihte, and Moyses hí áwrát, Hml. Th. i. 186, 20. Þás endebyrdnysse þe Moyses áwrát swá swá him God self dihte, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 14.
metan
to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ to measure out ⬩ mark off ⬩ assign the bounds of a place ⬩ to measure by paces ⬩ to traverse ⬩ pass over ⬩ to measure one thing by or with another ⬩ to compare
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Th. 3271; B. 1633: 1032; B. 514: 1838; B. 917. Forþ gesáwon lífes látþeów lífweg (liftweg?)
ge-mǽne
Common, general, mutual, in common ⬩ communis ⬩ communis, generalis, solitus ⬩ communis
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Unc sceal worn fela máðma gemǽnra to us two shall be a great many common treasures, Beo. Th. 3572; B. 1784. Ðá wæs synn and sacu Sweóna and Geáta, wróht gemǽne then was sin and strife of Swedes and Goths, mutual dissension, Beo. Th. 4938; B. 2473.
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freó-dóm
FREEDOM ⬩ liberty ⬩ lībertas ⬩ emancĭpātio
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Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 4, MS. Cot. Freódóm emancĭpātio, Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 93; Wrt. Voc. 60, 2. Ðám he geaf micle gife freódómes to these he gave the great gift of freedom, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 1.
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heorot
A hart ⬩ stag ⬩ male deer
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A hart, stag, male deer Nán heort ne onsúnode nǽnne león no hart shunned any lion, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 9. Heorot hornum trum the hart firm of horns, Beo. Th. 2742; B. 1369. Heorut cervus, Ps. Stev. 41, 1.
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ge-limpan
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Him on fyrste gelomp . . . þæt hit wearð gearo, B. 76. of things, to be made, be produced Mænifealde leán gelumpon copiosa emolumenta prouenerunt, An. Ox. 2636 : Wrt.
un-andergilde
Not to be paid back(?) ⬩ that may be retained(?)
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Not to be paid back(?), that may be retained(?) Geðenc nú hwæt ðínes ágnes seó ealra ðissa woruldǽhta and welena, oððe hwæt ðú ðǽron áge unandergildes, gif ðú him sceádwíslíce æfter spyrast.
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hátian
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Add: — Hátende, háttendae, haetendae calentes, Txts. 47, 357. to be made hot by the sun, get dried up by heat, cf. hát; 3 Sunne upp cuóm hátedun sole orto aestuaverunt, Mt. R. 13, 6. of a person, to get hot.
æf-ést
zeal
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Add: in a bad sense Se dierna æfst. Past. 79, 13. Be ðám is áwriten ðætte ðis fiǽsclice líf sié ǽfesð invidia 235, 13. For ðæs æfstes scylde per livoris vitium 237, i. Æfestes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 12. Mid ðǽre biteran æfeste, Bl. H. 25, 7.
á-bycgan
To abye ⬩ to buy off, redeem a person ⬩ to pay for, atone for wrong-doing ⬩ to perform what was necessary for the discharge of a legal obligation
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Bute ȝif he abugge þe sunne þet he wrouhte, A.
eardian
To dwell, live, feed ⬩ habĭtāre ⬩ To inhabit ⬩ inhabĭtāre
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Eardodon, Beo. Th. 6093; B. 3050. Se me be healfe eardade who dwelled by my side. Exon. 129 b; Th. 496, 26; Rä. 85, 20. Eardedon, 9 b; Th. 8, 30; Cri. 125. v. trans.
ymb-sittan
to sit or be round, ⬩ to sit at table, meat, etc ⬩ to sit at council, be engaged about ⬩ to be around, be neighbouring ⬩ to beset ⬩ to besiege, invest
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to sit or be round, to sit at table, meat, etc. Ðæt hié mé þégon, symbel ymbsǽton, Beo. Th. 1132 ; B. 564. Hý twégen sceolon tæfle ymbsittan, Exon. Th. 345, 2; Gn. Ex. 182.
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fore-feng
A seizing ⬩ rescuing ⬩ apprehensio
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A seizing, rescuing; apprehensio Be forstolenes monnes forefonge of seizing a stolen man, L. In. 53; Th. i. 134, 15. Be forefonge [forefenge MSS. B, G, H.], 72; Th. i. 148, 5.
stíg
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Steáp stánhliðo, stíge nearwe, enge ánpaðas, Beo. Th. 2823; B. 1409
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hlíp-geat
A leap-gate
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A leap-gate, a low gate in a fence, which can be leaped by deer, while keeping sheep from straying (N. E. D.) Ondlong geardes on ðæt hlýpgeat; of ðǽm hlýpgeate, C. D. iii. 180, 28. Tó ðám hlýpgete; of ðám hlýpgete á be wealle, 456, 8.
Bret-walda
A ruler of the Saxons in Britain, the chief Saxon king in England ⬩ Saxonum in Britannia rex supremus.
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Turner and Lappenberg suppose that the Bretwalda was elected by the other Saxon kings and by the collected nobility and other electors in Britain, because Hunt. lib. ii. about A.