maga
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Þá preóstas þe áðer oððe ágen wylla oððe mage aelmeshand (a parent who had means but exhausted them by almsgiving; cf. Past. 325, 6-8) hæfenleáse gedyde clerici quos voluntas aut natiuitas pauperes fecit. Chrd. 12, 19. Cf. magian
synderlíce
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Se here þe tó Grantanbrycge hiérde hine gecés synderlíce him tó hláforde (the Danes of Cambridge acted by themselves ), Chr. 921; P. 103, 19
ælmes-mann
An alms-man ⬩ one supported by alms, a bedesman or a beggar
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.), one supported by alms, a bedesman or a beggar Ðeáh se man nime ǽnne stán and lecge on fúl slóh, ðæt se ælmesman mæge mid ðám óðrum fét steppan on ðá clǽnan healfe, Wlfst. 239, 10. On ælmesmannes híwe, Hml. S. 23, 562.
gærs-irþ
Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage
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Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage Of ðám tíman ðe man ǽrest ereð oð Martinus mæssan se gebúr sceal ǽlcre wucan erian .I. æcer . . .: tóeácan ðám .III. æceras tó béne, and .II. tó gærsyrðe.
gyte
A pouring ⬩ shedding ⬩ inundation ⬩ flood
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Martyrdóm biþ gefremmed ná on blódes gyte ánum martyrdom is effected not by bloodshed only, i. 544. 24; Mt. Kmbl. 23, 30. Mid teára gytum with sheddings of tears, Blickl. Homl. 61, 20
hatung
Hating, hate, hatred ⬩ æmulatio
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Hé becom on hatunga his herges he came to be hated by his army, Blickl. Homl. 193, 2. Bánu sume handlian hatunge getácnaþ to handle bones betokens hate, Lchdm. iii. 208, 24
ofer-hebban
to pass by, neglect, omit ⬩ praeterire, transire
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to pass by, neglect, omit Gif hit (the holding a gemót) hwá oferhebbe (-habbe, MS. B.) béte swá wé ǽr cwǽdon, L. Ed. 11; Th. i. 164, 23. Gif hé áht ðæs oferhæbbe ðe on úrum gewritum stent, L. Ath. v. 8, 5; Th. i. 236, 33.
of-stician
to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce, transfix
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to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce, transfix Ofsticoþ configet, Kent. Gl. 844. Ic ofstikode hyne jugulavi aprum, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 17. Antonius hiene selfne ofsticade Antonius sese ferro transverberavit, Ors. 5, 13; Swt. 246, 30.
Linked entry: of-stingan
ofer-irnan
to pass by running, cross ⬩ to run over, go over a subject ⬩ to come upon with violence, overwhelm, to come upon with surprise
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to pass by running, cross Ða hwíle ðe se móna ðære sceade ord oferyrnþ while the moon is crossing the point of the shadow, Lchdm. iii. 240, 26. to run over, go over a subject Nú wille wé eft oferyrnan ða ylcan godspellícan endebyrdnysse, Homl.
cringan
To yield ⬩ CRINGE ⬩ fall ⬩ perish ⬩ die ⬩ occumbere ⬩ mori
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Th. 140, 23; By. 292; Andr. Kmbl. 2062; An. 1033; Chr. 937; Th. 202, 6: col. 2; Æðelst. 10. Crungon they perished Exon. 124a; Th. 477, 17;f Ruin. 26: 124a; Th. 477, 24; Ruin. 29. Fǽge crungon the fated died Cd. 167; Th. 208, 11; Exod. 481; Beo.
Linked entries: ge-cringan crincgan
hird
retinue, ⬩ court
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.], or it may be a form influenced by the Danish hirð. In the former case it should be written hírd
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hlæder
A ladder, ⬩ flight of steps; ⬩ scala
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Hie æfter hlæddrum ástígon they mounted by steps, Blickl. Homl 209, 7
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tó-slúpan
To slip apart or away ⬩ be relaxed ⬩ dissolved ⬩ to have the connection between several objects ⬩ that between the parts of the same object relaxed ⬩ to be dissipated, ⬩ destroyed ⬩ to be loosed ⬩ undone ⬩ to get relaxed, ⬩ to be relaxed, ⬩ get remiss ⬩ to get paralysed, ⬩ get powerless,
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Mid wriþan gewriþen grundweall ná byþ tóslopen loramento conligatum fundamentum non dissoluitur, Scint. 200, 9.
Linked entry: tó-swífan
ferhþ-cleófa
The mind's cave ⬩ breast ⬩ mentis cŭbīle ⬩ pectus
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The mind's cave, breast; mentis cŭbīle, pectus Eádig byþ se wer, se ðe him ege Drihtnes on ferhþcleófan, fæste gestandeþ beātus vir, qui tĭmet Dŏmĭnum, Ps. Th. 111, 1
bydel-æcer
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Land allotted to a bydel (cf. Bydele gebyreð sum landstycce for his geswince, Ll. Th. i. 440, 7) On ðæene bydelæcer, of ðám bydelæcere, C. D. vi. 152, 31
byrd
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Ger. burt.] bearing, Similar entries v. ende-, for-, fore-, mund-, stefn-byrd
býdel
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Andrews' Old English Manor. pp. 142-3 Bydel gǽð ætforan déman, Hml. Th. i. 354, 34 : Shrn. 95, 14. Héte þú (Pilate) þýnne býdel hym swá ongeán cuman ?, Nic. 2, 15. Bydelum exactoribus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 43.
be-smittian
To pollute ⬩ defile
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Ox. 4156. moral Heora for*-*mænig mid ídelum lofe byþ besmittad multos ex eis cenodoxiae morbus commaculat, R. Ben. 139, 19
Linked entry: smittian
un-brosnigendlic
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Add: of material or non-material objects In þǽre wísan mæg beón ongyten hwylc seó cýþnes byþ in þám unbrosnend-lican lífe ( in illo incarruptibili vita), Gr. D. 312, 7
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