freógan
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Sume þá men þe hié on ðeówdóme hæfdon, þá þe heora hláfordas freógean noldon ... þá consulas ... freódon, 4, 9; S. 190, 35. v. á-freón, and friá in Dict. Add
gise
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Gyse hú mihte Adam tócnáwan hwæt hé wǽre, búton hé wǽre gehýrsum on sumum þince his Hláforde? why, would God refuse him so small a thing . . .? Yes; how could Adam know what he was, unless he were obedient in some thing to his Lord?, Hml.
múl
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Absalon rád on his múle . . . þá geféng hine án treów be ðám fexe . . . and se múl am forð fram þám árleásan hláforde, Hml. S. 19, 222. Him cóm ongǽn se ealda feónd sittende on ánum múle on lǽces ansýne, Gr. D. 161, I.
hold
Kind, ⬩ friendly, ⬩ pleasant, ⬩ favourable, ⬩ gracious [of a prince to his subject], ⬩ faithful, ⬩ loyal, ⬩ devoted, ⬩ liege [of a subject to his prince]
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Ðam byþ God hold ðe biþ his hláforde rihtlíce hold God will be gracious to him who is rightly faithful to his lord, L. C. E. 20; Th. i. 372, 12, Hé cwæþ ðæt hé heom hold hláford beón wolde, Chr. 1014: Erl. 150, 10.
cú-hyrde
A cowherd, person who has the charge of cows ⬩ vaccarius, bubulcus
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A cowherd, person who has the charge of cows ; vaccarius, bubulcus Cúhyrde gebýreþ ðæt he hæbbe ealdre cú meolc vii niht, syððan heó nige cealfod hæfþ, and frymetlinge býstinge xiv niht; and gá his metecú mid hláfordes cú vaccarii rectum est, ut habeat
Dene
The Danes ⬩ Dāni
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Gif hláford his þeówan freóls-dæge nýde to weorce, gylde lahslihte inne on Dena lage, and wíte mid Englum if a lord oblige his servant to work on a festival-day, let him pay penalty within the Danish law, and fine among the English, L. E.
bósum
womb ⬩ uter
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Ióhannes on his módor bósm onfangen wæs . . . ꝥ cild his Hláford of his módor bósme on þǽre fæmnan bósm hálette Bl.
á-lǽtan
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Hwí wolde þín hláford þé álǽtan tó mé ( let thee come to me ), Hml. S. 36, 65. of deprivation, loss Gé hit álǽtað ( you will lose it ), þonne gé lǽst wénað, Wlfst. 46, 10. Hé þá handa álýse oþþe hig álǽte, Ll.
á-spanan
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Be þám men þe wífman fram his hláforde áspaneð (allicit) for unrihtum hǽmede, Ll. Th. ii. 180, 24. Sicilie healfe áspónan (-speónnon, v. l.)
læfel
A cup ⬩ vessel ⬩ bowl
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Se læfyl ðe gé forstǽlon wæs mínum hláforde swíðe dýre scyphus, quem furati estis, ipse est, in quo bibit dominus meus, Gen. 44, 5. Ǽren fæt, læfel oððe céc, Lchdm. iii. 292, 9. Of ðæm hlæfle, Chart. Th. 439, 30.
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hám-weard
Homeward, in the direction of home ⬩ domum versus, retro
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Se esne hig hámweard lǽdde tó his hláforde the servant brought her home to his lord, Gen. 24, 61
a-fíndan
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Ðǽra sceápa hláford com hám áfundenum sceápe, Hml.
feormian
to maintain ⬩ foster ⬩ to feast
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Gif hwá þæne friðleásan man healde oþþe feormige, 384, 8. to maintain a dependent, servant, take a person as a servant Gif mon wille of boldgetale in óðer boldgetæl hláford sécan. . . .
scrallettan
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Sum sceal mid hearpan æt his hláfordes fótum sittan snere wrǽstan lǽtan scralletan one shall sit with a harp at his lord's feet, bend the strings, mate them send forth loud sound, 332, 10; Vy. 83
hirde-leás
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Wæs mynster unfeorr fram heora húse ꝥ wæs forlǽten and hyrdeleás for heora hláfordes deáðe and forþfóre of þám mynstre non longe erat monasierium, quod rectoris sui morte erat destitutum, Gr. D. 205, 23
un-scyldig
innocent ⬩ guiltless ⬩ innocent of a crime, charge ⬩ guiltless in relation to (wið) a person ⬩ innocent ⬩ not accountable for an ill result ⬩ not responsible
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Se hláford bið unscyldig ( the owner of the ox shall be quit, A. V. Ex. 21, 28), gif se oxa hnitol wǽre ... and se hláford hit nyste, L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 48, 29. His hláford bið unscildig dominus bovis innocens erit, Ex. 21, 28.
hundred
A hundred
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Fó se hláford tó healfan and tó healfan ðæt hundred let the lord take half, and the hundred half, L. Edg. 2, 7; Th. i. 268, 20. Gewitnys sý geset tó ǽlcere byrig and tó ǽlcum hundrode, L. Edg. S. 3; Th. i. 274, 8, 10.
ge-rád
Consideration, account, condition, reason, wisdom, prudence, manner ⬩ ratio, conditio
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Se hláford dyhte hym gerád dominus posuit rationem cum eis, 25, 19. Ðám ealdum gedafenaþ ðæt hí tǽcon sum gerád heora geonglingum ad senes spectat juvenes prudentia erudire, Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 33.
ege-full
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Add: fearful, inspiring fear, terrible, of persons Egeful hláford metuendus dominus, R. Ben. 2, 2. Cóm rídende sum egefull ridda, Hml. S. 25, 773.
heáhþu
Height, high place, glory ⬩ height, loftiness, exaltation ⬩ altitudo, culmen
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Geségon hí on heáhþu hláford stígan of grundum they saw the Lord ascend to heaven from earth, 15 a; Th. 31, 19; Cri. 498. Heofonríces héhþe, Cd. 17; Th. 21, 8; Gen. 323.