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þreá-nídla

(n.)
Grammar
þreá-nídla, an; m.

Painful constraintrestraint of punishmentoppression

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Hé þeóstra þegnas þreániédlum bond he bound the ministers of darkness with penal restraints, Exon. Th. 143, 29; Gú. 668

Linked entry: -nídla

dearnunga

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Hé begeat mid his sméhwrencan eall dyrnunga æt Steorran ꝥ him gewearð se þridda penig of þǽre tolne, C. D. iv. 56, 29. Add

scearu

(n.)
Grammar
scearu, e; f.

The share pubes

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The shore le penul, 148, 17. Schere pubes, 246, col. 2. Schore, privy part of a man pubes, Prompt. Parv. 448. v. Lchdm. ii. Glossary

þearf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þearf-líc, adj.
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Pen. 9; Th. ii. 280, 13. Ðæt him ðearflíc nǽre, ðæt hé ðǽs hálgan hǽse forhule his hláforde that it would not be well for him to conceal the saint's bidding from his lord, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 80.

gúþ-fana

(n.)
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a flag, pennon Hé (Constantine) mearcode on his gúðfanan hálig róde tácn, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 15. Gúðfanan gelea[fa]n wé beorað vexillum fidei ferimus, Ps Srt. ii. p. 203, 23.

stíþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ-líc, adj.
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Pen. 3 ; Th. ii. 278, 8. Hí begunnon tó sleánne ǽlc heora óðerne mid stíð*-*lícum gefeohte, Jud. 7, 22. Swá swá hé strengest beón mihte ongeán ða stíðlícan scúras, Boutr.

mǽst

(adv.)
Grammar
mǽst, adv.

mostchieflyespeciallyalmostnearly

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Wígheard and mǽst ealle (omnes pene) his geféran, Bd. 4, 1; S. 563, 25. Hié mǽst ealle ofslægene wurdon. Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 80, 22. Swá swá ealle mæst ðyssere declinunge, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 7; Som. 9, 9.

mancus

(n.)
Grammar
mancus, es; m.

A mancusthe eighth of a poundthe sum of thirty pence

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A mancus, the eighth of a pound, the sum of thirty pence Fif penegas gemacigaþ ǽnne scillingc and xxx penega ǽnne mancus (other MSS. manccus, mancs), Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 52, 8.

cyre-áþ

(n.)
Grammar
cyre-áþ, es; m. [cyre a choice, áþ an oath]

The select oath, the oath sworn by the accused, together with a certain number of consacramentals selected by him out of a fixed number of persons named to him by the judgejuramentum electum, quod quis præstabat cum aliquot coujura-toribus ab ipso selectis e quibusdam a judice nominatis [Schmd. 566]

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Schmd. 566] Nemne him man x men and begite ðara twegen and sylle ðone áþ . . . and stande ðæs cyre-áþ ofer xx peninga let there be named ten men to him and let him get two of them and give the oath . . . and let his select oath stand for over twenty pence

Linked entries: áþ rím-áþ

un-lybba

(n.)
Grammar
un-lybba, (and un-lybbe, an; f., or un-lybb; dat. -lybbe ; n.?), an; m.

poisonpoison used for purposes of witchcraftwitchcraftsorcery

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Pen. 7; Th. ii. 280, 6: 6; Th. ii. 280, 2: Wulfst. 150, 5. Wiþ unlybbum, Lchdm. ii. 292, 30. poison used for purposes of witchcraft, witchcraft, sorcery Gif wíf drýcræft and galdor and unlibban wyrce ...

Linked entry: ge-unlybba

fódder

(n.)
Grammar
fódder, fóddor, fóddur, fóder, fódor; gen. fódres; dat. fódre; n.

FODDERdry food for cattlehaycornprovenderfood generallyjūmenti pābŭlumfœnumĕdūliumpābŭlumescavictusa case from which anything is feda casecoversheaththācaθήκη

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Pen. 15; Th. ii. 282, 26. a case from which anything is fed, a case, cover, sheath; thāca = θήκη Fódder thēca, Ælfc. Gl 53; Som. 66, 68; Wrt. Voc. 35, 54. v. boge*-*fódder

Linked entries: fóter FÓÐER

líf-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
líf-dæg, es; m.
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Pen. 3; Th. ii. 278, 14: Cd. 43; Th. 56, 10; Gen. 910. Hé him lífdagas leófran ne wisse ðonne hé hýrde heofoncyninge no pleasanter time in his life did he know, than when he obeyed heaven's king. 162; Th. 203, 25; Exod. 409.

FLÝS

(n.)
Grammar
FLÝS, fiís, fliés, flés, fleŏs. es; n.

A fleecewoolvelluslānūgo

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Gilde ðæt flýs mid twám pæningum let the fleece be paid for with two pence, L. In. 69; Th. i. 146, 11, MS. H. Mid his flýse with its fleece, L. In. 69; Th. i. 146, 9, 10, MSS. B. H.

oxa

(n.)
Grammar
oxa, an ; m.
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. ¶ The value of an ox as given in the Laws was 30 pence :-- Oxan mon sceal gyldan mid .xxx. p., L. O. D. 7 ; Th. i. 356, 4. Oxan tó mancuse, L. Ath. v. 6, 2 ; Th. i. 234, 1. .xxx. pæñ scyldig oððe ánes oxan, v. 8, 5 ; Th. i. 236, 31

Linked entries: axan exen

trimes

(n.)
Grammar
trimes, trimis, es; trimessa, an; m. : trimesf[s], e; trimes[s]e, an; f. : þrimes;
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Voc. ii. 7, 18. in England, a coin of the value of three pence. The gen. pl. þrimsa, aymsa, occurs several times in the section headed Norðleóda laga. Th. i. pp, 186, 188

ge-wegan

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Drince on wætere betonican dustes ꝥ ǽnne pening gewege, Lch. ii. 134, 26: 18, 4.

FURÐOR

(adv.)
Grammar
FURÐOR, furður; adv.

FURTHERmoreforwardsultĕriusultraampliusporro

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Eóde se sæster hwǽtes to lv penega, and eác furðor the sester of wheat went to fifty-five pence, and even further, Chr. 1039; Erl. 167, 22. Ðæt he á furðor wǽre ðonne óðre bróðor that he was always more than the other brethren, Past. 17, 6; Hat.

Linked entries: forðor furður

líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
líhtan, p. te.

to alleviaterelieveassuageto lightalight

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M. 2, 7; Lchdm. ii. 186, 20: 2, 44; Lchdm. ii. 256, 13, Gif ðǽr hwylc wíteþeówman sý bútan ðyson hió gelýfþ tó hyre bearnon ðæt hí hine willon lýhtan for hyre sáulle if there be any penal slave besides these, she trusts to her children that they will

late

(adv.)
Grammar
late, adv.

Slowlylateat length at last

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Slowly, late, at length, at last Alexander late unweorðlícne sige gerǽhte [anceps] pugna tandem tristem pene victoriam Macedonibus dedit, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 134, 8.

teóðian

(v.)
Grammar
teóðian, teogoðian; p. ode.
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Pen. 15; Th. ii. 282, 22. Ús is wyrse ðæt wé úrne ceáp teóþian, gif wé willaþ syllan úre ðæt wyrste Gode, Blickl. Homl. 41, 7. Heáfodmen teóðian, Wulfst. 181, 18. Gif gé nellaþ teóðian ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe eów God lǽnþ, 297, 2: Homl.