un-bunden
Not bound
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Alf pol. 35; Th. i. 84, 7
Linked entry: un-bindan
burg-bryce
Entry preview:
Alf. pol. 40; Th. i. 88, 7
Linked entry: burh-bryce
médren-mǽg
A kinsman by the mother's side, maternal kinsman
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Alf. pol. 8; Th. i. 66, 21. Gif hé médrenmǽgas náge, 27; Th. i. 78, 21
forod
Broken ⬩ fractured ⬩ violated ⬩ fractus ⬩ violātus
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Alf. pol. 54; Th. i. 94, 24, note 57. Gif monnes ceácan mon forslihþ, ðæt hie beóþ forode if a man smite another's cheeks, so that they be broken, L. Alf. pol. 50; Th. i. 94, 15: Ps. Th. 30, 12. Foredum sceancum with broken legs, H. R. 101, 21
Linked entries: forad fored forud un-forfeored
lacu
A pool ⬩ pond ⬩ lake
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A pool, pond, piece of water, lake Óþ ðæt seó lacu út scýt—cðæt norþ andlang lace to the point where the water runs out of the lake ... then along the lake, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 250, 26.
Linked entry: fisc-lacu
or-gilde
Unpaid for, applied to one for whom the wergild is not paid
Entry preview:
Alf. pol. I; Th. i. 60, 15
a-snǽsan
to hit or strike against ⬩ to stake oneself upon anything ⬩ impingere ⬩ to wrest anything from another ⬩ extorquere
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Alf. pol. 36 ; Th. i. 84, 14. to wrest anything from another? extorquere, L. Noel, Lye
fæsting
An entrusting, act of confidence ⬩ commendātio
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Alf. pol. 17; Th. i. 72, 5
Linked entries: be-fæsting rǽde-fæsting fæsting-men
tiht
Entry preview:
Alf. pol. 3; Th. i. 62, 8
ǽw
Lawful ⬩ legitimate ⬩ related by the law of marriage ⬩ married ⬩ legitimus ⬩ nuptus ⬩ germanus
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Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 26, 29. Ǽwe gebróðru brothers of the same marriage, own brothers; germani fratres, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 28
ge-treówsian
To justify one's self ⬩ clear one's self ⬩ prove one's self innocent ⬩ se justĭfĭcāre ⬩ se purgēre
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Alf. pol. 17; Th. i. 72, 5, note 8, MS. H: 36; Th. i. 84, 15, note 36, MS. B
Linked entries: treówsian ge-trýwsian
ge-ehtian
To estimate ⬩ value ⬩ æstĭmāre
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Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 82, 2, note 8
esne-wyrhta
A hireling, mercenary ⬩ mercēnārius
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Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 3
liþ-seáw
synovia
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Alf. pol. 53; Th. i. 94, 22. Manegum men liþseáu sýhþ ... wið liþseáwe, L. M. 1, 61; Lchdm. ii. 132, 10-13
Linked entry: liþule
wél
a pool
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a pool
mynster-hám
A monastic house ⬩ monastery
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Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 60, 23. Ðone oferécan mon gedǽle gind mynsterhámas tó Godes ciricum in Súðregum and in Cent, Chart. Th. 482, 18
ynce
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Alf. pol. 45; Th. i. 92, 18, 19. Gif ofer ynce scilling; æt twám yncum, twégen; ofer þrý, .iii. scill., L. Ethb. 67; Th. i. 18, 17. Hé ( Adam ) wæs vi and cx ynca lang, Salm. Kmbl. p. 180, 20
Linked entry: FÓT
ge-þeófian
To steal ⬩ thieve ⬩ furāri
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Alf. pol. 6; Th. i. 66, 2. Ðæt he hæbbe ǽr geþeófad that he had before thieved, L. In. 48; Th. i. 132, 8, MSS. B. H
Linked entries: þeófian ge-þiéfian
for-bod
A forbidding ⬩ prohibition ⬩ countermand ⬩ prohibitio
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Alf. pol. 41; Th. i. 88, 19. On Godes forbode with Gad's prohibition, L. N. P. L. 61; Th. ii. 300, 12
fored
Broken ⬩ fractured ⬩ fractus
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Alf. pol. 50; Th. i. 94, 15, note 34. Se foreda fót [MS. foot] the fractured foot, Past. 11, 2; Hat. MS. 15 a, 4