sceótan
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</b> add :-- Gif hit gelimpeþ ꝥ se man ꝥ wyrignesse word ne gecwið tó his þám néhstan for hete, ac hit sceóteð forð þurh his tungan gýmeleásnesse si homo non ex militia, sed ex linguae incuria, maledictionis verbum jaculatur in proximum, Gr.
Langa-Frige-dæg
Good-Friday
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Man ne mót hálgian húsel on Langa-Frigedæg forðan ðe Crist þrowode on ðone dæg for ús the eucharist must not be consecrated on Good Friday, for Christ suffered for us on that day, L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 558, 16.
Linked entry: Fríg-dæg
þeów-níd
Violence or force that enslaves or subdues ⬩ oppression ⬩ enslavement
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For þreáum and for þeónýdum (for þearfum and for þreánýdum,) (Exon. Th. 186, 4); (Az. 14) on account of afflictions and oppression, Cd. Th. 234, 19; Dan. 294
blát
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Þá cwom wópes hring blát út faran, weóll waðuman streám a flood of tears poured forth pale, a surging stream welled, An. 1281. Substitute for first passage
be-tyrnan
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to turn round On ánre wendinge, ðá hwíle te he the firmament ǽne betyrnð, gǽð forð feówor and twéntig tída. Hex. 8, 13. Embhwerfte betyrndum orbis valutas, Hy.
forhtian
To be afraid or frightened ⬩ tremble ⬩ păvēre ⬩ trĕmĕre ⬩ trĕpĭdāre ⬩ formīdāre ⬩ To fear ⬩ be frightened at ⬩ dread ⬩ tĭmēre
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v. intrans. To be afraid or frightened, tremble; păvēre, trĕmĕre, trĕpĭdāre, formīdāre Ongan he forhtian, and sárgian cæpit păvēre, et tædēre. Mk. Bos. 14, 33: Boutr. Scrd, 21, 22. Ongunnon hí forhtigan they began to be afraid, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 30.
Linked entries: frohtian ge-frohtian
be
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Add For hé forð bi (bie, v.l. ) ðǽm scræfe, Past. 197, 13: Bl. H. 213, 34. Add Gé bundon hine be þam fótum, Shrn. 151, 35. 2. add Be Wihtgáres dæge and be óðra cinga dæge, Chr. 7915 ; P. 56, 39.
Linked entry: bi-wrítan
wrǽc
Vengeance
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This form seems to be implied by later English forms, e. g.
sǽta
a resident, inhabitant.
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The form occurs only in compounds, and these are for the most part in the plural. There is also beside the weak -sǽtan a strong -sǽte. Similar entries v. Dorn- (Dor-), Dún-, Peác-, Sumor-, Wil-sǽte (-sǽtan).
Linked entry: séta
þeód-mægen
A tribal force
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A tribal force Þridde þeódmægen (the tribe of Simeon, which came third), Cd. Th. 199, 21; Exod. 342. Cf. folcmægen fór æfter óðrum, 199, 31; Exod. 347
Linked entry: folc-mægen
sceáp-wæsce
A place for washing sheep
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A place for washing sheep the word remains as a place-name in Sheepwash, in Worcestershire Of ðam stáne on sceápwæscan ; andlang sceápwæscan, Cod. Dip. v. 48, 6. Andlang sceápwæscan tó sceápwæscan forda, 174, 11. Tó ðære sceápwæscan, 298, 4.
Linked entry: wæsce
teartness
Sharpness, severity, asperity
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Sharpness, severity, asperity Drihten herede Iohannem for ðære teartnysse his reáfes, forðan ðe hé wæs mid olfendes hǽrum gescrýd wáclíce and stíðlíce, Homl. Th. i. 330, 1. For ðæs wyntres teartnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 152.
mealmiht
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On þone mealmihtan ford, C. D. B. iii. 63, 27. Add
plyccan
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Gylecan tácen is þæt þú strece forð þín wenstre handstoc and plyce innan mid þínre wynstran hande, 127, 15
Linked entry: plicettan
nón-tíma
The ninth hour
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The ninth hour On nóntíman wé sculon God herian, forðam on ðone tíman Crist gebæd for ðám ðe him deredon, and siððan his gást ásende, Btwk. 216, 31
níd-þeówetling
One who is forced into slavery
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Bora received sixty pence for his mediation ), Chart.
Linked entry: þeówetling
mann-lufu
Love of men
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Love of men Woldun ðæt him tó móde fore monlufan sorg gesóhte, ðæt hé síþ tuge eft tó éþle they desired that for love of men care would visit his mind, that he might take his journey back to his country (and not remain as a hermit), Exon. 37 b; Th. 123
bor-líce
Eminently ⬩ excellently ⬩ well
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Wel borlíce hé forð stæppeð full nobly he steps forth, 307, 28. Hé geswutelað borlice he shews admirably, 329, 24. Þá híw rímcræftige esnas borlíce foregylpað, 334, 27.
wæstm
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Þá assan syndon on þám mǽstan wæstme (printed wæstene) onagri forma maxima, Nar. 34, 16
brim-líðende
to go, sail ⬩ Sea-faring ⬩ per æquora navigans
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Hie ymb brontne ford brimliðende ne letton they have not hindered sea-faring [men] about the deep ford, Beo. Th. 1141; B. 568