FREÓ
FREE ⬩ having liberty or immunity ⬩ noble ⬩ glad ⬩ joyful ⬩ līber ⬩ sui jūris ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ nōbĭlis ⬩ lætus
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Gif he mǽgburg hæbbe freó if he have a free kindred, L. In. 74; Th. i. 148, 19. Ðǽr freó, móton eard weardigan where free, they might inhabit a country, Andr. Kmbl. 1196; An. 598.
mótian
to address one's self ⬩ speak (to a person) ⬩ converse ⬩ to address an assembly ⬩ to discuss ⬩ dispute ⬩ moot a question
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Gif se munuc wyle gán tó wífmanna húsum and wið hý mótian, and gif ðæm mǽdenum líkiaþ hyra luftýman sprǽce, 48, 15. [Cf. Stille beo þu, ne schaltu motin wið me na mare, Marh. 17, 26.] to address an assembly (cf. mótere) Heródes hæfde gemót ...
árian
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Gif wé beóð on hwylcum earfoþum . . . gif hé ús árian and miltsian wile, 51, 30. to refrain from unkindness, to spare Ne árað non parcet, Kent. Gl. 173. Sé ðe áreð qui parcit, 468.
cirlisc
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Add: in a technical sense, of the 'ceorl' class or rank Gif mon hǽme mid twelfhyndes monnes wífe, hundtwelftig sciłł. gebéte þám were. Syxhyndum men hundteóntig sciłł. gebéte. Cierliscum (ceorl-, cyrl-, v. ll.) men feówertig sciłł. gebéte.
drý-cræft
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'Beó ic scyldig gif ic his scýncræft ne mæg ádwǽscan mid mínum drýcræfte,' Hml. S. 14, 54-58. Gif wíf drýcræft begǽð si mulier artem magicam exerceat, Ll. Th. ii. 130, 15.
for-fón
to take away ⬩ to seize ⬩ to anticipate
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Add: to seize, arrest an accused person Gif hé (the accuser) hine (the accused) forféhð, Ll. Th. i. 142, 7. to anticipate, take measures to prevent.
sí
be
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Gif ðú sié Godes sunu, Blickl. Homl. 27, 7. Him sió wuldor, Hy. 8, 4. Ðæt ðæt betst sý, ðæt mon seó foremǽre. Bt. 34, 2; Fox 82, 10. Gif heó leng sý ðonne hé if she live longer than he, L. Edm. B. 3; Th. i. 254, 13. Ðeáh ðe heora hundred seó. Ps.
ceáp
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Gif hé ceáp áredige út on hwylcere fare, 23.
wine-treów
Faith between friends
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Ðæt hé (the man) ða wǽre and ða winetreówe be him lifgendum lǽstan wolde, ðe git on ǽrdagum oft gesprǽcon, Exon. Th. 475, 20; Bo. 50
un-þancol
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Tó hwan eart ðú mé swá unþancul mínra góda and mínra gifa ?, Nap. 66. v. un-geþancfull
lǽstan
to follow ⬩ attend ⬩ accompany ⬩ to do ⬩ perform ⬩ observe ⬩ carry out ⬩ execute ⬩ discharge ⬩ to continue ⬩ last
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Gif hé lǽst mína lára if he does my teachings, Cd. 29; Th. 39, 3; Gen. 619. Ðenden ðú míne láre lǽstest, 99; Th. 130, 32; Gen. 2169. Lǽstes, 27; Th. 36, 15; Gen. 572.
losian
To perish ⬩ be lost ⬩ stray ⬩ escape
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Gif hé losige and hine mon eft gefó if he escape and be caught a second time, L. Alf. pol. 7; Th. i. 66, 11: 1; Th. i. 60, 17. Gif hit [feoh] him losige, 20; Th. i. 74, 17.
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mǽnan
To mean ⬩ to intend to convey a certain sense ⬩ to intend to indicate a certain person or thing without direct statement ⬩ to mean ⬩ purpose ⬩ have as an object to which the mind is directed ⬩ intend ⬩ to signify ⬩ have a certain signification or purpose
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To mean. of persons to intend to convey a certain sense Gif hé of wege ǽnigne gebrohte . . ðæt is ðæt ic mǽne gif hé ǽnigne man on synne bespeóne if he have brought any man out of the way . . . what I mean, is, if he have lured any man to sin, L.
á-rísan
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Gif ús feoh áríse æt úrum gemǽnum sprǽcum, Ll. Th. i. 232, 5. Gif preóst circan miswurðige þe eal his wurðscipe of sceal árísan, ii. 294, 11. to rise, mount up Oð ꝥ ángylde áríse tó .xxx. sciłł; siþþan hit tó þám áríse . . . , Ll. Th. i. 68, 3-4.
lícian
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Gif hé wilnað ðæt hé hire lícige bet ðonne sé ðe hine sende. Past. 143, 4. (ii) to be sufficient :-- Wel lícas ðǽm dæg werignise his sufficit diei malitia sua, Mt.
grétan
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Gif ðe ǽnig mid weán gréteþ if any one entreat thee evil, Cd. 83; Th. 105, 18; Gen. 1755. He ne grétte hí non cognoscebat eam, Mt.
ge-sellan
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L. 16, 2. to give forth, give (as in give tongue), make a sound Ær ðon se hona stefne gesella (uocem dederit), Mk. L. R 14, 30. to put forth in words, give evidence, answer, &c.
þeów
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Gif þeów mon wyrce on Sunnandæg be his hláfordes hǽse, sié hé frioh. To the same effect is L. C. S. 45; Th. i. 402, 18: Gif hláford his þeówan freólsdæge nýde tó weorce, þolige ðæs þeówan, and beó hé syþþan folcfrig.
sealting
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Dancing Mæssepreóstas . . . ne beón an þám geférscypum . . . þǽr líchamana beóð fracodlice gebǽru mid saltingum and tumbincgum (choris ei saltationibus) (cf. sum bið swíðsnel, hafað searolic gomen, gleódǽda gife for gumþegnum, leóht and leoþuwác, Crä
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un-wær
not on one's guard ⬩ unaware ⬩ unprepared ⬩ unwary ⬩ heedless ⬩ incautious ⬩ inconsiderate
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not on one's guard, unaware, unprepared Gif ðé man scotaþ tó, ðú gescyltst ðé, gif ðú hit gesihst; gif ðú unwær bist, ðú bist ðe swíðor geswenct, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 11.