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riht-wer

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Gif be cwicum ceorle wíf hig be óðrum were forlicge, . . . hæbbe se rihtwer eall ꝥ heó áhte, Ll. Th. i. 406, 8. Add

sealt-leáh

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-leáh, gen. -leáge; f.

A salt lea ⬩ Saltley

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A salt lea; hence Saltley Of ðan swínhagan ðæt on sealtleáge; and of sealtleáge in ðone hyrstgeard, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 400, 1

ge-cwidrǽden

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Witan hwæt úre gecwydrǽddene (cf. seó gerǽdnis ... gecweden, 228, 7), gelǽst sý, Ll. Th. i. 236, 5. Add

be-cwelan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cwelan, p. -cwael

To die

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To die Hit becwæð and becwæl sé þe hit áhte he that owned it bequeathed it and died, Ll. Th. i. 184, 1

Linked entry: cwelan

a-ríseþ

it behoveth ⬩ oportet

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Lk. Lind. Rush. War. 9, 22; quia oportet filium hominis, Vulg

a-wǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wǽstan, p. -wǽste ; pp. -wǽsted ; v. trans.

To waste ⬩ lay waste ⬩ eat up ⬩ vastare ⬩ carpere

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To waste, lay waste, eat up; vastare, carpere Swá swá oxa gewunaþ to awǽstenne gærs quo modo solet bos herbas carpere, Num. 22, 4

ge-réf-scir

(n.)
Grammar
ge-réf-scir, or -scire, e; f.

Stewardship ⬩ villicatio

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Stewardship; villicatio Mín hláford míne geréfscire fram me nymþ dominus meus aufert a me vilicationem, Lk. Bos. 16, 3. Geréfscyre præfectura, Hpt. Gl. 438

feor-sibb

(adj.)
Grammar
feor-sibb, adj.
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A distant relative Ne bið ná gelíc ꝥ man wið swustor gehǽme and hit wǽre feorsibb, Ll. Th. i. 404, 18

Linked entry: sib

ge-bisceopian

(v.)
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to confirm Gif hwá gebisceopige hine tuwa, and hé hit wite si quis bis confirmatus sit, et hoc sciat, Ll. Th. ii. 164, 15

Linked entry: bisceopian

ge-giscan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-giscan, p. te, de
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., gigisdae, Ld.) oppilavit, clausit, Txts. 83, 1447. Gegiscde, betýnde oppilavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 18

Linked entry: gescan

ge-hnigian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hnigian, to cause to bend; reflex,
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to bow Ne geþrístlǽce hé ꝥ hé hine tó Godes weófode gehnigie non audeat se ad altars Dei inclinare Ll. Th. ii. 176, 3

mete-cú

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Be cúhyrde . . . gá his metecú mid hlafordes cú, Ll. Th. i. 438, 12-20. Add

riht-ándaga

(n.)
Grammar
riht-ándaga, an, m.
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The right term or time Gif preóst tó rihtándagan crisman ne fecce, Ll. Th. i. 168, 10. Tó þám rihtándagan gafol gelǽstan, 270, 17

á-brecan

Grammar
á-brecan, <b>. I</b>
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(id) add: Ll. Th. ii. 330, 28-9. add: Hml. Th. ii. 564, 14

ǽ-gylt

a breach of the law,

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Dele a breach of the law, and add Égylt excesus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 79. Ǽgylt, 30, 7: excessus, i. culpa, delicta, 145, 67

riht-laga

(n.)
Grammar
riht-laga, an; m.

Right or just law, equity

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Right or just law, equity Rihtlaga is, ðæt man óðran gebeóde, ðæt hé wylle ðæt man him gebeóde, Wulfst. 274, 11. v. next word

Linked entry: laga

fulloc

(n.)
Grammar
fulloc, ful-loc (ful loc?), es; n.

A full ⬩ final agreement

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A full, final agreement Wé willað ꝥ . . . getrýwe gewitnes and riht dóm and fulloc (ful loc?) . . . fæste stande, Ll. Th. ii. 302, 6. Substitute:

hád

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Þá Zacharias his sácerdes hádes (sácerdhádes,v. l. ) breác cum sacerdotio fungeretur. Lk. l, 8.

drífan

(v.)
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Þám dǽdbétan nis álýfed nǽnige cýpinge tó drífenne (mercaturam aliquam exercere), Ll. Th. ii. 170, 12. &lt;b>III a.

ge-þingian

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 73, 73. to lay down the conditions for a person to attain an object Ic bidde ꝥ þú mé geþingie hú ic wurðe his biggenga I pray that thou lay down for me the conditions how I may become his worshipper, Hml.