hlæder
a ladder ⬩ flight of steps ⬩ stairs
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Þá wǽron þǽre hlǽdre stapas áléfede on ǽr and tóburston fǽringa, Hml. S. 31, 602. Sc̃s Petrus cyrice ... on þǽra hlǽddre twá and feówertig stæpena, Angl. xi. 4, 8: 5, 10.
-gilde
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v. ǽ-gilde, ander-gilde, or-gilde, un-gilde, unander-gilde
ge-myþe
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Andlang bróces on dá mýðy ; of ðás gemýðon, iii. 48, 26. where a river flows into the sea Æt þám gemýðum (-myndum, v. l.)
hearpe
A harp ⬩ plectrum, chelys, psalterium, cythara
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Sum sceal mid hearpan æt his hláfordes fótum sittan feoh þicgan one shall at his lord's feet sit with the harp and receive treasure, 88 a; Th. 332, 4; Vy. 80.
þeód-cyning
the king of a whole nation ⬩ a monarch, ⬩ an independent sovereign. ⬩ the king of all nations, ⬩ the monarch of the world ⬩ the Deity
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Æt þearfe þeódcyninges, 5382; B. 2694. Ðæs þeódkyninges (-kyngces, MS. D.) (Edward the Confessor) Chr. 1066; Erl. 198, 15. Fore þrymme ðeódcyninges ǽniges on eorðan, Apstls. Kmbl. 36; Ap. 18. Gewiton hié feówer þeódcyningas (cf.
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ge-sibsumian
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Add: to become gesibsum, come to an agreement, be reconciled Gang ǽr and gesybsuma wið þínne bróðer vade prius reconciliari fratri tuo, Mt. 5, 24.
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tíma
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Add Gýfernyss déd ꝥ man yt ǽr tíman, Hml. S. 16, 269. Hét hé him beran bere tó sǽde, and ofer ǽlcne tíman ðá eorðan seów ( allatum hordeum ultra omne tempus serendi terrae commendavit, Vit. Cuth. 19), Hml. Th. ii. 144, 12.
hlinian
To lean, ⬩ bend, ⬩ lie down, ⬩ recline, ⬩ rest
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Hí sécaþ ðæt hie fyrmest hlynigen æt ǽfengieflum primos in cœnis recubitus quærunt, Past. 1, 2; Swt. 27, 7. Hé fyrgenbeámas ofer hárne stán hleonian funde he found the mountain trees resting on the grey rock, Beo. Th. 2835; B. 1415.
un-gelífed
Not possessed of belief ⬩ unbelieving ⬩ infidel
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Paulus spræc swíðe egeslíce be ungelýfedum mannum: hé cwæð: 'Ða ðe Godes ǽ ne cunnon, and búton Godes ǽ syngiaþ, hí eác búton Godes ǽ losiaþ,' 52, 22: i. 460, 26: Blickl Homl. 63, 22. Ungelýfdum, 55, 32
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gafol
tribute. ⬩ payment exacted by a stronger from a weaker people, by the conqueror from the conquered ⬩ payment exacted by the state, a tax ⬩ payment exacted by the church ⬩ payment exacted by a lord, e.g. rent by a landlord ⬩ a contribution exacted in aid ⬩ a rate ⬩ interest ⬩ a debt ⬩ due, obligation
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Ꝥ hé his feoh ne his ǽhta tó nánum unrihtum gafole (ullo injusto foenore)ne lǽne; ꝥ is, ꝥ hé hine máran ne bidde tó ágyfanne þonne hé him ǽr lǽnde, Ll.
ládung
An excusing ⬩ an apology ⬩ excuse ⬩ a defence ⬩ exculpation ⬩ purgation
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Bisceop sceall æt tihtlan, ládunge gedihtan ðæt ǽnig man óðrum ǽnig wóh beódan ne mǽge áðor oððe on áþe oððe on ordále when accusation is made, the bishop shall so order the proceedings by which the accused is to clear himself, that no man may be able
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ge-hwæþer
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Æt gehweðerum múðe, Ll. Th. i. 96, II. Wearþ micel wælsliht on gehwæþere bond Chr. 871; P. 72, 2 : By. 112. adverbial, in each case. Cf.
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á-breóþan
To degenerate, deteriorate, fall away, fail, ⬩ to fail, come to nought ⬩ To destroy
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Ex. 66. moral Se deófol sendeð earhscype, swá ðæt se man ábrýð æt ǽlcere þearfe, Wlfst. 53, 13. Gif hé ábrýð on ðǽre éhtnysse, Hml. Th. i. 250, 21. Se yfela, swá hé oftor on ðǽre fandunge ábrýð, swá hé forcúðra bið, 268, 29.
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a-cwelan
To die ⬩ perish ⬩ mori
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Ofercumen biþ he ǽr he acwele he will be overcome ere he dies, Exon, 90b; Th. 340, 10; Gn. Ex. 114. Monige men hungre acwǽlon many men died of hunger, Chr. 918; Erl. 104, 13
a-þierran
To wash off or away ⬩ rinse ⬩ make clean ⬩ purge ⬩ clear ⬩ diluere
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To wash off or away, rinse, make clean, purge, clear; diluere Hit is þearf, ðæt sió hond sié ǽr geclǽnsad, ðe wille ðæt fenn of óðerre aþierran necesse est ut esse munda studeat manus, quæ diluere sordes curat, Past. 13, 1 ; Hat. MS. 16 b, 8
earning-land
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Cf. the expression in the same charter: Wé wrítað him ðone croft . . . ðæt hé hæbbe hit swá rúm tó bóclonde, swá hé ǽr hæfde tó lǽnlonde, C. D. iii. 258, 27
ed-níwung
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Ðá edníwunge and ðá láre hí forsáwen, ðǽr hí ǽr ne ongéten ðone hryre and ðá tóworpennesse aedificationis verba contemnerent, nisi prius ruinam suae destructionis invenissent, Past. 443, 16. Add
geó-dæg
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., and cf. ǽr-dæg
on-erian
to plough up
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to plough up Wé ma lufiaþ ðone æcer ðe ǽr wæs mid þornum áswógen and æfter ðæm ðe ða þornas beóþ áheáwene and se æker biþ onered bringþ gódne wæsðm plus terram diligimus, quae post spinas exarata fructus uberes producit, Past. 52, 9; Swt. 411, 18
hláfmæsse-dæg
Lammas-day, ⬩ the first of August
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Ǽr hláfmæsse [dǽge?], L. M. 1, 72; Lchdm. ii. 146, 9. Æfter hlámmǽssedæge, Chr. 1100; Erl. 235, 33
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