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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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.
wiþ-feohtan
to fight against ⬩ contend with
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to fight against, contend with Hé gefeaht mid ða ǽ ðæs módes, ðære wiþfeaht (wiðflát, v. l.) seó ǽ ðe on his limum wæs pugnabat legi mentis, cui lex, quae in membris est, repugnabat, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 39. Wiðfeohtan certare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 17
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un-leahtorwirþe
Unblameable
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Unblameable Godes ǽ is swíðe unleahtorwyrðe lex Domini inreprehensibilis, Ps. Th. 18, 7
á-blǽcung
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Pallor Áblǽcungum (ǽ-, An. Ox. 4897, q. v.) palloribus Hpt. Gl. 518, 62
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fahame
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Fahame (-ae, Ep. Gl. ) polentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 68: pullentum, 118, 42. (?)
or-firmþa
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Cf. ǽ-firmþa ; or-firme, -firm(u)
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ge-siníg
Marriage; ⬩ connubium
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Marriage; connubium Fore hálgum gesiníge ǽ pro sacra connubii lege, Rtl. 108, 14
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healh
a corner ⬩ an angle ⬩ cave ⬩ closet ⬩ recess ⬩ a bay
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Æt healhtúne, 294, 21. Æt healtúne, vi. 184, 14: 198, 1. Andlang eá tó healhwere, v. 392, 33. Of ðǽre syrfan tó healwícum, 262, 14
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.
ceorian
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Add: to murmur, complain without just cause. absolute Ic swíþor ceorude þonne mín sáwul behófode, þá ðá ic ǽhta forleás, Angl. xi. 113, 40. Manega ceorodon and fandoden Godes, Hml. S. 13, 230. Hý ná ne ceorien (cyrian, R. Ben.
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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á-breóþan
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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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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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