fetian
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Hí mæte (mete, v. l.) and mádmas ofer .L. míla him fram sǽ fættan (fetton, v. l.), 1006; P. 137, 12. Feta, gif ðú dyrre, æt ðus heaðuwérigan háre byrnan, Vald. 2, 16. Fetige hé him má, Solil. H. 1, 10.
fór-áþ
A fore-oath ⬩ an oath first taken ⬩ præjūrāmentum ⬩ antejūrāmentum
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A fore-oath, an oath first taken; præjūrāmentum, antejūrāmentum Ofgá his spræce mid fóráþe let him begin his suit with a fore-oath, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 31
fore-gehátan
to order ⬩ to promise
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to order Foregehéht praecipit, Mt. p. 14, 11: praecepit, 18, 9. to promise Hiá foregehéhton him feh þte hiá sealla walldon promiserunt ei pecuniam se daturos, Mk. L. R. 14, 11
Linked entry: ge-hátan
ofer-gǽgan
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Se cásere hét hine bewǽpnian and beforan his ansýne ætstandan . . . swilce ofergǽgendne his hláfordes bebod, Hml. S. 30, 411. Add
weardes
Wards in to-wards
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Wards in to-wards Ðá smearcode heó wið his weardes, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 590. Swá eode heó wið his weardes, 684. Ðá arn se ealda wið hire weardes, 599
Linked entry: wiþ
inne
In ⬩ within ⬩ inside ⬩ in-doors
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Béte swá seó dómbóc sæcge gif hit sý hér inne. Gif hit sý eást inne gif hit sý norþ inne béte be ðam ðe ða friþgewritu sæcgan let him make 'bót' as the law says, if it be in this part of the country.
Linked entry: innian
rýman
to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplify ⬩ to clear a way ⬩ yield, give place
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Ðonne rýmeþ hé ðam deádan tó ðam áþe ðæt hine móton his mǽgas unsyngian by such conduct he clears the way for an oath on behalf of the dead man, so that his (the dead man's) kinsmen may exculpate him, L. In. 21; Th. i. 116, 7.
Linked entry: rúmaþ
stúpian
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Ðæt hé swá oft sceolde stúpian swá se cyning tó his horse wolde and ðonne se cyning hæfde his hrycg him tó hliépan ut ipse acclinis humi regem superadscensurum in equum dorso adtolleret, Ors. 6, 24; Swt. 274, 24.
býdel
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He þurh his býdelas his gafoles myngaþ he reminds him of his tribute by his messengers [lit. beadles ], L. Edg. S. l; Th. i. 270, 19.
Linked entry: bǽdel
and-leofen
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Hiera ondliefene (-lifene, v. l.) þone dǽl ðe hí him selfum oftióð ea quae sibi de alimentis subtrahant, Past. 315, 22. Seó eá mǽst eall genom þæt binnan þǽre byrg wæs þǽra monna ondliefene, Ors. 4, 7; S. 180, 19.
heolstor
That which covers or conceals ⬩ darkness ⬩ a veil ⬩ covering ⬩ place of concealment
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Gewitan him ðá gangan under beámsceade hýddon hie on heolstre ðá hie hálig word drihtnes gehýrdon they retired then under the trees' shade, hid themselves in the darkness when they heard the holy word of the Lord, 40; Th. 53, 12; Gen. 860.
Linked entry: hleostrum
ge-wyrcan
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Adam wæs of eorðan geworht, Gen. 365. to build, construct Þæs wyrhtan þe hié ( a church ) his hand geworhte, Bl. H. 205, 12. Hié weófod wlitelíce geworhtan and gegyredon, 6. Þæt hié him tó mǽrðe burh geworhte, Gen. 1666.
un-weder
Bad weather ⬩ tempest
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Bad weather, tempest Nú cweðaþ sume men ðæt se móna hine wende be ðan ðe hit wuderian sceal on ðam mónðe; ac hine ne went nǽfre náðor ne weder ne unweder of ðam ðe him gecynde is, Lchdm. iii. 268, 4.
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eáþ-mód
Humble, lowly, obedient ⬩ hŭmĭlis, obēdiens
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He eáþmóde him eorlas funde he found men obedient to him, Menol. Fox 195; Men. 99. His ætgiefan eáþmód weorþeþ he becomes obedient to his feeder, Exon. 88 b; Th. 332, 27; Vy. 91
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elles
otherwise ⬩ differently ⬩ elsewhere ⬩ else ⬩ else
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Eall þæt manncynnes elles wæs, eall hit ádranc, Wlfst. 10, 13. Ꝥ man ǽlc beboden fæsten healde, sí hit Ymbrenfæsten, sí hit Lengctenfæsten, sí hit elles óðer fæsten, Ll. Th. i. 368, 22. Elles óðre fæstena healde man, 308, 18.
sníðan
to cut, make an incision in anything ⬩ to cut as a surgeon does, to lance ⬩ to amputate ⬩ to cut up or to pieces ⬩ to cut so as to kill, to slay an animal ⬩ to cut stone, to hew ⬩ to cut hair ⬩ to cut corn, to reap ⬩ to reap ⬩ to cut ⬩ secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere ⬩ to cut, prune
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Ic wéne ðæt hé hiene snide sláwlícor, gif hé him ǽr sǽde ðæt hé hiene sníðan wolde . . . se lǽce, ðonne hé cymþ ðone untruman tó sníðanne 26; Swt. 186, 2-7. metaphorically Ðæt mon mǽge sníþan and bærnan his unþeáwas ut culpae morbos supplicio resecarent
ge-teohhian
To appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ decree ⬩ assign ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ decernĕre ⬩ assignāre
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Ðe his sylfes sáwle hafaþ deáþe geteohhad who hath assigned his own soul to death, 183, 33. Eall ðæt yfel, ðæt hí him geteohod hæfdon all the evil that they had determined against him, Ps. Th. 9, argument: 14: 16, 13.
Linked entries: teohhian ge-tiohhian ge-tihhian
bysmerian
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Hí bysmeredon hí on ðone reádan sǽ irritaverunt eos in rubrum mare, Ps. Th. 105, 8. Ongunnon hí on ðám wícum Moyses bysmrian they began to irritate Moses in the camps, 105, 14.
Linked entries: bysmorian bysmrian bysmrigan beosmriende bismærian bismerian bismiriende bismrian
BÆÞ
a BATH ⬩ balneum ⬩ balneatio ⬩ a font ⬩ fons lustralis
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On hátum baðum in hot baths, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 6. a font; fons lustralis Hú hí hine bǽdan fullwihtes bæðes how they had asked him for a font of baptism, Ors. 6, 34; Bos. 130, 30
tó-weard
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Add Þá áþenede Benedictus his hand and áwrát Crístes róde táken þǽr tóweard extensa manu Benedictus signum crucis edidit, Gr. D. 105, 4. 3. Add Hig eódon tó Sodoman weard abierunt Sodoman, Gen. 18, 22. Hí flugon tó heora lande weard, Hml.