here-gild
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Þá gerǽdde se cyng and his witan ꝥ him man gafol behéte . . . wið þon þe hí þǽre hergunge geswicon . . . him man geald .xvi, þúsend punda, 994; P. 129, 10-15. Twá and twéntig þúsend punda goldes and seolfres mon gesedde þám here wið friðe.
mægen-leást
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Gif hé ongyt þæt þæs gebodes micelnes his mihta oferstíhð, hé . . . his mægenleáste his ealdre gecýþe, R. Ben. 128, 15. Add
tó-brýsan
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Þá tóglidenan stánas ná ꝥ án ꝥ hí his limu tócwýsdon ac hí eác swylce mid ealle his bán tóbrýsdon ( ossa contriverant ), Gr. D. 125, 21. His preósta ǽnne of horse feallende and tóbrýsendne ( contritum ), Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 573, 7. Add
sprǽc
Speech. ⬩ speech, talking ⬩ speech, the faculty of speaking ⬩ skilful speech, speaking with art, eloquence ⬩ what is said, a speech, saying, collection of words ⬩ speech, language, talk, discourse, words ⬩ a speech, language ⬩ speech, e.g. to have speech of or with a person, conversation, consultation, conference, discussion ⬩ a question, case that requires explanation ⬩ a sentence, decision, agreement, terms ⬩ a case, cause, suit, claim ⬩ talk about a person or thing, report, fame ⬩ words denoting places where there is speaking ⬩ lingua, loquela ⬩ colloquium, eloquium, ratio, judicium, consilium, senatus
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Hé ásende hí, ðus cweðende: 'Faraþ ...' Hí férdon æfter ðæs cyninges sprǽce, Homl. Th. i. 78, 22: Cd. Th. 144, 3; Gen. 2384. Iudas him andwyrde and cwæð ... Æfter ðyssere sprǽce, Homl. Skt. ii. 86, 317.
daru
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S. 15, 7. loss, deprivation Þonne se mon bið blind, þeáh hé mycel áge, ꝥ him bið mycel daru, gif hé hit geseón ne mæg, Bl. H. 21, 8
freoðo-beácen
A sign of peace ⬩ sign granting safety ⬩ pācis signum ⬩ signum incolumĭtātem præbens
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A sign of peace, sign granting safety; pācis signum, signum incolumĭtātem præbens Hine Waldend on tácen sette, freoðobeácen, ðý-læs hine feónda hwilc mid gúþ-þræce grétan dorste the Lord set a token, a sign of peace, upon him [Cain], lest some enemy
ge-beran
To bear ⬩ bring forth ⬩ ferre ⬩ părĕre
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Him wíf sunu gebær his wife bare a son to him, Cd. 132; Th. 167, 31; Gen. 2774. Ðá wearþ Abrahame Ismael geboren then Ishmael was born to Abraham, 105; Th. 138, 26; Gen. 2297 : Andr. Kmbl. 1379; An. 690
un-gemet
immensity ⬩ an immense number ⬩ immoderation ⬩ excess ⬩ to excess ⬩ without measure ⬩ excessively ⬩ immensely ⬩ very
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immensity, an immense number Ealles his heres wæs swelc ungemet ðæt mon eáðe cweþan mehte ðæt hit wundor wǽre hwǽr hié wæteres hæfden ðæt hié mehten him þurst of ádrincan ut exercitui immensaeque classi vix ad potum flumina suffecisse memoratum sit,
for-sleán
To strike with violence ⬩ smite ⬩ break ⬩ slay ⬩ kill ⬩ destroy ⬩ vehementer fĕrīre ⬩ percŭtĕre ⬩ frangĕre ⬩ occīdĕre ⬩ interfĭcĕre
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Gif monnes ceácan mon forslihþ [forslyhþ, H] ðæt hie beóþ forode, gebéte mid xv scillinga if one smite a man's cheeks, that they be broken, let him make amends with fifteen shillings, L. Alf. pol. 50; Th. i. 94, 14.
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cwilman
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Ðæt hié cwaelmen ( trucident ) ðá rehtheortan, Ps. Srt. 36, 14. His híréd wæs gestanden mid cwylmendre ádle and wǽron deáda ǽgðer ge his þeówas ge þeówena, Hml. S. 30, 142. Cwylmed on róde crucified, Dóm. L. 54. Bið cwelmed mortificabitur, Kent.
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ge-wissian
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Hí eóden tó scipe mid him and bǽdon God ꝥ hé his weg gewissode, 15, 19. to appoint a time Tó þám ylcan ándagan þe hé him gewissode, Hml. A. 97, 167. the subject a thing Hú man mæg þone weg gefaran þe gewissað tó Gode, Ælfc. T.
borh-hand
A surety ⬩ bail ⬩ sponsor
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A surety, bail, sponsor þes borh-hand hic vas, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 50, 15: hic praes, 60, 16. Borhhand sponsor vel praes vel fidejussor vel vas vel vadator, Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 50. Borh*-*hond fidejussor, Kent. Gl. 742.
ge-méting
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Hé hí tó him genam and clypte, and hí ealle þancunge dydon for heora gemétinge, Hml. S. 30, 384. (l a) a hostile meeting :-- Heora gemétting wæs æt Trefia, Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 31. Geméti[n]g, 5, 7; S. 228, 24.
ge-leógan
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Add: to play a person false Hiora earmas ágáledon and hira handa him gelugon, Verc. Först. 80, 25
bítan
to bite
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Hé bítes and slítes hine adlidit eum, Mk. R. 9, 18. Bítende (bídtende, L.) ł bát hine discerpens eum, 1, 26. to bite, gnash the eccen :-- Hí bíton heora téð him tógeánes, Hml.
ge-dwellan
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Hî forþon tiliað ꝥ hí gód dón þe hí willað gedwellan þá gife óðera manna weorces ( ut gratiam alienae operationis obnubilent), Gr. D. 76, 26. intrans. To err -Sé ðe gedweleð qui erraverit, Kent. Gl. 784
be-wuna
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Hé þæt feoh tó sellanne næfde his here swá hié bewuna wǽron, Ors. 3, 7; S. 116, 15. Add
in-cund
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Mid sóðre behreówsunge and mid incundum wópe, 192. ꝥ hí í of the inward parts, of spiritual nature Ðæt hí mægen ðǽm inncundan (in-, v.l.) Déman on hira ágnum inngeðonce lícian ut interno judici in semetipsis placere studeant, Past. 195, 22.
under-ládteów
A subordinate ruler
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A subordinate ruler, applied to the consuls in comparison with the kings Him ðá Rómáne æfter ðæm ládteówas (underlátteówas, MS.
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sprǽce
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Apollonius hyre árehte ealle his gelymp, and æt þáre sprǽcan ende him feóllon teáras of ðám eágum, Ap. Th. 15, 26