læt-rǽde
deliberate
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Slow of counsel, deliberate Oft mon biþ suíðe wandigendre æt ǽlcum weorce and suíðe lætrǽde and wénaþ menn ðæt hit síc for suármódnesse and for unarodscipe and biþ ðeáh for wisdóme and for wærscipe often a man will be very hesitating in every action,
líc-mann
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Seó dreorige módor mid ðám lícmannum hí ástrehte æt ðæs hálgan apostoles fótum ... Johannes ofhreów ðære méder and ðæra lícmanna dreórignysse, i. 66, 15-21
lysu
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What is depraved [v. preceding word] Gif cyning æt mannes hám drincæþ and ðær man lyswæs hwæt gedó ii bóte gebéte if the king be entertained at a man's house, and any evil be done there, let a double fine be paid, L. Ethb. 3; Th. i. 4, 2.
bisceop-hád
BISHOPHOOD, the office or state of a bishop, the episcopate, a bishopric ⬩ munus episcopale, flaminium, episcopatus, episcopi provincia
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On biscopháde ge ǽr bisceopháde in episcopatu et ante episcopatum, Bd. 4, 6; S. 574, 2, 3: 5, 6; S. 620, 19. His bisceophád [biscophád, Spl.] brúcan feóndas let his enemies enjoy his episcopate, Ps. Th. 108, 8
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blód
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Ǽr him mon blód lǽte, þám þe fela blódes hæfþ, ii. 210, 16. Blód wanian, iii. 184, 16. Wer blóda vir sanguinum, Ps. L. 5, 8: Ps. Spl. 25, 9. Handa mid manna blódum befýlede, Angl. xi. 113, 36. Add
fers
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Æt þám ferse þe man æfter gereorde cwið, R. Ben. 69, 16. Cweþe ǽrest þis fers, 'Deus in adiutorium meum intende,' 33, 8 (and often)
fore-wyrd
a proviso ⬩ agreement ⬩ condition
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Þá Pyhtas heom ábǽdon wíf æt Scottum on þá gerád (ꝥ forewyrd, v. l.) ꝥ hí gecuron heora kynecinn on þá wífhealfa, Chr. P. 3, 16.
mennisc
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Englas geþafodon ǽr Drihtnes tócyme þæt mennisce men him tó feóllon, Hml. Th. i. 38, 27. Mennisce eágan hine ne mihton geseón, 598, 18.
tó-scirian
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Add: to distribute, allot a share, v. scirian; and cf. tó-dǽlan; Ǽghwylcre sáwle bið onsundrum tóscyred ( to each soul separately will its doom be assigned ), and sió bið swylce hyre se líchoma ǽr geworhte, Verc.
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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Se middangeard ús (devils) wæs lange ǽr underþeóded, and ús deáþ mycel gafol geald, Bl. H. 85, 12. payment exacted by the state, a tax Æt gæflæs monunge in teloneo, Mt. R. 9, 9.
EALDOR
life ⬩ vita
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life; vita Ealdres æt ende at life's end, Beo. Th. 5573; B. 2790. Ðe him wolde ealdres geunnan which would grant him life, Andr. Kmbl. 2263; An. 1133. On ðissum ealdre in this life, Ps. Th. 87, 14.
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stówlíce
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Locally, in respect of place Ða Iudéiscan ðe on Crist gelýfdon wǽron him gehendor stówlíce and eác ðurh cýððe ðære ealdan ǽ : wé wǽron swíðe fyrlyne ǽgðer ge stówlíce ge ðurh uncýððe, Homl. Th. i. 106, 19-21
un-neáh
not near ⬩ far ⬩ far from
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Grammar un-neáh, as adv. far Syndan ealle hí fram ǽ ðínre unneáh gewiten a lege tua longe facti sunt, Ps. Th. 118, 150. Grammar un-neáh, as prep. far from Óþlæ unnég, Txts. 127, 1
for-þylman
To encompass ⬩ overwhelm ⬩ cover over ⬩ obscure ⬩ involvĕre ⬩ obvolvĕre ⬩ obscūrāre
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To encompass, overwhelm, cover over, obscure; involvĕre, obvolvĕre, obscūrāre He his sylfes ðǽr bán gebringeþ, ða ǽr brondes wylm on beorhstede forþylmde it [the phœnix] brings its own bones there, which the fire's rage had before encompassed on the
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hremman
To hinder ⬩ obstruct ⬩ cumber
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Ðí læs ðe seó smeáung ðæra ǽhta hí æt ðære láre hremde lest the contemplation of the possessions should be a hindrance to them in learning, 60, 30: 394, 14. Ne hremmaþ mínne martyrdóm hinder not my martyrdom, 592, 7
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irfe-gewrit
a will ⬩ testament
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Writing concerning an inheritance, a will, testament Ac hit gelamp ðæt Æðelréd cingc gefór ðá ne cýðde mé nán mann nán yrfegewrit ne náne gewitnesse ðæt hit ǽnig óðer wǽre bútan swá wit on gewitnesse ǽr gecwǽdon but it happened that king Ethelred died
lust-líce
gladly ⬩ willingly
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Ðe nú lustlíce sibbsumes friþes æt eów biddende sindon who now are willing to ask a friendly peace from you, Ors. 1, 11; Swt. 48, 22. Ða godcundan láre lustlíce gehýran, Blickl. Homl. 47, 28: 49, 32
sworettan
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Ða ús nú bysmriaþ, ða ðe ǽr on úrum bendum sworettan, Blickl. Homl. 85, 25. Ðá ongan hé sworettan, swá swá eallunga gewǽced, on ðam oreðe belocen, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 234
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tihtan
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Hé hæfþ gelǽd fulle láde æt ðan unrihtwífe ðe Leófgár bisceop hyne tihte he has completely cleared himself of the offence with which the bishop charged him, Chart. Th. 373, 33. Gif man óðerne sace tihte, L. H.
un-snytro
Folly
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Worda eallra unsnyttro ǽr gesprecenra, Elen. Kmbl. 2567; El. 1285. Hé his selfa ne mæg for his unsnyttrum ende geþencean, Beo. Th. 3472; B. 1734: Met. 9, 11. Hé unsnytrum ( foolishly, unwisely ) Andreas hét áhón, Exon. Th. 260, 35; Jul. 308.