fýst-gebeát
Hitting with the fist, fisticuffs
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Substitute: Hitting with the fist, fisticuffs 'Tó gemótum and tó gecidum and tó iersunga and tó fýstgebeáte gé fæstað' . . . ðæt fýstgebeát belimpð tó ierre 'in judicia et rixas jejunatis, et percutitis pugnis,' . . . pugnus pertinet ad iram, Past. 314
hand-hæbbende
Having [stolen property] in one's hand
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Having [stolen property] in one's hand [cf under hand the phrase æt hæbbendre handa] Sit handhabenda, sit non handhabenda whether the thief be taken with the stolen property upon him or not, L. Eth. iii. 6; Th. i. 218, 32
heard-líc
Severe, fierce, hard, strict
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Heardlícu wítu severe punishments 69 b; Th. 258, 11; Jul. 263
brastlung
A BRUSTLING, rustling, creaking, breaking, crashing; ⬩ strepitus, crepitus, fractio
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A BRUSTLING, rustling, creaking, breaking, crashing; strepitus, crepitus, fractio Híg tobrǽcon ða búcas mid micelre brastlunge they broke the pitchers with great crashing, Jud. 7, 20. Brastlung treówa rustling of trees, Ælfc.
ofer-flówan
to overflow, cover with water ⬩ to overflow, pass beyond bounds
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to overflow, cover with water Seó eá ðæt land middeweard oferfleów mid fótes þicce flóde, Ors. 1, 3; Swt. 32, 6. to overflow, pass beyond bounds Gód gemet, geheápod and oferflówende hig syllaþ on eówerne bearm, Lk. Skt. 6, 38
ge-þoftian
To associate ⬩ join ⬩ to enter into an agreement ⬩ assŏciāre ⬩ societātem inīre
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To associate, join, to enter into an agreement; assŏciāre, societātem inīre Geþoftade he wið Ptholomeus he joined with Ptolemy, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 74, 26.
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towettan
To associate with
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To associate with Riht is ðæt mynecena ne towettan woruldmannum ne ǽnige sundorcýððe tó heorn habban ealles to swíðe (the other reading is nǽfre wið worldmen ǽnige gemánan worldlícre cýððe habban tó swíðe), L. I. P. 15; Th. ii. 322, 33
be-búgan
to avoid.
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Hé bebeáh hí and warnode hine wiþ hí swá swá wið þone ealdan feónd eam quasi hostem cavens, Gr. D. 276, 2. Ongan hé his freónd and his geféran bebúgan amicos coepit et familiares deserere, 181, 1. Add
bonde-land
Bond or leased land, land held under restrictions, or on conditions expressed in writing ⬩ tributaria terra
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leasow and with meadow, and with all lying thereto, and so that Cuthbriht should give to the abbot fifty pounds for it, and every year one night's entertainment, or thirty shillings in pennies; and also that after his day the land should come again to
un-weorþlíce
unworthily ⬩ in an unsuitable manner ⬩ with indignity ⬩ with contempt ⬩ ignominiously ⬩ with indignation
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Th. 28, 23; Gen.440. with indignity, with contempt, ignominiously Hé wearð self unweorðlíce ofslagen Domitianus interfectus est; cujus cadaver ignominiosissime sepultum est, Ors. 6, 9; Swt. 264, 15.
efesian
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S. 32, 192. (2 a) with head as object :-- Wæs wel gecweden ðæt se efsigenda (efsienda, v. l.) efsode his heáfod bene dicitur: 'Tondentes tondent capita sua,' Past. 141, 3.
ge-drinc
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H. 99, 22. with the idea of excess Him wæs gecynde ꝥ hé symble wæs reád on his andwlitan. Se cyning wénde ꝥ hit for singalum gedrynce wǽre (assiduae potationis esse credidit), Gr. D. 187, 17.
heáwan
to hack ⬩ gash ⬩ to hew ⬩ to cut off
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To strike with a cutting weapon, deal blows Hí on healfa gehwone heáwan þóhton, B. 800. trans.
ǽr
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Add: with indic. (or uncertain) Hý hié hindan ofrídan ne meahte, ǽr hié on ðám fæstenne wǽron, Chr. 877; P. 74, 18. Hí cwǽdon ðæt Críst nǽre, ǽr hé ácenned wæs of Marian, Hml. Th. i. 70, 5.
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bred
A surface, plank, board, table, tablet ⬩ superficies, tabula, tabella
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Lytle hus of bredan [ = bredum] small houses with tables, eating-houses, taverns; tabernæ vel gurgustia, Ælfc. Gl. 55; Som. 67, 12; Wrt. Voc. 37, 7.
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ge-anbídian
to wait ⬩ to wait for. ⬩ to wait for the coming ⬩ return ⬩ to wait for the coming to pass ⬩ to wait
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Hé Godes ríces geanbidode, Mk. 15, 43. with acc. Hé geandbidode ðone frófer ðe beháten wæs, Hml. Th. i. 136, 1. Hé geanbidude Godes ríce, Lk. 23, 51. with a clause Hé geanbidað þæt wé tó beteran gecyrren he waits for our conversion R.
þúsend
a thousand
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Grammar þúsend, in combination with hundreds, tens, units Twá þúsend wintra and twá hund and twá and feówertig geára gerímes, Anglia viii. 336, 1. Feówer þúsend wintra and feówer hand and twá and hundeahtatig, Ors. 1, 14; Swt. 58, 9.
ǽmettig
empty, void, vacant ⬩ devoid, void of, free from ⬩ unoccupied, at leisure, exempt from ⬩ free to do ⬩ unmarried
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Th. ii. 58, 14. with gen. :-- Byden ǽlces eles ǽmtig, Gr. D. 160, 10. devoid, void of, free from 'Wes ðú hál, geofena ful.' Heó wæs ful cweden, næs ǽmetugu, Bl. H. 5, 5. with gen. :-- Ǽmetig gástlicra mægena, Bl. H. 37, 9.
rihtlíce
rightly, justly, with justice or quity ⬩ rightly, in a manner which suits the circumstances of a case ⬩ rightly, in accordance with rules or regulations, regularly ⬩ rightly as regards conduct
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Ða witan cwǽdon ðæt him nán leófre hláford nǽre ðonne heora gecynde hláford gif hé hí rihtlícor healdan wolde ðonne hé ǽr dyde, if he would rule with better observance of the laws 1014; Erl. 150, 7. rightly as regards conduct Wé sceolan gód weorc wyricean
BELGAN
To cause oneself to swell with anger ⬩ to make oneself angry ⬩ irritate oneself ⬩ enrage oneself ⬩ ira se tumefacere ⬩ se irritare ⬩ se exasperare ⬩ To swell with anger ⬩ to be angry ⬩ to be enraged ⬩ ira tumere ⬩ indignari ⬩ irasci
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To swell with anger, to be angry, to be enraged; ira tumere, indignari, irasci Ge belgaþ wið me mihi indignamini Jn. Bos. 7, 23