wíte-leás
Not having to pay a fine
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Not having to pay a fine Gelǽste ǽlc wuduwe ða heregeata binnan twelf mónðum, búton hire ǽr tó onhagige, wíteleás, L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 18
glíw-georn
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Eager for amusement, fond of jesting or minstrelsy Bisceopum gebyreð ꝥ hí ne beón tó glíggeorne, ne hunda ne hafeca hédan tó swýðe, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 29
gyrwan
To prepare ⬩ make ready ⬩ make ⬩ put on ⬩ clothe ⬩ adorn ⬩ părāre ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ vestīre ⬩ ornāre
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Ic hæbbe geweald micel to gyrwanne gódlecran stól on heofne I have great power to form a better throne in heaven, Cd. 15; Th. 18, 30; Gen. 281.
giellan
to yell
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to yell, Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 19; Rä. 25, 3: 82 a; Th. 309, 25; Seef. 62
ge-þicgan
To take
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To take Seoððan wæs méce geþiged [Th. geþinged] afterwards was the sword taken, Beo. Th. 3881; B. 1938
be-grindan
to grind ⬩ polish ⬩ perfricare ⬩ polire ⬩ exacuere ⬩ to deprive ⬩ privare
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to grind, polish; perfricare, polire, exacuere Sindrum begrunden ground with cinders Exon. 107 a ; Th. 408, 3; Rä. 27, 6. to deprive; privare Ǽlc hine selfa begrindeþ gástes dugeþum each deprives himself of his soul's happiness Cd. 75; Th. 91, 33; Gen
be-snǽdan
To cut, lop ⬩ amputare
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To cut, lop; amputare Engel hét besnǽdan an angel commanded to cut it, Cd. 200; Th. 248, 16; Dan. 514. Ðæt ðæt treów sceolde, telgum besnǽded, afeallan that the tree, lopped of its branches, should fall Cd. 202; Th. 250, 34; Dan. 556
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Persisc
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Tó Persiscum earde, Hml. Th. i. 450, 15. Férde Antiochus tó Persiscre þeóde, Hml. S. 25, 531. Þone heáhengel þe Persisce þeóde bewiste, Hml. Th. i. 518, 17. used substantively Þǽra Persiscra cyning wæs þǽm Cásere wiþerrǽde, Jud. Thw. 162, 23
cyn-líc
Becoming, fitting ⬩ dĕcōrus
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Becoming, fitting; dĕcōrus Suilce iów cynlíc þynce as to you may seem fitting, Th. Diplm. A. D. 804-829; 461, 36. Swá him rihtlíc and cynlíc þince as to them may seem just and becoming, Th. Diplm. A. D. 905; 493, 12
luf-sum
Amiable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ lovable
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Lufsum and líðe leófum monnum amiable and kind to the men that are dear to him, Exon. 21 a; Th. 57, 5; Cri. 914: 96 a; Th. 357, 21; Pa. 32
riht-hamscyld
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Th. i. 12, 1-3, [In the note to these laws a passage from the Lex Saxonum is quoted giving two articles: I. 6. Si gladio uestem seu scutum alterius incideret . . . 7. Si per capillos alium comprehenderit . . .
tollere
A toll-taker, ⬩ tax-gatherer
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A toll-taker, tax-gatherer Tollere telonearius, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 56: theolenarius, 74, 45. Matheus wæs tollere, Homl. Th. i. 324, 3: ii. 288, 17. God hine áwende of tollere tó apostole, 468, 15.
ge-þweran
To stir ⬩ beat or mix together ⬩ to churn ⬩ make thick [as butter from cream] ⬩ poetically ⬩ to forge ⬩ cudere
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To stir, beat or mix together, to churn, make thick [as butter from cream], poetically, to forge; cudere Genim cú meoluc bútan wætere lǽt weorþan to flétum geþwer to buteran take cow's milk, without water, let it become cream, churn it to butter, L.
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ge-freólsian
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Add: to free. to free from obligation, labour, & c. Gefreólsod feriatus, An. Ox. 1012. to free from (secular) claims, to consecrate Gefreólsod consecratur, An.
sǽ-lád
a course or way on the sea
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a course or way on the sea Wé on sǽláde (in our course ) brecaþ ofer bæðweg, Andr. Kmbl. 1022; An. 511. Hie on sǽláde wíf tó Denum feredon they on the watery way took the woman to Denmark, Beo. Th. 2319; B. 1157.
a-scyrpan
to sharpen
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to sharpen, Ps. Th.126, 5 : Ps. Spl. C. 63, 3
búwian
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To inhabit; inhabitare Búwa eorþan inhabita terram, Ps. Th. 36, 3
be-gietan
to get ⬩ obtain
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to get, obtain Exon. 65 b; Th. 242, 6; Ph. 669
ciégan
to call, call upon, invoke
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to call, call upon, invoke, Ps. Th. 52, 5: 74, 1
cyrman
to cry out, shout
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to cry out, shout, Cd. 166; Th. 207, 3; Exod. 461