wís-dóm
wisdom ⬩ discretion ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cognizance ⬩ wisdom ⬩ knowledge ⬩ learning ⬩ philosophy
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Ýwaþ wísdóm weras, wlencu forleósaþ, 132, 17; Gú. 474. knowledge, cognizance Gif ceorl búton wífes wísdóme deóflum gelde, L.
in-tó
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Gif ceorl ceáp forstelð and bireð intó his ærne, Ll. Th. i. 138, 15 : 286, 11. Intó þám húse gelǽdan, Angl. vii. 6, 51. with acc.
helm
a helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ diadem ⬩ the top ⬩ crown ⬩ cover ⬩ concealment ⬩ a covering
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Þeán ceorlisc geþeó ꝥ hé hæbbe helm and byrnan . . . gif hé ꝥ land nafað hé bið ceorl swá þeáh, Ll. Th. i. 188, 8. a crown, diadem Sitt þonne swegles brytta on heáhsetle helme beweorðod (gewurþod, Wlfst. 137, 17), Dóm. L. 118.
pening
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Ceorf nygan penegas cut up nine pennyweights, iii. 8, 2. Man ðysses wyrttruman genime týn penega gewihte, i. 260, 17.
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ge-réfa
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Gíf man biscopes esne tihte, cænne bine an geréfan hand; hine gerefa clensie, oþþe selle tó swuiganne, 42, 4. þone Frenciscan ceorl þe seó hléfdige heafde hire gesett tó geréfan Chr. 1003; P. 135, 6.
be-týnan
to inclose or surround with a hedge, inclose, close, shut, shut up ⬩ sepem circumdare, sepire, intercludere, claudere, occludere, concludere ⬩ to end, finish, conclude ⬩ finire
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Ceorles weorþig sceal beón betýned a churl's close ought to be surrounded with a hedge, L. In. 40; Th. i. 126, 13. Hí hine betýndon in án nearo fæsten they inclosed him in a narrow fastness, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, note 19.
þeóden
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the chief of a þeód [cf. dryhten, dryht for connexion of þeóden, þeód], a prince, king; the word is used almost exclusively in poetry, but occurs once in the Laws in an alliterative phrase Ǽlc be his mǽðe, eorl and ceorl, þegen and þeóden, L.
ge-mǽne
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Be þan þe ceorlas habbað land gemǽne and gærstúnas. Gif ceorlas gærstún hæbben gemǽnne (-mæne, v.l. ), oþþe óðer gedálland, tó týnanne, 128, 4-6. (a α) of the relation of parents and children :-- Be ðon ðe ryhtgesamhíwan bearn hæbben . . .
ge-namian
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I a. to call by a name :-- Ðú sunu ðínne tuoelf nomun genomadest Filium tuum .xii. nominibus nominasti, Rtl. 145, 12. where a descriptive epithet is applied to an object, to speak of as (tó) Eal seó gelaðung ðe stent on mǽdenum and on cnapum, on ceorlum
snotor
Prudent, wise, sagacious ⬩ prudens
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Snottre ceorlas Beo. Th. 3187; B. 1591. Hwylc is wísra, wel snotera Ps. Th. 106, 42. Engla werod snotra Hy. 3, 16. Snoterra mon Salm. Kmbl. 502; Sal. 251. Gomol snoterost, fyrngeárum fród Menol. Fox 482; Gn. C. 11.
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worþig
enclosed homestead ⬩ a place surrounded by buildings ⬩ place ⬩ street ⬩ platea
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In its simplest application it seems to mean an enclosed homestead Be Ceorles weorðige (worðige, v. l.). Ceorles weorðig (weorði, wurðig, v. ll. ) sceal beón wintres and sumeres betýned.
ge-mǽre
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Innan ðone gemǽrwyl; andlang streámes, 193, 9. in other local connexions Gif þú scyle áceorfan unhál lim of hálum líce þonne ne ceorf þú ꝥ on þám gemǽre þæs hálan líces ac micle swíþor ceorf on ꝥ hále líc, Lch. ii. 84, 28.
ge-þreátian
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Gif mon ceorles mennen tó nédhǽmde geþreáteð, Ll. Th. i. 78, 12. Gif mon wífmon tó niédhǽmde geþreátige, 18. Þæt hí ðá crístenan tó heora mánfullum offrungum geðreátodon, Hml.
ESNE
A man of the servile class, a servant, retainer, man, youth ⬩ mercēnārius, servus, vir, jŭvĕnis
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Gif man mid esnes cwynan geligeþ, be cwicum ceorle, ii gebéte if a man lie with an 'esne's' wife, her husband still living, let him make twofold amends, L. Ethb. 85; Th. i. 24, 9.
heán
Low, mean, abject, poor, humbled, humble ⬩ humilis, infamis
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Heánra man vel ceorlíc ǽhta peculium, 13; Som. 57, 122; Wrt. Voc. 22, 59. Se heánra hád the weaker sex, Exon. 9 a; Th. 7, 10; Cri. 99. Ne se heárra derige ðam heánran nor let the higher injure the lower, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 314, 1.
CWÉN
a woman ⬩ femina ⬩ a wife ⬩ uxor ⬩ a king's or emperor's wife, a QUEEN, empress ⬩ regina, imperatrix, augusta
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Gif man mid esnes cwýnan geligeþ, be cwicum ceorle, ii gebéte if a man lie with an 'esne's' wife, her husband, still living, let him make twofold amends, L.
land
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Londes ceorl the husbandman Met. 12, 27. Swá hwá swá wille sáwan wæstmbǽre land, Bt. 23 ; F. 78, 21. Wé sceolon bletsian úre land, and Drihten biddan ꝥ þá wæstmas þe on eorðan syndon geþeón mótan, Verc. Först. 129, 26.
wyrhta
a wright ⬩ workman ⬩ artificer ⬩ labourer ⬩ one who works at some trade ⬩ a maker ⬩ producer ⬩ author ⬩ creator ⬩ fabricator ⬩ the Creator ⬩ Maker ⬩ a doer ⬩ worker
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Hér synd gewriten ða gerihta ðæ ða ceorlas sculan dón tó Hysseburnan. Æt ælcan híwisce ... þreó pund gauolbæres, Chart. Th. 145, 1.) six pund wǽga, L. In. 59; Th. i. 140, 5.
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of
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Th. ii. 64, 14. add Swelce hé plantige treówu, and ceorfe of ðá wyrtruman, Past. 449, 33. Þonne seó sául of biþ, Bl. H. 57, 35 : 111, 32. Fleót ꝥ fám of, Lch. ii. 104, 20. Add Gif preóst miswurðige circan þe eal his wurðscipe of sceal árísan, Ll.
þicgan
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Ceorf nygan penegas, and ðige ða, Lchdm. iii. 8, 2. Nǽfre gé beódgereordu unárlíce eówre þicgeaþ, Cd. Th. 91, 29; Gen. 1519. Ne hé náht fúles ne þicge ( comedat ), Jud. 13, 4. Wiþ þon þe mon þicge átor, Lchdm. ii. 110, 24.
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