plantian
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Búton hé of his hiéremonna móde ðá ðornas ðǽre ídlan lufan ǽr úp átuge, unnyt hé plantode on hí ðá word ðǽre hálgan láre, Past. 443, 1
lǽdend
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One who leads or brings Se wæs ǽ bringend, lára lǽdend, Exon. 10 a; Th. 9, 27; Cri. 141
Linked entry: lǽdan
feorh
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Uneáðe ic mihte begytan æt Gode ꝥ mé wǽron befæste of þǽre stówe þá feorh þára gebróðra vix obtinere potui, ut mihi ex hoc loco animae concederentur, Gr. D. 140, 29. Add
ge-hweorfan
To turn ⬩ convertere ⬩ To turn ⬩ go away ⬩ depart ⬩ die ⬩ pass as property ⬩ fall as a lot ⬩ verti ⬩ abire ⬩ redire ⬩ excidere
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Ǽr ic of ðysum lífe gehweorfe ere I depart from this life, Hy. 3, 53; Hy. Grn. ii. 284, 53. Hit on ǽht gehwearf Denigea freán it passed into the possession of the Danes' lord, Beo. Th. 3363; B. 1679 : 2424; B. 1210 : 4422; B. 2208.
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a-hreddan
To rid ⬩ liberate ⬩ set free ⬩ deliver ⬩ rescue ⬩ liberare ⬩ eripere ⬩ eruere
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He hí æt hungre ahredde he rid them of the famine, Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 40. Loth wæs ahreded Lot was rescued, Cd. 96; Th. 125, 27; Gen. 2085. Ahred. 94; Th. 122, 26: Gen. 2032. Ahrede me hefiges nídes feónda mínra eripe me de inimicis meis, Ps.
morgen-gifu
The gift made by the husband to the wife on the morning after the consummation of the marriage
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Ic cýðe hwæt ic mínum wífe tó morgengife sealde, ðæt is Beadewan and Burgestede and Strátford and ða þreó hýda æt Heánhealan, Chart. Th. 596, 31. Hig ðone cincg bǽdon ðæt heó móste gesyllan hire morgengife intó Cristes cyrcean, 540, 18.
un-forworht
Not criminal ⬩ innocent
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Se ðe hit áwende æt unforworhtum þingum he who sets aside the grant when there is no criminality on the part of the grantee (cf. the phrase frequent in Oswald's charters: Gif hwá búton gewyrhtum hit ábrecan wille, iii. 21, 30, and often.
Linked entries: for-wyrcan fór-wyrcan
ofer-stǽlan
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Add: to overcome in a dispute, overthrow the case of a person by proofs Þá fuhton þá englas and þá deóflu ymbe þá earman sáwle ; and þá deóflu hý ( the soul) genáman æt þám englum, and oferstǽldon hý mid hire yfelan weorcum þe heó wyrcende wæs (confuted
fyrmest
excellent
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Nembroð fyrmest wæs æt þǽre getimbrunge þǽre byrig Babilonian Nemroth condendae Babyloniae auctor exstiterat, Angl. vii. 40, 380. On þám geférscipe wǽran þá fyrmestan Mellitus, . . .
ge-angsumian
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Heó wearð oð deáð on móde geancsumed . . . and æt Gode ábæd ꝥ heó hire gást ágeaf, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 13. Hé micclum wearð geangsumod, and for his mágum swíðor þonne for him sylfum, Hml. A. 97, 168.
sél
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Ne gefrægn ic nǽfre wurðlícor æt hilde sixtig sigebeorna sél gebǽran, Fins. Th. 77 ; Fins. 38 : Beo. Th. 2029 ; B. 1012. Hwylc hira sélast simle gelǽste hláforde æt hilde, Andr. Kmbl. 821 ; An. 411. Bet gé rǽdaþ melius legitis, sélost (sǽlost, MS.
ge-dál
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And ic gean mínum þrým bróðrum tó gedále þæs landes æt Trosting-túne, búton þám ðe ic gean Ælfwolde ðæs ðe Æðelríc hæfde, Cht. Th. 597, 14-598, 4: Gen. 1400.
a-feohtan
to fight against ⬩ attack ⬩ assail ⬩ impugnare ⬩ expugnare ⬩ to tear or pluck out ⬩ evellere
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Grn. 34, 1. to tear or pluck out; evellere Ǽr hit afohten foldan losige priusquam evellatur, Ps. Th. 128, 4
fyrn-geweorc
An ancient work ⬩ priscum vel jam diu perfectum ŏpus
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An ancient work; priscum vel jam diu perfectum ŏpus Ǽr ðon endige fród fyrngeweorc before his wise ancient work shall end, Exon. 57 a; Th. 203, 14; Ph. 48: 57 a; Th. 204, 9; Ph. 95: Andr. Kmbl. 1473; An. 738.
glenge
An ornament
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An ornament Hwǽr beóþ ðonne ða glengeas and ða mycclan gegyrelan ðe he ðone líchoman ǽr mid frætwode where shall then be the ornaments and the grand apparel with which he before decked his body? Blickl. Homl. 111, 35. Glengas, 99, 24, 19: 115, 2.
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án-gilde
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To be compensated for, for which ángilde (q.v.) is to be paid Búton hiora hwæðer ǽr þingode ꝥ hé hit ángylde healdan ne þorfte unless either of them previously made the condition that he was not to be liable to make compensation for damage done to the
ge-méde
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II l ; S. 24, 9. of things, that satisfies requirements, adequate, suitable Heó hit Ósulfe on ǽht gesealde wið gemédan feó ( the land was sold for a fair price, or (?) a price that had been agreed on ), Che. Th. 170, 21
full-dón
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To complete, perform Eall ꝥ yfel ꝥ hí ǽr ðan begunnon, hí ꝥ eall syððan fuldydon, Hml. S. 23, 388. Hí þæt fuldón hoc perficiant, R. Ben. 70, 21.
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ge-dihtnian
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Þ God ǽr ealre worulde gedihtnode (geteohhode v.l.) him tó forgifenne quod eis Deus ante secula disposuit donare, 54, 26
ge-forewyrdan
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Standan ðá forword ðe ǽr wið ðæne arcebiscop ge-forwyrd wǽran, iii. 352, 5
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