weard-mann
A guard, watchman, keeper
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Hé heora wæterscipe mid weardmannum besette constituit centenarios per singulos fontes, 94, 172
ge-swícan
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Þá þegenas heom geswicon hæfdon, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 8. to fail to do, not to succeed Heó ne geswác nou cessit (ad capessendam passionis palmam). An.
mægen-leást
Weakness ⬩ feebleness ⬩ impotence
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Hí ne mihton for heora mægenleáste ða meniu bewerian ( of the Jews reduced by famine during the siege of Jerusalem ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 8
nos-þyrel
A nostril
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Se brǽþ on heora nosþyrlum, Homl. ii. 98, 9. Dó on ða næsþyrlu (nos-, MS. B.), Lchdm. i. 72, 21
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ge-dréme
Melodious ⬩ harmonious ⬩ joyous ⬩ cănōrus ⬩ consŏnus ⬩ lætus
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Melodious, harmonious, joyous; cănōrus, consŏnus, lætus Beóþ on heora húsum blíðe gedréme lætābuntur in cubīlĭbus suis, Ps. Th. 149, 5.
Linked entry: ge-drýme
be-sorgian
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Swíðor Drihten besorgade þá heora synna þonne his ágene wunda, Hml. Th. i. 50, 25. Ne þurfan gé nóht besorgian hwæt gé sprecan, Bl. H. 171, 18. Dele passage from Bt., and add
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ed-níwe
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Tó geeácnienne heora ealdan synna mid edníwum synnum peccatis veteribus jungentes nova, Jud. 10, 6. Add
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hærfest-tíd
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autumn, v. hærfest; I Þú þá treówa on hærfesttíd heora leáfa bereáfast, and eft on lencten óþru leáf sellest, Bt. 4; F. 8, 6. harvest-time, v. hærfest; On sumera and on hærfesttíde, þonne mon wæstmas in somnode tempore aestatis, quo fruges erant colligendae
leóda
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Rómánisce leódan (leóde (-a), v. ll. ) ongynnað heora geár æfter hǽðenum gewunan, Lch. iii. 246, 15. Þǽr mihton geséon Winceastre leódan (leóde, v. l. ) rancne here, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 10.
treówa
An assurance of good faith ⬩ a covenant
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Náðor ne wé on ðone here faran, ne heora nán tó ús, búton man trýwan and gýslas betwýnan sylle friðe tó wedde, L. A. G. 4; Th. i. 156, 8
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strengðu
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Ðás sylfan strengþe heó hafaþ gewylled wið ðæs migþan earfoðlícnyssa, 284, 3.
eáþe
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Heó listum áléde láðne mannan, swá heó þæs unlǽdan eáðost mihte wel gewealdan, Jud. 102: 75. without reluctance, willingly, readily Ꝥ swurd læg þǽr him ætforan and heora nán nolde náht eáðe hine sleán, Hml. S. 19, 106.
land-ágende
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Landágende men ic lǽrde ðæt hié heora gafol mid gehygdum águldon, Blickl. Homl. 185, 21
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un-gelǽredness
Uninstructedness ⬩ ignorance ⬩ inexperience ⬩ rudeness
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Mid ðearfednesse ge mid heora ungelǽrednesse paupertate ac rusticitate sua, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 28
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forod
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Heora fæder feóll foredum swyran, 326, 7. Man hine foredum sceancum intó þǽre eá wurpe, Hml. S. 27, 58. Add
gímeleás-ness
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Heora gímeleásnesse neglegentias suas R. Ben. I. 84, 12
rǽde-fæsting
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Entertainment furnished to the king's messengers when riding on the king's business, or to those strangers who were coming to the king Liberabo illud (monasterium) a pastu et refectione illorum hominum quos saxonice nominamus walhfæreld and heora fæsting
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ælmes-lic
of the nature of alms, eleemosynary, charitable ⬩ depending upon alms, poor
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of the nature of alms, eleemosynary, charitable Hié hígon gefeormien and hígon ús mid heora godcundum gódum swǽ gemynen swǽ ús árlic and him ælmeslic siǽ, Cht. Th. 476, 34.
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ge-ǽnan
to unite oneself ⬩ join
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to unite oneself to, join with Be ðám þingum þe ðú mé ǽr sédest þat þú . . . for nánum þingum eft tó gecyrran nolde . . . ácsige ic þé hweðer þú áðer oððe for (fór, MS.) heora lufum, oððe for éniges þinges lufum hym eft tó geénan (géénan, MS.) wille,
screádian
To shred ⬩ cut up or off ⬩ pare ⬩ to prune
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To shred, cut up or off, pare, (of trees) to prune Búton ða láreówas screádian ða leahtras þurh heora láre áweg, ne biþ ðæt lǽwede folc wæstmbǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 74, 16.