for-pǽran
To turn away ⬩ pervert ⬩ ruin ⬩ destroy ⬩ pervertĕre ⬩ perdĕre
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Past. 39, 3; Hat. MS. 53 b, 8. Gif we us sylfe ne forpǽraþ if we do not destroy ourselves, Homl. Th. i. 216, 9: ii. 50, 5. Adam us forpǽrde þurh ánes æpples þigene Adam ruined us by the eating of an apple, Homl. Th. ii. 330, 32.
Linked entry: a-pǽran
friþ-stól
A peace-stool or seat ⬩ peace-place ⬩ asylum ⬩ sanctuary ⬩ refuge ⬩ pācis sēdes vel lŏcus ⬩ asȳlum ⬩ refŭgium
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Gif forworht man friþstól geséce if a man who has forfeited his life seek a sanctuary, L. Eth. vii. 16; Th. i. 332, 16. Ðú eart friþstól us, Drihten Dŏmĭne, refŭgiumfactus es nōbis, Ps. Th. 89, l: 90, 9.
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in-lagian
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To restore an outlaw to the protection of the law Ǽrest ðæt hé his ágenne wer gesylle ðam cyninge and Criste and mid ðam hine sylfne inlagige first, thnt he [a man who has committed manslaughter in a church] pay his own 'wer' to the king and to Christ
líne
a line ⬩ rope ⬩ a line ⬩ row ⬩ rule ⬩ canon
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Ðǽr sceal wesan se torhta æsc án an línan ácas twegen hægelas swá some 'æ' must occur once, 'a.' and 'h' twice [in forming the words hæn, hana], Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 25; Rä. 43, 10
BODIG
bigness or height of body, stature ⬩ statura ⬩ the trunk, chest or parts of the chest, as the back-bone ⬩ truncus corporis ⬩ the BODY ⬩ corpus
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Voc. 283, 26: spina, Cot. 177: 196. the BODY; corpus Ǽgðer ge his fét ge his heáfod ge eác eall ðæt bodig either his feet or his head or even all the body, Past. 35, 3; Hat. MS. 45 b, 12
ge-fremian
To finish ⬩ effect ⬩ bring to pass ⬩ accomplish ⬩ commit ⬩ effĭcĕre ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ patrāre ⬩ committĕre
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Ic ne gemune nánra his synna ðe he gefremode I will remember none of his sins which he has committed, Homl. Th. ii. 602, 19. Forðan synd ðás wundru gefremode on him ĭdeo virtūtes ŏpĕrantur in eo, Mt. Bos. 14, 2.
tán
Having branches, spreading, used metaphorically of the offspring of a parent; cf. The use of branch in speaking of the members of a family
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The passage in Genesis is: And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation, 17, 20), Cd.
þroht-heard
strong under afflictions ⬩ having fortitude or endurance in trouble ⬩ grievously hard
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Þegnas þrohthearde þafigan ne woldon, ðæt hié forléton leófne láreów, 803; An. 402. grievously hard Wæs se leódhete þrohtheard, Andr. Kmbl. 2279; An. 1141
weorc-þeów
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Northumbrian forms under þeów : MS. has feos. The passage in Genesis is: Tulit Abimelech oves et boves et servos et ancillas et dedit Abraham, reddiditque illi Saram uxorem suam, 20, 14), 164, 25; Gen. 2720
dyncge
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.; the Latin version has dingiam ) tó Middanwintra, Ll. Th. i. 438, 22. manured land Dincge navalium (cf. naualis, campi culturae dediti, Corp. Gl. H. 80, 3), Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 56. Dyncgum noualibus, i. inrigationibus, An. Ox. 1409. Dincgum, 2367.
eges grime
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A horrible mask, a creature that has assumed a horrible form, a spectre Egisgríma (egisi-) larbula, Txts. 73, 1168. Egesegríma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 46: musca (l. masca ), 55, 47. Egesgríma, 114, 44.
ge-risene
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. /. ) are his llfes and háda iuxta honorem et vita et gradu eius condignum, Bd. 4, 26; Sch. 508, 10.
norþ
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[This passage is added in a late hand.] Hét Eádward cyning átimbrian þá norðan (norðran other MSS. ) burh, 913 ; P. 97, 29. On ðám norðran dǽle wunað eall manncynn, Lch. iii. 260, 25. On ðone norðere steð, C. D. v. 148, 21. Add
sceacan
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Angl. xii. 511, 26 which has sceóc) fram ðé tó hym isti me quando a te fugiebam acceperunt alienum, Solil. H. 12, 9. add: to brandish Sceóc uibrabat (macheram), An.
hægtesse
A witch, hag, fury
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A witch, hag, fury Helle-rúne vel hægtesse pythonissa, Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 102; Wrt. Voc. 60, 11. Hægtesse Tissiphona, 113; Som. 79, 115; Wrt. Voc. 60, 22.
Linked entry: hǽting
ge-writ
Something written ⬩ writing ⬩ scripture ⬩ inscription ⬩ a writing ⬩ letter ⬩ treatise ⬩ writ ⬩ charter ⬩ book
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Ic hæfde ǽr on óðre wísan awriten ymbe mín yrfe and hæfde monegum mannum ða gewritu óðfæst I had previously written in another way about my inheritance and had entrusted the writings to many men, Chart. Th. 490, 29: 541, 22
mid
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e. what he had before and the roofless land taken together make up the two hides, the portion granted, C.
HÚSEL
The HOUSEL ⬩ the Eucharist
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bread and wine for housel . . . and said of the bread he had blessed : 'This is my body,' and of the hallowed wine : 'This is my blood' . . .
Linked entry: húsl
hearpe
A harp ⬩ plectrum, chelys, psalterium, cythara
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Se hearpan ǽrest handum sínum hlyn áwehte he first awaked with his hands the sound of the harp, Cd. 52; Th. 66, 5; Gen. 1079.
ge-gild-heall
A guild-hall
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A guild-hall Orc hæfþ gegyfen ðæ gegyldhealle ðam gyldscipe to ágenne Orc hath given the guild-hall for the guild to own, Kmbl. Cod. Dipl. iv. 277, 21
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