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ge-sceððan

(v.)

To injure, hurt, oppress, be an enemy tonocere, adversari

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Him hettende oft gescódan enemies oft oppressed them, Exon. 62 a; Th. 228, 23; Ph. 442. Him gesceððe scyldignis ei noceat reatus, Rtl. 103, 15. Gáste gesceððan to injure the soul, Andr. Kmbl. 1834; An. 919: Beo. Th. 2899; B. 1447.

rídan

(v.)
Grammar
rídan, p. rád, pl. ridon.

to ride on horsebackequitareto rideto rideto swingrock

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Him (the Danes) Ælfréd and cyninges þegnas oft ráde on ridon, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 11. Ofer ðý cræte curran, ofer ðý cwéne reodan, Lchdm. iii. 32, 10. Ymbe hlǽw riodan hildedeóre, Beo. Th. 6319; B. 3170. Rídan ða yldestan men tó ðære byrig, L.

Linked entries: a-rídan rid rídusende

cyre-áþ

(n.)
Grammar
cyre-áþ, es; m. [cyre a choice, áþ an oath]

The select oath, the oath sworn by the accused, together with a certain number of consacramentals selected by him out of a fixed number of persons named to him by the judgejuramentum electum, quod quis præstabat cum aliquot coujura-toribus ab ipso selectis e quibusdam a judice nominatis [Schmd. 566]

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The select oath, the oath sworn by the accused, together with a certain number of consacramentals selected by him out of a fixed number of persons named to him by the judge; juramentum electum, quod quis præstabat cum aliquot coujura-toribus ab ipso selectis

Linked entries: áþ rím-áþ

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hell, helle, e; f.
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Of helle ex herebo, Wrt.

íren

(n.)
Grammar
íren, es; n.

Irona swordblade

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Iron, an iron weapon [cf. use of steel in modern English], a sword, blade Ðæt swurd, drihtlic íren, Beo. Th. 1788; B. 892.

mere

(n.)
Grammar
mere, mære, es; m. f(?).

the seaa merelakean artificial poolcistern

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Ofer burnan ge ofer meras and ofer ealle wæterpyttas super rivos ac paludes et omnes lacus aquarum, Ex. 7, 19. an artificial pool, cistern On Syloes mere in natatoria Siloae, Jn. 9, 7, 11.

Linked entries: mǽr-bróc mære mire

un-weder

(n.)
Grammar
un-weder, es; n.

Bad weathertempest

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Ús unwedera for oft weóldan unwæstma, 159, 12. Eall ðæt geár wæs swíðe hefigtýme on unwæderum, Chr. 1041; Erl. 169, 9

Linked entries: un-geweder un-widere

á-gyltan

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Add: absolute Oft ágyltað ( offendunt ) ðá hláf*-*ordas, and ðá menn wuniað on Godes hyldo, Past. 321, 2. Þeáh hwá ágylte, Ll. Th. i. 376, 15: Ors. 6, 11; S. 266, 10.

Linked entry: ǽ-gylt

ge-býrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býrian, l. -byrian, take here ge-berian
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Of Dyddanhamme gebyreð micel weorcrǽden, C.D. iii. 450, 30. Ofer eall ðæt land gebyrað æt gyrde .xii. penegas ..., 24. <b>V a.</b> with dat. of f Ǽhteswáne gebyreð stífearh, Ll. Th. i. 436, 22, 26, 33.

óretla

(n.)
Grammar
óretla, an ; m.
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Hé slóh þone Godes wer mid his brádre hand ofer his wange, ꝥ hé mid óretlan gebysmrod út eóde of þǽre cyrican virum Dei alapa percussit, ut de ecclesia cum contumelia exiret, Gr. D. 200, 16

fleardian

(v.)
Grammar
fleardian, p. ode; pp. od

To trifleerrnūgārierrāre

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To trifle, err; nūgāri, errāre Fleardian nūgāri, Off. Episc. 7: errāre, Scint. 31

un-oflinnendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-oflinnendlíce, adv.
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Without desisting, without leaving off Þá cwelleras unoflinnendlíce cwelmað, Verc. Först. 139, 15

a-rǽfnian

(v.)
Grammar
a-rǽfnian, p. ade; pp. ad.

to endurebearsuffersupportsustinerepatisupportareto ponder in mind or heartanimo versareponderare

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Forðon ic edwít for ðé oft arǽfnade quoniam propter te supportavi improperium, 68, 8. to ponder in mind or heart; animo versare, ponderare Maria sóþlíce heóld ealle ðás word, arǽfniende on hire heortan but Mary kept all these words, pondering them in

Linked entry: a-rǽfniende

fird-tiber

(n.)
Grammar
fird-tiber, (?), es; n.
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hostia, properly speaking army-sacrifice [the glosser might have had the idea which is expressed in the following passage: Dysne yrming (Mars) wurðodon þá hǽþenan, and swá oft swá hý fyrdedon oððe tó gefeohte woldon, þonne offrodon hý heora lác tó weorðunge

Linked entry: fyrd-tiber

heáfod-bend

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-bend, es; m.
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D.). a crown ꝥ bið cyninga þeáw and cásera ꝥ hí oft habbað gyldenne heáfodbænd ymb heora heáfod, Nap. 15, 20. a band put round the head as punishment Sum mann wæs gebunden onbútan ꝥ heáfod for his hefigum gylte; sé cóm tó þám hálgan and his swára heáfodbend

Bráden

(n.)
Grammar
Bráden, Brǽden, es; m. [Flor. Bradene: so called from its
size
, from brád, brǽd
broad, open, spacious
; dene, es; m.
vallis, locus silvestris
, v. denu]

broad, open, spaciousvallis, locus silvestrisBREDON Forest, near Malmesbury, Wiltshiresilvæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi

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over the Thames, and took, both in Bredon, and thereabout, all that they could carry off, Chr. 905;Th. 180, 22, col. 1, 2

Linked entry: Brǽden

á-þindan

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For ðǽre orsorgnesse monn oft áðint on oferméttum, Past. 35. 3 : 113, 18. Hí áðindað innane on ídlum gilpe, 439, 5. Þá þe áþindað and áswellað þurh þá wilnunge þæs ídlan gylpes, Gr. D. 40, 4. Ðætte hié ne áðinden on heora móde, Past. 319, 17.

hnutu

(n.)
Grammar
hnutu, e; f.

A nut

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Of frencissen hnutu[m] made of French nuts, 122, 28. Cyrnlu of píntrýwenum hnutum kernels out of pine tree nuts, Herb. 134, 2; Lchdm. i. 250, 9. Gif heó gelóme eteþ hnyte if she is often eating nuts, iii. 144, 20.

Linked entry: hnyte

BEN

(n.)
Grammar
BEN, benn, e; f. [connected with bana a slayer, murderer]

A woundvulnus

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A wound; vulnus ; With this word the MSS. often confound the pl. of bend, as in Cd. 195; Th. 243, 12; Dan. 435, where benne stands for bende: and in Andr.

Linked entry: benn

spor-wrecel

(n.)
Grammar
spor-wrecel, (?),es; m.

What is tracked after being driven off (?)

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What is tracked after being driven off (?) Ðá forstæl hé ða unlǽdan oxan æt Funtial, and dráf tó cytlid, and hine mon ðǽræt áparade, and his speremon áhredde ða sporwreclas the man who tracked him rescued the cattle that had been driven off (?)

Linked entries: wrecel spyre-mann