for-swerian
To FORSWEAR ⬩ to swear falsely ⬩ perjure ⬩ ejūrāre ⬩ pējĕrāre
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Gyf gehádod man forswerige oððe forlicge, gebéte ðæt be ðæm ðe seó dǽd sý if a man in orders swear falsely or fornicate, let him make amends for it according as the deed may be, L. E. G. 3; Th. i. 168, 5.
tiht-bisig
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Sý ǽlc man ðe tihtbysig nǽre . . . ánfealdre láde wyrðe, 22; Th. i. 388, 9
wel-willende
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Se wellwillenda man wyle eáðe forberan gif hine man áhwǽr týnð, Basil admn. 4; Norm. 44, 17. Hé hit þearfum dǽlde mid wellwillendum móde, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 59. Tó ðam welwillendan Hǽlende, Homl. Th. ii. 230, 11: Homl. Ass. 80, 186: 101, 329.
lyþre
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and add: of persons Se lýðra man ána ( the vile man alone ), þonne hé forsihð Godes beboda . . . þonne bið hé deófles ðeówa, Hml. Th. i. 172, 17. Mín lýðra látteów ( my rascally guide) forlét mé þus ǽnne, Hml. S. 21, 211.
gafol
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Man sceolde gafol gyldon þám flotan ... Leófsig gesætte þet hí féngon tó gafle ... and him man geald .xxiii. þúsend punda, 1002; P. 133, 36. Cáseres gæfel, Mt. L. 17, 24. Gæfil (gæfle, R.) onfón tributum accipere, 25. Geafel, Mk. L. 12, 14; Lk.
swencan
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Ðý læs ðe mon unmihtigne man tó feor and tó lange for his ágenan swencte lest a man of small means should be made to toil too far and too long for his own, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 4.
ofer-stǽlan
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when you confute me with such arguments, than I ever should be when I confuted another man, Shrn. 197, 32-35.
æt-hrínan
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Gyf hwylc man hyra æthríneð, Nar. 34, 2. Hyra nán hys ne æthrán nemo misit in illum manus, Jn. 7, 30. Heó his hrægeles fnædes æthrán, Hml. A. 182, 49: 187, 177. ꝥ Ne æthrín ðú mín noli me tangere, Jn. 20, 17. with dat.
efenlíce
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Substitute: evenly, without inequalities of surface Man þǽre cyrcean flór emlíce gewyrce, ꝥ þǽr nán byrgen gesýne ne sý, Ll.
driht-líce
in a lordly manner
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in a lordly manner, Cd. 98; Th. 129, 4; Gen. 2138
un-lyt
No little ⬩ much
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No little, much Gé mánes unlyt wyrceaþ, Ps. Th. 61, 9
Linked entry: lyt
eft-bétung
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Restoration to health Eftboeteng restitutio (manus aridae ), Mk. p. 2, 17
Linked entry: bétung
ge-réfa
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Gif gestðcund man fare, þonne mót hé habban his geréfan mid him and his smið, Ll. Th. i. 144, 3 : 280, 14.
DEÓFOL
DEVIL ⬩ diabŏlus
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Nú þencþ menig man and smeáþ hwanon deófol cóme?
Linked entry: deóful
coorta
A band of soldiers, cohort ⬩ cohors
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A band of soldiers, cohort; cohors He hæfde eahta ond hund-eahtatig coortena MS. coortana, ðæt we nú truman hátaþ, ðæt wæs, on ðám dagum, fíf hund manna, and án þúsend he had eighty-eight cohorts, which we now call bands, each of which was, in those
eorþ-styrung
An earth-stirring, earthquake ⬩ terræ mótus
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An earth-stirring, earthquake; terræ mótus Eorþstyrung fela burhga ofhreas . . . þreóttyne byrig þurh eorþ-styrunge afeóllon an earthquake has overthrown many cities ... thirteen cities fell through an earthquake, Homl. Th. i. 608, 27, 29: 244, 17.
hold-scipe
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Loyalty, fealty, allegiance Eallra ðæra manna land hí fordydon ðe wǽron innan ðæs cynges holdscipe they destroyed the lands of all those men that were in allegiance to the king, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 15.
máðum-ǽht
A costly possession ⬩ valuable ⬩ treasure
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A costly possession, valuable, treasure Ne nom hé máðmǽhta má, ðeáh hé monige geseah, búton ðone hafelan and ða hilt somod since fáge more things of price he took not, though many he saw, than the head and the hilt gay with gold, Beo.
náwiht-
Good for nothing ⬩ worthless ⬩ naughty
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Manna rǽdas syndon náhtlíce ongeán Godes geþeaht men's plans are of no avail against God's counsel, Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 27. Ða hé geceás ðe dyselíce and nahtlíce geþuhte synt he chose those that seemed foolish and of no account, R. Ben. 138, 30
sceamleáslíce
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Hí swíðe grǽdilíce eorþcundum lustum filigaþ and oft swíðe sceamleáslíce on manna gesyhþe, R. Ben. 139, 28. Hié scamleáslíce gielpaþ ðisses hwílendlícan onwaldes improbe de temporali potestate gloriantur , Past. 19, 2; Swt. 145, 9.