earm
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Úre teóþan sceattas sýn earmra manna gafol. Ágifaþ teóþan dǽl ealles þæs ceápes þe gé habban earmum mannum, and tó Godes cyrican, þǽm earmestan Godes þeówum þe þá cyrican mid godcundum dreámum weorþiað . . .
hám
Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, property ⬩ domus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessio ⬩ a village ⬩ a dwelling-place ⬩ an abode, world, this world ⬩ home ⬩ domus, domicilium, patria
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And they burned down Teignton and many other good vills too ..., and the vill at Penhoc ..., and the vill at Waltham, and many other hamlets, Chr. 1001; Erl. 136, 16-32.
BEARD
a BEARD ⬩ barba
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Lamb. 132, 2. the Anglo-Saxons were proud of their beards, and to shave a layman by force was a legal offence Gif man ðone beard ofascire, mid xx scillinga gebéte.
fætels
μαρσύπιoν
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Ðeáh man asette twegen fætels full ealaþ oððe wæteres, hý gedóþ ðæt óðer biþ oferfroren if a man set two vats full of ale or of water, they cause that either shall be frozen over, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 23, 8.
líðian
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Miltsige man for Godes ege and líðige man georne let mercy be shewn for fear of God, and let kindness be diligently shewn, L. Eth. vi. 53; Th. i. 328, 28.
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óþ-feallan
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Cf. æt-feallan. to fall away, fail, decay Gif hwam seó sprǽc óþfylþ if speech fail a man, Lchdm. ii. 288, 18. Æfter his fielle wearþ ðara cásera mǽgþ offeallen (óþ-, MS. C. ) Caesarum familia consumta est, Ors. 6, 5; Swt. 262, 6.
ge-weaxan
To grow ⬩ grow up ⬩ crescere
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Gyf hit geweaxen man sý fæste I geár if he be grown man let him fast one year, L. Ecg. P. iv. 52; Th. ii. 218, note 11, line 9
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ge-sweorcan
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Ðá geswearc se Godes man semninga and ongan heardlíce and bitterlíce wépan then suddenly the man of God become sad and began to weep sorely and bitterly; solutus est in lacrymis vir Dei, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 29: Exon. 77 a; Th. 290, 3; Wand. 59.
þurh-scríþan
to pass through ⬩ glide through ⬩ to go through a subject ⬩ examine ⬩ consider ⬩ perlustrare
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our Lord's nature according to the flesh ), ne on him gelýfan swylce hé sý ánfeald man búton his godcundnysse, ac wé sceolon gelýfan ðæt hé ys sóð man and sóðlíce God, Anglia viii. 324, 1
cwíþan
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Srt. 77, 63. to make a legal complaint against, bring a charge against Nis se man on lífe ðe ǽfre gehýrde ðæt man cwídde (cwýdde, Ll. Th. i. 184, 11) oððon crafode hine on hundrede oððon on gemóte, on ceápstówe oþþe on cyricware, ðá hwíle hé lifde.
delfan
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Srt. 93, 13. to bury Ic ásende ofer eów mancwealm, . . . and þá deádan man nát hú man delfe, Wlfst. 296, 16
ge-sibsumian
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Lóca hwylc crísten man sý ungesibsum, man áh on þám dæge hine tó gesibsumianne, Wlfst. 295, 5. Hér cýð on ðysum gewrite hú Godwine and Leófwine wurdon ge-sybsumode ymbe ðæt land, C. D. iv. 266, 10
sceáta
a corner,angle ⬩ bosom, lap ⬩ a cloth, napkin
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Ðone norþsceátan man hǽt Polores . . . and se súþsceáta hátte Bachinum . . . and ðone west*-*sceátan man hǽt Libeum . . . se þridda sceáta is án hund and syfan and hund syfantig míla westlang, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 2-9. the lower corner of a sail (cf. sheet
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ríceter
power ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ greatness ⬩ glory ⬩ violence ⬩ force
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Hú mæg, oððe hú dear ǽnig láwede man him tó geteón þurh ríccetere Cristes wican ? ii. 592, 27
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Beornice
The Bernicians ⬩ Bernicii
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The Bernicians; Bernicii Man gehálgode twegen biscopas on his stal, Bosan to Derum and Eátan to Beornicum two bishops were hallowed in his stead, Bosa over the Deirians and Eata over the Bernicians Chr. 678; Th. 61, 17, col. 1 : Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 45
culpian
To humiliate, cringe ⬩ humiliare
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To humiliate, cringe ; humiliare Hú ne is ðæt ðonne sum dǽl ermþa, ðæt mon scyle culpianto ðam ðe him gifan scyle is not this then somewhat of misery, that a man must cringe to him who can give to him? Bt. 32, 1 ; Fox 114, 15
hláfmæsse-dæg
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Lammas-day, the first of August Of ðam gehálgedan hláfe ðe man hálige on hláfmæssedæg from the hallowed bread which is hallowed on Lammas-day, Lchdm. iii. 290, 27. Ǽr hláfmæsse [dǽge?], L. M. 1, 72; Lchdm. ii. 146, 9.
loddere
A beggar
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A beggar, poor person Se ríca besihþ on his pællenum gyrlum and cwyþ 'Nis se loddere mid his tættecon mín gelíca but the rich man looks at his purple robes and says 'the beggar with his rags is not my fellow,' Homl. Th. i. 256, 8
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níd-cleofa
A prison
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A prison Ðæt hine man of nearwe and of nýdcleofan fram ðam engan hofe up forléte, Elen. Kmbl. 1419; El. 711. In nédcleofan nearwe geheaðrod, 2249; El. 1276. Ðá wæs carcernes duru behliden . . . symle heó wuldorcyning herede in ðam nýdclafan, Exon.
ge-unsóþian
To disprove ⬩ refute ⬩ prove false ⬩ refellĕre
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To disprove, refute, prove false; refellĕre Gif se óðer ðæt geunsóþian mǽge ðæt him man onsecgan wolde if the other can disprove that which any one would charge to him, L. Edg. ii. 4; Th. i. 266, 24; L. C. S. 16; Th. i. 384, 22
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