un-gerýdelíce
Violently ⬩ with impetus
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Ða felga bióþ fyrrest ðære eaxe, for ðæm hí faraþ ungerýdelícost (-réde-, Cott. MS. v. (?) un-gerǽdelíce), Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 21
Linked entries: ge-rýdelíce un-gerédelíce
swicol-líc
deceitful, fraudulent ⬩ occasioning offence
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deceitful, fraudulent Swicollíce dǽda and láðlíce unlaga áscunige man swýðe; ðæt is, false gewihta and wóge gemeta and leáse gewitnessa, L.
sceaft
A smooth, round, straight stick or pole, a shaft ⬩ the shaft of a spear ⬩ a spear ⬩ the shaft of an arrow ⬩ a pole ⬩ a taper
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His sceaft ætstód ætforan him, and ðæt hors hine bær forþ, swá ðæt ðæt spere him eode þurh út, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 53. Hé sceáf, mid his scylde, ðæt se sceaft tóbærst, and ðæt spere sprengde, Byrht. Th. 135, 52; By. 136.
mearcung
a marking ⬩ mark ⬩ a marking out ⬩ description ⬩ arrangement ⬩ disposition
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a marking, mark Nota ðæt is mearcung Ðæra mearcunga sind manega, Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 51, 19. Mærcunge characteres, Hpt. Gl. 473, 13. a marking out, description, arrangement, disposition Mercung descriptio, Lk. Skt. Rush. 2, 2.
reord
A meal, refection, food
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Féd feora wócre óð ic ðære láfe lagosíða eft reorde rýman wille, Cd. Th. 81, 12; Gen. 1344, Hé wæs swá gistlíþe, ðæt hé for Godes lufon eode tó reordum mid ðám tócumendum mannum Shrn. 129, 27
fram-fær
A going away ⬩ departure
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A going away, departure Se hálga wer wende áweg fram ðǽre stówe ... se preóst stód fægnigende ðæs óðres framfæres, Hml. Th. ii. 164, 3.
Linked entry: fær
riht-laga
Right or just law, equity
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Right or just law, equity Rihtlaga is, ðæt man óðran gebeóde, ðæt hé wylle ðæt man him gebeóde, Wulfst. 274, 11. v. next word
Linked entry: laga
ofer-reccan
to convince, confute, convict
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Ðonne is betere ðæt hié mid ryhtre race weorðen oferreahte and mid ðære race gebundene and ofersuíðde prodest, ut in suis allegationibus victi jaceant, Past. 30; Swt. 205, 3.
ge-wyrd
Event ⬩ fate ⬩ destiny ⬩ condition
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Hit is of ðæra bisceopa gehlote and of heora ágenre gewyrde ðæt ðæt hý secgaþ in potestate esse antistitis quid velit fingere, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 65, 34. Gewyrd fatum, parca, fortuna, Hpt. Gl. 529, 467.
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ge-þingþu
honour ⬩ dignity ⬩ rank ⬩ honor ⬩ dignitas
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Geþyncþum honourably, Exon. 41 b; Th. 138, 16; Gú. 577. a court, legal assembly Ðæt, griþ ðæt se ealdormann on fíf-burhga geþincþe sylle and ðæt griþ ðæt man sylleþ on burhgeþincþe béte man for the 'grith' which the alderman in the assembly of the five-burghs
wilisc
foreign, not English ⬩ servile
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Cómon upp on Wylisce Axa .xxxvi. scypa and ðǽr ábútan hearmas dȝdon mid Gryfines fultume ðæs Wæliscan cynges, 1050; Th. i. 310, 19. Welscan (Wyliscean, 1. 36), 1052 ; Erl. 186, 17. Ðæt ylce ðe man ðam Wyliscean þeófe dyde, L.
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weald
High land covered with wood ⬩ wood ⬩ forest.
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Se Limene múþa is on eásteweardre Cent, æt ðæs miclan wuda eástende ðe wé Andred hátaþ . . . seó eá líð út of ðæm wealda. On ða eá hí tugon up híora scipu óþ ðone weald iiii míla fram ðæm múþan útanweardum, Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 26-32. On wealda, Cod.
Linked entries: weald-leþer geald wealda wilde
HÝRAN
to HEAR ⬩ hear of ⬩ to listen to ⬩ follow ⬩ serve ⬩ obey ⬩ be subject to ⬩ belong to
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Ic gean ðæs landes æt Holungaburnan and ðæs ðe ðǽrtó hýrþ I grant the land at Hollingbourn and what belongs thereto, Chart. Th. 558, 27. Se haga æt Wiltúne ðe hýrþ intó Wilig, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 415, 4.
mán-full
Evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ flagitious ⬩ producing an evil effect ⬩ dire
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Ðæt mánfulle wuht the devil, Blickl. Homl. 31, 7. Mánfulles fanaticae, Hpt. Gl. 467, 61. Mánfulles scínláces fanaticæ superstitionis, nefandæ vanitatis, 488, 40: 509, 38. Becom ðæt tó eáran ðæs mánfullan (nefandi) ealdormannes, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 6.
yfelness
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Th. ii. 84, 2. malignity, cruelty, v. yfel, He slóh and tó sceame túcode ða Norðhymbran leóde, óþ ðæt Óswold his yfelnysse ádwæscte, Homl.
up-stige
ascension ⬩ mounting ⬩ the ascension ⬩ an ascent ⬩ a way of ascending
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Hé becom tó ðæm heáhsetle ðære róde; on ðæm upstige (by the ascent of the cross) eall úre líf hé getremede, Blickl. Homl. 9, 36.
þǽr-tó
Thereto ⬩ next ⬩ then ⬩ besides ⬩ thereto ⬩ for that end
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Grammar þǽr-tó, where movement, lit. or fig., is implied Ðæt hé ús gebringe tó his écan gebeórscipe, se ðe ús ðǽrtó gelaðode, Homl. Th. ii. 378, 6. Ðá dǽlde se cásere ðæt ríce on feówer, and sette ðǽrtó feówer gebróðra, i. 478, 20.
accent
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Accent Bóceras. . . ámearkiaþ heora accentas. . . acutus accentus, ðæt ys gescyrpt accent; baria, ðæt ys hefig accent . . . circumflexus accentus ðæt ys gebíged accent, Angl. viii. 333, 22-26
GYRD
A staff ⬩ rod ⬩ twig ⬩ a yard ⬩ the fourth part of a hide ⬩ virga ⬩ virgata
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Landes sumne dǽl ðæt is án gyrd a certain portion of land, that is the fourth part of a hide, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 260, 32: 263, 7. Ðis synd ðære ánre gyrde landgemǽro these are the boundaries of the one rood, 11. 208, 18: L.
bodian
to declare ⬩ proclaim ⬩ to foretell ⬩ prophesy ⬩ celebrate ⬩ praise ⬩ to preach ⬩ a person ⬩ a doctrine ⬩ belief
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Ná ðæt án ðætte hé nán wóh ne bodige, ac eác ðæt hé ðæt ryht tó suíðe ne bodige ab eis non solum prava nullo modo, sed ne recta quidem nimie proferantur, Past. 95, 16. Rihtne crístendóm bodian, Wlfst. 175, 22.