þearf-líc
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Ðæt him ðearflíc nǽre, ðæt hé ðǽs hálgan hǽse forhule his hláforde that it would not be well for him to conceal the saint's bidding from his lord, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 80. On gódan þeáwan and on þearflícan dǽdan, Wulfst. 121, 2.
freólíc
Free ⬩ noble ⬩ ingenuous ⬩ comely ⬩ goodly ⬩ līber ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ egrĕgius ⬩ dĕcens
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Free, noble, ingenuous, comely, goodly; līber, ingĕnuus, egrĕgius, dĕcens Eádward, Engla hláford, freólíc wealdend Edward, lord of the English, a noble ruler, Chr. 1065; Erl. 196, 25; Edw. 6.
Linked entry: frílíc
be-rǽdan
to dispossess ⬩ betray
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Acitofel wolde berǽdan his rihtwísan hláford, Hml. S. 19, 214. Hú Boetius hí (the Goths) wolde berǽdan (cf. áferran, I ;F. 2, 19), Bt. tit. I ; F. x. 2. Birédnae (-raed*-*nae) prodimur, Txts. 89, 1661. with acc. of person and inst.
ende-néhst
last ⬩ last ⬩ lowest ⬩ last ⬩ final ⬩ latest
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Sum hláford becóm tó his endeniéxtan dæge, Gr. D. 88, 7. Þá þe nellað Gode lybban oð heora endenéxtan ylde, hí standað ýdele oð ðá endenéxtan tíde, Hml. Th. ii. 78, 9. On þám endenýhstan dagum þissere worulde in novissimis diebus, Wlfst. 81, 11.
Linked entry: endemestness
gafol
tribute. ⬩ payment exacted by a stronger from a weaker people, by the conqueror from the conquered ⬩ payment exacted by the state, a tax ⬩ payment exacted by the church ⬩ payment exacted by a lord, e.g. rent by a landlord ⬩ a contribution exacted in aid ⬩ a rate ⬩ interest ⬩ a debt ⬩ due, obligation
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Se hláford tó his gafole búton wítnunge fó, Ll. Th. i. 270, 19. Gif se hláford wile ꝥ land árǽran tó weorce and tó gafole, 146, 4. Mid ús is gerǽd ꝥ hé sylle .v. sustras huniges tó gafole, 436, 2. Sum hit is ðan scipwealan tó gafole gesett, C.
be-weorpan
to cast, cast down, throw ⬩ projicere, dejicere ⬩ to cast about or over, cover over, surround ⬩ conjicere, supertegere, cingere
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Ic wæs hér unscildig on pytt beworpen I was thrown here innocent into a dungeon, Gen. 40, 15. to cast about or over, cover over, surround; conjicere, supertegere, cingere Hláford, lǽt hine [fíctreów] gyt ðis geár, óþ ic hine bedelfe, and ic hine beweorpe
cwic
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Hié wéndon ꝥ heora hláford wǽre on heora feónda gewealde oððe cuca oððe deád, Ors. 3, 9; S. 134, 29. Mǽnende ꝥ hé tó him cuco (cucan (dat. ), S. 244, 5) ne e Cuce vivus, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 67. Genim cwicenne (cwicne, v. l. ) fox, Lch. i. 340, 25.
magister
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Hé sette him weorca mægestras (magistros operum), Ex. 1. 11. master as correlative of servant or man Hit is niédðearf ðæt mon his hláford ondrǽde, and se cneoht his mágister, Past. 109, 14. the owner or tamer of an animal Seó leó, deáh hió wel tam sé
néþan
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líchoman and tó his ðám deórwyrþan blóde I ventured far too frequently to go to the Lord's Supper, Angl. xi. 99, 70. with clause Hwæt is þesceorlisca wer þe néþeþ (gedyrstlǽceð, v. l. ) þus ungelǽred ꝥ hé ágnað him sylfum þá þénunga úres apostolican hláfordes
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seolfor
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Wénst ðú ðæt wé ðínes hláfordes seolfor stǽlon, Gen. 44, 8. Sealde him tó bóte gangende feoh and glæd seolfor, Cd. Th. 164, 24; Gen. 2719
un-weorþlíc
of little value or importance ⬩ humble ⬩ that has little honour ⬩ not famous or splendid ⬩ poor ⬩ ignoble ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ infamous
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of little value or importance, humble Ða hláfordas and ða recceras scoldon ðencean ymb ðæt hélícuste and ða underðióddan scoldon dón ðæt unweorðlícre a subditis inferiora gerenda sunt, a rectoribus summa cogitanda, Past. 18; Swt. 131, 10. that has little
grama
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Add: anger, wrath as an emotion in a person Wén is ꝥ þæs hláfordes grama weaxe, Ll. Th. i. 270, 22. Mid módes graman, 272, 11. Þá nam hé micelne graman and andan tó þám mannum, Hml. Th. i. 16, 30. Hé nam tó Malche fulne graman, Hml.
ge-wrecan
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Þæt hié heora hláford gewrǽcen, 3, 9; S. 134, 30. Hú hé his hláford gewrecan mehte, 6, 36; S. 292, 24: By. 208. to avenge a wrong Beón geornran ꝥ wé Godes bebodu healdan þonne wé úrne teónan gewrecan, Bl. H. 33, 24. Gewrǽce, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 36.
treówþ
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The word is used sometimes in plural with force of singular. truth, good faith, honour Ðǽr dydon þeáh Rómáne lytla triéwþa ðæt him ða wǽron láðe ðe hiera hláford beswican there, however, the Romans acted a little honourably (in hoc solo Romanis circa
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þeówetling
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Þeáh ðe hé brúce brádes ríces hé is earm ðeówtling ná ánes hláfordes though he exer- cise extensive power, he is a poor miserable slave, and not of a single master, Homl. Th. ii. 228, 11. Ǽlc hysecild ǽgðer ge æþelboren ge þeówetling, i. 92, 1.
þyddan
To strike ⬩ thrust ⬩ push
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Se assa þidde his hláfordes fót þearle tó ðam hege junxit asina se parieti et attrivit sedentis pedem, Num. 22, 25.
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for-ceorfan
To cut or carve out ⬩ cut down ⬩ cut off or away ⬩ cut through ⬩ divide ⬩ excīdĕre ⬩ concīdĕre ⬩ succīdĕre ⬩ incīdĕre ⬩ intercīdĕre
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æs ðe se Hláford háte us mid deáþes æxe forceorfan lest the Lord command to cut us down with the axe of death, Homl. Th. ii. 408, 28. Forceorfende intercīdens, Ps. Lamb. 28, 7. Ic forceorfe succīdo, incīdo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 34.
ládian
to excuse ⬩ clear ⬩ exculpate ⬩ defend
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Gif se hláford hine ládian wylle mid twám gódum þegenum, L. Eth. iii. 4; Th. i. 294, 12
wirgan
to curse ⬩ maledicere ⬩ to do evil
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Ðone hláford ðæs folces ne wyrg (werig, v. l.: wirig, Ex. 22, 28) ðú, L. Alf. 37; Th. i. 52, 30. Wyrig God and swelt, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 30. Ðone hláford ðæs folces ne werge ðú, L. Alf. 37; Th. i. 52, 30. Ðæt ðú hig wirige, Num. 23, 27.
ge-unnan
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Hé geann Gode his sawelscættas ... hé geann ánes geáres gafol his monnum ... hé geann his hláforde .ii. hors and .ii. sweord and .iiii. scyldas ... and hé ann his wífe þæs landes, 652, 16-30.