gold
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Wénst þú þæt wé þínes hláfordes gold oþþe his seolfor stǽlon?, Gen. 44, 8. gold used as an ornament. for personal ornament (dress, jewellery, &c.) Cume manna gehwilc tó circan búton golde and glæncgum, Wlfst. 181, 2.
orf
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Add: [orf and yrfe seem interchangeable in Ll. i. 352, 3-13: 254, 15] Æt ánum hrýðere, oþþe æt þám orfe þe þæs weorð sý, Ll. i. 160, 2. On mínum cucum orfe, 276, 24. Gif bǽd genumen sý on monnes orfe for óðres monnes þingum, 354, 6.
ferian
to carry ⬩ move ⬩ convey ⬩ to lead ⬩ conduct
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Hine mon bere oþþe on wǽne ferige, Lch. ii. 30, 30. Hiora cyning wæs gewundod, þæt hí hine ne mehton ferian, Chr. 894; P. 86, 6. Wegférende móton for neóde mete ferian, Ll. Th. ii. 298, 26.
nacod
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Martin) oþþe elles on nacodre eorðan, Bl. H. 227,11. <b>II b.</b> add :-- Nú miht þú wel witan þæt weorc sprecan swíðor þonne þá nacodon word þe nabbað náne fremminge, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 24. <b>II c.
on-hagian
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what he is to keep, 341, 13. with infinitive Oft ðá monðwǽran weorðað swá besolcne . . . ðæt hié ne anhagað náne wuht nyttwyrðes dón saepe mansueti dissolutionis torpescunt taedio, Past. 289, 16. with clause Þá þe heora hláfordas freógean noldon, oþþe
lagu
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(God's) law or laws Gif hwá Godes lage oþþe folclage wirde, Ll. Th. ii. 296, 22. Crístene lage healdan, i. 318, 11. Crístes lage wanodan, 348, 18. Godes laga healdan, 346, 24.
twelf-hynde
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ceorl Ǽnig mǽgð, xii-hynde oþþe twyhynde, L. Ath. v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 10. Be xii-hyndum men. Gif hé sié twelfhynde, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 14. Gif hió sié cirlisc mid .lx. sciłł. gebéte . . .
Linked entry: six-hynde
ge-bringan
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Gif mon þeóf on carcerne gebringe . . . forgyldan hý hine oþþe hine eft þǽrinne gebringan, 198, 21-26. Þæt man crístene men on hǽðendóme ( in heathen lands) ne gebringe, 378, 1. Cuce orf hé on gemǽnre lǽse gebringe, 274, 26.
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wægn
A waggon ⬩ wain ⬩ carriage ⬩ vehicle ⬩ Charles' wain
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Mid ðý ðe hine mon bere oþþe on wǽne ferige, Lchdm. ii. 30, 29. Stígan on wægn, Exon. Th. 404, 17; Rä. 23, 9. Hí gegearwodon wægen (carrum) and on ásetton ða fǽmnan, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 9. Wæs gold on wǽn hladen, Beo. Th. 6260; B. 3134.
Linked entries: wægen waegne-þíxl wǽn
þigen
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Fram eallum ðám þigenum ðe hracan oþþe innoþ tó miclum luste getýhþ, R. Ben. 138, 14. Áwendan úrne swæcc fram unálýfedum, ðigenum, Homl. Th. ii. 374, 5
wéste
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of open country, waste, uncultivated and uninhabited, desert Ðara Terfinna land wæs eal wéste, búton ðǽr huntan gewícodon, oþþe fisceras, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 29: 1, 10; Swt. 48, 25. Ðeós stów ys wéste desertus est locus Mt. Kmbl. 14, 15.
for-fleón
to avoid ⬩ to avoid ⬩ abstain from
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Gl. 408. to avoid being reached or overtaken by, escape a pursuer Nán man Godes mihte ne forflíhð on nánum heolstrum heofenan oþþe eorðan, Hml.
má
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H. 66, 13. to express an indefinite excess over a number stated approximately Sume habbað twá oþþe má. Ll. Th. i. 316, 9: 438, 13. Twá hund oððe má, El. 634: Ælfc. Gr.
wín
Wine
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Ealu, gif ic hæbbe, oþþe wæter, gif ic næbbe ealu. Ne drincst ðú wín? Ic ne eom swá spédig ðæt ic mæge bicgean mé wín; and wín nys drenc cilda, ne dysigra, ac ealdra and wísra, 35, 9-22.
werian
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</b> to defend at law :-- Se ðe on gemóte mid wiðertihtlan hine sylfne oþþe his man werige, L. C. S. 27; Th. i. 392, 6. Se Englisca hine werige mid orneste oþþe mid írene . . .
feoh
cattle ⬩ property ⬩ wealth ⬩ money ⬩ riches ⬩ treasure ⬩ bribe ⬩ gift ⬩ metal ⬩ coin
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. ¶ licgende feoh gold and silver, treasure, money: Þæt hié bewisten eal þæt licgende feoh under ánum hrófe þæt hié begeáton oþþe on gafole oþþe on hergiunga, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 4.
þeów
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Gif hé þeów oþþe þeów mennen ofstinge, L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 50, 3: Cd. Th. 134, 32; Gen. 2233. Gif hwylc swíþe ríce cyning næfde nǽnne frýne molt on eallon his ríce, ac wǽron ealle þeówe ...
þífþ
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For þeófte oþþe for manslihte, L. Wil. ii. 1; Th. i. 489, 6. Gif hé ða þiéfðe gedierne, L. In. 36; Th. i. 124, 17. Ðæt hý on heora mǽge náne þýfðe (þeófðe) nyston, L. Ath. i. 13; Th. i. 206, 2: iv. 4; Th. i. 224, 6.
æðelo
Nobility ⬩ pre-eminence ⬩ origin ⬩ family ⬩ race ⬩ nature ⬩ talents ⬩ genius ⬩ nobilitas ⬩ principatus ⬩ origo ⬩ natales ⬩ prosapia ⬩ natura ⬩ indoles ⬩ ingenium
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Him frumbearnes riht freóbróðor óþþah, eád and æðelo his own brother had withdrawn from him his wealth and pre-eminence, Cd. 160; Th. 199, 15; Exod. 339.
Linked entry: ge-æðele
tweónian
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, 160, 19. with a preposition Gif hwam twýnige be ðam gemǽnelícum ǽriste, Homl. i. 132, 27. wiih a gerundial infinitive Hwæt twýnaþ ðé, oþþe hwæt ondrǽst ðú ðé, ðone Hǽlend tó onfónne?