ge-wundian
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</b> of the action of animals :--- of a surgical operation (lit. or fig.)
hræd
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</b> fig. to denote prompt action :-- Hred festinus (qui festinus est pedibus offendet, Prov. 19, 2), Kent. Gl. 663. Hrede ( veloces ) foet heara tó ágeótenne blód, Ps. Srt. 13, 3. quick in respect to time. not lasting long.
ge-mǽne
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On ðan gemánan lande gebyrað ðártó fíf and sixti æccera, 326, 33. Gif orf ungecýd on gemǽnre lǽse wunað, Ll. Th. i. 276, l : 438, 14. On þane gemǽnan gáran, C. D. v. 78, 9. <b>I a.
ÁR
honour ⬩ glory ⬩ rank ⬩ dignity ⬩ magnificence ⬩ respect ⬩ reverence ⬩ honor ⬩ dignitas ⬩ gloria ⬩ magnificentia ⬩ honestas ⬩ reverentia ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ mercy ⬩ pity ⬩ benefit ⬩ use ⬩ help ⬩ gratia ⬩ favor ⬩ misericordia ⬩ beneficium ⬩ auxilium ⬩ property ⬩ possessions ⬩ an estate ⬩ land ⬩ ecclesiastical living ⬩ benefice ⬩ bona ⬩ possessiones ⬩ fundus ⬩ beneficium
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Ðǽr is ár gelang fira gehwylcum there is help ready to every man, Andr.
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níd-þearf
necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ constraint ⬩ need ⬩ a necessary thing ⬩ what a person needs ⬩ need ⬩ distress ⬩ trouble ⬩ a necessary business
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Hé wirþ swá earm ðæt hé næfþ furþum ða neódþearfe áne ( fit ut necessariis egeat ), ðæt is wist and wǽda; wilnaþ ðonne ðære neádþearfe, næs ðæs anwealdes, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 124, 15-18.
sunu
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Fífta sunu adnepos, 8, 23. Suna sune vel bróðer sune nepos, feówerþe sune abnepos, fífte sune adnepos, sixte sune trinepos, i. 51, 71-77.
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leóht
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Ðyncað him ðý leóhtran ðá geswinc ðe ofergán sculon leve fit, quod transeundo laboratur, Past. 407, 31 : Bt. 10 ; F. 30, 13.
sceadu
Shadow, shade ⬩ shadow (cast by an object) ⬩ darkness ⬩ shadow, protection ⬩ a shady place, shade, arbour ⬩ an obscure image
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Lamb. 101, 12. shade as opposed to light, shadow (lit. and fig.), darkness Ða ðe nán sceadu (scadu, Cott. MSS.) ne geþiestraþ ðære twiéfealdnesse quos nulla umbra duplicitatis obscurat, Past. 35, 4; Swt. 243, 23.
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gaderian
to join, unite ⬩ to bring together ⬩ to bring together ⬩ collect ⬩ accumulate, amass ⬩ to bring ⬩ garner ⬩ to gather ⬩ to gather ⬩ compile
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(lit. and fig.) Se eorþlica anweald nǽfre ne sǽwþ þá cræftas, ac lisþ and gadraþ unþeáwas, Bt. 27, 1; F. 94, 25. Þonne gé þone coccel gadriað (geadrias, L.) colligentes zizania, Mt. 13, 29.
singan
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Fugelas singaþ, gylleþ grǽghama, Fins. Th. 9 ; Fin. 5. Se hana sóna hlúdswége sang immediately the cock crew, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 33 : Shrn. 30, 29. Sang se wanna fugel, Cd. Th. 119, 22 ; Gen. 1983. Mǽw singende, Exon.
beó-ceorl
A BEE-CEORL ⬩ bee farmer or keeper ⬩ bocherus ⬩ apum custos
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With us it is agreed that he shall pay five sustras of honey for a tax 'bochero, id est, apum custodi, pertinet, si gavelheorde, id est, gregem ad censum teneat, ut inde reddat sicut ibi mos [MS. moris] erit.
Frig-dæg
FRIDAY ⬩ Friga's day ⬩ dies Vĕnĕris
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goddess Friga, or Venus, the consort of Woden and protectress of matrimony; dies Vĕnĕris Man singe ǽlc Frigdæge æt ǽlcum mynstre, ealle ða Godes þeówan, án fíftig sealmas for ðone cyng one shall sing every Friday, at every monastery, all servants of God fifty
melu
Meal ⬩ flour
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Ðrittig mittan clǽnes melowes ( fine flour ) and sixtig mittan óðres melowes, Homl. Th. ii. 576; 32. Meolwes, Chart. Th. 40, 10. Pollis smedma, pollinis of melowe, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 48. Windlas mid meluwe canistra farina, Gen. 40, 16.
grafan
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Ðæt fýr græfeþ grimlíce eorþan sceátas the fire shall fiercely delve the tracts of earth, Exon. 22 b; Th. 62, 19; Cri. 1004: 95 a; Th. 354, 55; Reim. 66. Se forma feohgítsere gróf æfter golde the first miser delved after gold, Bt. Met.
be-teón
to draw over or round, cover, surround, inclose, protect ⬩ obducere, superinducere, circumducere, concludere, munire ⬩ to leave by law, bequeath ⬩ legare ⬩ accuse ⬩ criminari, accusare
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Híg betugon mycele menigeo fixa concluserunt copiosam multitudinem piscium, Lk. Bos. 5, 6.
bonde-land
Bond or leased land, land held under restrictions, or on conditions expressed in writing ⬩ tributaria terra
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ðæt eafter his dæi scolde ðæt land ongeán into ðam mynstre an abbot, called Beonna, let to the alderman Cuthbriht ten 'boude-lands' at Swineshead, with leasow and with meadow, and with all lying thereto, and so that Cuthbriht should give to the abbot fifty
ge-rád
Considered, instructed, learned, skilful, expert, prudent, suited, conditioned ⬩ consultus, consideratus, instructus, peritus, prudens, elegans, concinnus
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Considered, instructed, learned, skilful, expert, prudent, suited, conditioned; consultus, consideratus, instructus, peritus, prudens, elegans, concinnus Gif ic ðé gerádne geméte if I find thee instructed [skilful], Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 16.
sufel
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Anything, whether flesh, fish, or vegetable, eaten with bread, sowl ['Anything used to flavour bread, such as butter, cheese, etc., is called sowl in Pembrokeshire,' Halliwell]; pulmentarium Sile him fórmete on hláfe and on sufle and on wíne dabis viaticum
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þreá-níd
Force or compulsion that punishes or causes misery ⬩ affliction that comes from punishment
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Þrowigean þreániéd micel fýres wylm to suffer much torturing violence, the fervor of fire, Cd. Th. 229, 7; Dan. 213. Þreánýd þolian, Beo. Th. 573; B. 284: Exon. Th. 187, 1; Az. 28. Þreánéd, 270, 12; Jul. 464.
wurma
A shell-fish from which a purple dye was obtained, ⬩ a purple dye ⬩ woad, a plant from which a dye is got
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A shell-fish from which a purple dye was obtained, a purple dye; also woad, a plant from which a dye is got Wurma murex, wurma, weoloc murice, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 64, 62. Wurma, reád godwebb ostrum, 64, 10. Wyrma ostrum, i. 286, 34.