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sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sceatt, es ; m.

property, goods, wealth, treasureprice, gift, bribe, tax, tribute, money, goods a coin

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[Swá manega gersumas on sceat and on scrúd and on bókes swá nán man ne mæi tæleln, Chr. 1070; Erl. 209, 14.]

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ge-bétan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bétan, he -béteþ, pl. -bétaþ; p. bétte, pl. bétton; pp. -béted, -bétt; v. trans, [ge-, bétan to amend] .

to make betterimprovemendamendrepairemendārerepărāreto make strongfortifysurround with a wallconfirmāremunīremūrāreto make amendsreparation'bót' forrepentto obtain a remedy againstto get 'bót' fromavenge

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Lind. 10, 13. to obtain a remedy against, to get 'bót' from, avenge Ðú wille cweðan ðæt ða welgan habban mid hwam hí mǽgen ðæt [hunger, thirst, cold] gebétan you will say that the rich have wherewith they can remedy that, Boeth. 26, 2; Fox 92, 37.

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sib

(adj.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, adj.
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Hé (Augustus) bebeád ðæt ǽlc mǽgþ tógædere cóme, ðæt ǽlc man ðý gearor wiste hwǽr hé gesibbe (sibbe, MS. C.) hæfde, Ors. 5, 14 ; Swt. 248, 17, Sibbo ł cúðo menn (gisibbe, Rush.) cognatos, Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 12. v. ge-, neáh-sib[b]

þreátung

(n.)
Grammar
þreátung, e; f.

compulsionforceviolenceoppressionill-treatmentrebukereproofthreatening

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Ðurh ðæt ísern is getácnod ðæt mægen ðara ðreátunga per ferrum increpationis fortitado signatur, Swt. 163, 24. <b>II a.

ge-hwæþer

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Dó þonne gehwæþer, ge on ðá wunde lege, and eác drinc swýþe þearle, Lch. i. 78, 9. governing a genitive An wíg gearwe ge æt hám ge on herge, ge gehwæðer þára efne swylce mǽla swylce hira mandryhtne þearf gesǽlde, B. 1248.

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ge-défe

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Dyde gedéfe mægen Dryhtnes swýðre dextera Domini fecit virtutem, 117, 36. Míne gedéfe word verba mea, 140, 8 : 145, 6

wesan

Grammar
wesan, I a.
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Mǽst ealle . . . wǽron wið þæs fýres weard . . . Hió wǽron flocmǽlum þiderweard, 4, 10; S. 200, 16-19. (a) Add Hé in þá ylcan tíd híwcúðlíce mid him waes ei ipso in tempore familiarissimus fuit, Gr. D. 14, 10. add Wæs hyre willa mǽrlícor, Hml.

tilþ

(n.)
Grammar
tilþ, e; also tilþe, an; f.

labour which brings gain, by which acquisition is madean employmenttillagecultivation work on landgain from labourproduce of labour,acquisitioncropproducefruit

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employment, Wulfst. 72, 13. with special reference to agriculture,tillage, cultivation, work on land Se scádwís geréfa sceal witan ǽlcre tilðan tíman ðe tó tune belimpþ; for ðam on manegum landum tilð biþ redre ðonne on óðrum ge yrðe tíma hrædra, ge mǽda

Linked entries: tylþ tilþe

þanan

(adv.)
Grammar
þanan, þonan (-on, -un, -en); adv.
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Homl. 131, 17 : 91, 5. referring to the place from which an action or operation proceeds Hé hine sylfne hefeþ on heánne beám, þonan ýþast mæg síð bihealdan, Exon.

hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwæðer, pron.

eitherboth

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Gebíde gé hwæðer sél mǽge wunde gedýgan uncer twega, Beo. Th. 5054; B. 2530. Hwæðres ðonne ðara yfelra is betre ǽr tó tilianne búton swæðres swæðer frécenlícre is quæ igitur pestis ardentius insequenda est, nisi quæ periculosius premit?

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be-gitan

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Gif hé hine begytan ne mæge si eum invenire nequeat, Ll. Th. ii. 212, Begetna ł begeten inventa. Mt. L. 13, 46. Bigetten, I. 18. Bigetna repertae, p. 17, 6. to get, cause to be done ꝥ ǽlc gegilda gesinge án fíftig oþþe begite gesungen, Ll.

be-witan

watch over

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S. 22, 99: 3, 61. ꝥá góde mæn þe þis land bewiston, Chr. 1091; P. 226, 27. property ꝥá (the senators) wæron simbel binnan Rómebyrg wuniende, tó þon ꝥ hié bewisten eal ꝥ licgende feoh, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 4.

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gilpan

(v.)
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Gylpan ꝥ þú mæge Crístes þegnas oferswíþan, Bl. H. 175, 32. uncertain construction Ne gilp ðú ne innitaris (v. ? Prov. 3, 5), Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 2. with acc.?

síþ

(n.)
Grammar
síþ, es ; m.
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</b> the journey of the spirit from this world, cf. forþ-síþ :-- Ne mæg mon foryldan ðone deóran síþ, Salm. Kmbl. 723 ; Sal. 361. Mín dohtor is on ýtemestum síþe ( in extremis ), Mk.

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un-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-weorþ, -wurþ, -wyrþ, -wierþe, -wyrþe; adj.

of no valueof no dignitylittle esteemedunworthynot of sufficient meritworthlessbadcontemptibledespicableignobleignominiousdishonouring

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Se anweald ne mæg his wealdend gedón nó ðý weorþron, ac hé hine gedéþ ðý unweorþran (wyrsan, Bod. MS.) si eo abjectior est, quo magis a pluribus quisque contemnitur,... despectiores potius improbos dignitas facit, 27, 2; Fox 98, 8-14.

Linked entries: un-wurþ un-wyrþ

bísen

(n.)
Grammar
bísen, l. bisen, e; bisene, an; f. (also n. in North.),

an exemplar a modelpatternexampleprecedenta ruleprescriptpreceptparablesimilitudetype

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Ic þé mæg gereccan be sumere bisne, ꝥ þú miht ongiton ..., Bt. 27, 2; F. 98, 17. Þis wæs ús gedón tó lífes bysene (as a type of life), Bl. H. 73. 23: 75, 27. Þis eástorlíce gerýno ús æteówed þæs écean lífes sweotole bysene, 83, 8.

brúcan

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Him weaxað untrumnyssa, þæt hé ne mæg ǽtes oððe wǽtes brúcan, Hml. Th. i. 66, 9. Brúcan his estmettas, 330, 15.

earfoðe

(n.)
Grammar
earfoðe, es; pl. nom. acc. a, u, o, e; n. [A feminine earfoþu; gen. e, a, or indecl. seems to occur in the following
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Sume him ondrǽdaþ earfoþu . . ., ðeáh hí hí eáþe ádreógan mægen, Bt. 39, 11; F. 228, 26: Sal. 374. Earfoða, Deór. 2. Earfeðu, Cri. 1172. Tó þé ástígan þurh ðás earfoþu þisse worulde, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 28: Met. 20, 254.

flǽsc

Grammar
flǽsc, pl. flǽscu: flǽsce (?), an; /.

fleshanimalshuman beings

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mæg mon earmlícor gebǽron þonne mon hine underþeóde his weregan flǽsce, and nelle his gesceád-wísan sáule voluptariam vitam degas; sed quis non spernat atque abjiciat vilissimae rei, corporis, servum ?, Bt. 32, I; F. 114, 20-24.

for-wyrcan

(v.)
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Gif hé bócland hæbbe sý ꝥ forworht þám cynincge tó handa, 382, 19. to bring about, cause what is evil Wé geedníwiað and gemyndgiað ðǽre scylde ðe úre ieldesta mǽg ús on forworhte parentis primi lapsus iteratur, Past. 312, 15