mid
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e. what he had before and the roofless land taken together make up the two hides, the portion granted, C.
el-boga
ELBOW ⬩ cŭbĭtum, ulna
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Fæðm betwux elbogan [MS. elboga] and hand-wyrste a cubit, between the elbow and wrist; cŭbĭtum, 72; Som. 70, 126; Wrt. Voc. 43, 51
wuldor-torht
Gloriously bright ⬩ splendid
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Hádor sægl wuldortorht gewát, Andr. Kmbl. 2912; An. 1459 : Cd. Th. 174, 7; Gen. 2874. Beácen wuldortorht, 167, 21; Gen. 2769. Woldortorhtan weder, Beo. Th. 2276; B. 1136
ceart
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Haec sunt terrae ... Selebertes ceart, C. D. v. 62, 16. Silua quae dicitur cært, i. 261, 4. Cert, 273, 3. Cymeringes cert, 4
hilfan
to halve
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Scipen gunnen helden, bosmes þer rendden, seiles þer helfden (split in half), Laym. 7851.]
Linked entry: herbid
medum-ness
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Ða medomnesse ðǽre strengio se salmscop ongeat hanc dignitatem fortitudinis Psalmista considerat, Past. 85, 22. Add
windung
What is winnowed ⬩ chaff ⬩ straw
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Ða halm ł ða windungo (winnunge, Rush.) paleas, Lk. Skt. Lind.3, 17. Bisin ofwinnuncum parabolam de zizaniis, Mt. Kmbl. p. 17, 4
Linked entry: wind
DÓN
To DO, make, cause ⬩ agĕre, facĕre
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For náuht dón to consider as naught, Past. 38, 1; Hat. MS. 50 b, 19: Lev. 26, 15:Deut. 31, 16. Furðor dón to prefer, esteem, Past. 17, 7; Hat. MS. 23 b, 14. Gifta dón to keep nuptials, Somn. 186; Lchdm. iii. 208, 21.
aldor
life ⬩ the vital parts of the body ⬩ vita ⬩ age
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Ðæt him on aldre stód here-strǽl hearda so that the hard war-shaft stood in his vital parts, Beo. Th. 2873; B. 1434. age, in the expressions — On aldre ever, to aldre always. On aldre, Elen. Grm. 570: Beo.
drohtaþ
Conversation, manner or way of life, condition, conduct, society ⬩ condĭtio vitæ, stătio, conversātio
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Ne wæs his drohtoþ swylce he on ealderdagum ǽr gemétte his condition was not such as he had before found in his life-days, Beo. Th. 1517; B. 756.
Linked entry: droht
for-sleán
To strike with violence ⬩ smite ⬩ break ⬩ slay ⬩ kill ⬩ destroy ⬩ vehementer fĕrīre ⬩ percŭtĕre ⬩ frangĕre ⬩ occīdĕre ⬩ interfĭcĕre
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He hí forslagen hæfde he had slain them, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 54, 2: Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 62, 10
Linked entry: for-slegenlic
GEAT
A gate ⬩ door ⬩ porta ⬩ ostium ⬩ jānua
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Ða gyldnan geatu hát ontýnan bid open the golden gates, Exon. I I b; Th. 16, 10; Cri. 251 : 16 a; Th. 36, 15; Cri. 576. Opnyaþ me gatu rihtwísnysse apĕrīte mihi portas justĭtiæ, Ps. Spl. 117, 19 : Exon. 12 b; Th. 20, 15; Cri. 318.
Linked entry: helle-geat
hwer
A kettle ⬩ pot ⬩ basin ⬩ caldron ⬩ cooking-vessel
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Ðǽr wǽron inne geseted hweras and pannan and hé clypte ða hweras and cyste ða pannan ðæt hé wæs eall sweart and behrúmig pots and pans had been put in there, and he embraced the pots and kissed the pans, so that he was all black and sooty, Shrn. 69, 27
langoþ
Longing ⬩ desire ⬩ discontent
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Hæfde him tó gesíþþe sorge and longaþ he had for company sorrow and discontent, l00 a; Th. 377, 14; Deór. 3. Forðon mec longeþas lyt gegrétaþ therefore longings visit me little, 37 a; Th. 121, 11; Gú. 287.
Linked entry: langaþ
leáf-ness
Leave ⬩ permission ⬩ licence
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Leave, permission, licence Gif him léfnys seald wǽre if leave had been given him, Bd. 1, 23; S. 486, 8. Lýfnes licentia, 4, 18; S. 586, 34: 2, 1; S. 501, 32: 5, 19; S. 640, 10.
un-ágán
Not lapsed ⬩ with the time of its lease not run out
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Ond ic biddu ðæt ðis ðreóra hída lond and éc ðæt twéga, ðonne hit ágǽn seó ( when its lease has run out ), ðæt hit sé ágefen intó Clife; and ec ic and all hígen hálsigaþ ússe æfterfylgend, ðæt heora nǽnig ðæt gefe gewonige, ǽr hit swá ágæn sí, swá hit
un-stillness
absence of rest ⬩ motion ⬩ disturbance ⬩ noisiness ⬩ clamour ⬩ tumult ⬩ bustle ⬩ commotion ⬩ disturbance ⬩ breach of peace ⬩ restlessness ⬩ unruliness ⬩ disquietude ⬩ disturbance of mind ⬩ trouble
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bustle, commotion Hé ne mihte ða unstillnesse ðara onfeallendra menigeo áberan tumultus inruentium turbarum non ferret, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 32. disturbance, breach of peace On ðæs wífes gebǽrum oufundon ðæs cyninges þegnas ða unstilnesse ( the king had
Linked entry: stillness
esne
a servant ⬩ a man
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On esnes ham, of esnes hamme, C. D. iii. 425, 21. in a more general sense, a servant Nis esne (servus) ofer láferd his. Genóh biþ ꝥte esne sié swá swá láford his, Mt. R. 10, 24, 25: Shrn. 196, 11. Þú esne náwiht, Mt. R. 18, 32.
for-ceorfan
to cut up ⬩ to cut off ⬩ to cut down
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Sume wǽron handum and fótum forcorfene some had their hands and feet cut off, Hml. Th. i. 542, 32
ge-þicgan
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Hé landriht geþah he became entitled to the same rights as a native of the country in which he had settled, became naturalized, Exod. 354. to take food Lima wyrm friteð ... and þá wist geþygeð, Reim. 76.