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bót-wyrþe

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Gif man ábrece þæt þe bótwyrðe syg, béte hit iorne if a man commit a crime for which the law allows bót, let him mate bót for it promptly, Wlfst. 274, 22. Æt nánum bótwyrðum gylte ne for-wyrce man máre þonne his wer, Ll. Th. i. 266, 12.

DÆG

(n.)
Grammar
DÆG, gen. dæges; pl. nom. acc. dagas; m: daga, an; m.

DAY dies the time of a man's life tempus vitæ humanæ the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter d, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is dæg a day; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter d, but for dæg a day, as,- RUNE byþ Drihtnes sond, deóre mannum day is the Lord's messenger, dear to men

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On ǽrran dæg on a former day. Óðre dæg another day

fóstor-land

(n.)
Grammar
fóstor-land, es; n.

Land assigned for the procuring of provisions

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Land assigned for the procuring of provisions Ðæt ylce land hí gefreódon Godes þeówan to brýce into fóstorlande they freed the same land for the use of God's servants as foster-land, Th. Diplm. A.D. 963-975; 227, 33

HÁD

(n.)
Grammar
HÁD, es; m.

personpersonasexdegree, rank, order, conditionstate, condition, kind, nature, formmanner, wayhonourpersona, sexus, ordo, gradus.

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Se forma hád is ðe sprecþ be him sylfum ána . . . Se óðer hád ðe se forma sprecþ tó ... Se þridda hád is be ðam ðe se forma hád sprecþ tó ðam óðrum háde there are three persons of verbs. The first person is he who speaks about himself alone . . .

hreran

(v.)
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The form hrǽron seems to point to a verb of the class to which beran belongs.

on-sendan

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Add Þâ þe hine forð onsendon ofer ŷðe, B. 45. <b>IIa.</b> of a thing, to have issuing forth: :-- Þæt þû (a stone pillar) on þis folc onsende wæter, An. 1508. <b>IIb.

cwert-ern

(n.)
Grammar
cwert-ern, es; n.

A prison

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A prison Ðe-læs ðú sý on cwertern send ne forte in carcerem mittaris, Mt. Bos. 5, 25: Lk. Bos. 12, 58

un-geþwǽre

(n.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽre, es; n.

A disturbancedissension

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A disturbance, dissension Ðýles ungerec ł ungeþwǽre in ðæm folce gewyrde ne forte tumultus fieret in populo, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 5

hefig

(n.)

forceviolence

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action as of a heavy body, force, violence: All in ꝥ hefig wyrcas omnis in illud uim facit, Lk. L. 16, 16

irfa

(n.)
Grammar
irfa, an; m.
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An heir Ðet hé ðis wel healde his dei and siððan forð bebeóde his erbum tó healdenne, C. D. i. 297, 5

ǽrend-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽrend-fæst, adj.

Bound on an errand

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Bound on an errand Férde sum ǽrendfæst ridda . . . and lǽdde hit forð mid him ðǽr hé fundode tó, Hml. S. 26, 221

Linked entry: -fæst

efen-þeówa

Grammar
efen-þeówa, -þeów.
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A. 202, 240. weak forms Ic eom eówer efnðeówa (emn-, v. l.) consenior, Past. 136, 16. Hwí wylt þú cweðan ꝥ ðú sý mín þeówa? Ac þú eart mín efenþeówa, for ðan ðe wit syndan ánes Godes þeów, Hml. A. 123, 204: Hml, Th. i. 38, 25.

fremung

(n.)
Grammar
fremung, freomung, fromung, e; f.

Advantageprofitgoodcommŏdumprofectusbenefĭcium

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For heora fremunge for their good, ii. 400, 36

Linked entry: freomung

níd-hǽs

(n.)
Grammar
níd-hǽs, e; f.

A command which is attended by compulsion

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A command which is attended by compulsion Man for cyning gebidde and hine búton neádhǽse heora willum weorðigen let people pray for the king, and honour him without injunction, of their own accord, L. Wih. 1; Th. i. 36, 16

Linked entry: hǽs

un-tilod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tilod, adj.

Without provision made

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Without provision made Se ðe his ǽr tíde ne tiolaþ ðonne biþ his on tíd untilad who makes no provision for himself beforehand, for him will there be no provision made when the time comes, Bt. 29, 2; Fox 106, 3

Linked entry: tilian

fleswian

(v.)
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In the passage líiccetende wrehte and leáse fleswede seem equally to render simolatam (legationem) volveret, and for the latter leáslíce ongann occurs in one MS. Another various reading is fleose-wade. For 'To mutter, whisper' substitute:

ge-mundian

(v.)
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Gebide for mé and for míne ungesǽlignysse gemunde, Hml. S. 23 b, 719. Fultumes biddende æt Gode, ꝥ hé hí gemundian sceolde, 25, 337. Add

wíf-lufu

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-lufu, an ; f.

Love for a woman

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Love for a woman Se hálga wer ðære wíflufan ( the love of Herod for Herodias ) wordum stýrde, unryhtre ǽ, Exon. Th. 260, 12; Jul. 296. Ingelde weallaþ wælníðas, and him wíflufan cólran weorðaþ, Beo. Th. 4137; B. 2065. Cf. wíf-myne

druncennes

(n.)
Grammar
druncennes, druncennys, druncenys, -ness, e; f.

DRUNKENNESSebriĕtas

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DRUNKENNESS; ebriĕtas Warniaþ eów, ðe-læs eówer heortan gehefegode sýn on druncenesse attendĭte autem vobis ne forte graventur corda vestra in ebrietāte, Lk. Bos. 21, 34.

amel

(n.)
Grammar
amel, es; m.

A vessel for holy wateramulavas lustrale

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A vessel for holy water; amula, vas lustrale, Cot. 2