FLET
the ground ⬩ floor of a house ⬩ ārĕa ⬩ a dwelling ⬩ habitation ⬩ house ⬩ cottage ⬩ hall ⬩ hăbĭtātio ⬩ dŏmus ⬩ căsa ⬩ aula
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Gif man mannan an óðres flette mánswara háteþ if one man call another a perjurer in another's cottage, 11; Th. i. 32, 4: L. In. 39; Th. i. 86, 21.
Róm-feoh
Peter's pence
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Peter that tribute which England pays to this day,' bk. 2, c. 2; but in the earlier and similar payment by Offa, established in 787, may probably be seen the origin of the Rómfeoh in England, v. Stubbs, Const. Hist. i. 230.
árod
A mark of honour ⬩ badge of office ⬩ the pallium given by the pope to a bishop or archbishop ⬩ honoris vel muneris signum
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arce, MS. q. v.] this year archbishop Ælfric went to Rome after his pallium, Chr. 997; Ing. 172, 7
weardian
to guard, keep, defend ⬩ with gen. (cf. O. Sax. wardón with gen. to have charge of something) ⬩ to act as guardian to, to rule ⬩ to keep, have charge of ⬩ to hold a country, to occupy a place, inhabit. ⬩ in the phrases lást, swaðe weardian to keep a track, ⬩ to follow ⬩ to remain behind
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Ðonne færð se deófol intó his móder innoðe, and ðǽr hé hine healt, and weardaþ inne, Wulfst. 193, 10. Hé heánne beám wunaþ and weardaþ, Exon. Th. 209, 17; Ph. 172. In ðam hálge wíc weardiaþ, 228, 34; Ph. 448.
Linked entries: weardere ge-weardian
þeóf
A thief
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Ath. iii. 6; Th. i. 219, are throwing from a rock or drowning in the case of a free woman; in the case of a servus homo, stoning by slaves; in that of a serva ancilla, burning.
Linked entry: þeáf
Ælfred
Alfred the wise, king of Northumbria for twenty years
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learned in scripture; successit Ecgfrido in regnum Alfrid, vir in scripturis doctissimus, qui frater ejus et filius Osuiu regis esse dicebatur, Bd. 4, 26; S. 603, 6-8.
lagu
Law ⬩ statute ⬩ decree ⬩ regulation ⬩ rule ⬩ fixed custom
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'in Dendaga,' 566
æt-swerian
To forswear ⬩ deny with an oath ⬩ abjurare
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In. 35; Th. i. 124, 11, note
cwart-ern
a prison
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a prison Ic wæs on cwarterne eram in carcere, Mt. Kmbl. Hat. 25, 36, 39
cyld
A child
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Jun. 2, 13, in the title
Eaxan minster
The minster on the river Ex, Axminster, Devon ⬩ oppĭdum in agro Devōniensi
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The minster on the river Ex, Axminster, Devon; oppĭdum in agro Devōniensi, Som. Ben. Lye
eówod
A flock, herd ⬩ grex
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Th. ii. 514, 23. v. n. and f. in eówode
for-werednys
Old age ⬩ sĕnium
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Old age; sĕnium On ylde and forwerednysse in sĕnectam et sĕnium, Ps. Spl. 70, 19
Linked entry: for-weorenness
ealo-benc
An ale-bench
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An ale-bench In ealo-bence on the ale-bench, Beo. Th. 2062; B. 1029
hell-rúna
One skilled in the mysteries of hell ⬩ a sorcerer ⬩ necromancer
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One skilled in the mysteries of hell, a sorcerer, necromancer, Beo. Th. 328; B. 163
Linked entry: helle-rúne
mere-wíf
A water-witch ⬩ woman living in a lake
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A water-witch, woman living in a lake (Grendel's mother), Beo. Th. 3042; B. 1519
birgels
A burial-place, sepulchre ⬩ sepulcrum
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A burial-place, sepulchre; sepulcrum Him sylfum to birgelse in possessionem sepulcri, Gen. 23, 9
ge-cerring
A turning ⬩ conversion ⬩ conversio
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A turning, conversion; conversio On gecerringce oððe on gǽnhwyrfte in convertendo, Ps. Lamb. 125, 1
ge-hæge
Land hedged in ⬩ a paddock ⬩ garden ⬩ hortus ⬩ pratum
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Land hedged in, a paddock, garden; hortus, pratum,Mone B. 618 : Hpt. Gl. 419, 439
ge-riht
RIGHT, direct ⬩ directus
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RIGHT, direct; directus Ðweoru beóþ on gerihte erunt prava in directa, Lk. Bos. 3, 5