scyldig
guilty ⬩ sinful ⬩ criminal ⬩ guilty of committing a crime ⬩ guilty against ⬩ a person ⬩ responsible for ⬩ liable for ⬩ chargeable with an ill result ⬩ liable for a debt ⬩ bound by an obligation ⬩ liable to forfeiture ⬩ forfeiting ⬩ liable to punishment ⬩ deserving of punishment
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Þe bið al swa sculdig þe þet uuel iþeuað swa þe þe hit deð, O. E. Homl. i. 113, 2
Linked entries: deáþ-scyldig for-scyldigian sceldig scildig
-isc
-ish
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modern -ish, a suffix of adjectives, connoting the quality of the object denoted by the stem, e.g. ceorl-isc churl-ish, cild-isc child-ish; also connotes origin from a place or stock, e. g. Engl-isc, Gréc-isc, Iudé-isc.
lyb-corn
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'A grain of purgative effect, especially the seeds of various euforbias, probably also of some of the gourds, as momordica elaterium, cucumis colocynthis,' Cockayne Lchdm. ii. 397, col 2 Libbcorn catharticum, Wrt. Voc. 67, 8.
óþ-lǽdan
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Álýs mé and óþlǽd láðum wætrum eripe me et libera me de aquis, 143, 12. Ic þence ðis feóh tó lufianne, næs tó óþlǽdanne . . . hé nǽfre nabbe landes ðæt hé hit óþlǽde. Lchdm. i. 384, 4-9. Ic com óþlǽded gódum excussus sum. Ps. Th. 108, 23.
byt
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In byttum aldum in utres veteres, Mk. L. 2, 22
fiþere
a wing ⬩ a wing
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Fiðerum alis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 55. Se kok, ǽr ðǽm ðe hé cráwan wille, hefð úp his fiðru, Past. 461, 13. Seó bródige henn tósprǽt hyre fyðera and þá briddas gewyrmð, Angl. viii. 309, 26.
murnan
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Substitute: <b>murnan</b> ; p. mearn; also wk. murnde.
winter-líc
Of winter ⬩ winter
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Fram heánesse ðære winterlícan sunnan uppgange ab alto brumalis exortus, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 42. Tó ðam winterlícan sunnstede, Lchdm. iii. 250, 24. Hí ongynnaþ heora geár æfter hǽðenum gewunan on winterlícere tíde, 246, 16.
þúsend
a thousand
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Th. 118, 72, and cf. cognates), Grammar þúsend, gen. þúsendes, pl. þúsendu (-o, -a,-e); also þúsend sometimes in the multiples, though, perhaps, in these cases the whole number is to be considered as singular, e.g. a thousand; Tele ða lenge ðære hwíle
Dún-stán
Dunstan ⬩ Dunstānus
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D. 978] all the chief witan of the English race fell at Calne from an upper floor, but the holy archbishop Dunstan alone stayed upon a beam; and some there were very much maimed, and some did not escape with life, Chr. 978; Th. 231, 30-39, col. 1.
ildest
eldest ⬩ oldest ⬩ principal ⬩ chief ⬩ greatest
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Ealle ða yldestan menn on West-Seaxon all the principal men of Wessex, 1036; Erl. 165, 1. Ða ðe ieldeste wǽron equites, Ors. 6, 4; Swt. 260, 24. Ða yldstan setl on gesamnungum the highest seats in the synagogues; primas cathedras in synagogis, Lk.
inn
In ⬩ within
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Héht óðre dæge hie ealle þrý in beforan hine next day he ordered them all three in before him, Blickl. Homl. 175, 18. Ðǽr gedydon twá weofedu in they put two altars in there, 205, 15.
lǽwede
Lay ⬩ laic ⬩ lewd
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Ða witan ealle ge hádode ge lǽwede all the witan both churchmen and laymen, Chr. 1014; Erl. 150, 4. Ne úre nǽnig his líf ne fadode swá swá hé scolde, ne gehádode regollíce ne lǽwede lahlíce, Swt. A. S.
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leód-biscop
a suffragan
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Ðá bǽdon ealle ða leódbisceopas ðone hálgan apostoi ðæt hé ða feórþan bóc gesette then all the provincial bishops asked the apostle to compose the fourth gospel, Homl. Th. i. 70, 6.
lóc
look ⬩ see ⬩ however
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Lóc hweðer ðæra gebróðra óðerne oferbide wǽre yrfeweard ealles Englalandes whichever of the two brothers should survive the other, should inherit all England, 1101; Erl. 237, 31 : Chart. Th. 605, 27
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módor
A mother
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Alf. pol. 16; Th. i. 72, 1. Ealle fæderas and móddru, Homl. Th. ii. 34, 32: 124, 17. Heáp móddra caterva matrum, Hymn. Surt. 52, 5. Ðé læs hé ofsleá ðás módra, Gen. 32, 11
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mund-byrd
protection ⬩ patronage ⬩ aid ⬩ the fine paid for a violation of mund
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Alf. pol. 5 Th. i. 64, 11. Forgylde ðem mæn his mundbyrd (the fine for violating the man's mund by fighting in his house), L. H. E. 14; Th. i. 32, 15 : L. Ath. iv. 4; Th. i. 224, l
pleoh
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Alf. pol. 36 ; Th. i. 84, 19. Philippus Mæcedonia ríce ealle hwíle on miclan pleó and on miclan earfeþan hæfde, Ors. 3, 7 ; Swt. 110, 28.
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bletsian
To BLESS, wish happiness, consecrate ⬩ benedicere, consecrare ⬩ merciful, kind ⬩ to have mercy
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Ic bletsie ealle ða ðe hit healden I bless all who may observe it, Chr. 675; Erl. 39, 25. Ic bletsige oððe wel secge benedico, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 38. Ic bletsige ðé on mínum lífe benedicam te in vita mea, Ps.
ge-feón
To be glad ⬩ rejoice ⬩ exult ⬩ lætari ⬩ delectari ⬩ gaudere ⬩ exultare
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Eal rihtgelýfed folc sceal gefeón on ðone his tocyme all right-believing folk ought to rejoice at his advent, Blickl. Homl. 167, 14. Ðonne mótan we in ðære engellícan blisse gefeón then may we in angelic bliss rejoice, 83, 3. Gefeage exultare, Jn.