hærfest
Harvest, autumn ⬩ autumpnus ⬩ autumn ⬩ autumnus ⬩ autumn
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Ðæt gewrixle ðara feówer týda ðæt is lencten and sumer and herfest and winter the change of the four seasons, that is spring and summer and autumn and winter, Shrn. 168, 12.
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orf
Cattle, live stock
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Habbaþ ðæt orf eów gemǽne omnia animantia diripiens vobis, Jos. 8, 2. Hí námon eall ðet orf ðe hí mihton tó cuman, ðæt wæs fela þúsend, Chr. 1064; Erl. 196, 5. Drífaþ hider eówre orf adducite pecora vestra, Gen. 47, 16
sogoþa
hiccough, heartburn ⬩ gastric juice
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Gyf men sý sogoþa getenge oððe hwylc innan-gundbryne . . . ðonne wéne ic ðæt hyt him wel fremie ge wið sogoðan ge wið ǽghwylcum incundum earfoðnyssum Lchdm. i. 196, 16-21.
ríceter
power ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ greatness ⬩ glory ⬩ violence ⬩ force
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Ne ongyte wé ðæt ðǽr ǽnigra háda andfencg wǽre, ðæt is ðæt ǽnig be líues rícetere, ac ǽlc be his neóde and untrumnesse ancnáwen wǽre we do not understand that in this case there was any acceptance of persons, that is that recognition was made of any one
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weorold-geflit
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A secular dispute Gif him þince ðæt hé æt woruldgeflitum sí, ðæt tácnaþ him ádl tówerd. Lchdm. iii. 174, 19
ælmes-gifu
What is given as alms, alms
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What is given as alms, alms Ðæt ðæt heom góde men tó ælmesgife for Godes lufan sealdon, Wlfst. 159, 20
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rídan
to ride on horseback ⬩ equitare ⬩ to ride ⬩ to ride ⬩ to swing ⬩ rock
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Rídan ða yldestan men tó ðære byrig, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 208, 29. Ðeáh ðe hé gewuna wǽre ðæt hé má eode ðonne ride, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 17. Ne wæs álýfed ðæt hé móste bútan on myran rídan, 2, 13; S. 517, 7 : 4, 3; S. 566, 33.
súþ-wág
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A south wall Wið middan ðæs súðwáges, Homl. Th. i. 508, 15. Wið ðone súðwág tómiddes ðæs wáges, Blickl. Homl. 207, 15
weorold-fægerness
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Earthly fairness Seó hine lǽrde ðæt hé nǽfre Godes geleáfan forléte, and ðæt nǽnig woruldfægernes ǽfre his geðóht oncerde, Shrn. 59, 31
scrín
a chest ⬩ coffer ⬩ casket ⬩ box in which precious things are kept ⬩ a receptacle for the relics of a saint ⬩ a shrine ⬩ a cage in which a criminal is confined
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Ðá þwóh man ða hálgan bán, and bær intó ðære cyrcan on scríne, 100, 158.
on-hyreness
Imitation
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Imitation Ðone weg ðære onhyrenesse viam imitationis, Past. 16, 4; Swt. 103, 14. Tó onhyrenesse ( ad imitationem ) ðæra eádigra apostola, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 26: 1, 27; S. 492, 23
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reáf-lác
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Ǽlc bit ðæs reáfláces ðe him on genumen biþ, oððe eft óðres gítsaþ, Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 17. Man wolde biddan ðæs reáfláces ðæt hé hit sciolde ágyfan and forgyldan, Chart. Th. 289, 27. Ágife hé ðone reáflác he shall restore what has been seized, L.
mǽg-sibb
kinship ⬩ relationship ⬩ Love between kinsmen ⬩ affection
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Wel is tó warnianne ðæt man wite ðæt hý ( the man and woman about to be married) þurh mǽgsibbe tó gelænge ne beón (i. e. are not within the prohibited (seven) degrees ), L. Edm. B. 9; Th. i. 256, 9.
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un-tweógendlíce
without feeling doubt ⬩ certainly ⬩ unhesitatingly ⬩ so as not to cause doubt ⬩ unequivocally ⬩ indubitably
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doubt) hét, ðæt hié óðer sceolden, oþþe ðæt lond æt him álésan, oþþe hé hié wolde mid gefeohte fordón missis legatis qui hostibus parendi leges dicerent, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 8
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hlehhan
To LAUGH [with gladness or contempt], ⬩ to deride
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Ðǽm hlæhendum ridentibus, Lk. Skt. 5, 7
ge-þafung
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Mid ðǽre geðafunga ðæs unryhtes consentiendo perversis, 351, 21. Mid geþeafunge Crístes geleáfan cunctis adnuentibus fidei, Bd. 3, 22 ; Sch. 292, 15.
á-lǽnan
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Th. i. 274, 2: ii. 102, 1. of land, to lease Hí ænlǽnað Ælfréde .XL. hída landes æfter ðǽre lǽna ðe Túnbryht ǽr álénde his yldran, C. D. v. 162, 24. Ðæt land eóde eft intó ðǽre stówe ðe hit út álǽned wæs, iv. 267, 6
wésten
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Seó stów wæs swá wésten and swá dígle, ðæt næs ná ðæt án ðæt heó wæs ungewunelíc, ac eác swilce uncúð ðám landleódum him sylfum, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 105. Hé férde him ðanon tó ánum wéstenum earde, Homl. Ass. 66, 24: 71, 166
wrixl
change ⬩ alteration ⬩ vicissitude ⬩ alternation ⬩ exchange ⬩ interchange ⬩ place ⬩ stead ⬩ a loan ⬩ what is given in return ⬩ return ⬩ requital
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Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 628, 2. where there is reciprocal action, interchange Ðǽr wæs heard plega, wælgára wrixl, Cd.
GEÁR
A YEAR ⬩ annus
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Men hátaþ ðysne dæg geáres dæg, swylce ðes dæg fyrmest sý on geáres ymbryne men call this day [new] year's day, as if this day were the first in the year's circuit, Homl. Th. i. 98, 16