land-leód
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The people of a country Se wer gebiraþ mágum, and seó cynebót ðám leódum; other reading:-- Ðam were habbaþ ða mǽgas and ðam cynebót se [seó?] landleód, L. Wg; Th. i. 190, 9, and note 14. Schmid p. 396 gives the further reading :-- Ðæt cynebót tó ðam
eáþ-módnes
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Add: humility, meekness Eádmódnys humilitas, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 28. Þæt wæs ánrǽdlicu eáþmódnes ꝥ heó sylf hié þeówen nemde, Bl. H. 13, 13. Éðmódnisse humilitas, Rtl. 100, 11. Be ðám twelf stæpum ealre eáðmódnesse, R. Ben. 23, 16. Eallon þám tó hǽlde þe
ge-lást
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Substitute: performance, act of performing Þæt hé ús þurh his gife gefultumige tó geláste his geboda, R. Ben. 5, 4. a performance, what is performed as an obligation, a vow. Cf. gelǽstan; 2 Þé bið ágolden gelást tibi reddetur uotum, Ps. Rdr. 64, 2:
ge-ortrúwian
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Add: to despair of. with gen. Geseah hé ꝥ án leó genóm ꝥ cild . . . hé ðá wæs geortrúwod þæs cildes, Hml. S. 30, 178. with prep. Be Godes mildheortnesse geortrúwian de Dei misericordia desperare, R. Ben. I. 22, 11. <b>I a.</b> reflex. to
ge-deorfan
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Substitute: to labour, do hard work Oxanhyrde, hwæt wyrcst þú ? Eálá, hláford mín, micel ic gedeorfe (laboro), Coll. M. 20, 25. to perish, be destroyed, be wrecked (lit. or fig.), of a person Gedurfan naufragauerunt (duae faeminae a fide), Wrt. Voc.
hám-stede
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Add: ¶ the word occurs as a place-name in the charters, but in some of the following instances (e. g. vi. 35, 34) it is or may be a common noun, and in some perhaps to ham rather than to hám should the first part of the compound be referred On hámstedes
hýr
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Add: payment contracted to be made for the temporary use of anything Sume men syllað eác cyrcan tó hýre swá swá wáclice mylna . . . ac hit ne gedafenað ꝥ man dó Godes hús ánre mylne gelíc for lyðrum tolle, Hml. S. 19, 248. <b>Ia.</b> where
sceamol
A bench, stool.
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A bench, stool. The word remains in the form shambles properly stalls or benches on which butchers expose meat for sale Sceamul ¨scabellum, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 24. Scamol subsellium 289, 24. Scamel, sceamul, sceamol scabellum Ælfc. Gr. 8 ; Zup. 31, 7. Scamul
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hǽst
Violent, vehement, impetuous
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Violent, vehement, impetuous Ðú Grendel cwealdest þurh hæstne hád heardum clammum thou didst kill Grendel violently with hard grasps, Beo. Th. 2674; B. 1335 Nǽfre ðú ðæs swíðlíc sár gegearwast þurh hǽstne níþ ðæt ðú mec onwende worda ðissa never shalt
hátian
To become or get hot, to be hot ⬩ fervere
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To become or get hot, to be hot Hingrian þyrstan hátian eall ðæt is of untrumnysse ðæs gecynnes esurire, sitire, æstuare ex infirmitate naturæ est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 14. Nim ǽnne sticcan and gníd tó sumum þinge hit hátaþ ðǽrrihte of ðam fýre ðe him
hátan
To be called or named, have for a name ⬩ I am called
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To be called or named, have for a name Cwæþ ðæt se héhsta hátan sceolde Satan siððan said that the highest should be called Satan afterwards, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 22; Gen. 344. Án eá of ðám hátte Fison one river of them is called Pison, Gen. 2, 11. Saga hwæt
of-settan
to beset, press hard, oppress
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to beset, press hard, oppress Hé hig ofsette and geswenct he oppressed and afflicted them servierunt ei Jud. 3, 8. Fearras fǽtt ofsetton ł ymbsǽton obsederunt mé, Ps. Lamb. 21, 13. Feónd úrne ofsete comprime Hymn. Surt. 11, 33. Mid untrumnesse oððe bysegum
friþ-bræc
A peace-breaking ⬩ breach of the peace ⬩ pācis violātio
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A peace-breaking, breach of the peace; pācis violātio Gyf binnan byrig gedón biþ seó friþbræc if the breach of the peace be committed within a city, L. Eth. ii. 6; Th. i. 286, 30. Is ðæt friþbrec that is a breach of the peace, ii. 5; Th. i. 286, 26
fyrst-gemearc
An appointed time ⬩ space of time ⬩ tempus con-stĭtūtum ⬩ tempŏris spătium
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An appointed time, space of time; tempus con-stĭtūtum, tempŏris spătium Ne biþ ðæs lengra swice sáwelgedáles ðonne seofon niht fyrstgemearces there will be no longer evasion of the soul-separation than seven nights of time's space, Exon. 47 b; Th. 164
prófian
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To esteem or regard as Gif feorrancumen man búton wege gange, and hé ðonne náwðer ne hrýme ne hé horn ne bláwe, for þeóf hé is tó prófianne he is to be regarded as a thief, L. Wih. 28 ; Th. i. 42, 25 : L. In. 20; Th. i. 116, 2
ge-edstaðelian
To restore ⬩ instaurare ⬩ suscitare
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To restore; instaurare, suscitare ÐDa hǽr beóþ ealle geedstaðelode the hairs shall be all restored, Homl. Th. ii. 542, 35 : i. 62, 11, 12. Se cyng férde and ða burh geædstaðelede the king went and restored the town, Chr. 1092; Erl. 228, 15 : Th. Apol
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ge-fægnian
To rejoice ⬩ be glad ⬩ exult ⬩ gaudēre ⬩ exultāre
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To rejoice, be glad, exult; gaudēre, exultāre Ic geblissige and ic gefægnige on ðé lætābor et exultābo in te, Ps. Lamb. 9, 3. Geblissiaþ, and gefægniaþ on ðám dagum gaudēte in illa die et exultāte, Lk. Bos. 6, 23. Blissian and gefægnian þeóda lætentur
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ge-fagnian
To rejoice ⬩ be glad ⬩ exult ⬩ gaudēre ⬩ exultāre
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To rejoice, be glad, exult; gaudēre, exultāre Manega on his acennednysse gefagniaþ multi in natĭvĭtāte ejus gaudēbunt, Lk. Bos. 1, 14. Gefagnode ðæt cild on hyre innoþe exultāvit infans in utĕro ejus, 1, 41. Ic blissie and ic gefagenie on ðé lætābor
ge-rén
An ornament
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An ornament Ðeáh ða gerénu fægru síen ðe hit mid gerénod biþ though the ornaments be fair with which it is adorned, Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, 15. Ða geréno the ornaments, Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 20; Rä. 27, 15. Giríno ł glencas ædificationes, Mk. Skt. Rush. 13
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scort-wyrplíc
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Of early fulfilment, coming to pass shortly On .xv. nihta sceortwyrplíc ðæt bid. On .xvi. nihta æfter langre tíde hit ágǽþ a dream on the fifteenth night of the month will be of early fulfilment. On the sixteenth it will come to pass after a long time
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