fǽr-béna
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Substitute: one that has to ask leave to go (faran) from his lord (? v. fær; I 2), a person of the churl class Gif ǽni man ágiten wurðe ꝥ ǽnige hǽðenscipe dreóge . . . gif hé sí cynges þegn . . . Gif hit sí elles landágende man . . .
ge-bécan
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Gebécte and intó mynstre Gode tó lofe geúðe, 5. Gebécte and gefreóde and betǽhte Alhwine bisceope, 11. Cf. ge-bócian. Add
frécne
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Forléton wé þá frécnan wegas and síðfato relictis periculosissimis locis, Nar. 17, 13. Gif sié þǽra ádle bryne innan ... sió biþ ðý frécenre, Lch. ii. 46, 20. Ðonne hit ðé frǽcnost þynce, wén ðé ðonne frófre, Prov. K. 75. Add
friþ-stów
a refuge ⬩ a place of safety for a criminal ⬩ an asylum ⬩ a sanctuary
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Beó mín friðstów, and gedó mé hálne esto mihi in locum refugii, ut salvum me facias, 30, 3. in a technical sense, a place of safety for a criminal an asylum, a sanctuary Hé sceal fleón tó ánra ðára ðreóra burga ðe tó friðstówe gesette sint ( the cities
scrífan
To decree ⬩ appoint ⬩ to decree to a person as his lot ⬩ to allot ⬩ assign ⬩ to fix as his lot for a person ⬩ to decree after judgment ⬩ to adjudge ⬩ doom ⬩ inflict ⬩ impose ⬩ pass as a sentence upon a person ⬩ to shrive ⬩ to impose penance after confession ⬩ to hear confession and then impose penance ⬩ to care for ⬩ regard
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Scriben decerni, 106, 22. to decree to a person as his lot, to allot, assign Swá missenlíce Dryhten eallum dǽleþ, scyreþ and scrífeþ, Exon. Th. 331, 10; Vy. 66.
Linked entry: be-scrifen
mǽrsung
a making known ⬩ report ⬩ rumour ⬩ fame ⬩ renown ⬩ celebrity ⬩ celebration ⬩ a making great ⬩ magnifying ⬩ glorification ⬩ Greatness ⬩ magnificence ⬩ excellency ⬩ honour ⬩ favour
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Stefn Drihtnes on mǽrsungum the voice of the Lord is full of majesty, 28, 4
ge-teón
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H. 19, 35. to appoint a course of action, lot, condition to a person, determine an event Unc sceal weorðan swá unc wyrd geteóð Metod manna gehwæs, B. 2526. Þám ( St. Matthew) God hlýt geteóde út on þæt ígland, An. 14.
ríht
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Add þǽr næs riht on þǽre stówe ǽnigne tó ácwellanne for þǽre stówe weorþunge in illo loco neminem fas erat interfici, Nar. 30, 1. Béte hé þone borgbryce swá him ryht wísie, and þone wedbryce swá him his scrift scrífe, Ll. Th. i. 60, 20.
ge-þolian
to bear ⬩ suffer ⬩ endure ⬩ sustain ⬩ sufferre ⬩ păti ⬩ sustĭnēre ⬩ to have patience ⬩ endure ⬩ wait ⬩ remain ⬩ perdūrāre ⬩ mănēre ⬩ with the gen. To suffer loss of ⬩ forfeit ⬩ lose ⬩ cărēre
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To suffer loss of, forfeit, lose; cărēre Ic geþolian sceal þinga ǽghwylces I must forfeit everything, Cd. 219; Th. 281, 17; Sat. 273
cwealm
Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion ⬩ QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium
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Beóþ mycele eorþan styrunga geond stówa, and cwealmas terræmotus magni erunt per loca, et pestilentiæ, Lk. Bos. 21, 11.
elles
otherwise ⬩ differently ⬩ elsewhere ⬩ else ⬩ else
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Ben. 34, 13, Negehýrde nǽnig man on his múþe óht elles nefne Crístes lof, Bl. H. 223, 36. Wæs se bigleofa gemétt and nán ðing elles, Hml. Th. i. 76, 19. Hé elles nán þincg ne cwǽð, Hml. S. 23 b, 616.
wǽdla
poor ⬩ needy ⬩ indigent ⬩ wanting ⬩ deficient in ⬩ poor in ⬩ begging ⬩ poor ⬩ needy ⬩ a poor, needy person ⬩ a poor, needy person ⬩ a beggar
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Wurdon menn wǽdlan hláfes, 104, 14. of things, deficient in, poor in Wæs seó stów ge wæteres wǽdla ge eorþwæstma erat locus et aquae et frugis inops, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 18.
CÍÞ
a CHIT, sprout, germ, sprig, mote ⬩ germen, festuca ⬩ seed ⬩ crementum
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Forst sceal lúcan eorþan cíþas frost shall lock up the germs of the earth, Exon. 90a; Th. 338, 7; Gn. Ex. 75. Genim wegbrǽdan þrý cýþas take three sprouts of plantain, Herb. 2, 14; Lchdm. i. 84, 14.
mǽnan
To lament ⬩ mourn ⬩ complain
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Ealle wordum mǽndon, Cd. 222: Th. 288, 24; Sae. 386. followed by a clause Ða welan ðe dú mǽndest ðæt ðú forlure the wealth which you complain of having lost, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 18.
bed-reda
One BEDRIDDEN ⬩ clinicus
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Drihten cwæþ to sumum bedridan the Lord said to one bedridden, i. 472, 23
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forþ-geleoran
To pass forth ⬩ pass away ⬩ depart ⬩ die ⬩ transīre ⬩ decēdĕre ⬩ mŏri
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To pass forth, pass away, depart, die; transīre, decēdĕre, mŏri Monige forþgeleordon on Drihten many died in the Lord, Bd. 5, 11; S. 626, 34, MS. T: 2, 14; S. 518, 1. MS. T.
fúlian
To become foul ⬩ putrefy ⬩ rot ⬩ decay ⬩ putrescĕre ⬩ computrescĕre ⬩ corrumpi
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Ðǽr is mid Eástum án mǽgþ, ðæt hí mágon cýle gewyrcan; and ðý ðǽr licgaþ ða deádan men swá lange, and ne fúliaþ, ðæt hí wyrcaþ ðone cýle hine on there is among the Esthonians a tribe that can produce cold; and, therefore, the dead men lie there so long
eáhtan
to observe, judge ⬩ observāre, æstimāre, reputāre ⬩ To watch any one, pursue, persecute ⬩ persĕqui
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To watch any one, pursue, persecute; persĕqui Bona eáhteþ ánbúendra the murderer persecutes lone dwellers, Exon. 33 b; Th. 107, 15; Gú. 59: 37 b; Th. 123, 4; Gú. 317: Ps. Th. 118, 150
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hetol
Full of hate ⬩ hostile ⬩ malignant ⬩ evil
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Hí habbaþ nú ðone hetolan deófol him tó hláforde they have now the malignant devil as their lord, 254, 1: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 66, 327. Her sind on earde cyrichatan hetole here in the land are foes of the church full of malice, 109, 154
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hremming
A hindering ⬩ hindrance ⬩ obstruction ⬩ obstacle ⬩ impediment
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hindrance, obstruction, obstacle, impediment Nú is ðære eorþan sinewealtnys and ðære sunnan ymgang hremming ðæt se dæg ne byþ on ǽlcum earde gelíce lang now the roundness of the earth and the course of the sun is an obstacle to the day being equally long