wǽpen-getæc
A wapentake,
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Eth. iii. 1; Th. i. 292, 8: iii. 3; Th. i. 294, 3, 8
fæst-nes
Firmament, firmness, stability, fastness, fortification ⬩ firmāmentum, firmĭtūdo, mūnīmen, propugnācŭlum
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The firmament always turneth about us under this earth and above it, but there is an immeasurable space between it and the earth, Lchdm. iii. 294, 8-13. Gewurþe nú fæstnis tomiddes ðám wæterum ...
godcundnys
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Th. ii. 354, 2. <b>III a.
cniht
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Voc. ii. 66, 12. Ealle ðá cnihtas and ealle ðá mǽdena (the firstborn of Egypt), Ors. 1, 7; S. 38, 15. <b>I a.
geond-felan
To fill throughout ⬩ mplere
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To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43
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DILE
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M. 1, 1: Lchdm, ii. 20, 7. Genim diles sǽdes áne yntsan take one ounce of seed of dill, L. M. 2, 12; Lchdm. ii. 190, 9: 2, 15; Lchdm. ii. 192, 14. Selle him mon dile gesodenne on ele let a man give him dill sodden in oil, 2, 23; Lchdm. ii. 236, 15.
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ticcen
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Voc. i. 23, 1: 78, 34: edum, 288, 18: ii. 30, 56. Ticcenes geallan, Lchdm. ii. 28, 21. Ðá námon hig án ticcen and ofsnidon hit, Gen. 37, 31. Ic sende ðé án ticcen ( hoedum ) of mínre heorde, 38, 17, 20. Buccan wé offriaþ oððe ticcen, Homl.
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un-gilde
Not entitled to wergild
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Eth. vi. 38; Th. i. 324, 21-24; so that the phrase licgan in ungildan æcere seems to be equivalent to licgan ungilde ], L. Eth. iv. 4; Th. i. 301, 23
heord
keeping ⬩ custody ⬩ care ⬩ guard
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Voc. ii. 6, 7. a herd of oxen Sum fearr þǽre heorde dráfe oferhogode, Hml. Th. i. 502, 12. Oxanhyrde mót la. sǽswian .ii. oxan mid hláfordes heorde. Ll. Th. i. 438, 14. a herd of swine Wæs mycel swýna heord (worn, L., R. grex) lǽsgende, Mk. 5, II.
þenden
While ⬩ as long as, ⬩ (all the) while (that) ⬩ while, ⬩ at some time during the period when ⬩ Meanwhile
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Ex. 182. where the period of the action of the verb in the first clause is included within that of the verb in the subjoined clause, while, at some time during the period when Gif ic ǽnegum þegne þeódenmádmas forgeáfe, þenden wé on ðan gódan ríce sǽton
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fæste
shaken ⬩ firmly ⬩ fast ⬩ urgently ⬩ strictly ⬩ solemnly ⬩ securely ⬩ fast ⬩ fast ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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Ic mé helpe fand þæt ic fæste ne feóll (that I did not straightway fall), 117, 13. Þæt þone mándrinc geceápað wer fæste feóre síne, Rä. 24, 14
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cúþ-líce
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Cúplíce ꝥ wuldor þysses middangeardes is sceort, Bl. H. 65, 14: 61, 30: 81, 3. Swá hwæt swá bið on marmstáne ic sóþlíce wyrce, and ic him cúðlíce tǽce, Hml. S. 36, 76. in a friendly manner Clipode seó wimman cúðlíce him tó, Jud. 4, 22.
for-liger
A fornicator ⬩ adulterer ⬩ fornĭcātor ⬩ ădulter
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He is forlír he is an adulterer, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 17. God fordémþ ða dyrnan forlíras God condemns secret adulterers, ii. 324, 7
eofor
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Voc. ii. 100, 43. Eofur, Ps. Srt. 79, 14. Genim eoferes blǽdran, Lch. i. 360, 4. Eoferes tucxas aprorum dentes, Nar. 34, 31. Eofor aprum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 33. Hé hét in beran eafor, heáfodsegn, B. 2152. ¶ in local names.
ge-mǽdan
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Add: pp. ge-mǽd. to make insane Gemǽd amens (puer . . . vertitur in rabiem fraudatus mente sagaci, bacchatur . . . amens, Aid. 176, 17), Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 4: 5, 59. to make foolish Gemǽdid ineptus, Wrt. Voc. ii. in, 70. Gemaeded vanas, 123, 13.
ge-wit-leást
Folly ⬩ madness ⬩ phrensy ⬩ stultitia
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Wið ða ádle ðe grécas frenésis nemnaþ ðæt is on úre geþeóde gewitlést ðæs módes for the disease which the Greeks call φρένησιs, that is, in our language, witlessness of the mind, Herb. 96, 4; Lchdm. i. 210, 1
þeód-
general ⬩ great
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As the first part of several compounds (see below) þeód has the force of general, great; a similar use is found in O. Sax. and Icel. The form is also found in proper names, e.g. Ðeód-bald, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 33. Ðeód-ríc, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 5.
lǽs
A pasture ⬩ leasow
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Hit is gescræpe on lǽswe sceápa and neáta alendis apta pecoribus ac jumentis, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 14. Ic wylle hí healdan on genihtsumere lǽse I will keep them in an abundant pasture, Homl. Th. i. 242, 15. On gemǽnre lǽse, L.
bóc-land
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Voc. ii. 34, 50. Ic geseah englas ferigan gesǽlige sáwle of ðínum (the abbess Ælflæd's) bóclande (de tuo monasterio), Hml. Th. ii. 150, 26. An ic (King Eadred) mínre méder ealra mínra bóclanda þe ic on Súð-Seaxum hæbbe, C. D. B. iii. 75, 25.
þencan
To think ⬩ to meditate, ⬩ cogitate, ⬩ consider ⬩ to think, ⬩ have in the mind ⬩ to think, ⬩ suppose ⬩ hold as an opinion or belief ⬩ to think of ⬩ consider, ⬩ employ the mind on a subject ⬩ to think about, of, on a subject ⬩ to direct the thoughts to an object, ⬩ to look to with attention, ⬩ turn the thoughts to ⬩ to look to with trust, ⬩ expectation ⬩ expect of. ⬩ to turn the thoughts to action, ⬩ to be bent upon something, ⬩ have an intention to do something ⬩ to determine, ⬩ devise ⬩ mean, ⬩ purpose ⬩ intend, ⬩ to think of doing something, ⬩ intend to do ⬩ to desire, ⬩ seek ⬩ to think, ⬩ call to mind, ⬩ originate in the mind
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Ath. i. prm.; Th. i. 196, 23. where the subject of thought is governed by a preposition, to think about, of, on a subject Ic ymb síþ spræce and on lagu þence, Exon. Th. 458, 9; Hy. 4, 97.