fǽhþ-bót
Feud-amends, compensation for engaging in a feud or quarrel ⬩ inimīcĭtiārum compensātio
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Feud-amends, compensation for engaging in a feud or quarrel;inimīcĭtiārum compensātio Ne þearf ǽnig mynster-munuc mid rihte fǽhþbóte biddan, ne fǽhþbóte bétan no minter-monk may lawfully demand feud-amends, nor pay feud-amends, L. Eth. ix. 25; Th. i.
massere
A merchant
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A merchant Gif massere geþeáh ðæt hé férde þrige ofer wídsǽ be his ágenum cræfte, se wæs ðonne syððan þegenrihtes weorþe, L. R. 6; Th. i. 192, 9. Ne beó ǽnig mangere mid unrihte, ne gítsigende massere, L. Edg. C. 14; Th. ii. 246, 24: L. Ælfc. C. 30;
á-fleán
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To flay, strip off the skin Hé him hét of deádum áfleán þone þwang fram þám hneccan oþ þone hóh ejus cutem jam mortui a vertice usque ad calcaneum incidit , Gr. D. 198, 9. Hweþer hí findan mihton ǽnig tácen þæs áflægenan þwanges si quod signum de incisione
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wíg-steall
The part of a church where the altar stands
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The part of a church where the altar stands Weocsteall absida Engl. Stud. xi. 64, 6. Wé lǽraþ ðæt mæssepreósta oþþe mynsterpreósta ǽnig ne cume binnan weohstealle (weófodstealle, v. l. ) búton his oferslipe, ne húru æt ðam weófode, ðæt hé ðǽr þénige
for-lǽdan
to bring forth
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to bring forth Gelíc þám hlaforde þe forlǽt (forþlǽt? cf. forðbringð (forðbereð, R.), Mt. 13, 52) of his goldhorde ealde þing and níwe similis est homini qui profert de thesauro suo noua et uetera, Ælfc. T. Grn. 19, 29
ge-miclung
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Add: greatness Gemiclung ł mǽrð þín magnificentia tua, Ps. Rdr. 8, 2. Þín mǽrsunge ł gemiclunga magnitudinem tuam, Ps. L. 70, 8. a great thing, great deed Þú worhtest mǽrþa ł gemiclunga fecisti magnolia. Ps. L. Ps. Rdr. 70
bád
A pledge ⬩ stake ⬩ a thing distrained ⬩ pignus
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A pledge, stake, a thing distrained; pignus Gif bád genumen sý, ðonne begyte ða báde hám if a pledge be taken, then shall he obtain the pledge home again, or back, L. O. D. 3; Th. i. 354, 6, 7
éðelíce
Easily ⬩ facĭlĭter
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Easily; facĭlĭter Ðú eall þing birest éðelíce búton geswince thou bearest all things easily without labour, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 552; Met. 20, 276. Ðæt ðú mǽge cumon éðelícost that thou mayest most easily come, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 254, 17
á-mundian
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Þonne móte wé ábúgan þám heretogan tó his mannrǽdene, ꝥ hé ús ámundige, Hml. A. 108, 190. Nú bidde ic ðone bisceop ðæt hé ámundige míne láfe and ðá þing ðe ic hyre lǽfe, C. D. iii. 305, 12. Add
on-æðele
Natural, in accordance with the nature of a thing
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Natural, in accordance with the nature of a thing Eallum treówum, ðe him onæðele biþ, ðæt hit on holte hýhst geweaxe (cf. ðám treówum ðe him gecynde biþ up heáh tó standanne,) (Bt. 25); (Fox 88, 21), Met. 13, 51
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grénnes
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Substitute: greenness of grass, foliage, &c. Þǽre stówe grénnes ( uiriditas ) and fægernes, Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 233, 5. Grénnesse uiriditate (foliorum ), An. Ox. 1581. of other things Blǽhǽwenre híwes grénnysse glauco coloris uirore, i. uiriditate
á-dǽlan
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Hé hine nǽfre ádǽlde fram þám incundan leóhte interna nunquam luce destituit, Gr. D. 274, 26. Ðæt is mycel syn tó geþencenne be Gode ðæt ǽnig gód sié from him ádǽled, Bt. 34, 3; F. 138, 6. Ðone ðe ( John the Baptist ) swá feor from eallum monnum ádǽlæd
lor
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Þý lǽs hiora ǽnig tó lore wurde. Nar. 12, 25. Tó lore (lose, v. l. ), Bd. 5, 9; Sch. 595, 13 (v. los). Hé þæs scipes geþrowode æfwyrdlan and lore (lyre, v. l.) ealra þára þinga þe in him wǽron navis rerum omnium jacturam pertulit. Gr. D. 141, 14. [v.
ofer-druncen
Drunkenness, inebriety ⬩ ebrietas, crapula
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Drunkenness, inebriety Ne geríseþ ǽnig unnytt mid bisceopum, ne doll ne dysig, ne tó oferdruncen, L. I. P. 9; Th. ii. 314, 31. Ðæt preóstas beorgan wið oferdruncen, and hit beleán óðrum mannum, L. Edg. C. 57; Th. ii. 256, 13. Gif preóst lufige oferdruncen
be-nǽman
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Add ꝥ hé wǽre benǽmed infiscaretur, fraudaretur, An. Ox. 3157: 23, 60. with acc. of person, gen. of thing God þé benǽmð þínra góda, Hml. Th. ii. 102, 22. God þe benǽmde wurðmintes privavit te honore. Num. 24, II. Þeáh hé ús feores be-nǽme, Hml. Th.
mis-weorþan
to turn out badly
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to turn out badly (for a person, dat.) Gif ða penegas teóþ swíðor ðonne ðæt gold ðonne miswyrþ ðam men hraðe if the pennies weigh more than the gold, then will it soon prove a bad thing for the man, Wulfst. 240, 4
teón
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<b>I 1.</b> add Þá múlas þe ꝥ cræt tugon ... tómengdon þá getogu ꝥ hí teón ne mihton, Hml. S. 31, 972. <b>II a.</b> add :-- Ðá ridon his men tó and tugon út ðæt spic of Æðelsiges húse, C.D. iii. 291, 16. <b>III 2.</b&
ge-deorf
Labour ⬩ trouble ⬩ tribulation ⬩ lăbor ⬩ trībŭlātio
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Labour, trouble, tribulation; lăbor, trībŭlātio Micel gedeorf ys hit magnus lăbor est, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 5, 7. Byþ mycel gedeorf ĕrit trībŭlātio magna, Mt. Bos. 24, 21. Hæfst ðú ǽnig gedeorf hăbestu ălĭquem lăbōrem? Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 9. For his
gang-setl
A stool
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Add: A stool (of a privy) Þás úplendiscan wíf wyllað oft drincan and furþon etan fúllíce on gangsetlum . . . hit is bysmor þæt ǽnig man . . . þone múð ufan mid mettum áfylle, and on óðerne ende him gange þæt meox út fram, and drince þonne ǽgðer ge þæt
gise
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Take here <b>gyse</b> in Dict., and add Wéne gé ðæt ǽgðer sié mid mé ge gise ge nese? ( ut sit apud me est et non ), Past. 308, 9. 'Ne sǽde ic ꝥ . . .?' 'Gyse,' cwæþ ic, 'þú ꝥ sǽdest,' Bt. 34, 6; F. 142, 5. Hwí wolde God swá lytles þinges