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land-hláford

Grammar
land-hláford, <b>. I.</b>
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Æt ǽlcum were ðe binnan ðám .xxx. hídan is, gebyreð ǽfre se óðer fisc dam landhláforde, C. D. iii. 450.26. Add

sǽ-fugol

(n.)

a sea-fowl.

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Sǽfugl, as a proper name, occurs in the genealogy of Ælle of Northumbria,Chr. 560; Erl. 16, 29

un-besacen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-besacen, adj.

unmolested by litigationnot made the subject of litigationuncontested

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Hió ðæt land hæbben unbesacen wið ǽlce hand ( not liable to suits from any side ) ða hwíle ðe hió lifgean, and gif Ælfw leng sió, ðonne sý hit hyre unbesacen, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 150, 22-25: L. C. S. 80; Th. i. 420, 21.

yfelness

(n.)
Grammar
yfelness, e; f.
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Evil, wickedness, badness Yfelnys malignitas, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Zup. 50, 10. in a moral sense Micel yfelnys ( malitia ) manna wæs ofer eorðan, Gen. 6, 5.

hǽþen-dóm

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Ǽnne crístendóm ánrǽdlíce healdan and ǽlcne hǽðendóm georne forbúgan, Ll. Th. i. 314, 9. Ǽlcne hǽðendóm oferhogian, 350, 12. Ǽnne God lufian and ǽlcne hǽðendóm georne áscunian, 316, 19. people among whom (or district in which) paganism prevails. v.

Linked entry: hǽþen-nes

ge-trúwa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-trúwa, an; m.

Confidenceconfīdentia

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Confidence; confīdentia Ǽlcum getrúwan ic gyrne fultum ðínre foreþingrǽdene omni confidentia implōro auxĭlium tuæ interventiōnis, Wanl. Catal. 294, 4, col. 2

Linked entry: ge-trúwad

a-gyltan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gyltan, -giltan; p. -gylte, -gilte; pp. -gylt, -gilt [a, gyltan to be guilty]

To fail in dutyto commitbecome guiltyoffendsin againstdelinquerecommittereadmitterepeccare

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Agyltan, 74, 4: Ex. 10, 16: Hy. 7, 114: Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 39, 41. Ðæt he agylte on him sylfum ut delinquat in semet ipso, Ps. Spl. 35, 1. Agyltan wið to offend or sin against.

Linked entry: a-giltan

CLÆMAN

(v.)
Grammar
CLÆMAN, de; ed

To CLAM, smear, anointlinere

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To CLAM, smear, anoint; linere Ic clæme lino, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 1. Som. 30, 35. Ðú wircst wununge binnan ðam arce and clæmst wiðinnan and wiðútan mid tyrwan mansiunculas in arca facies et bitumine linies intrinsecus et extrinsecus, Gen. 6, 14.

fæder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
fæder-líc, def. se -líca , seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

Of or belonging to a father, FATHERLY, paternal, ancestralpatrius, pāternus, patrōnymĭcus

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Sume syndon patronimica, ðæt synd fæderlíce naman some are patronymics, which are fatherly nouns, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 52

for-screncan

(v.)
Grammar
for-screncan, -scræncan; p. -screncte, -scræncte; pp. —scrænct, -screnct [screncan to trip up]

To supplantovercomeoppresscast downsupplantāreopprĭmĕreelīdĕre

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Forscrenct elīsa vel dejecta, Ælfc. Gl. 78; Som. 72, 36; Wrt. Voc. 45, 68. Crist arǽrþ ða forscrenctan Christ raises the oppressed, Homl. Th. ii. 414. 23

Linked entry: for-screncend

lícham-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
lícham-, lícum-líce; adv.

Bodily

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Líchamlíce corporaliter, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Sam. 41, 6. Seó stów ðe Drihten líchomlíce néhst on stód on middangearde, Blickl. Homl. 125, 15. Hié hine líchomlíce gesáwon they saw him with their bodily eyes, 135, 19.

big-gyrdel

(n.)
Grammar
big-gyrdel, bí-gyrdel, -gerdel; g. -gyrdles, -gerdles; m. [big, bí, gyrdel a girdle, belt, purse]

A belt, girdlea purse, public purse, treasuryzōna = ζώνη, saccus = σάκκos, fiscus

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Bígerdel saccus, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 68; Wrt. Voc. 16, 41. Cyninges [MS. kinges] gafoles bígerdel saccus vel fiscus, 65; Som. 69, 35; Wrt. Voc. 40, 63. Biggyrdel fiscus vel saccus publicus, 17; Som. 58, 94; Wrt. Voc. 22, 11

Linked entries: bí-gerdel bí-gyrdel

þrotu

(n.)
Grammar
þrotu, an; f.

The throat

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Þeós ðrotu hoc guttur, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22; Zup. 49, 3. On ðære ðrotan, Lchdm. ii. 2, 18. On ða þrotan, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 30. Hé ( Judas ) gewráð ða forwyrhtan ðrotan, seó ðe lytle ǽr belǽwde Drihten, Homl. Th. ii. 250, 16.

wídan

(adv.)
Grammar
wídan, adv.
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Ælfc. P. 26, 28; Th. ii. 374, 7, 22. Ðæt wæs háligdóm se mǽsta of gehwilcum stówum wýdan and sýdan gegaderod, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 389, 23

wlátian

(v.)
Grammar
wlátian, p. ode; impers.

To cause a personloathing

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To cause a person (acc.) loathing Mé wlátaþ nauseo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Zup. 158, 7. Ús wlátaþ for ðisum mete anima nostra nauseat super cibo isto, Num. 21, 5. Ðonne hié mete þicgeaþ and drincaþ, ðonne wlátaþ hié, Lchdm. ii. 220, 5.

wudung

(n.)
Grammar
wudung, e; f.

cutting wood

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Th. ii. 222, 29. as a technical term referring to the right of cutting timber in a wood Dis is seó wudung ðe ðǽrtó; gebyreþ, ǽlce geáre fíftig fóðra and án hund of ðæs cinges ácholte, and húsbót, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 243, 11.

Linked entry: wudiung

beorg

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L. 101. an artificial mound Beorh agger, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 43, 15: tumulus, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 5. Cumulus, i. tumulus, apex, aceruus, coaceruatio beorg, Wlck. Gl. 216, 26: An.

wác-lic

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Him þúhte þá tó wáclic þæt hé wolde gefremman þá leásan leahtras, ac hé leornode ǽfre máran and máran on his mánfulnysse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 14-28

wafian

(v.)
Grammar
wafian, l. wáfian,
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and add: Hé forhtmód wáfode, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 43. Hé ðis gehýrende ongan micclum wáfian. Hml. S. 33, 311. (2 a) :-- On úrum tídum hí syndon ús swíðe tó wáfienne sunt haec nostris valde stupenda temporibus, Gr. D. 187, 8.

ǽfen-tíd

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Hoc vesperum oððe vespere bið ǽfentíd, Ælfc. Gr. 2. 43, 12 note. Áfeóll (ásáh, v.l.) seó ǽfentíð ilæs dæges diei tardior hora incubuerat Gr. D. 83, 15. Hér wæs Eádweard cyng ofslagen on ǽfentíde, Chr. 979; P. 123, 6. On ǽfentíd. Shrn. 116, 8.