hefe
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Weight Hú mihte hé gefrédan ǽniges hefes swǽrnysse ðá ðá hé ðone ferode ðe hine bær how could he feel the heaviness of any weight when he carried one who bore him, Homl. Th. i. 336, 26.
ge-þafung
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Ðyssum wordum óðer ðæs cyninges wita and ealdormann geþafunge sealde, and to ðære sprǽce féng cujus suasiōni verbisque prudentĭbus alius optĭmātum trĭbŭens assensum, contĭnuo subdĭdit, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 12: 4, 8; S. 576, note 5
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god-bearn
a divine child ⬩ the Son of God ⬩ divinus filius ⬩ Dei Filius ⬩ a god-child ⬩ a god-son ⬩ filius lustricus ⬩ ex sacro fonte baptismi jam primum susceptus
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Kmbl. 1279; An. 640. a god-child, a god-son; filius lustricus, ex sacro fonte baptismi jam primum susceptus Godbearn to fela man forspilde god-children, too many of them have been destroyed, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 107, 94
gyrdel
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Him bebeád ðæt hí ne námon feoh on heora gyrdlum præcepit ne tollerent in zona æs, Mk. Skt. 6, 8
un-seht
Not in agreement ⬩ in hostility ⬩ at variance
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Sóna ðæræfter wurdon unsehte se cyng and se eorl directly after the king and the earl fell out, 1102; Erl. 238, 6
weard-setl
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Ðá férde his gaśt and mid wǽpne ðone Godes feónd ofstang, his weardsetlum on lócigendum, Homl. Th. i. 452, 13-31. Æt ðǽm weardsetlum ad excubias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 16. Weardsetl excubias, 81, 20: 30, 11: 71, 11.
weallian
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to wander, roam Weallaþ swá niéten feldgangende, feoh bútan gewitte, se þurh ðone cantic ne can Crist geherian, Salm.
word-riht
a law expressed in the form of a command ⬩ an ordinance ⬩ a law expressed in spoken words ⬩ a spoken law ⬩ a statement of what is right ⬩ a duty which one has given his word to perform
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a duty which one has given his word to perform ( Similar entries v. word, II. 9) Wígláf madelode, wordrihta fela sægde gesíðum (told them much of what they ought to do ; or (?) told them much of what they had promised to do.
be-sceran
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Ben. 135, 28. to cut off hair Bescear heó hire feax swá weras, Shrn. 31, 7. Beard him beónn bescoren. Lch. iii. 198, 29. Samson besceorenum fexe (with shorn locks), Hml. Th. i. 488, 9
fram
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., frame, fyrdhwate, feorh ofgéfon, Ap. 12. Fromra prestantior, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 9: 67, 47. Se fromesta (fyrmesta, v.l.) esne vir strenuissimus, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 183, 18: 5, 20; Sch. 674, 4. chief.
ge-mæstan
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Add: To feed with mast, fatten animals Þonne hig gemæstað referunt dum corpora (glandiferis fagis), An. Ox. 23, 27. 'Ic ofslóh . . . míne gemæstan fugelas (altilia)' . . . Þá gemæstan fugelas getácniað þá hálgan láreówas . . .
forþian
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Se cyning betǽhte þám wyrhtan ungerím feós tó forðigenne ꝥ weorc, Hml. S. 36, 105
ge-wídmǽran
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to spread the fame of, celebrate Þæs hálinysse hlísa hine sylfne gewídmǽrode (-mǽrsode, v. l.) feorr and wíde cujus sanctitatis opinio sese ad notitiam hominum longe lateque tetenderat, Gr. D. 44, 2.
ÁWA
Always ⬩ ever ⬩ for ever ⬩ semper ⬩ unquam ⬩ usque
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Áwa to feore in seculum, Ps. Th. 51, 8: 65, 6. On écnesse, áwa in æternum, 118, 89. Áwa to worlde in seculum seculi, 71, 19 : 144, 1. Áwa to worulde usque in seculum, 130, 5 : 532, 4.
Eorman-ríc
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He searo-níðas fealh Eormenríces he fell into the guileful enmity of Ermanric, Beo. Th. 2406 ; B. 1201. For the anachronisms and inconsistences I would refer to W.
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fyrmþ
A receiving to food ⬩ harbouring ⬩ an entertainment ⬩ receptio ad victum ⬩ susceptio ⬩ A cleansing ⬩ washing ⬩ ablūtio ⬩ baptisma ⬩ βάπτισμα
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[feormian to feed, support, entertain] A receiving to food, harbouring, an entertainment; receptio ad victum, susceptio Ðis syndon ða gerihta ðe se cyning áh ofer ealle men; ðæt is . . . and flýmena fyrmþe these are the rights which the king possesses
mis-dón
to act wrongly ⬩ offend ⬩ transgress
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Tó fela is ðæra ðe misdydan, Wulfst. 270, 30. [Durste nán man misdón wið óðer on his tíme, Chr. 1135; Erl. 261, 7.]
níd-riht
a duty that must be performed ⬩ service ⬩ office ⬩ officium ⬩ debitum ⬩ a due ⬩ what must be paid
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Ac ðeáhhwæðere sindon gesette tíman synderlíce tó ðam ánum, ðæt gif hwá for bisgan oftor ne mǽge, ðæt hé húru ðæt niédriht dæghwamlíce gefylle, Btwk. 194, 3-8. a due, what must be paid Eallum ǽhtemannum gebyreþ midwintres feorm and Eástorfeorm ... tóeácan
óþ-swerian
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Gif mon tó ðam men feoh getéme ðe his ǽr óþswaren (ætsworen, MS. B. ) hæfde, and æft óþswerian wille, ðþswerige (æt-, MS. B. ) be ðam wíte . . . Gif hé óþswerian nylle . . . . L. In. 35; Th. i. 124, 10-12
gold-geweorc
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goldgeweorc eall todreás swá swá weax gemylt æt fýre there was an image of the sun made of gold, and it was on a golden chariot, and there were golden horses to the chariot ... then came there a horrible devil out of the goldwork, and the goldwork all fell