sturtan
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To start, jump up Sturtende (styrtende (wk.)? v. examples from Middle English) se halta gistód exiliens claudus stetit, Rtl. 57, 27. [Arður up sturte (storte, 2nd MS.), Laym. 23951. Pharaon stirte up, Gen. and Ex. 2931. Stirte forth, Havel. 873. Þe Romeyns
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cyne-gild
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Substitute: The fine paid for slaying a king. It consisted of two parts, the wergild, which belonged to the kindred (mágas), and the cyne-bót, of like amount, which belonged to the people (leóde) For þám cynedóme gebirað óðer swilc tó bóte on cynegilde
el-þeódgian
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To be in foreign parts, to travel to or live in a foreign land Foerde fearr ł ellðiódegde peregre profectus est, Mt. L. 21, 33. Ellðeódigde ł fearr færende wæs, Lk. L. 15, 13. Ellðiódade, Mk. L. 13, 34. Wilnade hé elðiódgian (-þeódigan, -þeódian, v.
hæft
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a bond.Add: Þá hæftlingas þe hé hét lǽdan of þám hæftum, Hml. S. 5, 134. captivity, prison.Add: Se cásere hét hine gebindan and him tó gebringan bysmorlíce on hæfte the emperor ordered him to be bound and brought to him ignominiously in custody, Hml
noctern
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A nocturn, one of the divisions of the office of matins Syx nocternes þæs æftran sealmas sex nocturnę, posterioris psalmi, Angl. xiii. 404, 561. Tó nocterne ad nocturnam, 426, 870. Æfter nocternum post nocturnas, 437, 1027. Tó nocternum. ad nocturnos
þæder
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Add: local Þæder quo, An. Ox. 2, 193: 3331 n. Dó man þǽm túna teóðunga þæder (ibidem) þe tó mynstre hýrað. And ǽlc preóst ... þæder (ad ipsum hospitale ) his teóðunga dó, Chrd. 51, 12-15. to a matter ꝥ hé tó þám gódan gewilnungum cume, þe þæder þurh
wulf-pytt
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A pit for trapping wolves (?), a wolf's lair (?) Tó wulfpytte, C. D. B. i. 280, 20. On wulfputt; of þám pytte on ðá wógan ǽc, iii. 113, 31. Tó ðǽm wulfpyttæ, C. D. v. 84, 17. On ðone wulfpyt; of ðám wulfpytte, iv. 49, 7: 157, ii. Tó wulfpyttan, 343.
on-médan
(?) to take upon ones self, to presume ( the following passage should be given under médan)
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(?) to take upon ones self, to presume ( the following passage should be given under médan) Ondsware ýwe se hine on méde wordum secgan hú se wudu hátte let him give answer, who will take upon himself to say in words, what the name of that wood is, Exon
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ornest
Trial by battle
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Trial by battle Gif Englisc man beclypaþ ǽnigne Frænciscne mann tó orneste for þeófte . . . oððe for ǽnigan þingan ðe gebyrige ornest for tó beónne . . . hæbbe hé fulle leáfe swá tó dónne. And gif se Englisca forsæcþ ðæt ornest, W. ii. 1; Th. i. 489,
fylgean
to follow ⬩ to pursue ⬩ to follow ⬩ proceed along ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ devote one's self to, diligently attend to. ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to accommodate one's self to the will of another, yield to a thing ⬩ obsequi ⬩ to try to gain ⬩ to follow, do what has already been done by another ⬩ to happen or come at a later time
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Add: of movement, marking relative position Ꝥ ǽrre folc and ꝥ æfterre . . . wé synt þe þǽr æfter fylgeaþ, Bl. H. 81, 33. Seó menigo þe þǽr beforan férde and seó þe þǽr æfter fylgde, 71, 10. marking accompaniment Him fylgede mycel manigo þæs folces,
ceápian
To bargain, chaffer, trade, to contract for the purchase or sale of a thing, to buy, to bribe ⬩ negotiari, emere, comparāre
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To bargain, chaffer, trade, to contract for the purchase or sale of a thing, to buy, to bribe; negotiari, emere, comparāre Ceápiaþ óþ-ðæt ic cume negotiamini dum venio, Lk. Bos. 19, 13. He adráf út ealle ða ðe ceápodon innan ðam temple ejiciebat omnes
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lacu
A pool ⬩ pond ⬩ lake
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A pool, pond, piece of water, lake Óþ ðæt seó lacu út scýt—cðæt norþ andlang lace to the point where the water runs out of the lake ... then along the lake, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 250, 26. Ðonne of exa[n] on ða smala[n] lace of ðære lace eft on exan then
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feorh-lege
death
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Life-laying [cf. lecgan; II. to slay], death Hú wolde þæt geweorðan þæt on þone hálgan handa sendan tó feorhlege fæderas ússe how should that come to pass that our fathers should lay hands on the holy one to the end that they might slay him, El. 458.
ge-mynegian
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Add: to make mention of Máre ic þyses gemyn-gade þonne ic his mid ealle ásaéde ut commemorata sint haec magis quant explicata, Ors. 3, 2 ; S. 100, 26. Ðá hé gemynegode (-myngode, v. l.) þára eádigra martyra cum beatorum martyrum mentionem faceret, Bd
rýman
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Add Heom ic rǽde and rýme, gif hí mé willað híran mid rihte, Wlfst. 134, 2. add: to make way for a person (dat. ) Hé þá inn eóde, and him man sóna hrýmde, and hé þá sóna eóde binnan þone weóhstal, Vis. Lfc. 68. Seó leó forstód him þá duru . . . Þá hét
í-dæges
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On the same day Se ðe sleá his ágenne þeówne esne and hé ne sý ídæges deád he who smites his own slave, and he die not on the same day, L. Alf. 17; Th. i. 48, 13. Hí ne móston metes þicgan gif hí igdæges tó mynstre gecyrran mihton they were not allowed
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mis-beódan
To do wrong to ⬩ to offend ⬩ abuse ⬩ ill-use
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To do wrong to, to offend, abuse, ill-use Hé misbeád his munecan on fela þingan he ill-used his monks in many things, Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 3. Ðé læs ǽnig man óðrum misbeóde lest any do wrong to other, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 22: Chart. Th. 320, 13:
sucga
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The name of a bird. [In later times the word seems to apply to the whitethroat, which is called hazeck (Worcest.) and hay sucker (Devon), and to the hedge-sparrow, isaac or hazock (Worcest.), segge (Devon), E. D. S. Pub., Bird Names, pp. 23, 29. Chaucer
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wiþ-scúfan
To push back ⬩ away ⬩ repel ⬩ drive away ⬩ refute ⬩ repellere ⬩ expellere ⬩ praecipitare
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To push back or away, to repel, drive away, refute; repellere, expellere, praecipitare Wiðscyfs ðú precipitas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 67. Ús drífaþ ða ællreordan tó sǽ, wiþscúfeþ (repellit) ús seó sǽ tó ðám ællreordum, Bd. 1, 13; S. 481, 44. Hé oft stormas
á-cwician
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Add: intrans. to become lively Þurh his ( the west wind ) blǽd ácuciað ealle eorðlice blǽda, Lch. iii. 274, 20. Se Crístendóm ácucode, Hml. S. 29, 330. Se ðe on óðrum dagum sleac wǽre tó gódnesse, hé sceal on ðisum dagum ácucian on gódum biggengum, Hml