gelíce
Likewise ⬩ also ⬩ as ⬩ pariter
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Ðon gelícost ðe ðær sum mon gestóde just as if a man had stood there, Blickl. Homl. 203, 35. Emne ðon gelícost ðe he ne cúðe just as if he didn't know, Cd. 92; Th. 116, 28; Gen. 1943. Efne ðæm gelícost swylce just as if, Blickl. Homl. 221, 14
þríste
Boldly ⬩ confidently ⬩ without apprehension, fear, hesitation, reserve ⬩ without sense of shame ⬩ presumptuously ⬩ audaciously
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Gé him þríste oftugon ye had no misgivings when ye refused them help, Exon. Th. 92, 18; Cri. 1510.
dǽd-bétan
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Ástrecce hé hine eallum limum on þám stede þe hé stande, and on þá wísan mid hreówsunge dǽdbéte oð se abbod hine geswícan háte proiciat se in terram in loco quo stat, et sic satisfaciat usque dum ei jubeat abba ut quiescat ab hac satisfactione, 70, 18
for-gán
to forgo ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ go without ⬩ to abstain from
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Wæs ǽlc þæs wordes ꝥ him leófre wǽre ꝥ hé land foreóde þonne hé þæne hád underfénge every one declared that he would sooner go without the land than take orders, Cht. Th. 167, 33. Forgá ǽlc man mínne huntnoð, Ll. Th. i. 420, 25.
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ge-friþian
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Take here <b>ge-freoþian</b> in Dict. and add: to protect, shelter. to defend from harm, guard from injury Þú gehǽlst ús and gefreoðast (custodies ) fram heora yfle, Ps. Th. ii. 8.
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hádianv
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Substitute: To ordain, v. hád; <b>III. 1 a. l b; V a.</b> absolute Sende hé hine tó hádianne (hádigenne, v. l.) misit eum ordinandum. Bd. 3, 28; Sch. 323, 16. with acc. of person Gif ðú cwest nú : ' Hwá lǽrde ðé ?'
leóran
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Him wæs cúð ꝥ hé sylfa and þá óþre mid eallre hwætnesse sceoldon beón leóriende (leórende, v. l.) of þisum lífe certum tenuit se et illos de hac vita esse sub celeritate migraturos, 299, 15.
úte-weard
Outward ⬩ extreme ⬩ on the outside of ⬩ at the extremity of ⬩ the outward part ⬩ extremity
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Heó hafaþ langne wyrtruman and ðone úteweardne sweartne it has a long root, and that black on the outside, Lchdm. i. 304, 2. Ðú smítst his blód ofer útewerd Aarones swýðre eáre sanguinem ejus pones super extremum auriculae dextrae Aaron, Ex. 29, 20.
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wǽpen-getæc
A wapentake,
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Quamobrem potest cognosci quod hac de causa totus ille conventus dicitur wapentac, eo quod per tactum armorum suorum ad invicem confoederates sunt. On this explanation see Stubbs' Const.
tyge
a pull ⬩ tug ⬩ a dragging ⬩ leading ⬩ conducting ⬩ a draught of drink ⬩ a drawing of an inference ⬩ a deduction
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Th. i. 432, 35. leading, conducting Ðone weterscype ðe hé intó Níwan mynstre geteáh, and him se tige sume mylne ádilgade (the diverting of the water had ruined his mill), Chart. Th. 232, 7. Tiga aquae ductuum, Hpt.
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cæg-loca
The action of locking up, a key-locking, any repository locked up ⬩ clavis et loculamentum
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A.] gebroht wǽre, sý heó clǽne, ac ðæra cǽgean heó scéal weardian; ðæt is, hire hordern, and hire cyste, and hire tege unless it has been brought under his wife's 'lock and key,' let her be clear; for it is her duty to keep the keys of them; namely, her
byrgen
tumulus ⬩ A burying, grave, sepulchre, tomb ⬩ sepulcrum, monumentum, tumba ⬩ cremation ⬩ the burning ⬩ a body
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been attached, or which can only have been placed there as tokens of affectionate remembrance.
ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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The ealdorman had also a share of the fines and other monies levied to the king's use; though, as he was invariably appointed from among the higher nobles, he must always have possessed lands of his own to the extent of forty hides, v. Hist.
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stíþ
Stiff, hard ⬩ stiff, firm, ⬩ strong, not bending easily, unyielding ⬩ of a thick consistency ⬩ stiff ⬩ hard, stern, inexorable, severe, austere ⬩ hard, severe, unrelenting, stubborn ⬩ strict, rigid, severe, austere, hard ⬩ hard ⬩ harsh to the taste
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Th. i. 46, 23. of persons, hard, stern, inexorable, severe, austere Ðú eart stíð man homo austerus es, Lk. Skt. 19, 21, 22. Heard ł stíð durus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 24: Past. proem.; Swt. 23, 24.
a-mearcian
To mark out ⬩ delineate ⬩ describe ⬩ determine ⬩ annotare ⬩ denotare ⬩ designare ⬩ describere ⬩ definire
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To mark out, delineate, describe, determine; annotare, denotare, designare, describere, definire Hér amearcod is háligra hiw, þurh handmægen awriten on wealle here is described the form of the holy ones, through might of hand carved on the wall, Andr
dóm-ern
A judgment-place, a court-house ⬩ forum judiciāle, trĭbūnal, prætōrium
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Wyðútan hys dómern outside his judgment-hall, Nicod. l0; Thw. 5, 9
feaxede
Having long hair ⬩ long-haired ⬩ cŏmātus
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Having long hair, long-haired; cŏmātus Sume men cweðaþ ðæt cométa síe feaxede [fexede, Th. 162, 9, col. 2, 3; 163, 10] steorra, forðæm ðǽr stent lang leóma of, hwílum on áne healfe, hwílum on ǽlce healfe some men say that a comet is a long-haired star
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neádung
Force or violence used against any one ⬩ compulsion ⬩ necessity
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Force or violence used against any one, compulsion, necessity Ðeós neádung haec vis, Ælfc. Gl. 9, 29; Som. 11, 62. Of ðisum leahtre (gítsung) beóþ ácennede reáflác, stala, unmǽþlic neádung, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 12.
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tǽnel
A wicker basket
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Hé him on hand genam ǽnne lytelne tǽnel mid caricum gefylledne, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 661, 714. Tǽnelas fiscellos, tǽnel fiscellus, Hpt. Gl. 497, 42. 43. Tǽnelum fiscellis, 468, 25: Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 4
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eaxel
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Grn. 9, 14.Þú mid þínre brádre hand þá nunnan ofer hire eaxle þaccodest, Gr. D. 190, 14. Hine þonne ofer eaxle besihð se déma tó þám forwyrhtum, Wlfst. 256, 8. Eaxla humeri, Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 67: 283, 5. Eahslum scapulis, Bl. Gl. Add