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sáwan

(v.)
Grammar
sáwan, seów, séw; sáwen.

to sowto sowimplant

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Hláford hú ne seów (seówe, MS. A.) ðú gód sǽd on ðínum æcere Domine, nonne bonum semen seminasti in agro tuo? Mt. Kmbl. 13, 27. Út eode se sǽdere hys sǽd tó sáwenne [séde ł sédege, Lind.]. And ðá ðá hé seów, 13, 3-4. Ðá hé séw (seów,MS. A.) Mk.

Linked entries: a-sáwan be-sáwan

slipor

(adj.)
Grammar
slipor, adj.

slippery, not easy to hold, moving easilyslipping easily, easily movedfoul lubricum

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byþ ásliden diabolus serpens est lubricus, cuius si capiti non resistitur, totus in interna cordis, dum non sentitur, inlabitur Scint. 210, 9. slipping easily, easily moved Ymhídignyssa ofþriccaþ ðæt mód, and unlustas tólýsaþ; þwyrlice þing ðe heora hláfordas

Linked entries: slifor slípan

rád

(n.)
Grammar
rád, e; f.
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</b> going in a ship :-- Sió cwén bebeád áras fýsan tó ráde, sceoldon Rómwarena ofer heánne holm hláford sécean, Elen.

á-rǽran

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Gif se hláford him wile ꝥ land árǽran tó weorce and tó gafole if the lord want to raise the rent of the land for him by exacting work as well as payment, 146, 4. to extol Up áhefde, árǽrde extollit, An. Ox. 2425.

Linked entry: rǽran

cunnan

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Gif þú canst on cræftum swá swá þú cwǽde, hwí wolde þín hláford þé álǽtan tó mé?, Hml. S. 36, 64. Þá þe ón stáne cunnon and gecwémlíce on treówe, 38. Ealle þá eásternan and þá Egiptiscan þe sélost cunnan on gerímcræfte, Lch. iii. 256, 7.

in-gang

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Gif hláford nylle hire mynsterlífes geunnan, C.D. i. 310, 29. Hé læg fíf dagas beforan ðæs mynstres geate, swá hé ne æt ne dranc, ac hé bæd ingonges.

wealh

(n.)
Grammar
wealh, gen. weales; m.

a foreigner properly a Celt a Celt of Britain; the word occurs mostly in pl., the British the WelshWales a Romana slave servanta shameless person

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.: esnes, Rush.) hláford dominus servi illius, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 50: Shrn. 154, 22.

heals-fang

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Gyf hláford his þeówan freólsdæge nýde tó weorce . . . gylde lahslit se hláford mid Denum, wíte mid Englum (dominus det halsfang, Inst. Cnut.), 345, 1.

cwéman

(v.)
Grammar
cwéman, part.cwémende ; p.de; pp. ed ; v. a. dat.

To give pleasure, please, delight, propitiate, satisfy placere, satisfacere

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Esne his hláforde cwémeþ a servant gives pleasure to his master, 122, 2. Martiras Meotode cwémaþ martyrs give delight to the Creator, Cd. 228; Th. 305, 31; Sae. 655: Exon. 39a; Th. 130, 5; Gú. 433: Ps. Th. 71, 10.

Linked entry: cwǽman

wícing

(n.)
Grammar
wícing, es; m.
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. ¶ in passages dealing with English affairs the word refers to the Northmen :-- Ðeáh þrǽla hwylc hláforde æthleápe and of cristendóme to wícinge weorðe (become a pirate, go over to the Danes ), Wulfst. 162, 6. Hé stang wlancne wícing, Byrht.

Linked entry: scegð-mann

munuc

(n.)
Grammar
munuc, munec, es; m. [Lat. monachus]

A monk

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Gif mon óðres monnes munuce feoh óðfæste, bútan ðæs munuces hláfordes léfnesse, L. Alf. pol. 20; Th. i. 74, 13-16. Swá swá dafnaþ munuce, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 5. Ic eom geanwyrde monuc professus sum monachum, 18, 28.

Linked entry: munec

(adj.)
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Z. 32, 16. other individuals of the kind specified, other persons or things in addition to those mentioned Ꝥ unriht álegde úre hlaford; ꝥ hé má móte. Ll. Lbmn. 244, 36.

geá

etiam, jam

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'; Volosianus hym andswarode, and þus cwæð: '; Geá, '; hláford, and gif ic swylcne man geméte, hwylce méde sceal ic hym behátan?, '; Hml. A. 188, 200. Geá lá gę̄ amen Ps. Rdr. p. 302, 18. in the Lind. and Rush.

wiga

(n.)
Grammar
wiga, an; m.

one who fightsa (fighting) mana warriora noble, strenuous man

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. ¶ in phrases denoting a chief or leader :-- Wigena hláford ( Byrhtnoth ), Byrht. Th. 135, 49; By. 135. Wigena baldor ( Holofernes ), Judth. Thw. 22, 5; Jud. 49. Dauid cyning, wigena baldor, Elen. Kmbl. 688; El. 344.

Linked entry: wihgena

for-gǽgan

to go beyondexceedtransgressto pass byomit to doneglectto pass away

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L. 118, 119. of right not done, to pass by, omit to do, neglect Se cniht þe wát hwæt his hláfordes willa bið, and hé þæt forgǽgð seruus sciens uoluntatem domini sui et non faciens, Wlfst. 248, 12.

þingian

(v.)
Grammar
þingian, p. ode.
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Hú mæg ǽnig man tó his hláforde óðrum þingian, gif hé his hláforde sylf hæfð ábolgen, L. I. P. 21; Th. ii. 332, 5. Earmum ðingian tó ðam rícan; Homl. Th. ii. 558, 2. Tó ðingienne þiódum sínum wið ðane Sceppend, Ps.

land-riht

(n.)
Grammar
land-riht, es; n.
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Áhte ic fela wintra folgaþ tilne holdne hláford óððæt Heorrenda nú leóðcræftig mon londryht geþah ðæt mé eorla hleó ǽr gesealde good service had I for many a winter, a kind lord; until now Heorrenda, a man skilled in song, has received land right; the

MANIG

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
MANIG, maneg, monig, mænig; adj.

MANYmany a

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Swíðe manigne hláford and swíðe manigne mundboran, Shrn. 35, 32. Mid monige wíte, 101, 23. Ðé biddaþ manega þeóda, Deut. 28, 12.

seám

(n.)
Grammar
seám, es; m.
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Nællaþ gié gebeara seám (seóm, Rush.) nolite portare sacculum, 10, 4. as a technical term, a service which consisted in supplying the lord with beasts of burden ; summagium, sagmegium Hé sceal beón gehorsad, ðæt hé mǽge tó hláfordes seáme ðæt ( the

scír-mann

(n.)
Grammar
scír-mann, (scíre-, scíres-), es; m.
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Swá sceal gód scýrman (a reeve or bailiff) his hláfordes healdan, dó ymbe his ágen swá swá hé wylle, Anglia ix. 260, 16. Ne ofermódgiaþ ða scírmenn ná for ðý nequaquam praepositi ex hoc superbiunt. Past. 17, 2; Swt. 109, 18.