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leó

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Hé hét áne strange leó lǽtan in tó him . . . þá arn seó leó . . . se leó heora ne oðhrán, Hml. S. 30, 415-420. Woldon þá hǽþenan hentan þǽre leó (cf. þurh ðá león, 306), 35, 280. Hwelp þæs león catulus leonis, Ps. L. 16, 12.

túnes-mann

(n.)
Grammar
túnes-mann, es; m.

A man living on a manor

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Eth. ix. io; Th. i. 342, 25 in which 30 pence is fixed as a fine for not paying the heorð-penig and Rómfeoh, 30 pence being the value of an ox according to L. Ath. v. 3; Th. i. 232, 7: v. 6, 2; Th. i. 234, 1: v. 8, 5; Th. i. 236, 31), L. N. P.

Linked entry: tún-mann

seód

(n.)
Grammar
seód, es; m.

A money-bag ⬩ purse ⬩ pouch ⬩ marsupium ⬩ a purse

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Ðæt feoh ðæt hí hæfdon on heora seódurn, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 262. Seódas loculos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 22: 74, 18. Wyrcaþ seódas (seádas, Rush. : seádo, Lind.) (sacculos) ða ðe ne forealdigeaþ, Lk. Skt. 12, 33. Seádo loculos, Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 6.

Linked entry: seád

ge-winna

(n.)
Grammar
ge-winna, an; m.

An enemy ⬩ adversary ⬩ a foe ⬩ rival ⬩ hostis ⬩ inĭmīcus ⬩ æmŭlus

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Heora gewinnan hí éhtan insĕquĭtur hostis, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 23: 1, 23; S. 483, 13. Ða ǽrran gewinnan priores inimici, S. 1, 12; S. 480, 33

god-gild

(n.)
Grammar
god-gild, -gield, -geld, -gyld, gode-gild, es; n.
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He heora godgieldum eallum wiðsóc he renounced all their idols, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 78, 4. Hí on Choreb cealf ongunnan him to godegylde georne wyrcean fecerunt vitulum in Choreb, et adoraverunt sculptile, Ps. Th. 105, 17

Linked entry: god-gyld

ge-deorfan

to labour, do hard work ⬩ to perish, be destroyed, be wrecked (lit. or fig.),

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Heora scipa gedearf ( erased; gedraf, v.l.) cc and xxx Romana classis infando nanfragio eversa est; nom de trecentis navibus ducentae et viginti perierunt, 4, 6; S. 176, 19.

be-dǽlan

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Ꝥ ic heora wurðmyntes ne wurde bedǽled that I might not be prevented from sharing their honour, Hml. S. 28, 103. Bedǽled ǽlces gódes destitute of every good, Bt. 18, 1; F. 60, 29.

brúcan

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Þú heora bruce, 7, 1; F. 16, 21. Hé his ágenes ungemetlíce breác, Past. 339, 2. Brúc ðínra ǽhta, ðá hwíle ðe ðú hál sý, Prov. K. 52. Swá hwæt swá ús God sylle máre þonne wé néde brúcan sceolan, Bl. H. 53, 15.

for-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrcan, p. -wyrhte ; pp. -wyrht .

to do wrong ⬩ be guilty ⬩ to injure ⬩ destroy by wrongful working ⬩ to treat improperly ⬩ use badly ⬩ to bring to an end ⬩ to ruin ⬩ to make guilty ⬩ to commit crime against ⬩ guilty ⬩ criminal ⬩ sinful ⬩ to bring to an ill condition ⬩ to lose by evildoing ⬩ to forfeit ⬩ to bring about ⬩ cause what is evil

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Heó hit náge mid nánon þinge tó forwyrcenne, ac hæbbe heó ðone bryce, vi. 147, 35. Sí forworht eal þe hé age, Ll. Th. i. 330, 23.

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Heó is ána módor and mǽden she is in her own person mother and maid, Hml. A. 33, 221. Eal þis ic mé áne wát all this I myself know, 177, 248.

a-dón

(v.)
Grammar
a-dón, p. -dyde; impert. -dó; v. a.

To take away ⬩ remove ⬩ banish ⬩ tollere ⬩ ejicere

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Ðæt hý God ðanon adó to heora ágnum lande that God will bring them thence to their own land, Ors. 3, 5; Bos. 56, 37. Adó ða buteran remove the butter, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 22. Adó of ða buteran take off the butter, 86, 19.

Linked entry: a-dydest

ÆLMESSE

(n.)
Grammar
ÆLMESSE, ælmysse, an ; f.

ALMS ⬩ almsgiving ⬩ eleemosyna

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Hwæt is us to sprecanne hú hí heora ælmessan dǽle de faciendis portionibus et adimplenda misericordia nobis quid erit loquendum, 1, 27; S. 489, 25. Ðæt ðín ælmesse sý on díglum ut sit eleemosyna tua in abscondito, Mt. Bos. 6, 4.

Linked entries: ælmes ælmysse

a-wéstan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wéstan, p. -wéste; pp. -wésted [-wéstd], -wést [a intensive, wéstan to waste]

To waste ⬩ lay waste ⬩ depopulate ⬩ ravage ⬩ destroy ⬩ vastare ⬩ devastare ⬩ desertum facere ⬩ desolare

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Sý wunung heora awést fiat habitatio eorum deserta, Ps. Spl. T. 68, 30. Wiðútan awést híg sweord swerd with outforth schal waaste [destroy] hem, Wyc; foris vastabit eos gladius, Cant. Moys. Isrl. Lamb. 193 a, 25.

cýpa

(n.)
Grammar
cýpa, cépa,an ; m. [ceáp

a factor, merchant, trader ⬩ negotiator, mercator

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Ðás hálgan cýpan, Petrus and Andreas, mid heora nettum and scipe him ðæt éce líf geceápodon these holy traders, Peter and Andrew, with their nets and ship bought for themselves everlasting life, Homl. Th. i. 580, 19.

Linked entry: cépa

fóre-seón

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-seón, to -seónne; p. ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon; pp. -sewen

To see before ⬩ FORESEE ⬩ provide ⬩ prævĭdēre ⬩ provĭdēre

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To see before, FORESEE, provide; prævĭdēre, provĭdēre Swylce eác be heora andlyfene is to þenceanne and to fóreseónne de eōrum quŏque stĭpendio cŏgĭtandum atque provĭdendum est, Bd. 1. 27; S. 489, 21.

forþ-fór

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-fór, e; f. [fór a going]

A going forth ⬩ departure ⬩ death ⬩ exĭtus ⬩ ŏbĭtus ⬩ mors

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Heora gemynde and forþfóre mid mæssesange mǽrsade syndon their memory and decease are celebrated with mass-song, 2, 3; S. 504. 41

hundred

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hundred, pl. u; n.

A hundred

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Ðeáh ðe heora hundred seó though there be a hundred of them, Ps. Th. 89, 10. On lxv and þreó hundræd hi beóþ tódǽlede they are divided into three hundred and sixty-five, Nar. 49, 25.

Linked entry: hund

boga

(n.)
Grammar
boga, an; m.

A BOW, an arch, a corner ⬩ arcus, angulus ⬩ arcus

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Híg aþenodon bogan heora intenderunt arcum suum, 36, 14: 57, 8: 63, 4. Hí léton gáras fleógan, bogan wǽron bysige they let the arrows fly, bows were busy, Byrht. Th. 134, 66; By. 110. Bogan [MS. bogen] streng a bow-string; anquina, Ælfc.

Linked entries: bog-timber bogen streng

ge-leoran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leoran, p. de; pp. ed

To go ⬩ depart ⬩ emigrate ⬩ die ⬩ īre ⬩ migrāre ⬩ emigrāre ⬩ defĭcĕre

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Ðonne heora hwylc of weorulde geleored wæs cum quis eōrum de sæcŭlo fuisset evŏcātus, Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 41, note. Sægde Hilde of weorulde geleoran nunciavit Hild migrasse de sæculo, 596, 11. Ne gelioraþ non præteribit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 34.

Linked entries: ge-lioran ge-lirde

ge-sete

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sete, pl. -setu, -seotu; n.

A seat, habitation, house ⬩ sedes, domicilium, habitatio ⬩ habitatio, sedes, domicilium

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To heora gesetum to their lairs, Blickl. Homl. 199, 7

Linked entry: ge-setu