tó-weorpan
To throw in different directions ⬩ throw away ⬩ throw down ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ destroy ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ to break in pieces ⬩ scatter the parts of a connected whole ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ to overturn ⬩ to throw down ⬩ destroy a building ⬩ demolish ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ to destroy the power of a person, ⬩ to destroy ⬩ to overthrow an institution, a practice, regulation, law, etc., ⬩ to put down ⬩ put an end to ⬩ destroy ⬩ make void ⬩ break ⬩ dissolve ⬩ to throw out
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Ðý læs tóworpen sién fyrngewritu, Elen. Kmbl. 860; El. 430. to throw out. v. tó-worpness, II. Ðonne hió hie selfe tóweorpeþ út of hiere selfre cum se extra semetipsam ejicit, Past. 38; Swt. 277, 24.
Linked entries: te-weorpan tó-torfian tó-wurpan tó-wyrpan
ge-sécan
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(cc) of motion in ships, to reach land :-- Sóna swá ðæt forme scip land gesóhte (came to anchor) . . . Þá cóm se cyning self mid his scipe, and land gesóhte (landed ), Ors. 4, 5; S. 166, 9-16.
weardian
to guard, keep, defend ⬩ with gen. (cf. O. Sax. wardón with gen. to have charge of something) ⬩ to act as guardian to, to rule ⬩ to keep, have charge of ⬩ to hold a country, to occupy a place, inhabit. ⬩ in the phrases lást, swaðe weardian to keep a track, ⬩ to follow ⬩ to remain behind
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Se ðe his mondryhten lífe bilidene lást weardian wiste he who knew that his dead lord remained behind, 182, 19; Gú. 1312. Hé his folme forlét lást weardian, Beo. Th. 1947; B. 971.
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BURH
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Ðone æðeling on ðære byrig métton, ðǽr se cyning ofslægen læg they found the ætheling in the inclosure of the dwelling, where the king lay slain, Chr. 755; Th. 84, 19, col. 1: L. Edm. S. 2; Th. i. 248, 16: L.
þegnian
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Seó mýse is seó bóclíce lár, seó ðe ús ðénaþ lífes hláf, Homl. Th. ii. 114, 26. Martha gearwode ðam Hǽlende ǽfengereordu ... Martha wæs geornful ðæt heó ðon Hǽlende tó gecwémnesse þegnode (þénode, Lk.
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gafol
tribute. ⬩ payment exacted by a stronger from a weaker people, by the conqueror from the conquered ⬩ payment exacted by the state, a tax ⬩ payment exacted by the church ⬩ payment exacted by a lord, e.g. rent by a landlord ⬩ a contribution exacted in aid ⬩ a rate ⬩ interest ⬩ a debt ⬩ due, obligation
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H. 185, 21. payment exacted by the church Hú hí Godes lage heóldon and Godes gafel lǽstan, Ll.
mid
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e. what he had before and the roofless land taken together make up the two hides, the portion granted, C.
maga
Powerful ⬩ strong ⬩ a powerful person
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Powerful, strong, a powerful person Ic lǽre ǽlcne ðara ðe maga sí I advise every one that is powerful, Shrn. 163, 12. Ne derige se maga ðam unmagan let not the strong injure the weak, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 314, 1.
ge-eácnian
To increase ⬩ conceive ⬩ become pregnant ⬩ augēri ⬩ concipĕre ⬩ augēre
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Lamb. 7, 15. Hí geeácnodon unrihtwísnysse augēbant injustĭtiam, Jud. 4, 1 : Elen. Grm. 342. Elizabeþ his wíf geeácnode Elizabeth his wife conceived, Lk. Bos. 1, 24. Ðú on innoðe geeácnast thou shalt conceive in thy womb, 1, 31.
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stunt
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For eówer stuntan lage per traditionem vestram, Mk. Skt. 7, 13. Swá stunte nýtenu sicut bruta animalia, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 19. Cweþaþ ða ðe syndan stunte, ðæt mycel forhæfedness lytel behealde, Wulfst. 55, 23
tættec
a rag, tatter
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Cf. the following passages from charters relating to the same land On tættucan stán ( in a later charter it is called mægenstán, 291, 7), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 112, 35. Tættucæn stán, 340, 35. Tættaces stán, 325, 30. Tædduces stán, 253, 4.
cyne-lic
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Cynelic toll fiscale tributum, mid cynelicere lage fiscali jure (cf. cyne-dóm, IV.), An. Ox. 1454: 4844. Þes weg is kynelic (but v. cyn-lic) this is the king's highway, Angl. viii. 322, 44.
fealh
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Fallow land Fealh (felh, Hpt. Gl. 461, 75) occa, An. Ox. 2359: 2, 75. Felg, 10, 5. Felch, 4, 36. Wealh (l. fealh), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 25. Walh (l. falh), 62, 63. [All these are glosses on: Foecunda conversationis occa, Ald. 32, 29.]
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frécne
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Ðý lǽs ðá gongen on suá frécne stíge ne in praecipiti pedem ponant, Past. 41, 7. Ðonne se hirde gǽð on frécne wegas cum pastor per abrupta graditur, 29, 23. Forléton wé þá frécnan wegas and síðfato relictis periculosissimis locis, Nar. 17, 13.
ge-hú
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Hé is gecweden hláf þurh getácnunge, and lamb, and leó, and gehú elles ( in every other way he is called, it is typically ), Hml. Th. ii. 268, 17
ge-nyhtsumnes
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Voc. i. 53, 47. a large amount, an ample supply Ginyhtsumnise (printed genyhtsume) lécedóme abundantia remediorum, Rtl. 40, 29. Of gefremedre genihtsumnysse de congesta (virtutum) copia, An. Ox. 3345.
ge-wæterian
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For ðǽm is niéddearf ðǽm reccere ðæt hé mæge óðerra monna inngeðonc giendgeótan and gewæterian ( infundere ), Past. 137, 10. to water land Ásende Drihten rénscúras and gewæterode þá eorðan, Hml.
ge-winful
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Ic wolde ꝥ hyra lǽs wǽre gewinfulra utinam minus fuissent laboriosa, Nar. 2, 29.
græf
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Dele last passage, and add: a pit, place dug out. v. hyl-, ísen-, stán-grsef. a grave Græf sceal deadum men a grave is the place for a dead man, Gn. Ex. 149. On brádnysse scræfes, græfes in superficie antri, i. monumenti, An. Ox. 1889.