fyrmest
excellent
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Nembroð fyrmest wæs æt þǽre getimbrunge þǽre byrig Babilonian Nemroth condendae Babyloniae auctor exstiterat, Angl. vii. 40, 380. On þám geférscipe wǽran þá fyrmestan Mellitus, . . .
ge-rádlíce
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Wé habbað ymbe þǽre sunnan ryne manega þing gerádlíce átrahtnod, 308, 15. Cf. ge-rǽdelíce
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hecge
an enclosure ⬩ a fence ⬩ hedge
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Ǽrest of þám gáran innan þá blacan hegcean; of þǽre hegcean innan þone fúlan bróc, C. D. B. ii. 259, 7
stybb
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Of stánmere on þǽre pyrigean styb; þonne of pyrigean stybbe on þonne þorn, C. D. B. iii. 39-S 37- ¶ On ðæne æscstubb; of ðám æscstubbe, 234, 27. On ðone æscstyb, vi. 33, 37. Add
þunor-rád
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D. 208, 22, Mycel mægn lígetslehta and þunurráde (þuneráda, v.l.) magna coruscalionis et tonitrui virtus, 167, 24, Mid þǽre þunoráde . . . betwyh þám lígetslehtum and þunorrádum (þunerádum, v.l.) cum tonitruo . . . inter coruscos et tonitruos, 168, 4-
ge-swerian
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Hé him geswór on his goda noman þæt hé ǽgþer wolde . . . Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 9. combining and to swear an oath that . . . Áð þte giswór ł þte gisworen bið tó Abrahame þte búta ondo . . . hére we him, Lk. R. L. 1, 73.
bisceop-scír
a diocese
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Ealle þá witan þe in þǽre biscopscíre (-ríce, v. l.) (episcopio ) wǽron, Gr. D. 67, 30. Sumne híred on his (St. Martin) bisceopscíre, Bl. H. 225, 6. Wæs tódǽled in tuá bisc̃scíra West-Seaxna lond; ǽr hit wæs án, Chr. 709; P. 40, 26. Add
burg-weall
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In Lucan þǽre cæstre ... seó eá flóweþ be þám burhwealle ( juxta urbis muros ), Gr. D. 192, 16. On ðá burhwalles; of ðám burhwallan ... cn suðwardne ðone burhwal, C.D. iii. 394, 28-30.
ellen-stybb
An elder-stump
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An elder-stump Æt þæne ellenstyb; of ðám stybb, C. D. iii. 24, 3. On ðone ellenstyb, 437, 19. Ellenstub, 10, 17: 25, 21. Of ðá(m) ellenstubbe on ðane óðerne ellenstubbe, vi. 102, 25. Usque le ellerne stubbe, iii. 407, 25.
ge-þreát
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violence Heó wearð geleaht and tó þám hǽðenan temple getogen mid geðreáte ꝥ heó þǽre gydenan Diane godes wurðmynt gebude (cf. se geréfa hí nídde ꝥ heó Críste wiðsóce, Shrn. 31, 18), Hml. S. 2, 384.
híra
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Mid glædum gefance þá underþeóddan leorneras heora ealdrum hýran sceolan, for ðí þæne glædan hýran God lufað, R. Ben. 20, 24. Mid þám gecorenum Crístes hérum (hyrede, v. l.), Wlfst. 256, 19. Take here héra, hýra in Dict. and add
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riht-gelífed
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Wæs geworden ꝥ seó ryhtgelýfde (-lýfede, v. l.) lǽr wæs weaxende; and ealle þá þe þǽre rihtgelýfdon (-lýfedan, v. l.) láre wiþerwearde wǽron perplura catholicae obseruationis ecclesiis Anglorum contulit . . .
deófol
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Þæt deófol cwæð tó þam folce, Bl. H. 243, 2, 4, 9, 14. Ꝥ wæs þæt deófol ꝥ seó þeód hyre for god beeódon, and hí nemdon þone Astaróþ, Shrn. 120, 31. Forlét se deófol (diówl, L., ꝥ deóful, R. diabolus ) hine, Mt. 4, 11.
help
help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease
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Heó þæt cild gebaer eallum middangearde tó sóðan helpe, Wlfst. 22, 10. Ic helpe tó þé holde gelýfe ad te confugi. Ps. Th. 142, lo: Sae. 291: Vald. 2, 27.
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meaht
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Þǽr nú God swutelað þæs hálgan martires mihta, Chr. 1012 ; P. 143, 4. bodily strength Gif þé þince ꝥ þú máran lǽcedóm dón ne durre for unmihte þæs mannes. . . gebíd oþ ꝥ þú dyrre. Gif meht ne wyrne, lǽt him blód, Lch. ii. 254, 4.
losian
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Hé beorna reáf manige méteð, þǽr hit mannum losað invenit spolia multa. Ps. Th. 118, 162. Eall heora ǽhta losodon, Hml. S. 30, 151.
gafol-irþ
The ploughing by the ⬩ and the sowing from his own barn of a certain portion of the lord's land and the reaping and carrying of the crop to the lord's barn by way of rent
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Þa gerihta þæ ðá ceorlas sculan dón tó Hysseburnan ... .iii. æceras geerian on heora ágenre hwíle and mid heora ágenan sǽde gesáwan, and on heora ágenre hwíle on bærene gebringan, Cht. Th. 144, 28-38
ge-wanian
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Wé forhealdað ǽghwǽr Godes gerihta, and ne dear man gewanian on hǽðenum þeódum ǽnig þǽra þinga þe gedwolgodon tó lácum betǽht bið, Wlfst. 157, 15
hálgian
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L. 17, 17-19. . to consecrate, set apart as sacred to God, dedicate to a religious office or use On þissum geáre man hálgode þet mynster æt Westmynster . . . hine man bebyrgede innan þǽre níwan hálgodre circean on Westmynstre, Chr. 1066; P. 195, 3-197
hírsum-ness
obedience ⬩ obedience ⬩ humility ⬩ service
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Ðǽre forman eádmódnesse stepe is hýrsumnes bútan elcunge ... sóna swá heom ǽnig þing fram heora ealdre geboden bið, hí þæt bútan elcunge mid weorce gefremmað, R. Ben. 19, 14-19: 12, 12.