wed-lác
a pledge, security ⬩ wedlock, espousals
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Wedlác arrabo, 50, 31. in reference to marriage, v. weddian, II, wedlock, espousals Wedlác wiðsacende pacta sponsalia refutans, Hpt. Gl. 498, 44. [The latter is the usual sense in Middle English Under wedlac iboren, Laym. 395.
E
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net, met, ; as, Nett, bedd, weddian, hell, well, denn, fenn, webb, ende. the short e in Anglo-Saxon generally comes before a double consonant; as, Nebb, weccan, tellan, weddian: before any two consonants; as, Twentig, sendan, bernan: before one or two
fore-weard
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Hú man mǽden weddian sceal and hwylce forewarde þǽr ághon tó beónne, Ll. Th. i. 254, 23. Ne mihte hé beón weorðe þǽra forewarde þe him ǽr behátene wǽron, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 2.
Linked entries: on-foreweardan fór-weard
ge-lícian
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Gif man wíf weddian wille, and hit swá hire and freóndan gelícige, Ll. Th. i. 254, 3. to seem good Ús eallum gelícode þá, ꝥ wé sendon Paulus and Barnaban, Ll. Th. i. 56, 19
mǽg
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Fón mágas tó and weddian heora mágan tó wífe, 254, 20. Ládige hé mid his mágan þe fǽhðe móton mid beran, 344, 26: 362, 23.
freónd
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., mágas, W.S.) and cúðo inter cognatos et adnotos, 2, 44. (3 a) where the duties or benefits consequent upon kinship are referred to :-- Gif man mǽdan weddian wille, and hit swá hire and freóndan gelícige ... áborgian his frýnd ꝥ, Ll.
wíf
a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife
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Gif man mǽdan oþþe wíf (cf. the old Latin version: virginem vel viduam) weddian wille, L. Edm. B. 1; Th. i. 254, 2. Ne nýde man náðer ne wíf ne mǽden tó ðam ðe hyre sylfre mislícige (cf. passages from the Laws under widuwe, and L. H.
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wer
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Ðonne syþþan gebyreþ ðæt man sylle ðæs slagan forspecan on hand, ðæt se slaga móte mid griðe nýr and sylf wæres weddian. ( The proceedings are then as in the preceding extract, with the exception that fyhtwíte is not mentioned; so that the first payment
fón
to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with
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Gif hý sammǽle beón, þonne fón mágas tó and weddian heora mágan tó wífe if they are agreed, then let the kinsmen set to work and betroth their kinswoman, Ll. Th. i. 254, 19. to take to, make customary: Hí féngon tó ciningum, Jud.
sellan
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Ðonne gebyreþ ðæt man sylle ðæs slagan forspecan on hand, ðæt se slaga móte mid griþe weddian, L. Edm. S. 7; Th. i. 250, 14-17. to give leave, consent, forgiveness, etc.