un-ágen
Not one's own ⬩ not in a person's possession or under his control
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Gif man widuwan unágne (a widow of whom he is not the guardian) genimeþ, L. Ethb. 76; Th. i. 20, 13. and see note.
steóp-cild
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Ðæt hí widuwan and steópcild gladian, L. Eth. vi. 47; Th. i. 326, 25. Steápcildo pupillos, Rtl. 29, 13. fig. one deprived of protection Wé wǽron steópcild gewordene, forðan ðe wé wǽron ástýpede ðæs heofenlícan ríces, Wulfst. 252, 10.
gladian
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Srt. 103, 15. of mental effect, to gladden, cheer Ꝥ hí widuwan and steópcild georne gladian, Ll. Th. i. 326, 26. to please Þá þe mid clǽnnysse him gecwémað on lífe and mid gódum weorcum hine gladiað nú, Hml. A. 15, 54.
mund
a hand ⬩ a hand ⬩ protection ⬩ Guardianship ⬩ A protector ⬩ guardian ⬩ protection ⬩ guardianship extended by the king to the subject ⬩ the king's peace, by the head of a family to its members ⬩ the fine paid for violation of mund
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Gif man widuwan unágne genimeþ, ii gelde seó mund sý, 76; Th. i. 20, 14.
Linked entry: mundian
wíf
a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife
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Ne nýde man náðer ne wíf ne mǽden tó ðam ðe hyre sylfre mislícige (cf. passages from the Laws under widuwe, and L. H. I. 1. 3; Si, mortuo marito, uxor ejus remanserit, . . . eam non dabo marito, nisi secundum velle sunm, Th. i. 499, 15), L. C.
Linked entry: BRÝD
ge-niman
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Gif man widuwan genimeð, 20, 13. Gif man mægðman néde genimeð, 24, 3. Alexander genóm þæs cyninges wíf ( raptus Helenae ), Ors. 1, 11; S. 50, 7. Ic gefrægn hord reáfian ánne mannan . . . segn genóm, B. 2776.