riht-cynecynn
A legitimate royal family
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A legitimate royal family Antigones him ondréd Ercoles ðæt ðæt folc hiene wolde tó hláforde geceósan for ðon ðe hé ryhtcynecynnes wæs timens ne Herculem Macedones quasi legitimum regem praeoptarent, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 150, 10.
sóþ-sægen
A true statement ⬩ statement of the truth ⬩ statement of the facts of a case
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A true statement, statement of the truth, statement of the facts of a case Se Hǽlend nolde hine betellan mid nánre sóðsegene ðeáh ðe hé unscyldig wǽre the Saviour would not clear himself by any statement of the truth, though he was innocent, Homl.
ǽr
ERE ⬩ before that ⬩ antequam ⬩ priusquam
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ERE, before that; antequam, priusquam Ǽr heó wordum cwæþ ere she said in words, Cd. 222; Th. 290, 3; Sat. 409. Ǽr hie to setle gong ere she went to her seat, Beo. Th. 4043; B. 2019. Ǽr ge furður féran ere that ye further proceed, 510; B. 252.
borh-leás
Void of security ⬩ fidejussore carens
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Void of security; fidejussore carens Gif hwá borh-leás orf habbe ... agife ðæt orf, and gilde xx oran if any one have cattle borhless [i.e. for which no borh has been given] ... let him give up the cattle, and pay twenty oran [which at 1s. 4d. each, would
ge-beorh
A defence ⬩ protection ⬩ refuge ⬩ tuĭtio ⬩ refŭgium
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Wolde he ðám gebeorh gewarnian ðe he heora láre onféng vŏlens scīlĭcet tuĭtiōnem eis, quos et quōrum doctrīnam suscēpĕrat, præstāre, 2, 5; S. 506, 30, MS. B
un-mǽtness
Immenseness ⬩ excess
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Ðá cwom micel snáw ... ðá ic ða unmǽtnisse and micelnisse ðæs snáwes geseah, ða ðúhte mé ðæt ic wiste ðæt hé wolde ealle ða wícstówe forfeallan cadere mox ... immense ceperunt nives quarum aggregationem meluens ne castra cumularentur, Nar. 23, 14
á-fréfran
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Þá wolde hé hié áfréfran, 131, 29. Áfréfriende, Gr. D. 112, 26 : 190, 17. Áfréfrede, Bl. H. 25, 21. Add
folc-scearu
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. ¶ in B. 73 Kemble would take folc-scearu = folc-land public land, C. D. ii. p. ix. Add
Linked entry: scearu
fracoþ-lic
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Hí ongunnon hine onscunian mid máran orwyrðum fracoðlicra (fraceð-, v.l.) worda majoribus hunc verborum contumeliis detestari coeperunt, Gr. D. 251, 1. For fraceðlecum (fracoðlicum, v.l.) gestreónum turpis lucri gratia, Past. 137, 21
ge-þyldig
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Ic wolde cweþan ꝥ þú uþwita wǽre, gif þú gefyldig wǽre, Bt. 18, 4; F. 68, 4. Hé wæs swíðe geþyldig and eáðmód, Bl. H. 213, 7: Hml. Th. i. 472, 7. Giðyldig, Rtl. 102, 15. Gehyldig, Ps. Spl. 7, 12.
ge-weorp
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Him þá beorna breogo, þǽr hé on bolcan sæt, ofer waroða geweorp wið þingode with him (Andrew) the prince of men, from his seat on the gangway, across the sands held parley (the boat was close to land, cf. in ceól stigon ellenrófe, 349, so that the words
ofer-feohtan
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Geánlǽhte Lisias fíf and sixtig fyrdendra þegena and wolde oferfeohtan ꝥ Júdéisce folc, Hml. S. 25, 364. Hió bið oft oferfohten bútan ǽlcum geswince sine labore superatur, Past. 279, 2. Add
scyndan
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Add Þeós world is scyndende and heononweard, Bl. H. 115, 19. 1. Add Þǽr ne wǽre scynde þá dagas . . . ah beóþ scynde þá dagas nisi breviati fuissent dies illi. . . sed breviabuntur dies illi, Mt.
út-síþ
A going out ⬩ excessus ⬩ exitium
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Gǽst útsíþes georn the spirit eager for departure from this world, Exon.Th. 178, 9; Gú. 1241. Nágon hwyrft ne swice, útsíþ ǽfre ða ðǽr in cumaþ those who come in there never have have return or escape, never egress, 364, 31; Wal. 79
wær-líc
Cautious, prudent, wise, circumspect
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Wísdómes beþearf, worda wærlícra, and witan snyttro, se ðære æðelan sceal andwyrde gifan, Elen. Kmbl. 1083; El. 544
hrínan
To touch ⬩ reach ⬩ strike
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Kmbl. 1883; An. 944. with object omitted Ðæt hé má wolde afrum onfengum earme gǽstas hrínan léton that he would further let the wretched spirits with their dire attacks touch him [Guthlac ], Exon. 40 a; Th. 133, 17; Gú. 491.
yfelian
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Hit is riht ðæt mon yfelige ða yfelan, and hit is wóh, ðæt hí mon lǽte unwítnode, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 202, 5. Gif hwá cyrican geséce, and hine man ðǽr yflige, L. Edm. S. 2; Th. i. 248, 17.
ge-rihtlǽcan
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Þát is Godes word þe ús gewissian sceal, Hml. A. 5, 125. Gyf wǽron gerihtlǽhte (dirigantur) wegas míne tó gehealdenne rihtwísnessa, Ps.
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ge-síne
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Geséne woeron suá fromdóen wordo ðás uisa sunt sicut deleramentum uerba ista, Lk. L. R. 24, 11 : Rtl. 86, 14. v. forþ-gesíne, íþ-gesíne, un-gesíne
ge-sleán
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</b> figuratively :-- Hé hine mid his worde geslóg (perculit). Past. 115, 15.