lah-slit
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According to its component parts the word means a breach or violation of the law; in the Laws however it is applied to the fuse payable for the breach, and is used only with reference to the Danes, the corresponding term among the English being wíte
late
Slowly ⬩ late ⬩ at length ⬩ at last
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Slowly, late, at length, at last Alexander late unweorðlícne sige gerǽhte [anceps] pugna tandem tristem pene victoriam Macedonibus dedit, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 134, 8. Hú ne cymþ se deáþ ðeáh ðe hé late cume and áðéþ eów of ðisse worulde sera vobis rapiet
þorp
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a crowd: later the word may have been used of the assemblage of workers on an estate, and also of the estate on which they worked; all three ideas seem to be implied in one or other of the following glosses Tuun, þrop, ðrop conpetum, Txts. 53, 557: Wrt
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a-déman
To judge ⬩ adjudge ⬩ doom ⬩ deem ⬩ try ⬩ abjudicate ⬩ deprive ⬩ examinare ⬩ abjudicare ⬩ judicio facto relegare
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To judge, adjudge, doom, deem, try, abjudicate, deprive; examinare, abjudicare, judicio facto relegare Lícode Gode hire ða hálgan sáule eác swylce mid longre hire líchoman untrymnesse adémde and asodene beón it pleased God that her holy soul should also
cleweða
A clawing, scratching ⬩ scalpturigo, scalpurigo
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A clawing, scratching; scalpturigo, scalpurigo Se giecþa [gicþa MS. Cot.] biþ swíðe unsár, and se cleweða [MS. Oth. clæweða] biþ swíðe rów, and ðeáh-hwæðere gif him mon tó longe fylgþ, he wundaþ, and wund sáraþ the itch is very free from pain, and the
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fald
FOLD, a sheepfold, an ox-stall, stable ⬩ septum, ŏvīle, būcētum, bŏvīle, stăbŭlum
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A FOLD, a sheepfold, an ox-stall, stable; septum, ŏvīle, būcētum, bŏvīle, stăbŭlum Into sceápa falde in ŏvīle ovium, Jn. Bos. 10, 1: L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 13. Hryðra fald būcētum, Ælfc. Gl. 1; Som. 55, 22; Wrt. Voc. 15, 22; Gen. 18, 7. Scépen steal
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for-gyfendlíc
Forgiving ⬩ pardonable ⬩ tolerable ⬩ remissus
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Forgiving, pardonable, tolerable; remissus Tyro and Sydone byþ forgyfendlícre [MS. forgyfendlícur] on dómes dæg, ðonne eów it shall be more pardonable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you; Tyro et Sidoni remissius ĕrit in die jūdĭcii
full-fremedlíce
Fully ⬩ completely ⬩ perfectly ⬩ perfecte
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Fully, completely, perfectly; perfecte Nán man ne mæg fullfremedlíce secgan embe ðone sóþan God no man is able to speak perfectly about the true God, Hexam. 3; Norm. 4, 26. Ne eart ðú fullfremedlíce gefullod non es perfecte baptīzātus, Bd. 5, 6; S. 620
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hwelian
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To turn to matter; in pus converti Ðanon se andiga hwelaþ inde invidus contabescit, Lchdm. iii. 365, col. 1. Gif ðæt líc heard sí útan lege on ðane lǽcedom ðe ðæt heard forði hwelige and ðæt yfel út teó if the body be hard on the outside apply such leechdom
irfe-hand
an administrator
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One who manages the estate of a deceased person, an administrator [?] Se mann se tó londe fóe ágefe hire erfehonda xiii pund pendingæ and heó forgifeþ xv pund for dý ðe mon ðás feorme ðý soel gelǽste let the man who succeeds to the land give to her administrator
lecg
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Some part of a weapon, the cross bar in the hilt[?] Án handsex and [an?] ðæræ lecge is hundeahtati mancussa goldæs, Chart. Th. 527, 9. Leo takes lecg = gift, legacy, and then a dish of three pounds and a cup of equal amount would go to make up the amount
manigfeald-líce
Manifoldly ⬩ in many ways ⬩ in the plural
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Manifoldly, in many ways; as a grammatical term, in the plural Monígfaldlíce multipliciter. Ps. Surt. 62, 2. Wé mihton be eallum ðám óðrum stafum mænigfealdlíce sprecan we might speak of all the other letters under various heads, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Som. 3,
preóst
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A priest Preóst clericus, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 24 : 71, 77. Hé wæs tó preóste besceoren fram him attonsus est ab eo, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 21. (v. be-sceran.) Riht is ðæt preóstas regollíce libban, L. I. P. 16; Th. ii. 324, 2. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preóstas geóguþe
ge-gán
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III 2.</b> add Hwæðer se geþóht geeóde þe mid scylde þe mid lustfullnesse utrum cogitatio suggestione an delectatione acciderit, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 95, 17. <b>B. II 4.</b> add :-- Eall ꝥ manncynne tó ðám mǽstan góde geeóde, Hml. A. 154
ge-leánian
To reward ⬩ repay ⬩ recompense ⬩ reddĕre ⬩ trĭbuĕre ⬩ rependĕre
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To reward, repay, recompense; reddĕre, trĭbuĕre, rependĕre Ne mágon we geleánian him mid láþes wihte we may not reward him with aught of hostility, Cd. 21; Th. 25, 15; Gen. 394. Him ðæt geleánaþ lífes Waldend the Lord of life will repay him that, Exon
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gémen
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Care; cūra Ǽlc mon mæg witan hú hefig sorg men beoþ seó gémen his bearna every one may know how heavy a trouble to a man is the care of his children, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 17 : 12; Fox 36, 38. Be ðære hæfegan gémenne bearna concerning the heavy care of
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wracian
To be in exile
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To be in exile Wracode exulat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 13 : 31, 14. Hé ge mid Scottum ge mid Pehtum wracode apud Scotias she Pictos exulabat, Bd. 3, l ; S. 523, 17. Hé on Gallia wracode (wrecca wæs, v. l.), 3, 18; S. 545, 38. Wracade, 4, 23; S. 594, 44. His
cild-geong
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Læg ic ( the infant Jesus ) cildgeong in crybbe, Cri. 1426. Mon cildgeong, Gn. Ex. 49: Lch. iii. 438, 5. Cildiung wíf puerpera (cf. puerpera, puella, Corp. Gl. H. 855), Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 17. Þysum cildgeongum cynincge ealle þing underþeódde synt, Lch
cracian
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Substitute: To crack, sound, resound Cracaþ, brastlaþ crepat, i. sonat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 64. Craciendum, cearciendum crepante, i. sonante, An. Ox. 31. ¶ In Ps. Th. 45, 3 for cracode apparently should be read cwacode (v. Angl. vi. 133), but the former
ge-risene
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Add: honourable conduct, dignity Alfwold Eást-Engla kyning, mid rihte and mid gerisenum rice healdend (rite regimina regens), Guth. Gr. 101, 4. honour shewn to a person f he (the new bishop) mote beón þǽra þinga wyrþe be óþre beforan wǽron, Dúnstán