hafen-leás
Lacking means, poor, indigent ⬩ inops
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Hé wæs swíðe welig wædlum and þearfum and symle him sylfum swíðe hafenleás he was very wealthy for the poor and needy, and ever very indigent for himself, Homl. Th. ii. 148. 34.
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ferhþ
the soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ mind ⬩ anĭmus ⬩ mens ⬩ life ⬩ vīta
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Hí ferdon forþ ðonon, ferhþum fægne they went forth thence, rejoicing in their minds, Beo. Th. 3270; B. 1633: 6334; B. 3177. life; vīta Wídan ferhþ, acc. for a long life, for ever, Elen. Kmbl. 1598; El. 801
hyð
Advantage ⬩ gain ⬩ profit ⬩ benefit
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Ða ðe for lirum hwílwendlícra hyðða heófiaþ those who mourn for losses of temporary advantages, i. 550, 29. On earmra manna hyððum for the advantage of poor men, L. I. P. 19 ; Th. ii. 328, 11.
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EÁCA
An addition, EEKING, increase, usury, advantage ⬩ additāmentum
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For dæs yfles eácan for the addition of evil, 200, 21. Ne gehéne ðú hine mid ðý eácan oppress him not with the usury, L.
nicor
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[The form crás should be deleted.]
snǽd
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þæt íren ford áhleóp of þám hylfe, Gr. D. 113, 27. (This is the same incident as that described in Hml. Th. ii. 162.) Add: Cf
cyric-neód
Church-need ⬩ ecclesiæ necessitas
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Church-need; ecclesiæ necessitas Riht is ðæt man betǽce ǽnne dǽl preóstum, óðerne dǽl tocyricneóde þriddan dǽl ðám þearfum it is right that one part [of the alms] be delivered to the priests, a second part for the need of the church, a third part for
earnung
An EARNING, desert, reward, good turn, compassion ⬩ mĕrĭtum, misĕratio, compassio
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An EARNING, desert, reward, good turn, compassion; mĕrĭtum, misĕratio, compassio For earnunge écan lífes for the reward of eternal life, Hy. 6, 26; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 26.
nihterne
For a night
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For a night Ðæs gást wæs neahterne of líchoman álǽded his (Fursey) spirit was for a night taken from his body, Shrn. 51, 30. Lǽt standan neahterne, Lchdm. ii. 24, 21 : 32, 25. Lǽt licgean neahterne, 66, 12. Bind on ða eágan nihterne, 34. 23.
ge-gaf-sprǽc
Idle ⬩ wanton ⬩ scoffing speech
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Idle, wanton, scoffing speech Dá wæs seó tunge teartlícor gewítnod for his gegafspræce then was the tongue more sharply punished for his wanton speech, Homl. Th. i. 330, 34.
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ge-niðerung
Condemnation, humiliation, laying low
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For deófles genyðerunge for the casting down of the devil, 67, 3
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stán-æx
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an implement for working stone [Halliwell gives stone-ax a stone-worker's axe] Stánæx bipennis, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 60. Stánex, 84, 68.
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un-tímende
Not productive ⬩ barren
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Hit is swíðe ungedafenlíc ðæt forwerode menn and untýmende gifta wilnian, ðonne gifta ne sind gesette for nánum ðinge búton for bearnteáme, Homl. Th. ii. 94, 12. Eádige synd, ða untýmendan beatae steriles, Lk. Skt. 23, 29
borgian
to borrow ⬩ to lend
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Voc. ii. 16, 8. to be surety, bail for. Similar entries Cf. byrg(e)a, and Icel. borga fyrir to be bail for : Borgiendre sequestra, An. Ox. 3812
fǽred-lic
Sudden
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emperor and his thanes were sorry for his sudden departure, Hml.
geþing-sceat
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Substitute: Money paid to a person in order that terms may be granted by him, price paid for favourable terms 'Hé ne sealde Gode nánne métsceat for his sáule, ne nǽnne geðingsceat wið his miltse.'
Snotinga-hám
Nottingham
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Nottingham Hér fór se ilca here innan Mierce tó Snotengahám (Snotinghám, MS. E.) Chr. 868; Erl. 72, 21. Fór hé tó Snotingahám and gefór ða burg and hét hié gebétan and gesettan ǽgðer ge mid Engliscum mannum ge mid Deniscum 922; Erl. 108, 30.
gód-dǽd
A good deed ⬩ a benefit
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A good deed, a benefit Menn swíðor scamaþ nú for góddǽdum ðonne for misdǽdum men are now more ashamed of good deeds than of misdeeds, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 161: Exon. 26 b; Th. 79, 7; Cri. 1287: 65 b; Th. 242, 6; Ph. 669.
ǽtrian
To poison ⬩ envenom ⬩ venenare
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To poison, envenom; venenare For ǽtredum gescotum from poisoned arrows, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 38; MS. C
and-fengnes
A receiving ⬩ reception ⬩ a place for receiving ⬩ a receptacle ⬩ receptaculum
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A receiving, reception, a place for receiving, a receptacle; receptaculum, Bd. 2, 9; S. 510, 12: Cot. 190
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