folgoþ
service ⬩ office ⬩ authority
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Him (Godwine) wæs láð tó ámyrrene his ágenne folgað (comitatum suum), P. 175, - 13. to a lord Sélre him (the reeve) is ǽfre of folgoðe ðonne on, gyf hine magan wyldan ðá ðe hé scolde wealdan, Angl. ix. 260, 30. with the idea of independent rule, authority
ge-hnesctun
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L. 54, 22. to weaken, enfeeble, (i) to relax the vigour of Ðonne mon lǽt tóslúpan ðone ege and ðá láre suíður ðonne hit ðearf sié for wácmódnesse, ðonne wierð gehnescad ðonone sió ðreánng ðæs anwaldes, Past. 289, 3. to cause to be yielding (cf. hnesce
réðness
Fierceness ⬩ rage ⬩ cruelty ⬩ severity. ⬩ ferocitas ⬩ austeritas ⬩ feritas, i. crudelitas, inclementia, duritia ⬩ furor ⬩ feria, insania ⬩ savageness ⬩ fierceness ⬩ ferocity ⬩ harshness ⬩ severity
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Ðonne sió lár wint on réðnesse suíður ðonne mon niéde scyle cum sese increpatio, plus quam necesse est in asperitatem pertrahit, 21, 7; Swt. 167, 8
ge-streón
Gain ⬩ product ⬩ emolument ⬩ wealth ⬩ riches ⬩ treasure ⬩ usury ⬩ business ⬩ merces ⬩ mercātus ⬩ quæstus ⬩ lucrum ⬩ ēmŏlŭmentum ⬩ ŏpes ⬩ thesaurus ⬩ ūsūra ⬩ nēgōtium
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Swunce máre se ðe unriht gestreón on his handa stóde he should toil more, in whose hands lay the unjust gain, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 5. Sunu gestreónes wæstm innoðes fīlii mercis fructus ventris, Ps. Spl. 126, 4.
þreátian
to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ vex ⬩ trouble ⬩ exercise ⬩ harass ⬩ to urge a person to something ⬩ press for something ⬩ force to do something ⬩ to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to threaten
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Voc. ii. 113, 49: 55, 43. to urge a person to something, press for something, force to do something For ðí ic ðreátige ðé tó úra goda offrunge, ðæt ðis folc, ðe ðú bepǽhtest, forléton ða ídelnysse ðínre láre, Homl. Th. i. 592, 31.
feorm
provisions ⬩ stores ⬩ a feast ⬩ an entertainment ⬩ entertainment
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Fram twám mínra (Athelstan's) feorma (de duabus meis nihtfirmis, Lat. vers.) ágyfe mon áne ambra meles . . ., 198, 6. Cf. trium annorum ad se (Offa) pertinentes pastiones, id est, vi. convivia, C. D. i. 174, 3.
uppe
up ⬩ above ⬩ on high ⬩ up
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Wǽron ða lác forbærndu uppe on ðæm altere, 33; Swt. 232, 24. Uppe on ðam eaxlegespanne, Rood Kmbl. 17; Kr. 9. Fugel uppe sceal lácan on lyfte, Menol. Fox 536; Gn. C. 38.
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on-bryrdan
to instigate, stimulate, incite, inspire, animate ⬩ to excite to a feeling of compunction
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Æfter heora láre ða ðe wǽron godcundlíce onbryrde juxta divinitus inspiratam doctrinam, Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 34. Sceolan wé beón áwehte and onbryrde tó godcundre láre, Blickl.
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for-wyrd
damage ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ ruin ⬩ death ⬩ detrīmentum ⬩ intĕrĭtus ⬩ intĕrĭtio ⬩ perdĭtio ⬩ pernĭcies ⬩ internĕcio
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Lamb. 106, 20. Grammar for-wyrd, for-wyrd, es; n. is neuter in the following examples Ðín andbídaþ ðæt éce forwyrd the eternal perdition awaits thee, Homl. Th. i. 598, 9.
niþer
Down ⬩ beneath ⬩ below
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Lamb. 27, 1 : Lchdm. iii. 210, 17. Hé sceal má þencan up ðonne nyþer he must direct his thought upwards rather than downwards, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 31
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ge-feoht
A fight ⬩ battle ⬩ contest ⬩ war ⬩ preparation for war ⬩ prælium ⬩ pugna ⬩ congressio ⬩ bellum ⬩ procinctus
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Lamb. 139, 8. Ðú here fýsest to gefeohte thou incitest a host to battle, Andr. Kmbl. 2377; An. 1190 : 2393; An. 1198 : Elen. Kmbl. 2365; El. 1184. To gefeohte in procinctu, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 35; Wrt. Voc. 55, 40.
eall-swá
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Eallswá (eal-, v. l. ) yfel anda lǽt tó helle, ealrihte swá gód anda lǽt tó Gode, R. Ben. 131, 12
hóp
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A piece of raised or enclosed land in the midst of fen, marsh, or waste land, a hope (v. N. E. D. s. v.) Mǽdwǽgan hop, C. D. vi. 243, 14. Perhaps in the gloss fennegan hopu stagnosa ligustra (An. Ox. 36, 14-15), hopu should be taken here.
CÍGAN
To call, name, call upon, invoke, call together, summon ⬩ vocare, nominare, invocare, convocare ⬩ To cry, call ⬩ clamare, vocare
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Lamb. 85, 5: PS. Spl. 146, 10. Swá hwylce daga ic ðé cíge, gehýr me in quacumque die invocavero te, exaudi me, Ps. Th. 137, 4. Ðínne naman we cígaþ nomen tuum invocabimus, Ps. Lamb. 79, 19. Ðe cígaþ naman his qui invocant nomen ejus, Ps. Spl. 98, 6.
werian
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</b> in the phrase werian land the word refers to the performance of services that might be demanded from the holders of land :-- Werige (the Latin version has adquietet) se cotsetla his hláfordes inland, gif him man beóde, æt sǽwearde and æt cyniges
wéste
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Hé sealde him wéste land, Ps. Th. 77, 55. Hé ne mihte on ða ceastre gán, ac beón úte on wéstum stówum, Mk. Skt. 1, 45. Of ðissum wídum, wéstum mórum a desertis montibus, Ps.
þǽr
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. : ðǽr, Rush. ibi) geþencgst ðæt ðín bróðor hæfþ ǽnig þing ágén ðé, lǽt þǽr (ibi ) ðíne lác beforan ðam altare, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 23-24. Hé wæs ána þǽr (ðér, Lind. : ðǽr Rush.) solus erat ibi, 14, 23. Hé his bigleofan þǽr feccan sceolde, Homl.
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mǽrsian
to make great ⬩ extend ⬩ to make known ⬩ spread the knowledge of anything ⬩ declare ⬩ proclaim ⬩ announce ⬩ celebrate ⬩ to celebrate ⬩ to celebrate ⬩ perform a rite, ceremony, &c. with due solemnity ⬩ to magnify ⬩ exalt ⬩ praise ⬩ glorify
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Lamb. 118, 122. Wé mérsiaþ prædicamus, Rtl. 71, 25: 6, 11. Ðíne mægenstrengþu mǽrsien wíde magnitudinem tuam narrabunt. Ps. Th. 144, 6.
tawian
to taw, dress or prepare material ⬩ to intreat shamefully or evilly, treat badly, abuse, insult.
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to taw, dress or prepare material Ðá bæd se Godes man ðæt him man íserngelóman mid hwǽte ðyder brohte ðæt land mid tó tawienne.
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bisceop
a BISHOP, prelate ⬩ episcopus ⬩ a chief priest of the Jews ⬩ pontifex ⬩ a heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians
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[right] and the world's law, L.
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