frý-dóm
Freedom ⬩ liberty ⬩ lībertas
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Ða men habbaþ simle frýdóm men have always freedom, 40, 7. Fox 242, 25, 27, 28: 41, 2; Fox 244, 16, 21
gilp-sceaða
An arrogant, boasting criminal
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Ðone gelpscaðan that proud and wicked man [Nero], Bt. Met. Fox 9, 98; Met. 9, 49
blíþsian
To rejoice, be glad, blithe, merry ⬩ lætari ⬩ exsilire gaudio
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MS. Blíþsa, cniht on ðínum gióguþháde rejoice, young man, in thy youth, 49, 5; Hat. MS
Bryt-ford
a Briton ⬩ a ford ⬩ BRITFORD
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[Bryt a Briton, ford a ford] BRITFORD, near Sarum, Wiltshire Tostig wæs ðá æt Brytforda [MS. Brytfordan] mid ðam cinge [MS. kinge] Tostig was then at Britford with the king, Chr. 1065; Erl. 194, 38
for-weorþan
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Add: to become ill Philippus forwearð on móde, Hml. S. 2, 104. (1 a) of food, to go bad :-- Gif salt forworðes si sal evanuerit, Mt. L. 5, 13. (1 b) to come to a bad end :-- His geféran ealle forwurdon tó deáðe, Ap.
ge-streón
Gain ⬩ product ⬩ emolument ⬩ wealth ⬩ riches ⬩ treasure ⬩ usury ⬩ business ⬩ merces ⬩ mercātus ⬩ quæstus ⬩ lucrum ⬩ ēmŏlŭmentum ⬩ ŏpes ⬩ thesaurus ⬩ ūsūra ⬩ nēgōtium
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Met. Fox 8, 115; Met. 8, 58. Gestreóne mercātu, Mone B. 2588. Hý beóþ rúmmóde ryhtra gestreóna they are liberal of just gains, Exon. 33 b; Th. 106, 31; Gú. 49: 105 b; Th. 402, 18; Rä. 21, 31: 107 b; Th. 410, 23: Rä. 29, 3.
ge-bǽru
BEARING ⬩ state ⬩ habit or disposition of body or mind ⬩ manner ⬩ conduct ⬩ behaviour ⬩ demeanour ⬩ manners in society ⬩ society ⬩ gestus ⬩ hăbĭtus ⬩ mōres ⬩ consortium ⬩ consuētūdo
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Laym. wide me mihte iheren Brutten iberen, iii. 125
Linked entries: ge-bǽre ge-bǽrness
næs
Not
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Næs ná mid golde, ac mid gódum dǽdum, 95, 19. Lufian wé hine næs nó on gesundum þingum ánum, ac eác swylce on wiðerweardum þingum, 13, 7
séfte
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Sélre mé wæs and séftre, Ps. Th. 118, 71. Ðone deáþ hé him gedéþ séftran ðonne óðrum monnum, Bt. 39, 10 ; Fox 228, 10. <b>IVa.
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feorh
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Ic cweþe tó eów ꝥ gé ne sorgige eówrum fere (animae) hwæt gé etan . . . ah nis máre ꝥ ferh (anima) þonne se mete?, Mt. R. 6, 25. On earfoþum þǽr wé úres feores ne wénaþ, Bl. H. 51, 28.
ge-clǽnsian
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Gif man esne tihte, his dryhten hine his áne áðe geclǽnsie (-clénsige, 12), Ll. Th. i. 42, 7. Geswicne (geclénsie, v.l. ) sé hine, 110, 16: 112, 3: 134, 12. Búton hé hine mid fulre láde wið mé geclǽnsian mæge, Cht.
FOLDE
the earth ⬩ dry land ⬩ tellus ⬩ terra ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ district ⬩ region ⬩ territory ⬩ rĕgio ⬩ tractus ⬩ plăga ⬩ terrĭtōriuni ⬩ the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ hŭmus ⬩ sŏlum ⬩ earth ⬩ clay ⬩ terræ līmus ⬩ lŭtum
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Fox 283; Men. 143: Rood Kmbl. 261; Kr. 132.
heard
firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ resolute ⬩ bold ⬩ resolute ⬩ obdurate ⬩ rigid ⬩ unyielding ⬩ oppressive ⬩ rigorous ⬩ strict ⬩ harsh
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Hét mec hláford min hér heard (?her-heard, MS.; see hearh-eard. Grein suggested eard, but the alliteration seems to require heard. Cf. oððe þis waroð þe hér áworpen ligeð, Rä 41, 49) niman, Kl. 15.
Linked entries: heard-fyrde heard-lic heardlíce heardness hearh-eard
BYRGAN
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Birge man hine ðæs ilcan dæges sepelietur in eadem die, Deut. 21, 23. Ðǽr hine man birgde ibi sepelierunt eum, Gen. 49, 31. Alýf me ǽrest byrigan mínne fæder permitte mihi primum sepelire patrem meum, Lk. Bos. 9, 59: 9, 60.
leás-líc
False ⬩ vain ⬩ frivolous
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False, vain, frivolous Wénþ ðæt hit hæbbe sum heálíc gód gestryned ... and mé þincþ ðæt hit hæbbe geboht sume swíðe leáslíce mǽrþe it supposes that it has gained some exalted good ... and methinks it has purchased a very false greatness, Bt. 24, 3; Fox
Linked entry: leás-ferhþness
mis-fón
to fail to take ⬩ to mistake
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[Mine songe þah he beó god me hine mai misfonge (mis-apply, take wrongly ), O. and N. 1374:
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neoþan
Down ⬩ beneath ⬩ from beneath
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Ðú mé of neowelnesse neoþan álýsdest, Ps. Th. 70, 19 : 103, 7 : Elen. Kmbl. 2228; El. 1115. Neoþan, Exon. Th. 479, 11; Rä. 62, 6
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ge-helpan
To assist ⬩ preserve ⬩ to be sufficient ⬩ adjuvare ⬩ subvenire ⬩ suppetere
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Ðú mín hæfst geholpen thou hast assisted me, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 250, 18. Grammar ge-helpan, cum dat Him ðá Ioseph gehealp then Joseph helped them, Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 6. Ðæt wíf, ðe eówrum lífe geheolp the woman who preserved your life, Jos. 6, 22.
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ge-leccan
To moisten ⬩ wet ⬩ hŭmectāre ⬩ rĭgāre
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Mid mínum teárum strecednysse míne oððe míne beddinge ic beþweá oððe ic gelecce lacrĭmis meis strātum meum rĭgābo, Ps. Lamb. 6, 7.
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ge-metan
to measure, measure back or again ⬩ metiri, remetiri ⬩ to measure by traversing or going over ⬩ metiri transeundo
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And. 47, 2. to measure by traversing or going over; metiri transeundo And his cwén mid him medo-stíg gemæt and his queen with him measured the mead way [way to the mead-hall], Beo. Th. 1852; B. 924