lád
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Add Gif hwá þeóf fridige, sý hé emscyldig wið mé þá þe þeóf scolde, búton hé hine mid fulre láde wið mé geclǽnsian mæge, Cht. E. 251, 1. (mistaken for) accusation Fram þrím ondréd heorte mín. ... láde ( delaturam ) ceastre, Scint. 224, 17
Mirce
The Mercians ⬩ Mercia
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The Mercians, (and as the name of the people is used where modern English uses the name of their country) Mercia [see Green's The Making of England, p. 85] Hér Mierce wurdon Cristne, Chron. 655; Erl. 28, 1. Ðá námon Mierce (Myrce, MS.
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cweþan
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Sýn hý þæs wyrðe þe on þám canone cwæð, Ll. Th. i. 244, 13. Þæs ylcan scyldige þe hit hér beforan cwæð, 248, 18. Æt þám táum . . . ealswá æt þám fingrum ys cwiden, 20, 4.
mæsse-preóst
A priest not of the Christian church ⬩ a priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass
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Ðá cwǽdon ða ealdras and ða mæssepreóstas tó Pilate, Nicod. 10; Thw. 5, 22: 11; Thw. 6, 2. a priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass.
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hrycg
a back ⬩ dorsum ⬩ spina ⬩ a ridge ⬩ rigg
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Ǽr ðon wé tó londe geliden hæfdon ofer breóne hrycg ere to land we came across the rough sea, Exon. 20 b; Th. 53, 31; Cri. 859. Rídan ýða hrycgum to ride on the crests of the waves, 101 b; Th. 384, 25; Rä. 4, 33
leax
A salmon ⬩ lax
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Ðis is seó gerǽdnes ... gesyllan ǽlce geare xv. leaxas this is the agreement ... that they give xv salmon every year, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 295, 34: L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 19
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ge-fremman
To promote ⬩ perfect ⬩ perform ⬩ commit
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Ðæt gefremede mán the perpetrated crime, Th. Apol. 2, 5
ge-hefigian
To make heavy or sad ⬩ to load ⬩ burden ⬩ weigh down ⬩ increase the weight of ⬩ aggravate ⬩ gravare ⬩ contristare ⬩ vexare ⬩ deprimere ⬩ aggravare
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Ðonne biþ gehefgad haswig-fedra, gomol, geárum fród then the variegated-feathered [phoenix] becomes sad, old, advanced in years, Exon. 58 a; Th. 208, 9; Ph. 153.
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lǽs
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Þone þe ðis land gelytlede on lǽsu[m ?] oððe on gemǽru[m ?] qui istam terram diminuerit in pascuis siue metis, C. D. v. 253, 36. ¶ beólǽs pasture where there were many flowers for bees ? Cf. Beó-leáh, C.
wæl-stów
The place of the slain, ⬩ a battle-field ⬩ any place where there is slaughter
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The place of the slain, a battle-field God ána wát hwá ðære wælstówe wealdan móte God only knows who shall be master of the field, Byrht. Th. 134, 36; By. 95: Beo. Th. 4108; B. 2051: 5960; B. 2984: Cd. Th. 121, 4; Gen. 2005.
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sóþe
truly ⬩ genuinely ⬩ really ⬩ truly ⬩ in accordance with the facts of a case ⬩ truly ⬩ in accordance with a promise, agreement, or forecast
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Is on sibbe his stów sóþe behealden, 75, 2. truly, in accordance with the facts of a case Ic eów sóðe secgan wille, ðæt. . . Andr. Kmbl. 915; An. 458. Word sóðe gebunden (the facts were truly told in the poem),Beo. Th. 1746; B. 871.
geond
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Geond þæt síde sel throughout the spacious hall, An. 763. Hringdene geond þæt sæld swǽfon they slept all about the hall, B. 1280.
mǽnan
To lament ⬩ mourn ⬩ complain
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Hí mǽndon mondryhtnes cwealm they mourned their lord's death, Beo. Th. 6289; B. 3149. Ic wundrige hwæt ðé seó oððe hwæt ðú mǽne admiror cur aegrotes. Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 11.
ge-sceppan
To form, create ⬩ formare, disponere, creare
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Nǽron náwðer ne on Fresisc gescæpene ne on Denisc they were formed neither, on a Frisian nor on a Danish model, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 15. Ðá ðá híg wǽron gesceopene when they were created, Gen. 2, 4.
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hyge
Mind ⬩ heart ⬩ soul
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Hige sceal ðé heardra heorte ðé cénre ðé úre mægen lytlaþ the firmer must courage be, braver the heart, the more our force dwindles, Byrht. Th. 140, 62; By. 312. Hyge weallende a mind agitated by violent emotions. Andr. Kmbl. 3415; An. 1711.
ge-sib
Peaceable, near, related, familiar ⬩ pācĭfĭcus, cognātus, prŏpinquus, fămĭliāris ⬩ consanguineus
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Sweolcum swelce him ðonne gesibbast wǽre to such as may then be nearest of kin to him, 105, 29
CNEÓ
a KNEE ⬩ genu ⬩ a generation, ⬩ relationship ⬩ generatio, ⬩ propinquitatis gradus
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Hie on cneówum sǽton they sat on their knees Cd. 181; Th. 227, 2; Dan. 180; Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 22; Ors. 3, 9; Bos.68, 35; Exon. 48a; Th. 164, 19; Gú. 1014. Cneó bígeþ bends the knees Exon. 62b; Th. 229, 23; Ph. 459.
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hiw
Shape, ⬩ make, ⬩ form, ⬩ fashion, ⬩ species, ⬩ kind, ⬩ appearance, ⬩ symbol, ⬩ hue, ⬩ colour, ⬩ beauty
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Nú berþ Petrus ðæt hiw oððe getácnunge ðære hálgan gelaþunge Peter is now the figure or symbol of the holy church, 390, 14: 406, 11. Weorþeþ sunne on blódes hiw the sun shall become the colour of blood, Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 15; Cri. 936.
scot-lira
The fleshy part of the leg ⬩ the calf of the leg
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The fleshy part of the leg, the calf of the leg Scotliran suras, Lchdm. i.lxxiv, 19
ge-wissian
To make or cause to know ⬩ to instruct ⬩ inform ⬩ direct ⬩ command ⬩ govern ⬩ docere ⬩ edocere ⬩ regere ⬩ præcipere ⬩ dirigere
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To ðam lande ðe ic ðé gewissige unto a land that I will shew thee, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 42. On ðam regole ðe us gewissaþ be ðære hálgan Eástertíde in the rule that directs us about the holy Eastertide. Lchdm. iii. 256, 10.
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