reáf-lác
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Ágife hé ðone reáflác he shall restore what has been seized, L. In. 10; Th. i. 108, 9. Tódǽlan reáflac dividere spolia, Ps. Spl. T. 67, 13
BLÓD
BLOOD, gore ⬩ sanguis, cruor
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Wæs ðæt blód hát the blood was hot, Beo. Th. 3237; B. 1616: 3339; B. 1667: Cd. 9; Th. 12, 6; Gen. 181: Exon. 116 b; Th. 447, 15; Dóm. 40: Andr. Kmbl. 1907; An. 956. His swát wæs swylce blódes dropan est sudor ejus sicut guttæ sanguinis, Lk.
Linked entries: deád blód blód-forlǽtan blód-lǽtan blód-hrǽce
ge-bycgan
To buy ⬩ procure ⬩ purchase ⬩ redeem ⬩ emere ⬩ redimere
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To buy, procure, purchase, redeem; emere, redimere Hí meahton hefonríce gebycgan [MS. gebycggan] they could buy the kingdom of heaven, Past. 59, 2; Swt. 449, 15; Hat. MS.
under-bæc
backwards ⬩ back ⬩ behind ⬩ back
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Th. ii. 300, 15. marking retreat, where there is motion of a person in the direction to which his back has been turned, back Diabolo non dicitur: 'Uade retro me,' sed: 'Uade retro' ... Crist cwæð tó ðam deófle: 'Gá ðú underbæc.'
Linked entry: BÆC
ge-wyrd
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II, 124. what happens to a person or thing, a condition assigned by fate Fore giwyrd líchomes foerde wé ongeton from the condition of mortality imposed upon the flesh we know she has departed; quam pro conditione carnis migrasse cognovi-mus, Rtl. 66,
GYLT
Guilt ⬩ crime ⬩ sin ⬩ offence ⬩ fault ⬩ wrong ⬩ debt ⬩ fine ⬩ forfeiture
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Eustatius hæfde gecýdd ðam cynge ðet hit sceolde beón máre gylt ðære burhwaru ðonne his Eustace had told the king that it was more the citizens' fault than his, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 9.
Linked entry: gelt
on-sacan
to attack, strive against ⬩ to, resist, refuse to comply with a demand ⬩ to declare that one has no knowledge of a person ⬩ to refuse a person what he wants ⬩ to refuse to acknowledge a claim, not to allow the truth of a statement, in a legal sense to deny a charge ⬩ to make excuse ⬩ to sacrifice
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Th. 3889 ; B. 1942. to, resist, refuse to comply with a demand Ðeáh ðú onsóce ðæt ðú sóþ godu lufian wolde though you have refused to love the true gods, Exon. Th. 254, 8; Jul. 194.
or-sorg
free from care, without anxiety, secure, prosperous ⬩ secure from danger, safe
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Se tó ánra ðara burga (the cities of refuge) gefliéhþ ðonne mæg hé beón orsorg ðæs monnsliehtes he may be without anxiety as to the manslaughter he has committed; reus perpetrati homicidii non tenetur, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 167, 20.
sníðan
to cut, make an incision in anything ⬩ to cut as a surgeon does, to lance ⬩ to amputate ⬩ to cut up or to pieces ⬩ to cut so as to kill, to slay an animal ⬩ to cut stone, to hew ⬩ to cut hair ⬩ to cut corn, to reap ⬩ to reap ⬩ to cut ⬩ secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere ⬩ to cut, prune
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Sníð oððe ceorf on ðæt hále and ðæt cwice líc 84, 28: 52, 2. Gód lǽce ðe wel cann wunda sníðan Past. 49; Swt. 377, 18.
scildan
to shield ⬩ protect ⬩ guard ⬩ defend ⬩ to shield from ⬩ guard against ⬩ to make a defence
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E. 23; Th. i. 374, 7. to make a defence Siððan hé his hyspinge gehéred hæfde ðá scylde hé ongeán swíðe ungeþyldelíce after he had heard his abuse then he made a defence in reply very impatiently, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 35
seóþan
to seethe ⬩ boil ⬩ cook in a liquid ⬩ to subject to a fiery ordeal ⬩ to try as with fire ⬩ to subject to great pain ⬩ to afflict grievously ⬩ to reduce by pain or disease ⬩ to prepare food for the mind ⬩ to make fear, hope ⬩ subjects with which the mind may be occupied
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Swá ða mǽlceare maga Healfdenes singala seáþ Hrothgar had that care ever ready to feed his mind with, 382; B. 190
Linked entry: for-seóþan
wita
one who knows ⬩ a person of understanding or learning ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one able to give counsel ⬩ a counsellor ⬩ one able to give counsel in affairs of state ⬩ one who takes part in the councils of a nation ⬩ a leading man ⬩ an elder ⬩ a chief person ⬩ senior ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ a witness ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one professing supernatural knowledge
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Ðissere worulde hǽt is ðæt heó witan hæbbe, and swá má witena beóð, swá hit bet færð. Ne bið se ná wita ðe unwíslíce leofaþ, ac bið open sott, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 131. Mé com swíðe oft on gemynd, hwelce wiotan (wutan, Cott.
óðer
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Him sǽdon ðæt hié óðer dyden, oððe hám cómen oððe hié him woldon óðerra wera ceósan, I, 10; Swt. 44, 21. the second of two, other Se óðer consul Duilius Duilius, alter consul 4, 6; Swt. 172, 8.
a-fandian
To prove ⬩ try ⬩ to make a trial ⬩ to discover by trying ⬩ to experience ⬩ probare ⬩ tentare ⬩ experiri
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Ðú hit hæfst afandad be ðé selfum thou hast experienced ii of thyself, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 19. Seolfor afandod eorþan argentum probatum terras. Ps. Spl. 11, 7: 80, 7. Afandud, Gen. 43, 23.
líg-ræsc
Lightning
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O,] that thou avert hail and lightning, Herb. 176; Lchdm. i. 308, 23. Lígræsceas gesihþ or- sorhnesse hit getácttaþ, Lchdm. iii. 202, 17. Líghræscas, Ps. Lamb. 134, 7
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máge
A kinswoman
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Ne hǽme nán man wið his mágan ne wið his mǽges wíf, Lev. 18, 16. Se wolde niman his mágan (cousin ) tó wífe, Homl. Th. ii. 476, 19. Menn hæfdon on frymþe heora mágan tó wífe, Homl. Skt. 10, 215
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wiþer-tihtle
A counter-charge ⬩ cross-action
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Si quis in placito per justiciam posito sui vel suorum causam injustis conterminacionibus (v. l. concriminationibus) vel contraposicionibus difforciet, hanc perdat, et de cetero rectum faciat, sicut hundreto vel judicibus videbitur ydoneum, L. H.
be-stingan
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Bestang se hálga his hand him on múð, Hml. Th. ii. 510, 34. Hire man bestang sweord on ðá hracan, Shrn. 56, 13. Hé bestang þone hláf on þ sealtfæt, Hml. A. 163, 254. Hé bestang fýr in þ corn, Gr. D. 290, 23. Hí bestungon him on múð þone mete, Hml.
for-gifen
forgiven ⬩ pardoned ⬩ mild ⬩ gentle ⬩ indulgent
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., not hard Sodomom forgefenra ł eáðor tó forgeafanne bið Sodomis remissius erit, Lk. L. 10, 12, 14. Forgefenro, Mt. L. 11, 22. Forgefenre, 24
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for-helan
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Ic þé árecce, náht ne forhelende (-hæl-, v. l.), Hml. S. 23 b, 319. Hit forholen beón ne mihte, Gr. D. 60, 20. Hú nytt bið se forholena cræft?