méd-gilda
One who receives pay ⬩ a needy person
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Nafa ðú ðínne néhstan for weal and for médgildan non fratrem tuum opprimes servitute famulorum, Lev. 25, 39
gift-líc
Nuptial ⬩ belonging to a marriage ⬩ nuptialis
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Nuptial, belonging to a marriage; nuptialis Ðá geseah he ðǽr ǽnne man ðe næs mid gyftlícum reáfe gescrýd vidit ibi hominem non vestitum veste nubtiali, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 11, 12. Ðæt gyftlíce hús the house where the marriage was, Homl Th. ii. 70, 16.
Linked entry: gift-hús
be-swincan
To toil, labour, make with toil ⬩ laborare
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To toil, labour, make with toil; laborare Ic sende eów to rípanne, ðæt ðæt ge ne be-swuncon; óðre swuncon, and ge eódon on hyra geswinc ego misi vos metere quod vos non laborastis; alii laboraverunt, et vos in labores eorum introistis, Jn.
Linked entries: swincan be-swuncen
bícnian
to beckon, nod ⬩ innuere ⬩ to indicate, signify, announce, shew ⬩ indicare, significare
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to beckon, nod; innuere He wæs bícniende him erat innuens illis, Lk. Bos. 1, 22.
ang-ness
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Add: of physical pain Hwílum wyrmas geséceð þá uferan dǽlas and heortcoþe wyrceað and angnessa and geswówunga, Lch. ii. 176, 13. in a more general sense Ne bið þǽr a[n]gnes ne nǽnigu gnornung non angor, moeror, Dóm. L. 266.
Linked entry: agnes
be-sylian
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Hé on synnum hine sylfne besyleð, Wlfst. 78, 16 note. Ic mé sylfe on þám adale forligeres besylede, Hml. S. 236, 343. Hér líð se ealdorman (Holafernes) mid his blóde besyled, Hml. A. 113, 369.
ge-tang
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.), ac sió yld þá geogoðe tólicge adolescentiores fratres juxta se non habeant lecta, sed permixti cum senioribus, R. Ben. 47, 15
hól
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Se feónd cwæð : ' Maledicte, non Benedicte', and ꝥ swá gecwæð se deófol for hóle and for æfste, Gr. D. 122, 19. Add
ofer-sewenness
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In the laws of Henry I it corresponds to ofer-hírness in the Anglo-Saxon laws Habeat episcopus debita transgressionum et poenam delictorum quae nos dicimus ofersegeneisse (quae Anglice dicitur oferisæwenes, ii. 240, 22) et gyltwíte, C.
Linked entry: ofer-gesewenness
on-líc
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Hé hæfde twégen gingran suíðe gelíces willan and on eallum ðingum suíðe onlíce, and hé hié ðeáh lǽrde suíðe ungelíce duobus discipulis non diversa caritate praeditis, diversa tamen adjutoria praedicationis impendit, 291, 14. Add
riht-wíf
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quomodo defenditur Abraham adulterii reus non esse, dum viventi legitima uxore sua conjunctus est ancillae suae?, Angl. vii. 46, 440. Sé þe hæbbe rihtwíf and eác cifese, Ll. Th. i. 406, 16: Hml. A. 204, 303
tó-licgan
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Add Seó geogoð ná getanglíce né licge, ac sió yld þá geogoðe tólicge adolescentiores fratres juxta se non habeant lecta, sed permixti cum senioribus, R. Ben. 47, 16
hand-plega
Fighting
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Hí nǽfre wyrsan handplegan on Angelcynne ne gemitton ðonne Ulfcytel him tóbrohte they had never had more disastrous fighting in England than in their engagement with Ulfcytel, Chr. 1004; Erl. 138, note 7
on-fengness
Reception, acceptance
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C. 30, note; Th. ii. 154, 36. Þurh ða onfengnesse ðæs Hálgan Gástes, Blickl. Homl. 135, 35
Linked entries: and-fengnes fengness on-fangenness
BE
BY ⬩ near to ⬩ to ⬩ at ⬩ in ⬩ on ⬩ upon ⬩ about ⬩ with ⬩ juxta ⬩ prope ⬩ ad ⬩ secus ⬩ in ⬩ cum ⬩ of ⬩ from ⬩ about ⬩ touching ⬩ concerning ⬩ de ⬩ quoad ⬩ for ⬩ because of ⬩ after ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ according to ⬩ pro ⬩ propter ⬩ er ⬩ secundum ⬩ beside ⬩ out of ⬩ e ⬩ ex
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Ne mæg he be ðý wedre wesan he may not be in the open air, Exon. 90b; Th. 340, 18; Gn. Ex. 113. Be ðam strande upon the strand or shore, Mt. Bos. 13, 48.
Linked entries: bí be-hlæstan be-strídan be-tǽcung bi big bii
a-calan
To become cold ⬩ algere ⬩ frigescere
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To become cold; algere, frigescere Nó acól for ðý egesan he never became cold for the terror, Andr. Grm. 1267
gram-mód
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Of fierce or cruel mind Hine nǽnig man grammódne ne funde no one found him cruel, Blickl. Homl. 223, 33
efn-líca
An equal ⬩ æquālis
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An equal; æquālis Nis nán efnlíca ðín there is no one thine equal, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 38; Met. 20, 19
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un-sac
Free from any charge
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Free from any charge Unsac hé wæs on lífe no charge was brought against him while alive, Lchdm. iii. 288, 6
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un-tídlíce
Unseasonably ⬩ at a wrong time
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Unseasonably, at a wrong time Eall ðæt mon untídlíce onginþ, næfþ hit nó æltæwne ende, Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 27
Linked entry: tídlíce