worþig
enclosed homestead ⬩ a place surrounded by buildings ⬩ place ⬩ street ⬩ platea
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In Bd. 3, 14 a vico Cataractone is in English fram Cetrihtworðige (-worðine, v. l. ), S. 539, 42. Other instances of the use of the word in reference to localities are the following Unam mansam loco qui celebri æt Monowyrðige appellatur. . . .
tíman
to teem, ⬩ be productive. ⬩ to be with child, ⬩ bear, ⬩ bring forth young ⬩ to beget, ⬩ have intercourse with (wið) a woman ⬩ to have offspring, ⬩ bring forth ⬩ to vouch to warranty ⬩ to refer property (acc.) to (tó) the person from whom it was obtained in support of the right of possession ⬩ to refer an opinion to the source from which it is derived in its support ⬩ to betake one's self to a place, ⬩ go to ⬩ to resort to ⬩ appeal to in reverence or for help ⬩ to lead to
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In later English temen to = 1. to betake one's self to a place, go to To Albion þu scalt teman (wende, 2nd MS.), Laym. 1245: 7174. 2. to resort to, appeal to in reverence or for help To hire he wolde teman (hire wolde he louie, 2nd MS.), Laym. 1265.
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ge-met
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VII b. in reference to speech that is regulated by measure, metre :-- Metra, ðæt is on Englisc gemetu. Ðá gemetu gebyriað tó Lédenum leóðcræfte, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 18.
lang
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Hér æfter ys makros, ꝥ ys on Lýden longa virgula and on Englisc lang gyrd, Angl. viii. 333, 29. as substantive. with preposition Gif hé hit dierneð and weorðeð ymb long yppe, Ll. Th. i. 116, 7.
furþum
Take here ⬩ in Dict., and add: ⬩ even, ⬩ just
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Nǽnig forðum wæs þæt hé eft síðade hyhta leás, Gú. 895. to the object Feáwa . . . cúðen . . . furðum án ǽrendgewrit of Lædene on Englisc áreccean, Past. 3, 15.
ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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Ðis is ðonne seó woruldcunde gerǽdnes, ðe ic [Cnut] wille, mid mínan witenan rǽde, ðæt man healde ofer eall Engla land this is then the secular ordinance which I [Cnut], with the counsel of my witan, will, that it be observed over all the land of the English
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toll
Toll, ⬩ tax, ⬩ custom, ⬩ duty, ⬩ due ⬩ that which is paid to the state. ⬩ that which is paid to individuals ⬩ taking toll
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Kmbl. i. xlv), and in the Latin version of an English charter is explained as 'in ueudendis et emundis mercibus a tolneto immunitas,' Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 203, 4-5.
sceatt
property, goods, wealth, treasure ⬩ price, gift, bribe, tax, tribute, money, goods ⬩ a coin
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Kmbl. 593 ; An. 297. as the name of an English coin the word is found in the form scætt in the laws of Ethelbert of Kent. It is inferred from a comparison of passages in these that the value of the scætt in Kent was one-twentieth of a shilling, v.
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-ing
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a patronymic suffix Sume naman syndon patronymica, ðæt synd fæderlíce naman, æfter Gréciscum þeáwe, ac seó Lédensprǽc næfþ ða naman; hí sind swá ðeáh on Engliscre sprǽce, Penda, and of ðam Pending, Ælfc. Gr. 5 ; Som. 4, 52-4.
wealh
a foreigner ⬩ properly a Celt ⬩ a Celt of Britain; the word occurs mostly in pl., ⬩ the British ⬩ the Welsh ⬩ Wales ⬩ a Roman ⬩ a slave ⬩ servant ⬩ a shameless person
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Gif þeów Wealh Engliscne monnan ofslihð, 74; Th. i. 148, 14. Hér Hengest and Æsc gefuhton wiþ Walas (cf. Brettas, l. 17) . . . and ða Walas flugon ða Englan swá fýr, Chr. 473; Erl. 12, 26.
ge-mót
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On þissum geáre wæs ꝥ mycele gemót ( a grand council of Danes and English, William of Malmesbury) on Oxonaforda, 1015 ; P. 145, 20. Þ gemót æt Brómdúne, Ll. Th. i. 280, n.
hwæþer
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In later English the introductory whether is omitted: in O. E. the question is often introduced by cwist þú, cweþe gé, &c. :-- Cuiðestú ł hueðer (cwyst þú, W. S.) somnigas of ðornum wínbéger? numquid colligunt de spinis uvas?, Mt. L. 7, 16.
sócn
a seeking, search, exploring ⬩ a seeking, desiring, trying to get ⬩ a seeking to obtain an end ⬩ a seeking for information, ⬩ question, inquiry ⬩ a seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resort ⬩ a seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asylum ⬩ a seeking with hostile intent, an attack ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea ⬩ seeking ⬩ levying fines ⬩ soca ⬩ soca ⬩ quaestio ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ an attack ⬩ an action, prosecution ⬩ an assemblage ⬩ a parish
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But from a Latin version of a charter it would seem that sócn was the power of seeking or levying fines; the English 'Ic an heom ðæt hý habben saca and sócna' is rendered by 'cedens ut habeant privilegium tenendi curiam ad causas cognoscendas et dirimendas
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wendan
To turn ⬩ To cause to move ⬩ to change ⬩ alter ⬩ convert ⬩ to translate ⬩ interpret ⬩ to move one's self ⬩ take one's way ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ wend ⬩ To wend ⬩ go ⬩ proceed
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Wese heora beód wended on grine fiat mensa eorum in laqueum 68, 23. to turn from one language to another to translate, interpret. v. wendere : Ælfréd kuning wæs wealhstod ðisse béc and hié of béclédene on Englisc wende Bt. Proem.; Fox viii, 2.
bunda
a wedded or married man, a husband ⬩ maritus, sponsus ⬩ the father or head of a family, a householder ⬩ paterfamilias, œconomus ⬩ wedlock, marriage, ⬩ lawfully born, born in wedlock ⬩ wedlock breaker, an adulterer ⬩ marriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband: ⬩ to wed, take a wife ⬩ a wedded man, husband, householder ⬩ one wedded or bound, a husband ⬩ to bind ⬩ person ⬩ agent ⬩ a hammer ⬩ a hammerer ⬩ rule, government, ⬩ a ruler, governor ⬩ bound ⬩ one bound, a husband
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The cultivation and writing of Anglo-Saxon [Englisc] began with the conversion of Ethelbert.
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rǽd
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Tó rǽde Angelcynne to the advantage of the English, 2, 1; S. 501, 39 : Blickl. Homl. 199, 30 : 205, 12. Tó hǽle and tó rǽde, 227, 4. Ðam þeódscype tó langsuman rǽde to the lasting benefit of the nation, L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 6.
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ge-wendan
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Hit bið windig læinten and ealle wæstmes yfeles gewænde, xl. 369, 16. (3 b) to turn from one language to another, translate :-- Hé þás bóc hæfde of Lædene tó Engliscum spelle gewende, Bt. prooem.; F. viii. 9. reflex. to turn oneself Ne gewend þú þé nó
hider
to this world ⬩ to this life ⬩ in this world ⬩ to this point ⬩ hither and thither ⬩ to and fro
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Gyf Wealh Engliscne man ofsleá, ne þearf hé hine hider (-en, MS.; cf. spon for spor in § l, v. Ll. Lbmn. 374) ofer búton be healfan were gyldan, ne Ænglisc Wyliscne geon ofer, Ll. Th. i. 354, 19. Se aldor þǽm heaðorincum hider wísade, B. 370.
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forþ
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Gif Englisc onstál gá forð ( take place ), 130, 15. forth, away from a place, out Se here fór forþ ( marched out of its winter quarters ), Chr. 887; P. 80, 29. Faran ealle forð, ðǽr him God wísige ꝥ hí tó cuman móton, Ll. Th. i. 258, 8.
ge-openian
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Ús biscopum gedafenað ꝥ wé þá godcundan láre . . . eów preóstum geopenan on Engliscum gereorde, for ðám þe gé ealle ne cunnon ꝥ Læden understandan, Ll. Th. ii. 364, 9.