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lǽn

(n.)
Grammar
lǽn, lán [v. under lǽn-land], e; f.

a loan ⬩ grant ⬩ gift ⬩ lease ⬩ fee ⬩ fief

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Ðá oferƀád Ælféh his bróðor and féng tó his lǽne [cf. geúðe hé him etc. 9-12] then Ælfeh survived his brother, and resumed the lands he had granted to him; mortuo Ælfrico Ælfegus statim omnia præstita sua, quæ fratri suo viventi præstiterat [resumpsit

Linked entries: lǽne lǽn-land

sorh

(n.)
Grammar
sorh, sorg, sorhg, e; f.

care ⬩ anxiety ⬩ sorrow ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ sorrow, care ⬩ cura, solicitudo, angor, moeror, labor ⬩ care, sorrow

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Holofernus ðe ús monna mǽst morþra gefremede, sárra sorga, Judth. Thw. 24, 10. Sorgna hátost, Exon. Th. 163, 12; Gú. 992. Manna bearn sorgum sáwaþ, 6, 18; Cri. 86. Ne biþ him hyra yrmðu án tó wíte, ac ðara óþerra eád tó sorgum, 79, 22; Cri. 1294.

Linked entry: sorg

gafol

(adj.)
Grammar
gafol, Add:

tribute. ⬩ payment exacted by a stronger from a weaker people, by the conqueror from the conquered ⬩ payment exacted by the state, a tax ⬩ payment exacted by the church ⬩ payment exacted by a lord, e.g. rent by a landlord ⬩ a contribution exacted in aid ⬩ a rate ⬩ interest ⬩ a debt ⬩ due, obligation

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Gemǽnelicum deáþes gafele generali mortis debito, An. Ox. 1448. Nán fram þám gefule (debito) þeówdómes sí beládud, Angl. xiii. 439, 1057.

dulmúnus

(n.)
Grammar
dulmúnus, gen. pl. dulmúna; m. The war-ship of the Greeks, which king Alfred assures us would hold a thousand men; longa nāvis. These ships were the μακρὰ πλοῖα or νῆες μακραί, generally called in Greek ὁ δρόμων, ωνος, m. the light war-vessel of the Greeks. They were the longæ nāves the long war-ships of the Romans, which had often more than fifty rowers. The Romans called their vessel drŏmo, ōnis, defining it as a fast rowing vessel, evidently deriving their word from the Greek δρόμων, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8; Cassiod. Var. 5, 17, init. where it is described as 'trĭrēme vehĭcŭlum rēmōrum tantum nŭmĕrum prōdens, sed hŏmĭnum făcies dīlĭgenter abscondens.' Some suppose that Alfred derived his word dulmúnus from the Icel. drómundr, m. which Egilsson, in his Lexĭcon Poëtĭcum, Hafniæ, 8vo. 1860, explains 'nāves grandior, cūjus gĕnĕris tantum extra regiōnes septemtrionāles, ut in mări mediterrāneo, mentio fit,' S.E. i. 582, 3, Orkn. 82, 1, 3. Vigfusson, in his Icelandic-English Dictionary, 4to. Oxford, 1869-1874, in drómundr gives only the Latin and Greek, and O. H. Ger. drahemond as cognates. What Orosius, calls longas nāves, Alfred translates dulmúnus in Anglo-Saxon. As we read in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of A.D. 897; Th. i. 174, 4, Hét Ælfréd cyng timþrian lang-scipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long-ships against-, those ships, v. ÆSC IV.-Alfred, in his translation of Orosius, says
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Ǽr he [Ercol] ongan mid Creáca scypum, ðe mon dulmúnus hǽt, ðe man segþ ðæt in scip mǽge in þúsend manna before he [Hercules] began with Grecian ships, which are called dulmunus, of which it is said that one ship can hold a thousand men, Ors. 1, 10; Bos

feoh

cattle ⬩ property ⬩ wealth ⬩ money ⬩ riches ⬩ treasure ⬩ bribe ⬩ gift ⬩ metal ⬩ coin

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Sume hí gebycgaþ hlísan mid heora ágnum deáþe, for þǽm hí wénaþ ꝥ hí næbben nán óþer fioh ðæs hlísan wyrþe búton hiora ágnum fiore nonnulli venerandum nomen gloriosae pretio mortis emerunt, 39, 11; F. 228, 29. property given as wages, bribe (v. feoh-fang

gelíce

(adv.)
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</b> with ellipsis of verb in the clause :-- Deáð hit lufade þǽr gelíce swilce lífes ingang mortem videlicet ut ingressum vitae amabat, Gr. D. 4, 27. Dropeteð blód swá þon gelícost þe tóbrocen fæt, Lch. ii. 230, 25. <b>III b.

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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Th. 78, 5. that excites strong feeling. in a favourable sense exciting warm feelings of affection, dear to a person Mé hátran sind Dryhtnes dreámas þonne þis deáde líf lǽne on londe dearer to me are the joys of the Lord than this mortal life and frail

ge-wunian

(v.)
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His þegnas hine ne mihton leng mid gewunian, Bt. 38, 1; F. 194, 26. continuance of condition, existence Fore ðon ꝥ deáðe biðon forbodeno giuunia idcirco quod morte prohiberentur permanere (Heb. 7, 24), Rtl. 90, 28.

sócn

(n.)
Grammar
sócn, e; f.

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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Mórtún and eal seó sócna ðe ðǽrtó héreþ vi. 148, 36. Ne gyrne ic ðínes ne sace ne sócne I desire nothing of yours, neither your privileges nor your rights L. O. 14; Th. i. 184, 16. Cyninges þegenes heregeata ðe his sócne hæbbe L. C.

Linked entry: fird-sócn

se

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Ðý sceal eác bión ofersuíðed sió unfæsðrǽdnes ðára geðóhta, ðý mon hine bewarige wið ðá leóhtmódnesse, Past. 308, 2-6. 5 with tó, marking extent Hé wearð gehýrsum tó þí ꝥ hé willes deáð þrowade factus obediens usque ad mortem, R. Ben. 26, 15

ge-tellan

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Ic eom hér geteald and geseted æfter mínum ænde hic post mortem deputatus sum, 343, 26. Getealdne deputatam (-um ? cf. pini stipitem paganorum ceremoniis deputatum, Aid. 30, 32), Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 48.)

wíf

(n.)
Grammar
wíf, es; n.

a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife

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I. 1. 3; Si, mortuo marito, uxor ejus remanserit, . . . eam non dabo marito, nisi secundum velle sunm, Th. i. 499, 15), L. C. S. 75; Th. i. 416, 20. a female, v. wer, Ǽlcne mon, ge wíf ge wǽpned, Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 27.

Linked entry: BRÝD

wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
wilnian, p. ode.

of animate objects ⬩ to desire, ask for ⬩ with gen. or uncertain ⬩ with accusative ⬩ with infinitive ⬩ with geniudial infinitive ⬩ with genitive and gerundial infinitive ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute or uncertain ⬩ to desire to go ⬩ to tend to an end

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Wylnian, Wulfst. 277, 19. with accusative Ðú ne wilnast weora ǽniges -deáð (cf. nolo mortem impii, Ezech. 33, II ), Ps. C. 54. Ða æþelingas wilniaþ, Exon. Th. 433, 14; Rä. 50, 7. Eall hwæt hí willniaþ hí begitaþ, Bt. 40, 7; Fox 242, 22.

Linked entry: willnian

standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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Be ðam cúþ standeþ ðæt hé fram deáþe gescylded wæs quem a morte constat esse servatum, Bd. 3, 23; S. 555, 27. Hé gearu standeþ, Ps. Th. 117, 2. Heó gewuldrad stondeþ, Blickl. Homl. 197, 10. Hé stent þeófscyldig, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 16.

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weg

(n.)
Grammar
weg, (wig,
  • Kent. Gl. 207
    • :
  • 475
    • :
  • 772
; pl. , weogas,
  • 21
), es; m.

a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly used ⬩ space to be traversed, a journey ⬩ manner, mode, method, plan ⬩ way, ⬩ way,

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Mé wæs Rachel deád be wege mortua est Rachel in itinere, Gen. 48, 7. Hé tó ðam cyng gewænde. Ðá com Sparhafoc be weg[e] tó him, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 19. Fela þúsenda be wæge for*-*fóran, 1096; Erl. 233, 21.

Linked entries: wí=weg eorþ-weg wæg wei lá wei wig weogas

tó-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-weard, adj.

future ⬩ that is to come ⬩ about to come ⬩ coming ⬩ at hand ⬩ approaching ⬩ toward ⬩ (that is) to happen or be some time or other, ⬩ (that is) to come ⬩ about to happen ⬩ (that is) to come soon ⬩ imminent ⬩ impending ⬩ to take place ⬩ come to pass ⬩ coming towards a place ⬩ approaching ⬩ about to come ⬩ with the face towards a person, ⬩ facing

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Deut. 29, 15. about to happen, (that is) to come soon, imminent, impending Mid ðý hé ongeat ðæt him deáþes dæg tóweard wæs cum diem sibi mortis imminere sensisset, Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 24.

Linked entry: tó-ward

ge-lǽstan

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Gelǽste exsoluit (mortis uindictam ), 4327: 3818. Þæt hé Godes gerihta gelǽste, Wlfst. 157, 12. Gelǽste hé Gode his teóðunga, Ll. Th. i. 272, 1. Gelǽste man sulhælmessan þonne .xv. niht beón onufan Eástran, 262, 17.

ge-sellan

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Tó deáðe gesyllan morti tradere, Ps. Th. 117, 18 : Mt. L. 10, 21. with dat. and prep.

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Ða fixas wurdon deáde pisces mortui sunt, Ex. 7, 21. Mierce wurdon cristne, Chr. 655; Erl. 28, 1. Mé milde weorð miserere mei, Ps. Th. 56, 1: 66, 1. Monigfaldge worðe habundaverit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 20.

ge-healdan

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Hwí is Enoh swá lange cucu gehealden quare Enoc tanto tempore servabatur a morte?, Angl. vii. 10, 85. <b>VI c.

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