un-eáðe
difficult ⬩ hard ⬩ troublesome ⬩ unpleasant ⬩ grievous
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of that which is not easy to do, difficult, hard Nis ðæt uneáðe ealwealdan Gode tó gefremmanne, Andr. Kmbl. 409; An. 205. Hé sǽde ðæt se cræft uniéðe wǽre tó gehealdenne praedicit quia difficile capitur, Past. 52; Swt. 409, 20.
á-lecgan
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Hé ne mihte ꝥ gafol álecgan þe heó gelǽstan sceolde he could not remit the tax that she had to pay, 3, 181. Álédum sedato, An. Ox. 50, 46
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binnan
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Hé sæt binnan þǽm hám, Chr. 901; P. 92, 6. Hí ofslógon hine binnan his ágenan heorðæ, 1048; P. 173, 2. Hié þá scipu binnan Lundenbyrig gebróhton, 896; P. 89, 21. Sume þá scipu gewendon binnon Scépíge, 1052; P. 180, 1. Binnan byrig oþþon búton, Ll.
eádig
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</b> of rank, or position, great, cf. ríce :-- Wæs gesamnad eádigra geþeahtendlic ymcyme: þǽr wæs Birhtwald Bretone heáhbisceop, and se ǽrnemda cyning; eác þan Hrófceastre bisceop andweard waes; and cwæð ǽlc hád ciricean þǽré mǽgðe ánmódlíce mid
ge-helpan
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Hié þǽr wurdon mid hungre ácwealde, þǽr heora þá ne gehulpe þá þǽr æt hám wǽron, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 5. Hé wolde tó helle gecuman tó gehelpen[n]e Adames, Hml. S. 24, 179. Þám eádmódum gehelpende ( consulens, i. succurrens ), An.
gehwǽr
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The glosser seems to have read this as meaning that everywhere war with outsiders had ceased), Txts. 182, 84. at every place where a certain condition is possible Gehwǽr sácerdas and mæssepreóstas betwih wíbedum wǽron slægene passim sacerdotes inter
út-gang
A going out ⬩ exit ⬩ egress ⬩ Exitus ⬩ finis ⬩ effectus ⬩ terminus ⬩ egressus ⬩ a going out of a place ⬩ egress, exit ⬩ the right of egress ⬩ a coming out from a position within a body ⬩ evacuation of the body ⬩ the going out of a period ⬩ the conclusion ⬩ end ⬩ an exit ⬩ passage ⬩ a privy ⬩ an evacuation
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of the body Sum coþu is ðære wambe ðæt ðone seócan monnan lysteþ útganges, Lchdm. ii. 236, 3. in reference to time, the going out of a period, the conclusion, end Se ǽresta Mónandæg æfter útgange ðæs mónþes Decembris the first Monday after December has
tó-stregdan
To disperse ⬩ scatter ⬩ destroy ⬩ spargere ⬩ aspergere ⬩ dispergere ⬩ disperdere ⬩ dissipare ⬩ dispertire ⬩ destruere ⬩ To be dispersed ⬩ not to keep within proper bounds
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To be dispersed, not to keep within proper bounds Ðonne ðæt mód flíhþ ðæt ðæt hit sié gebunden mid ege and mid láre, ðonne tóstrét (-strétt, Hatt.
ceáp
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Se cierlisca mon, sé þe oft betygen wǽre þiéfðe, and þonne æt síðestan synnigne man gefó in ceápe (ceáce, v. l.) and at last is caught offending when a pledge has been given for his good conduct (cf. (?)
leóht
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Hé ús hafað þæs leóhtes bescyrede he has deprived us of heaven, Gen. 392: 401. Heó on wyrse leóht under eorðan neoðan God sette sigeleáse, on þá sweartan helle, 310.
gang
going, walking, moving on foot, step. ⬩ the sole of the foot (?) ⬩ the being habitually in a specified condition ⬩ power of walking ⬩ of moving about ⬩ mode of walking, walk, gait ⬩ a walk, journey ⬩ go, time, occasion of going ⬩ a way, road, path, passage ⬩ a track ⬩ course ⬩ a stream ⬩ a narrative ⬩ space traversed ⬩ expanse covered ⬩ an ox-gang, a bovale, the eighth part of the carucate. ⬩ legal process ⬩ legal procedure, process ⬩ a company of people (?), a gang. ⬩ a step, stair ⬩ a privy
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Wið fótswylum . . . haran lungen . . . neoþan tó gewriþen, wundorlíce þá gongas beóþ gehǽlede, Lch. i. 342, 19. the being habitually in a specified condition. Cf. gan; I. 5 Be sceápes gonge mid his fliése.
BEÓR
BEER ⬩ nourishing or strong drink ⬩ cerevisia ⬩ sicera ⬩ a beverage made of honey and water ⬩ mead ⬩ metheglin ⬩ hydromeli ⬩ ĭtis ⬩ ydromellum ⬩ mulsum
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We are speaking of the earliest times, for beer is mentioned in Beowulf ☞ Beer was the common drink of the Anglo-Saxons, hence a convivial party was called Gebeórscipe, q. v : a place of entertainment, beórsele a beer-hall, or beórtún a beerenclosure.
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scip-here
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eodon, and ða men wǽron myclum ofslagene, ǽr hí on hand eodan, MS.
ge-mǽne
Common, general, mutual, in common ⬩ communis ⬩ communis, generalis, solitus ⬩ communis
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Hand gemǽne a joined hand [in conflict]; manus conserta, 4281; B. 2137
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swán-geréfa
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In ða tiid wæs hama suángeréfa tó súðtúne and hé rád ðæt hé wæs et ceastre and ðone aað gesceáwade suá hine his aldormon héht Eádwulf there was then a very great case about pasture in the wood at Sutton (in Worcestershire).
gód
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Of hígna geménum gódum aet hám mon geselle .cxx. gesuflra hláfa, C. D. i. 293, 16. Þú hæfst mycele gód (feolo gódo, L., feolu góda, R., multa bona ), Lk. 12, 19
hrægl
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Rægelum, 2, 229. v. bearm-hrægl, bearm-hrægel, deád-hrægl, deád-hrægel, hand-hrægl, hand-hrægel, heáfod-hrægl, heáfod-hrægel, líc-hrægl, líc-hrægel, mæsse-hrægl, mæsse-hrægel, més-hrægl, més-hrægel, on-hrægl, on-hrægel, sculdor-hrægl, sculdor-hrægel,
ge-mót
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Th. i. 326, 21. a meeting for settling cases, court Wæs se ƀ Walchere ofslagen æt ánum gemóte (the meeting was to decide whether Liulf had been slain by the bishop's orders, v. Flor. Worcester), Chr. 1080; P. 214, 9.
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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I declare that I will not that he who sheds man's blood have resort to my court before he have undertaken ecclesiastical 'bót' . . . L. Edm. S. 4; Th. i. 248, 22. [Cf. From sócne þes folkes free from the resort of the people Laym. 2365.
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þanc
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Lordschipe wol not his thonkes han no felaweschipe, Chauc. Kn.