hú-hwega
About
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Húhwego fíf hund manna, Blickl. Homl. 201, 14
ge-myltan
To cause to melt, soften
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Woldon ellenrófes mód gemiltan they wished to subdue the bold man's courage, Andr. Kmbl. 2785; An. 1395
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Saracene
Saracens
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Wǽron ðǽr Sarocine gesamnode ðæt hig sǽtnodan manna, Shrn. 37, 34. Wit urnon for Sarcina hergunge, 42, 9. Se hefegosta wól Sarcina þeóde Gallia ríce forhergedon gravissima Sarracenorum lues Gallias vastabat, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 31.
of-drǽd
terrified, afraid
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Befrán se sceaþa hwæt hé manna wǽre, oððe wǽre ofdrǽd, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 28. Hé ofdrǽdd wæs for his morþdǽdum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 38. Hié beóþ mid ðæm ymbeþonce ofdrǽdde, Past. 35, 2; Swt. 238, 7: Homl. Skt. i. 23, 300
ofer-cýðan
to bring stronger testimony than another
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to bring stronger testimony than another Wé cwǽdon be mannum ... gif áþ burste oððe ofercýðed wǽre if the oath were not supported by a sufficient number of compurgators, or were disproved by testimony more strongly supported by oath.
LYSTAN
To LIST
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Hú ne biþ ǽlc mon genóg earm ðæs ðe hé næfþ ðonne hit hine lyst habban is not every man poor enough as regards that which he has not, when he desires to have it? Bt. 26, 1; Fox 92, 2.
þífþ
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Ðá geácsode se biscop ðæt ða bécc forstolene wǽron, bæd ðara bóca geornlíce ... man gerehte ðam biscope ða forstolenan bécc, and bóte æt ðære þýfðe, Chart. Th. 265, 10. For þeófte oþþe for manslihte, L. Wil. ii. 1; Th. i. 489, 6.
deófol-gild
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Add: idolatry; an idolatrous practice Deófol*-*gild bið ꝥ man his Drihten forlǽte and his crístendóm, and tó deófollicum hǽðenscype gebúge . . . Óðer deófolgild is . . . ðonne se man þá sceandlican leahtras begǽð þe se sceocca hine lǽrð, Hml.
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heals-fang
'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.' ⬩ embracing ⬩ to embrace
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A term occurring in the laws which Thorpe thus defines: 'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.'
FREMEDE
Strange ⬩ foreign ⬩ estranged from ⬩ devoid of ⬩ aliēnus ⬩ peregrīnus ⬩ aliēnātus ⬩ aversus ⬩ remōtus ⬩ expers
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Feorcund mon oððe fremde a far-coming or a strange man, L. In. 20; Th. i. 114, 15: L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 21: L. C. S. 25; Th. i. 390, 24: Ps. Spl. C. T. 68, 11.
for-healdan
withhold ⬩ keep back ⬩ disregard ⬩ neglect
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Gif hit þonne for[h]ealden sí, ꝥ his man brúcan ne mæge, þonne forbærne hit man, Ll.
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háwian
To view, look, observe, regard, survey, inspect
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Ǽlc man ðara ðe æágan heft ǽrest háwaþ ðæs ðe hé geseón wolde óþ ðone first ðe hé hyþ gegeháwaþ every man who has eyes first looks towards what he wants to see, until he has got it under his observation, Shrn. 178, 6.
unnan
to grant a person (dat.) something ⬩ to give ⬩ allow ⬩ to wish something (gen.) to a person (dat. ) ⬩ to wish something (gen.) for a person (dat.) ⬩ to like a person to have something ⬩ to like a condition of things ⬩ to be pleased
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. 14. to like a condition of things, to be pleased Hé ne úþe, ðæt ǽnig óþer man mǽrða má gehédde ðonne hé sylfa, Beo.
synderlíce
apart, away from all others, in private ⬩ separately, severally, apart ⬩ specially, in particular ⬩ only, exclusively, solely, to or by one's self ⬩ specially, exceedingly, to a greater extent than in any other case, singularly
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Animal is ǽlc ðing ðe orðaþ; ðonne is synderlíce homo man, equus hors . . . ; gemǽnelíce arbor treów; synderlíce (uitis) wíntreów, Zup. 14, 8-10.
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scyldig
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Gif man wát, ðæt óðer mán sweraþ, hé biþ scildig ( portabit iniquitatem suam ), gif hé hit forhilþ, Lev. 5, 1. Wæs gecueden tó ðæm scyldegan folce delinquenti populo dicitur, Past. 15, 1; Swt. 91, 2.
Linked entries: scildig deáþ-scyldig for-scyldigian sceldig
cís-ness
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Wé gelýfað þæt genóh sý twá gesodene sufel for missenlicra manna untrumnesse; gif hwá for hwylcre císnesse þæs ánes brúcan ne mæge, brúce húru þæs óðres ut forte qui ex uno non potuerit edere ex alio reficiatur, R. Ben. 63, 12
fáh
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exposed to the vengeance of a slain man's kin because of the murder Gif fáh mon (gefáh mon, v. l.) cirican geierne, hine seofan nihtum nán mon út ne teó if a criminal fly for refuge to a church, for seven days no one shall drag him out, Ll.
ge-fylsta
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Þæt se mǽra engel ( Michael ) beó Crístenra manná gefylsta on eorðan and þingere on heofonum, Hml. Th. i. 518, 32. Wé sind Godes gefylstan we are labourers together with God; Dei sumus adjutores, 8, 8: Hml. S. 11, 309.
ge-hlǽg
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and add Oft wé gewuniað ꝥ wé þám woruld-mannum hwæthugu mid sprecað for gehlæge. and þá ylcan sprǽce wé nimað lustlíce, þeáh þe heó sí ús unwyrðelíce and unrihtlic tó sprecane dum plerumque eis ad quaedam loquenda condescendimus, paulisper assueti, hanc
ge-nǽman
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To take away by force Hé hét þriddan dǽl ágifan þám mannum þe hé hit ǽr on genǽmde, Guth. 14, II.