gremettan
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to rage, roar Ic gremette fremo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 30, 60
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grimsian
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To be fierce, cruel, to rage; sævire Ðá ðara treówleásra cyninga beboda wið cristenum monnum grimsedon cum perfidorum principum mandata adversum Christianos sævirent, Bd. 1, 7; S. 476, 36.
grið
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Rdr. 107, 99. for the passages in which the word occurs as a technical term in the laws, see Thorpe, index to vol. i. of 'Ancient Laws and Institutes,' s. v.
griðian
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Rdr. 105, 37. Griðian and friðian, L. Eth. 6, 42; Th. i. 326, 16: L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 358, 11: 4; Th. i. 360, 28
griðleás
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Rdr. 106, 41
þafung
Consent, ⬩ permission
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Be his þafunge permissionem suam R. Ben. Interl. 77, 6. Ðú wéndest ðæt seó weord ðás woruld wende búton Godes geþeahte and his þafunge Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 32. Ne mæg se deófol mannum derian bútan Godes ðafunge Homl. Skt. i. 17, 196.
þan
then, ⬩ from that time, ⬩ after that ⬩ so, ⬩ as ⬩ any ⬩ any at all ⬩ any at all
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Ne biþ sond þon má wið micelne rén húses hirde nor any more is the sand a guard for a house against much rain Met. 7, 20 : 8, 23 : 11, 69. Bútan ðú úsic þon ófostlícor hreddan wille if you do not save us any quicker Exon.
þafian
to consent to, ⬩ agree with, ⬩ approve of, ⬩ assent to, ⬩ allow, ⬩ permit ⬩ to submit to, ⬩ bear, ⬩ suffer, ⬩ endure ⬩ to bear with, ⬩ tolerate
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Ðafande woeron feh him tó seallanne pacti sunt pecuniam illi dare Lind. 22, 5. with a clause Gif hé þafaþ ðæt hé út gá of minstre si consenserit, ut egrediatur de monasterio R. Ben. Interl. 98, 17. Þafodest ðú ðæt mé þeówmennen drehte Cd.
þegen
a servant, ⬩ one who does service for another ⬩ an officer, ⬩ minister ⬩ a soldier ⬩ a follower of a great man, ⬩ a retainer ⬩ a follower of a teacher, ⬩ a disciple ⬩ one engaged in a king's or queen's service, whether in the household or in the country, a thane ⬩ a thane who served a bishop ⬩ one engaged in the service of a republic ⬩ a person of rank, one of a class higher than the ordinary freeman (ceorl) ⬩ a brave man, ⬩ noble man, ⬩ good warrior ⬩ vir fortis. ⬩ man, warrior
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R. 1; Th. i. 190, 13. The more limited sense seems to belong to the word in the following Gif þegen geþeáh ðæt hé wearð tó eorle, L. R. 5; Th. i. 192, 7. Cf. §§ 2, 6; and see L. In. 45, L. C. S. 72, L. M. L. given below.
Linked entries: þegen-boren þegen-líc þegen-scipe þegin þén búr-þegen
þeáwfæstness
Adherence to the rules of right conduct or method, ⬩ discipline, ⬩ obedience to rule
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Be sealmsanges ðeáwfæstnesse de disciplina psallendi, R. Ben. 45, 2. Ða cild mid steóre and þeáwfæstnysse (cum disciplina) heora endebyrdoysse healdon, 116, 9: R. Ben. Interl. 106, 12. On háligre þeáwfæstnesse, Homl. Ass. 40, 406, 404: Homl.
þegen-riht
Thane-right, ⬩ the legal rights and privileges which attached to the rank of thane
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R. 2; Th. i. 190, 18. Gif massere geþeáh ðæt hé férde þrige ofer wídsǽ, se wæs þegenrihtes weorðe, 6; Th. i. 192, 10
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þeód-cyning
the king of a whole nation ⬩ a monarch, ⬩ an independent sovereign. ⬩ the king of all nations, ⬩ the monarch of the world ⬩ the Deity
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Ef hann (Harold Fairhair) vill leggja undir sik allan Noreg ok ráða því ríki jafnfrjálsliga, sem Eiríkr konungr Svíaveldi, eða Gormr konungr Darnorku, þá þykkir mér hann meha heita þjóðkonungr, Haralds Saga, c. 3.]
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þeód-mearc
- Cd. Th, 187, 33 ;
- Exod. 158 ,
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read þeód mearc
þeód-wrecan
to avenge thoroughly, ⬩ take great vengeance for
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to avenge thoroughly, take great vengeance for Grendles módor gegán wolde sorhfulue síð, sunu þeódwrecan (Ettmüller would read suna deáð wrecan; but perhaps the force of þeód- here and its composition with a verb may be illustrated by the case of full
þeóf
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Theft Ná dón þeófæ non facere furtum, R. Ben. Interl. 19, 12
þeór
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Wiþ þeóre drenc, and eft wiþ þære (if þære refers to þeór the word would be feminine, but perhaps þeore should be read; cf. the text: Wyrc gódne ðeórdrenc ...
Linked entries: þeór-ádl þeór-gerid
þeóstrian
to make dark or dim, ⬩ to make the eye less capable of seeing, ⬩ dim the sight ⬩ to grow dark or dim
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R. 94, 20. Aras a ladlich weder, þeostrede (þustrede, 2nd MS.) þa wolcne, Laym. 4575.]
Linked entry: þýstrian
þeów-dóm
Service ⬩ servitude ⬩ slavery ⬩ bondage ⬩ thraldom ⬩ service of the church ⬩ divine service
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R. 218, 28. Leaden in to þeowdom, H. M. 5, 5. Similar entries v. ǽfen-þeówdóm
þeów-boren
Slave-born, ⬩ born of parents in slavery
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slavery Ne sceal hé (the abbot) ðone æþelborenan settan beforan ðane þeówborenan, gif se þeówborena ǽr on ðæm mynstre wæs, bútan hé for hwylcum gesceáde hit dó non preponatur ingenuus ex servitio convertenti nisi forte aliqua rationabilis causa existat, R.
þeów-racu
A threat ⬩ threatening
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Hé ondrǽde ða þeówwrace ðe Drihten þurh his wítigan ðýwþ metuat prophets comminationem, R. Ben. 51, 13. Basilius cýdde ðæs réðan cáseres ðeówrace, Homl. Th. i. 450, 17. Uae getácnaþ hwílon wánunge, hwílon ðeówracan (þeówrace, MS. D.: þ-iwrace, MS.
Linked entry: þeów-racian