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ceápian

(v.)
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Þæt mon náne burg ne mehte iéð mid feó geceápian, gif hiere ǽnig mon ceápode O urbem venalem, si emtorem invenerit! Ors. 5, 7; S. 228, 21. Bochton ł ceápadon emerent, Jn. L. 4, 8. Ceápigan comparare, i. emere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 78.

folc-gefeoht

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Add: a war carried on by the forces of one people with those of another Gif man ofsleá óþerne on folcgefeohte (folces gefeohte, v.l.) si quis alium in Bello publico (cf. in publico bello cum rege, 24, ii: cf. also p. 5, § 17) Occiderit, Ll.

ge-mǽnnes

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Cf. gemíénelíce; Gif in gemǽnnisse alle God gebédon si in commune omnes Deum deprecarenlur, Mt. p. 9, 5

ge-sceádlíce

(adv.)
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Gif hé gesceádlíce (-sceáde-, v.l.) mid eáðmodnesse hwilcu þing tǽle si qua rationabiliter cum humilitale repre-hendit, R. Ben. 109, 8. Be ðám is suíðe gesceádlíce ( apte ) gecueden, Past. 171, 17.

hol

(adj.)
Grammar
hol, adj.

Hollow

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Gif se weobud ufan hol nǽre si in altari fossa non esset, Past. 33, 2; Swt. 217, 21. Hol stán fornix, Cot. 93, Lye. Sca maria hine ácende on ðære nihte on ánum holum stánscræfe St. Mary gave birth to him in a hollow cave, Shrn. 29, 28.

tíd

(n.)
Grammar
tíd, e; f.
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Hwílum sié sprǽce tiid, Past. 38; Swt. 275, 17. Hé bít ðære tíde, hwonne hé ðæs wierðe sié, ðæt hé hine besuícan móte, 33; Swt. 227, 11. On tíde hé sende hys þeów at the season he sent a servant (A. V.), Lk. Skt. 20, 10.

Linked entry: týd

for-stelan

(v.)
Grammar
for-stelan, he -steleþ, -stelþ, -stylþ, pl. -stelaþ; p. -stæl, pl. -stǽlon; pp. -stolen

To steal with violencerobdeprivefūrārisurrĭpĕreprīvāre

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Gif hwá befæst his feoh to hyrdnysse and hit man forstylþ ðam, ðe hit underféhþ, gif man ðone þeóf finde, gilde be twífealdon si quis commendāvērit amīco pĕcūniam in custōdiam et ab eo, qui suscēpĕrat, furto ablāta fuĕrit, si invĕnītur fur, duplum reddet

riht-líc

(adj.)
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riht-líc, adj.

right, just right, fitting, adapted to due requirements adapted, fitted, entitled right, in accordance with reason right as regards conduct,righteous

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Ðonne mon hwæt ryhtlíces and gerisenlíces geþencþ quando et si qua jam justa, si qua honesta cogitantur, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 24.

a-lýsan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lýsan, to alýsanne; p. de; impert. -lýs, -lís; pp. ed; v. a;

To let loosefreedeliverliberateto pay for loosingto payredeemransomliberareredimere

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Ðú beó fram him alýsed liberatus sis ab illo. Lk. Bos. 12, 58. Ðá wæs of ðæm hróran helm and byrne alýsed then was helm and byrnie loosed from the active chief, Beo. Th. 3264; B. 1630. We synt alýsde liberati sumus, Ps. Th. 123, 7: 107, 5.

frinan

(v.)
Grammar
frinan, part. frinnende; ic frine, ðú frinest, he frineþ, pl. frinaþ; p. ic, he fran, ðú frune, pl. frunon, frunnon; impert. frin, pl. frinaþ; subj. pres. frine, pl. frinen; p. frune, pl. frunen; pp. frunen

To askinquireconsultinterrŏgāresciscĭtāriconsŭlĕre

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Frineþ he hwǽr se man síe he will ask where the man is, Rood Kmbl. 221; Kr.112: Salm. Kmbl. 117; Sal. 58. Ða ic nyste hí frunon me quæ ignōrā;bam interrŏgābant me, Ps. Spl. C. 34, 13: Ps. Th. 136, 3.

Linked entry: FRIGNAN

sealt

(adj.)
Grammar
sealt, salt; adj.
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Sió onlícnes sendde mycel wæter þurh hiora múþ swá sealt ( very salt ), Blickl. Homl. 245, 25. Eahtoðe wæs sealtes pund, ðanon him wǽron ða teáras sealte, Salm. Kmbl. 180, 16. Sealte ýða, Cd. Th. 205, 26; Exod. 441. Sealte sǽwǽgas, 240, 9; Dan. 384.

wandrian

(v.)
Grammar
wandrian, p. ode
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Past. 53; Swt. 415, 19 — 23. to proceed without plan, follow an uncertain course Swá ða sélestan men swíþor ðás eorþlícan ðing forseóþ, swá hí læs réccaþ hú sió wyrd wandrige, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 25.

ge-myndgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-myndgian, ge-myndigian.
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Th. 135, 24. 111, to remind a person of something :-- Sió godcunde gemetgung his unmehta ðone man gemyndgað superna moderatio infirmitatis memoriam ad mentem revocat, Past. 465, 32.

ge-cnǽwe

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And hig ealle wǽron þæs gecnáwe, Lk. 4, 22. acknowledging the justice of a charge that is or may be made, making confession of sin. with gen. Nú cýdde mé man þet Aðelwold and ic sceoldon ofneádian þá bóc ... Nú ne eom ic nánre neáde gecnéwe, Cht.

ge-welgian

(v.)
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Gl. 789. ꝥ ðú sió geweolugad ut diteris, 861. the subject the material wealth Þá welan þisses middangeardes nánne mon geweligian ne magon, Bt. 13; F. 38, 37. the object a thing Eorðan geweolgian terram locupletare, Ps.

spere

(n.)
Grammar
spere, es; n.

A spearlancepikejavelinshooting painstitchhasta, lancea, sparus, catapulta

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In the following the word refers to a shooting pain or stitch Út lytel spere gif hér inne sié, Lchdm. iii. 52, 18

CEORL

(n.)
Grammar
CEORL, es; m.

CHURL, countryman, husbandmanhomo liber, rusticus, colonus a man, husbandvir, maritusa free man

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Twelfhyndes mannes áþ forstent vi ceorla áþ a twelve hundred man's oath stands for six churls' oaths, L. O. 13; Th. i. 182, 19. Be ceorlesgærstúne of a husbandman's meadow, L. In. 42; Th. i. 128, 4, 5. Landes [MS. londes] ceorl a land's man, Bt.

Linked entry: ciorl

binnan

(adv.)
Grammar
binnan, be-innan.
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Binnan six dagum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 30: Lch. i. 278, 10. Bynnan healfon geáre, 204, 3. Binnon feówertig geára fæce, Hml. Th. ii. 196, 12: Chr. 947; P. 112, 25. Binnon þám fyrste, Hml. S. 5, 208. Grammar binnan, adv. Ðrím binnan, ðrim bútan, Wrt.

ge-rǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽcan, -rǽcean; p. -rǽhte; pp. -rǽht

To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer

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To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer Sió fird hie gerǽcan ne mehte the [English] force could not reach them, Chr. 895; Erl. 93, 22: 894; Erl. 90, 11: Cd. 216; Th. 275, 10; Sat. 169. Gerǽcean, Blickl.

Linked entry: mis-rǽcan

sweora

(n.)
Grammar
sweora, swira, swyra, swura, an; m.
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Ðá heó ðrycced wæs mid sáre hire sweoran ðæt heó oft cwǽde: 'Ic wát ðæt ic be gewyrhtum on mínum sweoran bere ða byrþenne ðysse ádle' quia cum praefato dolore maxillae sive colli premeretur solita sit dicere: 'scio, quia merito in collo pondus languoris

Linked entries: swira swyra