un-forboden
Unforbidden ⬩ not prohibited ⬩ free from any moral or legal hindrance
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Gebohte se arcebisceop æt Ælfhége ðæt land æt Sendan mid .xc. pundum, and æt Sunnanbyrg mid .cc. mancussan goldes, unbecwedene and unforbodene wið ǽlcne man tó ðære dægtíde; and hé him swá ða land geágnian derr, swá him se sealde ðe tó syllenne áhte,
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á-delfan
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Ǽlcne pocc man sceall áweg ádelfan mid þorne, Lch. ii. 106, 4
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éhtend
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Gyf man méte ꝥ hé geseón ne mæge, lǽre ic hine ꝥ hé him wið his éhtend beorge, Lch. iii. 174, 28. a persecutor Hé ( Nero ) wæs monna ǽrest éhtend crístenra monna, Ors. 6, 5; S. 262, 5. Oehtende persecutore, Rtl. 64, 16.
fóþer
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Man ágeaf of six túnan æt ǽlcere sylh án fóðer cornes, C.D.B. iii. 367, 24. Án fóðer gyrda, C.D. iii. 451, 1. iiii. fóðra weada, i. 297, 2. iiii. fóðera áclofenas gauolwyda, v. 147, 20.
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ge-rǽde
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Ben. 108, 24. arranged, disposed properly Ne wyrð nǽfre folces wise wel gerǽde on þám earde þe man wóh gestreón lufað a people's condition will never be well ordered in the land where wrongful gain is loved, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 28.
hyge-leás
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Gl. 481, 2. of things, unsuitable, extravagant Wé lǽrað ꝥ man geswíce higeleásra gewǽda and dislicra gerǽda and bismorlicra efesunga. Ll. Th. ii. 248, 15
nídþearf-ness
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Add Gif hwilc man on micelre neádþearfnesse, biþ þín gemyndig . . . ic gefremme þæs mannes nédþearfnesse, Shrn. 77, 6-9
on-wealh
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Hit nys álýfed ꝥ man hyre wyrtruman anwealhne geseón móte it is not permitted that its root be seen when entire, 318, 20. add: of non-material objects, physically or morally perfect Cwǽdon hí þæt heó wǽre onwelges mægðhádes and unwemme, Hml.
wǽfels
A covering ⬩ wrap ⬩ cloak ⬩ veil
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Ælmesgedál dǽle man gelóme, mete ðám ofhingredum, wǽfels ðám nacedum, Wulfst. 74, 4. Wéfels pallium, Kent. Gl. 968
Harold
Harold, second son of Cnut ⬩ Harold, son of earl Godwin
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Harold, second son of Cnut Hér man geceás Harald ofer eall tó cinge and forsóc Harðacnut in this year Harold was chosen everywhere king, and Hardacnut was renounced, Chr. 1037; Erl. 166, 4.
ofer-niman
to take by violence, to violate ⬩ to take away, carry off ⬩ to take away
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[The section to which the title refers is as follows: ——] Gif ǽnig man ofernyme unbeweddod mǽden si invenerit vir puellam virginem, et apprehendens concuberit cum illa, Deut. 22, 28.
snód
A snood, fillet, head-dress
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Ðá lǽrde hí sum man, ðæt heó náme ǽnne wernægel of sumes oxan hricge, and becnytte tó ánum hringe mid hire snóde . . . Ðá geseah heó licgan ðone hring on ðam wege mid snóde mid ealle . . .
a-dón
To take away ⬩ remove ⬩ banish ⬩ tollere ⬩ ejicere
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To take away, remove, banish; tollere, ejicere Ne mágon ðé nú heonan adón hyrste ða reádan the red ornaments may not now take thee hence, Exon. 99a; Th. 370, 14; Seel. 57.
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ge-nóg
ENOUGH, sufficient, abundant ⬩ satis, sufficiens, abundans
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Hí mágon geseón on him selfum synne genóge they may see in themselves sins enough, Exon. 26 a; Th. 77, 32; Cri. 1265.
ge-wyrce
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Andrews's Old English Manor. p. 211 note.]
brid
The young of any of the feathered tribe; ⬩ pullus
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On swealwan bridda magan in the maw of the young ones of a swallow, L. M. 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 7. Hit sculon beón micle briddas it should be big young ones, L. M. 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 14. Hrefnes briddum corvi pullis, Ps. Th. 146, 10
be-lisnian
To evirate ⬩ emasculate ⬩ castrate ⬩ castrare ⬩ belisnod ⬩ belistnod ⬩ emasculated ⬩ A eunuch
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Sóþlíce synd belistnode, ðe of hyra módor innoðum cumaþ, and eft synt belistnode ða men ðe man belistnaþ, and eft synd belistnode ðe híg sylfe belismodon for heofona ríce sunt enim eunuchi, qui de matris utero sic nati sunt, et sunt eunuchi, qui facti
cyre-áþ
The select oath, the oath sworn by the accused, together with a certain number of consacramentals selected by him out of a fixed number of persons named to him by the judge ⬩ juramentum electum, quod quis præstabat cum aliquot coujura-toribus ab ipso selectis e quibusdam a judice nominatis [Schmd. 566]
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certain number of consacramentals selected by him out of a fixed number of persons named to him by the judge; juramentum electum, quod quis præstabat cum aliquot coujura-toribus ab ipso selectis e quibusdam a judice nominatis [Schmd. 566] Nemne him man
EARNIAN
EARN, merit, deserve, get, attain, labour for ⬩ mĕrēri
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Bos. 21, 43, Hú monna gehwylc earnode éces lífes how every man merited eternal life, Exon. 23 a; Th. 65, 9; Cri. 1052. Ðá he ne earnade elles wuhte when he did not earn anything else, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 39; Met. 9, 20.
hú-líc
qualis
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Of what sort; qualis Hé áhsode hwæt alexander se cyning dyde and húlíc mon hé wǽre and in hwylcere yldo he asked what king Alexander was doing, and what sort of man he was, and of what age, Nar. 18, 12.