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beard-leás

hawk ⬩ buzzard'

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Dele: 'also a hawk or buzzard'; and add Beardleás inpubis, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 56, 2. Beardleáses effebi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 54. Beardleásum rince effebo hircitallo, An. Ox. 4, 57. Beardleásne effebum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 16. Beardleáse inuestes, An.

ge-dræg

Grammar
ge-dræg, ge-dreag.

What is drawn together ⬩ a concourse, an assembly, ⬩ a noisy assembly, the tumult made by such an assembly

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Substitute : What is drawn together (v. dragan; ), a concourse, an assembly, of living beings Deófla gedrseg sécan, B. 756. a noisy assembly, the tumult made by such an assembly Þǽr bið cirm and cwicra gewin, gehreów and hlúd wóp . . . earmlic ælda

wǽr-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽr-leás, adj.

Faithless, false

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Wǽrleásra weorud ( the wicked at the day of judgement), Exon. Th. 98, 27; Cri. 1614: (the cannibal Mermedonians), Andr. Kmbl. 2139; An. 1071

wamm-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wamm-dǽd, e; f.

An evil deed, a misdeed, trespass, crime

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An evil deed, a misdeed, trespass, crime Swá swá wé forlǽtaþ leahtras on eorðan ðám ðe wið ús oft ágyltaþ, and womdǽda wítan ne þencaþ 'as we forgive them that trespass against us,' Hy. 6, 25.

heáfod-weard

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-weard, e; f.

A guarding of the [lord's] head, attendance as a guard upon the king. ⬩ a body-guard

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A guarding of the [lord's] head, attendance as a guard upon the king. The word occurs in an enumeration of the services required of the thane and the 'geneat,' Th. i. 432, 8, 17.

snide

(n.)
Grammar
snide, es; m.

a cut, incision ⬩ slaying ⬩ concisio, laceratio

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Gif ðú wille on snide blód forlǽtan if you wish to let blood at an incision Lchdm. ii. 148, 10: 16, 5. slaying Similar entries v. sníðan, IV Swá swá scép tó snide tamquam ouis ad occisionem Engl. Stud. xiii. 27, 9

Linked entry: snáþ

griþian

(v.)
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Deóres fnæstum griþode ( plebem) bestię flatibus eripuit (i. liberauit ), An. Ox. 2473. Godes cyrican wé sculan griðian and healdan unwemme, Wlfst. 67, 17. Griðian and friðian, 143, 9. Add

gorian

(v.)
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to look, gaze Swylce eác be ðám micelum muntum and dúnum þá þe hýhst standaþ and goriaþ ofer ealne middangeard, An. Ox. 5, 3 note. Goriende passiuos, 7, 6

Linked entry: gorettan

stígend

(n.)
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Add: es; m. One who goes on board a ship, a sailor Sanctus Michael se æþela nówend and se gleáwa frumlida and se þancwirðesta stígend, An. Ox. 32 note

strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
strǽt, e (but uninflected forms occur) ; f.

a road ⬩ a road in a town, a street, a paved road

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a road Læg án dríe strǽt þurh ða sǽ. And ðæt wæter stód an twá healfa ðære strǽte, Ex. 14, 21-22. Him þurh streámræce strǽt wæs gerýmed, Andr. Kmbl. 3159; An. 1582. Tó ðære ealdan strǽt; ondlong ðære strǽt, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 30.

Linked entry: strét

cyning

(n.)
Grammar
cyning, cyng,es; m. [cyn people, -ing originating from, son of] .

a king, ruler, emperor ⬩ rex, imperator ⬩ a spiritual King, God, Christ ⬩ Deus, Christus ⬩ the devil ⬩ diabŏlus, satănas ⬩ Anglo-Saxon kings were at first elected from a family or class, by Witena gemót the assembly of the wise. ⬩ fidelity was sworn to them by the people, in the following words ⬩ the king took a corresponding oath to his people ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon king had royal power to pardon transgressors ⬩ of all forfeits the king had one half ⬩ all hoards above the earth, and within the earth. As we learn from Beowulf, in early and heathen times, much treasure was buried in the mound raised over the ashes of the dead, besides what was burned with the body ⬩ Pastus or Convivium ⬩ The king visited different districts personally or by deputy to see that justice was done to all his subjects. In these periodical journeys the king received support and entertainment wherever he went. Hence perhaps the privileges of our judges ⬩ Vigilia ⬩ head ward, or a proper watch set over the king, which he claimed when he came into any district ⬩ the mint or coinage of money. The king exercised a superintendence over the circulating medium

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he should give him his life; all as it was before ordained at Greatley and at Exeter and at Thundersfield, L.

hǽþen-gild

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<b>I a.</b> a particular form of idolatry :-- Tó manega of þám folce . . . tó þám hǽðengilde bugon fliae Moab vocaverunt eos ad sacrificia sua. At illi comederunt et adoraverunt deos earum, Num. 25, 2: 31, 16. <b>I b.

lim

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Add: any organ or part of the body Behófað þæt heáfod þǽra óðera lima, swá swá ðá lima behó;fiað þæs heáfdes. Gif án lim bið untrum, ealle ðá óðre þrowiað mid þám ánum. Hml. Th. i. 274, 7-9. Leoma lífgedál, Gú. 1019.

un-geféred

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geféred, adj.

Unapproached ⬩ inaccessible

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Unapproached, inaccessible Feldas and wudu and dúna, ða wǽron monnum ungeférde, for wildeórum and wyrmum, Nar. 20, 11. In án nearo fiesten micel ungeféredra móra in angustias inaccessorum montium, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 20

Linked entry: ge-féran

munuc-behát

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-behát, es; n.
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A monastic vow 'Án munuc cóm and gyrnde míre dehter, sylle ic hí him oððe ná?' 'Asecge mé hwæðer hé his Gode wiðsace and his fulluhte and his munucbeháte,' Hml. A. 197, 81: 198, 95

Linked entry: be-hát

freoðo-wǽr

(n.)
Grammar
freoðo-wǽr, freoðu-wǽr, frioðo-wǽr, frioðu-wǽr, friðo-wǽr, e; f.

A covenant of peace ⬩ an agreement ⬩ compact ⬩ pācis fœdus ⬩ pactum

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Hí onféngon fulwihte and freoðuwǽre they received baptism and the covenant of peace, Andr. Kmbl. 3259: An. 1632

heáfod-segn

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-segn, es; m.
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An ensign having a head (not a flag ?) Hét þá in beran eafor heáfodsegn, . . . helm, herebyrnan, gúðsweord, B. 2152-4.

spannan

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S. 9, 106. to join in matrimony Span[n]an adjungere (has sponsi ad prolem generis satagunt adjungere nuptas, Ald. 200, 10), An.

lácnian

(v.)
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Hálwende cleoþan lácniende medicinale cataplasma procurans, An. Ox. 1974. Mid lácniendum tólum medicinalibus instrumentis, 3047. Add

sǽdere

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A. 36, 311-37, 315. Add