tó-wesness
separation ⬩ dissolution ⬩ divorce ⬩ difference ⬩ disagreement ⬩ discord ⬩ dissension
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Se se ðæt wæter út forléte wǽre fruma ðære tówesnesse seminantur stimuli, oriuntur rixae, accenduntur faces odiorum . . . Qui dimittit aquam, caput est jurgiorum. Past. 38; Swt. 279, 9-13.
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here
an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging
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Ðá earman men beóð wyrs bereáfode from þám unrihtwísan déman þonne fram þám wælgrimmestan here: ne bið nán heretoga swá gífre on fræmdrea monna yrfe swá se unrihtwísa déma byþ on his hýremonna.
of
Of ⬩ from ⬩ out of ⬩ off ⬩ as regards ⬩ about
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Ne þincþ mé náuht óðres of ( nothing different from ) ðínum spellum, 36, 4; Fox 178, 24.
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a-cennan
To bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ beget ⬩ renew ⬩ parere ⬩ gignere ⬩ renovare ⬩ renasci
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Eal edniwe, eft acenned, synnum asundrad all renewed, born again, sundered from sins, Exon. 59b; Th. 214, 19; Ph. 241. Ðonne se móna biþ acenned [geniwod, v. geniwian] when the moon is changed [born anew ], Lchdm. iii. 180, 19, 22, 28
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æfter
After ⬩ then ⬩ afterwards ⬩ post ⬩ postea ⬩ exinde
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After, then, afterwards; post, postea, exinde Æfter siððan ever afterwards, from thenceforth, Cd. 26; Th. 35, 6; Gen. 550. Æfter to aldre for ever after, Cd. 22; Th. 28, 15; Gen. 436.
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Æðelstán
Athelstan
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D. 937, was king of Wessex fourteen years and ten weeks, from A.D. 925-940 A.D. 925, her, Eádweard cyning [MS. cing] forþférde and Æðelstán his sunu féng to ríce here, A. D. 925, king Edward died, and Athelstan his son succeeded to the kingdom.
hyll
A hill
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Hí huntiaþ hí of ǽlcere hylle they shall hunt them from every hill, Homl. Th. i. 576, 28. Hyllas montes, Ps. Spl. C. 71, 3. Hyllas and heá beorgas. Cd. 192; Th. 240, 7; Dan. 383. Hyllas and cnollas, Exon. 18 a; Th. 45, 11; Cri. 717.
munuc-hád
Monk-hood ⬩ the monastic state
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Monk-hood, the monastic state (of women as well as of men) Munuchád and abbudhád syndon on óðre wísan (different from the seven orders previously mentioned), L. Ælfc. C. 18; Th. ii. 348, 31.
scot
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C. 40. a scot (as in scot and lot, scot-free), a shot (as in to pay one's shot), a contribution, tax. v. sáwel-scot, sceót*-*an, <b>VII. V.</b> a building, v. sele-scot, ge-sceot
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ge-earnian
To earn ⬩ deserve ⬩ enjoy ⬩ mereri ⬩ promereri ⬩ frui
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To earn, deserve, enjoy; mereri, promereri, frui Ic ge-earnige mereor, ðú ge-earnast mereris, he ge-earnaþ meretur, ic ge-earnode merui vel meritus, Ælfc. Gr. 27; Som. 29, 64, 65 : 33; Som. 36, 49.
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ge-langian
To call for ⬩ send for ⬩ deliver ⬩ liberate ⬩ convocare ⬩ arcessere ⬩ accersire ⬩ liberare
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Wearþ ðá eft gelangod se geleáffulla apostol of ðam íglande so was the faithful apostle liberated from that island, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 28
stóc
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As may be seen from the Index to the Charters, Stóc occurs frequently, some of the references are here given Ðis is ðara þreora hída and .xxx. æcera bóc æt Stóce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 190, 9 : 34, 12. Tó Stóce, 203, 21. Intó Stóce, 123, 8.
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twi-sprǽce
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Ne sýn wé tó tǽlende ne tó twigsprǽce let us not be too free with calumnies and detractions, 253, 6. Ne beó ðú nó tó tǽlende ne tó tweo-sprǽce ... ac beó leófwende, Exon. Th. 305, 19; Fä. 90.
un-gebét
unamended ⬩ uncorrected ⬩ not amended through the penance prescribed by the church ⬩ unatoned because 'bót' has not been made
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God beóð ungebétta, beóð unforgifne on dómes dæge, Past. 33; Swt. 220, 17. of persons, unatoned because 'bót' has not been made Ðá wæs hé ðisse spǽce, ǽgðer ge on lífe and æfter, ungeládod ge ungebétt he was, both when alive and afterwards, uncleared from
castel
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[From Norman-French. For native English usage, cf. ꝥ woerc castellum, Lk. L. 24, 13.] an old British or Roman earthwork (?). v. N. E. D. castle, 8 On ánne castel at Swíndúne; of ðý castele . . . tó ánne castel; of ðí castele on ánne herepað, C.
dirnan
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Dyrnan Meotudes mihte, An. 693: El. 971: Hy. 7, 93. with dat. of person from whom a thing (acc. ) is concealed Seó ród þe gé mannum dyrndun, El. 626. On yrre wille hé his milde mód mannum dyrnan numquid continebit in ira sua misericordiam suam?
fiht-wíte
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On Denalage se cynincg áh fyhtewíta (fihtwíte, v. l.) and fyrdwíta, 384, 5. the revenue derived from, or the right to receive, such fines Se wagnscilling gonge tó þæs cyninges handa . . . ah elles ge landfeoh ge fihtewíte . . . ge ǽlc þǽra wónessa þe
freónd-rǽden
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Th. i. 248, 33. cf. freónd, Wæs sió fǽmne mid hyre fæder willan welegum biwedded: wyrd ne ful cúðe freóndrsédenne, hú heó from hogde, Jul. 34. cf. freónd, Se geréfa hine ácwællan ne dorste on þæs folces gewytnysse for heora freóndrǽdene, Hml.
ge-lǽred
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Gl. 240. connected with or resulting from learning, learned Gelǽrede ǽþrotu docta fastigia (l. fastidia ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 69
gyrdel
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Synd gesealde from þám abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, þæt is . . . gyrdel (bracile), R. Ben. 92, 3. Þá begyrde he hine mid his gyrdele (cingulo) . . . Sóna swá hé wæs mid þám gyrdele begyrd, Guth. Gr. 148, 7.