seht
a settlement ⬩ an agreement ⬩ terms arranged between two parties by an umpire ⬩ a peace between two powers ⬩ peace ⬩ friendship
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., 1140; Erl. 265, 30.] peace, friendship Syððan seaht and sib mycelre tíde betwyh ða ylcan cyningas and heora ríce áwunode, Bd. 4, 21; S. 590, 25 note. Ðæt ða cyningas seht námon (cf. friþ niman) heom betweónan Chr. 1016; Erl. 159, 1.
þeówen
A female servant or slave ⬩ a handmaid
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Sió Affra wæs ǽrest forlegor wíf mid hire þeówenum, Shrn. 115, 3-5. Ðá hét hire fæder hí bewyrcean on ánum torre mid twelf ðeówennum, 106, 1. Þeówenna bernas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 59: 12, 17. Ic hæbbe þeówas and þeówena (servos et ancillas) Gen. 32, 5
ymb-hoga
Care, solicitude, anxiety
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Ðæt hé forlǽte ǽlcne ymbhogan, ðe him unnet sié, Met. 22, 10. Hé ðone ymbhogan ne forlét ðæs flǽsclícan beddgemánan nec stratum carnalium sollicitudine deserit, Past. 16; Swt. 99, 24.
DYSIG
DIZZY, foolish, unwise, stupid ⬩ stultus, insĭpiens, insānus
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Ða dysegan sint on gedwolan wordene the foolish are in error, Bt. Met. Fox 19, 57; Met. 19, 29. Híg sint dysegran they are more foolish, 19, 82; Met. 19, 41. Cyninga dysegast the most foolish of kings, 15, 22 ; Met. 15, 11.
ofer-reccan
to convince, confute, convict
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Ðý læs ðonne hié oferhyggaþ ðæt hié síen oferreahte útane mid ó;ðerra manna ryhtum lárum hié ðonne síen innan gehæfte mid ofermétum ne dum rectis aliorum suasionibus foris superari despiciunt, intus a superbia captivi teneantur, 42, 2; Swt. 307, 6
hnígan
To bend, ⬩ bow down, ⬩ incline, ⬩ descend, ⬩ decline, ⬩ sink
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Ðá hé tó helle hnígan sceolde when he must sink to hell, 221; Th. 288, 4; Sat. 375
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GÝMAN
To care for ⬩ take care of ⬩ take heed to ⬩ heed ⬩ observe ⬩ regard ⬩ keep
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Se ðe ne giémeþ hwæðer his gǽst síe earm ðe eádig who heeds not whether his spirit be miserable or blessed, Th. 95, 6; Cri. 1553.
þeów
A servant; ⬩ slave ⬩ servus ⬩ famulus ⬩ mancipium
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Gif þeów mon wyrce on Sunnandæg be his hláfordes hǽse, sié hé frioh. Gif hláford his þeówan freólsdæge nýde tó weorce, þolige ðæs þeówan, and beó hé syþþan folcfrig.
ædre
Quickly ⬩ promptly ⬩ at once ⬩ forthwith ⬩ illico ⬩ confestim ⬩ statim ⬩ protinus
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Nú ðú ædre const síþ-fæt mínne now thou comprehendest at once my journey, Exon. 52b; Th. 184, 29: Gú. 1351
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bealde
Boldly ⬩ freely ⬩ instantly ⬩ audacter ⬩ libere ⬩ fiducialiter ⬩ fidenter ⬩ instanter ⬩ prone ⬩ statim ⬩ sine mora
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Boldly, freely, instantly; audacter, libere, fiducialiter, fidenter, instanter, prone, statim, sine mora Of Basan cwæþ bealde Drihten dixit Dominus ex Basan, Ps. Th. 67, 22. Bletsige míne sáwle bealde Dryhten benedic anima mea Dominum, Ps.
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húsel-hálgung
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Úre gástlícan lác sind úre gebedu and lofsang and húselhálgung our spiritual gifts are our prayers and praise and attendance at the Eucharist, i. 54, 27
lobbe
A spider
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Mistlíce þreála gebyriaþ for synnumt bendas oððe dyntas carcernþýstra lobban various punishments are proper for sins, bonds or blows, prison darkness, spiders, L. Pen. 3; Th. ii. 278, 26
lyffettan
To flatter
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Lyffetyndra tungan gewríðaþ manna sáwla on synnum the tongues of flatterers bind the souls of men in sins, 494, 6
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ge-leáfleást
Want of faith ⬩ unbelief ⬩ infidelity ⬩ unfaithfulness ⬩ infĭdēlĭtas ⬩ incrēdŭlĭtas
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Nú sind adwæscede ealle geleáflýstu now all infidelities are extinguished, i. 226, 2 : Deut. 1, 40
temesian
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to sift Hláfo foregegearwad ł temised panes propositionis (cf. Tosser's Husbandry, 39, 10: 'Some mixeth the tie with the wheat Temmes lofe on his table to haue for to eate.' In such a loaf the coarse bran only is removed. v. Glossary.
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þrym-setl
A throne
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Throni sind þrymsetl, Homl. Th. i. 342, 34. Gé sitton ofer þrymsetl ( thronos ) démende twelf mǽgða Israhél, Lk. Skt. 22, 30: Blickl. Homl. 31, 8
be-hringed
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Mid costungum wé sint ǽghwonon útan behrincgde (-hring-, v. l. ). Past. 163, 16. Ábútan beringede mid leahtrum circumdati vitiis, Scint. 103, II
bolster
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Hié restað búton bedde and bolstre quiescentes sine ullis ceruicalibus stratisque, Nar. 31, 11. Lecggean bolster under ǽlcne hneccan . . . bið se hnecca underléd mid bolstre, Past. 143, 14-18. Bolstrum auleis, Germ. 399, 366. Add
bisceop-dóm
episcopate ⬩ pontificate
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Sién hié bégen biscopes dóme scyldie excommunicationi subjacebunt, Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 377, 16. add: the office of bishop, episcopate, pontificate Biscopdóm pontificatus, An. Ox. 4134: pontificium, 5055: flamina, 7, 102.
cifes
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Cifesene ( from sing. cefesen?), 67, 1. Cefissa concubinae, Rtl. 68, 41. Cifesan pelices, i. concubinas, An. Ox. 3904. [O. L. Ger. kevis, kievis pellex.] Add