rihtan
to right, to restore to a proper position that which is displaced, erect, direct ⬩ to right a person, ⬩ replace a person in the rights of which he is wrongfully deprived ⬩ to make right that which is faulty, set right, rectify, correct, amend ⬩ to keep right, direct, rule
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Ælþeódige mæn, gif hió hiora hǽmed rihtan nyllaþ, of lande gewíten, amend L. Wih. 4; Th. i. 38, 1. Tó rihtanne ł tó boetanne emendasse, Mt.
rihte
right, due, directly, straight ⬩ directly, straightway ⬩ ⬩ rightly, well, in a manner suited to the circumstances of a case, fittingly, properly, duly ⬩ correctly, in the proper manner, exactly, accurately, truly
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Gif ic on helle gedó hwyrft ǽnigne, ðú mé æt byst efne rihte [v. ðǽr-rihte], Ps. Th. 138, 6. in accordance with justice or equity, justly Hé ymbhwyrft eorþan démeþ sóðe and rihte judicabit orbem terræ in justitia, in aequitate, Ps.
cristen
Christian ⬩ christianus
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Gif hwá cristenes mannes blód ageóte if any one shed a Christian man's blood L. Edm. E. 3; Th. i. 246, 2; Ps. Th. 106, 31. He forbeád ðæt man nánum cristenum men ne abulge he forbade men to annoy any Christian man Ors. 6, 11; Bos. 121, 10; L. Edm.
ge-þeón
To grow ⬩ grow up ⬩ increase ⬩ thrive ⬩ flourish ⬩ prosper ⬩ crescĕre ⬩ profĭcĕre ⬩ vĭgēre
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Gif þegen geþeáh ðæt he þénode cynge if a thane thrived so that he served the king, L. R. 3; Th. i. 190, 18: 5, 6; Th. i. 192, 7, 9.
hlǽfdige
A lady, ⬩ mistress of a house; ⬩ after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king,
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Gif hwylc wíf hire wífman swingþ and heó þurh ða swingle wyrþ dead and heó unscyldig biþ fæste seó hlǽfdige vii geár si mulier aliqua ancillam suam flagellis verberaverit et ex illa verberatione moriatur, et innocens sit, domina vii annos jejunet, L.
ge-win
a battle ⬩ contest ⬩ war ⬩ strife ⬩ quarrel ⬩ hostility ⬩ tumult ⬩ certāmen ⬩ pugna ⬩ bellum ⬩ tŭmultus ⬩ labour ⬩ toil ⬩ sorrow ⬩ agony ⬩ lăbor ⬩ trībŭlātio ⬩ ăgōnia ⬩ fruit of laborers ⬩ gain ⬩ profit ⬩ fructus lăbōrum ⬩ lucrum ⬩ quæstus
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Gif hwilc man leóht déþ on mínum cirican of his gewinne if any man puts a light in my church [bought] out of his gain, Nar. 47, 6, 15
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þenden
While ⬩ as long as, ⬩ (all the) while (that) ⬩ while, ⬩ at some time during the period when ⬩ Meanwhile
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Ex. 182. where the period of the action of the verb in the first clause is included within that of the verb in the subjoined clause, while, at some time during the period when Gif ic ǽnegum þegne þeódenmádmas forgeáfe, þenden wé on ðan gódan ríce sǽton
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á-weorpan
to throw ⬩ cast ⬩ cause rapid ⬩ violent movement of a body, ⬩ to throw away ⬩ to throw upfood ⬩ to throw off ⬩ free one's self from ⬩ to cast out ⬩ expel ⬩ to reject ⬩ cast away or off ⬩ renounce, ⬩ to cost down ⬩ trouble
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Gif wíf áwyrpð hire ágenne wer, Hml. Th. ii. 324, 1. Ic hine (Saul) áwearp, 64, 5. object not a person Manege þára þe mé ne lícodon ic áwearp, Ll. Th. i. 58, 19. Hí áwurpon þá ealdan dysignesse abjecta prisca superstitione, Bd. 4, 13; Sch. 419, 13.
hwilc-hwega
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Hit nis éce gifu . . . ac is hwilchwugu eldcung, Bt. 38, 3; F. 202, 17. Þæt forneáh náht tó láfe ne wunode búton hwylchugu lytel ele ut pene nihil nisi parum quid olei remaneret Gr. D. 159, 9. Of hwylcumhugu dǽle, Bl. H. 103, 17.
ge-mǽre
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Gif hwá binnan þám gemǽrum úres ríces reáflác dó, Ll. Th. i. 108, 8. (l a) with reference to English political divisions.
wita
one who knows ⬩ a person of understanding or learning ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one able to give counsel ⬩ a counsellor ⬩ one able to give counsel in affairs of state ⬩ one who takes part in the councils of a nation ⬩ a leading man ⬩ an elder ⬩ a chief person ⬩ senior ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ a witness ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one professing supernatural knowledge
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Gif hé hit næbbe beforan gódum weotum (witum, v. l.) geceápod, L.
drenc-horn
A drinking-horn ⬩ potōrium cornu
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A drinking-horn; potōrium cornu Ic geann into ðære stówe ðone drenc-horn ðe is ǽr [MS. ér] æt ðam híréde gebohte I give to that place the drinking-horn which I formerly bought from the brotherhood, Cod. Dipl. 722; Kmbl. iii. 361, 31
ge-sinlíce
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Hé breác gesinlíce Dúnstánes rǽdes, Lch. iii. 440, 4. diligently Hé georne behogige and gesinlíce (georne, v.l.) gíme hwæþre . . . curiose intendat et sollicitus sit. . . R. Ben. 97, 14
þurh
Through ⬩ through ⬩ for ⬩ during ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by use of ⬩ through ⬩ in consequence of ⬩ as the result of ⬩ by reason of ⬩ on account of ⬩ through ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in virtue of ⬩ by right of ⬩ in ⬩ by ⬩ in the character of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ with a view to ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ in
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Gif hine mon geyflige mid slege oþþe mid bende oþþe þurh wunde, L.
ÆLMESSE
ALMS ⬩ almsgiving ⬩ eleemosyna
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Syle ælmyssan give alms, Cd. 203; Th. 252, 31; Dan. 587. Ælmessan dǽlan or syllan or dón to give or distribute alms; eleemosynam dare, facere. Mt. Bos. 6, 2, 3
hæftan
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Add: to give in charge to, handover to Ne ǽnig man óðerne tó nearwe ne hæfte, ne on unriht ne geþeówige let not any man imprison other too straitly, nor wrongfully enslave, Wlfst. 70, 6.
hwatu
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Warna þé þæt þú ne gíme drýcræfta ne swefena ne hwatena nec inveniatur in te qui ariolos sciscitetur et observet somnia atque auguria, Deut. 18, 10
fætt
Covered with gold, gilt, golden, ornamented ⬩ bracteātus
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Covered with gold, gilt, golden, ornamented; bracteātus Sincgestreónum fættan goldes with precious treasures of rich gold, Beo. Th. 2190; B. 1093: 4484; B. 2246. Fættan golde with rich gold, 4210; B. 2102.
un-gilda
One who is not a full member of a guild
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for a difference between those in the same gild, Hæbbe ǽlc gegilda .ii. sesteras mealtes, and ǽlc cniht ánne, 613, 32), Chart. Th. 606, 16
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éce
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Gooda gifu, þeáh hí éca ne sién, Solil. H. 53, 4. Þára écena háma, 2, 14