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a-lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lúcan, p. -leác, pl. -lucon; pp. -locen [a, lúcan to lock]

To separatetake or pluck awaywithdrawavellere

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Alúc ðú hine fram mínum weofode pluck thou him away from mine altar, L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 48, 1

Linked entry: a-locen

fyrd-esne

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-esne, es; m.

A warlike youth or manwarriorbellĭcōsus jŭvĕnisbellātor

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A warlike youth or man, warrior; bellĭcōsus jŭvĕnis, bellātor In ðam ylcan gefeohte, Ósfriþ his óðer sunu, ǽr him gefeóll, se hwatesta fyrdesne in quo bello, ante illum ūnus fīlius ējus Osfrid, jŭvĕnis bellĭcōsus, cĕcĭdit, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 15

Linked entry: fird-esne

ge-trýwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trýwian, p. ode.

to trustto clear one's self

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Th. 118, 1. to clear one's self Getrýwie hine ðæs sleges let him clear himself of the slaying, L. In. 34; Th. i. 122, 15, MS. B

ge-bedda

Grammar
ge-bedda, <b>; I.</b>
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add: (1 a) of a husband Ǽlc wíf ðe cild gebǽre ... sceolde forhabban ... fram hire gebeddan, Hml. Th. i. 134, 20. add Hafað him þrý gebeddan, ꝥ is greót and molde and wyrmas, Verc. Först. 92, 9. Cf. ge-resta

templ-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
templ-geweorc, es; n.
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A temple-building, temple His þegnas águnnon specan wið hine ymbe ðæt mǽre tempelgeweorc ðe ðǽr geworht wæs Gode tó wyrðmynte, Wulfst. 88, 17. Salomon wes se forma man ðe Gode tó lofe ǽrest on eorðan templgeweorc árǽrde, 277, 25

þearf-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
þearf-leás, adj. Without having need or reason to do something. v. þearf, II, þurfan, II. 4
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Thw. 166, 22) hine geswencte without having cause I afflicted him, ii. 452, 16

Linked entry: un-þearfes

un-beceás

(adj.)
Grammar
un-beceás, adj.

Not giving occasion to litigationindisputableincontestable

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Not giving occasion to litigation, indisputable, incontestable Bidde hé ða hond ðe ðæt ierfe hafaþ, ðæt hé him gedó ðone ceáp unbeceásne ( that he shew the chattel to be his by incontestable right ), L. In. 53; Th. i. 136, 7

Linked entry: be-ceás

crúc

(n.)
Grammar
crúc, es; m.
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A cross Nime hé his ( of petroleum ) dǽl and wyrce Crístes mǽl on ǽlcum lime, bútan crúc on þám heáfde foran sé sceal on balzame beón, Lch. ii. 288, 22. Hine ymbwrít mid sweorde on .iiii. healfa on crúce, 346, 27

ge-cígednes

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Dele second passage, and add: a call, summons Seó stefn sume hwíle geswigode tó his gecígednysse and hine eft genemde, Gr. D. 53, 8. v. ge-cigan; II. 2. a name or appellation Gecíednysse uocabulo, i. nomine, An. Ox. 1503

manna

(n.)
Grammar
manna, manna.
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On ðǽre earce ðá stǽnenan bredu . . . and se swéta mete ðe hié héton moinnaa . . . sceal bión on ðǽmbreóstum ðæs monnan swétnes, Past. 125, 23. Hét hé hider rignan mannum tó móse manna cynne, Ps. Th. 77, 25

scip-gefére

(n.)
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A going by ship Hé him mid fare gehwearf (in scipgefære hwearf, on his scypgefere hwearf, v. ll.) eft tó Centlande rediit Cantiam nauigio, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 186, 24. (?)

þeóf

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Hé genam on his cwearterne twégen ðeófas, and sealde him ðone unlybban, Hml. Th. i. 72, 19. v. firen-, handfangen-, útfangene-þeóf. Add

or-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
or-gilde, adj.

Unpaid for, applied to one for whom the wergild is not paid

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Unpaid for, applied to one for whom the wergild is not paid Gif hine (the man who has broken his pledge, and will not submit to the penalty) mon ofsieá, licgge hé orgilde, L. Alf. pol. I; Th. i. 60, 15

cyre-áþ

(n.)
Grammar
cyre-áþ, es; m. [cyre a choice, áþ an oath]

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 judgejuramentum electum, quod quis præstabat cum aliquot coujura-toribus ab ipso selectis e quibusdam a judice nominatis [Schmd. 566]

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e quibusdam a judice nominatis [Schmd. 566] Nemne him man x men and begite ðara twegen and sylle ðone áþ . . . and stande ðæs cyre-áþ ofer xx peninga let there be named ten men to him and let him get two of them and give the oath . . . and let his select

Linked entries: áþ rím-áþ

helle-loc

(n.)
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an enclosure in hell; in pl. hell as a prison Ꝥ scoldan hine gelǽdan tó hellelocum (ad inferni claustra), Gr. D. 325, 30

ge-hæftan

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Hié nellað hié gehæftan and gepyndan hiora mód, swelce mon deópne pool gewerige, ac hé lǽt his mód tóflówan . . . and ne gehæft hit ná mid ðám gesuincium gódra weorca se ad superiora stringendo non dirigit, neglectam se expandit, et studiorum sublimium

be-spǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
be-spǽtan, p. te
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D. be-spete) hine bespǽtton (coeperunt conspuere eum, Mk. 14, 65), Hml. Th. ii. 248, 24

Linked entry: spǽtan

micga

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beguton hine ealne mid ealdum miggan. . . se migga þurh Godes mihte wearð tó swétum stence áwend, Hml. S. 35, 153-157. Add

on-cunness

Grammar
on-cunness, accusation.
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Ðá werian gástas mid gelómlicum oncunnissum (crebris accusationibus) tiledon, ꝥ him ðone heofonlican weg forsetton, Bd. 3, 19 ; Sch. 278, 8. Add

wód-þrág

(n.)
Grammar
wód-þrág, e; f.

A mad fittimemadnessfury

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Oft ða wÝdþrága ðæs ungewitfullan monnes se lǽce gestiíð and gehǽlð mid ðærn ðæt hé him ólecð æfter his ágnum willan . . . Ðonne Saule se wiðer-wearda gǽsð on becorn, ðonne geféng Dauid his hearpan, and gestillde his wódþrága. . . .