FREÓLS
freedom ⬩ immunity ⬩ privilege ⬩ lībertas ⬩ immūnĭtas ⬩ privĭlēgium ⬩ a time of freedom ⬩ a holy day ⬩ feast ⬩ festival ⬩ the celebration of a festival ⬩ festum ⬩ festi celebratio
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ðá lýfde ic him ðæt he móste niwan freóls settan; ðá cwæþ he ðæt he freólsas genóge hæfde; ðá nam ic ða freólsas the archbishop spoke to me about the privilege of Christ's church; then I allowed him to institute a new privilege; then he said that he had
HREÓH
ROUGH ⬩ fierce ⬩ savage ⬩ rough ⬩ stormy ⬩ tempestuous ⬩ disturbed
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Wé geliden hæfdon ofer hreóne hrycg we had sailed over a troubled sea, Exon. 20 b; Th. 53, 31; Cri. 859. Hreó hæglfare a hailstorm, 78 a; Th. 292, 26; Wand. 105. Hreó wǽron ýða rough were the billows, Beo. Th. 1101; B. 548: Andr.
scíran
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Ðæm folce wæs ǽgðres waa ge ðæt hié ðæt mǽste yfel forberan sceoldon ge eác ðæt hié his scíran ne dorstan there was trouble to the people on both accounts, that they had to bear a very great evil, and that they durst not get rid of it, Ors. 3, 7 ; Swt
be-swícan
To deceive, entice, seduce, delude, betray, offend, supplant, weaken, evade ⬩ decipere, illicere, seducere, illudere, prodere, scandalizare, supplantare, deficere, evadere
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We beswicon [MS. beswican] us sylfe we have deceived ourselves, Exon. 121 a; Th. 464, 31; Hö. 96. Hycgaþ hú ge hí beswícen think how ye may deceive them, Cd. 22; Th. 28, 9; Gen. 433.
ge-healdan
to keep ⬩ hold ⬩ observe ⬩ keep in ⬩ retain ⬩ reserve ⬩ preserve ⬩ save ⬩ defend ⬩ protect ⬩ custodīre ⬩ servāre ⬩ observāre ⬩ contĭnēre ⬩ reservāre ⬩ salvāre ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ to hold ⬩ occupy ⬩ possess ⬩ tĕnēre ⬩ possĭdēre
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Ðú eágan míne wið teárum geheólde thou hast kept mine eyes from tears, Ps. Th. 114, 8. Hí ðæt word geheóldon betwux verbum contĭnuērunt ăpud se, Mk. Bos. 9, 10.
ge-munan
To remember, bear in mind, consider ⬩ recordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari
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Gif hí ða geearnunga ealle gemundon if they had remembered all the benefits, Byrht. Th. 137, 35. Ne biþ gemunen non memoretur, Ps. Spl. 82, 4
ge-beódan
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, the Lat. version has offeratur, but gebodien is in one MS. ), Li. Th. i. 64, 19.
preóst
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Genéð þú nǽfre ꝥ þú gá tó þám hálgan háde, oððe máran underfó þonne þú nú hæfst; sódlíce on swá hwilcum dæge swá þú geþrístlǽcst ꝥ þú underféhst þone hálgan sácerdhád sóna þú bist mid deófles anwealde gehæftniéded.'
wǽr
A covenant ⬩ compact ⬩ agreement ⬩ pledge
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L. has warum) beswác and ofslóg rex pactus est cum Agathocle communionem belli. Sed postquam in unum exercitus junxerunt per Agathoclem insidiis circumventus occisus est, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 170, 10. Wǽre genóman foedus fecerunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 25.
ge-þingian
to determine
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Th. ii. 112, 22: 528, 14: Past. 10, 2; Swt. 63, 2, 10: Hat. MS.
torn
Violent emotion of anger ⬩ grief ⬩ anger ⬩ indignation ⬩ wrath ⬩ unrighteous anger ⬩ rage ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ distress
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Ðá wæs wópes hring, hát heáfodwylm, ofer hleór goten; nalles for torne teáras feóllon, Elen. Kmbl. 2265; El. 1134. Hé lét, torn þoliende, teáras geótan, Exon. Th. 165, 15; Gú. 1029. Inwidsorge ðe hié ǽr drugon and þolian scoldon, torn unlytel, Beo.
bisceop
a BISHOP, prelate ⬩ episcopus ⬩ a chief priest of the Jews ⬩ pontifex ⬩ a heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians
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Seó mǽgþ hafþ twegen bisceopas the province has two bishops, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 33. a chief priest of the Jews; pontifex Se forma biscop, ðe God silf gesette, wæs Aaron geháten the first high priest, whom God himself appointed, was called Aaron, L.
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FEOH
cattle ⬩ living animals ⬩ pĕcus ⬩ jūmenta ⬩ Money ⬩ value ⬩ price ⬩ hire ⬩ stipend ⬩ FEE ⬩ reward ⬩ pĕcūnia ⬩ merces ⬩ Goods ⬩ property ⬩ riches ⬩ wealth ⬩ bŏna ⬩ dīvĭtiæ ⬩ ŏpes
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cattle, living animals; pĕcus, jūmenta Gif ðé becume óðres monnes giémeleás feoh [G and H] on hand if the stray cattle of another man come to thy hand, L. Alf. 42; Th. i. 54, 9. Feoh bútan gewitte the cattle without understanding, Salm.
ge-myndig
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Hé cwæð: ' Mín bearn, nelt þú beón gemyndig' adjuro te, ne me sollicitum de hac re dimittas . . . Ait: Fili mi, de hac re sollicitare noli, Guth. 165, 80. mindful of what one purposes to do, intent on. Cf. ge-mynd; IX, IX a.
mód
the inner man ⬩ the spiritual as opposed to the bodily part of man ⬩ spirit ⬩ soul ⬩ mind ⬩ soul ⬩ heart ⬩ spirit ⬩ mind ⬩ disposition ⬩ mood ⬩ Courage ⬩ high spirit ⬩ Pride ⬩ arrogance ⬩ Greatness ⬩ magnificence ⬩ pride
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Him wæs murnende mód sad hearts had they, Beo. Th. 99; B. 50. Hí lǽrdon ðæt hí him wǽpno worhton and módes strengþo náman they (the Romans) urged them (the Britons) to make themselves weapons and to take courage, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 5.
swilc
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where the word points to what has been already described, such, used substantively, that which has been already described, the like, the same Ne biþ swylc ( the practice already described ) cwénlíc þeáw, Beo. Th. 3885; B. 1940.
þurfan
To need ⬩ to be in need ⬩ have need of something ⬩ to need to do something ⬩ to be bound to do something because it is right ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ be compelled by destiny ⬩ to have good cause or reason for doing something ⬩ to be use, to be good for a person to do something ⬩ to owe
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Ðæt ðæt micle morð menn ne þorfton þolian that men would not necessarily have to suffer that great perdition, Cd. Th. 40, 17; Gen. 640. to have good cause or reason for doing something Ðú sorge ne þearft beran on ðínum breóstum, Cd.
hú
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Gé wítgena láre onféngon, hú se líffruma in cildes hád cenned wurde, 335. Ússa yrmða geþenc, hú wé hwearfiað heánlíce, Cri. 371.
níþ
envy ⬩ hatred ⬩ enmity ⬩ rancor ⬩ spite ⬩ ill-will ⬩ jealousy ⬩ action which arises from hatred ⬩ strife ⬩ war ⬩ hostility ⬩ the effect of hatred ⬩ persecution ⬩ trouble ⬩ vexation ⬩ annoyance ⬩ affliction ⬩ tribulation ⬩ grief ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice
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Hé slóh hildebille ðæt hit on heafolan stód níþe genýded he smote with his battle-blade, that, forced on by hate, it stuck in the (dragon's) head, Beo. Th. 5353; B. 2680.
FÆÐM
the embracing arms ⬩ brachia amplexa, circumdăta ⬩ A lap, bosom, breast ⬩ quicquid complectĭtur vel comprehendit alĭquid, sĭnus, grĕmium, interna, pectus ⬩ FATHOM = six feet ⬩ spătium utriusque brachii extensiōne contentum ⬩ An embrace, protection ⬩ amplexus, complexus, protectio ⬩ Grasp, power ⬩ pŏtestas, dĭtio ⬩ An expanse, abyss, deep ⬩ expansum, tractus, superfĭcies, abyssus, profundum
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Hæfde wederwolcen wídum fæðmum eorþan and upródor gedǽled the storm-cloud had divided with wide embraces the earth and firmament above, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 14; Exod. 75. Hwá mec bregde of brimes fæðmum who drew me from the embrace of ocean?