gearwian
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Georwigað (gearuas, L.) ús eóstru ꝥte wé ete, 22, 8. to bring to completion or maturity Se háta sumor drýgþ and gearwaþ sǽd and bléda, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 15. <b>III a.
hærfest
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Hé saet on þám biscopríce ealne þone sumor and þone hærfest, 1048 ; P. 172, 14. Herfest, 1006; P. 136, 16. <b>I a.</b> as s Swá nú lencten and hærfest, on lencten hit gréwð, and on hærfest hit fealwað, Bt. 21 ; F. 74, 22.
hleóþor
a sound ⬩ noise ⬩ voice
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Ðeáh ðe . . . ánra gehwylc . . . hæbbe gyldene býman on múðe, and ealra býmena gehwylc hæbbe .xii. hleóðor, and hleóðra gehwylc sý heofone heárre and helle deópre, ðonne géna ðæs hálgan cantices se gyldena organ hé hý ealle ofer-hleóðeð, Sal.
lof
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Andrew at the same time praising him, An. 991. Lofum laudibus, i. preconiis (uir-ginitatis), An.
leás
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( Satan ), Sat. 727. Sió óðru wyrd is leás and beswícþ ealle hire geféran illa fortuna fallit Bt. 20 ; F. 70, 33. Fram leásum áþume geypt a pellaci genero proditus An. Ox. 2377. Leásum perfido (fratre ), 5068.
niht
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Niht bið wedera þeóstrost, Sal. 310. Tó (on) middre nihte medio tempore noctis, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 9, 17. On wanre niht, B. 702. On nieht, Past. 365, 16. Wintercealdan niht, An. 1267. <b>I a.
Wætlinga-strǽt
Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.
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On Weaclinga strǽt ( the place is the same as in the first passage given ), 213, 22. Ðonne on gerihte tó Bedanforda, ðonne up on Úsan óð Wætlinga strǽt, L. A. G. 1;Th. i. 152, 10. Hé com ofer Wæclinga strǽte, Chr. 1013;Erl. 148, 6.
Linked entry: Erming-strǽt
ǽmettig
empty, void, vacant ⬩ devoid, void of, free from ⬩ unoccupied, at leisure, exempt from ⬩ free to do ⬩ unmarried
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Martha swanc, and Maria sæt ǽmtig, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 1. Se ǽmettega (ǽmetiga, Hatt. MS.) Past. 190, 18. Ðonne hig bysega nabbon and ǽmtige synd, R. Ben. 84, 19. Swá hié ǽmettegran (ǽmetegran, Hatt.
heals-fang
'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.' ⬩ embracing ⬩ to embrace
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A term occurring in the laws which Thorpe thus defines: 'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.'
searu-þanc
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Saga sóðcwidum, searoþoncum, gleáwwordum wísfæst, hwæt ðis gewǽdu sý, Exon. Th. 418, 3; Rä. 36, 13. Se wítga, snottor searuþancum, Elen. Kmbl. 2377; El. 1190.
twǽming
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Úre Drihten forbeád ða yfelan twǽmincge betwux twám ǽwum, ii. 322, 32. separation, distinction Hé cwæð 'ðæs lifigendan Godes' for twǽminge ðæra leásra goda he said 'the living God' to distinguish him from the false gods, Homl. Th. i. 366, 19
waru
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Ða gelamp hit æt sumum sǽle, swá swá gyt for oft déð, ðæt Englisce cýpmenn bróhton heora ware tó Rómána byrig, and Gregorius eode be ðære strǽt tó ðám Engliscum mannum heora ðing sceáwigende.
fiht-wíte
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Ælfwine abbod intó Ramesége saca and sócna . . . fihtwíte and ferdwíte, 421, 31: 411, 31
for-leósan
to lose ⬩ to destroy
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Titus sǽde þæt hé þone dæg forlure þe hé nóht tó góde on ne gedyde, Chr. 81; P. 8, 8. with dat. (inst.) Hé nǽfre forlýst ðám leánum, Bt. 36, 7; F. 184, 25. Forliést, 37, 2; F. 188, 25. Hé dóme forleás, B. 1470. Þæt hé elne forleóse, Gn. Ex. 188.
ge-sceádlíce
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Gescádlíce, 328, 18. rationally, in accordance with reason Ic þé náuht ne dwelode, ac sǽde ðé swiþe lang spell swiþe gesceádlíce be Gode, Bt. 35, 5 ; F. 166, 2
tál
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Þá sǽde se deófol him hospword, and mid manegum tálum hine týnde, ac hé næs gestirod for his leásum tálum, Hml. S. 31, 725. Sé ðe forlǽt bysmorlíce spellunga and tálu, Hml. Th. i. 306, 2. add: <b>II a.
word
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Þá hit mon Agustuse sǽde, þá herede hé þá ofermétto . . . Raþe þæs Rómáne anguldon þæs wordes mid miclum hungre, Ors. 6, l; S. 254, 15.
CEORL
CHURL, countryman, husbandman ⬩ homo liber, rusticus, colonus ⬩ a man, husband ⬩ vir, maritus ⬩ a free man
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Ðú hæfdest fíf ceorlas thow hast had five husbands, 4, 18. a free man, as opposed to þeów, and to þrǽl a slave; or as opposed to þegen a thane or nobleman, as we say, 'gentle or simple:' — We witan ðæt, þurh Godes gyfe, þrǽl wearþ to þegene, and ceorl
Linked entry: ciorl
DEÁD
DEAD ⬩ mortuus
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Deáde of duste arísaþ þurh Drihtnes miht the dead shall rise from the dust through power of God, Cd. 227; Th. 302, 24; Sat. 605: Exon. 25 a; Th. 72, 30; Cri. 1180. Hí ǽton deádra lác manducavērunt sacrifĭcia mortuōrum, Ps. Th. 105, 22: Mt.
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fæsten
a fast, fasting ⬩ jējūnium ⬩ a fastness, fortress, bulwark, place of strength, a castle, wall ⬩ mūnīmentum, arx, castellum ⬩ an inclosed place, cloister ⬩ claustrum
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Twá dæglíc fæsten oððe þreó dæglíc is genóh to healdenne bĭduānum vel trĭduānum sat est observāre jējūnium, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 8.