DEÓFOL
DEVIL ⬩ diabŏlus
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mǽran engle, ðone ðe nú is deófol; ac God ne gesceóp hine ná to deófle; ac ðá ðá he wæs mid ealle fordón and forscyldgod þurh ða miclan upahefednysse and wiðerweardnysse, ðá wearþ he to deófle awend, se ðe ǽr wæs mǽre engel geworht now many a man will think
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DÓGOR
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Ðys dógor ðú geþyld hafa weána gehwylces do thou have patience this day for every woe, Beo. Th. 2794; B. 1395. Ðý dógore in that day, 3599; B. 1797: Judth. 9; Thw. 21, l0; Jud. 12. Uferan dógore at a later day, Past. 38, 8; Hat.
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FRIGNAN
To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ sciscĭtāri
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Gif ðeós cwén úsic frigneþ ymb ðæt treó if this queen asks us about the tree, Elen. Kmbl. 1065; El. 534. Frægn gif him wǽre niht getǽse he asked if he had had an easy night, Beo. Th. 2643; B. 1319.
FRÓD
wise ⬩ prudent ⬩ sage ⬩ skilful ⬩ săpiens ⬩ prūdens ⬩ sciens ⬩ perītus ⬩ Advanced in years ⬩ aged ⬩ old ⬩ ancient ⬩ ætāte provectus ⬩ sĕnex ⬩ vĕtus ⬩ priscus
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wise, prudent, sage, skilful; săpiens, prūdens, sciens, perītus Þing sceal gehégan fród wið fródne the wise shall hold counsel with the wise, Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 20; Gn. Ex. 19: Menol. Fox 267; Men. 135: Beo.
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GEARO
YARE ⬩ ready ⬩ prepared ⬩ equipped ⬩ complete ⬩ promptus ⬩ părātus ⬩ instructus ⬩ perfectus
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Ealle þing synt gearwe omuia sunt părāta, Mt. Bos. 22, 4. Ða flotan stódon gearowe wícinga fela the pirates stood ready, many Vikings, Byrht. Th. 133, 59; By. 72 : 134, 47; By. 100. Searwum gearwe equipped with arms, Beo. Th. 3631; B. 1813.
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hengen
hanging ⬩ that on which any one is hung ⬩ a gibbet ⬩ gallows ⬩ cross ⬩ prison ⬩ confinement ⬩ durance.
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Schmid, p. 609, suggests a connection between this meaning and that given under I. in the following remark: 'Die grammatische Bedeutung des Wortes fürht darauf, dass ursprünglich darunter das Anhängen an einen Block oder das Einspannen in den Stock, als
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ícan
To EKE ⬩ increase ⬩ add to ⬩ augment
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Hwæt is ðis manna ðe íceþ ealdne níð what man is this that adds to ancient hate? Elen. Kmbl. 1806; El. 905. Ýceþ, Exon. 89 a; Th. 335, 9; Gn. Ex. 31.
ildan
To delay ⬩ tarry ⬩ defer ⬩ put off ⬩ postpone ⬩ procrastinate ⬩ connive at ⬩ dissimulate
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Seó hálige cyrice sum þing þurh sceáwunge yldeþ and swá ábireþ and ældeþ ðæt oft ðæt wiðerwearde yfel áberende and yldende beweraþ sancta ecclesia quædam per considerationem dissimulat, atque ita portat et dissimulat, ut sæpe malum quod adversatur portando
ge-setnes
Position, foundation, tradition, an institution, constitution, composition, ordinance, decree, law ⬩ pŏsĭtio, sĭtus, fundātio, trādĭtio, instĭtūtio, constĭtūtio, compŏsĭtio, lex, pactum
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Ða gesetnessa sigora Wealdend lǽt geond ðas mǽran gesceaft mearce healden the Lord of victories permits these constitutions to keep their limits over this great creation, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 141; Met. l1, 75.
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stearc
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Hé wæs swýðe stearc man swá ðæt man ne dorste nán þing ongeán his willan dón, Chr. 1086; Erl. 221, 17, 32: Erl. 222, 21. Hé ða heardheortan ðeóde niid stearcre ðreále and stíðre myngunge tó lífes wege gebígde, Homl.
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un-geweald
impotence ⬩ inability to control ⬩ unintentionally ⬩ not wilfully ⬩ involuntarily
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Gif man unwilles oþþe ungewealdes ǽnig þing misdéð, L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 21.
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fóda
victuals ⬩ provisions ⬩ sustenance ⬩ support
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Th. i. 184, 10. food for a thing, material that increases or strengthens Fóda fýres holt, and fóda wambe mete micel incrementum ignis silua, et incremmlum uentris esca multa, Scint. 56, 17.
for-habban
To abstain ⬩ refrain ⬩ abstinent ⬩ continent ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ to restrain ⬩ keep away ⬩ to keep back ⬩ not to mention ⬩ to restrain ⬩ check ⬩ stop
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S. 31, 1456. to restrain, check, stop, put difficulties in the way of Cum ymb geáres rynu . . . ic þé bidde ꝥ þú þis ne forhæbbe, ac ꝥ þú cume, Hml. S. 23 b, 708. Hí ne mihton forhabban merestreámes mód, ac hé manegum gesceód, Ex. 487.
for-sleán
cut through ⬩ to slay ⬩ kill ⬩ to destroy ⬩ lay waste ⬩ finish ⬩ to rout ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to condemn
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D. 192, 4. to destroy a thing, lay waste: Se wíngeard wæs forslagen (-sleg-, v. l.) and forhergod mid hægle vinea grandine vastata est, Gr. D. 57, 5. to put an end to, finish (?): Forslægenum expletis (cf. expuncta, expleta, Corp. Gl.
ge-mǽnsumian
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Gé wilniað ús þá þing gemǽnsumian (-suman, v.l.) (communicare), I. 25 ; Sch. 55, 7.
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in-gang
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[Þis was his ingang, of his útgang ne cunne wé iett nóht seggon, Chr. 1127; P. 258, 27.] right or permission to enter, the right of a person to enter and remain in a place Æt heldore þǽr fǽge gǽstas æfter swyltcwale sécan onginnað ingong in þæt atule
racu
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Þǽs þing wé cweðað ymbe þǽre eásterlican tíde þe wé þencað mid sóeth;re race geglengan, Angl. viii. 324, 12. Race ordinem, Germ. 395, 34. Þá wísan þe hé þǽr spræc þurh his race and sócne quot sententias quasi per inquisitionem movet, Gr. D. 265, 8.
hám-sócn
Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peace ⬩ the crime of beating or assaulting a person within his own house ⬩ an inroad or attack on one's home ⬩ attack on one's house
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Other passages in the earlier laws and charters are Wé cwǽdon be hámsócnum seðe hit ofer ðis dó ðæt hé þolige ealles ðæs ðe áge and sí on cyninges dóme hwæðer hé líf áge we have ordained respecting 'ham-socns' that he who shall commit it after this forfeit
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hosp
Reproach, opprobrium, contempt, contumely, insult, blasphemy
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Nú tó dæg ic ádyde ðæra Egiptiscra hosp fram eówrum cynne this day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you, Jos. 5, 9. Hǽðenra hosp, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 30; Jud. 215: Exon. 10 b; Th. 11, 16; Cri. 171: 29 a; Th. 88, 22; Cri. 1444.
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corþer
A band ⬩ multitude ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ body ⬩ train ⬩ pomp ⬩ multitudo ⬩ cohors ⬩ copia ⬩ pompa
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Hér Eádgár wæs Engla waldend corþre micelre in this year [A. D. 973] Edgar became ruler of the Angles with much pomp Chr. 973; Erl. 124, 10; Edg. 2. Hí cwómon in ða ceastre corþra mǽste they came to the city with the greatest of companies Elen.