ang-sumnes
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Þæs weges ongin þe tó Críste lǽt ne mæg beón begunnen bútan sumre ancsumnysse (ang-, v. l. ) via salutis non est nisi angusto initio incipienda, R. Ben. 5, 17. Mid hyra anxsumnysse anxietate sua, Scint. 3, 5: Lch. iii. 200, 4.
á-licgan
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Álicgan heonan forð þá unlaga henceforth let there be an end of all bad laws, Ll. Th. i. 312, 13. Þæt on his dagum sceolde rihtwísnes and wísdóm beón swá swíðe álegen ( be brought so low ). Ps. Th. 11. arg.
Linked entry: á-lecgan
be-windan
girdle ⬩ encircle ⬩ surround
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He forðférde, and his lie bewunden læg, Hml. Th. ii. 24, 22. þé God hæfde wære bewunden God had kept thee on every side, An. 535.
butsa-carlas
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['The " butsecarls" stand in the same relation to the "scip-fyrd" that the housecarls occupy towards the " land-fyrd "; i. e. they are the king's standing force, as opposed to the national levies.
byden
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Site on bydene . . . geót on þá bydene, lǽt reócan on, Lch. ii. 76, 22-24: 78, 20. Eleberigan dón on bydene (praelo), Gr. D. 50, 30. Bydno hydriae, Jn. L. 2, 6. Bydena cuparum, An. Ox. 4, 60. Bydenum cupis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 62. Bydena cupas, An.
eahta
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Eahta (ehta, v. l. ) hund míla lang, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 8, 2. Ehta (æhto, L., æhtowe, R.) dagas, Lk. 2, 21. Æfter eahta (æhtuo. L., dæge æhtowum, R.) dagum, Jn. 20, 26. Æfter dagum æhtuu, p. 8, 6. Æhtu óra seulfres, p. 188, 9.
freó-man
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For last passage substitute Hwæt gifest þú me, gásta Waldend, freómanna tó frófre ... ne sealdest þú mé sunu ... Gǽð geréfa mín fægen freóbearnum what freeborn children wilt thou give me, Ruler of spirits, for my comfort? ...
ge-hirwan
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gehyrwdon) háliges láre, Exod. 307. On ðá tiid ðe se biscephád swá gehiered (gehéned, v. l. ) suá huelc swá hine underféng, hé underféng martyrdóm. On ðá tiid wæs to herigeanne ðæt mon wilnode biscephádes, Past. 53, 18.
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ge-leahtrian
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Th. 34, 4. to vitiate, corrupt Gif hine mon leahtorfulne ongit . . . him mon secge þæt hé þanon gewíte, þe lǽs þe hé mid his yrmðe óþre geleahtrige ( ne eius miseria alii vitientur ), R. Ben. 109, 20.
inca
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Ne gedyrstlǽce heora nán ... þæt hé Godes áre gewanige oþþe ǽnigne incan séce, hú heó gewanod weorþe, Lch. iii. 442, 17. a cause of complaint Hyra nán ne gedyrstlǽce þæt hé ... ǽnig ðing áhsige ... þe lǽs þe ǽnig inca (incca, v.l.) geseald sý (ne detur
áþ
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Add Se arcebiscop mid his selfes áþe geáhnode God . . . þá land . . . , and þæne áð nam se scírigman tó þæs cinges handa, and þǽr wæs gód eáca tén hundan mannan þe þane áð sealdan, Cht. Th. 273, 22-31.
up-áhefedness
Elevation ⬩ exaltation ⬩ exultation ⬩ arrogance, pride
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Lamb. 31, 7. arrogance, pride Ðisses mannes (Dives') uncyst and upáhefednys, Homl. Th. i. 328, 22: ii. 560, 20: Homl. Skt. i. 16, 163. Aman wearð gehýnd for his upáhefednysse, Homl. Ass. 101, 322.
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wemman
to spot ⬩ mar ⬩ spoil ⬩ disfigure ⬩ to defile ⬩ pollute ⬩ profane
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Ic háliges láre wordum wemde (I have not given a good account of the saint) Andr. Kmbl. 2958; An. 1482. Wordum wemman to reproach, blame (cf. Goth. ana-wammjan vituperare) Stefn æfter cwom, wordum wemde Andr. Kmbl. 1479; An. 741.
gader-tang
Contiguous, conjoint, in contact or connexion ⬩ continuous
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Voc. ii. 136, 33. of material things Ðá landgemǽro ðæsse búrlandes tó Abbendúne, ðæt is gadertang on þreó genamod, ðæt is Hengestes íg and Seofocanwyrð and Wihthám (i. e. the land lies altogether but it is divided into three parts, each with its own
ham
A dwelling, fold, or enclosed possession.
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'It is so frequently coupled with words implying the presence of water as to render it probable that, like the Friesic hemmen, it denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against the stream, which would otherwise
Bryten
BRITAIN ⬩ Britannia, Cambria
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BRITAIN; Britannia, Cambria Brytene ígland is ehta hund míla lang the island of Britain is eight hundred miles long, Chr. Th. 3, l, col. l: 3, 10, col. I. 3.
of-hreówan
to cause grief or pity ⬩ to feel pity
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Mé ofhreów ðæt hí né cúðon ða godspellícan láre, 2, 22. to feel pity Se mæssepreóst ðæs mannes of hreów. Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 216. lohannes ofhreów ðære méder dreórignysse, Homl. Th. i. 66, 21
of-settan
to beset, press hard, oppress
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Lamb. 21, 13. Feónd úrne ofsete comprime Hymn. Surt. 11, 33. Mid untrumnesse oððe bysegum ofset, R. Ben. 58, 15: 59, 3. Mid weorces geswince ofsette, 63, 17: Homl. Th. ii. 120, 8.
smiðian
To make out of metal or wood, to fashion, forge ⬩ fabricare, cudere
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Gl. 418, 3. [ Brien enne smið funde þe wel cuðe smiðie . . . þe smið gon to smiðeȝe ane pic Laym. 30742-9. Ofte a ful hawur smið smeoðið a ful woc knif A. R. 52, 8. A smith that in his forge smithed plowharneis Chauc. C. T. 3760.
tímlíce
In good time, ⬩ soon
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He wolde timliche him speken wið, Laym. 31369. Bute ȝef þu þe timluker (nisi maturius) ure godes grete, Kath. 2086