cyre-líf
A choice of life, where on decease of a lord, the cultivators choose a lord for themselves; optio vitæ, ubi, mortuo domino, villani sibi dominum eligunt
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vitæ, ubi, mortuo domino, villani sibi dominum eligunt Ic bidde, on Codes naman, and on his háligra, ðæt mínra maga nán ne yrfewearda ne geswence nán nǽnig cyrelíf ðara ðe ic foregeald, and me West-Seaxena wítan to rihte gerehton, ðæt ic hí mót lǽtan swá
gold
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Ealle ðás goldsmiþas secgaþ ðæt hí nǽfre ǽr swá clǽne gold ne swá reád ne gesáwon all these goldsmiths say that they never before saw such pure and such red gold, Homl. Th. i. 64, 9.
ge-niðerian
To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn
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Ðurh Cristes sige ealle hálige wǽron gefreólsode; swá ðonne beóþ ða synfullan genyðerade mid heora ordfruman swá he genyðerad wearþ through Christ's victory all holy people were set free; so then the sinful shall be subdued with their chief as he was
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sundor
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Swá monig beóþ men ofer eorþan, swá beóþ módgeþoncas; ǽlc him hafaþ sundor sefan (sundor-sefan?), 344, 5; Gn. Ex. 169. Heó wile gesécan sundor ǽghwylcne feorhberendra, 420, 18; Rä. 40, 5: Salm.
á-lǽdan
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Ox. 3335. to bear off; carry off an object Swá hwæt swá hí ( two ravens ) mihton gegrípan, hí þæt woldon onweg álǽdan, Guth. 50, 24. Ealle þá scipu þe hié álǽdan ne mehton hié tóbrǽcon, Chr. 896; P. 89, 20.
cúþ
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Nis nǽnigum men nánwiht swá cúð swá hé sceal deáð þrowian, Sal. K. 188, 3-5. Be ongytenesse þǽre cúþan eástortíde de agnitione certa temporis paschalis, Bd. 5, 22; Sch. 684, 20. Cúþum experto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 22: An. Ox. 2488.
folc-lic
public ⬩ national ⬩ common ⬩ general ⬩ public ⬩ plebeian ⬩ common ⬩ common ⬩ populous
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Án his þeówa his gesíða wæs. . . and samod hí gereordoden swá swá gelican. Þreo geár hé férde mid þám folclicum cempum, Hml.
hálgung
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<b>I b β</b>. consecration of the Eucharistic elements, v. hálgian ; <b>II b β</b> :-- Micel is seó hálsung and mǽre is seó hálgung þe deófla áfyrsað . . . swá oft swá man fullað oþþe húsel hálgað, Ll.
guma
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Hé weóld ealles þisses middangeardes, swá swá . . . gársecg embegyrt gumena ríce, secga sitlu, Met. 9, 41. Metod weóld gumena cynnes, B. 1058: An. 582. Hæleða leófost gumena cynnes, Gú. 1177.
hentan
to seize ⬩ take ⬩ to arrest ⬩ to capture ⬩ strike ⬩ to try to get
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S 35, 280. to take and carry off Ágeóte man heora blód on ðá eorðan, and swá hwá swá þæs blódes hent and him tó mete macað, hé losað of his folce, E. S. viii. 62, 39. to get at with a blow, strike with a weapon Dioclitianus hét hine (St.
þing
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Add Hi wundrodon hwæt ꝥ þing (hwæt ꝥ þinga, v.l. ) wǽre ꝥ hé swá tóswollen htáfod hæfde, Gr. D. 22, 18.
á-drýgan
to dry up ⬩ to extract the moisture from material ⬩ to dry up a fluid ⬩ to dry up moisture on material, wipe off ⬩ to dry material on which there is moisture, wipe dry
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Swá swá treówu swíður ádrýgde bióð on eorðan quo plus in infimis humor excoquitur, Past. 445, 3. to dry up a fluid Ðú ádrýgdes exsiccasti flódas, Ps. Srt. 73, 15. Hé ðone Reádan Sǽ ádrígde, Ors. 1, 7; S. 38, 29.
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wild-deór
A wild animal ⬩ wild beast
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Swá hwæt swá wilddeór ábiton, Gen. 31, 39: 37, 20. Wildeór, Blickl. Homl. 95, 16 : Ex. 22, 13. Wildeór bestiae agri, 23, II. Ealra wuda wildeór omnes ferae sylvarum Ps. Th. 49, Ii : 103, 19. Wilddeóra ferarum Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 32.
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on-sundrum
separately, severally, separated one from the other, apart ⬩ in retirement from others, apart ⬩ making distinction from others, especially
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Uton biddan onsundron æt Gode, ic æt mínum Gode . . . and gé eác swá dón let each pray severally to his own God, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 107. Ðá ná gestód hé ná ǽlcne onsundran ( each separately ), 23, 177.
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styrian
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Swá bióþ módsefan of hiora stede styrede, Met. 7, 25
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un-ágen
Not one's own ⬩ not in a person's possession or under his control
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Hié sculon suá micle éstelícor dǽlan suá hié ongietaþ ðæt him lǽnre and unágenre bið ðæt hié ðǽr dǽlaþ tanto humiliter praebeant, quanto aliena esse intelligunt, quae dispensant, Past. 44; Swt. 321, 9
un-gerisenlíce
In an unsuitable, unseemly or unbecoming manner ⬩ with indignity ⬩ dishonourably ⬩ basely
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For ðæte gewilnunga woroldgielpes hé onlýtt ungerisenlíce tó ðissum eorðlícum, suá ðæt neát for gífernesse onlýt tó ðære eorðan, Past. 21; Swt. 157, 2.
luf-sum
Amiable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ lovable
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Amiable, pleasant, lovable Lufsum swǽ Rahel amabilis ut Rachel, Rtl. 109, 37. Lufsum and líðe leófum monnum amiable and kind to the men that are dear to him, Exon. 21 a; Th. 57, 5; Cri. 914: 96 a; Th. 357, 21; Pa. 32
ge-gyltan
To become guilty ⬩ to offend ⬩ sin ⬩ peccāre
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To become guilty, to offend, sin; peccāre Ðeáh ðe he self gegyltan ne meahte although he himself could not sin, Past. 49; Swt. 385; 17; Hat. MS. Ðeáh ðe hwá gegylte though any one become guilty, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 44
sundor-nytt
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MS.) per officium diversa sunt, Past. 34. 3; Swt. 232, 4. Hæfde Hróðgár seleweard áseted; sundernytte beheóld ymb aldor Dena, eóten weard ábeád, Beo. Th. 1339; B. 667. v. preceding word