un-brocheard
Tender ⬩ delicate
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Hwí ne niiht ðú ongitan, ðætte ǽlc wuht cwices biþ innanweard hnescost and unbrocheardost quid, quod mollissimum quodque, sicuti medulla est, interiore semper sede reconditur? Bt. 34, 10; Fox 150, 6
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wóh-ceápung
The fine
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The fine to be paid for trading contrary to the regulations of a market Gewóhceápung, ge ǽlc ðæra wónessa ðe tó ǽnigre bóte gebyrie, ðæt hit áge healf ðære cyrcean hláford, swá swá hit mon tó ceápstówe gesette, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 143, 22
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ceorlian
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Hit riht nis þæt wíf ceorlige oftur þonne ǽne. Wlfst. 305, 2. Heó hraðor wolde sweltan þonne ceorlian, Hml. S. 7, 303. Add
wildan
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Sélre him his ǽfre of folgoðe ðonne on, gyf hine magan wyldan ðá ðe hé scolde wealdan, Angl. ix. 260, 26-31. Add
út-lagian
To outlaw ⬩ banish ⬩ proscribe
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Wið ðam ðe hí ǽfre ǽlcne Denisc[n]e cyning útlagede of Englalande gecwǽdon, 1014; Erl. 150, 15
heáfod
HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.
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Ðá cóman ðyder tu wild deór and heóldan ðone líchoman óðer æt ðǽm heáfðum óðer æt ðǽm fótum then came thither two wild beasts and guarded the body, one at the head, the other at the feet, Shrn. 83, 25: Rood Kmbl. 126; Kr. 63. Heáfdan, Blickl.
ge-tácnian
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Cwæþ se godspellere, ' Hǽlend cóm syx dagum ǽr eástrum tó Bethania': on þon is getácnod ꝥ hé cóm on þǽre syxtan ylde on þysne middangeard, Bl.
mann
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Æt men fíftene peningas, æt horse healf swá, 224, 25. Be manna metsunge. Ánan esne gebyreð tó metsunge . . . 436, 25. Wé cwǽdon úrum þeówum mannum, 234, 3.
hlǽfdige
a queen ⬩ Our Lady ⬩ lady
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Ætstód kquén ł hlǽfdige (regina) æt swíðran þínum, Ps. L. 44, 10. Seó sáwul is þæs líchoman hlǽfdige, and heó gewissað þá fíf andgitn swá swá of cynesætle ...
tóþ
A tooth ⬩ tusk
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Æt ðám feówer tóðum fyrestum, æt gehwylcum .vi. scillingas; se tóð se ðanne bí standeþ .iv. scill; se ðe ðonne bí dam standeþ .iii. scill.; and ðonne siþþan gehwilc scilling for knocking out the four front teeth, for each a fine of six shillings: the
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sculan
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Be úre ǽ hé sceal (gedaefnaþ, Lind.) sweltan debet mori, Jn. Skt. 19, 7. Seó cyrice sceal fédan ða ðe æt hire eardiaþ, Blickl. Homl. 41, 27: 47, 21.
in-swán
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The herd who had charge of the lord's swine Ǽlc gebúr sylle .vi. hláfas ðam inswáne ðonne hé his heorde tó mæstene drífe omnis geburus det vi. panes porcario curie quando gregem suum minabit in pastinagium, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 21
mannian
To supply with men ⬩ to garrison
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To supply with men, to garrison Heora ǽlc férde tó his castele and ðone mannoden and metsoden swá hig betst mihton every one of them went to his castle and garrisoned and provisioned it as well as ever they could, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 16
underling
An underling ⬩ a subordinate ⬩ a subject
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An underling, a subordinate, a subject Heó ( the Jews ) syððen ǽfre unwurðe wǽron on heora lífdagen and get synden underlinges, Homl. Ass. 194, 50.
cirice
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Ciric is sácerdes ǽwe, Ll. Th. ii. 334, 23. Beforan ðǽre ciricean dura, Past. 105, 13. On ðæs pápan ciericean, Shrn. 51, 21. On eallum cierecum, 54, 1
ge-fýlan
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Ǽlc hine sylfne on líchaman and on sáwle mid þám hǽþengylde earmlíce gefýlde, Hml. S. 23, 31. Ic þé wille biddan ꝥ deóflu . . . mínne clǽn[n]e líchaman ne gefýlan, Hml. A. 172, 65.
tó-tellan
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Gen. 1, 14); tempus ab aevo ire jubes, Met. 20, 11. Add
ídel-ness
Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ uselessness ⬩ futility ⬩ emptiness ⬩ falseness
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Ðonne hí mid fulle gesceáde ongietaþ ðæt ðæt wæs leás and ídelnes ðæt hí ǽr heóldon cum certo judicio deprehenderint falsa se vacue tenuisse, Past. 58, 1; Swt. 441, 19. Sebastianus cwæþ ðis is swutol gedwyld and leás ýdelnyss, Homl. Skt. 5, 274.
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land-riht
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Áhte ic fela wintra folgaþ tilne holdne hláford óððæt Heorrenda nú leóðcræftig mon londryht geþah ðæt mé eorla hleó ǽr gesealde good service had I for many a winter, a kind lord; until now Heorrenda, a man skilled in song, has received land right; the