ýtan
To put out ⬩ to put out a person from a place, expel, banish ⬩ to put out a thing from one's possession, alienate, give away
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To put out, to put out a person from a place, expel, banish Hér man ýtte út Ælfgár eorl, ac hé com sóna inn ongeán þurh Gryffines fultum, Chr. 1058; Erl. 192, 35. to put out a thing from one's possession, alienate, give away Hé ná mynstres ǽhta ne ýte
riht
that which is straight or erect, a plumb line ⬩ that which is straight in a metaphorical sense, right, law, canon, rule ⬩ what is in accordance with law, human or divine, what is just or proper, right, justice, equity ⬩ what is just in the case of a criminal, just punishment, justice ⬩ what properly belongs to a person, what may justly be claimed, a right, due ⬩ what is due from a person, duty ⬩ what agrees with a proper standard, what is correct or exact, the rights of a case, the truth ⬩ an account, a reckoning; ⬩ ratio, mostly in such phrases as - riht ágildan - to render an account
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On riht:-- Healdan Godes ǽwe on riht, a-right, by rights, according to what is just or proper 45, 9, 22. Ðære cyrican on riht þeówian, 49, 4. Nis eów forboden ðætte ǽhta habban, gif gé ða on riht strénaþ, 53, 28.
mægen-fæst
Strong ⬩ vigorous ⬩ firm
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Ǽlc líchamlíce gesceaft ðe eorþe ácenþ is fulre and mægenfæstre on fullum mónan ðonne on gewanedum every bodily creature that earth produces is more complete and more vigorous at the full moon than when the moon has waned, Homl. Th. i. 102, 21
mecgan
To stir ⬩ mix
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Nime ðat dust and mæcige mid ðan æge take the dust and stir it up with the egg, 126, 19. Streám sceal mecgan mereflóde the river shall stir up (as it pours in) or mix with, the ocean, Menol. Fox 507; Gn. C. 24
Linked entry: mæcige
strútian
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Menn ðæs wundrodon, hú ða weargas hangodon, sum on hlǽddre, sum leát tó gedelfe, and ǽlc on his weorce wæs fæste gebunden, Swt. A. S. Prim. 87, 177
þyrelian
to make a hole through ⬩ pierce through ⬩ perforate ⬩ to make hollow ⬩ to make vain
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to make a hole through, pierce through, perforate Þirlie his hláford his eáre mid ánum ǽle dominus perforabit aurem ejus subula, Ex. 21, 6. Þirlige, Lev. 25, 10. to make hollow; fig. to make vain Áídlie ł þyrlie obunco (?
Linked entry: þyrlian
un-forsceáwodlíce
unexpectedly ⬩ without forethought ⬩ without consideration
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Gif hé hit ǽne and unforsceáwodlíce gedyde si semel et inconsiderate fecerit, L. Ecg. C. 39; Th. ii. 164, 24
Linked entry: fore-sceáwodlíce
un-brygd
A not unfair turn ⬩ fair dealing
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Swá ic hit hæbbe, swá hit se sealde, ðe tó syllanne áhte, unbrýde and unforboden, and ic hit ágnian wille tó ǽgenre ǽhte so I have it, as he gave it, who had the right to give, without fraud and unforbidden, and I mean to possess it as my own property
cnósl
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Hig ǽton Jacobes cnósel comederunt Jacob, Ps. L. 78, 7. Add
cyssan
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Ǽlc þára manna þe óðerne swíðe lufað, hine lyst bet cyssan ðonne óðerne on bær líc, þonne þér þǽr cláðas betweóna beóð, Shrn. 185, 31. Sylle heom eallum cyssan bóc, Ll. Th. i. 226, 25. Cyssende handa osculans manus, Angl. xiii. 416, 730. Add
týdrung
propagation ⬩ a branch
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Ic ongite ðæt ǽlc gesceaft willnaþ simle tó biónne; ðæt is swíþe swital on ðære týdrunge. Bt. 34, 12; Fox 152, 25. Cf. (?) Þis woreld ebbeð þenne hit þat tuderinde wiðteoð withholds its productivity, O.E.
Linked entry: tyddrung
slápol
Addicted to sleep ⬩ somnolent
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Tó ðám Godes weorce árísende, heora ǽlc ððerne myngige, ðæt ða slápule (-an, MS. F.) náne láde næbben, R. Ben. 47, 17. Hana ða slápolan þreáþ, Hymn. Surt. 7, 1
ge-éfstan
to get by hastening ⬩ to strive after
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Voc. ii. 65, 78. to strive after Ꝥ án wæs swíðost fram heom eallum geefst, ꝥ heora ǽlc wǽre on líchaman deád and on gáste libbende the one most earnest endeavour of all was to be dead in the body and living in the spirit, Hml. S. 23 b, 90
FRIÞ
Peace ⬩ freedom from molestation ⬩ security guaranteed by law to those under special protection ⬩ agreement ⬩ truce ⬩ league ⬩ pax ⬩ tūtēla ⬩ refŭgium
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Icel. fyrirgöra fé ok friði = to be outlawed]: agreement, truce, league; pax, tūtēla, refŭgium Ðæt ðú wille niman friþ æt us: we willaþ eów friþes healdan that thou will accept peace from us: we will keep peace with you, Byrht.
hreðer
Breast ⬩ bosom
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Æt helle duru dracan eardigaþ háte on hreðre at hell's door dwell dragons that send fire from within [firedrakes ], Cd. 215; Th. 271, 1; Sat. 99. Baðu hát on hreðre hot baths, Exon. 124 b; Th. 478, 16; Ruin. 42; Beo. Th. 6287; B. 3148.
hwearfian
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ roll about ⬩ revolve ⬩ wander ⬩ move ⬩ toss about
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Ǽlc gesceaft hwearfaþ on hire selfre swá swá hweól and tó ðam heó swá hwearfaþ ðæt heó eft cume ðǽr heó ǽr wæs every creature turns on itself as a wheel, and it so turns to the end that it may come again where it was before: repetunt proprios quæque recursus
Linked entry: hreafigende
nægel
the nail of a finger or toe ⬩ a nail ⬩ peg ⬩ an instrument for striking the strings of a harp
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Æt ðám neglum gehwylcum scilling if a thumb-nail come off (from a blow) the bót shall be iii shillings . . . For each finger-nail a shilling (cf. L.
þrúh
Wood or stone hollowed out ⬩ a trough ⬩ pipe ⬩ conduit ⬩ a box ⬩ chest ⬩ a coffin ⬩ sarcophagus ⬩ tomb
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Æt ðære hálgan þrýh sind getíðode heofonlíce lácnunga, 564, 19-31. On eallhwítre ðrýh of marmstáne geworht, Cod. Dip. Knibl. iii. 60, 21. Of ðære stǽnenan þrýh ðe stent wiðinnan, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 22.
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cniht
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Ic geann Æðelwine mínon cnihte ðæs swurdes þe hé mé ǽr sealde, 561, 20. Ic gean Wulmǽre mínum cnihte landes for his gódra gearnunge, Cht. E. 238, 19. Cnihta parasitorum, An. Ox. 4165. <b>II a.
éhtan
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Þá Egyptiscan þe hira ǽr éhton, Ex. 14, 31. Gif ǽnig man Godes ciricgrið ábrece . . . éhte his ǽlc þára þe Godes fréond sí, Ll. Th. i. 340, 8. Ðý lǽs hwelc ðára niéhstena his éhte ( persequatur ) and gefoo, Past. 167, 4.