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manung

(n.)
Grammar
manung, e; f.

monitionadmonitionadvicea claiming or exaction of debt, tributethe place where toll is demandedthe district in which a power of summoning or exacting is exercisedthe people residing in such a district, and bound to answer his summons

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Nemne man on ǽlces geréfan manunge swá fela manna swá man wite ðæt ungelygne sýn, L. Ath. iv. 1; Th. i. 222, 9.

ge-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lang, -long; adj.

Alongbelongingdependingconsequent

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Gif hit on preóste gelang if it be along of the priest, L. M. I. P. 42; Th. ii. 276, 15 : Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 37. On heofonum sind láre gelonge instruction comes from heaven, Exon. 36 a; Th. 117, 12; Gú. 223.

Linked entries: -lang ge-lenge ge-long

un-besacen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-besacen, adj.

unmolested by litigationnot made the subject of litigationuncontested

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Hió ðæt land hæbben unbesacen wið ǽlce hand ( not liable to suits from any side ) ða hwíle ðe hió lifgean, and gif Ælfw leng sió, ðonne hit hyre unbesacen, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 150, 22-25: L. C. S. 80; Th. i. 420, 21.

bisceop-stól

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Add: a bishop's chair (cf. chair of St. Peter), episcopal authority Cathedra is gereht bisceopstól on Englisc, and se hálga Petrus wæs áhafen on þám dæge on his bisceopstól. Þone stól hé gesæt seofon geár, Hml. S. 10, 4-7.

Linked entry: bisceop-stæf

langsum

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Ox. 3997. dilatory, tardy Hwæt sceall hit swá langsum, efne nú is se tíma, Hml. S. 22, 212. of space relations, lengthy, extended Langsum[um] wrǽda bíum prolixis fasciarum ambagibus An.

metod

(n.)
Grammar
metod, metud, meotud, meotod, es; m.

fatedestinydeath

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Meotod hæfde miht ðá hé gefestnade foldan sceátas, Cd. 213; Th. 265, 3; Sat. 2. Meotod mancynnes, 223; Th. 293, 22; Sat. 459. Meotod alwihta, 228; Th. 308, 24; Sat. 697. Mægencyninga meotod, Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 29; Cri. 943

un-lǽd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lǽd, -lǽde; adj.

poormiserableunhappyunfortunatepoormiserablewretched

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Him mæg eádig eorl eáðe geceósan mildne hláford; ne mæg dón unlǽde swá, 784; Sal. 391.

Linked entries: -lǽde lǽd

æppel

(n.)
Grammar
æppel, nom. ac. pl. æp(p)la, ap(p)la, æpplas (apples of eye); gen. pl. appla, æpplena; m.: appla (-u, v. finger-æppel), æppel (? æppel mala, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 40); n.

an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple)an apple-shaped objectan eye-ball

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Cnuca tósomne ðám gelíce ðe ðú ánne æppel wyrce, Lch. i. 250, 10. an eye-ball :-- Gif se æppel léf biþ, Bt. 38, 5; F. 204, 29. Se óðer æppel wæs geémtigod, and se óðer hangode gehál æt his hleóre, Hml. S. 21, 280.

ge-scendan

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Ne wilnige ná beón ðingere for óðerra scylde, ðe bið mid his ágenum gescinded (quem crimen depravat proprium), Past. 63, 21.

wandian

(v.)
Grammar
wandian, p. ode.
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Se wilnaþ suíður ðæt mon lufge sóðfæsðnesse ðonne hine selfne, se ðe wilnaþ ðæt mon nánre ryhtwísnesse fore him ne wandige ille se ipso amplius veri*-*tatem desiderat amari, qui sibi a nullo vult contra veritatem parci, Past. 19; Swt. 145, 17. with a

Linked entries: ge-wand á-wandian

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willingwill, purpose, design, commandwill, determination, resolutionintention, purpose, desire to actwill, desire, wishpleasure, delightwill, dispositionwill, accord, consent, pleasureGer. meinetwillenwill, one's own way

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Se willa ðæs líchoman voluptas carnis . Bd. l, 27; S. 493, 19, 21. Ðá cwæþ hé: ‘Mé bið willa gif ðú miht’ mnllnm delector, si potes, 5, 3; S. 616, 30 note. Se yfela willa unrihthǽmedes voluptas Bt. 31, 2; Fox 112, 24: Met. 18, 2.

sorgian

(v.)
Grammar
sorgian, sorhgian (and sorgan, v. pres. part. sorgende); p. ode,

to carebe anxiousfeel anxiety or careabsoluteto sorrowgrievebe sorry for, on absoluteto be anxious; to sorrow

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Sume ofer sorgiende (dolentes) gewiton, Bd. 1, 15; S. 484, 7. Him sorgendum sár óðclífeþ, Exon. Th. 77, 35; Cri. 1267

þǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr, þár, þára; adv.
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Geðence hé ðæt hé biþ self suíðe gelíc ðám ilcan monnum ðe hé ðǽr ðreátaþ, Past. 17; Swt. 117, 16 : 54; Swt. 425, 22 : 12; Swt. 75, 13 (but see note on the last passage).

Linked entry: þár

EORL

(n.)
Grammar
EORL, es; m. I. an Anglo-Saxon nobleman of high rank, the yarl of the Danes, about the same as an ealdorman. He who was in early times styled ealdorman, was afterwards denominated

an earl cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis

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hádum, ge ceorle ge eorle so also we ordain for all degrees, whether to churl or earl, L.

Linked entries: ealdor-man eorl-dóm

stingan

(v.)
Grammar
stingan, p. stang, pl, stungon ;
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Se lǽce his seax hwæt, ǽrðonðe hé stingan wille, Past. 26 ; Swt. 187, 6. Se cásere hine hét stingan mid írenum gyrdum, Shrn. 115, 24. Stingaþ hyne mid sáre on his eágan, L. E. I. prm. ; Th. ii. 398, 19

á-scirian

(v.)
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Þá áscyredan privatam, i. singularem, 361. to cut off from association, to hold aloof þe hine áscyrede for þyssere scearpnysse fram ús, Hml. S. 11, 167.

beótian

(v.)

to threatento threatento threaten witha weapona penalty, to promise

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H. 33, 27. with dat. of person Þám þe se deáð tó beótað quibus mors inminet, Bd. i. 27; Sch. 80 I., Ongan se seóca man swíðlíce beótian tó him coepit ille vehementer inntinere, Gr. D. 314, 8. Héo wæs beótigende tó þám cui' minatus est, 80, 29.

tóþ

(n.)
Grammar
tóþ, gen. tóþes; dat. téþ, inst. tóþe; pl. toeð, téþ, and tóþas; m.

A toothtusk

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Hié (walruses; so Icel. tönn is used of walrus-tusk) habbaþ swíþe æþele bán on hiora tóðum; ða téð hié brohton sume ðæm cyninge. Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 1. Hé tóðum gristbitaþ stridet dentibus, Mk. Skt. 9, 18.

Linked entry: fóre-téþ

DRÍFAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRÍFAN, drýfan,ic drífe , ðú drífest , drífst , he drífeþ , drífþ , dríft , pl. drífaþ; p. ic, he dráf, ðú drife, pl. drifon, dreofon; pp. drifen .

DRIVE, force, pursue pellĕre, mināre, impellĕre, persĕqui To drive, rush with violence ruĕre

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Us drífaþ ða ællreordan to the barbarians drive us to sea, Bd. 1, 13; S. 481, 44: Beo. Th. 5609; B. 2808.

líc-hama

(n.)
Grammar
líc-hama, an; m.

The bodythe corporeal

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Hí tú beóþ in ánum líchoman erant duo in carne una, Bd. i, 27; S. 491, 14. Hé wæs álǽded of líchaman raptus est e corpore, 3, 19; S. 547, 33: 4, 3; S. 569, 46.