for-cuman
to seize ⬩ get hold of ⬩ to overcome ⬩ conquer ⬩ to consume ⬩ destroy ⬩ to reject
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L. 21, 26. to reject Forcuóm (-cóm, R.) ł fordráf exprobrauit, Mk. L. 16, 14. Stán forcuómon lapidem reprobauerunt, 12, 10: Lk. L. 20, 17, Forcuma from ældum reprobari a senioribus, Mk. L. R. 8, 31. Forcumman from aldum, Lk. L. 9, 22.
for-faran
To perish ⬩ To destroy ⬩ to blockade
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Cóm strang wind tó swá ꝥ hí wǽron ealle forfarene búton feówer, Chr. 1050; P. 169, 27. the object a thing Timbrunge forfarene muri consumti, An.
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bredan
to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck; ⬩ plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere ⬩ to change, vary, transform; ⬩ vertere, variare, transformare
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Ic brede me max plecto mihi retia, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 13. Beadohrægl broden on breóstum læg the armour [lit. war-garment] joined together lay on my breast, Beo. Th. 1108; B. 552: 3100; B. 1548.
on-sittan
to occupy ⬩ to oppress (cf. colloquial to sit on a person) ⬩ to fear (taking like ondrǽdan a reflexive dative)
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Ðó þré acres ðe hé onsit, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 259, 20. Ðone hagan ðe hé sylf onsæt, 39, 13. Hit wæs his lǽn ðæt hé onsǽte, Chart. Th. 173, 5. Onsite sǽnacan, Exon.
fóre-steppan
To step or come before ⬩ to prevent ⬩ go before ⬩ precede ⬩ prægrĕdi ⬩ prævĕnīre ⬩ antĭcĭpāre ⬩ præcēdĕre
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To step or come before, to prevent, go before, precede; prægrĕdi, prævĕnīre, antĭcĭpāre, præcēdĕre Mín God fórscýt [MS. forscytte] oððe fórestepþ me Deus meus prævĕniet me, Ps. Lamb. 58, 11.
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dæg-réd
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Se cocc hlúdor singð on úhtan ðonne on dægred, Past. 461, 2. On dægred siþþan hit frumlýhte, Bl. H. 207, 35. On þæt dægred sylf, Jud. 204
fót-cops
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'Ne binde þé seó racenteág' ... hé tóbræc þone fótcops (-cosp, v.l.) eamdem compedem solvit, Gr. D. 214, 13. Fótcopsas conpedes, Scint. 190, 6: Hml, S. 21, 173. Fótcopsas nervi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 25.
geond-smeágan
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Corp. Gl. H. 48, 211. This explains the mistake in Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 36 enixe geondsmeád oððe geornlíce; geondsmeád belongs to enucleata, which has s
fæst
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</b> of a place that can be shut up :-- Wunion ealle an ánre fæstre wununge omnes in uno conclaui (cf. conclaus, locus conclusus, Corp. Gl. H. 35, 683) atrii, Chrd. 54, 33
locc
a hair ⬩ a curl ⬩ ringlet
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The hair of the head, a hair, a lock of hair, a curl, ringlet Comatus se ðe hæfþ loccas, coma is locc, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 45, 9. Locc unscoren coma vel cirrus, Wrt. Voc. 42, 45. Locc uncinus, 42, 48.
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wealdend
one who exercises power over persons or things, ⬩ a controller ⬩ master ⬩ one who exercises dominion ⬩ a ruler ⬩ governor ⬩ sovereign ⬩ applied to the Deity ⬩ a possessor ⬩ master ⬩ lord
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Wealdendras imperatores, Scint. 215, 9, Ealdormen and þeóde wealdendras, Cod. Dip.
ge-mót
A meeting, coming together, MOOT, assembly, council ⬩ conventus, congregatio, concursus ⬩ Concĭlium, Conventus, Synŏdus, Synŏdāle concĭliābŭlum,
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On gemót cuman to come to the assembly, Elen. Kmbl. 558; El. 279. Gif hwá gemót forsitte if any one fail to attend the 'gemot,' L. Athelst. 20; Th. i. 208, 26.
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sacu
strife, contention, dissension, sedition, dispute ⬩ distress, trouble, affliction, persecution ⬩ crime, guilt ⬩ a contention at law, a suit, cause, action
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H. i. 184, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. xliii sqq., Grmm. R. A. 854 sq
geáp
C
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Sax. corn corn, Goth. karn, Icel. korn; A; Sax. ceósan to choose, Goth. kiusan, Icel. kjósa. As a medial and final letter c corresponds to the Gothic and Icelandic k, — thus A. Sax. æcer a field, Goth. akrs, Icel. akr; A.
rípan
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Ða hié heora corn ripon, Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 188, 27. Gif wé eów ða gástlícan sǽd sáwaþ, hwónlíc biþ ðæt wé eówere flǽslícan þing rípon, Homl. Th. ii. 534, 27. On ðám man ne mæg náðer ne erian ne rípan, Gen. 45, 6
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swinge
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Sunu mín ne ágiémeleása ðú Godes suingan (swingan, Cote. MSS.) fili mi, noli negligere disciplinam Domini, Swt. 253, 2. Ic neósiu in swingum (verberibus) synne heara, Ps. Surt. 88, 33
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hát
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Hátum bryne torrido (coe*-*nobialis vitae) rigore, An. Ox. 2705. Þæt mé sorgna is hátost on hreðre, Gú. 993
hreác-copp
macoli summitas ⬩ caput macholi ⬩ firma ad macholum faciendum
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Thorpe in explanation of the passage quotes the following from Spelman 'Habetur macholum pro ipsa frugum seu garborum strue, quam hodie dicimus.' a reack or stack of corn. 'Hujus olim ad constructionem epulari solebant agricolæ et messores.'
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un-fæstrǽd
Infirm of purpose ⬩ inconstant ⬩ unstable ⬩ weak
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Ðá ongon hé ǽresð herigean on him ðæt ðæt hé fæsðrǽdes wiste and sóna æfter ðon suíðe líðelíce hierd[d]e ða ðe hé unfæsðráde (unfæstrǽdes, Cott.