meord
Reward ⬩ pay
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Reward, pay Byþ ðé meorð wið God, Andr. Kmbl. 550; An. 275. Meard premium, Rtl. 165, 5. Leán ł meard (mearda, pl. Lind.) merces, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 12. Leán ł mearde mercedem, 6, 2; (meard, Lind.), 10, 41.
on-bídan
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Hér sceolon hí onbídan, Soul Kmbl. 121; Seel. 61. to wait for, expect, with gen. Ic uncres gedáles onbád, 75; Seel. 37. Ic ðín onbád, Ps. Th. 118, 116. Gif wífes wer sig on hæftnýde gelǽded, onbýde ( expectet ) heo his .vi. winter, L. Ecg.
ge-þýdan
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Wit sceoldan beón tosamne geþýdde we had to be joined together, Shrn. 39, 19. He wæs Gúþláce neáh geþýded he was nearly associated to Guthlac, 47 a; Th. 162, 6; Gú. 971
Linked entry: ge-þeódan
steáp
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Nalles wín druncon scír of steápe, Met. 8, 21. Dó steáp fulne wínes tó wóse. Lchdm. ii. 18, 4. Gif man óðrum steóp ásette ðǽr mæn drincen ágelde vi. scill. ðam ðe man ðone steáp áset if a man remove(?)
un-sýfre
Impure ⬩ unclean ⬩ foul
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Wíc unsýfre ( a prison ), Andr. Kmbl. 2622; An. 1312. Unsýfra olidarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 15. moral Forhwan ðú ðæt selegescot, ðæt ic mé on ðé gehálgode, þurh firenlustas fúle synne unsýfre ( or adv.? Cf. O. H.
Linked entry: sýfre
wagian
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Wið tóþa sáre and gyf hý wagegen (wagigan, wagion, v. ll. ). Lchdm. i. 126, 15
Linked entry: wagung
wine-dryhten
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Hié winedrihten wiht ne lógon, glædne Hróðgár, ac wæs ðæt gód cyning, Beo. Th. 1728 ; B. 862. Hié wíscton and ne wéndon, ðæt hié heora winedrihten selfne gesáwon, 3213; B. 1604: Byrht. Th. 139, 3: By. 248
á-licgan
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Ful oft þǽr wíg ne álæg rarely did war cease, Vid. 119. Symbel ne álégon feasts never failed, Reim. 5. Álicgan heonan forð þá unlaga henceforth let there be an end of all bad laws, Ll. Th. i. 312, 13.
Linked entry: á-lecgan
be-hwerfan
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Th. i. 540, 3. to exchange, change for Hé ealle his ǽhta behwyrfde wið ánum gyldenum wecge, Hml. Th. i. 394, 12. Úre unclǽnan weorc wé sceolon behwyrfan mid clænum, 138, 29
camp-dóm
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Mannes líf is campdóm ofer eorðan (militia est vita hominis super terram), for ðan þe ǽlc . . . bið on gewinne wið ðone deófol, Hml. Th. ii. 454, 26: i. 418, 9 : Hml. S. 23, 86. Campdómes militiae, An. Ox. 868: 750.
morgen-gifu
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Ic gean into Ǽlíg . . þára þreó landa þe wit búta geheótan Gode, ꝥ is æt rettendúne þe wes mín morgangifu . . . C. D. iii. 274, 16. Gewát Eádríc ær Ælféh cwideleás, and Ælféh féng tó his lǽne. Ðá hæfde Eádríc láfe and nán bearn.
áþ
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Beó se cyng ǽlces þǽra wíta wyrðe (this comes at the end of a section dialing with oaths and ordeals), Ll. Th. i. 282, 16] :-- Hámsócn and forsteall, . . . áþ and ordél, fyrdwíte, Cht. Th. 433, 28: 433, 8: 20: 31
folgian
to FOLLOW ⬩ go behind ⬩ run after ⬩ pursue ⬩ sĕqui ⬩ insĕqui ⬩ to follow as a servant, attendant or disciple ⬩ cŏmĭtāri ⬩ adhærēre alicui ⬩ servīre ⬩ subdĭtus esse
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Gif ceorl acwyle be libbendum wífe and bearne, riht is ðæt hit ðæt bearn médder folgige if a husband die, his wife and child yet living, it is right that the child follow the mother, L. H. E. 6; Th. i. 30, 4.
Linked entry: FYLGEAN
ge-metgian
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Þeós wyrt wið óman fremaþ on þás ylcan wísan gemetegud, Lch. i. 304, 24.
ge-métan
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I. trans. to meet with, come upon or across, fall in with -Ðá eóde hé furþor, oþ hé gemétte ðá graman gydena, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 24. Se here ætbærst. . . and gemǽtte se here ðá scipu of Eást-Englum, Chr. 992; P. 127, 17.
searu
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Device, design, contrivance, art. in the following glosses it is uncertain whether the word is used with a good or with a bad meaning Sarwo adventio. Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 38. Searo molimen, 54, 29. Searwe molimine, 89, 64. Searwe argumenta, 84, 69.
betigean
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make better; meliorare Sóna hý betigeaþ [MS. batigeaþ] they will be better soon, Lchdm. iii. 54, 33
biscop-roc
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A bishop's rocket; dalmatica Mid biscoprocce scrýdan to clothe with a bishop's rocket, Lchdm. iii. 202, 26
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be-hríman
To cover with rime or hoar-frost ⬩ pruinis circumfundere
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To cover with rime or hoar-frost; pruinis circumfundere Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 17; Kl. 48
circ-líc
ecclesiastical ⬩ ecclesiasticus
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Like a church, ecclesiastical; ecclesiasticus Mid circlícum þénungum with ecclesiastical services, Wanl. Catal. 118, 4, col. 2