óleccung
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'Nú is mín mód áwend mycclum tó ðé, ꝥ þú hláford beó þǽra ǽhta and mín. Ic wéne ꝥ hit ne sý unrihtwísnysse, þeáh þú wífes brúce and blysse on lífe.' Ðá andwyrde Eugenia þyssere ólecunge, Hml. S. 2,162.
wíf-lác
Intercourse with women
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Ealle synoðas forbudon ǽfre ǽlc wíflác (v. wífung) weófodþénum, L. I. P. 23; Th. ii. 336, 12: Wulfst. 270, 21
ymbren-fæsten
The fast of the Ember-days
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The fast of the Ember-days Ðæt man ǽlc beboden fæsten healde, sí hit ymbrenfæsten, sí hit lengctenfæsten, L. C. E. 16; Th. i. 368, 22. Ðæt ymbrenfæsten byð on ðissum mónþe (December), Anglia viii. 311, 39.
tún
an enclosed piece of ground ⬩ a yard ⬩ court ⬩ the enclosed land surrounding a single dwelling ⬩ a manor ⬩ vill ⬩ 'an estate with a village community in villenage upon it under a lord's jurisdiction,' ⬩ the buildings or inhabitants being referred to ⬩ the towns of Roman Britain ⬩ a habitation of men ⬩ the residence or estate of a single person ⬩ an estate ⬩ farm ⬩ a collection of dwellings ⬩ a village ⬩ town
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Hé hæfde ðæt bisc̃ríce .L. wint' æt Scíreburnan, and his líc líþ ðǽr on túne (or túne = cyrictúne?), Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 20.
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wesan
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God ðe ǽr worulde wæs, Ps. Th. 54, 19. Ða hwíle ðe hé wæs while he lived, Chart. Th. 167, 9. Manige hálge wítgan wǽran ǽr Sancte Ióhanne, Blickl. Homl. 161, 12. Ðæt hé his móste brúcan, ða hwíle ðe hé wǽre, Chart. Th. 140, 30.
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ge-sittan
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Þ ǽlc óþer b̃ scolde beón munechádes mann þe þone arb̃stól gesǽte, Chr. 995 ; P. 129, 26. to preside over (?) Hér gesæt (sette, v.l.
þeów
A servant; ⬩ slave ⬩ servus ⬩ famulus ⬩ mancipium
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Gif hwylc man his ǽht (servum) ofslyhþ, L. Ecg. P. ii. 3; Th. ii. 182, 29: L. M. I. P. 11; Th. ii. 268, 9. Wéron ðǽr ðreó wíteþeówe men búrbærde and ðreó ðeówberde; ða mé salde bisceop tó ryhtre ǽhta, and hire teám, Chart. Th. 152, 22.
LEÓHT
LIGHT ⬩ a light
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Ic tó ðé æt leóhte gehwam wacie ad te de luce vigilo, 62, 1. Be dæges leóhte by daylight, Exon. 107 b; Th. 410, 17; Rä. 28, 17. Hé hié lǽdæþ tó líhte ðǽr hí líf ágon á tó aldre, Cd. 221; Th. 287, 2; Sat. 361. Geearnian leóht ðæs écan lífes, Blickl.
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óþ
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Ðá gestód hé æt ánum éhþyrle óþ forþ nihtes, Homl. Th. ii. 184, 27. Óþ tó dæge usque hodie, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 27. Óþ gyt tódæge, 4, 4; S. 571, 16
weorþung
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Æt eallra háligra weorðunge at the feast of All Saints L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 8. Hé ða weorþunge Eástrena on riht ne heóld ne nyste de observatione Paschae minus perfecte sapiebat, Bd. 3, 17 ; S. 545, 2. Weorðunga, Blickl. Homl. 137, 8.
wérig
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Sesirra arn óð ðæt hé wérig becom tó ánum wífmen æt néhstan, Jud. 4, 17: Cd. Th. 88, 9; Gen. 1462. Wérig sceal se wiþ winde róweþ, Exon. Th. 345, 12; Gn. Ex. 187: 307, 26; Seef. 29.
áscian
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. :-- Áhsa þæs æt þám wífe, Lch. ii. 330, 25. with prep. Áhsiað be ealdum dagum, Deut. 4, 32. Suelce hé be óðrum menn sprece and áscie (áscige, v. l. ), Past. 185, 10. (2 a) and with acc. of person asked :-- Tó hwí áxige gé mé be ðám Hǽlende ðus?
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ge-siht
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Cain gewát gongan Gode of gesyhðe, Gen. 1050. with other constructions Hí ásetton on gesyhðe sigebeámas þrý fore Elenan cneó, El. 847. where the person or object is seen Æt þǽre gesyhðe þæs sigebeámes, El. 965.
sceamu
modesty, bashfulness ⬩ shame, confusion ⬩ what causes a feeling of shame, disgrace, shame ⬩ the private part
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Ne sceolon æt mé ǽnige habban sceame non erubescant in me 68, 7.
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wræc
wrack ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ suffering that comes as punishment, ⬩ retributive punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment
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Lind. 12, 48. where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment Hie (Adam and Eve) wǽron on helle fíf þúsend wintra and twá hund wintra ǽr ðon God wolde heó ðæs wræces unbindan, Anglia xi. 2, 24.
willa
will, the faculty of willing ⬩ will, purpose, design, command ⬩ will, determination, resolution ⬩ intention, purpose, desire to act ⬩ will, desire, wish ⬩ pleasure, delight ⬩ will, disposition ⬩ will, accord, consent, pleasure ⬩ Ger. meinetwillen ⬩ will, one's own way
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Gif man mægðman néde genimeþ, ðam ágende .. scillinga, and æft æt ðam ágende sínne willan ( the object he had desired i. e. the maiden ) ætgebicge, L. Ethb. 82; Th. i. 24, 4. Losewest willana deceptio divitiarum Mk. Skt. Rush. 4, 19.
a-rédian
To make ready ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish ⬩ execute ⬩ find ⬩ to find the way to any place ⬩ reach ⬩ parare ⬩ præparare ⬩ exsequi ⬩ invenire ⬩ pervenire aliquo
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Ðú eart cumen innon ða ceastre, ðe ðú ǽr ne mihtest arédian thou art come into the city, which thou couldest not reach before, 35, 3 ; Fox 158, 11
fricgan
To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ question ⬩ find out ⬩ seek after ⬩ learn ⬩ get information of ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ sciscĭtāri ⬩ pĕtĕre ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ compĕrīre
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Sceal bearna gehwylc leánes fricgan, ealles ðæs ðe we on eorþan ǽr geworhton [MS. geweorhtan], gódes oððe yfles every child shall seek the reward of all that we ere did on earth, of good or evil, Exon. 116 b; Th. 447, 18; Dóm. 41.
nimþe
Unless ⬩ except
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Ne sceal nǽfre his torn tó rycene beorn ácýðan, nemþe hé ǽr ða bóte cunne, Exon. Th. 293, 9; Wand. 113. Nymþe mé Drihten gefultumede, wénincga mín sáwl sóhte helle, Ps. Th. 93, 16 : Beo. Th. 3321; B. 1657.
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telga
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See iii. xxxix, and Leo, Place Names, p. 66. figurative Hé bær ða wǽtan ðære uncyste in ðæm telgan, ðone hé geteáh ǽr of ðan wyrtruman, Bd. 1, 27; M. 82, 14. Wr-ohtes telgan, Cd. Th. 61, 3; Gen. 991.