steór
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Ðæt wíse men scelfon settan steóre dysigum mannum, swá ðæt hí ðæt dysig and ða unðeáwas álecgan, 268, 2. On steórum in increpationibus, Ps. Spl. 38, 14. [See O. E.
swerian
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Gange ǽlc man ðæs tó gewitnesse ðe hé durre on ðam háligdóme swerian, L. Eth. iii. 2; Th. i. 292, 14.
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ge-sellan
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</b> to allot, assign a share, reward :-- Sé þe hine gefó and gegange healfne hine áge; gif hine man cwelle, geselle heom man Lxx. sciłł., Ll. Th. i. 42, 18.
ge-reord
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Wǽron swá fela gereord swá ðǽr manna wǽron, 22, 23 : 318, 22: ii. 582, 5 : Angl. vii. 40, 382. On þám dæge wurdon tðdǽlede manna gereordu; and ǽr wæs eall weoruld sprecende on án gereord, and nú synd gereord twá and hundseofontig, Wlfst. 211, 17-20.
CYFES
A concubine, handmaid ⬩ concubina, pellex, ancilla
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A. ceafese; B. cefese] ne dó him nán preóst nán ðara gerihta, ðe man cristenum men dón sceal he who has a right wife, and also a concubine, let no priest do for him any of those rites, which ought to be done for a christian man, L. C.
lettan
hinder ⬩ impede ⬩ delay
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Gyf ðonne ðissa þreóra þinga ǽnig hwylcne man lette, ðæt hine tó ðam fæstene ne onhagie if any of these three things hinder any man, so that the fast be inconvenient to him, Wulfst. 285, 4.
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rǽdels
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Hé ásette rǽdels ðus cweðende : Swá hwilc man swá mínne rǽdels riht árǽde onfó se mýnre dohtor tó wífe, and se ðe hine misrǽde, sý hé beheáfdod, Ap. Th. 3, 8-11. The riddle is given on p.4. Ða clamme ðe ða rǽdellan(rǽdelsan ?)
á-rǽdan
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Þæt yrfegewrit man árǽdde beforan eallum Westseaxena witum. Þá hit árǽd wæs. Cht. Th. 486, 15-17. Englisc gewrit árǽdan, Past. 7, 13, 17.
fǽringa
unexpectedly ⬩ of a sudden ⬩ all at once ⬩ soon ⬩ at once ⬩ early ⬩ by chance ⬩ forte
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Þá fǽringa (repente) stód þǽr ætforan þǽre dura sum man, Gr. D. 62, 9: Bl. H. 173, 24; 175, 2: B. 1414. Fǽringa ymbe þá herehúðe hé hlemmeð tógædre grimme góman, Wal. 60: 44.
for-faran
To perish ⬩ To destroy ⬩ to blockade
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Fýse hí man út of þissan earde, oþþe on earde forfaran hí mid ealle, Ll. Th. i. 378, 9. Gé sceolon forfaran, Hml. Th. ii. 494, 13. trans. To destroy. the object a person Tó eácan óðran þe man unscyldige forfór, Wlfst. 160, 37.
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for-gán
to forgo ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ go without ⬩ to abstain from
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Forgá ǽlc man mínne huntnoð, Ll. Th. i. 420, 25. On þám tíman þe hé flǽscmettas forgán sceal, Hml. Th. ii. 100, 9: Wlfst. 286, 2.
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hádianv
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Ne hádige man ǽfre tó hrædlíce, Ll. Th. i. 416, 15. with acc. of person and order to which Hé gedyde ꝥ hine man hádode tó mæssepreóste eum presbyterum fecit ordinari, Gr. D. 225, 23. Hé lét hig hádian tó bisceopum. Chr. 1053; P. 184, 11.
traht
a text ⬩ passage ⬩ textus ⬩ tractus ⬩ a treating of a subject ⬩ an exposition ⬩ a commentary
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Rǽde man ðære godcundan láre béc, and eác swá ða háligan trahtas (expositions) ðe fram namcúþum fæderum geworhte synt, R. Ben. 33, 20. Trahta commenta, documenta. Hpt. Gl. 512, 32
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swæðer
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Gewylde man hine swaðor man mǽge, swá cucenne swá deádne, L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 17. Hí gefeallaþ on ða heortan suá nytt suá unnyt suæðer hié beóþ (whether they be profitable or unprofitable). Past. 15; Swt. 97, 2: 14; Swt. 85, 15.
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ge-mæcca
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</b> in pl. man and wife :-- Gemæccan conjuges, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 33. Tú beóð gemæccan, Gn. Ex. 23
hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Se man þe ætfleó fram his hláforde ... on scypfyrde oþþe on landfyrde, 420, 7. Se man þe on fyrdunge ætforan his hláforde fealle, 15.
hús
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Þeáh hwá his spere sette tó oðres mannes húses dura, Ll. Th. i. 418, 5. Fyrst on húse tignum vel tigillum, An. Ox. 18 b, 92. Swá swá oferdruncen man wát ꝥ hé sceolde tó his húse and tó his ræste, Bt. 24, 4; F. 84, 30.
éþel
fatherland
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Swá gemindige mínes gódes swá bið manna gehwilc metes and éþeles (of food and fatherland), Lch. i. 384, 26. Hé bebeád þæt ǽlc þára þe on elðeódignesse wǽre cóme tó his ágnum earde and tó his fæder oeþle, Ors. 5, 14; S. 248, 24.
ge-wunian
to dwell ⬩ inhabit ⬩ to remain ⬩ stay ⬩ abide ⬩ continue ⬩ To stop, live, associate with ⬩ continue in or with ⬩ to be accustomed, wont
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Ðá sǽde Sompeius ðæt Joseph gewunode monige wundor to wyrcenne Sompeius said that Joseph used to work many miracles, Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 12.
stæpe
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Synd þrý stæpas gecorenra manna. Se nyðemysta stæpe ... Se óðer stæpe is on wydewan háde ... Se héhsta stæpe is on mægðhádes mannum, Homl. Th. ii. 70, 17-23: 94, 15. Be ðám twelf stæpum eáðmódnesse. Ðære forman eáðmódnysse stæpe is, R. Ben. 23, 16.