fæstnung
stability ⬩ fixity ⬩ fortifying ⬩ a fastening ⬩ binding ⬩ an exhortation ⬩ confirmation ⬩ ratification ⬩ a covenant ⬩ assurance
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Ðá ðá Landfranc crafede fæstnunge his gehérgumnesse mid áðswerunge, þá forsóc hé and sǽde ꝥ hé hit náhte tó dónne when Lanfranc required that his profession of obedience should be confirmed by an oath, he refused and said that he was not obliged to do
feówer
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Wyl ealle feówer on buteran, Lch. ii. 128, 8. with a multiple of ten Weaxeð ꝥ flód ðæs sǽs feówer and twéntigum síða, Shrn. 63, 29
Róm-feoh
Peter's pence
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There is no mention in these of any being exempted from the contribution on the score of insufficient means, but in the laws of Edward the Confessor, in that which treats 'de denario Sancti Petri qui Anglice dicitur Rómescot,' it is said : 'Omnis qui
LUFU
LOVE
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Hé onféng ða ilcan gecynde for úrum lufon he received the same nature for our sakes, Blickl. Homl. 23, 24. For mínum lufan. Wulfst. 231, 17. Lufum voluntariis, Hpt. Gl, 435, 64
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þrowing
suffering as opposed to doing ⬩ suffering which is painful ⬩ a painful symptom ⬩ suffering that is undergone for the sake of religion ⬩ suffering of persecution, cross ⬩ suffering which ends in death, passion, martyrdom ⬩ the anniversary of a martyr's suffering
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Homl. 153, 35. as a medical term, a painful symptom : -- Tácn ðæs ofercealdan magan, ðæt ða men ne þyrst, ne hí swól gefélaþ on magan, and ne biþ him ǽnig wearm þrowung getenge, Lchdm. ii. 194, 13. suffering that is undergone for the sake of religion
wág
A wall, mostly of a building
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Hé slóg mid his heáfde on ðone wág, ðonne hé on his setl sæt, Ors. 5, 15;Swt. 250, 12. Wáh, Ps. Th. 61, 3. Ða wágas ( the walls of a church) nǽron rihte, Blickl. Homl. 207, 18 : (the walls of a palace ), Nar. 4, 24.
hearh
A temple, an idol ⬩ lucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara
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Cwæþ ðæt his hergas hýrran wǽron and mihtigran mannum tó friðe ðonne Israéla éce drihten he said that his idols were greater and more mighty for the protection of men than the eternal Lord of the Israelites, Cd. 210; Th. 260, 25; Dan. 715.
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sendan
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Sendende hyra nett on ða sǽ, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 18. Seó strǽl wæs sended, Blickl. Homl. 199, 22. of the operations of Nature, to send rain, fire , etc. Drihten sende regn. Cd. Th. 82, 33 ; Gen. 1371.
feor
avoidance ⬩ widely ⬩ widely ⬩ far ⬩ far
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Nis nú ende feor ꝥ wé sceolon ætsomne súsel þrowian, Sat. 40
ge-faran
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S. 23, 19. to save by going Gif hé þissa ǽnig áleóge, náhwár hé eft his feorh gefare ( he shall not again save his life by going to any asylum ), Ll.
hús
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L. 16, 9. used of heaven and hell :-- Oþ ꝥ ic þe inn Ingong in þæt atule hús, Gú. 534: 649 : Sat. 710
hwǽr
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H. 99, 27-31: Sat. 36. Se pytt héh is; huona ł huǽr (hwér, R. unde ) hæfis ðú uætter?, Jn.
ÁÞ
an OATH ⬩ a swearing ⬩ juramentum
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wǽre' The oath of him, who takes his [own] property, that he does it neither for hatred nor for envy :-- By the Lord, I accuse not N. neither for hatred nor for envy, nor for unlawful lust of gain; nor know I anything soother; but as my informant to me said
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stígan
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Sǽs up stigon ofer stæðweallas, Cd. Th. 83, 6; Gen. 1375. Ic wilnige ðæt ðeós sprǽc stigge on ðæt ingeðonc ðæs leorneres suǽ suǽ on sume hlǽdre, Past. proem.; Swt. 23, 16. Ǽrðon up stige áncenned sunu, Exon. Th. 29, 17; Cri. 464.
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ge-sprǽc
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Srt. 18, 4. what is said, a speech, saying, an oracle, words Gesprec Dryhtnes eloquium Domini, Ps. Srt. Vos. 104, 19 : 118, 50: eloquia, ll, 7.
hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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Oft hit getímað þæt swýþe hefigtýme sacu and ungeþwǽrnessa (scandala gravia) on mynstre áspringað, R. Ben. 124, 3.
cyning
a king, ruler, emperor ⬩ rex, imperator ⬩ a spiritual King, God, Christ ⬩ Deus, Christus ⬩ the devil ⬩ diabŏlus, satănas ⬩ Anglo-Saxon kings were at first elected from a family or class, by Witena gemót the assembly of the wise. ⬩ fidelity was sworn to them by the people, in the following words ⬩ the king took a corresponding oath to his people ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon king had royal power to pardon transgressors ⬩ of all forfeits the king had one half ⬩ all hoards above the earth, and within the earth. As we learn from Beowulf, in early and heathen times, much treasure was buried in the mound raised over the ashes of the dead, besides what was burned with the body ⬩ Pastus or Convivium ⬩ The king visited different districts personally or by deputy to see that justice was done to all his subjects. In these periodical journeys the king received support and entertainment wherever he went. Hence perhaps the privileges of our judges ⬩ Vigilia ⬩ head ward, or a proper watch set over the king, which he claimed when he came into any district ⬩ the mint or coinage of money. The king exercised a superintendence over the circulating medium
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Saul wæs gecoren ǽrest to cyninge on Israhéla þeóde Saul was first chosen king of the people of Israel, Ælfc. T. 13, 3. Eart ðú wítodlíce cyning ergo rex es tu? oύκoûν βασιλεύs εί σύ; Jn. Bos. 18, 37.
wesan
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Th. 289, 2; Sat. 391. Ða ðe ðǽr ǽr inne wǽron, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 35. Ða ðe him on neáweste wǽron, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 2. Ðǽr manna wese mǽst ætgædere, Ps. Th. 78, 10. Wese ús beorhtnes ofer, 89, 19. Wesan hí wið Drihtne, 108, 19.
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LÆS
Less ⬩ lest
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Ðý ilcan sumera forwearþ nó læs ðonne xx scipa that same summer no less than twenty ships were lost, 897; Erl. 96, 14. Ðá wæs ágangen fíf þúsend geára and áne geáre læs ðonne twá hund, Shrn. 29, 34.
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leóht
Light ⬩ bright ⬩ cheerful ⬩ shining ⬩ clear
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Light, bright, cheerful (perhaps the passages in which the word has the meaning of cheerful should be put under the next word v. leóht-mód), shining, clear Cwæþ ðæt his líc wǽre leóht and scéne he said that his body was bright and beautiful, Cd. 14;