heorde
Care ⬩ guarding ⬩ custody
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Forhwon beóþ ǽfre swǽ þríste ða ungelǽredan ðæt hí underfón ða heorde ðæs láreówdómes ab imperitis ergo pastorale magisterium qua temeritate suscipitur, Past. 1; Swt. 25, 17.
in-fiht
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An attack made upon a person by one inhabiting the same dwelling; it was a breach of the peace for which a fine had to be paid to the head of the house if he were competent to exercise jurisdiction Infiht [infitht, MS.] vel insocna est quod ab ipsis
Godmundingahám
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Goodmanham, between Pocklington and Beverley, a place a little to the east of York, beyond the river Derwent, where a famous Witena-gemót was convened by Edwin, king of Northumbria, in A.
be-útan
Without ⬩ extra
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Ða be-útan beóþ earce bordum who shall be without the boards of the ark, Cd. 67; Th. 81, 32; Gen. 1354
stirc
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A stirk, calf, a young bullock or a heifer Stirc bucula, juvenca, vitula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 63. Styrc juvencus, i. 78, 44. Ðæt þridde stód ánum styrce (cealfe, MS. C. : cf. ðæs celfes gelícnyss belimpþ tó Lucan, 192) gelíc. Homl. Skt. i. 15, 183.
un-sceþþigness
Innocence ⬩ harmlessness
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Ne funde hé on him náne synne ac unscæððignysse, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 25. Unsceaðþignysse, Ps. Spl. 36, 39
Linked entry: sceþþigness
be-heáfdian
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Wæs beheáfdod capite truncatur, 3022: Ap. Th. 3, II: Chr. 1076; P. 213, I. Add
be-swincan
to labour at
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Add: to labour for Laboratores synd þá þe úrne bigleofan beswincað, Hml. S. 25, 815. Nim þín gold, þe lǽs þe hit þé losige ꝥ þú lange beswunce, 12, 219. to labour at, perform with labour Beswanc desudat, An. Ox. 8, 257.
ge-grówan
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Add: to grow together, unite by growing Swá fæste his heáfod wæs gegrówen tó ðám líchaman, swylce hit nǽfre of ácorfen nǽre ita caput ejus unitum fuerat corpori, ac si nequaquam fuisset abscissum, Gr.
heáfod-æcer
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A strip of land, an acre in extent, lying at the head (cf. heáfod ; 2 a) of a field [and so forming its upper boundary (? cf. heáfodland)] Fines gemǽre, limites h(e)áfudland, decumanus tióðe h(e)áfudæcer, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 2-4.
Linked entry: -hafol
mǽrlíce
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Mǽrlíce insigniter (edidit opusculum), An. Ox, 4585. Hét se cásere hine Críst wiðsacan, and hé móste beón mǽrlíce mid him, Hml. Th. ii. 310, 19. Wæs hyre willa mǽrlícor ꝥ heó wolde hyre sylf hyre mægðhád behátan Gode, Hml. A. 32, 200.
ord
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In v. 35 hell is spoken of as a burh, and the burhwaran are the departed in hell, of whom Adam was the progenitor.] Add Hé bið heora deáðes ord eorum mortis auctor fit, Chrd. 92, 23
Harþacnut
Hardacnut, son of Cnut
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And he was at once received by both English and Danes, Chr. 1039; Erl. 167, 17. Hér forþferde Hardacnut cyng in this year died king Hardacnut, 1041; Erl. 167, 30
lyb-lác
Sorcery ⬩ witchcraft
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Gif hí hwilc man niman wile oððe hyra æthríneþ ðonne forbærnaþ hí sona eall his líc ðæt syndon ungefrægelícu lyblác if any man wants to catch them [certain fowls] or touches them, then at once they consume all his body: those are most extraordinary cases
Linked entry: unriht-lyblác
sticol
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lofty, reaching to a great height, of a mountain 'Ic wille standan on ðisum steápum munte'. . . Moyses ðá ástáh tó ðam sticolan munte, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 9-12. Wæs án myrige dún . . . ful sméðe . . . se streám arn of ðære sticolan dúne, 19, 108-115.
Linked entry: sticel
a-hebban
To heave up ⬩ lift up ⬩ raise ⬩ elevate ⬩ exalt ⬩ ferment ⬩ levare ⬩ tollere ⬩ elevare ⬩ erigere ⬩ exaltare ⬩ extollere ⬩ fer-mentare
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Ðú ahófe me on écne dreám thou raisedst me to everlasting joy, Exon. 100 a; Th. 376, 12; Seel. 153. Se ðe ródor ahóf who hove up the firmament, Andr. Kmbl. 1042; An. 521.
gífer-nes
Greediness ⬩ avarice ⬩ voracity ⬩ gluttony ⬩ aviditas ⬩ gula
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Greediness, avarice, voracity, gluttony; aviditas, gula Gífernys biþ ðæt se man ǽr tíman hine gereordige oððe æt his mǽle to micel þicge mid oferflówendnysse ǽtes oððe wǽtes greediness is a man's eating before the time, or taking too much at his meal
Linked entry: giefernes
wíc-stów
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Past. 54; Swt. 423, 13. a camp, an encampment; both singular and plural forms are used to translate castra Hé nemde ðære stówe naman Manaim, ðæt is wícstów ( castra ), Gen. 32, 2.
flocc
a company ⬩ a troop ⬩ band ⬩ legion ⬩ a band ⬩ a flock ⬩ herd
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Add: of people. a company Hé sóhte his gelícan, ac hé ne mihte hine findan on ðám flocce he looked for his match, but could not find him in that company, Ap. Th. 12, 25.
ge-hwider
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Add: where there is motion, to every place, to all parts, in all directions. used generally Hé ðanon eóde gehwyder (-hwider, on gehwylce healfe, v. ll.) ymb þá stówa, and þǽr godcunde láre bodode inde ad praedicandam circumquaque exire consueverat Bd