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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

wíte

(n.)

punishment ⬩ pain that is inflicted as punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ a means ⬩ implement ⬩ a fine. ⬩ torment ⬩ plague ⬩ disease ⬩ evil ⬩ pain

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Similar entries v. wíte-rǽden ié ðæt wíte .lx. sciłł. óð ðæt ángylde áríse tó .xxx. sciłł. . . . siþþan sié ðæt wíte .cxx. sciłł, L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 68, 3-5. Gilde se borh ðam hláforde his were ðe his wítes wyrðe sí, L.

ge-wit

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Ðæt gé nó tóhrædlíce ne sién ástyrede from gewitte ut non cito moveamini a vestro sensu, Past. 213, 16. Lǽran sceal mon geóngne monnan . . . sylle him wist and wǽdo oð þæt hine mon on gewitte álǽde, Gn.

ge-writ

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Æftera gewritt wítgiunges secundum scribturam prophetiae (Zech. 9, 9), Mt. p. 18, 16. of official, formal documents. of law or jurisprudence Gif þǽr bið gewrit oþþe gewitnes si scriptum intersit testamenti et testes, Ll. Th. i. 88, 18.

carian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 322, 6. with ymbe: — Míne scép sint tóstencte ðurh eówre gýmeleáste . . . Gé cariað embe eówerne bigleofan, and ná embe þǽra sceápa, Hml. Th. i. 242, 2.

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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Ánra gehwylc hæfþ syndrige gyfe fram Gode sume furðor ðonne some alius sic, alius vero sic, R. Ben. 64, 10. Sume hí beóton sume hí ofslógon quosdam caedentes, alias uero occidentes, Mk. Skt. 12, 5.

Linked entry: ÁN

eorþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
eorþ-líc, def. se -líca ; seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

EARTHLY, terrestrial ⬩ terrēnus, terrestris

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Gif ic eów eorþlice þing sǽde si terrēna dixi vobis, Jn. Bos. 3, 12. Hió ðǽs lǽnan lufaþ eorþlícu þing she loves these transitory earthly things. Bt. Met. Fox 20, 447 ; Met. 20, 224.

fór-steal

(n.)
Grammar
fór-steal, -steall, -stal, fóre-steall, es; m. [fór, fóre before; steal from stellan to leap, spring; therefore, at least originally, an assault, consisting in one man springing or placing himself before another, so as to obstruct his progress, Thorpe's Glos. to A. Sax. Laws] .

an assault ⬩ assultus sŭper ălĭquem in via rēgia factus ⬩ viæ obstructio ⬩ the fine for an assault ⬩ mulcta pro assultu

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H. 80, § 2; Th. i. 586, 2, it is said, — 'Si in via rēgia fiat assultus sŭper ălĭquem, fórestel est.' the fine for an assault; mulcta pro assultu Ðis syndon ða gerihta ðe se cyning áh ofer ealle men on West-Sexan [MS.

Linked entries: fóre-steall fór-stal

wiþ-útan

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-útan, adv. prep.

Without ⬩ without ⬩ outside of ⬩ without ⬩ without

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Clǽnsa ǽryst ðæt wiðinnan ys calices and disces, ðæt hit sí clǽne ðæt wiðútan ys mundatis quod deforis est calicis et parapsidis . . . Munda prius quod intus est calicis et parapsidis, ut fiat et id, quod deforis est, mundum, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 25-26.

Linked entry: wiþ-innan

þerscan

(v.)
Grammar
þerscan, p. þærsc, pl. þurscon; pp. þorscen

To thrash. ⬩ to strike ⬩ beat ⬩ flog ⬩ scourge ⬩ to thrash corn ⬩ to pound ⬩ batter

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Voc. i. 37, 59. to pound, batter Ðéh ðú þercce ... swá berecorn ðercce[n]dum si contuderis (stultum in pila) quasi ptisanas feriente, Kent. Gl. 1034-6. Ðerscaþ ðone weall mid rammum, Past. 21; Swt. 161, 6

ge-gaderian

(v.)
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Þá gód ealle gegæderode bióþ swelce hí sién tó ánum wecge gegoten . . . tó ánum góde gegaderod, 34, 9; F. 146, 20-22.

FOR

(prep.)
Grammar
FOR, prep. dot. acc. and inst.

FOR ⬩ on account of ⬩ because of ⬩ with ⬩ by ⬩ pro ⬩ propter ⬩ per ⬩ according to ⬩ pro ⬩ sĕcundum ⬩ juxta ⬩ For ⬩ instead of ⬩ pro ⬩ lŏco ⬩ vĭce ⬩ For ⬩ on account of ⬩ because of ⬩ through ⬩ pro ⬩ propter ⬩ per

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For, on account of, because of, through; pro, propter, per We sinna fela didon for úre disige we committed many sins through our foolishness, Hy. 7, 107; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 107.

healf

(adj.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

a half

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Th. i. 212, 2. with pronoun: Gif hit biscepsunu sié, sié be healfum þám, Ll. Th. i. 150, 20.

Linked entry: healf

ge-þeódan

(v.)
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Ðonne sió lufu for mildheortnesse hié geðiéd (-ðiét, v. l.) tó his níhstena ðearfe cum caritas ad ima proximorum se misericorditer attrahit, Past. 103, 17. geþeódan in to involve in.

EGE

(n.)
Grammar
EGE, æge, eige, es; m.

Fear, terror, dread, AWE ⬩ tĭmor, terror, formīdo

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Beó eówer ege and óga ofer ealle nítenu terror vester ac trĕmor sit sŭper cuncta anĭmālia terræ. Gen. 9, 2. Nis me ege mannes for áhwæðer non timēbo quid făciat mĭhi hŏmo, Ps. Th. 55, 4: 117, 6.

Linked entries: æge eige

FRÓFOR

(n.)
Grammar
FRÓFOR, frófer, frófur; gen. frófre; f: v. <b>II;</b> but frófor and frófer are sometimes m.

comfort ⬩ solace ⬩ consolation ⬩ help ⬩ benefit ⬩ profit ⬩ refuge ⬩ sōlāmen ⬩ sōlātium ⬩ consōlātio ⬩ auxĭlium ⬩ refŭgium

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comfort, solace, consolation, help, benefit, profit, refuge; sōlāmen, sōlātium, consōlātio, auxĭlium, refŭgium Sió frófor the comfort, Bt. Met. Fox 21, 32; Met. 21, 16. Wæs frófor cumen comfort was come. Cd. 72; Th. 89, 4; Gen. 1475.

inn

(adv.)
Grammar
inn, in; adv.

In ⬩ within

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Ðá mé gerýmed wæs síð inn under eorþweall when a road was cleared for me in under the earthwall, Beo. Th. 6171; B. 3090

irre

(adj.)
Grammar
irre, yrre; adj.

Gone astray ⬩ wandering ⬩ confused ⬩ perverse ⬩ depraved ⬩ angry ⬩ enraged ⬩ wrathful ⬩ indignant

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MS. ierre] síe ryhtwíslíc anda ignorant quidquid a semetipsis patiuntur irati ; nonnunquam vero, quod est gravius, iræ suæ stimulum justitiæ zelum putant, Past. 40, 1 ; Swt. 289, 10.

ge-feormian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feormian, p. ode; pp. od. v. a.

to entertain ⬩ harbour ⬩ receive as a guest ⬩ feed ⬩ cherish ⬩ support ⬩ suscipere ⬩ hospitio suscipere ⬩ epulare ⬩ fovere ⬩ curare ⬩ to feed on ⬩ devour ⬩ vesci ⬩ comedere ⬩ to cleanse ⬩ farm ⬩ cleanse out ⬩ mundare

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Búton ðæs bisceopes leáfe, ðe hí on his scíre gefeormode [MS. gefeormade] sín without the bishop's leave, in whose diocese they may be entertained, 4, 5; S. 573, 5. We ðé gefeormedon we entertained thee, Cd. 127; Th. 162, 24; Gen. 2686.

ge-setnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-setnes, -setenes, -setednes, -ness, -nis, -niss, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Position, foundation, tradition, an institution, constitution, composition, ordinance, decree, law ⬩ pŏsĭtio, sĭtus, fundātio, trādĭtio, instĭtūtio, constĭtūtio, compŏsĭtio, lex, pactum

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Be gesetnysse Breotene de sĭtu Brĭtanniæ, 1, 1; S. 473, 6: Nar. 1, 5. Ǽr middaneardes gesetnysse before the foundation of the world, Homl. Th. ii. 364, 27: Mk. Bos. 7, 5.