fore-hús
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a porch Þǽr wæs án forehús æt þǽre cyrcan duru, Vis. Lfc. 33
þurh-sleán
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add: to strike and pierce, wound; percutere Wearð hé mid þæs ealdan feóndes yfelnysse þurhslagen ( percussus ), Gr. D. 117, 7. Þurhslægene (percussi) mid þǽre ádle þæs mycclan líces, 207, 16
ang-sum
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Hí þæne ancsuman weg geceósað, be þǽm se Hǽlend cwyð, 'Ancsum and neara is se weg þe tó lífe lǽt,' R. Ben. 20, 9. Add
ranc
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Add Oft týne oððe twelfe ǽlc æfter óðrum scendað þæs þegenes cwenan . . . þǽr hé on lócað, þe lǽt hine sylfne rancne and rícne and genóh gódne, ǽr þæt gewurde, Wlfst. 162, 22
ge-béd
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Hé féng on his gebedo, swá his gewuna wæs, for þǽr. wæs án forehús æt þǽre cyrcan duru, 32. v. ǽfen-, cneów-, in-, úht-, wíg-gebed
ge-rádscipe
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Add: intelligence, understanding Nis ǽnig man þætte þæs gerádscipes swá bereáfod sié, þæt hé andsware ǽnige ne cunne findan on ferhðe, gif hé frugneu bið, Met. 22, 50
nunn-mynster
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Þæt hé hine tó ðám befæste ꝥ hé móste beón lǽce þæs nunmynstres (on þám nunmynstre, v. l.) ut eum sanandum monasterio commendaret, Gr. D. 37, 27. Add
land-folc
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Cóm ꝥ landfolc tó þe þǽr tó láfe wæs þǽr heora hláfordes líc læg, Hml. S. 32, 134. Hé wunode on þǽre byrig and bodode þám landfolce, 29, 83. Add
áþ
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. , and þæne áð nam se scírigman tó þæs cinges handa, and þǽr wæs gód eáca tén hundan mannan þe þane áð sealdan, Cht. Th. 273, 22-31. Leófríc sealde Wulfstáne twégra þegna áð and wæs hymsylf þridde, C.
á-werian
to defend against attack ⬩ to protect from hurt ⬩ secure
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Grammar á-werian, Add: to defend against attack Þá burg áwerede þæt folc þe þǽr binnan wæs, Chr. 921; P. 101, 9.
Linked entries: werian eald-a-wered
treów
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</b> add :-- Stód þǽr án medmycel ród on þǽre eorðan, and wæs swá mycel þæs treówes gesyne swá wolde beón gód hande brád, Vis. Lfc. 72
fere
able ⬩ seaworthy
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and add: of persons, able, fit for service Þá beád man fyrde be fullum wíte, þæt ǽlc man þe fére wǽre forð wende, Chr. 1016; P. 147, 26. Sóna þæs hí fére wǽron, hí worhton castel æt Hæstinga port, 1066; P. 199, 25.
mán
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Þá oðswóran hié mid þǽm bismerlicestan áðe þæt hié him nǽfre on fultume nǽre, þéh þá áðas wǽren neár máne (or sbst.?] þonne sóðe turpissimam rupti foederis labem adcumulavere perjurio, Ors. 4, 3 ; S. 162, 12.
cwedol
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Ne sý nán tó þæs cwidol wíf ne tó þæs cræftig man þæt áwendan ne mæge word þus gecwedene, Lch. i. 402, 13. v. hearm-, wearg-cwedol (-cwidol)
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an-wedd
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Security for a loan, recognizance Hire fæder áborgude XXX punda æt Godan and betǽht him þæt land þæs feós tó anwedde ( pro vadimonio eidem dedit terram). Cht. Th. 201, 17
wǽpned-mann
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Oð þæt þǽr wæs deóp seáð ádolfen, þætte wǽpnedman mihte oð his sweóran on gestandan ut fossam ad mensuram staturae uirilis altam reddiderit, Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 229, 4. Add
epistol
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Cwæþ hé in fruman þæs epistoles, Nar. 1, 2, 9. On þǽm ǽrron epistole, 3, 28. weak forms Hé cuæð on his epistolan tó Galatum, P. 117, 7.
rynele
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A stream Hér yrneð úp se æftra streám þǽre godcundan sprǽce, sé cymð of þǽre rynelan (þám burnon, v. l. ) þæs gástlican ǽsprynges, Gr. D. 94, 14
Linked entry: rynel
be-æftan
behind, ⬩ after
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D. 259, 16. adv. behind, in contrast with before, local Tó þǽm folce þe þǽr beæftan wæs, Ors. 1, 12; S. 52, 35. Mé wæs se súðerne wind beæften, Hml.
bealo
hurt ⬩ mischief ⬩ destruction ⬩ malice
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Add: hurt, mischief, destruction Þǽr wæs ꝥ brýdealo ꝥ wæs manegra manna bealo (mannum tó beala, v. l.), Chr. 1075; P. 210, 35. Þæt bráde bealo and se byrnenda grund, Wlfst. 186, 11. Hit bið him sylfum tó bealowe geðyged, Hml.