frum-gild
A first payment or compensation ⬩ the first payment or instalment of the price [wer] at which every man was valued, according to his degree, to be paid to the kindred, or guild-brethren, of a slain person, as compensation for his murder ⬩ prīma compensātio
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A first payment or compensation,—the first payment or instalment of the price [wer] at which every man was valued, according to his degree, to be paid to the kindred, or guild-brethren, of a slain person, as compensation for his murder; prīma compensātio
land-ríce
A territory ⬩ region ⬩ estate
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A territory, region, estate Bócland vel landríce fundos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 152, 18. Hé ðágiet lytel landríce hæfde búton ðære byrig ánre he had as yet little territory except the town only, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 66, 14.
nearu-cræft
An art that confines or imprisons
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An art that confines or imprisons (?)
ge-beór-scipe
BEER-SHIP ⬩ convivial society ⬩ a drinking party ⬩ feast ⬩ an entertainment ⬩ pōtātio ⬩ compōtātio ⬩ coena ⬩ convīvium
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On gebeórscipe at a feast, L. In. 6; Th. i. 106, 11
cnyttan
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feaxede
bushy
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Add: having hair Ðeós wyrt is greáton bógum and swýþe smælon leáfon swylce heó má fexede gesewen sý this plant is with thick boughs and very narrow leaves, it looks rather as if furnished with hair, Lch. i. 250, 20. bushy, full of foliage (?)
frum-sceapen
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Add: first-formed Se frumsceapena man, Adam, næs gestrýned ne ácenned, ac God hine gesceóp. Seó óðer gesceapennys wæs swá þæt God gesceóp Euan of hire weres sídan, Hml. Th. ii. 8, 22. Frumsceapena protoplastus, i. primitus plasmatus i. Adam, An.
god-sibb
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Add: One who has become spiritually related to another (a baptized child or its parents) by acting as sponsor at baptism Hine (Malcolm ) slóh Moræl; sé wæs Melcolmes cynges godsib, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 9. Nán man on his godsibbe ne wífige (cf.
heorcnung
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Th. ii. 564, 4, the faculty of heartening, power of hearing: Stemn is geslagen lyft gefrédendlic on hlyste, swá micel swá on ðǽre heorcnunge is voice is stricken air perceptible by the sense of hearing so much as is within the capacity of a person to
mislíce
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Ne geseah hine nán man náteshwón yrre . . . ne mislíce geworhtne (of varying disposition, irresolute ], ac on ánre ánríednysse ǽfre wunigende, 31, 307. Add
mund
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Add: as representing control, grasp, &amp;.c. Lida bið longe on síðe . . . hám cymeð, gif hé hál leofað, nefne him holm gestýreð, mere hafað mundum (unless the sea has him in its clutches), Gn. Ex. 107. <b>III a.
fæst
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</b> add Swilce hé on fæstre eorðan urne, Hml. Th. ii. 160, 10. Add Hé cwæð ꝥ sió burg wǽre genóh fæst on his hǽlo civitas ad salutem tuta, Past. 399, 25. <b>IV a.
sceand
a buffoon, charlatan
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Ðonne sægde Petrus, ðæt hé wǽre leás drý and sceand and scyldig ǽswica then Peter said that he (Simon the sorcerer) was a false sorcerer and a shameless impostor and a guilty deceiver Blickl. Homl. 175,7.
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sneóme
swiftly, rapidly ⬩ quickly, immediately, at once ⬩ velociter, cito, subito, statim ⬩ citius ⬩ quickly ⬩ to hasten
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Th. 147, 4. quickly, immediately, at once Hét ófstlíce up ástandan . . . sneóme of slǽpe ðæm fæstan Andr. Kmbl. 1589; An. 796: Exon. Th. 55, 27; Cri. 890. Hí semninga sneóme forwurdon subito defecerunt Ps. Th. 72, 15: 106, 13.
leód-hete
Hate
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Hate or enmity felt by a people, Andr. Kmbl. 2278; An. 1140: 224; An. 112: 2300; An. 1151
Assyrias
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Th. 45, arg. Álýsed æt Assirium, 29, arg. Asirium, 28, arg. Add
hwearfian
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ roll about ⬩ revolve ⬩ wander ⬩ move ⬩ toss about
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Ǽlc gesceaft hwearfaþ on hire selfre swá swá hweól and tó ðam heó swá hwearfaþ ðæt heó eft cume ðǽr heó ǽr wæs every creature turns on itself as a wheel, and it so turns to the end that it may come again where it was before: repetunt proprios quæque recursus
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be-stéman
To BESTEAM, bedew, make damp, make wet ⬩ humectare, madefacere, circumfundere
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Hú ðú wǽgflotan wǽre bestémdan sund wisige how thou directest the sailing of the wave-floater [ship] wetted with the sea, Andr. Kmbl. 974; An. 487. Dreóre bestémed wet with blood, 2949; An. 1477
háwian
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Hé wæs eft cyrrende tó þǽre spyrtan, and wærlíce and forðonclíce háwode, and geseah ꝥ seó nǽdre þǽr in wæs qui reversus ad sportam caute ac sollicite attendit, sed eam serpens tenebat, Gr.
hearm
evil ⬩ an evil ⬩ injury ⬩ a calamity ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ calumny ⬩ a calumny
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Add: evil, physical or otherwise, as done to or suffered by a person or thing Gif him ǽnig hearm of þám drence becymð, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 32.
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