líf
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Wite þú, lá arwurða líf (= leóf?), Angl. viii. 334, 34. with reference to duration, the animate terrestrial existence of an individual with regard to its duration, the period from birth to death Swá lange swá mé líf gelǽst, Ll. Th. i. 276, 29.
pól
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D. vi. 220, 15. v. mǽr-, teám-, wíþig-pól. Add
wealh-land
a foreign land ⬩ Normandy
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a foreign land Ǽghwǽr eorðan dǽr wit earda leás mid wealandum wunian (winnan, MS.) sceoldon (cf. mé ellþeódigne, l. 20), Cd. Th. 163, 30; Gen. 2706. Normandy (cf.
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wræc-síþ
travel in a foreign land ⬩ peregrination ⬩ pilgrimage ⬩ exile ⬩ banishment ⬩ misery ⬩ wretchedness
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'Ic nú þrý dagas þolian sceolde wælgrim wítu. . . .' ' Ne wép ðone wræcsíð, ' 2861 ; An. 1433. Mæg unfǽge eáðe gedígan weán and wræcslít, Beo. Th. 4573; B. 2292
leán
- Wulfst. 168, 17 .]
To blame ⬩ reproach ⬩ disapprove ⬩ scorn
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To blame, reproach, find fault with, disapprove, scorn Ne leá ic ðé ná ðæt ðú ǽgðer lufige I blame thee not for loving either, Shrn. 197, 2.
mǽnan
To lament ⬩ mourn ⬩ complain
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Ðæt ic sceal teárum mǽnan that I must mourn with tears. Exon. 76a; Th. 285, 10; Jul. 712
GIM
GEM ⬩ jewel ⬩ gemma ⬩ used metaphorically of the eye, the sun, stars, etc.
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Se ðe wæs gescríd mid golde and mid gimmum he that was clad with gold and with gems, Chr. 1086; Erl. 221, 3: Cd. 227; Th. 305, 20; Sat. 649. Hí wurdon gehwyrfede to deórwurþum gimmum they were turned to precious gems, Homl.
GE-DÉFE
Becoming ⬩ fit ⬩ proper ⬩ seemly ⬩ convenient ⬩ agreeable ⬩ decent ⬩ quiet ⬩ mild ⬩ meek ⬩ gentle ⬩ kind ⬩ benevolent ⬩ congruus ⬩ convĕniens ⬩ dĕcens ⬩ opportūnus ⬩ hŏnestus ⬩ quiētus ⬩ mansuētus ⬩ bĕnignus
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Wuna mid us ðæt ðú us gedéfra gedó stop with us to improve us, St. And. 24, 8. Deórust and gedéfust dearest and fittest, 102, 16. Ealra démena ðam gedéfestan to the most benevolent of all judges, Exon. 93 a; Th. 350, 4; Sch. 58
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car-ful
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Th. i. 236, 4: ii. 284, 25. of things, fraught or attended with anxiety, troublesome Carfull (heti) bíhýdinys scrupulosa (dubitata) sollicitudo, An.
folgoþ
service ⬩ office ⬩ authority
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Dele bracket and first three passages, and add: with the idea of service, to the king or state, service, office Tó his folgaþe and tó his þénunge þá æþelestan cóman ad eius (Oswine) ministerium uiri nobilissimi concurrerent, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 256, 14.
ge-bedda
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Cf. ge-maca, [ ge-mæcca for gender], and add: one who lies in bed with another, a bedfellow. of a married woman Migdonia leng nolde cuman tó hire weres bedde . . .
ge-brecan
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Hé eall þæt mægn þæs áwyrgedan gástes on him gebræc, Guth. 60, 5. intrans. with prep.
ge-þwǽre
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(a α) in agreement with (dat. ) :-- Hié wilniað ðæt wé him geðwǽre sién, Past. 255, 1. of a company Be gehwǽre bróðrǽddene de concordi sodalitate (apium ), An.
hladan
to load ⬩ to load ⬩ freight ⬩ cargo ⬩ to load ⬩ to draw ⬩ to draw ⬩ to draw ⬩ to draw ⬩ obtain ⬩ to scoop out
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Add: to load a vessel with a freight Wæs naca hladen herewǽdum, mearum and máðmum, B. 1897. to load, furnish abundantly with something. the object a person. the thing material Goldhladen þegn, Fins. 13. the thing non-material Guma gilphlæden, B. 868
oxa
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[The carucate was the extent of land ploughed by one plough with its team of eight oxen] :-- On hillum twégra oxena gang, and on Lundbý twégra oxena gang, C. D. B. iii. 346, 20-21. Add
þes
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. ¶ where the word has much the same force as the definite article with common nouns and might be omitted with proper :-- Hefe úp ðíne stefne suá ðes bíme quasi tuba exalta vocem tuam, Past. 91, 20.
ge-þeaht
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Hé hæfde geþeaht mid his witum and freóndum facto cum suis consilio, 3, 22 ; Sch. 292, 12 : 4, 1; Sch. 336, 16. Hæfde se cyng mycel geþeaht and swíðe deópe spǽce wið his witan, Chr. 1085; P. 216, 15.
mǽg-bót
The 'bót' paid to the kinsman of a slain man for the slaying of the latter
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If he (the slain man) strove against him that slew him, then let there be no 'bót' to the godfather just as there is no 'wite' to the lord, L. In. 76; Th. i. 150, 13-20. Ǽgðer ge mǽgbóte ge manbóte fullíce gebéte, L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 360, 7
BÉN
A praying ⬩ prayer ⬩ petition ⬩ an entreaty ⬩ a deprecation ⬩ supplication ⬩ demand ⬩ bone ⬩ BOON ⬩ ⬩ deprecatio ⬩ oratio ⬩ preces ⬩ postulatio
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O.] though the king's prayers were powerful and effectual with him Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 18 : 1, 4; S. 475, 32 : 5, 1; S. 614, 15 : 5, 21; S. 643, 6. Be ryhtes béne of praying for justice L. In. 8; Th. i. 106, 19.
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CÉNE
KEEN, fierce, bold, brave, warlike ⬩ acer, audax, animosus, bellicosus
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Þriste mid cénum the confident with the brave, Exon. 89b; Th. 337, 8; Gn. Ex. 61: Beo. Th. 1541; B. 768. this word is sometimes expressed by the Rune RUNE Ðonne RUNE cwacaþ then the bold shall quake, Exon. 19b; Th. 50, 8; Cri. 797: Elen. Grm. 1258