sígan
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Ðæt folc him sáh eall onbútan the people pressed upon him on all sides, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 650. Eall seó burhwaru sáh út ætgædere ongeán ðæs cáseres tócyme the whole town moved out together in the direction of the emperor's approach, 814.
be-gán
to go over ⬩ to surround ⬩ occupy ⬩ dwell ⬩ cultivate ⬩ till ⬩ perambulare ⬩ circumdare ⬩ incolere ⬩ habitare ⬩ colere ⬩ to go to ⬩ visit ⬩ attend ⬩ to cherish ⬩ honour ⬩ worship ⬩ obire ⬩ colere ⬩ excolere ⬩ to commit ⬩ exercise ⬩ practise ⬩ observe ⬩ committere ⬩ perficere ⬩ observare
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Ðæt mynster seó ylce cwén swýðe lufode and árwyrþode and be-eóde eadem regina hoc monasterium multum diligebat, venerabatur, excolebat Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 15 : 2, 13; S. 517, 1. to commit, exercise, practise, observe; committere, perficere, observare
GEARD
An inclosure ⬩ inclosed place ⬩ YARD ⬩ GARDEN ⬩ court ⬩ dwelling ⬩ home ⬩ region ⬩ land ⬩ septum ⬩ lŏcus septus ⬩ hortus ⬩ ārea ⬩ habĭtācŭlum ⬩ domĭcĭlium ⬩ rĕgio
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Ðæt ǽlc cóme to his ágenum gearde that each should come to his own land, Ors. 5, 14; Bos. 114, 18. On geard at home, Menol. Fox 215; Men. 109. In écne geard into the eternal home, Exon. 44 a; Th. 149, 17; Gú. 763 : 51 a; Th. 178, 8; Gú. 1241.
Linked entry: mǽr-geard
læssa
Less
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Ne eart ðú læst [læsæst, Rush.] nequaquam minima es, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 6. Nis dæt læsest, Exon. 43 b; Th. 148, 7; Gú. 741. Ðará ánum ðeáh hit se læsta wǽre and se heánosta to one of them, though it were the least and the humblest, Blickl. Homl. 169, 22.
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
mǽne
mean ⬩ wicked ⬩ false ⬩ evil
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Eall yfel forlǽtan ge on manslihte ge on mǽnum áþum, 228, 21
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mancus
A mancus ⬩ the eighth of a pound ⬩ the sum of thirty pence
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In Cnut's laws the heriot of an earl included twá hund mancus goldes (which is rendered in a Latin version by quinquaginta marcas auri, v. Schmid. p. 309, so that the mancus is the fourth of a marc), L. C. S. 72; Th. i. 414, 8.
rǽdels
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Eall ðis ðú gerehtest tó sóðe swíðe gesceádwíslíce búton ǽlcre leásre rǽdelsan haec nullis extrinsecus sumtis, sed altero ex altero fidem trahente, insitis domesticisque probationibus explicabas, 35, 5; Fox 164, 31.
ge-cígan
To call ⬩ name ⬩ call upon ⬩ invoke ⬩ call forth ⬩ provoke ⬩ incite ⬩ vocare ⬩ nominare ⬩ invocare ⬩ provocare ⬩ incitare
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Ðú, Drihten, [eart] wynsum eallum gecýgendum ðé tu, Domine, [es] suavis omnibus invocantibus te, Ps. Spl. 85, 4. On dagum mínum ic gecýge hine in diebus meis invocabo eum, Ps. Lamb. 114, 2. He gecýgde me invocavit me, Ps. Spl. 88, 26.
stycce
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Hig curfon ðone ram eall tó sticceon (in frusta), Lev. 8, 20. Tó sticcon, 1, 6: Ex. 29, 17. Tó sticcum, Jud. 14, 6. Ðæt mon ðone disc tóbrǽce tó styccum, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 21. Hé feallende tóbærst on feówer sticca.
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æt-standan
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Ne beseoh þú underbæc, ne þú ne ætstande náhwár on þisum earde, Gen. 19, 17. Hé hét ðá hundas ætstandan þe urnon, Hml. Th. ii. 514, 24. of a body at rest, to remain standing Ealle gefeóllan . . bútan Dúnstán ána ætstód uppon ánum beáme.
fǽringa
unexpectedly ⬩ of a sudden ⬩ all at once ⬩ soon ⬩ at once ⬩ early ⬩ by chance ⬩ forte
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Swealt Ósgod fǽringa swá swá hé on his reste læg, Chr. 1054; P. 184, 21: Jul. 477. without premeditation Sume ic lárum geteáh tó geflite . . . þæt hý fǽringa ealde æfþoncan edníwedan, Jul. 484. soon, at once, without delay, early Hé cwæþ : " Cuman nú
ge-metlíce
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Hé beór ne drince, and gemetlíce wín and eala, Lch. ii. 88, ii. Ne gémdon hié nánes fyrenlustes, búton swíþe gemetlíce þá gecynd beeódan ; ealne weg hí ǽton ǽne on dæg Bt. 15 ; F. 48, 7.
geap
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Strúdende fýr steápes and geápes forswealh eall every roof was burnt Gen. 2556. Under geápne hróf, B. 836. Þás hofu dreórgað and þǽs teáfor geápu ( these vaulted and red-tiled roofs ?)
glídan
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On ðám earde ðe se tungel ofer glád, 106, 28.
hund-seofontig
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Add: as abstract numeral Týn síðon seofon beóð hundseofontig, Angl. viii. 303, 5. as substantive (sing, or pl.). with gen þær on ríme forborn fíf and hundseofontig hǽðnes herges, Jul. 588. pæt synd eall tógedere twá and hundseofontig geára (MS. geáre
leóran
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Hé cýðde hwylce sceoldon beón sweltende and leórian (lióran, v. l.) of þám mynstre innotuit qui et qui essent in brevi ex eadem cella morituri, Gr. D. 298, 16.
gærsum
treasure ⬩ an article of value ⬩ treasures
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in a collective sense, treasure Heora gærsama fornéh eall losade, Chr. 1075; P. 209, 38. Gif hé ne sealde þe máre gersuman, 1047; P. 171, 14. Hí budon þám pápan mycelne garsuman and seolfer, Chr. 995; P. 130, 22. Gærsuman, 34.
on-sund
of persons, sound, whole, uninjured ⬩ of things, sound, entire, perfect, without flaw or injury
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Ðenden gǽst and líc geador síþedan onsund on earde, Exon. Th. 285, 16; Jul. 715. Ðá wurdon ða gymstánas swá ansunde, ðæt nán tácen ðære ǽrran tócwýsednesse næs gesewen, Homl. Th. i. 62, 16
Linked entry: án-súnd