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swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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V. 6), so, therefore, on that account Hé him ðet land forbeád .. and hé hit swá álét he forbade him the land . . . and so he gave it up, Chart.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

FǼGE

(adj.)
Grammar
FǼGE, def. se fǽga, seó, ðæt fǽge; comp. -ra; sup. -est; adj.

fated, doomed, destined prŏpĕræ morti dēvōtus, cui mors immĭnetdead, killed, slainmortuus, occīsusaccursed, condemned execrātus, damnātus

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Hirdas lǽgon gǽsne on greóte, fǽgra flǽschaman the keepers lay lifeless on the sand, the carcases of the slain, Andr. Kmbl. 2171; An. 1087.

rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
rǽran, p. de
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Ongunnon him bytlian and heora burh rǽran, 113, 1; Gen. 1880. to set up, establish (a law, institution, etc.) God sibbe rǽreþ éce tó ealdre engla and monna, Exon. Th. 43, 16; Cri. 689.

Linked entry: hebban

freó

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Þá bearn synt fríge (freó, L.R.), Mt. 17, 26. (10 a) of land :-- Sí hyt ǽlces þinges freóh búton ferdfóre ..., C.D. iii. 20, 4. Ǽghwæs tó brúcenne tó freón ... bútan ðǽm circsceatte, 254, 12.

restan

(v.)
Grammar
restan, ;p.; te

To restto cease from toil, be at restto rest on a couch, to sleepto rest in death, lie dead, lie in the graveto remain unmoved; or; undisturbed, be stillTo rest one's selfof cessation from toil

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Reste hé ðǽr ;Christ lay in the sepulchre,; Rood Kmbl. 138; Kr. 69. Hæfdon éðelweardas ealdhettende swyrdum áswefede, hié on swaðe reston ( ;of the Assyrians slain in battle; ), Judth.

Linked entry: ræstan

cyst

(n.)
Grammar
cyst, cist, e; f. [ceósan to choose] .

choice, election optio, electio æstimatio excellence, virtue, munificence, goodness præstantia, virtus, largitas, bonitas

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Seó gitsung gedéþ gitseras láðe, and ða cysta gedóþ ða leóftǽle covetousness makes misers loathsome, and munificence makes them estimable, Bt. 13; Fox 38,16.

Linked entry: wyn

heáp

a bandcompanythe clergya choiran armya hosta troopcompanya crewa collectionin companytogether

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[Þa þe uerde wes isomne of ælche moncunne, þa heo weoren þer on hepe an hunddred þusende, Laym. 28292. v. N. E.

uppan

(prep.)
Grammar
uppan, (-on); prep. dat. acc.

upononaboveuponatafteruponon touponagainst

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Stud. viii, 62, 9, To ǽlcen cyrcean uppe land, Chr. 1086; Erl. 223, 36. marking relative height, above Him uppan wæs ród árǽred, Elen. Kmbl. 1768; El. 886.

Linked entries: uppon on-uppan

tilung

(n.)
Grammar
tilung, teolung, tiolung, tielung, e; f.

striving, endeavour, effort, laboura pursuitoccupationemploymentbusinesscareattentiontreatmentcuregain that comes from labouracquisitionfruit got by tilling the earth

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Lác of eorðan tilingum de fructibus terrae munera, Gen. 4, 3. Ete ælþeódig folc ðíne tilinga fructus terras et omnes labores tuos comedat populus quem ignoras, Deut. 28, 33. Ǽgðer ge earm ge eádig, ðe ǽnige teolunga (tylunge, MS.

Linked entries: teolung tylung

hengen

a crossa rack

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In the two glosses and in the passage from Cnut's Laws the word seems used in a more general sense of confinement

under-fón

Grammar
under-fón, <b>. I.</b>
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Hié noldon underfón ðíne láre, 267, 3. IV. add: to accept advice, terms, &amp;c. :-- Se cyning þisne rǽd underféng, Hml. A. 94, 67.

sceadu

(n.)
Grammar
sceadu, sceaduwe, sceadwe, sceade ; f.

Shadow, shadeshadow (cast by an object) darknessshadow, protectiona shady place, shade, arbouran obscure image

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Lamb.) deáþes, 106, 10. Ðis andwearde líf is swíðe anlíc sceade, and on ðære sceade nán mon ne mæg begitan ða sóðan gesǽlþa, Bt. 27, 3; Fox 98, 19. On midde ða sceade deáþes, Ps. Th. 22, 4.

Linked entry: sceadu-genga

hand

(n.)
Grammar
hand, hond, a; f.

HAND, side, power, control

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Hér leót Ceolréd Wulfréde tó hande ðet land of Sempigaham in this year Ceolred let the land of Sempringham to Wulfred, 852; Erl. 67, 33: 1091; Erl. 227, 7, 24: Anal. Th. 126, 14.

grið

(n.)
Grammar
grið, es; n.
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Rdr. 107, 99. for the passages in which the word occurs as a technical term in the laws, see Thorpe, index to vol. i. of 'Ancient Laws and Institutes,' s. v.

freó-dóm

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Hé gebohte æt Æðere ... ðis gewrit and ðis land mið ðý friádóme ðe hit hǽr gefriád wæs tó Crístes cyrican on éc erfe, C.D.B. ii. 154, 17.

ge-þafian

(v.)
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Hé his suna geþafode þæt hé læg mid Lucrettie, Ors. 2, 2 ; S. 66, 30. ꝥ with infin. and dat.

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! ne wurpe wé þrý cnihtas intó þám fýre?, Hml. Th. ii. 20, 12. hú ne gewídmǽrsude? nonne percrebruit?, An. Ox. 2374. Hú ne nú [God] sécð þás? nonne Deus requiret ista?, Ps. Rdr. 43, 22: 38, 8. qualifying adj. or adv.

sígan

(v.)
Grammar
sígan, p. sáh, pl. sigon ; pp. sigen.
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Lǽt sígan út on sum fæt let it drain out into a vessel, iii. 48, 6. to strain, filter, act as a filter, cf. (?) sígere Sígende sond rén swylgþ bibulae arenae, Bt. 12 ; Fox 36, 12, 16

Linked entries: sígend sígere

wén

(n.)
Grammar
wén, e; f.

suppositionopinionthoughtideahopeexpectationlikelihoodprobabilitychanceperhapsperchancemay beprobably

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Cum mid ús, ðý læs wén is hí ús eft genimon come with us, lest haply they take us again Blickl. Homl. 239, 9. Ðý læs wén sié ðæt hine God gefreólsige 243, 19: 247, 2. Wén is ðæt ic gefyrenode perhaps I have sinned 235, 32: 239, 29: Homl.

Linked entry: wéna

CUMAN

(v.)
Grammar
CUMAN, part. cumende; ic cume, ðú cymst, cymest, he cumeþ, cymþ, cymeþ, cimþ, pl. cumaþ; p. ic, he com, cwom, ðú cóme, pl. cómon, cwómon; imp. s. cum, cym, pl. cumaþ; subj. indef. ic cume, cyme, pl. cumon, cumen, cymen; p. cóme, pl. cómen; pp. cumen, cymen.

COME go, happen venire, ire, accidere, evenire

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Cum to ðam lande, ðe ic ðé geswutelige come to the land, which I will shew thee, Gen. 12, 1 . Ne cumon eów ðás worde of gemynde let not these words depart out of your mind, Deut. 4, 9. Ðonne wíg cume when war happens, Beo. Th. 46 ; B. 23.

Linked entry: aweg-cuman