ge-recedness
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An. Ox. 181. la. a history, story, narrative :-- Her onginneð seó gerecednes be Antioche . . and be Apollonige, Ap. Th. l, l. þǽreǽrran gerecednyssa prioris instrument!; the Old Testament, An. Ox. 1676.
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hrædlíce
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Ox. 56, 321: B. 963. immediately after a point of time fixed by the occurrence of an action or defined by an adverb, directly, straightway, at once Ðá ætsóc hé . . .
tawa
an implement, a tool, an article for use in an employment.
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an implement, a tool, an article for use in an employment. (?)
of-gán
to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exact ⬩ to require what is not due, to exact with violence, extort ⬩ to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another ⬩ to start of, make a beginning of anything.
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Mid ðám tintregum hé wolde his ǽhta æt him ofgán, ii. 180, 18. to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another:- His bróðer wearþ his yrfenuma swá swáhé hit æt ðam cynge ofeode
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teáh
a tie, band ⬩ a case, coffer, casket, box ⬩ an enclosure, a close (cf. Icel. teigr (teygr?) a close, paddock)
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Ðá féng se portgeréfa tó ðære tége and hí sóna unhlidode, 23, 755-765. Búton hit ( the stolen property ) under ðæs wífes cǽglocan gebroht wǽre ... ðæt is hire hordern and hire cyste and hire tége, L. C. S. 77; Th. i. 418, 22.
híw-rǽden
- Ps. L.
a family ⬩ a house ⬩ a house ⬩ family ⬩ tribe ⬩ nation
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Híwrǽdene, Hpt. 31, 18, 504. a house, body of people living together with common interests and occupations, a religious house Þæt heó sién þǽm biscope holde and þǽre heórǽdene æt Weogornaceastre, Cht. Th. 168, 24.
æt-bredan
To take away ⬩ withdraw ⬩ set at liberty ⬩ to enlarge ⬩ release ⬩ rescue ⬩ tollere ⬩ eripere
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Ðæt ðe he hæfþ him biþ ætbroden quod habet auferetur ab eo, Mt. Bos. 13, 12: 21, 43: Ex. 22, 10. Ðe hys wealas him ætbrudon quem abstulerant servi ejus, Gen. 21, 25
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a-swebban
To sooth ⬩ appease ⬩ set at rest ⬩ put to death ⬩ destroy ⬩ sopire ⬩ sedare ⬩ necare ⬩ dolere
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To sooth, appease, set at rest, put to death, destroy; sopire, sedare, necare, dolere He ðone storm aswefede and gestilde tempestatem sopivit, Bd. 3, 15; S. 542, 5 : Exon. 58 b ; Th. 210, 15 ; Ph. 186.
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lærest
least
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least Æt ðam lærestan wlitewamme iii scillingas and at ðam máran vi scill. for the smallest disfigurement of the face iii shillings, for the greater vi shillings, L. Ethb. 56; Th. i. 16, 15.
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stíþ-ferhþ
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Standaþ stíðferhðe ( Cherubim and Seraphim ), Andr. Kmbl. 1443 ; An. 722. Stíðferhþe hæleð higegleáwe, Chr. 975 ; Erl. 126, 24. of stern mind Stíðferhð cyning ( the Deity at the time of the deluge ), Cd. Th. 84, 32 ; Gen. 1406.
un-deóre
Cheaply ⬩ at a small cost
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Cheaply, at a small cost Undeóre hé bohte vile vendidit, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 63. Gá seó wǽge wulle tó .cxx. p. and nán man hig ná undeóror ne sylle, L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 4.
un-fǽhð
Absence of hostility
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Absence of hostility; the word refers to the abstention from the prosecuting of the feud, which under certain conditions it would be allowable for the kinsmen of a man to follow up Se ðe þeóf geféhð, hé áh .x. sciłł.... and ða mǽgas him swerian áðas
wistfullian
To feast
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Se apostol tǽhte ðæt wé sceoldon wistfullian ná on yfelnysse beorman, ac on þeorfnyssum sýfernysse (epulemur, non in fermento malitiae, sed in azymis sinceritatis, 1 Cor. 5, 8), Homl. Th. ii. 278, 24
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frum-cenned
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Dele last passage, and add: first-born Næs þæt cild for ðí gecweden hire frumcennede cild swilce heó óðer ácende, ac for ðí þe Críst is frumcenned of manegum gástlicum gebróðrum, Hml. Th. i. 34, 24.
weardere
One who holds a country, an inhabitant
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One who holds a country, an inhabitant Columba com tó Pyhtum; ðæt synd wærteras be norðum mórum Columba came to the Picts; they are the people who hold the country to the north of the hills (cf.
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hosp-sprǽc
Contemptuous, insulting language
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Contemptuous, insulting language Se eádmóda biscop ðe wé ymbe sprecaþ wæs swiðe geþyldig wið þwyrum mannum and him ne eglede heora hospsprǽc ac forbær blíðelíce ðeáh ðe him man bysmor cwǽde the lowly-minded bishop that we are talking about was very patient
sliccan
to strike, slap
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Halliwell gives slick as an Oxfordshire word for a blow, slap)
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á-blinnan
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Hé for ðæs weges earfoðnysse ne áblan, ac feor gewát, Hml. S. 30, 36, Clypa, ne áblin ðú, Hml. A. 138, 9. Ǽfre syngiende and nǽfre áblinnende, Nar. 47, 13. with gen.
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æt-wíndan
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and add; to escape from a person, absolute Gif hé ætwinde, Ll. Th. i. 210, 12, 9. with dat. Þá ætwand him án preóst a priest escaped from them , Hml. S. 19, 19. Án sceáp him ætwunden wæs, Hml.
be-scúfan
to thrust
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Bescúfende trudentes (ad erroris nau*-*fragia), An. Ox. 5477