for-þencan
To misthink ⬩ disdain ⬩ despise ⬩ distrust ⬩ despair ⬩ dedignāri ⬩ diffīdĕre
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To misthink, disdain, despise, distrust, despair; dedignāri, diffīdĕre Ðæt is nú git ðínre unrihtwísnesse ðæt ðú eart fullneáh forþoht; ac ic nolde ðæt ðú ðé forþohtest; forðam se se ðe hine forþencþ, se biþ ormód it is still thy fault that thou art
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bin
a basket ⬩ cofinus ⬩ a crib ⬩ manger ⬩ a stall
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'Se assa oncneów his hlafordes binne.' Þá geseah heó þæt cild licgan on binne, ðǽr se oxa and se assa gewunelíce fódan sécað, Hml. Th. i. 42, 25. Geléd on þǽre binne, 40, 32. Ic sceal fyllan binnan (praesepia) oxan mid híg, Coll.
ge-winna
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Add of persons, an enemy, opponent Sé bið Godes gewinna sé ðe wilnað ðæt hé hæbbe ða weorðunga ðe God habban sceolde hostis Redemtoris est, qui ejus vice ab ecclesia amari concupiscit, Past. 141, 21. Feónda gewinna ( Guthlac ), Gú. 934.
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hagal
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D. hail) 'Ic sende micelne hagol . . . sweltað ealle þá þing þe úte beóð and se hagol him onufan fealð.' . . . Drihten sende hagul, Ex. 9, 18-23. Eall þæt se hagol lǽfde, 10, 15.
hláford-dóm
jurisdiction
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An ðás rédenne ðe se monn, sé ðe Krístes cirican hláford sié, sé mín and mínra erfewearda mundbora, and an his hláforddóme wé bián móten, C.D. i. 311, 21.
neáh
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Th. i. 414, 9. add Se Sunnandæg waes ealra daga se ǽresta, and hé bið eft se néxta ł ættemesta, Wlfst. 210, I. Ǽr his néxtan dæge, Hml. Th. ii. 152, 8. Þá þá hé sceolde álǽtan þæt níhste orað and ágyfan his gást cum extremum spiritum ageret. Gr.
þæt
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Nis seó þráh micel, þæt ðé wǽrlogan swencan móton the time of your affliction is not long, Andr. Kmbl. 215; An. 108. Nis seó stund latu, þæt ðé wælreówe wítum belecgaþ, 2423; An. 1213. Nú is se dæg cumen, þæt úre mandryhten mægenes behófaþ, Beo.
weardian
to guard, keep, defend ⬩ with gen. (cf. O. Sax. wardón with gen. to have charge of something) ⬩ to act as guardian to, to rule ⬩ to keep, have charge of ⬩ to hold a country, to occupy a place, inhabit. ⬩ in the phrases lást, swaðe weardian to keep a track, ⬩ to follow ⬩ to remain behind
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Sax. wardón with gen. to have charge of something) Ða Englisce men ðe wærdedon ðære sǽ the Englishmen that had charge of the sea, Chr. 1087; Erl. 225, 26. to act as guardian to, to rule Him on láste Seth weardode, éþelstól heóld, Cd.
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fǽr
a calamity ⬩ disaster ⬩ evil ⬩ accident
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Ǽr him fǽr Godes aldre gesceóde ere the calamity sent by God destroyed them, Dan. 592. Ne con hé yfles andgiet, ǽr hit hine on fealleð. Hé þonne onfindeþ, þonne se fǽr cymeð, Dóm. 73.
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gíming
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Sax. góma; pl. a marriage feast; nuptiae Hé at them gómum was (= se Hǽlend geceiged wæs tó ðǽm færmum ł hǽmdum (ad nubtias), Jn. L. 2, 2), Hél. 2002]:-- Gémung nuptias (a gloss on Mt. 22, 2. Cf. sé ðe dyde ðá færmo ł brýdlópa qui fecit nubtias Mt.
ÁDL
A disease ⬩ pain ⬩ a languishing sickness ⬩ consumption ⬩ morbus ⬩ languor
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A disease, pain, a languishing sickness, consumption; morbus, languor Wæs seó ádl þearl, hát and heorogrim the disease was sharp, hot and very fierce, Exon. 47a; Th. 160, 30; Gú. 951. Seó mycle ádl the great disease, leprosy; elephantiasis, Som.
on-fón
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. ) -Þæs wínes steápes onféhð (sé) þe hé ann, Ps.
ge-wrecan
To wreak ⬩ avenge ⬩ revenge ⬩ punish ⬩ ulcisci ⬩ vindĭcāre ⬩ pūnīre
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Seó his unsynnige cwalu wæs ge-wrecen his undeserved death was avenged, Shrn. 93, 13
tiht-bisig
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S. 30; Th. i. 392, 22 ( and see the whole section for the penalties). Be tihtbysigum. Se ðe tihtbysig sý, L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 13 : L. C. S. 25 ; Th. i. 390, 17. Sý ǽlc man ðe tihtbysig nǽre . . . ánfealdre láde wyrðe, 22; Th. i. 388, 9
un-þearf
Disadvantage ⬩ hurt ⬩ harm ⬩ detriment
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Nú hæfð se yfela gást seofontealde ungifa, ðæt sýn unþearfa manegra manna, Wulfst. 52, 9
wíc-geréfa
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See Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. p. 175
bletsian
to hallow ⬩ consecrate ⬩ adore ⬩ to benefit ⬩ prosper
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Add: to hallow, consecrate Genom se Hǽlend hláf and bletsade, Mt. R. 26, 26. Bloedsade, Mk. L. 14, 22. to make the sign of the crossas a protection against evil :-- Gif hwá hit bletsað, þonne áblynð seó dydrung, Hml. S. 21, 469.
brand
a fire-brand ⬩ a torch ⬩ burning ⬩ brand
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Ox. 54, 2 (see the note). a blade, sword: Se hálga áleát and astrehte his swuran under ðám scínendan brande, Hml. Th. ii. 510, 19
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capitol
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Hér onginð seó óðer bóc mid hire capitulon, 180, 40. Mæg sé ðe wile þá capitulas æfter ðǽre foresprǽce geendebyrdian any one who likes can make an index to the chapters after the preface, Hml.
folc-leásung
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Slander, as affecting an individual, which entailed the same penalty as that for folk-leásung, is treated in the following Sé þe óðerne mid wóge forsecgan wille, ꝥ hé áðor oþþe feó oþþe freme þe wyrsa sý . . . sý hé his tungan scyldig, Ll.