mund-wist
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Protection, guardianship Ðá ænglas him andsweredon, 'Ac syó hige ( the soul ) ánumen of úre mundwiste, for ðan ðe mid fúlnesse hyó wæs in gangende,' Nap. 46
tintreg-þegn
An officer who torments, ⬩ an executioner
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His dryhten hine salde tintergaþægnum (tortoribus), Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 18, 34
mund
a hand ⬩ a hand ⬩ protection ⬩ Guardianship ⬩ A protector ⬩ guardian ⬩ protection ⬩ guardianship extended by the king to the subject ⬩ the king's peace, by the head of a family to its members ⬩ the fine paid for violation of mund
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láfe and his bearna.
Linked entry: mundian
tyslian
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Ne secge ic ná máre embe ða sceandlícan tyslunge búton ðæt ús secgaþ béc ðæt se beó ámánsumod ðe hǽðenra manna þeáwas hylt on his lífe and his ágen cynn unwurþaþ mid ðam I tell you, brother Edward, that you do wrong to forsake the English customs that
lǽwa
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Hé is mín lǽwa hic me tradet Hml. . Th. ii. 244, 5. Hwílon cweþað preóstas ꝥ Crístes lǽwa . . . mage wið Críst hine betellan, swilce hé neádunge gefremode ꝥ fácn wið hine, Hml. S. 27, 157. Add
ǽfen-steorra
The evening star ⬩ Hesperus
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The Romans designated him by the names Lucifer and Hesperus, to characterise him as the morning or evening star Se steorra ðe we hátaþ ǽfensteorra, ðonne he biþ west gesewen, ðonne tácnnaþ he ǽfen.
Linked entry: morgen-steorra
eald-riht
An ancient right ⬩ vĕtus jus vel privĭlēgium
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Bǽdon hine ðæt he him to heora ealdrihtum gefultumede they prayed him that he would succour them with respect to their ancient rights. Bt. 1; Fox 2, 24
Linked entry: eald-geriht
út-hleáp
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Gif hwá fare unáliéfed fram his hláforde . . . and hine mon geáhsige, fare þǽr hé ǽr wæs, and geselle his hláforde . LX. sciłł., Ll. Th. i. 126, 9-8. See also 86, 1-10: 210, 20
fóre-witan
To foreknow ⬩ præscīre
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To foreknow; præscīre He eall fórewát hú hit geweorþan sceal he foreknows all how it shall come to pass, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 27
Linked entry: fór-witan
fór-strang
Very strong ⬩ prævălĭdus
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Very strong; prævălĭdus Fórstrangne oft wíf hine wríþ [though] very strong, a woman often binds him, Exon. 113 a; Th. 434, 2; Rä. 51, 4
in-feccan
to fetch in
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to fetch in Ðá héht hé ðone drý infeccan beforan hine he ordered the sorcerer to be fetched into his presence, Blickl. Homl. 175, 1
Linked entry: feccan
in-fóster
Rearing ⬩ breeding
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Rearing, breeding Hit mín ágen ǽht is and mín infóster it is my own property and my rearing, L. O. 3 ; Th. i. 180, 7
Linked entry: fóster
land-hæfen
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Gif Wylisc mon hæbbe híde londes, his wer bip cxx scill., L. In. 32; Th. i. 122, 8
Linked entry: hæfen
be-styrman
To BESTORM, storm, agitate ⬩ flatibus agere, agitare
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To BESTORM, storm, agitate; flatibus agere, agitare Ðonne hit bestyrmaþ ðisse worulde ungeþwǽrnessa quando ipsam agitant hujus mundi inquietudines, Bt. 3, 2; Fox 6, 8
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á-búrod
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Deprived of peasants (gebúras) Ðá wæs hit ierfælæás and mið ǽðnum folce ábúrod omni peccunia caruit et pauperibus hominibus erat destitutum Cht. Th. 162, 29
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be-lutian
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To lie hid Befleáh hé in sum hol treów and þǽr belutode and hine sylfne áhýdde fugiens in cava arbore latebat, Gr. D. 293, 15
cwén-fugol
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Lye,' substitute Nán man ne wát hweþer hit ( the Phenix ) is þe carlfugol þe cwénfugol, E. S. viii. 479, 91
efnes
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Quite, just Efnes hit bið gelíc réna scúrum, Wlfst. 149, 5. Eal ꝥ ús þincð ǽmtig . . . bið emnes mid þý eal gefylled, Dóm. L. 150
Hring-Dene
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Gár-Dene) Hú hit Hring-Dene gebún hæfdon, B. 116: 1279. Ic Hring-Dena weóld, 1769
þeów
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Hé cwæð þæt hit ná geweorþan sceolde þæt sé wǽre leóda cyning, sé þe ǽr wæs folce þeów, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 21. Add