freó-sceatt
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and for þám ánum foroft gefreóde not those only that are free, but still more those that are born chattels and the absolute property of other men, and for the particular purpose are very often freed; non solum liberi, sed etiam plerumque et ex conditione
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hnecca
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'Befleh ǽrest ǽnne þwang þám biscope fram þám hneccan oþ þone hóh (a vertice usque ad calcaneum and him ꝥ heáfod syþþan of áceorf' . . . Sume men gesetton ꝥ ácorfene heáfod eft tó ðám sweóran (cervici), Gr. D. 198, 4-12.
ilding
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Yldinge fascis (mentis cervicem gravi fascis sarcina deprementibus, Ald. 80, l), An. Ox. 8b, l. Yldincga tricarum, i. morarum, 2079. Add
inn
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Án lang gealga stænt æt Amanes inne lignum stat in domo Aman, Hml. A. 100, 280. Hí heom in gecuron mid hyra méder, Hml. S. 30, 317. Add
ofer-drincan
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Add: with gen. of intoxicant Gif ǽnig gehádod hine sylfne rǽdlíce oferdrince, oððe þæs geswíce oððe his hádes þolige, Ll. Th. ii. 258, 26. Þá þe lufiað ꝥ hí hí sylfe an wíne oferdrincon diligentes se inebriari uino, Chrd. 74, 3.
seolh
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Haec anhelitu suo pedes ejus fovere coeperunt, ac villo satagebant extergere (Vit. Cuth. c. x.), Hml. Th. ii. 138, 11. Seólas simones, An. Ox. 41, 2. .vii. fiscas sélaes fyllu, sifu sélas hronaes fyllu, 54, 1. Add
swég
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</b> add :-- Tó ðǽre hristendan ... swége ( ad stridulae (buccinae) sonum, Ald. 65, 15), Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 46
tó-brecan
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</b> add: to put an end to :-- Hí wépende him tó fótum luton, and cwǽdon, 'Help úre, la Hǽlend ... ádwǽsc ðás gebeót and ðás wópas tóbrec,' Shrn. 68, 10. Add Micele sélre him wǽre þæt hé þone að tóbrǽce, Hml. Th. i. 484, 4
réwet
Rowing ⬩ a ship ⬩ navigium
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Hwílon ic dó, ac seldon, forðan micel réwyt mé ys tó sǽ quia magnum navigium mihi est ad mare, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 3. On réwette swincende laborantes in remigando, Mk. Skt. 6, 48. Hí wǽron on réwute, Homl. Th. i. 162, 10.
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sǽt
An ambush,
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An ambush, a place where one lies in wait Hý sǽtiaþ mín and sittaþ swá gearwe swá seó leó déþ tó ðam ðe hé gefón wyle and swá swá his hwelp byþ gehýd æt ðære sǽte susceperunt me sicut leo paratus ad praedam, et sicut catulus leonis habitans in abditis
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hæftnung
Captivity, fastening, confinement
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Ǽr hé forðférde hé beád ðæt man sceolde unlésan ealle ða menn ðe on hæftnunge wǽron ere he departed he ordered that all those men who were in confinement should be released, Chr. 1086; Erl. 223, 39.
wil-síþ
A desired journey, ⬩ a wished for, welcome journey
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Kmbl. 2093; An. 1048. Elene ne wolde ðæs síð-fætes sǽne weorðan, . . . ac wæs sóna gearu wíf on wilsíð, Elen. Kmbl. 445; El. 223. Sunnan wilsíð, Exon. Th. 2, 29; Cri. 26
and-efn
An equality ⬩ a proportion ⬩ measure ⬩ an amount ⬩ proportio
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An equality, a proportion, measure, an amount; proportio Be hire andefne by its proportion, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 14
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eald-geneát
An old companion ⬩ vĕtus cŏmes
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An old companion; vĕtus cŏmes Se wæs eald-geneát he was an old companion, Byrht. Th. 140, 58; By. 310
here-feld
A field ⬩ battle-field
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A field, battle-field, Elen. Kmbl. 537; El. 269: 251; El. 126: Andr. Kmbl. 19; An. 10: 35; An. 18
morþ
death ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ that which causes death ⬩ murder ⬩ slaying with an attempt at concealment of the deed ⬩ murder ⬩ homicide
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Th. 230, 17. murder; as a technical term, slaying with an attempt at concealment of the deed.
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fóre-þonc
Fore-thought ⬩ providence ⬩ provĭdentia
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Exon. 55 b; Th. 197, 16; Az. 191: 118 a; Th. 454, 22; Hy. 4, 37. Se fóreþonc is sió godcunde gesceádwísnes, sió ðe eall fórewát providence is the divine intelligence, which foreknows all, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 26.
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súþ-healf
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On súðhalfe Humbre streámes ad meridianam Humbrae fluminis ripam, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 19. Hí wendon ábútan Penwihtsteort on ða súðhealfe, Chr. 997; Erl. 135, 10. Hí wendon tó Lundene and dulfon áne mycele díc on ða súðhealfe (on súðhealfe, MS.
ge-eácnung
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Add: conceiving, conception. in active sense Þá æfter þan wǽron gefylde nigan mónað hire geeácnunge, þá cende Anna hyre dohtor, Hml. As. 125, 282. Þ hé bodige hire geeácnunge, Bl.
grund-leás
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Add: of an earthly pit, gulf, &amp;c. lit. bottomless, whose bottom has not been reached Andlang hagan tó ðám grundeliésan pytte, C. D. v. 148, 10. On ðone grundlǽsan pyt, vi. 41, 23. fig.