árfæstnes
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Ongeán þǽre árfæstnysse hé sylð árleásnysse, þæt hé ne árige his underþeóddum ne his gelícum, Wlfst. 59, 16
yfel-sacian
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Archiv xci. 190) Gé gehýrað hú hé Gode yfelsacað, Nap. 88. Hé gewunode ꝥ hé yfelsacode þæs ælmihtigan Godes mægnþrym majestatem Dei blasphemare consueverat , Gr. D. 289, 8: 290, 1.
hearpian
To play on the harp, to harp
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To play on the harp, to harp Hé mihte hearpian ðæt se wudu wagode he could play on the harp so that the wood moved, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 166, 32: Ap. Th. 16, 16. Fægere hé hearpaþ pulcre citharizat, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 31.
sciccels
A cloak ⬩ mantle
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Hé hine unscrídde ðam healfan scicelse ðe hé on hæfde, Th. Ap. 12, 22. Hé wæs mid horhgum scicelse bewǽfed, 13, 26. Hí scrýddon hyne mid weolcenreádum scyccelse (clamys), Mt. Kmbl. 27, 28, 31.
mægen-leást
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Gif hé ongyt þæt þæs gebodes micelnes his mihta oferstíhð, hé . . . his mægenleáste his ealdre gecýþe, R. Ben. 128, 15. Add
will
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Add Se bisceop hine lét faran be his wille (the bishop let him go as he pleased) . . . Hé geseah þá sóna ꝥ hé his sylfes geweóld ( he was his own master), Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 10.
brego-stól
a ruler, prince, king; ⬩ a stool, seat, throne ⬩ A prince's stool or chair, a throne, a prince's dominion, kingdom ⬩ principis sella, thronus, regnum
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He hámes niósan lét ðone bregostól he left the kingdom to visit his home, 4767; B. 2389. Breogostól, Andr. Kmbl. 417; An. 209
Linked entry: breogo-stól
ǽn-íge
one-eyed
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one-eyed Gif he hí gedó ǽnígge if he make them one-eyed, L. Alf. 20; Wilk. 30, 11: Cot. 179
ge-campian
To fight
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To fight He wolde gecompian wiþ ðone awerigdan gást he wished to fight with the accursed spirit, Blickl. Homl. 29, 17
Linked entry: campian
ge-fecgan
To seize ⬩ arrĭpĕre
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To seize; arrĭpĕre He wolde ðæs beornes beágas gefecgan he would seize the chieftains gems, Byrht. Th. 136, 33; By. 160
ge-lýhtan
To illumine, give light to
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To illumine, give light to He blynde gelýhte he enlightened the blind, St. And. 44, 34 : Nic. 34; Thw. 20, 2
Linked entry: ge-líhtan
fleardere
wantonly
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One who acts with (wicked) folly, wantonly Warnige hé eác ꝥ hé þurh geþafunge ne wurðe þǽra fleardera geféra, Nap. 23
teran
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Geseah hé ꝥ án wulf genam ꝥ cild; þá tær hé his loccas heófende, Hml. S. 30, 180: Jud. 281. Add
wrégend
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Hé wilnað ꝥ hé mid þý geweorðe úre wrégend ( accusator ) beforan þám dóme þæs écan déman, Gr. D. 221, 13. Add
bryc
a bridge ⬩ pons
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a bridge; pons Ðæt he dó bryc-geweorc that he do bridge-work, L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 2
on-gunnenness
An undertaking
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An undertaking Hé bæd ðæt hé ða árfæstan ongunnennysse gefylde pstiit eum pia coepta complere, Bd. 3, 23 ; S. 554, 40
Linked entry: -gun-nenness
ge-þéwan
To oppress; ⬩ opprĭmĕre
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To oppress; opprĭmĕre He sárig folc, geþéwde þurste, blissade he gladdened the sorrowful people, oppressed with thirst, Ps. Th. 106, 32
byriga
A surety ⬩ fidejussor
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A surety; fidejussor He him byrigan gesealdne hæbbe he has given him surety, L. H. E. 10; Th. i. 30, 17
Linked entry: berigea
ed-lǽcung
A repetition ⬩ repetĭtio
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A repetition; repetĭtio He sceal God biddan ðæt he hyne gehealde wið dara ǽrgedónra yfla edlǽcunge he shall pray to God to preserve him against a repetition of the evils before committed, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 42
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lín-wǽd
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A linen garment, linen cloth Hé drígde hig mid ðære línwǽde ðe hé wæs mid begyrd coepit extergere linteo quo erat praecinctus, Jn. Skt. 13, 5. Hé geseah ða línwǽda licgan videt posita linteamina, 20, 5: Lk. Skt. 24, 12