gísel
A pledge ⬩ hostage ⬩ obses
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Hió genam ðone ǽnne to gísle she took the one as hostage, Elen. Kmbl. 1196; El. 600. He him áðas swór and gíslas salde he swore oaths to them and gave hostages, Chr. 874; Erl. 76, 28.
Linked entry: gýsel
ster-melda
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of the theft, let him make his charge against the thief when the latter is present; let him (the thief) clear himself if he can, L.
Linked entry: melda
cæppe
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Placidus cwæð þæt hé gesáwe bufon his heáfde Benedictus cæppan (kæppan melotem, Gr. D. 116, 12), and him wæs geðúht þæt seó cæppe him átuge of ðám streáme, Hml. Th. ii. 160, 18. Hé geann Eádwine mæssepreóst his kæppan (cope), Cht. Crw. 23, 17.
Eást-land
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Maximianus hé gesette on þá eástlond Maximium in Oriente constituit, 6, 30; S. 280, 33. Hé begeat ealle þá eástlond, 3, 11; S. 144, 1. [Cf. O. H. Ger. óstar-lant oriens: Icel. austr-lönd; pl. the East.] Esthonia Eástan of Eástlande . . .
fadian
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Hé wíslíce his líf ne fadað he orders not his life wisely, Wlfst. 52, 28. Fadode, 159, 18. Gesette man þæne þe Godes hús wel fadige domui Dei dignum constituant dispensatorem, R. Ben. 119, 12. Gif hé his líf rihtlice fadige, Ll. Th. i. 346, 18.
ge-leahtrian
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Th. 34, 4. to vitiate, corrupt Gif hine mon leahtorfulne ongit . . . him mon secge þæt hé þanon gewíte, þe lǽs þe hé mid his yrmðe óþre geleahtrige ( ne eius miseria alii vitientur ), R. Ben. 109, 20.
gif
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H. 23, 7: Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 16: Sat. 251: Gen. 559: 2521: Sch. 35. Him ( the blind man ) bið mycel daru, gif hé hit geseón ne mæg, Bl. H. 21, 8.
fultum
help ⬩ aid ⬩ assistance ⬩ support ⬩ succour ⬩ auxĭlium ⬩ adjūtōrium ⬩ adjūmentum ⬩ a helper ⬩ an army ⬩ forces ⬩ adjūtor ⬩ cōpiæ
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He gegaderode ðone fultum ðe he ðá mihte he gathered what forces he then could, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 1: 2, 5; Bos. 46, 27. He mid his fultume næs he was not with his army, 2, 5; Bos. 48, 15, 22: 3, 7; Bos. 59, 18
Linked entry: fultom
líc-hama
The body ⬩ the corporeal
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Hé healdeþ ða deádan líchoman ungemolsnode he keeps the dead bodies undecayed, Shrn. 82, 21
frætwung
An adorning ⬩ adornment ⬩ ornament ⬩ ornātus ⬩ ornāmentum
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An adorning adornment, ornament; ornātus, ornāmentum He micele swíðor lufode ðære heortan clǽnnysse ðonne ðæra stána frætwunge he much more loved cleanness of heart than the adornment of stones, Homl. Th. i. 508, 22.
Linked entries: frætewung freatewung fretwung
furþ-um
Also ⬩ even ⬩ indeed ⬩ at first ⬩ prīmo ⬩ ĕtiam
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He furþum ongan he also began, Cd. 63; Th. 75, 11; Gen. 1238. Ic furþum ongan I first began, Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 21; Gú. 1213
in-sigle
A seal ⬩ signet
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A seal, signet Hé brohte insigle tó mé ... Ðá ágeaf ic ðæt insigle ðé he brought a signet to me ... Then I gave the signet to thee, Chart. Th. 173, 8, 11.
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leód-þeáw
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Custom of a people or country Ðá hé tó mé cwom ðá grétte hé mé sóna and [h]álette his leódþeáwe cum me more rituque salutaret, Nar. 27, 3.
grennian
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He grennade and gristbitade he grinned and gnashed his teeth, Exon. 74 b; Th. 278, 11; Jul. 596. Grenniendum welerum hleahter forþbringan ringentibus labiis risum proferre, Scint. 55, Lye
ge-hénan
To humble ⬩ accuse ⬩ condemn ⬩ despise ⬩ humiliare ⬩ accusare ⬩ condemnare ⬩ spernere
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Hine gehénan [MS. gehena] illum accusare, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 2. He gehéned wæs he was condemned. Cd. 217; Th. 276, 18; Sat. 190. Gehéneþ mec spernit me, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 16
Linked entry: ge-hǽnan
gelp
Glory, vain-glory, pride ⬩ glōria, vāna glōria
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Glory, vain-glory, pride; glōria, vāna glōria Ne gýtsung, ne ídel gelp him on ne rícsode neither avarice nor vain-glory reigned in him, Bd. 3. 17; S. 545, 9. Gif he unnýtne gelp ágan wille if he will possess unprofitable glory, Bt. Met.
wyrm-sele
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.], a place where there are serpents (hell) Ne þearf hé hopian ðæt hé þonan móte, of ðam wyrmsele, Judth. Thw. 23, 13; Jud. 119
Linked entry: wyrm-geard
ciric-sang
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Dict.) church-singing; Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 25 (cf. hé wæs mágister ciriclices sanges (cantionis), 27). v. Dict. Hé férde and cyric*-*sang lǽrde ad docenda ecclesiae carmina diuertens, 4, 12; S. 581, 7. [Icel. kirkju-söngr church-music.]
un-gerýdelic
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Ðá gehýrde hé ungerýdelic gelýd, Vis. Lfc. 47
un-mǽte
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Add: of material objects Wearð hé gefyrht mid ege þæs unmǽtan wildeóres, Hml. S. 23 b, 774. of non-material objects Mægn unmættra hreónessa and unwederes vim nimiae tempestatis, Gr. D. 346, 33.