ísen-ordál
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The ordeal by hot iron, in which the accused who wished to clear himself had to bear, on the naked hand, a piece of red hot iron.
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best
BEST, most ⬩ optime
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S. 69; Th. i. 412, 3 The usual form is wel well, bet better, betst best = most. In the text the preceding passage has betst behófaþ most wants
under-creópan
to enter surreptitiously ⬩ surrepere
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to enter surreptitiously; surrepere Ða wæs ðæs wítegan cnapa mid gítsunge undercropen avarice crept into the heart of the prophet's servant, Homl. Th. i. 400, 16. Ðæt ne feónd ús undercreópe ( but the Latin is subripiat), Hymn. Surt. 12, 28
mete-láf
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Add:: — For hwí ne mót se ðearfa onfón þínes metes, þe mid ðé is tó onfónne heofona ríce ? . . . Hwí nis sé wyrþe ꝥ hé onfó þínra meteláfe, þe mid þé is tó cumenne tó engla gebeótscipe?, Hml. A. 142, 102-107
hand-hæbbende
Having [stolen property] in one's hand
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Having [stolen property] in one's hand [cf under hand the phrase æt hæbbendre handa] Sit handhabenda, sit non handhabenda whether the thief be taken with the stolen property upon him or not, L. Eth. iii. 6; Th. i. 218, 32
BRÓC
the BREECH ⬩ nates ⬩ BREECHES, trousers, pantaloons ⬩ braca, bracæ, femoralia
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the BREECH; nates Under ða bréc under the breech, L. M. 1, 71; Lchdm. ii. 146, 3. a covering for the breech, in pl. BREECHES, trousers, pantaloons; braca, bracæ, femoralia Bréc femoralia, R. Ben. 55. Brǽc femoralia, Wrt. Voc. 81, 63
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or-gilde
Unpaid for, applied to one for whom the wergild is not paid
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Unpaid for, applied to one for whom the wergild is not paid Gif hine (the man who has broken his pledge, and will not submit to the penalty) mon ofsieá, licgge hé orgilde, L. Alf. pol. I; Th. i. 60, 15
ýr
the name of the rune for y, a bow
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the name of the rune for y, a bow (?) Ýr byð æðelinga wyn and fyrdgeatewa sum, Runic pm. Kmbl. 344, 29; Rún. 27. The letter occurs Exon. Th. 50, 14; Cri. 800: 284, 28; Jul. 704; Elen. Kmbl. 2518; El. 1260
ǽr-margen
The early morning ⬩ the day-break
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The early morning, the day-break, Ps. Surt. 56, 9: 107, 3: 118, 148
ár-wéla
The wealth of oars ⬩ the sea ⬩ divitiæ remorum ⬩ mare
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The wealth of oars, the sea; divitiæ remorum, mare, Andr. Kmbl. 1705; An. 855
-end
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Wegferend, es; m. a way-faring man. the ending of nouns, denoting the agent
up-waras
The dwellers above ⬩ the celestials
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The dwellers above, the celestials Tó upwarum ad superos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 67
ordál-ísen
The iron used in the ordeal,
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The iron used in the ordeal, L. Ath. iv. 6; Th. i. 224, 14
frowe
A lady
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A lady Seó frowe þe ús freán ácende ( the Virgin Mary ), Dóm. L. 291
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ge-ylca
The same
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The same Eall ðæ geylcan gerihta all the same rights, Th. Chart. 433, 36
ge-laþung
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Ben. 23, 14. those who are called, a church; ecclesia. the whole body of Christians on earth, the church Ealle Godes cyrcan synd tó ánre getealde, and seó is seó gelaðung þe wé embe sprecað . . .
tellan
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Ian. ód ðæt ðú cume tó þrittiga; fóh eft on ðone níwan, tele óð týne starting from Jan. 1 with the number that marks the age of the moon on that day, count up to thirty; begin then with the new moon, and count up to ten (the next Sunday after the date
FÍF
FIVE ⬩ quinque
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Burga fífe wǽron under Norþmannum five towns were under the Northmen, Chr. 942; Th. 208, 39; Edm. 5. Git sceolon fífe geár adhuc quinque anni restant, Gen. 45, 6. Ðǽr fífe [gimmas] wǽron there were five [gems ], Rood Kmbl. 16; Kr. 8.
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geaflas
The jaws ⬩ fauces
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The jaws; fauces Geaflas fauces, Cot. 91. Ðæt nebb lixeþ swá glæs oððe gim, geaflas scýne innan and útan the beak [of the Phoenix] glitters like glass or gem, the jaws comely within and without, Exon. 60 a; Th. 219, 1; Ph. 300.
clynan
To ring, sound ⬩ clangere
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To ring, sound; clangere Rand dynede, campwudu clynede the shield rang, the war-wood sounded, Elen. Kmbl. 101; El. 51