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under-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
under-þeódan, -þiédan, -þídan; p. de.

to subjectsubjugaterender subjectto subjectcause to endurerender liableto subjoinaddto support

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, suffulta, Hpt.

lǽwede

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽwede, adj.

Laylaiclewd

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Ðeáh ðe ðá gyt on lǽwedum háde beán sceolde ... munuclífe gyta swíðor lifde ðonne ðonne lǽwedes mannes, Blickl. Homl. 213, 9-11. Ðæt hit nǽfre on lǽdu hand ne wende that it should never pass to a lay hand, Chart. Th. 166, 21.

Linked entry: lǽwed

leód-biscop

(n.)
Grammar
leód-biscop, es; m.

a suffragan

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létt gewrítan mycel landes his arcebiscopas hæfdon and his leódbiscopas and his abbodas and his eorlas, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 30. [Mid arcebiscopes and leódbiscopes and abbotes, 1125; Erl. 254, 8.

eallunga

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Add: entirely, altogether, completely Ne fulgá eallunga ðæs líchoman wilnunga, ðý lǽs eallunga áfealle nec totum se ad hoc, quod agit, conferat, ne funditus cadat, Past. 395, 10.

hám-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
hám-sócn, e; f.

Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peacethe crime of beating or assaulting a person within his own housean inroad or attack on one's homeattack on one's house

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all that he owns, and that it be in the king's judgment whether he have his life, L.

Linked entry: sócn

LEÓF

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LEÓF, adj.

LIEFdesirablepleasantacceptablelovedbeloveddeara friendloved one

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Homl. 21, 35. Wæs eallum his geférum leóf he was dear to all his companions, 213, 12: Cd. 4; Th. 5, 30; Gen. 79. wæs leóf Gode, 130; Th. 165, 26; Gen. 2737.

Linked entry: leóf

teóna

(n.)
Grammar
teóna, an; m.
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Homl. 47, 6. Hit him wyrþ tó teónan it will turn to his hurt, 51, 9. Ne him wiht gescód ðæs ðe him tó teónan þurhtogen hæfdon, Exon. Th. 127, 36; Gú. 397: 269, 30; Jul. 458.

Linked entry: teóne

þurh-wunian

(v.)

to continuelastnot to come to an endnot to pass awayto continue in a place, with a personto remain, not to leaveto continue in a conditionnot to changeto perseverepersisthold out

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Homl. 187, 33. His ( Adam's ) bendas wǽron onlýsde ... Eua ðágyt on bendum þurhwunode, 89, 6. Hié þurhwunian on rihtum geleáfan, 77, 19. nolde þurhwunian on ðære sóðfæstnisse ðæs sóðfæstan Godes sunu, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 41.

ge-þyncþ

Grammar
ge-þyncþ, ge-þyncþu.
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swanc for heofonan ríce swíþor þonne hogode geheólde on worulde þá hwílwendlican geþincðu (-ðincða, v. l. ), þe hwónlíce lufode, 26, 113. in spiritual matters, virtue, excellence Þá clǽnheortan þeónde beóð on hálgum geþingðum, Hml.

a-scirian

(v.)
Grammar
a-scirian, -scyrian; p. ede; pp. ed, ud; v. a. [a, scirian to share]

To cut fromseparatedividepartseversepararesejungereexcommunicaredestinare

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Ðæt he scyle from his Scippende ascyred weorþan to deáþe niðer that he shall be separated from his Creator by death beneath, Exon. 31b; Th. 99, 2; Cri. 1618

burh-loca

(n.)
Grammar
burh-loca, burg-loca, an; m.
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A cily-inclosure, city-barrier or defence, as — a wall, mound or moat; urbis septum, arcis claustrum vel clausura He gelǽdde brýd mid bearnum under burhlocan, in Sǽgor he led his wife with the children within the city-inclosure, into Zoar, Cd. 118; Th

Linked entry: burg-loca

furþ-an

(adv.)
Grammar
furþ-an, furþ-on, furþ-um; adv. [furþ = forþ forth, furþan, furþon, furþum, forþum, dat.]

Alsotooevenindeedfurtherat firstetiamquĭdemprīmo

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He wéneþ furþon ðæt he man ne sý he even thinks that he is not man, Blickl. Homl. 179, 5. Ic furþum ongan búgan I first [prīmo] began to dwell Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 21; Gú. 1213

Linked entry: furþum

hrif-wund

(adj.)
Grammar
hrif-wund, adj.
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Wounded in the belly Gif [] hrifwund [hrif wund, Thorpe] weorþeþ xii scill. gebéte. Gif þurhþirel weorþeþ xx scill. gebéte if he be wounded in the belly let twelve shillings be paid.

wiþ-gínan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-gínan, p. de

To replyto repelreject

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Ðá wiðgýnde eft his geðance, ond him þus andwyrde (he replied to his thought, or he rejected the idea, and answered himself thus): 'Ac ic nát eftsóna, ne ic nǽfre git nyste ðæt ǽnig óþer byrig ús wǽre gehende búton Ephese ánre,' Homl.

Linked entry: gínan

ealling

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wolde ealling (alning, v. l.) beón betweoh earfeðum, and symble lufode þá geþyldu; wæs fleónde ealling woruldlicra manna gemétinge and symble gyrnde ꝥ wǽre geǽmtigod tó his gebede inter adversa semper patientiam amplectens, conventus secularium

on-bryrdan

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Add On twá wísan bið se man onbryrd ; ǽrest him ondrǽt hellewíte, and bewépð his synna, syððan nimð eft lufe tó Gode, Hml. Th. i. 140, 17. add Se Hálga Gást onbryrt úre mód tó ǽlcre gódnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 42, 10.

eald-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
eald-hláford, es; m. [eald old, ancient; hláford a lord]

An old or ancient lordpristĭnus domĭnus

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He hæfde heora eald-hláfordes sunu on his gewealde he had the son of their old lord in his power, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 74, 25. Se Cásere wæs heora eald-hláford cynnes the Cæsar was of the kin of their ancient lords, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 22.

hentan

(v.)
Grammar
hentan, p. te

To pursuefollow afterseize[?]

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Gif man tó deáþe gefylle beó he ðonne útlah and his hente mid hearme ǽlc ðara ðe riht wille if he fell a man to death, let him then be an outlaw, and let every one that desires right pursue him with hue and cry [?], L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, 10: L.

wer-fǽhþ

(n.)
Grammar
wer-fǽhþ, e; f.
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Gif (a man's foe) wille on hond gán and his wǽpenu sellan, and hwá ofer ðæt on him feohte, gielde swá wer swá wunde, swá gewyrce, Th. i. 90, 19] Be werfǽhðe tyhtlan. Se ðe bið werfǽhðe betogen, and onsacan wille ðæs sleges mid áðe, L.

deópe

(adv.)
Grammar
deópe, adv.
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syngað swýðe deópe he sins very grievously, Hml. S. 19, 254. Swá man bið mihtigra . . ., swá sceal deóppor synna gebétan, Ll. Th. i. 328, 14. [ O. H. Ger. tiufo alte, funditus, penitus. ]