ge-þeahting
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Lind. 12, 14: 22, 15
sifeþa
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Lind. 13, 38. Sifþe, 13, 25. Sifþena zizaniorum, p. 17, 5
tó-rendan
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Lind. Rush. 14, 63. Wághrsegl temples tóre[n]ded (tórended, Rush.) wæs in tuu velum templi scissum est in duo, 15, 38. Grin biþ tórænded laqueus cóntritus est, Ps. Th. 123, 7. [Wurmes wullen todelen þine þermes, lifre and lihte torenden, Fragm.
Linked entry: rendan
trúð
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Voc. i. 73, 66 (the word occurs in a list of terms connected with amusements). Com sum trúð tó ðæs bisceopes híréde, se ne gýmde nánes lenctenes fæstenes, ac eode him tó kicenan, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 59.
under-lecgan
to underlay ⬩ support ⬩ supponere ⬩ substernere
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Lind. 19, 36. Of underlédum brandum suppositis torribus, Hpt. Gl. 489, 6
weorc-dæg
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Búton drihten*-*lícum and freólsum háligra weorcdagas þeáwe gewunelícum beón haldene exceptis dominicis et festiuitatibus sanctorum fertales more solito teneantur, 396, 451. Freólsdæg festivitas, weorcdagas fasti. Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 14.
wyrt-gemang
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Hig gearwodun wyrtgemang (wyrta gemong, Lind. aromata ), 23, 56: Mk. Skt. 16, 1. v. next word
feorh-lege
death
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Life-laying [cf. lecgan; II. to slay], death Hú wolde þæt geweorðan þæt on þone hálgan handa sendan tó feorhlege fæderas ússe how should that come to pass that our fathers should lay hands on the holy one to the end that they might slay him, El. 458.
ge-sóþian
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.), licge ǽgilde, Ll. Th. i. 404, 13. <b>I a.</b> gesóþian on ánum to convict a person of something. Cf.
sang-cræft
the art of singing, music ⬩ an art of singing ⬩ the art of composing poetry
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the art of singing, music (vocal or instrumental) Sangcræft musica (in a list of the arts), Hpt. Gl. 479, 46. Wæs hé swýðest on cyricean sangcræft getýd Rómánisce þeáwe maxime modulandi in ecclesia more Romanorum peritum, Bd. 4, 2; S. 566, 19.
Linked entry: sang
ǽ-bær
Brought to light (of the criminal or the crime where guilt is manifest), notorious, proved
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Ǽbǽre þeóf occurs in a list of privileges granted to a monastery :-- On eallan þingan . . . ðe ðǽr mid rihte tó gebyrað, mid fyrdwíte and fyhtwíte and ǽbǽre þeóf and griðbryce and foresteall and hámsócne, C. D. iv. 222, 23
wén
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation ⬩ likelihood ⬩ probability ⬩ chance ⬩ perhaps ⬩ perchance ⬩ may be ⬩ probably
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Lind. 7, 11: 12, 12: Lk. Skt. Rush. 11, 13 (Mára woen, Lind.) Mára woen alio quin Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 2, 22.
Linked entry: wéna
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Lind. 14, 26 : Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 6, 49. Wiht unhǽlo ( Grendel ), Beo. Th. 241; B. 120. Werge wihta ( devils ), Exon. Th. 455, 29; Hy. 4, 57. Unfǽle men, wudewásan, unfǽle wihtu satiri vel fauni Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 20.
Linked entries: eall-wihta uht wuht ǽnig-wiht Wiht-land
þeáh
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Th. ii. 402, 2-5. in correlative clauses Þeáh (ðáh, Lind. etsi) ic God ne ondrǽde, þeáh (tamen ) ic wrece hig, Lk. Skt. 18, 4-5: Bt. 13; Fox 38, 11.
in
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(b α) with words implying time :-- Gehalde hine heofones cyning in ðissum lífe ondwardum and eác swá in ðǽm tówardan lífe, C.D. ii. 121, 32.
cyning
a king, ruler, emperor ⬩ rex, imperator ⬩ a spiritual King, God, Christ ⬩ Deus, Christus ⬩ the devil ⬩ diabŏlus, satănas ⬩ Anglo-Saxon kings were at first elected from a family or class, by Witena gemót the assembly of the wise. ⬩ fidelity was sworn to them by the people, in the following words ⬩ the king took a corresponding oath to his people ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon king had royal power to pardon transgressors ⬩ of all forfeits the king had one half ⬩ all hoards above the earth, and within the earth. As we learn from Beowulf, in early and heathen times, much treasure was buried in the mound raised over the ashes of the dead, besides what was burned with the body ⬩ Pastus or Convivium ⬩ The king visited different districts personally or by deputy to see that justice was done to all his subjects. In these periodical journeys the king received support and entertainment wherever he went. Hence perhaps the privileges of our judges ⬩ Vigilia ⬩ head ward, or a proper watch set over the king, which he claimed when he came into any district ⬩ the mint or coinage of money. The king exercised a superintendence over the circulating medium
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Sié on cyninges dóme hwæðer he líf áge ðe náge be it in the king's power whether he shall or shall not have life, L. In. 6; Th. i. 106, 3, 4. Búton him cyning [MS. kyning] árian wille unless the king will be merciful to him, 36; Th. i. 124, 19.
HUND
A HUNDRED ⬩ centum
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Lind. 12, 5. Feówer hund geára, Gen. 15, 13. Ðá ðá hé wæs fíf hund geára, 5, 32. Nigon hund wintra and lxxi, Blickl. Homl. 119, 2. Hira monig hund ofslógon slew many hundreds of them, Chr. 895; Erl. 93, 28.
Linked entry: hundes beó
læssa
Less
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Se ðe tówyrpþ án of ðysum læstum [leasestum, Lind: læsest, Rush.] bebodum ... se biþ læst [leasest, Lind: se læsesta, Rush.] genemned on heofonan ríce qui solverit unum de mandatis istis minimis,... minimus vocabitur in regno cælorum, Mt.
ríp
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Ðæt ríp (rípes tíd, Lind.), Mk. Skt. 4, 29. Ðæt hér wǽre mycel riip, Bd. 1, 29; S. 498, 4.
Linked entry: ripa
swá
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. :-- Tó syllenne swá hwæt swá (suǽ huæt quodcumque, Lind.) heó hyne bǽde, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 7. Swá hwylc swá (suá huá, Lind. : swá hwá swá, Rush.) sylþ ánne drinc, 10, 41. Fram swá hwylcere untrymnesse swá hé on wæs, Jn. Skt. 5, 4.