gafol
tribute. ⬩ payment exacted by a stronger from a weaker people, by the conqueror from the conquered ⬩ payment exacted by the state, a tax ⬩ payment exacted by the church ⬩ payment exacted by a lord, e.g. rent by a landlord ⬩ a contribution exacted in aid ⬩ a rate ⬩ interest ⬩ a debt ⬩ due, obligation
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Voc. ii. 25, 23. payment exacted by a stronger from a weaker people, by the conqueror from the conquered On þisum geáre wæs ꝥ gafol gelǽst ofer eall Angelcynn; ꝥ wæs ealles .lxxii þúsend punda, Chr. 1018; P. 155, 10.
ge-witnes
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Eal sió gesomnung ðǽre hálgan ciricean ðurh ondetnesse hielt ðá gewitnesse ðǽre sóðfæsðnesse Galaad acervus testimonii interpretatur. Cuncta congregatio ecclesiae per confessionem servit testimonio veritatis, Past. 367, 5-7.
folgian
to pursue ⬩ to accompany ⬩ be attendant upon ⬩ to follow ⬩ be guided by ⬩ follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ practise
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Þǽra twelf mónða naman, and . . . eall ꝥ gerád þæt heora gehwylcum folgað, Angl. viii. 305, 28. Þá þing þe heora ágene gecynd þé gedydon fremde . . . nis hit nó þé gecynde ꝥ te þú hí áge, ne him nis gebyrde ꝥ hí ðé folgien, Bt. 14, 1; F. 40, 34.
ge-swencan
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Hié monege cyningas geswencton, tó þon ꝥ hié eall gesealdon . . . wiþ hiera earman lífe inquietudo bellorum qua illi (reges) adtriti sunt, Ors. 5, 1 ; S. 214, 19.Hié magon ðá gódan swá micle swíður geswencean swá hié hiora ánmódlícor éhtað bonos deterius
rǽdan
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Add Hé wíslíce rǽdde for Gode and for worulde eall his þeóde, Chr. 959; P. 115, 6. add: trans, to have an idea, suppose with acc.
Babilón
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Seó ylce burh Babylónia, seó ðe mǽst wæs, and ǽrest ealra burga, seó is nú læst and wéstast Nimrod, the giant, first began to build Babylon; and, after him, king Ninus, and then Semiramis, his queen, finished it in the middle of her reign.
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ÉÐEL
property, inheritance, country, realm, land, dwelling, home ⬩ prædium ăvītum, fundus heredĭtārius, patria, terra, sēdes, domĭcĭlium, tabernācŭlum
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Ic ealne geondhwearf éðel Gotena I traversed all the country of the Goths, 86 b; Th. 325, 10; Wíd. 109. Nán wítega nis andfenge on his éðele nēmo prophēta acceptus est in patria sua, Lk. Bos. 4, 24.
EALDOR
life ⬩ vita
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On ealdre ealre in the whole life, Ps.
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leás
loose ⬩ destitute ⬩ void of ⬩ without ⬩ vain ⬩ false ⬩ lying ⬩ deceitful ⬩ deceptive ⬩ faulty
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loose, free from, destitute or void of, without Hé wæs ealra fyrena leás he was free from all sins, Blickl. Homl. 135, 2: Exon. 9 b; Th. 8, 25; Cri. 123. Wer womma leás a man spotless, Cd. 188; Th. 233, 29; Dan. 283.
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LIM
A limb ⬩ joint
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Monegu limu beóþ on ánum men, and weorþaþ ðeáh ealle tó ánum líchoman, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 140, 25. Gif wé tó lange sittaþ, slapaþ ða lima, Homl. Th. i. 490, 1. Gé sindon Cristes líchama and leomu (cf. Icel. Guðs, fjándans limir), ii. 276, 19.
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morþor
murder ⬩ mortal sin ⬩ great wickedness ⬩ torment ⬩ deadly injury ⬩ great misery
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Sceolde his wíte habban, ealra morþra mǽst, 16; Th. 19, 26; Gen. 297. Ðe ús monna mǽst morþra gefremede, sárra sorga, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 10; Jud. 181. [Goth. maurþr φόνος.]
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gód
Good ⬩ good thing ⬩ good deed ⬩ benefit ⬩ goodness ⬩ welfare
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For eallum ðám gódum ðe he me dyde pro omnibus quæ retribuit mihi, Ps. Th. 115, 3: 102, 2: Cd. 15; Th. 19, 14; Gen. 291: Homl. Th. i. 76, 7: Blickl. Homl. 29, 11. Búton he mid óðrum gódum hit geéce unless he add thereto other good deeds, Blickl.
GEONG
YOUNG, youthful, new, recent, fresh ⬩ jŭvĕnis, adolescens, nŏvellus, rĕcens ⬩ young
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Geongum and ealdum to young and old, Beo. Th. 144; B. 72. He héht hine geonge twegen men mid síþian he bade two young men accompany him, Cd. 138; Th. 173, 27; Gen. 2867: Beo. Th. 4040; B. 2018.
trúwian
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Ealle his wǽpnu ðe hé on trúwude universa arma in quibus confidebat. Lk. Skt. 11. 22, Ða burhware trúwodon tó ðam wealle, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 446. Trúa on Crist, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 34.
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þus
Thus ⬩ in this manner, degree
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Ðus ( sic ) unc gedafnaþ ealle rihtwísness gefyllan, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 15: Lk. Skt. 24, 46. Hú mæg ðis ðus geweorþan? Blickl. Homl. 7, 21. Ðás dǽda þus gedóne from Drihtne, 31, 20. Cucler fulne þus geworhtes drincan, Lchdm. ii. 182, 23.
un-gearu
not ready ⬩ not prompt ⬩ indisposed to act ⬩ not ready ⬩ not in a fit state for use ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ not ready, not prepared for attack
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Hé on ungearone ðone Ósríc mid his fyrde becom and hine mid ealle his weorude ádylgode Osricum erumpens subito cum suis omnibus imparatum cum suo exercitu delevit, Bd. 3, 1; S. 523, 26.
ár
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Hé gerád sóna ealle Sigeferðes áre and Morcares, 1015; P. 146, 8 : Ors. 1, 12 ; S. 54, 8. Ǽlc man sceolde cennan his áre every man was to state the amount of his property (for 'taxing) . Hml. Th. i. 30, 5.
be-werian
prohibit ⬩ forbid ⬩ to protect ⬩ defend
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Him þæt swíðe hys frýnd beweredon, 4, 26; Sch. 505, 18. with clause Ne wé eów be-werigeat (prohibemus) þæt gé ealle . . . tó ǽfæstnesse gecyrre, Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 55, 13.
ge-síne
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Hit is on ús eallum swutol and geséne (-syne, v.l.) þæt wé ǽr þysan oftor brǽcan þonne wé béttan, Wlfst. 159, 5. Mið ðý uæs áuorden cuðlíce geséne ꝥte . . . quo facto cognoscitur quod . . .
ge-sleán
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Siþþan þá fǽhðe feó þingode, sende ic Wylfingum ealde mádmas, 8. 459-472. Þára folca ǽgðer on ððerum micel wæl geslógan, Ors. 3, I; S. 98, 6. of an adder, to sting Fram nǽdran geslegene a serpente percussi, Bd.