án-gild
a single payment or compensation ⬩ the single value of property claimed or in dispute ⬩ a rate fixed by law, at which certain injuries, either to person or property, were to be paid for ⬩ simplex compensatio ⬩ the fixed price or rate at which cattle and other goods were received as currency ⬩ æstimatio ⬩ pretium
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D. 883; 130, 18-131, 5. the fixed price or rate at which cattle and other goods were received as currency; æstimatio, pretium Gif we ðæt ceáp-gild arǽraþ be fullan ángylde if we raise the market-price [of cattle] to the full fixed price, L.
árian
to give honour ⬩ to honour ⬩ reverence ⬩ have in admiration ⬩ honorare ⬩ honorificare ⬩ venerari ⬩ to regard ⬩ care for ⬩ spare ⬩ have mercy ⬩ pity ⬩ pardon ⬩ forgive ⬩ consulere ⬩ propitium esse ⬩ misereri ⬩ parcere
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He áraþ ða gódan he honoureth the good, Bt, 41, 2; Fox 246, 19. Ic árode ðé ofer ealle gesceafta I honoured thee over all creatures, Exon. 28 a ; Th. 84, 33; Cri. 1383.
býsgian
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To occupy, busy, fatigue, trouble, afflict; occupare, fatigare, affligere, tribulare Se man biþ hérigendlíc, ðe mid gódum weorcum hine sylfne býsgaþ the man is praiseworthy, who busies himself with good works, Homl. Th. ii. 406, 16.
hwilc-hwega
Some ⬩ any ⬩ some one
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Hwelce-hwugu gerisenlíce leáfe dyde he gave some suitable leave, Past. 51, 4; Swt. 397, 25, Heó geþingode tó gode sumre hǽðenre fǽmnan gǽste hwylce-hwegu ræste in ðære écan worulde, Shrn. 133, 16. Ðe hwilce-hwega gefélnesse hæbbe, L.
ge-wyrht
Work ⬩ deed ⬩ merit ⬩ desert
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Work, deed, merit, desert Deág ðín gewyrhtu if thy deeds are good, Exon. 80 a; Th. 300, 11: Fä. 4. Ða heálícan gewyrhto Sancte Iohannes the exalted deeds of St. John, Blickl. Homl. 167, 5.
ge-wiht
Weight ⬩ pondus
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Mid twám hundred mancosan goldes be gewihte and mid v. pundan be gewihte seolfres for two hundred mancuses of gold by weight and for five pounds by weight of silver, Th. Chart. 557, 28. See Turner's Hist. Anglo-Sax. ii. Appendix ii
GLÉD
Burning coal ⬩ live coal ⬩ gleed ⬩ ember ⬩ fire ⬩ flame ⬩ pruna ⬩ carbo ⬩ flamma
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Goldfrætwe gléda forswelgaþ flames shall devour the gold ornaments, 22 b; Th. 62, 4; Cri. 996. Biþ eal ðes ginne grund gléda gefylled all this spacious earth shall be filled with gleeds, 116 a; Th. 445, 24; Dóm. 12: Elen. Kmbl. 2601; El. 1302.
scyfe
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Surt. 24, 11. furtherance of a project, the pushing of a matter, prompting, instigation in a good sense, cf. scúfan, <b>V </b>Ǽlc burhgemet beó be his dihte ge scife swíðe rihte, L. I.
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tá
A toe
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Ða tán scrincaþ (-eþ, MS.) up (in gout) the toes shrink up, Lchdm. iii. 48, 28. On ðan seofoþan mónþe ða tán and ða fingras beóþ weaxende, 146, 17. Gif heó mid ðám tán stæpeþ, 144, 15. Æt ðám óðrum táum ealswá æt ðám fingrum, L.
un-wærlíce
Unwarily ⬩ incautiously ⬩ without caution ⬩ heedlessly
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Ða ðe unwærlíce and gémeleáslíce Gode hýraþ, Blickl. Homl. 63, 22: 57, 9: Exon. Th. 363, 34; Wal. 63: L. Ælfc. P. 7; Th. ii. 366, 13. Him com ongén Hanno unwærlíce, and ðǽr ofslagen wearð, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 200, 4: Chr. 1068; Erl. 206, 9.
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un-tela
Not well ⬩ ill ⬩ badly
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Getímige ús tela on líchaman, getímige ús untela, symle wé sceolon ðæs Gode ðancian, Homl. Th. i. 252, 15. Wiþ ðon ðe men mete untela melte and gecirre on yfele wǽetan, Lchdm. ii. 226, 5. Ne forsuwa ðú ná ðæt unteala gedón sý, Prov. Kmbl. 44.
un-gesǽlþ
unhappiness ⬩ illfortune ⬩ calamity ⬩ unhappiness which consists in absence of moral good
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Áfyr fram ðé ða unnettan ungesǽlþa and ðone yflan ege ðisse worulde, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 33. unhappiness which consists in absence of moral good Ða yfelan habbaþ ðrió ungesǽlþa (unsǽlþa, Cott.
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be-rípan
To strip ⬩ despoil ⬩ plunder
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Wé habbað Godes hús clǽne berýpte, 157, 18. with spoil, in gen. Man F. ádgife berýpte sélcere are, Cht. Th. 203, 11.
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drenc
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For hwí se góda lǽce selle ðám hálum men séftne drenc, 39, 9; F. 226, 11
fæþm
a bosom ⬩ lap ⬩ the fore-arm ⬩ a cubit ⬩ arms ⬩ bosom ⬩ a fathom ⬩ fist
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(embracing) arms, bosom Sceal beón seó góde sáwel on Abrahames fæðmum oð dómes dæg, Wlfst. 238, 7: Ps. 188. the distance covered by the arms outstretched, a fathom Faeðm vel twégen stridi passus, Wrt.
fót-ádl
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Add: es; n. gout; podagra Ðá geuntrumade hé mid þǽre mettrymnesse podagre, ðæt is on úre geþeóde fótádl, Shrn. 100, 19. His handa and his fét wǽron swellende and áþundene for þý wǽtan þǽre fótádle ( podagrae ), Gr. D. 302, 8.
ge-grétan
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Ꝥ hí Godes cirican griðian and friðian, and mid leóhte and lácum hí gelóme gegrétan, Ll. Th. i. 326, 17. Gódum gegrétan, B. 1861. to assail Mec longeðas lyt gegrétað, Gú. 287. to afflict, visit with displeasure, &c.
grundlinga
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Ox. 1678. of complete destruction or removal of other objects. material Ealle ðá godas grundlunga suncon intó þǽre eorðan, Hml.
here-geatu
- Ll. Th. i. 412, 26,
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D. iii. 352, 16 Man selle mínum hláforde ðæt gold tó mínum heregeatum, iv. 300, 20. Ðám cinge mínne hæregeatwa, v. 333, 10. His láf his hergeatu ðám cincge bróhte, iii. 315, 8. Heregete, iv. 292, 5.
híw-cúþ
domestic ⬩ familiar
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Sweotollíce wé magon ongeotan ꝥ þá syndon heówcúðe (there are those belonging to the household, i. e. good or evil spirits?) þe wé geseón ne magon, Bl. H. 97, 23. of things Híwcúþ carfulnys domestica sollicitudo, An. Ox. 4183.