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líc-hama

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Hié heora líchoman leáfum beþeahton, Gen. 845. dead His líchama (corpus) ne mihte on þám ylcan dæge beón bebyrged, for þám þe hé wæs feorr tó berenne, Gr. D. 83, 31. Þǽr his líchoma legerbedde fæst swefeþ, B. 1007.

scyld

(n.)
Grammar
scyld, e: scyldu (o); indecl. f.

guilt ⬩ sin ⬩ crime ⬩ fault ⬩ a debt ⬩ due

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Ágefnæ beón ða scylde reddi debitum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 28, 25. Hé ða scyld forlét wið hine debitum dimisit ei, 27: 30

Linked entry: GYLT

þeód

(n.)
Grammar
þeód, e; f.

a nation, ⬩ people ⬩ the gentiles ⬩ a race ⬩ people, ⬩ men ⬩ the district occupied by a people, ⬩ a country ⬩ a language

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Inne on healle wæs ðeód on sǽlum, Beo. Th. 1291; B. 643. Heó ðæs áð lǽdde on ealre ðeóde gewitnesse tó Æglesforda, Chart. Th. 202, 3.

Linked entries: þeóden þeád

EAL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
EAL, eall; gen. m. n. ealles; f.ealre , eallre ; dat. m. n. eallum ; f.ealre , eallre ; acc. m. ealne, eallne. f ealle, n. eal; inst. ealle; pl. nom. acc. ealle, ealla; gen. ealra, eallra; dat. eallum;

sometimes used indecl ⬩ without substantive, and sometimes governing the genitive ⬩ are sometimes used, almost adverbially

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Ána wið eallum alone against all, Beo. Th. 292; B. 145: Cd. 218; Th. 279, 28; Sat. 245. Metod eallum weóld gumena cynnes the Creator ruled over the whole of the race of men, Beo.

Linked entries: al all eall

a-hyldan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hyldan, -hildan; p. -hylde; pp. -hylded, -hyld.

to incline ⬩ recline ⬩ inclinare ⬩ reclinare ⬩ to decline ⬩ turn away ⬩ avert from ⬩ declinare ⬩ inclinare

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Beóþ ðé ahylded fram wíta unrím from thee shall be averted the numberless torments, Exon. 68a; Th. 252, 31; Jul. 171. Se dæg wæs ahyld dies inclinata est, Lk. Bos. 24, 29: Ps. Th. 108, 23. Ne ahilde ge non declinabitis, Deut. 5, 32

Linked entries: a-hildan a-hyldendlíce

druncen

(n.)
Grammar
druncen, es; n?e ; f?

Drunkenness ⬩ ēbriĕtas

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Druncen beorg ðé and dollíg word guard thyself from drunkenness and foolish words, Exon. 80 b; Th. 302, l0; Fä. 34. Gif hit þurh druncen gewurþe, béte ðe deóppor si ex ebriĕtāte accidĕrit, eo grăvius emendet, L. M. I. P. 41; Th. ii. 276, 12.

gefér-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
gefér-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To keep company or fellowship ⬩ accompany ⬩ associate ⬩ assŏciāre

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Ðǽr beóþ geférlǽhte on ánre súsle, ða ðe on lífe on mándǽdum geþeódde wǽron there shall be associated in one torment those who in life were united in evil deeds, Homl. Th. i. 132, 20 : 414, 34

ge-scyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scyrtan, p. -scyrte; pp. -scyrted, -scyrt; v.a. [scyrt short] .

to shorten, contract, lessen ⬩ abbreviare, minuere ⬩ to become short, be lessened, fail

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Búton ða dagas gescyrte wǽron ... ða dagas beóþ gescyrte, Mt. Bos. 24, 22. Heáp wæs gescyrted the crowd was diminished, Elen. Kmbl. 282; El. 141. to become short, be lessened, fail Ðætte gescyrte deficere, Jn. Skt. p. 3, 12: Lind. 2, 3

Linked entries: ge-scert scyrtan

be-rídan

to surround ⬩ invest ⬩ to seize ⬩ arrest

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Ic beóde þat þú on mínre stede beríde þás lond þám hǽlge tó hande, Cht. Th. 369, 21. Harold king lét berídan Sand*-*wíc of Xpes cyrcean him sylfan to handa and hæfde hit twelf mónað, 338, 30

nyt-weorþ

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Forgife mé se wilega gifola þæt mé tó ǽgðrum onhagige, ge hér nytwyrðe tó beónne (cf. Alfred's words in the translation of Boethius: Ic wilnode weorþfullíce tó libbanne þá hwíle þe ic lifede, Bt. 17 ; F. 60, 14), ge húru þider tó cumane, Solil.

Linked entry: not-wirþe

ort-geard

(n.)
Grammar
ort-geard, es; m.

An orchard, garden

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Beóþ hyra orcerdas mid æpplum áfyllede, Lchdm. iii. 252, 22. Seó eorþe stód mid holtum ágrówen . . . mid æppelbǽrum treówum and mid orcgeardum, Hexam. 6; Norm. 12, 6

Linked entries: orc-eard ord-ceard

hnesc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hnesc-ness, e; f.

Softness, ⬩ delicacy, ⬩ gentleness, ⬩ weakness

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Ðære hnescnesse úres flǽsces wé beóþ underþiédde corruptionis nostræ infirmitatibus subjacemus, Past. 21, 4; Swt. 159, 5. Genim ðyses wæstmes hnescnysse innewearde take the inward soft part of this fruit, Herb. 185, 2; Lchdm. i. 324, 9.

tó-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gangan, p. -géng; pp. -gangen.

to go in different directions, ⬩ to part ⬩ to go away, ⬩ pass away

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M. 372, 3) beóþ postquam ab invicem digressi fuerimus, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 20. Ðá hié betwih him tógangen (-gangende. Bd.

Linked entry: tó-gán

for-teón

(v.)
Grammar
for-teón, for-teón; p.-teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen.

to pull and hurt ⬩ to gripe ⬩ to pull in the way of ⬩ obscure ⬩ cover up ⬩ obducere ⬩ to draw away ⬩ lead astray ⬩ seducere

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Þá men ... fnǽstiað swíþe, beóþ fortogene, Lch. ii. 242, 7. to pull in the way of, obscure cover up; obducere Þæs líchoman hefignes mid gedwolmiste fortíhð mód foran monna gehwelces, ꝥ hit beorhte ne mót blícan, Met. 22, 34.

niman

(v.)
Grammar
niman, p. nam, pl. námon; pp. numen (kept in the slang word nim = steal. Cf. Shakspere's Corporal Nym).

to take ⬩ receive ⬩ get ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere ⬩ to take ⬩ keep ⬩ hold ⬩ tenere ⬩ to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to contain ⬩ to take (with one) ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ to take (to one) ⬩ give ⬩ to take forcibly ⬩ seize ⬩ take away ⬩ carry off ⬩ tollere ⬩ capessere ⬩ auferre ⬩ rapere

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Beo. Th. 909; B. 452. Mé sceal wǽpen niman, Byrht. Th. 139, 11; By. 252. Ne biþ álýfed æt ðam þeówan his feoh tó nimanne non licet pecuniam suam servo auferre, L.

Linked entry: bi-nom

friþ

peace as opposed to strife, discord ⬩ of friendly relations between peoples ⬩ absence of dissension among a people ⬩ peace ⬩ state in which law and order are maintained ⬩ absence of disorder and crime ⬩ peace as opposed to war. ⬩ agreement settled between two peoples previously at war ⬩ peace ⬩ cessation of hostilities ⬩ abstinence ⬩ freedom from attack ⬩ friendly ⬩ security from molestation ⬩ protection ⬩ protection of subjects by a ruler ⬩ terms made with an enemy of the law. ⬩ Mowing of an outlaw.

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Hé áh æt gefeohte frið he shall receive no hurt in battle, El. 1184. where security is assured by the law or by a person in authority Se cyng hét beódan, ꝥ ealle . . . eall swá hí friðes weorðe beón woldan, ꝥ hí on hírede tó tíde wǽron, Chr. 1095; P.

HEL

(n.)
Grammar
HEL, hell, helle; e; f.

HELL ⬩ the place of souls after death ⬩ Hades ⬩ the infernal regions ⬩ the place of the wicked after death

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Him hel onféng hell received him, Beo. Th. 1709; B. 852. Helle gatu portæ inferi, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 18. Helle bearn filium gehennæ, 23, 15. Fýr byrnþ óð helle endas a fire shall burn unto the lowest hell, Deut. 32, 22. Óð helle in infernum, Mt.

timbran

(v.)
Grammar
timbran, timbrian; p. ede, ode.

to build (lit. or fig.) ⬩ construct ⬩ to instruct, ⬩ edify ⬩ to cut timber

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Ðǽr wæs timbred templ, Nar. 37, 22: Beo. Th. 620; B. 307. Bióþ timbrede cestre, Ps.

ge-niht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-niht, -nyht, es; n: e; f.

Abundance, fulness, sufficiency ⬩ abundantia, ūbertas ⬩ copia, abundantia

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Hý beóþ oferdrencte on ðære genihte ðínes húses inebriābuntur ab ūbertāte dŏmus tuæ, Ps. Th. 35, 8. To genihte in abundantia, Ps. Th. 77, 25, 27: 84, 6: Menol. Fox 364; Men. 183.

Linked entry: ge-nyht

for-sittan

(v.)

to stop up

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Add: trans. to stop up Gif eágan forsetene beóþ ... drýp on ꝥ eáge, Lch. iii. 2, 20. to lose by sitting, to fail to go and do something, neglect or defer a duty Gif preóst fulwihðe untrumes forsitte, Ll. Th. i. 38, 10.