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cote

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Ne mæg nán wíf hire bóndan forbeódan ꝥ hé ne móte intó his cotan (-on, v. l. ) gelógian ꝥ ꝥ hé wille, Ll. Th. i. 418, 24. Add

heáfod-gemaca

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Heó geheóld hyre fóstormódor sceáp mid óþrum fǽmnum hire héfdgemacum ipsa pascebat oves nutricis suae cum ceteris puellis coaetaneis suis (Hml. A. 209, 40), Nar. 40, 18. Add

blód-þigen

(n.)
Grammar
blód-þigen, e; f.
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Gif wíf þicgð (gustaverit) hire weres blód for hwylcum lǽcedóme, 156, 13), Ll. Th. ii. 130, 18

Linked entry: þigen

ge-sibsumlíce

(adv.)
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Heó begeat on hire geweald . . . gesybsum-líce (contrast the capture of Derby, P. 101, 29) þá burh æt Ligraceastre, Chr. 918; P. 105, 22. Add

geolhstor

(n.)
Grammar
geolhstor, geolstor, es; m?

Matter, corruption, poison, venom ⬩ sanies

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Matter, corruption, poison, venom; sanies Hire geolhstor út fleów the matter flowed out from her, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, note 3. Geolster virus, tabum, Hpt. Gl. 517, 490

sacerd

Grammar
sacerd, l. sácerd,
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Heó gesette hyre gingran þe hire folgode tó sácerde (priestess), Ap. Th. 25, 18

þaccian

(v.)
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Þú tó þon gelǽded wǽre ꝥ þú mid þínre brádre handa þá nunnan ofer hire eaxle þaccodest qui perductus es, ut posteriora illius alapaferires, Gr. D. 190, 14. Add

twi-béte

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-béte, adj.
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Needing double compensation; a term applied to an offence when from special circumstances the bót was twice that to be paid in an ordinary case Gif hwá nunnan mid hǽmedþinge oþþe on hire hrægl oþþe on hire breóst bútan hire leáfe gefó, sié hit twybéte

Linked entry: -béte

hýrling

(n.)
Grammar
hýrling, es; m.

A hireling

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A hireling, one who works for hire Hí heora fæder on scipe forléton mid hýrlingum relicto patre suo in navi cum mercenariis, Mk. Skt. 1, 20

æt-standend

(n.)
Grammar
æt-standend, es; m.
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A bystander, an attendant Seó heofenlice cwén cwæð tó hire ætstandendum, Hml. Th. i. 450, 31. Hé þone Hǽlend bodode eallum ætstandendum, Hml. S. 29, 255

hýrian

(v.)
Grammar
hýrian, p. ode: hýran; p. de; pp. ed

To hire

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To hire Ús nán man ne hýrode nemo nos conduxit, Mt. Kmbl. 20, 7. Nán man ús ne hýrde, Homl. Th. ii. 76, 5. Seðe wolde hýrian wyrhtan, 72, 19

Linked entry: hýran

tó-dǽlendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-dǽlendlíce, adv.

Separably ⬩ distinctly

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Seó fífte declinatio gebígþ hire genitivum on e and i tódǽlendlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Zup. 21, 14 note

Linked entry: tó-dǽledlíce

efen-gefeón

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Efengefeánde (-feónde, v. l. ) hire micclan wundres, Gr. D. 169, 10. Cf. efen-blissian. Add

sulung

(n.)
Grammar
sulung, e; f. A Kentish word for a certain quantity of land, derived, like carrucata, from a name of the plough; from its origin it might mean, so much land as could be cultivated by one plough. From the first two passages given below it would seem that the sulung was equivalent to two hides (manentes), and later a solanda, which is probably the same word, is said 'per se habere duas hidas.' v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., p. 54. But perhaps it may be inferred that both hide and sulung were considered as on the same footing as regards the plough. Thus to the gebúr with his gyrd landes, i. e. one quarter of a hide, are to be given two oxen, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 23, while a gift of half a sulung is accompanied by the further gift of four oxen, Chart. Th. 470, 9-14. v. Seebohm, pp. 138-9, and generally. In the Domesday Survey of Kent the assessment was given by solins, and the word remained in use. v. Pegge's Kenticisms, s.v.
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sulling Aliquam terrae partiunculam, hoc est duarum manentium ... ritu Cantiae án sulung dictum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 249, 19. Terrae particula duarum manentium, id est, án sulung, 250, 8. Yc gean intó Cristes cyrican on Cantwarabyrig ðæs landes æt Holungaburnan

Linked entry: swulung

wracu

(adj.)
Grammar
wracu,
  • Bt. 20
    • ;
  • Fox 72, 6
for wacru?
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v. wacor
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mid ðære styringe hire ágenre frecennesse. The Latin is: Adversam fortunam videas sobriam, succintamque, et ipsius adversitatis exercitatione prudentem

on-irnan

(v.)

to yield, give way

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to yield, give way Duru sóna onarn fýrbendum fæst, syððan hé hire folmum [hrán], Beo. Th. 1447; B. 721. Duru sóna onarn þurh handhrine háliges gástes, Andr. Kmbl. 1998; An. 1000

hédd-ern

Grammar
hédd-ern, héd-ern

a store-room

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a store-room Búton hit under þæs wífes cǽglocan gebróht wǽre . . . ac þǽra cǽgean heó sceal weardian; þæt is hire héddernes cǽge and hyre cyste cǽge and hire tǽgan, Ll. Th. i. 418, 21 note.

Linked entry: hædern

eorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
eorlíce, [ = eorl-líce]; adv.

Manfully, strongly, greatly ⬩ vĭrĭlĭter, vĕhĕmenter, multum

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Manfully, strongly, greatly; vĭrĭlĭter, vĕhĕmenter, multum Gebealh heó swíðe eorlíce wið hire suna she was very greatly incensed against her son, Cod. Dipl. 755; Kmbl. iv. 54, 30

Mónan-ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
Mónan-ǽfen, es; m.

Monday-eve ⬩ the evening of Sunday

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Monday-eve, the evening of Sunday Gif esne ofer dryhtnes hǽse þeówweorc wyrce an Sunnanǽfen efter hire setlgange óþ Mónanǽfenes setlgang, L. Wih. 9; Th. i. 38, 19

Linked entry: Mónan-niht

hýre-gilda

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Substitute: One who pays-hire or wages Hýre-gildan mercedarii (mercedarius qui mercedem dat pro labore sibi inpenso, Corp. Cd. H. 78, 181), Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 46

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