ge-férness
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The original is so imperfectly reproduced by the translation, that it is difficult to connect the several corresponding parts, and to understand what the translation means.
á-bycgan
To abye ⬩ to buy off, redeem a person ⬩ to pay for, atone for wrong-doing ⬩ to perform what was necessary for the discharge of a legal obligation
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obligation Cliroc feówra sum hine clǽnsie, and áne his hand on wiófode; óðre ætstanden áð ábycgan, i. e. the principal, with one hand on the altar, made oath; the compurgators stood by and by their oaths redeemed him from the obligation under which, so
rǽdan
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Gr. 22; Som. 24, 1. Rǽtt legit, 44; Som. 45, 49. On hwylcum dæge man rǽt .ix. kl. apr. swá fela beóþ concurrentes ... gif man rǽt ðæne datu-rum on Sunnandæg ðænne byþ án, Anglia viii. 302, 19-20. Se ðe rǽt (rǽdæ, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 24, 15.
mód-cearu
Sorrow of heart ⬩ grief
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Higum unróte modceare mǽndon mondryhtnes cwealm troubled in mind they mourned with sorrow of soul their lord's decease, 6289; B. 3149
þrowing-tíd
the time at which a person suffered martyrdom ⬩ the anniversary of the time when some one suffered
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Homl. 171, 4. the anniversary of the time when some one suffered Ðeós tíd fram ðisum andwerdan dæge ( fifth Sunday in Lent ) óð ða hálgan Eástertíde is gecweden Cristes ðrowungtíd, Homl. Th. ii. 224, 19.
Wealh-geféra
A count of the Welsh Marches(?) ⬩ the commander of the Wealh-færeld(?)
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horsðegn; se wæs eác Wealhgeféra ( other MSS. have -geréfa.Kemble, taking the latter reading, says: 'I am disposed to believe that he was a royal reeve to whose care Alfred's Welsh serfs were committed, and who exercised a superintendence over them in some
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BÚC
the belly, stomach ⬩ venter, alvus ⬩ a vessel that bulges out, as a bottle, jug, pitcher ⬩ lagena, hydria
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Þurch heora bláwunge and ðæra búca swég through the sound of their blowing and of the pitchers, Jud. 7, 21. Hí tobrǽcon ða búcas mid micelre brastlunge they broke the pitchers [hydrias confregerunt] with great crashing, 7, 20
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hearmian
To harm, hurt, injure ⬩ calumniari ⬩ to afflict, grieve ⬩ to be annoyed
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Ðeáh ðe hit hearmige sumum though it may do harm to some, H. R. 105, 36
wan-sceaft
misfortune ⬩ misery ⬩ unhappiness ⬩ some form of disease
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Láð biþ ǽghwǽr fore his wonsceaftum wineleás hæle, 329, 10 ; Vy. 32. some form of disease Hú mon sceal ða wǽtan and wonsceafta (ða wonsceaftan in the section, 246, 6, where no other malady than ða wǽtan is referred to except ða áheardodan swilas) útan
lutian
lurk ⬩ skulk
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Gr. 44; Som. 45, 46. Of ðam fýre ðe him on lutaþ from the fire that is latent in it, Lchdm. iii. 274, 4.
rǽcan
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Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 46. Hé ys se ðe ic rǽce ( porrexero ) hláf, Jn. Skt. 13, 26. For hwon ne rǽcst ( porrigis ) ðú ús ðone hwítan hláf ? Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 14. Rǽcþ ( porrigit ) hé him scorpionem? Lk. Skt. 11, 12.
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un-hál
In bad health ⬩ sick ⬩ weak ⬩ infirm ⬩ unhealthy ⬩ unsound
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Ðæt hors blon fram ðám unhálum ( insanis ) styrenessum ðara leoma ... and sóna árás hál and gesund, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 38
blinnan
to cease
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Sóna se hwósta blinneð, Lch. iii. 58, 11. Blinnes lufo refrigescet caritas, Mt. L. 24, 12. Him ǽlc mennisc fultum blonn humanum cessabat auxilium, Bd. 1, 14; Sch. 38, 5. Blan se wind cessavit ventus, Mt. R. 14, 32
hírsum-ness
obedience ⬩ obedience ⬩ humility ⬩ service
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Ðǽre forman eádmódnesse stepe is hýrsumnes bútan elcunge ... sóna swá heom ǽnig þing fram heora ealdre geboden bið, hí þæt bútan elcunge mid weorce gefremmað, R. Ben. 19, 14-19: 12, 12.
ge-siht
Sight ⬩ power of seeing ⬩ vision ⬩ something seen ⬩ aspect ⬩ respect ⬩ visus ⬩ acies oculorum ⬩ visio ⬩ aspectus ⬩ conspectus ⬩ respectus
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Gr. 5; Som. 4, 14. Yfel gesihþ oculus malus, Mk. Bos. 7, 22. Bodian blindum gesihþe prædicare cæcis visum, Lk. Bos. 4, 18 : Homl. Th. i. 64, 22 : Blickl. Homl. 155, 5.
hlinian
To lean, ⬩ bend, ⬩ lie down, ⬩ recline, ⬩ rest
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Gr. 24; Som. 25, 55. Ne ðǽr hleonaþ unsméðes wiht nor does aught unsmooth rest there, Exod. 56 a; Th. 199, 14; Ph. 25. Ða ðe him godes egsa hleonaþ ofer heáfdum those on whose heads rests the fear of God, 33 b; Th. 106, 20; Gú. 44.
seld-
strange ⬩ extraordinary ⬩ wonderful ⬩ having unusual good qualities ⬩ excellent ⬩ admirable
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Him (the phenix) sette sóð cyning sellícran gecynd ofer fugla cyn, 221, 4; Ph. 329. Ic ǽfre ne geseah syllícran cræft. Andr. Kmbl. 1000; An. 500: Rood Kmbl. 8; Kr. 4
GE-RÉFA
A prefect, steward, fiscal officer of the shire or county, judge, reeve or sheriff, count ⬩ præpŏsĭtus, villĭcus, jūdex, præfectus, cŏmes
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Gl. 87; Som. 74, 37; Wrt. Voc. 50, 19. Cwæþ se geréfa ait villĭcus, Lk. Bos. 16, 3.
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bláwan
to blow ⬩ breathe ⬩ snort ⬩ pant ⬩ to blow ⬩ to flame ⬩ blaze ⬩ inflate
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D. 183, 11. to blow, make a sound with a trumpet :-- Swíðlíce bleówan seofon sácerdas mid sylfrenum býmum, Hml. Th. ii. 212, 29: Jos. 6, 13.
ceorung
A murmuring, complaint, grudging ⬩ murmuratio, querimonia, querela
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A murmuring, complaint, grudging; murmuratio, querimonia, querela Sum ceorung mihte beón gif he his behát ne gelǽste there might be some murmuring if he performed not his promise, Homl. Th. ii. 80, 26, 12. Æfter ceorunge after murmuring, ii.80, 9.