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of-þryccan

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Add: to destroy by pressure, crush Seó úpfléring tóbærst and hine ácwealde, and þæt hús eal ansund áðolode búton ðǽre ánre fléringe ðe ðone Godes feónd ofðrihte, Hml. Th. ii. 164, 5.

sóna

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Hine nǽnig mann mihte gebindan, ac sóna instæpe ( continuo ) þá bendas tóslupan, Bd. 4, 22; Sch. 457, 15. followed by eft, efter Hér Rómáne þǽm pápan, his tungon forcurfon and his eágan ástungon . . . and þá sóna eft Gode fultomiendum hé meahte geseón

HORD

(n.)
Grammar
HORD, es; n. m.

HOARD, treasure ⬩ n. thesaurus

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Hordas, gerýne arcana, Mone B. 4216 Similar entries (v. gold-hord)

Linked entries: hord-cófa hord-loca

for-gildan

(v.)

to pay back ⬩ restore ⬩ pay damages ⬩ to pay for ⬩ buy off ⬩ to repay ⬩ pay out ⬩ requite ⬩ to pay ⬩ perform

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Hit weorþeþ forgolden, 195, 23. the object a clause: Hé ús forgyldeþ swá wé nú hér dóþ ge gódes ge yfeles he will requite us for both the good and the evil that we do here, Bl.

a-teón

(v.)
Grammar
a-teón, ic -teó, ðú -týhst, he -týhþ, -tíhþ, -tíþ, pl. -teóþ; p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen [a from, out; teón to tow, draw] .

to draw out or away ⬩ pull out ⬩ lead out ⬩ pluck ⬩ draw ⬩ abstrahere ⬩ extrahere ⬩ ejicere ⬩ educere ⬩ trahere ⬩ ducere ⬩ to treat ⬩ use ⬩ dispose of ⬩ employ ⬩ tractare ⬩ uti ⬩ adhibere ⬩ to draw to any place ⬩ betake oneself anywhere ⬩ go ⬩ come ⬩ make a journey or expedition ⬩ se recipere ⬩ meare ⬩ proficisci ⬩ ire ⬩ venire ⬩ iter facere

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Bos. 27, 7. intrans. or with a cognate noun : to draw to any place, betake oneself anywhere, go, come, make a journey or expedition; se recipere, meare, proficisci, ire, venire, iter facere Siððæt se hearmscaða to Heorute ateáh after the injurious scather

swǽsende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
swǽsende, es; but occurring almost always in pl. swǽsendu (-a, -o); n.

food, victuals, refection ⬩ flatteries, blandishments, fair speech.

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In phrases :-- Gán tó swǽsendum to go to dinner; ire ad reficiendum, 5, 4; S. 617, 18. Sittan æt or tó swǽsendum to sit at meat, take a meal :-- Hí æt beóde and æt swǽsendum sǽton sederunt ad mensam 5, 5; S. 617, 10: Cd. Th. 168, 7; Gen. 2779.

Linked entries: swoese swésende

tíma

(n.)
Grammar
tíma, an; m.

Time ⬩ hour ⬩ tempus ⬩ hora ⬩ time when, ⬩ time at which an event takes place ⬩ a time when a thing can or ought to be done, ⬩ a proper time, ⬩ opportunity ⬩ in time ⬩ in good time ⬩ be-times ⬩ proper time ⬩ an appointed time ⬩ a period of time ⬩ time during which certain events are happening, during which a particular person is living, etc. ⬩ a season of the year ⬩ an age of the world ⬩ time of pronouncing a syllable, ⬩ quantity ⬩ time, ⬩ condition of things

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Án tíma wæs ǽr Godes ǽ . . . Óðer under Godes lage . . . Ðridde under Cristes ágenre gife, L. Ælfc. P. 6; Th. ii. 366, 6. as a grammatical term, time of pronouncing a syllable, quantity Ðæt rihtmetervers sceal habban feówer and twéntig tíman . . .

Linked entries: tíme týma

ild

(n.)
Grammar
ild, e ; f.

an age ⬩ ævum ⬩ sæculum ⬩ age ⬩ years ⬩ ætas ⬩ mature ⬩ eld ⬩ senectus ⬩ vetustas ⬩ age

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Gód sceal wyð yfele geógoþ sceal wið ylde sacan, Menol. Fox 562 ; Gn. C. 50. Nǽron eówre gescí mid ylde fornumene nec calceamenta pedum vestrorum vetustate consumpta sunt, Deut. 29, 5.

Linked entries: yld eld

wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
wrítan, p. wrát, pl. writon; pp. writen

To write. ⬩ to cut ⬩ to draw ⬩ to form letters ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ to compose, ⬩ be the author of ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ write ⬩ to write ⬩ state ⬩ to write ⬩ get a thing written ⬩ to convey by charter

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. ¶ of the writing on the tables of stone On ðe wrát wuldres God gerýno, Andr.

Linked entries: wrítere wrítian

efne

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Ðú góda cyngc, efne þes man þe þú swá wel wið gedést, hé is æfestful for ðínum góde, Ap. Th. 14, 23. Heó hæfde efne and heóld þæs líchaman lustes forhæfdnesse, ac hwæðre . . . carnis quidem continentiam habuit, sed . . ., Gr. D. 340, 15.

swá

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God gescifte ǽnne swá gerádne mon. Hml. S. 23, 415.

útan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
útan, (-on); adv. prep. A. adv.

from without ⬩ without ⬩ on the outside ⬩ on the outside ⬩ on the surface ⬩ outwardly ⬩ about ⬩ round ⬩ out ⬩ away from land

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Gif ðú wénst ðæt him áhwonan útan cómon ða gód ðe hé hæfþ, ðonne wǽre ðæt þing betere, ðe hit him fram cóme, ðonne hé, Bt. 34, 3; Fox 136, 26. Ælfréd com útan (úton, MS. E.) mid fierde, Chr. 885; Erl. 82, 23.

steóran

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
steóran, stióran, (and with umlaut) stiéran, stéran, stíran, stýran; p. de.
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God wolde stýran ðære nytennyse Cúðberhtes, and ásende án cild, ðæt hit his dyslícan plegan wíslíce ðreáde, Homl.

wer-gild

(n.)
Grammar
wer-gild, were-gild, es; n. [The word seems interchangeable with wer (q. v.), which in the later laws is the more frequent form.]
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Se .vii. nihta móna is gód on tó fixianne, and æðeles monnes wergild an tó manianne, Lchdm. iii. 178, 14. <b>I a.

hors

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v. under wægn, Bd. 3, 9: Lch. ii. 30, 29: and see hors-bǽr) or goods (v. lád; ) were carried; and as beasts of burden (v. Ll. Th. ii. 298, 23 supra: seám-hors). They were used, too, in hunting.

EÁC

(con.)
Grammar
EÁC, conj.

EKE, also, likewise, moreover, and ⬩ etiam, quoque, et ⬩ Nevertheless, however ⬩ nihilōmĭnus ⬩ So also, also, moreover, very like, even so, as if ⬩ parimŏdo, tamquam ⬩ Quin et ⬩ So also, even so, likewise

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ríce underþeódde quæ omnia sub ditiōne accēpit quin et Mevanias insŭlas impĕrio subjŭgāvit Anglōrum, Bd. 2, 9; S. 510, 16. eác swá So also, even so, likewise Swá ðeós world eallgewíteþ, and eác swá some, ðe hire on wurdon atydrede so all this world goes

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, e; f.

a limit ⬩ bound ⬩ term ⬩ a limit ⬩ boundary ⬩ a boundary ( = gemǽre) of a particular estate ⬩ a boundary ⬩ confine of a district ⬩ border ⬩ the territory within the boundaries ⬩ fines

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Him ðæt tó mearce wearþ hé ðǽr feorhwunde hleát that proved his life's limit; there his death-wound he got, Beo.

eft

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Gesceóp God Adam and Evah eft siððan . . . Beswác se ðeófol siððan eft ðá men, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 4-8. Hé spræc tó Abrahame . . . Cwæð þá eft raðe tó Sarran, Gen. 2726: Sat. 229. Hé eft æfter fæce geþrowade, Bl. H. 23, 30.

ge-restan

(v.)
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II. 4 Gyf man méte ꝥ hé weorðlíce gerestod sló, gód ꝥ byð. Lch. iii. 174, 32

scrífan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
scrífan, p. scráf, pl. scrifon; pp. scrifen

To decree ⬩ appoint ⬩ to decree to a person as his lot ⬩ to allot ⬩ assign ⬩ to fix as his lot for a person ⬩ to decree after judgment ⬩ to adjudge ⬩ doom ⬩ inflict ⬩ impose ⬩ pass as a sentence upon a person ⬩ to shrive ⬩ to impose penance after confession ⬩ to hear confession and then impose penance ⬩ to care for ⬩ regard

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Him (God) þonc ǽghwá secge ðæs ðe hé for his miltsum monnum scrífeþ, 333, 7; Vy. 98. to fix as his lot for a person Ic sceal sécan ða hámas ðe ðú mé ǽr scrife I must visit the abodes that you (the body) have made my (the soul's) portion, 371, 4; Seel

Linked entry: be-scrifen