wǽdlung
poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ begging
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begging, but admonished the rich to succour with their wealth the poverty of the Christians, Homl.
hláf
bread ⬩ a loaf ⬩ cake ⬩ bread ⬩ bread ⬩ manna ⬩ cake
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Th., and add: bread made from meal or flour Þú him of eorþan út álǽddest hláf (panem) tó helpe ... hláf trymeð heortan mannes, Ps. Th. 103, 14, 15. Sý ánes pundes gewihte hláf tó eallum dæge.
Linked entry: hláf-gang
girwan
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Cf. eárede fæt cratera, 24, 25) orcas (in crateras), Ex. 24, 6. to prepare oneself to do something Hió hié tó deáþe gerede, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 30. Hié giredon hié tó wíge, 3, 5; S. 106, 17. Hié hié tó gefeohte geredon, 4, 10; S. 202, 13.
lyffetung
Flattery ⬩ adulation
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Heora nán ne gedyrstlǽce ðæt heó Godes landáre woroldrícum sellen for lyffetunge let none of them dare to give God's lands to the powerful of the earth as a means of paying court to them, Lchdm. iii. 442, 32.
cyre-áþ
The select oath, the oath sworn by the accused, together with a certain number of consacramentals selected by him out of a fixed number of persons named to him by the judge ⬩ juramentum electum, quod quis præstabat cum aliquot coujura-toribus ab ipso selectis e quibusdam a judice nominatis [Schmd. 566]
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The select oath, the oath sworn by the accused, together with a certain number of consacramentals selected by him out of a fixed number of persons named to him by the judge; juramentum electum, quod quis præstabat cum aliquot coujura-toribus ab ipso selectis
gang-dagas
Perambulation days ⬩ the three days before Ascension day or Holy Thursday ⬩ Rogation days, when the boundaries of parishes and districts were traversed ⬩ dies perambŭlātiōnes vel processiōnis ⬩ rogātiōnum dies
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Ðis sceal to Gang-dagon ðæge twegen dagas, this [Gospel] must be on the two days of the Rogation days, Rubc. Lk. Bos. 11, 5-13? notes, p. 578
ge-neálǽcan
To approach, draw near, adhere
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To approach, draw near, adhere [with dat. and acc.] Ne dorstan hie ðære stówe geneálǽcan they durst not approach the place, Blickl. Homl. 199, 26.
land-hláford
a land-lord
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Healde se landhláford ðæt forstolene orf óþ ðæt se ágenfrigea ðæt geácsige let the lord keep the stolen cattle until the owner get to hear of it, L. Edg. S. 11; Th. i, 276, 14: L. Eth. i. 3; Th. 1. 282, 27.
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ǽðmian
To raise vapour ⬩ boil ⬩ to be heated ⬩ to be greatly moved ⬩ exæstuare
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To raise vapour, boil, to be heated, to be greatly moved; exæstuare, Scint. 30
bi-fleón
To escape, to pass by or under ⬩ subterfugere
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To escape, to pass by or under, to go away privately; subterfugere,Cot. 192
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hnesce
soft ⬩ tender ⬩ soft ⬩ gentle ⬩ soft ⬩ tender ⬩ gentle ⬩ effeminate
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Add: of material or its quality. soft to the touch, yielding easily to pressure Wé habbað hrepunge þæt wé magon gefrédan hwæt bið heard, hwæt hnesce, Hml. Th. ii. 372, 32. Wæter wolde wíde tóscríðan wác and hnesce, Met. 20, 93.
un-clǽne
unclean ⬩ foul ⬩ filthy ⬩ unclean ⬩ not fit for food ⬩ unclean ⬩ impure
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C. 40, tit.; Th. ii. 130, 31. in a moral sense, unclean, impure Unclǽne incestus vel impurus, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 13: incestus, 51, 35: 72, 13. Se unclǽna ( inmundus ) gást, Mk. 1, 26. Woruldmonna seó unclǽne gecynd, Exou. Th. 63, 9; Cri. 1017.
stæl
a place ⬩ place ⬩ stead ⬩ stead ⬩ situation ⬩ condition
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Th. 366, 13; Reb. 11: Cd. Th. 68, 7; Gen. 1113. stead (as in the phrase to stand a person in good stead.
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ÆX
what is brought to an edge ⬩ An AXE ⬩ a hatchet ⬩ pickaxe ⬩ securis ⬩ ascia
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what is brought to an edge, An AXE, a hatchet, pickaxe; securis, ascia Eallunga ys seó æx to ðæra treówa wurtrumum asett jam enim securis ad radicem arborum posita est, Mt. Bos. 3, 10. Mid æxum with axes, Ps. Th. 73, 6. On æxe in securi, Ps.
rand-burh
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Randbyrig ( the walls formed by the waters of the Red Sea when the Israelites passed through it) wǽron rofene were riven (when the Egyptians attempted to cross ), Cd. Th. 207, 7; Exod. 463.
ge-bendan
to bend ⬩ flectĕre ⬩ tendĕre ⬩ to bind ⬩ fetter ⬩ vincīre
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to bend; flectĕre, tendĕre He hornbogan hearde gebendaþ confrēgit cornua arcuum, Ps. Th. 75, 3. He gebende his bogan he bent his bow, Homl. Th. i. 502, 15.
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fǽhþ
feud
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Hié forgeáfon þǽm Cásere þá fǽhþe þe his mǽg hæfde wið hié geworht, 6, 4; S. 258, 27. Samson hæfde fǽhðe tó ðám folce Samson was at feud with the folk (the Philistines ), Hml. Th. i. 226, 23. as a law term Be fǽhðum, Ll. Th. i. 90, 1
ge-metan
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Add: to measure, determine size, quantity, . fee. Þé is behéfe þing, árwurða cleric, ꝥ þú gemete on getæl, Angl. viii. 303, 26. Of mínum ágenum góde ágifan þá teóðunga . . . swá man rihtost mage oþþe gemetan, oþþe getellan, oþþe áwegan, Ll.
ge-brosnian
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To decay, become corrupt; of places, to become ruinous. Take here ge-brosnod in Dict., and odd: in a physical sense Ðú ne geðafast þæt mín líchama gebrosnige (nec dabis sanctum tuum videre corruptionem, Ps. 16, 10), Hml. Th. ii. 16, 27.
windan
of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start ⬩ to fly, wheel, spring ⬩ of the movement of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ of abstract subjects ⬩ of twisting ⬩ rolling movement ⬩ of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ to waver ⬩ to twist ⬩ roll ⬩ to brandish ⬩ wave ⬩ to twist, plait, weave ⬩ to twist, give a curved form to
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Th. 31, 27; Gen. 491. of inanimate things Þúfas wundon ofer gárfare the banners fluttered above the battalions Cd. Th. 199, 22 ; Exod. 342. Streámas wundon the waters rolled Beo. Th. 430; B. 212. Staþelas wið wǽge, wætre windendum, Exon.
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