cnapa
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Th. ii. 510, 32
for-búgan
to avoid ⬩ to pass by ⬩ pass over ⬩ shun ⬩ eschew ⬩ To avoid
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Þá swylce micele leahtras synd forbogene (euitantur), Scint. 231, 5. to fail to attend a meeting, fail to keep an appointment Hé forbéh þone ándagan, Cht. Th. 206, 28. Sé þe þás gemót forbúge þrywa, Ll. Th. i. 268, 15.
gítsere
An avaricious, a covetous person ⬩ miser
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Se ungesǽliga gýtsere wile máre habban ðonne him genihtsumaþ the miserable covetous man wants to have more than suffices him, Homl. Th. i. 64, 33, 35: Bt. 16, 3; Fox 56, 16.
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fore-þanc
consideration
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Th. 48, 8. what is thought beforehand, a preconceived idea On þone foreþonc . . . þý þe hý (the apostate angels) him sylfum séllan þúhton þonne Críst, Hy. 4, 53
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hræd-ness
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Add: where there is rapid movement Rædnis pernicitas (pedum ), Txts. 182, 75. Wit geségon sittan twégen men on twám olfendum and þá efstan mid þǽre mǽstan hrædnesse, Hml. A. 206, 361. Þone ðóðor mid swiftre rædnesse geslegene, Ap. Th. 13, 4.
borh-fæstan
To fasten or bind by pledge or surety ⬩ fidejussione obligare
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To fasten or bind by pledge or surety; fidejussione obligare Man borhfæst ðam cyninge [MS. kyninge] ealle ða þægnas they bound by pledge all the thanes to the king, Chr. 1051; Ing. 228, 33; Erl. 181, 5
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hæften
Captivity, custody
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Captivity, custody Ða betste of ðes eorles híréde innan ánan fæstene gewann and on hæftene gedyde he took the best of the earl's household within a fortress and placed them in custody, Chr. 1095; Erl. 231, 29
land-ár
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Þæt hé ná cíde be lǽssan landáre ne causetur de minori substantia R. Ben. I. 16, 13. Gehealdenum him sylfan landáre reservato sibi usufructorio 100, 1. Hí lǽfdon heora ǽhta . . . Iulianus þá dǽlde heora landáre þe him lǽfed wæs, Hml. S. 4, 82.
beorh-hliþ
A mountain-height ⬩ mountain-brow ⬩ montis clivus vel fastigium
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Wǽron beorhhliðu blóde bestémed the mountain-brows were besteamed with blood Cd. 166; Th. 206, 7; Exod. 448. Under beorhhleoðum among the mountain-heights 98; Th. 130, 13; Gen. 2159
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hundredes ealdor
a centurion
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Kmbl. 8, 5. the presiding officer of the court of the hundred Gif se hundrodes ealdor ðæt geáscoþ, L. Edg. S. 10; Th. i. 276, 8. Cýðan hit ðæs túnes men ðam hundredes ealdre, 8; Th. i. 274, 28
leóþian
To sing ⬩ sound
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To sing, sound Wóð óðer ne lythwón leóþode ðonne in lyft ástág ceargesta cirm a second cry sounded, nor weakly, when to the heavens rose the wail of the troubled spirits, Exon. 38 a; Th. 125, 32; Gú. 363.
Angle
Anglen
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Anglen Ðæt land, ðe man Angle hǽt the land, which they call Anglen, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 37
begra
of both
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of both He is heora begra lufu he is the love of them both Hexam. 2; Norm. 4, 22
feasten
A fastness ⬩ fortress ⬩ mūnīmentum
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A fastness, fortress; mūnīmentum Hí on ðam feastene wǽron they were in the fastness, Chr. 877; Erl. 79, 23
for-settan
To obstruct ⬩ obstruĕre
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To obstruct; obstruĕre Hí ðone heofonlícan weg forsetton they obstructed the heavenly way, Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 4
fannian
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To winnow corn Ná fanna þú þé on ǽlcum winde non uentiles te in omni uento, Scint. 186, 17
ge-wilc
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The rolling of waves Gewylc ýþa sǽs þú líðgast motum fluctuum maris tu mitigas, Ps. Rdr. Spl. 88, 10
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norþ-land
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Add: land lying, to the north Hí hwemdon mid þám scypon wið þæs norðlandes, Chr. 1052 ; P. 180, 19
of-beátan
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Se micela ylp þe þá módigan fearras mid ealle ofbeát mid his egeslican nypele, Hml. A. 63, 286. Add
gifu
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Hwæt hæfst ðú æt þám gifum þe ðú cwist ꝥ seó wyrd eów gife, Bt. 13; F. 38, 4. ¶ the giver a personification :-- Þú miht þæs habban þanc ꝥ þú mínra ( Wisdom's ) gifa wel brúce . . . Hæbbe ic þé benumen þínra gifena þára þe þé from mé cómon?