clauster
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Ben. 19, 9. [Icel. kláustr; n. From Latin.] Add
ge-mǽnsumung
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Ben. 1. 69, 6
galdere
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Ben. Lye ' substitute Wyrincgalere ł galdre Marsum Hpt. Gl. 519, 46. Galdras marsi An. Ox. 8, 245. Galdra aruspicum, i. magoram 4068. Galdrum aruspicibus 4193. ꝥ eówer nan galdras ne sece, Hml. S. 17, 78
heaðu-rinc
A warrior
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A warrior, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 9; Jud. 179: Thw. 24, 29; Jud. 212: Beo. Th. 745; B. 370: 4923; B. 2466: Cd. 154; Th. 193, 4; Exod. 241: Bt. Met. Fox 9, 89; Met. 9, 45
heaðu-wælm
Fierce, intense heat
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Fierce, intense heat, Cd. 17; Th. 21, 14; Gen. 324: 149; Th. 187, 8; Exod. 148: Beo. Th. 165; B. 82: 5630; B. 2819: Andr. Kmbl. 3082; An. 1544: Elen. Kmbl. 1154; El. 578: 2607; El. 1305
gilp-cwide
A boastful speech
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Beo. Th. 1284; B. 640; Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 12; Gú, 1209
lǽwed
A layman
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A layman Gif man léud ofsleá an þeófþe licge bútan wyrgelde if a layman be slain while thieving, let no wergild be paid for the slaying. L. Wih. 25; Th. i. 42, 13
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ge-latian
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to grow torpid Gilattia torpescit, Rtl. 125, 27. to be slow about a matter (gen.), be dilatory Smeáge gehwá georne hine sylfne, and þæs ná ne gelatige ealles tó lange, Wlfst. 165, 24
gramian
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to be furious, rage Gramigende inęstuans, Germ. 402, 58. to be offensive to, vex (with dat.) Þonne se feónd þis gesihð, ... þonne gramað (ofþingð, v. l. ) him þæt swíðe hearde, Wlfst. 199, 2
twelf-gilde
To be restored twelve-fold
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To be restored twelve-fold Godes feoh and ciricean .xii.
út-lah
Outlawed ⬩ an outlaw ⬩ calling for outlawry
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Ǽlc ðara landa ðe ǽnigne friðige ðæra ðe Ænglaland hergie beó hit útlah wið ús and wið ealne here, L. Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284, 18.
seld-
strange ⬩ extraordinary ⬩ wonderful ⬩ having unusual good qualities ⬩ excellent ⬩ admirable
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Glóf síd and syllíc searobendum fæst, Beo. Th. 4178; B. 2086. Ic seah sellíc þing singan, Exon. Th. 413, 9; Rä. 32, 3. Ða réðan león and ða sellícan (syl-) pardes and ða egeslícan beran, Hexam. 9; Norm. 14, 33. Sellíce sǽdracan, Beo.
twi-hynde
a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; ⬩ applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank.
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(the article then deals with the case of the former, and concludes: Eal man sceal æt cyrliscum were be ðære mǽðe dón, ðe him tó gebyreþ, swá wé be twelfhyndum tealdan.Cf. too: Ceorles wergild is. . . ii hund sciłł. be Myrcna lage, L.
GYRD
A staff ⬩ rod ⬩ twig ⬩ a yard ⬩ the fourth part of a hide ⬩ virga ⬩ virgata
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Ber Aarones girde into ðam getelde bear Aaron's rod into the tabernacle, Num. 17, 10; Mt. Kmbl. 10, 10: Homl. Th. ii. 8, 11: i. 62, 34. He gebletsode ða grénan gyrda he blessed the green twigs, 64, 1.
ge-metlíce
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Hé beór ne drince, and gemetlíce wín and eala, Lch. ii. 88, ii. Ne gémdon hié nánes fyrenlustes, búton swíþe gemetlíce þá gecynd beeódan ; ealne weg hí ǽton ǽne on dæg Bt. 15 ; F. 48, 7.
hrif-wund
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Gif hé þurhþirel weorþeþ xx scill. gebéte if he be wounded in the belly let twelve shillings be paid.
Sæfern
The river Severn
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Hié gedydon æt Sæferne, ðá fóron be Sæferne . . . be westan Sæfern, 92, 14-20. Be Sæfern, 896; Erl. 94, 15. Be westan Sæferne, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 21. Of Seferne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 393, 10. Of Sæfern, 405, 29.
scead
Shade
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Under sceadu bregdan to kill, Beo. Th. 1419; B. 707. Dæg ǽresta geseah deorc sceado sweart swiðrian, Cd. Th. 8, 33; Gen. 133
Burgende
The Burgundians, inhabitants of Burgundy ⬩ Burgundiones
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The Burgundians, inhabitants of Burgundy, an old province in the east of France; Burgundiones Profentse hæfþ be norþan hyre ða beorgas, ðe man Alpis hǽt, and be súþan hyre is Wendel-sǽ, and be norþan hyre and eástan synd Burgende, and Wascan be westan
ge-stillan
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To be or become still, cease from Ic gestille itel áblinne cessam, desistam, cessavero, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 4. I. of persons or things. not to be moving Eorðe cwfcede and gestilde (quievii), Ps. Srt. Vos. 75, 9.