gold
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Eall mid reádum golde his cynestól geworhte he wrought his throne all with red gold, H. R. 101, 2. Hundtwelftig mancæs reádes goldes a hundred and twenty mancuses of red gold, Th. Chart. 232, 10: 375, 28: Bt. Met.
BYSGU
Occupation, business, labour, care, toil, difficulty, trouble, affliction ⬩ occupatio, negotium, labor, cura, opus, difficultas, dolor, tribulatio
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Býsigum gebǽded oppressed with labours, Beo. Th. 5153; B. 2580. Biþ se slǽp tó fæst bísgum gebunden the sleep is bound too fast by cares, Beo. Th. 3490; B. 1743: Bt. Met. Fox 22, 127; Met. 22, 64.
staca
A stake
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(In each case the section occurs amongst regulations dealing with witchcraft.) Án wyduwe and hire sune drifon íserne stacan on Alsie, Wulfstánes feder... Man téh ðæt morð forð of hire inclifan.
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folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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It is a mistake to imagine with Lambarde, Spelman, and a host of antiquaries, that it was possessed by the common people only.
an-bídian
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and add: to wait His wíte andbidað on ðǽre tóweardan worulde his punishment waits in the world to come, Hml. S. 16, 305. Andbidað (an-, v. l. ), se déma, Hml. A. 8, 202.
ege-full
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Th. i. 300, 19. of things, terrible, tremendous Beó him swíðe egefull ðæt éce wíte aeterna supplicia perhorrescant, Past. 263, 16. Seó sǽ is hwílon swíðe hreóh and egeful on tó beónne, Hml. Th. i. 182, 33.
ge-tígan
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Getígede (-tiggede, v. l. ) assene, Mt. 21, 2. figurative Wite hé þæt hé mid þæs regoles bendum is getíged sciens se sub lege regale constitutum, R. Ben. 99, 12.
in-fær
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L. 67, 25. right or permission to enter Wite hé þæt him ǽlces infæres forwyrned bið sciat omnem sibi aditum denegari, R. Ben. 53, 16. Ne sig him ná eáðelíce þæs infæres getíðod ( non ei facilis tribuatur ingressus ) ...
hwíl-tídum
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S. 36, 420. at times, at intervals, as opposed to always or continuously Cwyst þú hwæþer hittó gelýfenne sý ꝥ þysum Godes þeówan mihte symble æt beón se wíte-dómes gást, hwæþer be hwíltídum ( per intervalla temporum ) his mód gefylde þæs wítedómes gást
twǽman
To divide ⬩ separate ⬩ part ⬩ to prevent the joining of objevte ⬩ to part what has been joined ⬩ to divide ⬩ cause dissension aminy
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gesetton ða ealdan wríteras on ciriclícum bócum, ðæt hig twǽmdon oððe ætýwdon ða gewitnyssa háligra gewrita, (diple signum in libris praesertim ecclesiasticis ad distinctionem oppositum, Migne) Anglia viii.334, 11. to part what has been joined Man wite
forþ-weard
continued ⬩ carried on ⬩ inclined forwards ⬩ inclined towards ⬩ advancing ⬩ forward ⬩ advanced ⬩ departed ⬩ deceased
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Similar entries Cf. forþ, 6 a ꝥ him lifiendum wǽre ꝥ tó wíte ꝥ þám forðweardan (forðfarenum, v. l.) men bið tó reste, Mart. H. 162, 8
prass
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hwǽr ys heora rícetere and heora prass and orgol, búton on moldan beþeaht and on wítum gecyrred? Wulfst. 148, 32. Se cásere fór intó Efese mid ðrymme and mid prasse, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 26.
un-biscopod
Unconfirmed
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And witan ða ðe cildes onfón æt fulluhte oððe æt bisceopes handum, ðæt hí hit on rihtum geleáfan gebringan, 300, 16-30
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wídan
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From (far and) wide, from a distance Hé his witan wídan gesomnod hæfde . . . Ealle ða ðegnas ðe ðǽr wídan gegaderode wǽron, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 315, 9, 36. Óðer sinoð wæs eft óðer healf hund biscopa wídan gesamnod . . .
gearolíce
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Gearelíce (gearo-, v. l. ) witan þás heregas, Wlfst. 254, 11. Magan wé geseón and oncnáwan and swíþe gearelíce ongeotan, Bl. H. 107, 23
þafetere
One who agrees or consents, ⬩ one who is remiss in allowing
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One who agrees or consents, one who is remiss in allowing Ðý læs se ðafetere, se ðe wile forgiefan ðæt hé wrecan sceolde, tó écum wítum geteó his hiéremenn ne rector remittendo quod ferire debuit ad aeterna supplicia subditos pertrahat Past. 20; Swt.
wille
A well, spring, fountain
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On ðone fúlan wylle; of ðam wylle, vi. 213, 16-23. v. wíþig-wille; will, and next word
dollíce
Foolishly, rashly ⬩ stulte, insāne
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Ne man ne sceal drincan, oððe dollíce etan binnan Godes húse nor may any one drink, nor foolishly eat within God's house, L. Ælf. C. 35; Th. ii. 356, note 2, line 10: Past. 20, 1; Hat. MS. 29 b, 4
irfan
To inherit
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To inherit Yrfan hí swá hí wyrðe witan let the land devolve upon such as they know to be worthy or entitled [v. wyrðe], Chart. Th. 578, 9. v. [?] Cod. Dipl.
land-mann
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Gyf se landman ǽniges fácnes gewita sý ðonne sý hé wítes scyldig, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 23-7. Landmanna cyme the coming of the men of the country, Cd. 151; Th. 189, 4; Exod. 179