swicn
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Clearance from a criminal charge Se ðe hereteáma betygen sié, hé hine be his wergilde áliése, oþþe be his were geswicne. Se áð sceal bión healf be húslgetigum.
tweó-líc
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doubtful, uncertain Hit biþ twýlíc, hwæðer hit on lífe áðolige, Homl. Th. ii. 50, 24. Dubii generis, ðæt is twýlíces cynnes, Ælfc. Gr. 6, 6; Zup. 19, 17.
on-scógan
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His mǽgas hine anscógen óðre fét, ðæt mon mæge siððan hátan his tún ðæs anscódan tún unum ei pedem propinquus discalciet, ejusque habitaculum domum, discalceati vocet, Past. 43, 16. [O. H. Ger. ant-(int-)scnohón denudare (pedem).] Cf. un-scóg(i)an
swíþ
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Hé sette his ða swíþ[r]an hand him on ðæt heáfod, Bd. 2, 12; S. 515, 19. Hé sette Ephraim on his swíðran hand . . . and Mannases on his winstran hand, ðæt wæs on Israhéles swíðran healfe . . .
ge-nerian
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</b> to save a person in respect to his life (dat. ) :-- Ǽlmǽr þe se arcb ǽr generede his lífe (æt his life, v./. ), Chr. ion ; P. 141, 26. Blíðe wǽron eorlas . . . aldre generede, Dan. 259. (Goth. ga-nasjan : O.
lettan
hinder ⬩ impede ⬩ delay
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Swǽ swǽ mon oft lett fundiende monnan and his færelt gǽlþ, swá gǽlþ se líchoma ðæt mód, Past. 36, 7; Swt. 256, 4-6. Óþ oreldo hí hine hwílum lettaþ they sometimes defer it (death) until extreme old age, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 10.
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in-gang
Entrance ⬩ entry ⬩ ingress ⬩ entrance-fee
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Gebéte hé be his ingange, 25. Gylde his ingang, 35. Be útgonge Israhéla folces of Ægypta lande and be ingonge ðæs gehátlondes de egressu Israel ex Ægypto et ingressu in terram repromissionis, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 11.
leornere
A learner ⬩ reader
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Se Hǽlend tóbræc ða hláfas and sealde his leornerum, Homl. Th. ii. 400, 21: Blickl. Homl. 131, 20. Johannes gesende twægen leorneras his Joannes mittens duos de discipulis suis. Mt. Kembl. Rusts. 11. 2, 1: 10, 1.
mearc-land
a border-land ⬩ waste land lying outside the cultivated ⬩ a district ⬩ country ⬩ territory
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Him ðe feára sum mearclond gesæt (of Guthlac when he retired to his hermitage.
burg-waru
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Gyf hit binnan byrig gedón bið, fare seó buruhwaru sylf tó and begyte þá banan, Ll. Th. i. 286, 21. Seó burhwaru gelæhton hine, Ap Th. 26, 23. Seó burhwaru, þæt sind Turonisce ..., and Pictauienscisce ... bútú ðá burhwara (-waru, -waræ, Hml.
ge-feccan
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Substitute: <b>ge-feccan, ge-fecgan</b> to fetch, to go in quest of and bring back, the object a person Hé him hét tó wífe gefeccan Cleopatron Cleopatram sibi occurrere imperavit, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 1: Hml. S. 8, 9.
ofer-gán
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Godwine eorl.. . sáh niðer. . . sprǽce benumen . . . and hine man brǽd intó ðæs kinges búre, and ðóhtan ꝥ hit ofergán sceolde, ac hit næs ná swá, Chr. 1053; P. 182, 23
ǽg-hwǽr
in every place, ⬩ to every place, in every direction ⬩ in every case ⬩ in every respect
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Hié hergodon ǽghwǽr be ðám sǽ, Chr. 918; P. 98, 12: 998; P. 131, 13. Him wæs ǽghwǽr wá, Sat. 342. Ǽghwǽr onbútan circumquaque, An. Ox. 2, 251. Ǽghwǽr on eorþan, Gen. 2705. Geneósian ealra þeóda ǽghwǽr landes ad visitandas omnes gentes, Ps.
feor
avoidance ⬩ widely ⬩ widely ⬩ far ⬩ far
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Andswaredon hí: "Nis hit feor tó þon" (non longe est), Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 490, 25. Wé witon ꝥ hit nis nó feor tó þon (the end of the world) . . . Nis ꝥ feor tó þon ꝥ ꝥ eác geweorþan sceal, Bl. H. 117, 29-34.
LÍF
LIFE
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Ealle hig wǽron háliges lífes menn, Wulfst. 270, 15. Hé geendode his dagas æfter mycclum geswince his lífes, Chr. 1016; Erl. 155, 3. On ðam ýtemestan dæge his lífes, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 19, col. 1.
BÉN
A praying ⬩ prayer ⬩ petition ⬩ an entreaty ⬩ a deprecation ⬩ supplication ⬩ demand ⬩ bone ⬩ BOON ⬩ ⬩ deprecatio ⬩ oratio ⬩ preces ⬩ postulatio
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Hí heom ðæra béna forwyrdnon they gave to them a denial of their requests Ors. 2, 2; Bos. 40, 34. Micelra béna dæg litania major Martyr. 25, April
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bí-leofa
subsistence ⬩ maintenance ⬩ provision ⬩ victuals
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Þá ðe hæfdon sum þing lytles tó bigleofan, ꝥ reáferas of þám múðe him ábrúdon, 68, 72. Ǽlcum hláforde gedafenaþ ðæt hé dó his mannum heora bigleofan on gesettum tíman, 55, 128: 105, 90. Bigleafan (-leofan), Hml. S. 25, 815.
þearl
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of persons, severe, strict Se ðearla and se ryhtwísa Déma districtus judex, Past. 21; Swt. 167, 22. of things, pain, punishment, effort, and the like, severe Hé ðý wyrs meahte þolian ða þráge, ðá hió swá þearl becom, Met. 1, 77.
ge-fylce
A collection of people ⬩ army ⬩ troop ⬩ division
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Hí férdon mid miclum gefilce they marched with a great army, Thw. Hept. 162, 38. Send ðǽrto gefylcio send troops against it, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 161, 6; Hatt. MS. Hie wǽrun on twǽm gefylcum they were in two divisions.
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geond-felan
To fill throughout ⬩ mplere
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To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43
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