mirran
to be a stumbling-block to ⬩ to hinder ⬩ obstruct ⬩ to waste ⬩ squander ⬩ To err
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Gif ðú ðín ágen myrre, ne wít ðú hit ná Gode, 51. Se hordere ná mynstres ǽhta ne ýte, ne ná myrre, R. Ben. 85, 4. Grammar mirran, intrans. To err Gié merras ł geduellas erratis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 22, 29
ge-mæcca
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Ic bæd his dohtor mé tó gemæccan, be þáre ic mæg secgan ꝥ heó his ágen gemæcca wǽre, 9, 3-5. For hwan nelt þú (Joachim) hám gehweorfan tó þínum gemæccan ?, Hml. A. 122, 165. Nelle þú ondrǽdan Marian þíne gemæccan (conjugem) tó onfónne, Mt. i. 20.
ge-tímian
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Gif hit swá getímað, hé sceal his ágen líf syllan for ðæs folces hreddinge, Hml. Th. i. 240, 13. Gif hit swá getímað ꝥ ..., R. Ben. 119, 5. Þá getímode hit ... and Ethna úp ábleów, Hml.
wódness
madness ⬩ fury ⬩ frenzy ⬩ rage ⬩ blasphemy
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His sáwul is ðurh deófol gedreht; him is neód ðæt hé his ágene wódnysse tócnáwe, Homl. Th. ii. 110, 29. On wódnessum ł gewytlýstum leásum in insanias falsas, Ps. Lamb. 39, 5. Wodnyssa and réðnyssa furias atque ferocia, Hymn.
liccian
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II a. of an inanimate agent, Lch. iii. 276, 12 (in Dict.)
freólíce
without constraint or reluctance ⬩ willingly ⬩ without restraint or reserve ⬩ in regard to speech ⬩ without restriction upon action ⬩ without let or hindrance ⬩ with impunity ⬩ with freedom from control, rule, ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly
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Suá micle freólícor hé tǽlð óðre menn suá hé lǽs ongitt his ágene uncysta, 273, 1. without restriction upon action, without let or hindrance Hé cwæð þæt hé móste freólíce ðá heofonlican láre his leóde bodian (licentiam praedicandi non abstulit Bd. 1,
irfe-hand
an administrator
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Se mann se tó londe fóe ágefe hire erfehonda xiii pund pendingæ and heó forgifeþ xv pund for dý ðe mon ðás feorme ðý soel gelǽste let the man who succeeds to the land give to her administrator thirteen pounds of pennies; and he will give fifteen pounds
ge-þwǽnan
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Ðonne se láreów drincð of ðǽm wielme his ágnes pyttes, ðonne hé bið self geðwǽned and wel gedrenced mid his ágenum wordum bibit praedicator sui fluenta putei, si sui irrigatione verbi infunditur, 373, 10.
Gota
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Hú se Gota geneádod ágeaf Furtunate þá cnapan, 79, 8. Wisle lond, and be-eástan þǽm sint Datia, þá þe iú wǽron Gotan, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 18. Hú Bonefatius þám Gotan gefyllde þá flaxan.
on-bærnan
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Add Mid hira ágenre gewilnunge hié bióð onbærnede (-bærnde, v. l.) sua cupidine accensi, Past. 27, 18. <b>III a.</b> to heat (lit.) :-- Gif mon mid eástánum onbærnedum þá meoluc gewyrð, Lch. ii. 218, 23.
un-geníd
Unforced ⬩ uncompelled
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MSS.) mid eówrum ágenum willan gé sculon ðencean for eówre heorde providentes non coacte, sed spontanee, Past. 18; Swt. 137, 19: Ors. 5, 15; Swt. 250, 14
efen
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Hé wunode on his ágenum mynstre em feówertig geára, Hml. S. 6, 360. On þám frummynetslæge wǽron twá and sixtig penega, and on þǽm æftran em sixtig, 23, 480. v. following compounds with efen-
sacc
A sack, bag
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Fylle hira saccas and lege hira ǽlces feoh on his ágenne sacc, 44, 1
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sceorp
Dress, apparel
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Dress, apparel : — Gemétte Machens his ágenne sunu mid purpurum gegieredne. Hé hiene ðá for ðæm girelan g ebealg . . . and wénde ðæt hé for his forsewennesse swelc sceorp werede, Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 33.
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medumian
to fix the measure of anything ⬩ to deem worthy ⬩ respect ⬩ esteem
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Man sceal medmian and gescádlíce tóscádan ylde and geógoþe youth and age must have their proper place assigned them, and be discreetly distinguished, vii. 52; Th. i. 328, 18. Medmian (medemian), L. C.
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werlíce
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Werlíce dó ðú viriliter age, Ps. Spl. 26, 20: Ps. Surt. 26, 14.
fiht-wíte
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fyhtewíta (fihtwíte, v. l.) and fyrdwíta, 384, 5. the revenue derived from, or the right to receive, such fines Se wagnscilling gonge tó þæs cyninges handa . . . ah elles ge landfeoh ge fihtewíte . . . ge ǽlc þǽra wónessa þe tó ǽnigre bóte gebyrie, ꝥ hit áge
hám-sócn
Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peace ⬩ the crime of beating or assaulting a person within his own house ⬩ an inroad or attack on one's home ⬩ attack on one's house
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Other passages in the earlier laws and charters are Wé cwǽdon be hámsócnum seðe hit ofer ðis dó ðæt hé þolige ealles ðæs ðe áge and sí on cyninges dóme hwæðer hé líf áge we have ordained respecting 'ham-socns' that he who shall commit it after this forfeit
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of-lǽte
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Add Hé sóna sealde mid his ágenre handa oflétan (ofenlǽtan, v. l. oblationem ), and bebeád: 'Gáð nú and dóð ꝥ þis lác sý Drihtne geoffrod for þám nunnum.' Gr. D. 153, 7.
cystig-ness
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Ꝥ wyrð hé ágeaf tó ðáre ceastre bóte. Ðæt folc wearð fagen his cystignissa, Ap. Th. 10, 10. Sé ðe him for Godes lufon bigwiste foresceáwað, þonne hǽfð hé méde his cystignysse æt Gode, Hml. Th. i. 514, 14. Cystignesse liberalitate, Wrt.