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CEÁP

(n.)
Grammar
CEÁP, es; m.

cattle ⬩ pecus ⬩ Saleable commodities, price, sale, bargain, business, market ⬩ pretium, negotium, pactio,venditio, forum

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Sume wǽron to ceápe gesealde some were sold at a price, Nathan. 8: Gen. 41, 56. Awyrigende ceáp [MS. cep] malignum negotium, Lchdm. iii. 206, 32. Ic gange to ceápe I go to market; veneo, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 23

Linked entry: cép

scúwa

(n.)
Grammar
scúwa, scúa, an; m.
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Th. 108, 23. shade, darkness Mid ðý wit forþgongende wǽron under ðam scúwan ðære þýstran nihte cum progrederemur sola sub nocte per umbras, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 14. <b>II a.</b> fig. shadow :-- Scúa deáþes umbra mortis, Ps. Surt. 43, 20.

Linked entry: scúa

un-wísdóm

(n.)
Grammar
un-wísdóm, es; m.

folly ⬩ stupidity ⬩ ignorance

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Hé of yfelum wiilan ne gesyngaþ, ac of unwísdóme (non malitia, sed sola ignorantia), 21.; Swt. 157, 25

Linked entry: wís-dóm

smale

(adv.)
Grammar
smale, smæle; adv.

finely ⬩ not loudly

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Gegníd tó duste swá ðú smalost mǽge 108, 15. of the voice, not loudly Ðæs cocces þeáw is ðæt hé micle hlúdor singþ on úhtan ðonne on dægréd ac ðonne hit neálǽcþ dæge ðonne singþ hé smælor and smicror gallus profundioribus horis noctis altos edere cantus solet

Linked entries: smæl smæle

a-gyldan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gyldan, ðú -gyltst, he -gylt; p. -geald, pl. -guldon; pp. -golden

To pay ⬩ render ⬩ repay ⬩ requite

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Ná agylt non solvet, Ps. Spl. 36, 32. XII scillingas agylde ðam cyninge let him pay twelve shillings to the. king, L. H. E. 9; Th. i. 30, 15

on-bryrdan

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Þæt hé ús onbrirde and on þæt tihte þæt wé ǽrest wel willen, Solil. H. 30, 9. Hé þurh gǽstes blǽd breóstum onbryrded beald reordade, Ph. 550. Add Mid onbryrdum móde andettan compuncto animo confiteri, Ll. Th. ii. 178, 20

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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(cf. ad manbotam de twelfhindo, i. thaino .cxx. soł., L. H. 69; Th. i. 572, 19), L. In. 70; Th. 146, 14. Æt twelfhyndum were gebyriaþ twelf men tó werborge, L. E. G. 12; Th. i. 174, 18, 24.

Linked entry: six-hynde

flǽsc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
flǽsc-líc, adj.

Fleshly ⬩ carnal ⬩ carnălis

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Swá swá ða gódan fæderas gewuniaþ heora flǽsclíce bearn þreágean sīcut bōni patres carnālĭbus fīliis sŏlent discĭplīnam tĕnēre, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 16. Hwæt gódes mágan we secgan on ða flǽsclícan unþeáwas what good shall we say of the fleshly vices?

freó-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
freó-sceatt, es; m.
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and for þám ánum foroft gefreóde not those only that are free, but still more those that are born chattels and the absolute property of other men, and for the particular purpose are very often freed; non solum liberi, sed etiam plerumque et ex conditione

Linked entry: freó

nytt

(adj.)
Grammar
nytt, adj.
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Hí (friends) beóð mé on sumum ðingum nytte, and ic eác heom, Solil. H. 40, 5.

hróðor

(n.)
Grammar
hróðor, es; m.

Solace ⬩ comfort ⬩ benefit ⬩ pleasure

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Solace, comfort, benefit, pleasure Ic ðé Andreas onsende tó hleó and tó hróðre I will send Andrew to you to protect and comfort you, Andr. Kmbl. 221; An. 111: 1133; An. 567.

ende-byrdlíce

(adv.)
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Swíðe endebyrdlíce þú hyt recst, Solil. H. 59, 10. Wé wyllað nú secgan endebyrdlíce be eallum þisum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 119, 17

deóp

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Be þám deópestan áðe by the most solemn oath, 324, 19

ge-drípan

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., and add: to cause to fall in drops Þæt Lazarus mid hys fingre hym gedrípte weteris on þá tungan, Solil. H. 67, 29.

huntian

(v.)
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Ǽlcne man lyst, siððan hé ǽnig cotlýf. . . getimbred hæfð, þæt hé móte . . . huntigan and fuglian and fiscian, Solil. H. 2, 10. Hwæþer gé nú eówer hundas and eówer net fit on ðá sǽlǽdon ðonne gé huntian willaþ?, Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 14.

on-drysne

(adj.)
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L. 94. of a thing, of awful moment, solemn [The Latin of R. Ben. 140, 5 is: Ad celebrandum missarum solemnia] Nú is þearf mycel ꝥ wé on forhasfdnesse lifian and úre synna clǽnsian . . .

ram-hund

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It is also said: Si quis canem, qui custodire domini sui caulas et lupum abigere, occiderit, persoluat domino canis vi sol

Frysa

(n.)
Grammar
Frysa, Friesa, an; pl. nom. acc. Frysan, Frisan, Fresan; gen. Frysena, Frysna; dat. Frysum; m.

A Frisian ⬩ Frīsius ⬩ Freso

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Sealde se ealdorman hine sumum Frysan of Lundene the alderman sold him to a Frisian of London, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 18.

Linked entries: Fresan Friesa Frisan

setl

(n.)
Grammar
setl, sedl, seðl, seotl, sotl, seatl, sitl (-el, -ol, -ul), es; pl. setl, setlu, sotelas, setlas (
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Ðá ðá sunne eode tó setl cum occubuisset sol, Gen. 15, 17. Ǽr sunne tó setle eode usque ad occasum solis, Ex. 17, 12. Ðá sunne tó setle eode cum occidisset sol, Mk. Skt. 1, 32. Sunne sáh tó setle, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 17.

Linked entries: sedl seotl setel setl-gang sitl ge-setl sotol

má

(adj.)
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Solil. H. 37, 11. Ne wé wítegan habbað þæt ús andgytes má ǽfre secgan, Ps.

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