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lǽfan

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þám yldestan eaforan lǽfde folc, Gen. 1214: 1179. eaferum lǽfde, swá déð eádig mon, lond and leÁdbyrig, þá of lífe gewát, B. 2470. Hí of lífe gewyton and lǽfdon heora ǽhta þám æðelum mannum.

féþa

a footmana foot-soldiertroopsinfantry

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wǽpn gegráp mid tó campienne, ǽr þon þe tó his líchoman leomum becóme, and ǽr þone féþan sóhte (he joined the army), ǽr þon þe ꝥ leóht gesáwe, Bl. H. 167, 2

ge-laþian

(v.)
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Th. i. 74, 23. to a condition or action Þá gelaþode hié tó écean lífe, Bl. H. 103, 7. wolde deófol gelaþian tó campe wiþ hine, 29, 20. to summon for a purpose hæfde þá þing gefyllede þe fore gelaðod wæs, Ælfc. T.

Linked entry: laþian

wíte

(n.)

punishmentpain that is inflicted as punishmenttormenta meansimplementa fine.tormentplaguediseaseevilpain

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wíte wealdeþ he is the disposer of punishment, Cd. Th. 248, 33; Dan. 523. Wíte poenam, vindiciam, Hpt. Gl. 496, 7: Blickl. Homl. 77, 28. Ðæt ðú inc meaht wíte bewarignn. Cd. Th. 35, 31; Gen. 563.

gísel

(n.)
Grammar
gísel, gýsel; gen. gísles; dat. gísle; m.

A pledgehostageobses

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He him áðas swór and gíslas salde he swore oaths to them and gave hostages, Chr. 874; Erl. 76, 28. Ðá gyrnde he griðes and gísla then he required protection and hostages, 1048; Erl. 180, 6

Linked entry: gýsel

ster-melda

(n.)
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ster-melda, an; m.
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The word occurs in the following apparently corrupt passage Gif frigman mannan forstele gif eft cuma stermelda secge an andweardne gecænne hine gif mǽge if a freeman steal a man; if he (the man who has been stolen) come back to give information

Linked entry: melda

un-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
un-tíma, an; m.

a wrong timean improper timea bad timean unhappy condition of thingsa mishap

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wilnaþ hǽlo tó late and on untíman, ðonne ǽr nolde hié gehealdan, ðá dá hí hæfde salus infructuose ad ultimum quaeritur, quae congruo concessa tempore utiliter non habetur, 36; Swt. 249, 8.

Linked entries: un-tíme un-tímness

ang-sumnes

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gehealt fram ancsumnyssum (angustiis) sáwle his, Scint. 79, 5

cæppe

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Placidus cwæð þæt gesáwe bufon his heáfde Benedictus cæppan (kæppan melotem, Gr. D. 116, 12), and him wæs geðúht þæt seó cæppe him átuge of ðám streáme, Hml. Th. ii. 160, 18. geann Eádwine mæssepreóst his kæppan (cope), Cht. Crw. 23, 17.

drohtian

(v.)
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Git self drohtað on ðám eorðlicum tielongum si in terrenis negotiis ipse versatur, Past. 133, 4. Menn wéndon ðæt ǽfæsðlíce drohtode ( degere religiose ), 24. Lifde oððe drohtode degebat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 47.

Eást-land

(n.)
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Maximianus gesette on þá eástlond Maximium in Oriente constituit, 6, 30; S. 280, 33. begeat ealle þá eástlond, 3, 11; S. 144, 1. [Cf. O. H. Ger. óstar-lant oriens: Icel. austr-lönd; pl. the East.] Esthonia Eástan of Eástlande . . .

fadian

(v.)
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wíslíce his líf ne fadað he orders not his life wisely, Wlfst. 52, 28. Fadode, 159, 18. Gesette man þæne þe Godes hús wel fadige domui Dei dignum constituant dispensatorem, R. Ben. 119, 12. Gif his líf rihtlice fadige, Ll. Th. i. 346, 18.

freóndscipe

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H. 195, 25-28. ꝥ Git mé freóndscipe cýðað, 2515: An. 478. cf. freónd, gemyndgade Iónas þǽre fǽhðe þe Xersis him tó geworht háfde ... bæd hié eác ꝥ hié gemunden þæs unárímedlican freóndscipes þe hié hæfdon tó Athéniensum, Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 19.

ge-leahtrian

(v.)
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Add: to reproach, blame, upbraid gehyspte Arrianum . . . and hine geleahtrode, swá swá hit gebyrede Arriano exprobravit ut debuit, Gr. D. 238, 15. wæs geleahtrod from Gode increpatur a Domino, Past. 355, 1.

HEALT

(adj.)
Grammar
HEALT, adj.

HALT, lame, limping

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Gif healt weorþ if he become lame, L. Ethb. 65; Th. i. 18, 14.

láð

(adj.)
Grammar
láð, adj.

hatefulhatedloathedlothdispleasinginjuriousgrievoushostilemaligninimical

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Fram allum mannum biþ láð he shall be hated of all men, Lchdm. iii. 162, 19. Se wæs láð Gode, on hete heofoncyninges, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 31; Gen. 647.

ge-rýman

(v.)
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hæfð us gerymed rihtne weg tó écan life. Wlfst. 18, 6. hæfð gerýmed rihtwísum mannum infser tó his rice. Hml. Th. i. 28, 12.

DROPA

(n.)
Grammar
DROPA, an; m.

DROPstilla, gutta, stillicĭdium

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Wið ðone dropan against the paralysis [the drop], Herb. 59; Lchdm. i. 162, 4, 7. Heó ǽlc yfel blód and ðæne dropan gewyldeþ it subdues all evil blood and the paralysis [the drop], 124, 1; Lchdm. i. 236, 13

forþ-onettan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-onettan, p. te; pp. ed

To hasten forthporro festīnāre

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He forþonette he hastened forth, Exon. 120 a; Th. 461, 26; Hö. 41: Wald. 77; Vald. 2, 10

frætwung

(n.)
Grammar
frætwung, frætewung, e; f.

An adorningadornmentornamentornātusornāmentum

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An adorning adornment, ornament; ornātus, ornāmentum He micele swíðor lufode ðære heortan clǽnnysse ðonne ðæra stána frætwunge he much more loved cleanness of heart than the adornment of stones, Homl. Th. i. 508, 22.