lǽfan
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Hé þám yldestan eaforan lǽfde folc, Gen. 1214: 1179. Hé eaferum lǽfde, swá déð eádig mon, lond and leÁdbyrig, þá hé of lífe gewát, B. 2470. Hí of lífe gewyton and lǽfdon heora ǽhta þám æðelum mannum.
féþa
a footman ⬩ a foot-soldier ⬩ troops ⬩ infantry
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Hé wǽpn gegráp mid tó campienne, ǽr þon þe hé tó his líchoman leomum becóme, and hé ǽr þone féþan sóhte (he joined the army), ǽr þon þe hé ꝥ leóht gesáwe, Bl. H. 167, 2
ge-laþian
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Th. i. 74, 23. to a condition or action Þá gelaþode hé hié tó écean lífe, Bl. H. 103, 7. Hé wolde deófol gelaþian tó campe wiþ hine, 29, 20. to summon for a purpose Hé hæfde þá þing gefyllede þe hé fore gelaðod wæs, Ælfc. T.
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wíte
punishment ⬩ pain that is inflicted as punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ a means ⬩ implement ⬩ a fine. ⬩ torment ⬩ plague ⬩ disease ⬩ evil ⬩ pain
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Hé 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
A pledge ⬩ hostage ⬩ obses
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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
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ster-melda
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The word occurs in the following apparently corrupt passage Gif frigman mannan forstele gif hé eft cuma stermelda secge an andweardne gecænne hine gif hé mǽge if a freeman steal a man; if he (the man who has been stolen) come back to give information
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un-tíma
a wrong time ⬩ an improper time ⬩ a bad time ⬩ an unhappy condition of things ⬩ a mishap
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Hé wilnaþ hǽlo tó late and on untíman, ðonne hé ǽr nolde hié gehealdan, ðá dá hé hí hæfde salus infructuose ad ultimum quaeritur, quae congruo concessa tempore utiliter non habetur, 36; Swt. 249, 8.
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ang-sumnes
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Hé gehealt fram ancsumnyssum (angustiis) sáwle his, Scint. 79, 5
cæppe
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Placidus cwæð þæt hé 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. Hé geann Eádwine mæssepreóst his kæppan (cope), Cht. Crw. 23, 17.
drohtian
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Git hé self drohtað on ðám eorðlicum tielongum si in terrenis negotiis ipse versatur, Past. 133, 4. Menn wéndon ðæt hé ǽfæsðlíce drohtode ( degere religiose ), 24. Lifde oððe drohtode degebat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 47.
Eást-land
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Maximianus hé gesette on þá eástlond Maximium in Oriente constituit, 6, 30; S. 280, 33. Hé 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
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Hé 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 hé 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, Hé gemyndgade Iónas þǽre fǽhðe þe Xersis him tó geworht háfde ... Hé bæd hié eác ꝥ hié gemunden þæs unárímedlican freóndscipes þe hié hæfdon tó Athéniensum, Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 19.
ge-leahtrian
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Add: to reproach, blame, upbraid Hé gehyspte Arrianum . . . and hine geleahtrode, swá swá hit gebyrede Arriano exprobravit ut debuit, Gr. D. 238, 15. Hé wæs geleahtrod from Gode increpatur a Domino, Past. 355, 1.
HEALT
HALT, lame, limping
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Gif hé healt weorþ if he become lame, L. Ethb. 65; Th. i. 18, 14.
láð
hateful ⬩ hated ⬩ loathed ⬩ loth ⬩ displeasing ⬩ injurious ⬩ grievous ⬩ hostile ⬩ malign ⬩ inimical
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Fram allum mannum hé 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
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Hé hæfð us gerymed rihtne weg tó écan life. Wlfst. 18, 6. Hé hæfð gerýmed rihtwísum mannum infser tó his rice. Hml. Th. i. 28, 12.
DROPA
DROP ⬩ stilla, 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
To hasten forth ⬩ porro festīnāre
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He forþonette he hastened forth, Exon. 120 a; Th. 461, 26; Hö. 41: Wald. 77; Vald. 2, 10
frætwung
An adorning ⬩ adornment ⬩ ornament ⬩ ornātus ⬩ ornāmentum
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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.
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