díc
scrŏbis unde terram fodĕrant
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Binnon lytlum fæce wendon to Lundene; and dulfon ðá áne mycele díc, on ða súþ-healfe, and drógon heora scipa [scypo MS. Cot. Tiber. B. i; scipo MS. Cot. Tiber.
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eówde
A flock, herd ⬩ grex
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Ofer ðín ágen eówde sceápa sŭper ŏves grĕgis tuæ, Ps. Th. 73, I: 118, 111. He gelǽdde hí swá swá eówde [eówode, Ps. Lamb. 77, 52] on wéstne perduxit eos tanquam grĕgem in deserto, Ps. Spl. 77, 57. Of eówdum [eówedum, Ps.
telga
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. ¶ In the following passage Kemble and Leo take the word as meaning a strip of land (fallow), but as such a strip of land if fallow one year would not be so the next, its designation as the fallow strip would hardly serve the purpose of marking a boundary
be-sárgian
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Sume besárgodon þ pound; hí swilces náht ne dydon, 31, 73. Hí noldon besárgian þæs Hǽlendes slege, ne mid dǽdbóte his mildse biddan, Ælfc. T.
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fæstnian
to betroth
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Sume syndon confirmativa þæt synd fæstnigende, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 226, 10. Wríte hé ðá fæstnunga mid his ágenre handa, and on ðám gewrite ródetácn mearcige and hý swá fæstnigende uppan ðám altare álecge, R.
ge-regnian
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Swá gerénode, 62, 7. to arrange, contrive, plan Wíf, gif heó mid hwylcum cræfte hire hǽmed gerénað mulier, si aliquo molimine, fornicationem suam peregerit, Ll. Th. ii. 156, 8. Þæs geregnedan concinnati (cf. ?
hlot
on allotted portion ⬩ a share ⬩ lot ⬩ lot ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune
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Ne forlǽt Dryhten gyrde synfulra ofer hlot rihtwísra (super sortem iustorum). Ps. L. 124, 3. (part or) lot with another: Gif þu nylt mé ofsleán, nafa þú nán hlot mid mé on heofena ríce, Hml.
on-sendan
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Ic on suna þínne gelýfe, hǽlendne cyning hider onsendne, Hy. 10, 10. the object a thing, material, to cause to be conveyed to a goal Onsend Higelâce beaduscrûda betst, B. 452 : 1483. of a missile (lit. or fig. ) or destructive agency Drihten onsent
sceand-líc
infamous, base, vile ⬩ disgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene ⬩ disgraceful
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Ðá com ðæs geréfan suna mid his sceandlícum gegadum, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 164.
úser
Our
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Forgef ús scylda úsra, suǽ uoe forgefon scyldgum úsum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 12. Heó beswác yldran usse, Exon. Th. 226, 31; Ph. 414. Ussa sáula, Met. 23, 11
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æppel
an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple) ⬩ an apple-shaped object ⬩ an eye-ball
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Gebrǽdedne æppel, súme æppel, ii. 132, 14, 15. Of ðám treówe ðe man háteþ mórbeám nim æppel . . . hwítne æppel ðe ðonne gyt ne reádige, i. 330, 19-22, 25. Ðá ðá Adam geæt ðone forbodenan æppel, Hml. Th. ii. 240, 21.
ge-þafian
To favour ⬩ support ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ admit ⬩ assent ⬩ consent ⬩ agree ⬩ approve ⬩ obey ⬩ submit to ⬩ făvēre ⬩ sustĭnēre ⬩ sĭnĕre ⬩ admittĕre ⬩ permittĕre ⬩ assentīre ⬩ consentīre ⬩ obēdīre ⬩ concēdĕre
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He nolde geþafigan ðæt man hys hús underdulfe non sĭnĕret perfŏdi dŏmum suam, Mt. Bos. 24, 43. Geþafigean, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 14. Ic geþafige consentio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 2; Som. 34, 39: 37; Som. 39, 9: Ps. Th. 130, 3.
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ge-þolian
to bear ⬩ suffer ⬩ endure ⬩ sustain ⬩ sufferre ⬩ păti ⬩ sustĭnēre ⬩ to have patience ⬩ endure ⬩ wait ⬩ remain ⬩ perdūrāre ⬩ mănēre ⬩ with the gen. To suffer loss of ⬩ forfeit ⬩ lose ⬩ cărēre
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Kmbl, 213; An. 107. to have patience, endure, wait, remain; perdūrāre, mănēre Ðú scealt geþolian sume hwíle thou must bear [with me] for some time, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 218, 8. Gif he inne geþolian wille if he will remain within, L.
be-frinan
to ask a person a question, ⬩ to ask ⬩ question, ⬩ to ask about something ⬩ to ask a person about something ⬩ to ask for some-thing ⬩ to ask of a person what one wishes to be told
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Hé angan tó befrínenne sume inlendisce ymbe þæs íglondes gewunan. Lch. iii. 432, 27. to ask for some-thing Hé befrán his geféran rǽdes, Hml. S. 25, 397. Búton hé his godes rǽdes befrúne, Hml.
lang
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Sume tunglu habbaþ lengran ymbhwyrft þonne sume habban, and ðá lengestne þe ymb þá eaxe middewearde hweorfaþ, Bt. 39, 3; F. 214, 22-24. (2 a) of vertical measurement; v. lengþ :-- Men fíftýne fóta lange . . . twéntiges fóta lange homines habentes staturam
þing
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Sum ðing miccles gebícnodon ða tungelwítegan Homl. Th. i. 118, 20: ii. 24, 19. Hæfð se mann ealra gesceafta sum ðing, i. 302, 19. Canst ðú ǽnig þing scis to aliquid? Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 37.
werian
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</b> to dam water, v. wering :-- Sume weriaþ on gewitlocan wísdómes streám, welerum gehæftaþ, ðæt hé on unnyt út ne óflóweþ, Past. 65; Swt. 469, 2. to keep off, drive away Wereth abiget, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 18. <b>II a.
ge-mǽre
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Cf. border the border between Northumbria and Mercia Súðmǽgde oð gemǽre Humbre streámes Myrcna cyninge on hýrnesse underðeódde wǽron prouinciae australes ad confinium usque Hymbrae fluminis Merciorum regi subiectae sunt, Bd. 5, 23; Sch. 691, 6.
sprecan
To speak. ⬩ to exercise the faculty of speech ⬩ to use words in conversation, discourse, etc. ⬩ to mention ⬩ to say ⬩ to speak ⬩ to sue for, make a claim against, lay claim to
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Ongon Híga him specan on mid óðran onspecendan and wolde him óðflítan ðæt lond the five hides about which Æthelm Higa has a suit . . .
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for-niman
To take away ⬩ deform ⬩ plunder ⬩ destroy ⬩ ransack ⬩ waste ⬩ consume ⬩ devour ⬩ rapĕre ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ extermĭnāre ⬩ vastāre ⬩ consūmĕre ⬩ devŏrāre
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Hig fornymaþ hyra ansýna extermĭnant făcies suas, Mt. Bos. 6, 16. Hine wyrd fornam fate took him away, Beo. Th. 2415; B. 1205: 2877; B. 1436: 4245; B. 2119. Líg eall fornam the flame consumed all, Cd. 119; Th. 153, 34; Gen. 2548: Andr.
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