be-wríðan
To bind, bind round, begird ⬩ ligare, redimire
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Duru wundurclommum bewriðen the door bound with wondrous bands, 12 a; Th. 19, 33; Cri. 310
ge-ládian
To clear ⬩ vindicate ⬩ excuse ⬩ purgare ⬩ exculpare ⬩ excusare
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To clear, vindicate, excuse; purgare, exculpare, excusare Geládige hine let him clear himself, L. C. S. 44; Th. i. 402, 5 : 29; Th. i. 392, 16.
swegel-torht
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Beorht gewát sunne swegeltorht tó sete glídan, Andr. Kmbl. 2497; An. 1250. Tunglu swegltorht, Exon. Th 335, 31; Gn. Ex. 41. Wuldorfæstan wíc, síd and swegltorht, Cd. Th. 2, 32; Gen. 28. Swegel-torhtan seld, 6, 27; Gen. 95. Cf. heofon-torht
wæl-fýr
a fire that slays ⬩ deadly fire ⬩ a fire that burns the slain ⬩ a funeral pile
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Th. 5157; B. 2582. a fire that burns the slain, a funeral pile Hét Hildeburh hire selfre suna on bǽl dón ... wand tó wolcnum wælfýra mǽst, Beo. Th. 2243; B. 1119
staca
A stake
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In the following passages there seems to be a reference to the method of witchcraft, that consisted in thrusting a pin or the like into the figure of a person, whom it was desired to injure.
Linked entry: stacung
a-gildan
To pay ⬩ render ⬩ repay ⬩ restore ⬩ reward ⬩ requite ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ reddere ⬩ solvere ⬩ rependere ⬩ retribuere ⬩ concedere
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Ðá me sǽl ageald as opportunity permitted to me, Beo. Th. 3335; B. 1665: 5374; B. 2690: Cd. 93; Th. 121, 11; Gen. 2008. Aguldon me yfelu for gódum retribuebant mihi mala pro bonis, Ps. Spl. 34, 14.
ge-nǽgan
To approach one with anything, address, approach, assail, assault ⬩ adire aliquem aliqua re, appellare, instare alicui, urgere, tribulare
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Ðá hyne gesóhton Heaðoscylfingas, níða genǽgdon [MS. gehnægdan] when the martial Scylfings him sought [and] assailed [him] in the wars, Beo. Th. 4418; B. 2206.
húsel-gang
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Th. ii. 266, 24. þá wæs þeáw ǽr bám húslgange ꝥ se diácon cleopode, ' Swá hwilc man swá tó húsle ne gá, þonne búge sé of þissere stówe' cum missarum solemnia celebrarentur, atgue ex more Diaconus clamaret, 'Si quis non communicat, det locum', Gr.
sǽ-weard
sea-ward,
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sea-ward, keeping watch and ward on the sea-coast; it was a duty that might be required in some cases of the thane and of the 'cotsetla' Of manegum landum máre landriht áríst tó cyniges gebanne . . . sǽweard ( the section refers to the
for-swælan
To burn ⬩ burn up ⬩ consume ⬩ scorch ⬩ ūrĕre ⬩ exūrĕre ⬩ combūrĕre ⬩ concrĕmāre ⬩ exæstuāre
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Th. ii. 496, 27. We sind mid lígum forswælede we are scorched up with flames, Homl. Th. ii. 494, 20
huntaþ
Hunting ⬩ game ⬩ venatio
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On huntoþe, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 22; Cri. 37. Tó huntaðe [a prayer] for hunting Rtl. 117, 1.
finger
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Lǽt gán ꝥ getæl swá wé nú cwǽdon, ꝥ þú cume tó þæs lǽstan fingres nægle go on counting as we have just said, till you come to the nail of the little finger, Angl. viii. 326, 31. Gif man þone lytlan finger of áslæhð, .xi. scitt. gebéte, Ll.
on-timber
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Th. ii. 350, 22. Tó þám ǽrrum antimbre geedníwude in pristinum statum reformavit (dispersa gemmarum fragmina), An. Ox. 1833: 1875. add: matter for a feeling, &c. Ontimber (bið) geseald tó mótgenne materia ei datur superbiendi, R. Ben.
bældan
to animate ⬩ encourage ⬩ animare ⬩ instigare
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to animate, encourage; animare, instigare Ðú þeóde bældest to beadowe thou encouragest the people to strife, Andr. Kmbl. 2373; An. 1188
dún-sǽte
Mountaineers, inhabitants of the mountains of Wales ⬩ montĭcŏlæ Walliæ
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Dúnsétan] gesetton this is the ordinance which the witan of the English race and the counsellors of the Welsh nation established among the inhabitants of the mountains of Wales, L. O. D. pref; Th. i. 352, 2. Be Wentsǽtum and Dúnsǽtum.
hynden
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groups of ten tithings and [in each such group] one chief man [hyndenman] who may admonish the ten [chiefs of tithings] to the common benefit of us all; and let these eleven keep the money of the hynden to which they belong, L.
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un-geþyldig
Impatient
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Impatient Ðæt wæs ungeþyldig heretoga ... hé wǽpn gegráp mid tó campienne, ǽr ðon ðe hé tó his líchoman leomum becóme, Blickl. Homl. 165, 33.
Linked entry: ge-þyldig
wrǽn-ness
Wantonness ⬩ licentiousness ⬩ lasciviousness ⬩ lust
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L 32 ; Th. ii. 428, 33. Nýtena willa tó nánum óþrum þingum nis áðenod bútan tó gífernesse and tó wrannesse pecudum omnis ad explendam corporalem lacunam festinat intentio, Bt. 31; Fox 112, 8
wreccan
to raise ⬩ lift up ⬩ to take up ⬩ undertake ⬩ to rouse
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to raise, lift up Wreceþ to rǽde Drihten ðara manna bearn ðe sér man gebræc Dominus erigit elisos, Ps.
Linked entries: a-wreccan ge-wreccan wræccan wrehtend
be-sceáwian
to contemplate ⬩ behold ⬩ to consider ⬩ to see about ⬩ take care of
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Gl. 404, 34. to consider For hwig ne besceáwost þú on þýnre heortan . . . hú Crýst on Iudéa lande geboren wæs. St. A. 32, 13. Hé besceáwað considerat (Prov. 5, 21), Kent. Gl. 115. Hé besceáwode ꝥ hí mid Drihtne habbað þá sélestan gife, Hml.