settan
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add: to place in or out of a condition Man sette Stigant of his bisceopríce, Chr. 1043; P. 162, 26. Ne sete þú him ðás dǽda tó synne ne statuas illis hoc peccatum, Hml. Th. ii. 34, 21. On gewrit settan, Ll. Th. i. 58, 22.
scealc
a servant ⬩ a man, soldier, sailor
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Th. 273, 8; Sat. 133 . a man, soldier, sailor Scealc (Beowulf ) hafaþ dǽde gefremede, ðe wé ealle ǽr ne meahton, Beo. Th. 1883; B. 939. Eode scealc monig swíð*-*nicgende tó sele searowundor seón, 1841 ; B. 918 .
Linked entry: scilcen
ælmesse
alms, what is given in charity ⬩ a charitable action ⬩ an offering
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Voc. ii. 86, 57. a charitable action Þeáh se man ne nime búton ǽnne stán and ðæne gelecge on fúl slóh, ðæt se ælmesman mæge mid óðrum fét stæppan on ðá clænan healfe, ðæt him byð swýþe micel ælmesse, Wlfst. 303, 11. Ic bidde eów þæt (þǽre?)
fyrmest
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Man sealde Godwine his eorldóm swá full and swá forð swá hé fyrmest áhte they gave Godwin his earldom with all the rights and powers that he had ever possessed, Chr. 1052; P. 180, 30
cot-setla
A cottager ⬩ casārius
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Sylle his heorþ-pænig on hálgan Þunres dæg, eal swá ǽlcan frigean men gebýreþ, and werige his hláfordes inland, gif him man beóde æt sǽ-wearde and æt cyniges deór-hege, and æt swilcan þingan swilc his mǽþ sý, and sylle his ciric-sceát to Martinus mæssan
CÚ
A cow ⬩ vacca ⬩ bucula
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H. 194a Gif mon cú forstele if a man steal a cow L. Alf. pol. 16; Th. i. 70, 24; L. In. 38; Th. i. 126, 5; L. Ath. v. § 6, 2; Th. i. 234, 1; L. O. D. 7; Th. i. 356, 5. Cúa of cows Cod. Dipl. 201; A. D. 814; Kmbl. i. 353, 28.
smiþ
A smith, a worker in metals or in wood ⬩ faber ⬩ faber, cudo
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Gif gesíþcund man fare, ðonne mót hé habban his smiþ mid him L. In. 63; Th. i. 144, 3. Weorc, handweorc smiþa Exon. Th. 408, 18; Rä, 27, 14: 388, 16; Rä. 6, 8: 401, 6: Rä. 21, 7.
Linked entry: helle-smiþ
hruse
The earth ⬩ ground
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Ne gelýfdon ðætte líffruma in monnes hiw from hrusan áhafen wurde did not believe that the author of life had been raised from the ground in the form of a man, Exon. 17 b; Th. 41, 19; Cri. 658. Ne hreósaþ hí tó hrusan non est ruina maceriæ, Ps.
leód
A people ⬩ nation ⬩ race ⬩ country
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Úres hláfordes gerǽdnes is ðæt man cristene menn of earde ne sylle ne húru on hǽðene leóde our lord's ordinance is, that Christian men be not sold out of the land, certainly not into a heathen country [or leóde = men, preceding word], L.
liþ
A joint ⬩ lith ⬩ limb
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Ðætte sum man fram deáþes liþe wæs gehǽled ut sit quidam a mortis articulo revocatus, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 3. Ðæt hé dyppe his fingres liþ on wætere that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, Lk. Skt. 16, 24, On ðone liþ ðæra eaxla, L.
notian
to make use of ⬩ employ ⬩ enjoy ⬩ to discharge an office
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Grammar notian, case undetermined Man ða reáf nime, ðe hé ǽr notode, R. Ben. l01, 24. Nota ðenna neód sig use the medicine when need be, Lchdm. i. 378, 18. to discharge an office Búton hé forworhte, ðæt hé ðære hádnote notian ne móste, L.
seonu
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Gif man on sinwe besleá æt blódlǽtan. Lchdm. ii. 16, 8. Gif mon ða. greátan sinwe (synewe, MS. B.) forsleá, L. Alf. pol. 75; Th. i. 100, 3. Gif ða smalan sinwe (synewan, MS. B.) mon forsleá, 76; Th. i. 100, 8.
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ge-féran
To go ⬩ travel ⬩ go on ⬩ behave ⬩ fare ⬩ get on ⬩ come ⬩ get to a place ⬩ To perform a journey ⬩ reach or get by going ⬩ obtain ⬩ attain ⬩ experience ⬩ suffer
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Ne mæg ðǽr unwitfull ǽnig geféran no deceitful man can get there, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 19; Gen. 948. Ic eom hider feorran geféred I have come hither, from far, 25; Th. 32, 4; Gen. 498. v. trans.
ge-sceppan
To form, create ⬩ formare, disponere, creare
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Mon wæs to Godes anlícnesse ǽrest gesceapen man was to God's image first created, Cd. 75; Th. 92, 16; Gen. 1529. Gesceapene híg synt creata sunt, Ps. Lamb. 32, 9: Ps. Th. 148, 5.
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un-willa
What displeases ⬩ displeasure ⬩ what is not desired ⬩ against one's will ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ not voluntarily ⬩ without one's consent ⬩ in despite of one
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Nis nán syn þeáh man his unwillum blódes byrige of his tóðum, L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 27. Úre gást biþ swíþe wíde farende úrum unwillum ( independently of our will ), Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 4.
ge-bann
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Tó ðǽm gebanne ðæs tóhopan nán monn mæg cuman ad unam vocationis spem nequaquam pertingitur, Past. 345, 19. a proclamation, manifesto Se cyningc gesette þis geban, þus cweðende 'Swá hwilc man swá mé Apollonium lifigende tó gebringð, ic him gife fífti
ge-bedda
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Wlfst. 240, 22. þonne flǽsc onginneð hrúsan ceósan tó gebeddan, Rún. 29. a consort, wife of a great man Leófríc eorl and his gebedda, C. D. iv. 72, 20. Se cyning and his gebedda and heora sunu, Hml. Th. ii. 476, 4.
geond-geótan
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Voc. ii. 152, 8. to cover by pouring, overspread with a liquid Ꝥ man ealle þá bydenu mid pice geondgute omnia dolia pice superfusa, Gr. D. 57, 30. Hé wæs geondgoten mid þæs swátes dropum he was bathed in perspiration, Hml. S. 23 b, 233.
hege
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Ne læg ælðeódig man wiðútan mínum hegum, ac mín dura geopenode symle wegférendum foris non mansit peregrinus, ostium meum viatori patuit (Job. 31, 32), Hml. Th. ii. 448, 22. 'Far geond wegas and hegas' . . .
ge-openian
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Þæt se man geþeó on þǽre fandunge, and his ingehýd beó geopenod, Scrd. 23, 2. <b>VII b.