grið
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The peace is now the king's peace; ... the frith is enforced by the national officers, the grith by the king's personal servants: the one is official, the other personal; the one the business of the country, the other that of the court.
ge-ligernes
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Wearð Alexander ofslagen from his ágenne méder, þeh heó hiere óþerne sunu eác ǽr ofslóge, for hiere geligernesse Alexandra scelere matris occiso, quamvis ea, jam commisso adulterio et altero filio interfecto, generi nuptias mariti morte pepigisset, 3,
legie
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A legion Þá hét Pompeius þæt mon ꝥ fæsten brǽce and on fuhte dæges and nihtes, simle án leg(ie) æfter óþerre unwérig cum alias aliis legiones dies noctesque succedere sine requie cogeret Ors. 5, 11 ; S. 238, 9. Ealle þá legean, 5, 12; S. 240, 6.
synderlíce
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Add Cweþon twégen sealmas, ánne for cinge sinderlíce (specialiter), óþerne for cincg and cwéne and híredmannum, Angl. xiii. 381, 222.
wyrt
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'Ne can ic nǽnigne óþerne cræft búton þone, ꝥ ic mæg wyrta wel begangan'. . . Þá þá hé gehýrde ꝥ hé gelǽred wæs wyrta tó begangenne ' Artem aliquam nescio, sed hortum bene excolere scio' . . .
ælmes-mann
An alms-man ⬩ one supported by alms, a bedesman or a beggar
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Ðonne wille ic ðæt man nime tó ǽlcan ðissa háma twelf ælmesmen, and gif hwæt hera ǽnigan getíde, sette man ðǽr óþerne tó, C. D. B. iii. 75, 38
ós
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But though on the comparison of other forms, a nom. pl. és might be inferred for Ís, the change of vowel would not occur in the genitive, which should be ósa. Ésa would point to a singular és (cf. ést; Goth. ansts).
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hǽlend
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. ¶ with other titles of the Deity :-- Þú eart Hǽlend God, Hy. 3, 9. Hí lǽrdon ǽnne willan beón on Dryhtne Hǽlende Críste (Dryhtne Hǽlende, v. l.)
topp
a top, ⬩ summit ⬩ a lock of hair, tuft ⬩ a collection of rays of light ⬩ a top to play with ⬩ the hair at the top of the head ⬩ that which has a similarity with it
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Thorpe, p. 41, note, cites two Latin versions, one of which has 'accepto ceromate, cum docta manu circumlavit ei cum subtilitate'; the other 'accepto cyramoco, docta manu circulavit eum': in each case the rubbing after the bath seems to be meant.
þeódan
To join ⬩ attach
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Ðonne hý sume mid geficum wið ðone ánne þeódaþ and leásettaþ, sume wið ðone óþerne dum adulantur partibus, 125, 2.
nídling
one who serves of necessity ⬩ a slave ⬩ bondman ⬩ one who has to serve on board ship ⬩ a sailor
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Hié on cnihtháde wǽron óðerra manna niédlingas in youth they had been the bondmen of others, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 66, 17.
bión
to be ⬩ esse, existere, fieri
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Ne mæg hira ǽnig bútan óðrum bión nor can any of them exist without the others, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 290; Met. 20, 145: 11, 102; Met. 11, 51: Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 26: Th. Diplm. A. D. 804; 459, 16. Ðonne bióþ brocene then will be broken, Beo.
georn-ful
Full of desire, eager, solicitous, anxious, strenuous, zealous, intent, diligent ⬩ sollĭcĭtus, stŭdiōsus, anxius, sēdŭlus, intentus, dīlĭgens
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He wiste ðæt hý woldon georn-fulran beón ðære wrace, ðonne óðre men he knew that they would be more eager for revenge than others, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 47, 3
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hwílum
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(l a) of alternate or contrasted action, hwílum . . . hwílum sometimes . . . at others Hwílum þurh wífes geweald, hwílum þurh weres, Bl.
hát-heort
Furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardent ⬩ furiosus, iracundus, fervens
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Ðá wæs heora sum réðra and hátheortra ðonne ða óðre then was one of them fiercer and more furious than the others, Blickl. Homl. 223, 6
dem
mischief, harm, injury, loss, misfortune ⬩ damnum, mălum, noxa, injūria, detrīmentum, calămĭtas
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Cott.] þrówigen it seems to other men that they suffer the greatest misfortune, Past, 14, 5; Hat. MS. 18 a, 26
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beód
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Th. 133, 25. a table for other purposes Beádas (beód, R.) ðára mynetra, Mt. L. 21, 12. Beádo (beódo, R.), Mk. L. ll, 15. a charger, dish Beódas lances, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 51: 52, 52. Man sceal habban beódas (dishes or tables ?)
hóh
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Other instances of the occurrence of the form are :-- In regione qui uocatur Hóhg, C. D. i. 102, 8. Hóhtún, v. 33, 8. Æt Cǽgeshó, i. 197, 23. ꝥ is fingringahó, iii. 274, 8: 272, II. Hwítincghó, 275, 8. On lindhóh; of lindhó, 76, 34.
hóp
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Voc. ii. 51, 57, which may belong to the same lygistra is glossed by hopu; but other glosses give ligustra blóstman, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 5: hunisuge, 89, 43: and ligustrura is always glossed by hunisuge.
huntaþ
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Add: hunting, the chase Bið gód huntoð on þám mónþe, Lch, iii. 182, Se cyng, for þan hé of huntaþe (-oþe, v. l.) cóm ( uenerat enim de uenatu), gestód æt þám fýre and hine wyrmde, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 258, 17 : Gen. 27, 30.