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hyge-leás

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Add: of persons, (i) senseless, Gen. 51 (in Dict.). spiritless (f), without courage Be milte wærce . . . tácn ðǽre ádle hú higeleáse hí beóð (cf. the section to which this heading refers: Tácn þǽre ádle hú híwleáse hié beóð . . . þá men beóð mægre and

tolnere

(n.)
Grammar
tolnere, es; m.

A toll-takertax-gatherer

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A toll-taker, tax-gatherer Tolnere telonearius, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 56: exactor, Germ. 395, 48

Linked entries: tollere toln

búta

Grammar
búta, unless.
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Ne bið hit bletsung búta hé wyrce tácn, Hml. S. 27, 152. Add

gafol-hwitel

Grammar
gafol-hwitel, l. -hwítel

a whittle or blanket to be paid to the lord as a tax.

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a whittle or blanket to be paid to the lord as a tax

ǽ-gafol

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-gafol, (-e?); adj.

Free from tax, rent, &c.

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Free from tax, rent, &c. Án híwissce ǽgefæles landæs hidam liberam, C. D. v. 137, 23

Linked entry: gafol

getæl-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
getæl-sum, adj.
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Harmonious, rhythmic On ge[]lsumurn leóðe carmine rithmico, i. numerali, An. Ox. 390

ge-þicgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þicgan, pp. -þiged

To take

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To take Seoððan wæs méce geþiged [Th. geþinged] afterwards was the sword taken, Beo. Th. 3881; B. 1938

hæcewol

Grammar
hæcewol, l. cæce-pol
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a catch-pole, tax-gatherer Kæcepol (printed . æcewol, but see Angl. viii. 449) exactor, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 44

for-liger

(adj.)
Grammar
for-liger, adj.

Adulterousădulter

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Adulterous; ădulter Yfel cneórys and forliger [μοιχαλίς adulterous] secþ tácn genĕrātio măla et adultĕra signunt quærit. Mt. Bos. 12, 39

gafol-manung

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-manung, e; f.

A demanding of tax tribute, 'the receipt of custom'

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A demanding of tax or tribute, 'the receipt of custom' Sittende tó geafolmonunge sedentem ad teloneum, Mk. R. 2, 14

Linked entry: geafol-monung

helde

(n.)
Grammar
helde, an; f.

Tansytanacetum vulgare

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Tansy; tanacetum vulgare Helde tanicetum, Wrt. Voc. 79, 24: tanaceta, Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 87; Wrt. Voc. 30, 33. Genius heldan take tansy, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 20

be-hæfednes

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Substitute: Restraint, temperance Behæfednes parsimonia (cujus alimonia parsimonia tam frugalis fuisse ferebatur, Ald. 51), Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 26. Cf. for-hæfedness

sam

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Add: sam . . . sam Sam (tam) gebróþrum, sam (quam) eallum geleáffullum, Angl. xiii. 414, 706.

geold

(n.)
Grammar
geold, es; n.

Charge, impost

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Charge, impost Ne gafle ne geold neither tax nor charge, Chr. 675; Erl. 38, 1. Strange geoldes heavy imposts, 1124; Erl. 253, 21

ge-clǽman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-clǽman, p. de; pp. ed

To smearlinere

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To smear; linere Geclǽm ealle ða seámas mid tyrwan, smear all the seams with tar, Homl. Th. i. 20, 33

fangen

(v.; part.)

taken captus

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taken; captus Hér beóþ fangene seólas and hrónas here are caught seals and whales, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 16; pp. of fón to take

rót-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
rót-líce, adv.

Cheerfully

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Cheerfully Nú ðú ðus rótlíce and ðus glædlíce tó us sprecende eart qui tam hilariter nobiscum velut sospes loqueris, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 37.

ende-byrdlíce

(adv.)
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Nǽron nó swá gewislíce ne swá endebyrdlíce heora stede and hiora ryne funden on hiora stówum and on hiora tídum non tam certus naturae ordo procederet, nec tam dispositos motus locis, temporibus explicaret, 35, 2; F. 158, 2.

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
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Hwylc tácn sette God . . .? Þæt tácn gewistlíce ( ipsum videlicet signum ) ꝥ hé útlaga leofode, Angl. vii. 32, 306. Gewistlíce scilicet, R. Ben. I. 51, 8

un-fǽglíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fǽglíc, adj.

Not indicating impending death

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Not indicating impending death Ðæt is tácn ðínre hǽle; swá swá lǽca gewuna is, ðæt hé cweþaþ ðonne hió seócne mon gesióþ, gef hé hwelc unfǽglíc (ungefǽglíc, Cott.