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HORN

(n.)
Grammar
HORN, es; m.

A HORN, a drinking-horn, a cupping-horn, a trumpet, the horn-shaped projection on the gable-end of a house [v. Dasent's translation of Njála, plate 3, p. cvii], a pinnacle a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet, husk cornu, tuba a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet; a corner n. cornu, tuba, promontorium

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Horn stundum song sometimes the horn sounded, Beo. Th. 2851; B. 1423. Hwílum teóh mid glæse oððe mid horne draw at times with a cupping-glass or horn, L. M. 2, 18; Lchdm. ii. 200, 13.

forþ

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. ¶ and swá forþ and so on :-- Ðá cwæð se Hǽlend, 'Dóð þæt þæt folc sitte,' and swá forð on swá wé eów ǽr rehton, Hml. Th. i. 184, 16. forth, as in henceforth Á fordh (forthe, forht) in dies crudesceret, Txts. 70, 529. Á forð, Wrt.

sécan

(v.)
Grammar
sécan, sécean; p. sóhte; pp. sóht
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Kmbl. 1886; An. 945. (1 a) to seek a person for protection, to take refuge with a person. v. sócn, 2 Gif hwilc þeóf oððe reáfere gesóhte ðone cing . . . hé hæbbe nigon nihta fyrst.

talu

(n.)
Grammar
talu, e; and indecl.; f.

a tale, talk, story, accounttalk, discussion, disputea charge, claiman excuse, a defenceas a law term, a case (as regards either plaintiff or defendant), an action,a tale, list, series

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Ðæt ǽlcere neóde beládung sý ádilegod ðæt hý þurh neóde náne tale tó syndrigre ǽhte næbben that the excuse of necessity may be removed, so that they may not have any claim to private property on the ground of necessity, R. Ben. 92, 5.

fægere

(adv.)

beautifullyelegantlygentlyfairplausiblyspeciouslyimpuritythoroughlynoblysplendidlyjustly

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S. 13, 313. in a bad sense, plausibly, speciously: Hé spreceð fægere beforan and þæt fácen hafað in his heortan, Leás, 5. so as to be without impurity Hé mec fægre feormað, Rä. 72, 18. without defect, thoroughly, nobly, splendidly, with happy result

for-beódan

(v.)

to forbidto restraincheckto prevent

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H. 53, 27. negative Hé forbeád him ðæt hit ne scolde suá weorðan he forbade them to let it be so, Past. 213, 25. God forbeád þæt mon ná ðǽr eft ne timbrede, Ors. 6, 7. S. 262, 22.

ge-séman

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.; in the translation just attempted it has been taken as the former, and as referring to sacu; so that the meaning of the latter part of the regulation is taken to be that a party to a suit, who failed to carry out the arbitrator's award, would be liable

hǽte

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zone :-- Án þǽra dǽla is on ælemiddon weallendo . . . þonne beóð on twá healfa þǽre hǽtan twégen dǽlas gemetegodc, Lch. iii. 260, 24. of bodily condition, a state of feeling hot Tó eácan þǽm hié derede ǽgþer ge þurst ge hǽte besides this their being so

hwæt

(adv.; int.)
Grammar
hwæt, adv. or interjection.
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, Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 18. as an introductory particle of vague meaning, why, well, so, indeed, certainly Gif þonne hwá ne récþ hwæþer hé hæbbe ... þe nabbe ..., hwæt ꝥ beóþ forlytla sǽlþa þæt mon swá eáþe forlǽtan mæg an vel si amiserit, negligendum putat

ge-ceósan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ceósan, to geceósanne, geceósenne; ic -ceóse, ðú -ceósest, -cýst, -císt, he -ceóseþ, -cýsþ, -cýst, pl. -ceósaþ; p. -ceás, pl. -curon; pp. -coren

To electchoosedecideproveapproveeligerepræeligereseligereasciscerepeterenancisci

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Gl. 7; Som. 56, 64. Torhte twelfe wǽron, Dryhtne gecorene bright were the twelve, chosen unto the Lord, Apstls. Kmbl. 10; Ap. 5 : Elen. Kmbl. 2115; El. 1059 : Cd. 83; Th. 104, 12; Gen. 1734 : 176; Th. 221, 23; Dan. 92 : Hy. 7, 53; Hy.

stíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ, adj.
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Stan*-*dan stíðe móde to stand with unshaken soul, 147, 6. Ic ðínes earmes ásecge stíþe strencðe, 70, 17.

Linked entries: stiép stíþe

wandian

(v.)
Grammar
wandian, p. ode.
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., to refrain from, spare a per-son or thing (dat.). absolute Ðæt man nǽnne ne slóge . . . búton hé fleón wille oþþe hine werian; ðæt man ne wandode ðonne, L. Ath. v. 12, 3 ; Th. i. 242, 10.

Linked entries: ge-wand á-wandian

ge-sprecan

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Þá þá hí umbe óþer þing gesprecon hæfdon, Chr. 1070; P. 206, 9. (2 c) to speak to or with some one about something :-- Tó faeder of brehtnise his gespræc, Jn. p. 7, 18. Ðá ilco gesprécon him bituih of ðǽm allum, Lk. L.

teóðung

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung, teóðing, e; f.
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Some information as to the destination of tithe is contained in the following Man ágife ǽlce teóðunge tó ðam ealdan mynstre ðe seó hýrnes tó hýrþ, L. Edg. i. 1; Th. i. 262, 6.

Linked entry: tegðung

hwæt-hwega

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Hwæthwugu þæs þe ic beþorfte, Solil. H. 1, 7. preceding ꝥte ne yfles ðé huodhuoegu blimpe ne deterius te aliquid contingat, Jn. L. 5, 14. Gif mon medmycles hwæthwega ( exigui quid ) deóflum onsægð, Ll. Th. ii. 156, 15.

in

(prep.)
Grammar
in, prep.
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Ic in mínne fæder hyht staðelie, Jul. 436. of adjective to some department to which its qualification is limited. Cf. A.

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Suá suá sió leásung símle deret ðǽm secggendum, suá dereþ eác hwílum sumum monnum ðæt sóð tó gehiérenne it harms some men that the truth should be heard; audita vera nocuerunt, Past. 35; Swt. 237, 11.

Linked entry: -anne

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.

with dat. generally with the idea of rest;above, overdenoting contact with anything, upon, ondenoting extension over, throughout, in, ondenoting a higher degree, beyond, more thandenoting the cause of an emotion, overdenoting the object over which power is exercisedwith the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expectedmarking time, after, beyond denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an objectdenoting motion which is diffused over a surfacedenoting extension through a space, throughout, amongdenoting motion from below, over, abovedenoting motion from above, upon, on denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effectdenoting the object over which power is exercisedabove, more thansupra, superbeyond, besidesultradenoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, againstwith words implying rest(cf. to talk over)denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5)withoutwith words expressing time,afterthrough, during

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Gr. 47; Som. 48, 23. denoting motion from above, upon, on Se hys hús ofer stán getimbrode, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 24. Hé hine ásette ofer ðæs temples scylf, Blickl. Homl. 27, 11. Feallaþ ofor ús, 93, 33 : Elen.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan

leásung

(n.)
Grammar
leásung, e; f.

fictionfalsehoodfalsenesshypocrisydeceptiondeceitfulnessartice

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Leásingum beswicen ðæt hé wéneþ furþon ðæt hé man ne sý [so] deceived by false notions that he thinks even that he is not man, Blickl. Homl. 179, 5: Elen. Kmbl. 2243; El. 1123.

Linked entry: bisleásung

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte, ðú -worhtest; pp. -worht.

to workmakebuildformdisposedoperformcelebratecommitto get by workinggainobtainmerit

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He nys swá wel wið rite geworht swá he wæs he is not so well disposed to me as he was, Gen. 31, 5. to get by working, gain, obtain, merit Ic me mid Hruntinge dóm gewyrce I with Hrunting will gain myself glory, Beo. Th. 2986; B. 1491.

Linked entry: ge-worht