hergian
To harry ⬩ pillage ⬩ plunder ⬩ ravage ⬩ waste ⬩ devastate ⬩ make an incursion or a raid ⬩ make war
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Wera hof hergode laid waste the dwellings of men, Cd. 69; Th. 83, 15; Gen. 1380. Ða hǽðenan on Norþhymbrum hergodon the heathens ravaged in Northumbria, Chr. 794; Erl. 59, 20.
irfe-numa
an heir
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Gif se bónda ǽr hé deád wǽre beclypod wǽre ðonne andwyrdan ða yrfenuman swá hé sylf sceolde ðeáh hé líf hæfde if the man of the house before his death were cited; then let the heirs answer as he himself would have had to do if he had lived, L. C.
Linked entry: -numa
lǽfan
to leave ⬩ to remain
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Swá hit his yldran begeáton and létan and lǽfdon ðam tó gewealde ðe hý wel úðan, L. O. 14; Th. i. 184, 3. Ðínum mágum lǽf folc and ríce leave to thy kinsmen people and power. Beo. Th. 2361; B. 1178.
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sáwan
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Weard sáweþ on swæð mín, Exon. Th. 403, 11; Rä. 22, 6. Hig ne sáwaþ non seminant, Lk. Skt. 12, 24. Hláford hú ne seów (seówe, MS. A.) ðú gód sǽd on ðínum æcere Domine, nonne bonum semen seminasti in agro tuo? Mt. Kmbl. 13, 27.
snytro
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Wera snytero, Cd. Th. 295, 25; Sat. 492. Se þurh snytro spéd smiðcræftega wæs, 66, 14; Gen. 1084. Ic eom gewis ðínra mægena and snytro, Lchdm. i. 326, 4. Snyttro, Elen. Kmbl. 586; El. 293. Hié ðære snytro gelýfdon, Cd. Th. 217, 25; Dan. 28.
swán-geréfa
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An officer whose duties were connected with the management of forests in respect to the pasturing of swine in them and to the use of wood.
ge-síþ
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Gen. 2067 : 1908), a ja-stem with long root-syllable treated as if the syllable were short ? For the stem cf.
hol
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On holan weg, v. 302, 37. <b>IV a.</b> lying in a hollow or depression of a stream, pool, &c. :-- On holan bróc, C. D. iv. 95, 36; : 287, 37. On holan ford, iii. 436, 12. In fontem holan wielle, 379, 10.
hand
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Th. i. 54, 10. wel on hond favourably, prosperously Him for ðissere worulde wel on hand eóde things went well with him as regards this world, Hml. S. 23, 14. [Here tuder swiðe wexeð, and wel ðieð, and goþ wel on hond, O. E.
earfoðe
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Weorc þrowade, earfoða dǽl, Rä. 71, 13. Þirst and hungor . . . ǽghwylc þissa earfoða éce standeð, Sal. 474. Hé cleopigan ongan, méðe and meteleás: 'Ic eów hálsie þæt gé mé of þyssum earfeðum úp forlǽten,' El. 700.
folgian
to pursue ⬩ to accompany ⬩ be attendant upon ⬩ to follow ⬩ be guided by ⬩ follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ practise
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God sylf forbeád ꝥ wé swefnum ne folgion, 21, 412. Ꝥ gié folgiga swæðe his, Rtl. 26, 5. Uton wé his láre folgian, Bl. H. 169, 18. Eádgáres lagan geornlíce folgian, Ll.
god
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Ꝥ ǽlc biscop béte Godes hús . . . and eác þone cyning myngige ꝥ ealle Godes cyrcan sýn wel behworfene, Ll. Th. i. 246, 9-12. Hí Godes hús griðedan, 334, 24.
ge-bycgan
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Ic wát ꝥ þú hit woldest habban mid miclan feó geboht ꝥ þú hí cúþest wel tóscádan, Bt. 20; F. 72, 17-22: 34, 9; F. 146, 12. Gebohtre scíre wítnung ambitus judicium, Wrt.
sittan
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Wearð his hors ofslagen þe hé on sæt the horse he was riding was killed, Chr. 1079; P. 214, 6. Wæs his þeáw ꝥ hé wolde sittan on þám horse þe hé mihte findan forcúþlocost, Gr. D. 34, 9.
níd-þearf
necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ constraint ⬩ need ⬩ a necessary thing ⬩ what a person needs ⬩ need ⬩ distress ⬩ trouble ⬩ a necessary business
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Wé habbaþ nédþearfe ðæt wé ongyton, Blickl.
un-þeáw
A bad habit ⬩ an evil practice ⬩ a vice ⬩ fault
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Wé sceolon faran fram unðeáwum tó gódum ðeáwum, gif wé willaþ faran tó ðam écan lífe, Homl. Th. ii. 282, 23. On unðeáwum in abusione, Ps. Spl. 30, 22.
ge-cnáwan
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Wé habbað þurh Godes yrre bysmor gelóme, gecnáwe sé ðe cunne, 159, 2: 162, 2. Þǽr gewitnysse bið and man gecnáwan can ꝥ þǽr bregde bið, Ll. Th. i. 390, 12. Wé on þám gecnáwan magon ꝥ þeós world is scyndende and heononweard, Bl. H. 115, 19.
dígle
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On diglum, on dihlum in abscondito, Mt. 6, 4. hard to get knowledge of. of a fact or circumstance We leoraiaþ ꝥ seó tíd sié tó þæs dégol ꝥ nǽre nǽnig mon þe ꝥ wiste hwonne ..., Bl. H. 117, 25.
heorte
breast ⬩ bosom ⬩ will ⬩ intellect ⬩ mind ⬩ soul ⬩ intent ⬩ will ⬩ desire ⬩ inclination ⬩ disposition ⬩ temperament ⬩ character
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Hé in breóstum þá gít herede in heortan heofonríces weard, An. 52. Ic herge in heortum (-an?) heofonrlces weard, Go. 583. on ealre heortan with all (one's) heart: Ic andete Drihtne on ealre mínre heortan (in toto corde meo), Ps.
fremede
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Hé wearð fremde þǽre costunge alienus extitit a tentatione, Gr. D. 26, 28. ꝥ ic ne e with prep. Hé fram þǽre costnunge wearð fremde, Gr. D. 26, 30.