ǽrend-secg
An errand-deliverer ⬩ a messenger ⬩ legatus ⬩ nuntius
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An errand-deliverer, a messenger; legatus, nuntius Ic, on his gearwan, geseó ðæt he is ǽrend-secg uncres Hearran I, by his habit, see that he is the messenger of our Lord, Cd. 30; Th. 41, 17; Gen. 658
ge-wícan
To give way ⬩ fail ⬩ depart ⬩ retire ⬩ cedere ⬩ deficere ⬩ recedere
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láf gewác æt wíge his kinsman's legacy failed not in the contest, Beo. Th. 5251; B. 2629: 5148; B. 2577
ǽsce
question, inquiry ⬩ search for stolen cattle
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S. 23 b, 495. as a legal term, search for stolen cattle :-- Beó sý ǽsce forð let the search go on, Ll. Th. i. 234, 17: 238, 9. Ðæt man ne forlǽte náne ǽscan, 232, 18: 234, 25. Fó sé syþþan tó ðe ðæt land áge and hæbbe him ðá ǽscan, 352, 17
gefá
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., þonne onscunode heó hine swylce hé wǽre hire gefá, Wlfst. 237, 27. in a legal sense, one who is party to a blood-feud as pursuer Gif þeów wealh Engliscne monnan ofslihð ... héden his þá gefán, Ll. Th. i. 150, 1.
on-sagu
A charge brought against a person, accusation
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A charge brought against a person, accusation Á biþ andsæc swíðere ðonne onsagu, i.e. in a case where a charge is brought against a person, and it is met with a denial attested by the proper legal formalities, the case against him fails, L.
Linked entry: sagu
nám
Seizure of property belonging to one which is in the hands of another
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Ne nime nán man náne náme, ne innan scíre ne út of scíre, ǽr man hæbbe þríwa on hundrede his rihtes gebeden; (but on the failure of legal means ) nime ðonne leáfe ðæt hé móte hentan æfter his ágenan, L. C. S. 19; Th. i. 386, 9-17. Cf.
BEARD
a BEARD ⬩ barba
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Lamb. 132, 2. the Anglo-Saxons were proud of their beards, and to shave a layman by force was a legal offence Gif man ðone beard ofascire, mid xx scillinga gebéte.
lah-ceáp
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Payment made for re-entry into legal rights which have been lost; redemptio privilegiorum quæ per utlagationem fuerint amissa Lahceáp, L. N. P. L. 67: Th. ii. 302, 5. Lahcóp, L. Eth. iii. 3; Th. i. 244, 1.
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þegen-riht
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Thane-right, the legal rights and privileges which attached to the rank of thane (e. g. Mæssepreóstes áð and woruldþegenes is on Engla lage efendýre ... Twelfhyndes mannes (a thane's) áð forstent .vi. ceorla áð, L.
Linked entries: þegen-lagu þegen-wer
un-forboden
Unforbidden ⬩ not prohibited ⬩ free from any moral or legal hindrance
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Unforbidden, not prohibited, free from any moral or legal hindrance Ðæt hí móston him beran unforboden flǽsc, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 91.
Linked entries: un-besacen for-beódan
cwíþan
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Srt. 77, 63. to make a legal complaint against, bring a charge against Nis se man on lífe ðe ǽfre gehýrde ðæt man cwídde (cwýdde, Ll. Th. i. 184, 11) oððon crafode hine on hundrede oððon on gemóte, on ceápstówe oþþe on cyricware, ðá hwíle hé lifde.
full-boren
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ðǽm hús ac byrgenna conceptas soboles feminae si priusquam plene formentur proferunt, nequaquam domos sed tumulos replent, Past. 383, 35. (1 a) figuratively Ðonne ðǽm móde sió sóðfæsðnes on geeácnod bið, ǽr ðǽm ðe hit fulboren sié, Past. 367, 18. in a legal
ǽ-bylgþ
anger ⬩ what causes anger, offence, injury ⬩ ira
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Th. ii. 434, 7. what causes anger, offence, injury Ðá sendon Rómáne ǽrendracan and bǽdon ðæt him man gebétte ðæt him ðǽr tó ábylgðe (ǽ-, v. l.) gedón wæs missi a Romanis legati, ut de illatis quererentur injuriis, Ors. 4, 1; S. 154, 11.
be-cweðan
to say ⬩ assert ⬩ dicere ⬩ to reproach ⬩ exprobrare ⬩ to BEQUEATH ⬩ to give by will ⬩ legare
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Th. 88, 44. to BEQUEATH, to give by will; legare Ealle ða, mynstra and ða cyrican wǽron givene and becweðene Gode all the minsters and churches were given and bequeathed to God, Chr. 694; Th. 66, 6, note 2 : Th. Diplm. A. D. 830; 465, 16
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lecg
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Leo takes lecg = gift, legacy, and then a dish of three pounds and a cup of equal amount would go to make up the amount of eighty mancusses. As regards the value of a handseax, Chart.
for-berstan
exhausted ⬩ to fail ⬩ break down
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K. 19. of legal proceedings, to fail, break down, come to nothing Gif hit tihtle sí and lád forberste if it be a prosecution and the defence fail, Ll. Th. i. 406, 10. Him wǽre leófre ðæt hé . . . þonne se áð forburste. Cht. Th. 171, 26.
ge-séman
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H. 183, 13. (2 a) of legal decision :-- Se cyning bæd and hét ꝥ hí scioldon Wynflǽde and Leófwine swá rihtlíce geséman swá him ǽfre rihtlícost þúhte ( the case between Wynflæd and Leofwine was to be settled with absolute justice), Cht.
ǽ-lic
of law, concerned with law, belonging to law ⬩ in accordance with law, fixed by law, legal, legitimate
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A. 24, 14. in accordance with law, fixed by law, legal, legitimate Ǽlicere legitimae, Hpt. Gl. 411, 69. Oð ðæt hí becómon tó ǽlicre yldo until they came of age, Hml. A. 129, 439. Oð ǽlice yldo, 132, 536. Ǽwlice legitimi, Angl. xiii. 369, 57.
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hynden
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A legal association of one hundred men.
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ge-mang
a mingling together, mixture, crowd, throng, company, multitude, an assemblage, a congregation ⬩ commixtio, turba, cœtus, sŏcietas ⬩ an assembly for legal or other business
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Kmbl. 191; El. 96 : 216; El. 108 : 236; El. 118. an assembly for legal or other business Ne miltsa ðú þearfan on gemange paupĕris non misĕrēbĕris in jūdĭcio, Ex. 23, 3.