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á-rísan

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Hit áríseþ eówrum sáulum tó hundteóntigfealdre méde it will came to be a hundredfold reward for your souls, Bl. H. 41, 19. Swá hwár swá þæt feoh up áríse wherever such payment has to be made, Wlfst. 181, 10.

deófol-gild

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Þá cwæð hé tó þám deófulgylde: 'Tówyrpe þé Críst'; þá sóna gefeól þǽs deófolgyldes húses sum dǽl, 140, 2-5. Hé eóde intó ðám temple tó ðám deófolgylde Astaróð, Hml. Th. i. 454, 16. Búton þǽm deófolgelde þe hé bærnan ongan, Bl. H. 221, 17.

Linked entry: ge-deóful-geld

geat

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Gesáwon wé in þǽre byrig and on geaton ( in the doorways ) men . . . ðá hié ús gesáwon hié selfe sóna in heora húsum hié miþan.

rihtung

(n.)
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rihtung, e; f.

direction guidancecorrection setting right correction reproof a direction rule regularis

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Regularis solis est numerus invariabilis datus mensi, qui, adjunctus concurrenti, declarat qua feria septimanae quilibet mensis iniret, cujus fuerit regularis. Dicitur regularis a regula quia invariabilis est.

Linked entry: rihting

open-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
open-líce, adv.

Openlypublicly, in a way by which not a few only are affectedwithout concealment, without reserve, freelyplainly, evidently, clearly, manifestlywithout obstruction, at large

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Sume sindon openlíce forgitene some plainly are forgotten, Met. 10, 60. without obstruction, at large Wolde openlícor (latius) ætýwan seó godcunde árfæstnyss on hú myclum wuldre Cúþbyrht æfter his deáþe lifede, Bd. 4, 30 ; S. 608, 24.

ceáp

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Th. i. 148, 17. what may be bought or sold, goods, chattels, stock Mid hú wáclicum wurðe Godes ríce bið geboht. ... Se ceáp ne mæg wið nánum sceatte beón geeht, Hml. Th. i. 582, 27: B. 2415.

hláf

breada loafcakebreadbreadmannacake

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Críst, se sóða hláf be him sylfum cwæð, 'Ic eom se líflica hláf,' Hml. Th. i. 34, 16. Ðú ús sillest þone hláf éces lýfes, Solil. H. 8, 13.

Linked entry: hláf-gang

gang

going, walking, moving on foot, step.the sole of the foot (?)the being habitually in a specified conditionpower of walkingof moving aboutmode of walking, walk, gait a walk, journeygo, time, occasion of goinga way, road, path, passage a trackcourse a streama narrative space traversedexpanse coveredan ox-gang, a bovale, the eighth part of the carucate.legal processlegal procedure, processa company of people (?), a gang.a step, staira privy

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Mid gongum, mid rádum, oþþe mid þý þe hine mon here oþþe on wǽne ferige, Lch. ii. 30, 28. the sole of the foot (?)

sígan

(v.)
Grammar
sígan, p. sáh, pl. sigon ; pp. sigen.
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sígere Sígende sond rén swylgþ bibulae arenae, Bt. 12 ; Fox 36, 12, 16

Linked entries: sígend sígere

þá

(adv.; con.)
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þá, adv. conj.

Thenwhenthenat that timemarking sequencethenafter thatthereuponof timewhenof cause or reasonwhensinceasmarking timewhenwhensinceaswhenifthen ... whenwhen ... then

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Surt. 48, 21 : 106, 6. where the two forms are separated Þá heó þá in tó ðære hire moddrian eode, sóna ðæt cild onsprang, Blickl.

þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf, es; m.
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In. 36; Th. i. 124, 14; so, also, to allow him, when discovered, to escape without raising hue and cry, L. C.

Linked entry: þeáf

wann

(adj.)
Grammar
wann, adj.
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Myn is the drenchyng in the see so wan, Chauc. Kn. T. 1598) Ýðgeblond ástígeþ won tó wolcnum the troubled waves mount dark to heaven, Beo. Th. 2752 ; B. 1374. Wonn, Exon. Th. 383, 34; Rä. 4, 20.

Linked entries: wan wanniht

for-lǽtan

to letpermitallowsufferto sufferto letgrantto leaveto leaveto leaveconsumingto leave aloneleave undoneabstain fromneglectto leave outomitto spareleave toto leavequitto abandonforsakedesertabandonto leaveto leaveto leavedieto defendto abandonto leaveto abandonto leaveto leave ofgive upto abandonabandonto let goto restrainto releaserestoreto give uprelinquishto remitforgiveto loseto put awaydismisslay asideto send

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'Ic bebeóde ꝥ gé hine leng ne beran' ... hié sóna hine forlétan, and he gefeól, Bl. H. 189, 12. to let blood: Hý of his sídan swát forlétan, Cri. 1112. Forlǽt blód of earme, Lch. ii. 130, 6.

ge-healdan

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His bán þǽr nú gehaldene syndon ( seruantur ), 3, 11; Sch. 235, 18. (2 a) the object non-material :-- Strengðe gehealdam, Solil. H. 37, 10. Gehealdenre clǽnnysse, Hml. A. 19, 125. <b>II a.

scíran

(v.)
Grammar
scíran, p. de.
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[God ðe soðe shire, Gen. and Ex. 2036.] to make clear by distinguishing between things, to distinguish, decide Scíro disceplavero, Txts. 57, 688. Is geháten ðæt hé wille cueðan, 'Gewítaþ from mé áwiergde.'

ge-faran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-faran, p. fór; pl. -fóron, -fóran; pp. faren.

To goproceedreach by goingarriveireproficiscimeareto departdieto proceedget onfareTo get by goingexperienceoccupyreachobtaingo against

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Bearn hraðe gefaraþ [their] children soon die, Boeth. 11, 1; Fox 32, 10.

Linked entry: ge-fór

þearfan

(v.)
Grammar
þearfan, p. de; pp. ed
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(b) a miserable person :-- Biþ ðæt þridde þearfendum (the wicked ) sorg, Exon. Th. 79, 4; Cri. 1285

ealdor-dóm

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Þurh láreówa ealdordóm, Wlfst. 285, 28. state of superiority, pre-eminence, primacy. of persons Claudius him wæs on teónde ealdordóm ofer þá óþere primus ex decemviris solus Appius Claudius sibi continuavit imperium, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 20.

ge-hýdan

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Se Hǽlend becierde hié and gehýdde hiene Jesus fugit in montem ipse solus Past. 33, 15: Jn. L. 12, 36. to keep a matter from the knowledge of others Ðú gehýddest ( abscondisti ) ðás from snottrum and ædeánades ðá ðám lytlum, Lk. L. 10, 21.

gird

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Þæt hé menige tó þám wuda . . . and geféðrige hys wǽnas mid fegrum gerdum, þæt hé mage windan manigne smicerne wáh, Solil. H. 1, 11. a rod, staff Girde snace áwendre uiminis (Aaron's rod) ex colubro transfigurati, An. Ox. 156.