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drúsan

(v.)
Grammar
drúsan, drúsian; part. drúsende; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad; v. intrans.

To sink, become low, slow, inactive, to DROWSEcadĕre, lentum vel segnem esse

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He drúsende deáþ ne bisorgaþ he cares not for death when he becomes inactive [by age], Exon. 61 a; Th. 223, 31; Ph. 368: 52 b; Th. 184, 33; Gú. 1353

leáþor

(n.)
Grammar
leáþor, es; n[?].

lather

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A kind of nitre used for soap, lather Leáþor nitrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 3. Of leáþre nitria, 61, 27.

mære

(adj.)

pure

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With this may be compared the following passage For his lícweorðan feó, ðæt is ii pund mérehwítes seolfres. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 255, 12

pínung

(n.)
Grammar
pínung, e; f.
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For his gylta pínunga in criminum suorum cruciatum, L. Ecg. P. ii. 5 ; Th. ii. 184, 8. Pínunge, L. Edg. C. 13; Th. ii. 268, 19. Mid ungemetlícre pínunge hé ( Phalaris ) wæs ðæt folc cwielmende, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 18. Pínunge tormento, Hpt.

gield

(n.)
Grammar
gield, es; n.

A payment of moneyrecompensesubstituteofferingworshipservicea heathen deity

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A payment of money, recompense, substitute, offering, worship, service, a heathen deity Sáwlum to gielde for a recompense to their souls, Exon. 23 b; Th. 66, 30; Cri. 1079.

gódnes

(n.)
Grammar
gódnes, -ness, e; f.
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Goodness Se hálga hí eft alýsde and lét hí forþgán for his gódnysse the holy man loosed them again, and let them proceed through his goodness, Homl. Th. ii. 508, 22: Ps.Th. 24, 8.

bige

(n.)
Grammar
bige, es; n? [bycgan, bicgan to buy]

A buying, exchange, commerce, trafficemptio, permutatio, commercium, mercatus

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A buying, exchange, commerce, traffic; emptio, permutatio, commercium, mercatus Gif gebyrige ðæt for neóde heora hwilc wið úre bige habban wille, oððe we wið heora, mid yrfe and mid ǽhtum, ðæt is to þafianne if it happen that from necessity any of them

Linked entry: byge

ge-scildnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scildnes, -scyldnes, -scildness, e; f.

Protection, defence, shieldingtuitio, tutamen, tutela, defensio

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For heora gescyldnysse ob eorum defensionem, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 4: 2, 5; S. 506, 30. Gescyldnysse protectionem, Ps, Spl. 17, 37. Giscildniss protectio, tuitio, defensio, Rtl. 17, 9: 62, 8: 145, 30

Linked entry: ge-scyldnes

un-drifen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-drifen, adj.

Not driven

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For the fate of what was driven, cf. such a grant as the following : -- Ic cíðe eów ðæt Urk habbe his strand ... and eall ðæt tó his strande gedryuen hys, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 221, 5-8), L. Eth. ii. 2; Th. i. 284, 21

un-fǽhð

(n.)
Grammar
un-fǽhð, e; f.

Absence of hostility

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Absence of hostility; the word refers to the abstention from the prosecuting of the feud, which under certain conditions it would be allowable for the kinsmen of a man to follow up Se ðe þeóf geféhð, hé áh .x. sciłł.... and ða mǽgas him swerian áðas

un-gild

(n.)
Grammar
un-gild, -gilde, es; n.

An improper or excessive tax

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An improper or excessive tax Hé ǽfre ðás leóde mid here and mid ungylde tyrwigende wæs, for ðan ðe on his dagan ǽlc riht áfeóll, and ǽlc unriht up árás, Chr. 1100; Erl. 236, 2.

Linked entry: un-gyld

wíte-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wíte-fæst, adj.

In slavery as a punishment for crime.

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In slavery as a punishment for crime.

Linked entry: wíte-þeów

á-fúlian

(v.)
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Áfúliendum líchaman hí for-wurdon. Gr. D. 207, 17. Áfúlud putrefactus , Scint. 85, 5. Wearð uncer wegnyst áfúlod. Hml. A. 205, 352. Áfúlodan, áfúlat tabida, putrefacta , Txts. 104, 1044. Add

bridel

Grammar
bridel, l. brídel (from brigdel),
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Ox. 2188. substitute for first instance and add:

ge-þring

Grammar
ge-þring, ge-þryng.
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Mín líchama wæs swíðe geswenced for þám nýde þæs geþringes, Hml. S. 23 b, 421. Ealle ðá gehýrdon þe ðǽr æt wǽron ... on ðám egeslican geþryngce ðá man þá martyras cwylmde, 23, 92. Add

ge-tirgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tirgan, ge-getirigan; p. de; pp. ed.
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to vex, provoke For ðan þe ðú mé getyrgdest quia egisti, ut me ad iracundiam provocares, Hml. S. 18, 212. Wearð seó módor biterlíce gegremod fram hire ánum cilde ... wolde ðone sunu þe hí getirigde mid wyriungum gebindan, Hml. Th. ii. 20. 6.

Linked entries: ge-tyrgan tirgan

gifol-ness

(n.)
Grammar
gifol-ness, e; f.
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Liberality, munificence Sint tó manienne ðá ðe mildheortlíce sellað . . . ðý lǽs sió gídsung ðæs lǽnan lofes ádwǽsce ðæt leóht ðǽre giofolnesse, oððe eft sió giofolness sié gemenged wið unrót-nesse, oððe eft for dǽm giefum his mód fægnige ne dationis

Linked entry: gifelness

hýþ

Grammar
hýþ, a port. (
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In l. 4 for 131 read 133.) Add: Hýþ recessus, Germ. 400, 506. Hýðæ de confugione, statione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 6. Hýðe portum, 67, 50. Þá þá hé cóm tó Rómána hýþe ( ad Romanum portum ), Gr. D. 347, 16. Of ðǽre hýðe andlang streámes, C.

Linked entries: hýþ-gild Lamb-hýþ

niþer

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Ðonne sió lufu for mildheortnesse nieðer ástígeð, Past. 103, 16. Ꝥ wæter ic niðer (not neðer, v. Angl. i. 509) ágeát aquam effudi, Nar. 8, 10. Betwix deádum mannum bið þín earding-stów niðer on eorðan, 50, 28.

ymb-gang

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Add Tó mægenum mód for embegange gegearwige leahtra ad uirtutes animum pro exercitium preparet uitiorum, Scint. 61, 19