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gird

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eástrichte. .xliii. geurde and .vi. fét tó ðǽre eáststréte; ðonne súðrichte .xx. geurde and .vi. fét, C.

sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sceatt, es ; m.

property, goods, wealth, treasureprice, gift, bribe, tax, tribute, money, goods a coin

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Godwine geann Leófwine ðæs dænnes . . . æt ðon sceatte ( at the price ) ðe Leófsunu him geldan scolde, ðæt is, feówertig penega and twá pund and eahta ámbra cornes, vi. 178, 11: Cod. Dip. B. i. 544, 4.

Linked entry: sceat

ge-wildan

Grammar
ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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Domo ic gewylde oððe temige, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 213, 14. Gewylt, temaþ domat, superat, Wrt.

hwatung

(n.)
Grammar
hwatung, e; f.

Divination

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Nis ná sóðlíce álýfed nánum cristenum men ðæt hé ídele hwatunga; begá swá hǽðene men dóþ ðæt is ðæt hig gelýfon on sunnan and on mónan and on steorrena ryne and sécon tída hwatunga hyra þing tó begynnanne homini christiano certe non est permissum vana

Linked entry: hwat

ídel-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
ídel-hende, adj.

Empty-handedempty

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Ðonne gé út faraþ ne fare gé ídelhende cum egrediemini, non exibitis vacui, Ex. 3, 21

læfel

(n.)
Grammar
læfel, es; m.

A cupvesselbowl

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Ðonne gesealde Aðelwold biscop his cynehláforde ánne sylfrenne lefel on fíf pundum dedit autem Athelwoldus episcopus regi quoddam vas argenteum quinque, libras appendens, 236, 11.

Linked entry: lefel

lǽn-land

(n.)
Grammar
lǽn-land, es; n.
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Land let on lease, which was never out of the possession of the lessor Ðonne is ðæs landes iii hída ðe Óswald arcebisceop bócaþ Eádríce his þegne swá swá hé hit ǽr hæfde tó lánlande there are three hides of land that archbishop Oswald conveys by charter

pise

(n.)
Grammar
pise, an; f.
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Ðonne sceal man ða langnysse ( of the root ) tóceorfan on pysena gelícnysse, i. 260, 15. On pysena wóse, 260, 25. Pysena seáw, ii. 220, 10. Pysena broþ, 278, 18. Healde hi hinc wið pisan and wid ða þing ðe windigne ǽþm on men wyrcen, 214, 2

Linked entry: pyse

racente

(n.)
Grammar
racente, an; f.
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Ðonne hié mon on racentum beforan hiera triumphan drifon regibus catenatis ante currum actis, Ors. 5; 1 ; Swt. 214, 16. Restart on racentum, Cd. Th. 28, 11 ; Gen. 434

Linked entry: racete

rǽde-gafol

(n.)
Grammar
rǽde-gafol, es; n.
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land árǽran tó weorce and tó gafole ne þearf hé him onfón gif hé him nán botl ne selþ if a man takes a yard of land or more at a fixed rent and ploughs it, if the lord wants to get service as well as rent, the tenant need not take the land, if the lord does

ge-wícian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wícian, p. ode; pp. od

To dwelllodgeencamphospitarecastra metari

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Ðonne gewíceaþ faroþ-lácende on ðam eálonde then the seafarers camp on that island, 96 b; Th. 361, 13; Wal. 19. Ðá gewícode he neáh ánre eá then he encamped near a river, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 31: Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 8: Blickl. Homl. 79, 14

GRÉNE

(adj.)
Grammar
GRÉNE, adj.
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Genim ðære ylcan wyrte leáf ðonne heó grénost beó take the leaves of the same plant when it is greenest, Herb. 1, 4; Lchdm. i. 72, 7

Linked entry: groene

ge-leoran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leoran, p. de; pp. ed

To godepartemigratedieīremigrāreemigrāredefĭcĕre

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Ðonne heora hwylc of weorulde geleored wæs cum quis eōrum de sæcŭlo fuisset evŏcātus, Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 41, note. Sægde Hilde of weorulde geleoran nunciavit Hild migrasse de sæculo, 596, 11. Ne gelioraþ non præteribit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 34.

Linked entries: ge-lioran ge-lirde

ge-lóme

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-lóme, adv.

Often, frequently, continually, repeatedlysæpe, frĕquenter, contĭnuo, crebrofrequenter

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Ðonne h-i gelóme sáwon swíðlíce rénas when they frequently saw severe showers, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 22 : 17, 11. Wæs he se mon ǽfest on his dǽdum and gelóme on hálgum gebedum ĕrat relĭgiōsis actĭbus, crebris prĕcĭbus, Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 6.

Linked entry: -lóme

sín

(n.)
Grammar
sín, seón, sién, sýn, e ; f.
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Ne wyrt ðæt ða seón it does not injure the sight, Lchdm. ii. 26, 14. Se ðe hire ða siéne onláh, ðæt heó swá wíde wlítan meahte, Cd. Th. 38, 16 ; Gen. 607. Oft ic sýne ofteáh, áblende beorna unrím, Exon. Th. 270, 21 ; Jul. 468.

Linked entries: seón sién sýn

Sigel-hearwa

(n.)
Grammar
Sigel-hearwa, (Síl-), an ; m.
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Hé him ætýwde micelne Sigelhearwan, ðæm wæs seó onsýn sweartre ðonne hrúm, Shrn. 120, 24. Twegen blace Sílhearwan, Homl. Th. ii. 496, 17 : Homl. Skt. i. 4, 285. Sigylhearwan (Sielhearwæn, MS. T.) Aethiopes, Ps. Spl. 71, 9.

þegen-riht

(n.)
Grammar
þegen-riht, es; n.
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Gif ceorl geþeáh ðæt hé hæfde fullíce fíf hída ágenes landes ... and sundernote on cynges healle, ðonne wæs hé ðononforð þegenrihtes weorðe, L. R. 2; Th. i. 190, 18.

Linked entries: þegen-lagu þegen-wer

þreáp

(n.)

a troopband

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or = Ital. a gara) al so wulues doþ þe step, Misc. 149, 85. Halliwell gives thrap to crowd, as an Essex word), Hpt. 477, 52; 487, 33. (?)

under-þeód

(adj.)
Grammar
under-þeód, adj. (ptcpl.) used substantively.

Subjectsubordinate

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Ðonne ðæt mód ðara underðiédra (-ðiéddra, Cott. MSS.) hwæthwugu ryhtlíces ongitan mæg subditorum mens cum quaedam recte sentire potuerit, 19; Swt. 147, 1. On his (the abbot's) underþeóddera módum in discipulorum mentibus, R. Ben. 10, 18.

Linked entry: þeódan

un-gemetgod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemetgod, adj.

Immoderateexcessiveintemperateindiscreet

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Immoderate, excessive, intemperate, indiscreet Ðonne sió ðreáung bið ungemetgad cum increpatio immoderate accenditur, Past. 21; Swt. 165, 18. Sió ungemetgode suíge indiscretum silentium, 15; Swt. 89, 9.

Linked entries: ge-metgian un-gemetegod