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hand-cops

(n.)
Grammar
hand-cops, es; m.

A handcuf, manacle

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Tó gewrídenne cyningas heora on fótcopsum and æðele heora on handcopsum ísynum ad alligandos reges eorum in compedibus et nobiles eorum in manicis ferreis, Ps. Spl. C. 149, 8

ǽr

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ǽr, adv.

earlyexpressing readiness, quickness, soonearlier, beforepreviously, beforehandsooner beforesoonerfirst

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Similar entries [See also síþ in Dict.] on ǽr previously, beforehand :-- Drihten ðe on ǽr wát eal ðæt tóweard is, Lch. iii. 436, 20:Hml. Th. i. 114, 3: Chr. 1067; P. 201, 26. Hé wolde warnian on ǽr, Gen. 6, 6.

riht

(adj.)
Grammar
riht, adj.

erect, directright, straight agreeable to the spirit of law, human or divine, just, equitable the requirements of a lawregulation, legitimate, lawful, regular satisfying the demands of conduct, right, proper, fitting satisfying the requirements of a standard, right, correct, true, orthodox

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C. 5; Th. ii. 344, 12. Heora riht cyning legitimus rex, Bd. 4, 26; S. 603, 18. On rihtre ǽwe in lawful marriage, Wulfst. 304, 21. Ða ðe on rihtum hǽmede beóþ qui in legitimo matrimonio sunt, L. Ecg. C. 25; Th. ii. 150, 22.

a-wend

(v.)
Grammar
a-wend, pp. of a-wendan

turnedtranslated

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turned, translated; Seó bóc is on Englisc awend the book is turned [translated] into English, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 30

cwidu

(n.)

what is chewed, a cud,QUID,

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what is chewed, a cud,QUID,, L. M. 2, 3; Lchdm. ii. 182, 3: 2. 4 ; Lchdm. ii. 182, 17

ǽ-fæsten

Grammar
ǽ-fæsten, (ǽw-).
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On ǽwfæstenum ic gesyngode, Angl. xi. 102, 66. Ǽfæstenu ic oft ágǽlde, 99, 62: Ll. Th. ii. 144, 23. Add

ge-lǽtan

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D. 5, 25. to put into a position, commit, entrust On treówe gelǽton fidei commissum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 76

gilp

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Is þé geeówad þára leásena gesǽlþa anlícnes, ꝥ is ǽhta and weorðscipe and anweald and gelp (gielp v. l.

ǽror

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽror, ǽrror, ǽrur, ǽrer; adv.

Beforeformerlyanteaprius

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Ðæt hió eft cume, ðǽr hió ǽror wæs that it again comes where it was before, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 152; Met. 13, 76. Ǽror, on his lifdagum before, in the days of his life, 26, 174; Met. 26, 87: Exon. 35 b; Th. 114, 32; Gú. 181: Ps.

and

(prep.)
Grammar
and, prep. dat. acc.

WithcumAgainstbeforeonintocontraapudin

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Ðæt is cræft eágorstreámes, wætres and eorþan, and on wolcnum eác that is the power of the sea, of water on earth, and also in the clouds, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 245; Met. 20, 123.

ge-bærnan

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Voc. i. 38, 27. Gebærnd lím calcis viva, ii. 127, 49. of a lamp, to cause to give light Ne ǽnig ðæcele giberneð (-að, L. ) nemo lucernam accendit, Lk. R. 11, 33. Ge-bernes, Lk. L. 8, 16. Léht in ús gibern lucem in nobis accende, Rtl. 38, 3.

gyte

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Th. ii. 514, 27. effusion, shedding of blood, shed in blood-shed Gyte blódes on sace ofermádigra effiisio sanguinis in rixa superborum, Scint. 83, 7. Þæt hí heora handa fram ðám blódes gyte ne wiðbrúdon, Hml. Th. i. 88, 5 : Nap. 22, 25.

be-delfan

to dig a graveto dig aboutto buryput under ground,to buryput in a grave or tomb

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Th. ii. 408, 12. to dig about Þæt treów bið bedolfen, Hml. Th. ii. 408, 29. to bury, put under ground, of things Ágróf se mon on ærenum brede drýcræftes word and bedealf under þone þerscwold þæs húses, Shrn. 141, 16.

scír

(n.)
Grammar
scír, e ; f.
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Edg. ii. 5 ; Th. i. 268, 4 : ii. 3 ; Th. i. 266, 19. Ðære scíre bisceop episcopus provinciae, L. Edg. P. iii. 11; Th. ii. 200, 4. Him man sealde gíslas of ǽlcere scíre, Chr. 1013 ; Erl. 148, 1.

Linked entry: scýr

geár

(n.)
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Ðǽre sunnan geár is ꝥ heó beyrne þone miclan circul zodiacum and gecume under ǽlc þǽra twelf tácna, Lch. iii. 244, 20. Heóld þæt Ebreisce folc ðone forman geáres dægon lenctenlicere emnihte, Hml. Th. i. 100, I.

and-weardnes

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Th. i. 378, 15. On andwerdnysse beón to be present, ii. 288, 7. On andwyrdnysse standan, 30, 12. Tó andwerdnesse (-wurdnysse, Hpt. Gl. 477, 21) ad praesentiam, An.

ge-swétan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swétan, p. -swétte; pp. -swéted, -swét [swéte sweet]

To make sweetsweetenseasoncondīreindulcāreindulcōrāre

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On geswéttum wætere in sweetened water, Herb. 103, 3; Lchdm. i. 218, 3: 33, 2; Lchdm. i. 132, 13: 111, 2; Lchdm. i. 224, 17

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open

(adj.)
Grammar
open, adj.

Opennot shut,allowing ingress or egressof a doorof the eyesnot closed upnot covered, not protecteddeclared, publicnot secret, not concealed, discovered, brought to light (in reference to things where concealment is desired)without attempt at concealment manifest, clear, plain, evident

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Gif open morþ weorðe ágife man mágum ðone banan if in a case of murder the murderer be discovered, let him be given up to the kinsmen of the murdered man, L. C. S. 57; Th. i. 406, 25. Æt openre þýfþe in case of discovered, theft, 26; Th. i. 392, 3.

a-néhst

(adv.)

at lastin the last placead ultimumultimo

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at last, in the last place; ad ultimum, ultimo

bán-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
bán-wærc, es; n.

Grief, pain, or ache in the bonesossium dolor

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Grief, pain, or ache in the bones; ossium dolor

Linked entry: wærc