settan
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</b> of travelling, cf. lecgan and Ger. zurücklegen :-- On weg setteþ wíse gangas, Ps. Th. 84, 12. Sceal ic nú wreclástas settan, siðas wíde, Cd. Th. 276, 15 ; Sat. 189. Gesundne síð settan to make a safe journey, Elen.
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ge-lífan
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Þá wigan ne gelýfdon the men were heathens, Dan. 58. with preps. to believe in (on) a person, with acc. Wé geleófað on Drihten, Bl. H. 247, 3. God biþ milde þǽm monnum þe on hine geléfaþ, 47, 33.
lǽtan
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Þæt hé lǽte him tó bysne hú þá feónd forwurdon that he regard the fall of the angels as an example for himself Sat. 196. in phrases with adj., án lǽtan, to let alone, not to meddle with Gif hié þone wæstm án lǽtan wolden, Gen. 644. with verb in infin
ÁGAN
OWN ⬩ possess ⬩ have ⬩ obtain ⬩ possidere ⬩ habere ⬩ percipere ⬩ to make another to own or possess ⬩ to give ⬩ deliver ⬩ restore ⬩ dare in possessionem ⬩ reddere ⬩ rependere
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from the perfects of strong verbs with their inflections.
FOLDE
the earth ⬩ dry land ⬩ tellus ⬩ terra ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ district ⬩ region ⬩ territory ⬩ rĕgio ⬩ tractus ⬩ plăga ⬩ terrĭtōriuni ⬩ the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ hŭmus ⬩ sŏlum ⬩ earth ⬩ clay ⬩ terræ līmus ⬩ lŭtum
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Stód bewrigen folde mid flóde the dry land stood covered with water, Cd. 8; Th. 10, 15; Gen. 157.
EÁC
EKE, also, likewise, moreover, and ⬩ etiam, quoque, et ⬩ Nevertheless, however ⬩ nihilōmĭnus ⬩ So also, also, moreover, very like, even so, as if ⬩ parimŏdo, tamquam ⬩ Quin et ⬩ So also, even so, likewise
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Hondum slógun, folmum areahtum and fystum eác struck with their hands, with outstretched palms and with fists also, Exon. 24 a; Th. 69, 24; Cri. 1125: 9 b; Th. 9, 18; Cri. 136: Cd. 69; Th. 82, 35; Gen. 1372.
þeóstru
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Wið eágena þýstru and genipe, Lchdm. i. 366, 13. On þeóstre, Exon. Th. 87, 11; Cri. 1423: 94, 27; Cri. 1546. Þeóf ðe on þýstre færeþ, on sweartre niht, 54, 22; Cri. 872. Mid þýstre, 462, 20; Hö. 55: 470, 12; Hy. 11, 14. Þeóstru tenebre, Wrt.
wépan
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Ex. 151. with gen. to mourn for, be grieved at Hwá is swá heardheort ðæt ne mæg wépan swylces ungelimpes? Chr. 1085; Erl. 219, 40
wóh
Wrong ⬩ perversity ⬩ injustice ⬩ error ⬩ wrongfully ⬩ wrongly
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Hé ðæt mǽste wóh dyde wið ða Godes þeówas, Ors. 6, 34 ; Swt. 290, 18. Ne dó wé eác nán wóh, Past. 45; Swt. 337, 21. Se ðe wilnaþ wóh tó dónne, 19; Swt. 145, 12 : Bt. 41, 3; Fox 246, 19: Ps. Th. 61, 9. Wóh fremian, 54, 20.
heord
keeping ⬩ custody ⬩ care ⬩ guard
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Freán and mínes fæder are in apposition, and the insertion of hæfde after fæder completes the else loo short half verse mínes fæder, and at the same time fits in with álǽded, so making the alteration to álǽdde unnecessary.
hring
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Cf. hring-mere, -pytt, stede, -will Hri[ng] circulus (teres lunaris globi ), An. Ox. 8, 47. Se hring ( a chalice or paten), Rä. 49, 8: 60, 1. <b>V a.</b> a circular fold, coil.
hyht
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Hyht geceóseð, woruld wynsume sé þe wís ne bið sáwle rǽdes, Leás. 40. a person or thing that gives hope or promise Middaneardes Álýsend . . . heofonwara hyht and eorþwara, and eác úre hyht, Bl. H. 87, 10.
crisma
χρῖσμα, ατος ⬩ χρίσω ⬩ the chrism ⬩ unction or holy oil, used for anointing by the Roman Catholic church after baptism ⬩ oleum chrismatis ⬩ the white vesture, called chrisom, which the minister puts upon the child immediately after dipping it in water, or pouring water upon it in baptism ⬩ chrismale, id est, vestis candida, quæ super corpus baptlzati ponitur.
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with the holy chrism.
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slege
a stroke, blow ⬩ of a serpent's sting, ⬩ a striking, beating, ⬩ stamping, coining ⬩ clashing, collision ⬩ a crash, clap of thunde ⬩ a fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violence ⬩ a defeat, loss inflicted on an army; clades ⬩ a stroke of affliction, punishment, disease ⬩ an instrument for striking ⬩ a slay ⬩ a plectrum ⬩ plectro] ⬩ a stroke, blow ⬩ slaying ⬩ plaga, ictus, tusio, percussio : ⬩ a blow, defeat; ⬩ n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy
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Th. ii. 124, 21. an instrument for striking (or to be put with the next word?) a slay Slege percussorium (the word occurs among terms connected with weaving) Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 44. Similar entries v. sleahe a plectrum Similar entries [v.
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Æðelrǽd
Ælhelred ⬩ Æthelréd ⬩ Æthelrédus
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His wife simply writes, — Ego Æthelflæd consensi, Th. Diplm. 136, 23. Ríxiendum ussum Dryhtene ðæm Hǽlendan Crist.
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a-reccan
to put forth ⬩ stretch out ⬩ strain ⬩ raise up ⬩ extendere ⬩ expandere ⬩ erigere ⬩ to put forth ⬩ relate ⬩ recount ⬩ speak out ⬩ express ⬩ explain ⬩ interpret ⬩ translate ⬩ proponere ⬩ exponere ⬩ enarrare ⬩ eloqui ⬩ exprimere ⬩ disserere ⬩ interpretari ⬩ reddere ⬩ to set in order ⬩ adorn ⬩ deck ⬩ expedire ⬩ expolire ⬩ comere
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to put forth, stretch out, strain, raise up; extendere, expandere, erigere Hondum slógun, folmum areahtum and fýstum eác they struck with their hands, with outstretched palms and fists also, Exon. 24 a ; Th. 69, 23 ; Cri. 1125.
hwyrft
A turn ⬩ revolution ⬩ going ⬩ course ⬩ orbit ⬩ circuit ⬩ orb ⬩ circle
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Geþancmeta on hwilce healfe ðú wille hwyrft dón cyrran mid ceápe consider on which side thou wilt bend thy course, turn with thy cattle, 91; Th. 115, 12; Gen. 1918. Gif ic on helle gedó hwyrft ǽnigne si descendero in infernum, Ps. Th. 138, 6.
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hyhtan
To hope ⬩ trust ⬩ rejoice
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Ic ellen wylle habban and hlyhhan and mé hyhtan tó I will have courage, and laugh and look forward with hope, Exon. 119 a; Th. 456, 22; Hy. 4, 70: 12 b; Th. 21, 26; Cri. 340. Gód ys on Dryhten tó hyhtanne bonum est confidere in Domino, Ps. Th. 117, 9
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irþling
a husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ ploughman ⬩ a cuckoo
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In connection with the cuckoo it may be noticed that cucusare is given in DuCange as the verb properly used of the note of the cuckoo ; and see Grmm. D. M. 640, sqq. on the cuckoo as associated with a particular season of the year. However, in Wrt.
mancus
A mancus ⬩ the eighth of a pound ⬩ the sum of thirty pence
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Ath. v. 6, 2; Th. i. 234, 1 :-- Oxan tó mancuse compared with Th. i. 232, 7 where an ox is rated at thirty pence, be xxx pænega oððe be ánum hrýðere. The word occurs not unfrequently in the charters.