waru
Watchful care ⬩ observance ⬩ keeping of a command ⬩ heed ⬩ care ⬩ care for the safety of others ⬩ safe-keeping ⬩ custody ⬩ keeping from injury ⬩ guard ⬩ defence ⬩ protection against attack ⬩ guard
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Scealt ðú for ware úra goda wíta ðrowian for the protection of our gods thou shall suffer punishments, Homl. Th. i. 594, 4. Cyninge gebyraþ ðæt hé sý on ware and on wearde Cristes gespeliga, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 304, 23.
Linked entry: wer-genga
here-gild
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Þá gerǽdde se cyng and his witan ꝥ him man gafol behéte . . . wið þon þe hí þǽre hergunge geswicon . . . him man geald .xvi, þúsend punda, 994; P. 129, 10-15. Twá and twéntig þúsend punda goldes and seolfres mon gesedde þám here wið friðe.
gifu
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Ox. 2572. in a theological sense, grace in contrast with law Ǽ wæs geseald þurh Móysen, and gyfu (gefo, L., geofo. R., gratia ) is geworden þurh Hǽlend Críst, Jn. l, 17. Wé under gyfe gesette nos sub gratia positi An. Ox. 40, 9.
síþ
going ⬩ journeying ⬩ travel ⬩ going from this world ⬩ a journey ⬩ voyage ⬩ course ⬩ expedition ⬩ the journey of the spirit from this world ⬩ coming ⬩ arrival ⬩ a proceeding ⬩ course of action ⬩ way of doing ⬩ conduct ⬩ lot ⬩ condition ⬩ fate ⬩ experience ⬩ a path ⬩ way ⬩ a time
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I. 3. a time (cf. colloquial go, and Dan. gang), with ordinals Eft óðre síþe hé férde iterum secundo abiit, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 42: Gen. 27, 36. Ðæt deófol hine genam þriddan síþe, Blickl.
for-fang
a seizing or rescuing of stolen or lost property ⬩ apprehensio ⬩ the reward for rescuing such property ⬩ merces, quæ bŏnōrum surreptōrum restĭtūtōri dătur
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Embe forfang, witan habbaþ gerǽdd, ðæt man ofer eall Engle-land gelícne dóm healde; ðæt is æt men fíftene peningas, and æt horse eal [MS. heal] swá ...
infangeneþeóf
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'the right to judge one's own thief when taken within the jurisdiction, and the privilege consequent upon that jurisdiction, viz. the receiving of the mulct, or money-payment for the crime,&' Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. i. xlv.
under-niman
to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal ⬩ to take into the mind ⬩ receive what is said, taught ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to blame ⬩ resent
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Man mæg swíðe eáðe witan, se ðe hit underniman wile, ðæt hit riht nis..., Wulfst. 305, 1: Homl. Ass. 26, 53. [Hire fader hefde iset hire to lare and heo undernom (-ueng, MS.
Linked entry: under-fón
bodung
annunciation ⬩ declaration ⬩ testimony ⬩ interpretation ⬩ reciting ⬩ rehearsing ⬩ preaching
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Se cyning gerehte his witum þæs bisceopes bodunge, 26, 66. Þurh Paules bodunga. Bl. H. 173, 18. Bodunge, R. Ben. 4, 5: Hml. Th. i. 58, 30. Hí mid bysnungum wel ne lǽdað, ne mid bodungum wel ne lǽrað, Ll. Th. ii. 328, 2. Bodengum, Wlfst. 276, 24.
eardian
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Wé witon óþer égland, þér gé magon eardian, pref.; P. 3, 12. to live, pass one's life Seó cyrice sceal fédan þá þe æt hire eardiaþ, Bl. H. 41, 28.
hefig-ness
oppressiveness ⬩ burdensomeness ⬩ a trouble ⬩ dullness ⬩ disease ⬩ oppression
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L. 20, 12. a trouble; a difficult matter Hú ne witon wé ꝥ nán nearewnes ne nán earfoþu ne nán unrótnes ne nán sár ne nán hefignes nis nán gesǽlð?
nese
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Hé cwæð be him sylfum tó þám cýpemannum: 'Syllíce is mé ánum gelumpen . . . man mid wítum ofgán willað æt mé ꝥ ic mid rihtan þingon begyten hæfde.'
wealh-stod
An interpreter ⬩ one who serves as a medium between speakers of different languages ⬩ an interpreter of written language ⬩ a translator ⬩ an interpreter of a subject, ⬩ an expounder ⬩ a mediator ⬩ the word occurs as a proper name
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Gr. 9, 26; Zup. 51, 14. one who serves as a medium between speakers of different languages Se cyning gerehte his witan on heora ágenum gereorde ðæs bisceopes bodunge, and wæs his wealhstod, for ðan ðe hé wel cúþe Scyttysc, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 67.
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for-spillan
to destroy ⬩ to destroy by extravagant use ⬩ consume wastefully ⬩ waste ⬩ to lose
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Forspil feoh for bróþor and freónd perde pecuniam propter fratrem et amicum, Scint. 148, 5. of personal or abstract object Gé eów sylfe and eówre ðeóndan geogoðe fordóþ and forspillað on wíton and on yrmðum, Hml.
þrǽl
A thrall ⬩ slave ⬩ servant
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Wé witan ðæt þurh Godes gyfe þrǽl wearð tó þegene, and ceorl tó eorle, L. Eth. vii. 21; Th. i. 334, 8.
tól
a tool, ⬩ implement, ⬩ instrument ⬩ tools, ⬩ machinery, ⬩ apparatus
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Bt. 17; Fox 58, 28-60, 7. in a collective sense, tools, machinery, apparatus Decius cwæd: 'Æteówiaþ his gesihðum eal ðæt wíta tól' (cf. eal ðæt pínungtól, 428, 18).
Linked entry: tohl
LÁR
LORE ⬩ teaching ⬩ instruction ⬩ learning ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cunning ⬩ science ⬩ preaching ⬩ doctrine ⬩ dogma ⬩ precept ⬩ exhortation ⬩ admonition ⬩ counsel ⬩ suggestion ⬩ instigation ⬩ persuasion
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Hé sceal habban láre ðæt hé máge Godes folc mid wísdóme lǽran he must have learning, that he may be able to instruct God's people with wisdom, Homl. Th. i. 206, 26.
má
More ⬩ rather ⬩ further
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Nis him blód tó lǽtanne ac má hira man sceal tilian mid wyrtdrencum he is not to be let blood, but rather the symptoms are to be treated with drinks made from herbs, L. M. 1, 35; Lchdm. ii. 82, 16. Hé ðone ná eft ne wyrge, ac hine má bletsige, L.
mæsse-preóst
A priest not of the Christian church ⬩ a priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass
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As compared with the laity his oath was equal to that of a thane, and he was worthy of thane-right, Similar entries [v. mæsse-þegen.]
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dóm
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Yfel se cyning wiþ þám Crístenan dóme dyde, Bt. 1; F. 2, 15. Wé sculan ǽnne Crístendóm healdan and ǽlcne hǽðene dóm oferhogian, Wlfst. 274, 16. v. dryht-, un-, unriht-, weorold-, wóh-dóm
hund
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Wiþ hundes slite, Lch. i. 148, 7. Cómon hundas forþ on wundorlicre mycelnesse and rǽsdon on þone apostol, Bl. H. 181, 20. Hunda hús canile, domus canis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 20: 23, 13. Of þǽre þeóde þǽr men habbað hunda heáfod, Shrn. 76, 17.