FALS
FALSEhood, fraud, counterfeit ⬩ falsum
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Se ðe ofer ðis fals wyrce, þolige ðæra handa ðe he ðæt fals mid worhte he who after this shall make a counterfeit [coin], let him forfeit the hands with which he made the counterfeit, L. C. S. 8; Th. i. 380, 16, 17, 20, 22.
íðe
Easy ⬩ pleasant
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Ús ðis se æðeling ýðre gefremede this the prince has made easier for us, Exon. 17 a ; Th. 39, 25; Cri. 627
óþ-lǽdan
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Ic þence ðis feóh tó lufianne, næs tó óþlǽdanne . . . hé nǽfre nabbe landes ðæt hé hit óþlǽde. Lchdm. i. 384, 4-9. Ic com óþlǽded gódum excussus sum. Ps. Th. 108, 23.
tealt
in a physical sense, unsteady ⬩ in a figurative sense, unstable, not to be relied on, untrustworthy, precarious
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Kmbl. 343, 22; Rún. 21. in a figurative sense, unstable, not to be relied on, untrustworthy, precarious Hú lǽne ðis líf is, hú tealt, Wulfst. 273, 7. Tealte syndon eorðan welan, 149, 8. Tealte beóþ eorðan dreámas, 264, 3.
Linked entry: un-tealt
den-bera
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Ðis synt ðá denbǽra ðe tó ðissum londe belimpað, C. D. ii. 195, 15. Þis synt þá denbǽra on wealda, 216, 4. Þá denbǽro, 265, 33. Mid ðǽm denbǽrum in Limenwero wealdo and in burhwaro wealdo and in bócholte, C. D.
ge-wrítan
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Ðis earon þára manna noman þe gewritene earon from Bynsingtúne in ꝥ bisceopríce tó Uueogornacestre mid heora teáme and mid þý túdre þe from him cume á on éce yrfewardnesse (cf. sex homines, qui prius pertinebant ad villam regiam in Beonsincgtune, cum
notian
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Ðis synd þára bóca tácn þe mon on cyrican tó godcundum þeówdóme notigan sceal . . . Ðonne þú anti-phonariam habban wille . . . for þon hé is genotod, Tech. ii. 119, 1-4. Notian, 120, 24. Tyrn . . . swilce þú notian wille, 119, 12.
rúmedlíce
liberally ⬩ at large, fully
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MS.) selþ, 44; Swt. 326, 20. at large, fully Ðis ðæt wé nú feám wordum árímdon wé willaþ hwéne rúmedlícor ( paulo latius ) áreccean, 12; Swt. 75, 17. Rúmerlícor [rúmed ?] latius, multiplicius, Hpt. Gl. 420,30.
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hlot
A lot, ⬩ portion, ⬩ share
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A lot, portion, share Ðis hlot hæc sors, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 44; Som. 13, 3. Hig wurpon hlot ðǽr ofer sortem mittentes, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 35. Hlott, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 24. Hlott ł tán, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 24.
ge-sibbian
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On ðisum wræcfullum lífe wé sceolon ðá ungeðwǽran gesibbian, Hml.
ge-wanian
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Gyf hé ðisne minne sundorfreóls gewanige oððe gelytlige si quis hoc nostrum privilegium minuent vel dempserit, 350, 16.
ge-léfan
To believe ⬩ confide ⬩ trust ⬩ crēdĕre ⬩ confīdĕre
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Geléfst ðú ðæt seó wyrd wealde disse worulde dost thou believe that fortune governs this world? Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 1
ge-setednes
A constitution, law, ceremony, religion ⬩ constĭtūtio, lex, cērĕmōnia, relĭgio
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Begýmaþ ðisse gesetednysse observābĭtis cērĕmōnias istas, Ex. 12, 25. To gesetednisse for a law, Gen. 47, 26
un-líþe
Ungentle ⬩ harsh ⬩ severe ⬩ cruel
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Geliðewáca ðisne unlíðan cyle, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 192. Scearpnyssa beóð áwende tó sméðum wegum, ðonne ða yrsigendan mód and unlíðe gecyrraþ tó manðwǽrnysse, Homl. Th. i. 362, 30
folc-scearu
A division of the people ⬩ nation ⬩ multitude ⬩ nātio ⬩ provincia
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On ðisse folcscere in this country, Elen. Kmbl. 804; El. 402. Búton folcscare except the host of people, Beo. Th. 146; B. 73
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capitol
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On ðam ende ðises capitulan in the end of this chapter, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 33
ge-mynd
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Add On ðisum gereorde nis þæs gærses nán gemynd, Hml. Th. ii. 398, 27
wítnung-stów
A place of punishment
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Oft men wurdon of ðisum lífe gelǽdde, and eft tó lífe árǽrde, and hí fela wítnungstówa and eác hálgena wununga gesáwon, 354, 28
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riht-ryne
A right course
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Oncerran ðisne swiftan rodor of his rihtryne 10, 41
wíglian
To practise divination or sorcery
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To practise divination or sorcery Wígliaþ stunte men menigfealde wígelunga on ðisum dæge æfter hǽð;enum gewunan, swylce hí magon heora líf gelengan, oþþe heora gesundfulnysse. Homl. Th. i. 100, 19.