mǽran
To make known ⬩ celebrate ⬩ declare ⬩ proclaim
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Ne hit ǽnig mon ðære ferde ðon má út máran móste, ðý læs hié for ðon ormóde wǽron, Nar. 32, 22
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tǽl
Evil speaking, calumny, detraction
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Ne fríne ic ðé for tǽle ne þurh teóncwide I do not question you that I may detract or abuse, Andr. Kmbl. 1265; An. 633. Hé þolaþ sárcwide secga ... Ic bí mé secge ðis sárspell ... Ic for tǽle ne mæg ǽniene moncynnes gelufian, Exon.
Linked entry: tál
un-þearf
Disadvantage ⬩ hurt ⬩ harm ⬩ detriment
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Hé férde for his bróðær unþearfe intó Normandige he (William) went to Normandy on account of the injury his brother had done him (see Henry of Huntingdon), 1091; Erl. 227, 5.
á-hwæþer
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Be menn þe sealmas singð áwðer oþþe for hine sylfne oððe for óðerne mann, Ps. Th. 30, arg. Áuðer oððe . . . oððe, Past. 281, 12. Hé forbýt ǽlcum men áðor tó bycganne oððe tó syllanne, Wlfst. 200, 3. Áðor oþþe on bóclande oþþe on folclande, Ll.
be-sprecan
mention ⬩ to claim ⬩ To complain of ⬩ blame ⬩ To complain
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For hwí besprecað nú men þás crístnan tída, and secgað þæt nú wyrsan tída sién ?
dugan
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Ic secge ꝥ sió foresprǽc ne dyge ( prosit ) þám scyldigan, Bt. 38, 7; F. 210, 6. for a purpose Deah hit wið ǽghwylcre innancundre unhǽlo, Lch. i. 86, 18. Seó wyrt deáh tó drincanne, ii. 238, 27
hete
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Ne teó ic N. for hete ne for hóle, Ll. Th. i. 180, 10. Hé nam tó Malche fulne graman, and him mid eallum hete cídde, Hml. S. 23, 695. Hine þurh hete héngon fæderas ússe, El. 424.
mód
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On hálgum gewrite bið gelómlíce heáfod gesett for þæs mannes móde, for ðan ðe þæt heáfod gewissað þám óðrum limum, swá swá þæt mód gediht ðá geðóhtas, Hml. Th. i. 612, 11-14.
sceatt
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Ðæne dǽl ðæs landes ðe se arcebisceop for his sceatte him tó lét, C. D. iii. 352, 7. Þone sceat þe on þám lande stent the mortgage money, Cht. Crw. 9, 120.
wyrd
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Hé gefealh his gebede for þone seócan man, and þá sóna eft hine gelǽdde tó his ágenre ræste hálne . . . Of þǽre wyrde (ex quo ejus uno facto) þæs weres wé geleornodon ꝥ wé gelýfdon eallra óþra weorca, 248, 4.
hangian
To hang, be suspended, depend
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Ðá ðá Crist hangode on róde for úre álýsednysse when Christ hung on the cross for our redemption, 240, 22: Lk. Skt. 23, 39.
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Cnut
Cnut was the Danish king of England for twenty-one years, from A. D. 1014-1035
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And then all the fleet chose Cnut for king Chr. 1014; Erl. 150, 20-22.
ge-sýne
Visible ⬩ seen ⬩ evident ⬩ plain
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Visible, seen, evident, plain Ne mihte ic hire bedyrnan mínes módes unrótnesse for ðan hit wæs on mínum andwlitan gesýne I could not hide from her the disquiet of my mind for it was evident in my face, Shrn. 41, 25: Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 28: Blickl.
twi-hynde
a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; ⬩ applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank.
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As applied to a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank.
gítsung
Covetousness ⬩ avarice ⬩ cupidity ⬩ desire
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Grundleás gítsung gilpes and ǽhta the boundless desire for glory and possessions, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 29; Met. 7, 15: Bt. 16, 3; Fox 56, 2.
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a-hycgan
To devise ⬩ search ⬩ invent ⬩ excogitare ⬩ perscrutari ⬩ invenire
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Bæd him ðæs rǽd ahicgan besought them to devise counsel for this, Cd. 94; Th. 122, 24; Gen. 2031: 178; Th. 224, 3; Dan. 130. Hie ahogodan heoro they invented the sword, Exon. 92 a; Th. 346, 9; Gn. Ex. 202
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drig-nes
DRYNESS ⬩ siccĭtas
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DRYNESS; siccĭtas Ðære drignesse ne sceal he huniges onbítan ac eald wín for the dryness he must not taste of honey but old wine, L. M. 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 19. Æteówige drignis let dryness appear; appāreat ārĭda, Gen. 1, 9.
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éhtnes
Persecution ⬩ persĕcutio
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Eádige synd ða ðe éhtnysse þoliaþ for rihtwísnysse beati qui persecūtiōnem patiuntur propter justĭtiam, Mt. Bos. 5, 10: Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 22: 1, 8; S. 479, 19, 21
feohte
A fight ⬩ combat ⬩ pugna
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A fight, combat; pugna Wearþ him seó feohte tó grim the fight was too severe for them, Exon. 84 a; Th. 317, 16; Mód. 66. Nó ic gefrægn heardran feohtan I have not heard of a harder fight, Beo.
FETER
A FETTER ⬩ chain for the feet ⬩ compes ⬩ pĕdĭca
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A FETTER, chain for the feet; compes, pĕdĭca He fédeþ swá on feterum he feeds him thus in fetters, Exon. 88b; Th. 332, 30; Vy. 88: Ps. Th. 78, 11. Án sceal inbindan forstes fetre one shall unbind fetters of frost, Exon. 90a; Th. 338, 9; Gn. Ex. 76.