ildra
A parent ⬩ ancestor ⬩ father ⬩ forefather ⬩ predecessor ⬩ elder
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Úre ieldran ða ðe ðás stówa ǽr hióldon hié lufodon wísdóm our forefathers who formerly held these places, loved wisdom, Past. Pref.; Swt. 5, 14 : Exon.47 a ; Th. 160, 20; Gú. 946.
mæðel
an assembly ⬩ a deliberative or judicial meeting ⬩ council ⬩ speech ⬩ address ⬩ harangue ⬩ conversation
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Æt meðle on ðam miclan dæge at the assembly on that great day (of judgment ), 2870; An. 1438: Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 10; Ph. 538. Mæðel hégan to hold a meeting, take counsel, consult, address (cf.
Linked entries: mæðel-hégende medel hleóðor-cwide
un-lagu
violation of law ⬩ illegality ⬩ injustice ⬩ a bad law
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Æt unlagum unlawfully (cf. Icel. at úlögum in a lawless manner ), L. C. S. 61; Th. i. 408, 18. Swicollíce dǽda and láðlíce unlaga áscunige man, ðæt is, false gewihta ... and leáse gewitnessa, L. Eth. v. 24; Th. i. 310, 12: vi. 28; Th. i. 322, 13.
án-forlǽtan
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Hé (Adam) gemunde þá gefeán þe hé ǽr ánforlét (amiserat), Gr.
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ge-méde
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Æfter þám getídde ꝥ Ecgferð gebohte bóc and land æt Æðelstáne on cynges gewitnesse and his witena, swá his gemédo wǽron [as was agreeable to the king.i. e. the king was satisfied with the transaction ), 208, 9.
geong
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Ger. der jüngste tag) Þæt wæs þám gomelan gingæste word ǽr hé bǽl cure . . . him of hreðre gewát sáwol, B. 2817. marking rank, degree. v. gingra Hé gesette under him gingran cásere, Ors. 6, 30; S. 278, 21.
here-gild
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Add: tax levied to provide money to buy of the Danes (v. here; I. 2 c ¶ l) On þan ylcan geáre áléde Eádweard cyng ꝥ heregyld ꝥ Æþelréd cyng ǽr ástealde, Chr. 1052; P. 173, 18. Ic ðat só fele síðe só men gildeð hire gilde tó heregilde, C.
hentan
to seize ⬩ take ⬩ to arrest ⬩ to capture ⬩ strike ⬩ to try to get
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S. 23, 49. to capture an animal Þá woldon þá hǽþenan he[n]tan þǽre leó, ac heó gelælite ǽfre ǽnne and æune, Hml.
tówendan
To overthrow ⬩ upset ⬩ subvert ⬩ overturn ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ demolish ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ destroy ⬩ to destroy by changing ⬩ to repeal a law ⬩ abrogate ⬩ abolish ⬩ overthrow ⬩ destroy
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Hí woldon tówendon ealle ða gesetuessa ðe Domicianus hæfde ǽr geset, Ors. 6, 10; Bos. 120, 32 note. in a figurative sense Háwa ðæt se inra wind ðe ne tówende, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 32.
scolu
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U.) ys scolasticus, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 11, 13-15. Ðý ilcan geáre forborn Ongolcynnes scolu, Chr. 816; Erl. 62, 7. Constantinus hiene benǽmde ðære scole ðe hé on leornode, Ors. 6, 31; Swt. 284, 24.
gift
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D. 295, ii. v. æ-, ed-, freót, hláford-, rǽd-gift. a gift -Ðæt is cyninges andweorc . . . gifta (gifa, v. l.
þanan
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Hát mín blód þonon ádrýgan, 183, 27. (1 a) followed by a relative particle, the two words together having force of relative :-- Þider cuman, þonan þehit ǽr com, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 31. On ða rícu, þonon þe hé ǽr sended wæs, Blickl. Haml. 9, 25.
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cyssan
KISS ⬩ osculari
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To KISS; osculari Ic cysse ðé oscular te: ic eom fram ðé cyssed oscular a te, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 51, 52, Ic cysse, ðú cyst, he cyst osculor, oscularis, osculatur, 25; Som. 26, 58, 59.
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tweónung
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Sume syndon dubitativa, . . . ðás getácniaþ twýnunge, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 229, 2. Ic mid tweóningum óðrum monnum bigleofan gesette cum aliqua scrupulositate a nobis mensura victus aliorum constituitur, R. Ben. 64, 11.
mennisc
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Of Japhet cóm þæt norðerne mennisc, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 37. Hé lǽrde manepa þæs Engliscan mennisces, Angl. vii. 2, 4. Þá fúlan forligeras þæs fracodostan mennisces Sodomitiscra ðeóda, Hml. S. 13, 191: Ælfc. T.
cwyld
A plague, pestilence, murrain, destruction ⬩ pestis, pestilcntia, clades
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Cwyld-tíd or cwyl-tíd evening time; conticinium :-- Cwyl-tíd vel gebed-giht conticinium, Ælfc. Gl. 16; Som. 58, 63; Wrt. Voc. 21, 50
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rǽdere
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Ælfc. C. 10-12; Th. ii. 346, 25-32.
blǽd
A flower, blossom, fruit ⬩ flos, olus, fructus
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He déþ ǽlc twíg aweg on me, ðe blǽda ne byrþ; and he feormaþ ǽlc ðara, ðe blǽda byrþ, ðæt hyt bere blǽda ðe swíðor omnem palmitem in me non ferentem fructum, tollet eum; et omnem, qui fert fructum, purgabit eum, ut fructum plus afferat, Jn.
twelf-wintre
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Ǽlc man ofer twelfwintre sylle ðone áð, ðæt hé nelle þeóf beón, 21; Th. i. 388, 6. Ǽlc man ðe beó ofer twelfwintre, Wulfst. 136, 17. Perhaps in the last five passages ofer twelfwintre should be taken as a compound
sígan
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Ælfc. C. 3 ; Th. ii. 344, 6. Sitte gé sigewíf, sígaþ tó eorþan ( in a charm for bees ), Lchdm. i. 384, 24.