gifan
To give ⬩ dare ⬩ impertire
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He nallas beágas geaf he gave no rings, Beo. Th. 3443; B. 1719. Gæf wæstm his dedit fructum suum, Ps. Spl. T. 66, 5. Him scippend geaf [gaf, MS. A.] wuldor-lícne wlite the Creator gave it wondrous beauty, Salm. Kmbl. 114; Sal. 56.
fæstan
to fast ⬩ to abstain
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Sé ðe fæstan wille, ne tǽle hé nó ðone ðe ete, Past. 311, 24. Ðá dagas syndon rihtlice tó fæstenne, Shrn. 80, 2. with cognate acc. Stuntlíce fæst sé lenctenlic fæsten, sé ðe hine sylfne mid gálnysse befýlð, Hml. Th. ii. 100, 16: Wlfst. 285, 31.
wæccan
To watch ⬩ wake
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Of scondlícum geþóhte ðæs wæccendan (vigilantis) up cymeþ seó bysmrung slǽpendes ... ðæt hé wæccende ðóhte, ðæt hé nó witende áræfnode, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 5-9. Heó wæs wæccende dæges and nihtes, Blickl. Homl. 137, 22. Mid wæccendre gýmen[ne], L. E.
sacu
strife, contention, dissension, sedition, dispute ⬩ distress, trouble, affliction, persecution ⬩ crime, guilt ⬩ a contention at law, a suit, cause, action
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Th. 4935; B. 2472. a contention at law, a suit, cause, action Nán sacu ðe betweox preóstan sí ne beó gescoten tó world-manna sóme no suit that there may be between priests shall be referred to the adjustment of secular men, L. Edg.
a-dreógan
to act ⬩ perform ⬩ practise ⬩ agere ⬩ perficere ⬩ to bear ⬩ suffer ⬩ endure ⬩ pati ⬩ sustinere
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Líf adreógan agere vitam, Hexam. 3; Norm. 4, 29. to bear, suffer, endure; pati, sustinere Hí adreógan mágan they may bear, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 27. Ic ne mæg adreógan ðíne seófunga I cannot tolerate thy lamentations, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 20.
ge-earnian
To earn ⬩ deserve ⬩ enjoy ⬩ mereri ⬩ promereri ⬩ frui
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Ðæt se man sceolde ða myrhþe ge-earnian that man should enjoy the pleasure [gaudium], Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 23. Hie ne mágon geearnigan ðæt gé heora wundrigen they cannot deserve that ye should admire them, Bt. 13; Fox 40, 8.
Linked entries: ge-ærnian ge-arnian ge-gearnian
sǽ-líc
Of the sea
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Drihten gegaderode ða sǽlícan ýða fram ðære eorþan brádnysse, Hexam. 6; Norm. 10, 16. Ða sǽlícan nýtenu ( two seals ), Homl. Th. ii. 138, 15
hrycg
a back ⬩ dorsum ⬩ spina ⬩ a ridge ⬩ rigg
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Ne hé on horses hrycge cuman wolde non equorum dorso vectus, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 28. Se cyning hæfde his hrycg him tó hliépan ut ipse acclinis humi regem super adscensurum in equum dorso adtolleret, Ors. 6, 24; Swt. 274, 24.
irsian
to be angry ⬩ to rage ⬩ to make angry ⬩ to anger ⬩ provoke
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Ðonne ús ðara manna mód yrsade and ús wiðerwearde wǽron cum irasceretur animus eorum adversum nos, 123, 3.
Linked entry: eornigende
earnian
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Sume mid þǽre ráde earniaþ ꝥ hié sién ðý hálran; sume earniaþ ꝥ hié sién þý cáfran si salutis causa quispiam velit equitare, non tam equitandi motum desiderat, quam salutis effectum, Bt. 34, 7; F. 144, 1-8.
ge-strangian
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Ne bið gestrangad non roborabitur (homo ex impietate), Kent. Gl. 393. Oþ þæt þú gestrangle heora mód on mínne geleáfan, Bl. H. 249, 9.Þá þeóda a of ability to act Þú gestrangodes þíne handa ofer mé, Ps. Th. 37, 2.
geat
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Nor. 10, 16. a passage between hills Swá Dor scadeþ, Hwítan wylles geat, Chr. 942; P. 110, 15. the barrier which closes the opening: — Helle geatu and hire þá ǽrenan scyttelas hé ealle tóbræc, Bl. H. 85, 6
Wætlinga-strǽt
Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.
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Angl. 410, and see note.]
Linked entry: Erming-strǽt
ǽmettig
empty, void, vacant ⬩ devoid, void of, free from ⬩ unoccupied, at leisure, exempt from ⬩ free to do ⬩ unmarried
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Add: of space, empty, void, vacant Seó stów ne bið nóht longe ǽmettugu, Shrn. 82, 24. Ǽmettig, ǽmtig, Bd. 4, 30; Sch. 537, 6. Ǽmtig innoþ, Scint. 57, 4. Gyt is rýmet ǽmtig, Hml. Th. ii. 376, 9. Ǽlc beód ǽmtig vacua byþ gesewen, Coll. M. 28, 33.
tó-dál
Division. ⬩ a dividing into parts, ⬩ partition ⬩ separation ⬩ a part of a whole, ⬩ separate portion, ⬩ section ⬩ a mark which divides, ⬩ dividing-point ⬩ distinction, ⬩ difference ⬩ distribution ⬩ scattering, ⬩ dispersing ⬩ dissension, ⬩ want of union or peace, ⬩ discretion
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Gr. 5; Zup. 13, 12. a part of a whole, separate portion, section Stæfcræft hæfþ þrítig tódál (cf. sum ðæra dǽla is geháten nota, 291, 9). Ðæt forme tódál is vox stemn . . . Sume tódál sindon pedes, Ælfc. Gr. 50; Zup. 289, 15-290, 13.
Linked entry: tó-dǽl
CEORL
CHURL, countryman, husbandman ⬩ homo liber, rusticus, colonus ⬩ a man, husband ⬩ vir, maritus ⬩ a free man
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Gif ceorl geþeáh, ðæt he hæfde fullíce fíf hída ágenes landes, cirican and cycenan [MS. ky-cenan ], bell-hús and burh-geat-setl, and sunder-note on cynges healle, ðonne wæs he ðonon-forþ þegen-rihtes weorþe if a free man thrived, so that he had fully
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cwide
the expression of a thought, a sentence, period ⬩ sententia ⬩ a saying, proverb, speech, discourse, sermon, will ⬩ dictum, dictio, sermo, homilia, testamentum ⬩ a legal enactment, decree ⬩ edictum, deretum
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Ǽlc stæf hæfþ þreó þing, nomen, figura, potestas, ðæt is nama, and hiw, and miht we divide the book into sentences, and then the sentences into words [parts], again the words into syllables, and then the syllables into letters; now the letters are indivisible
fæsten
a fast, fasting ⬩ jējūnium ⬩ a fastness, fortress, bulwark, place of strength, a castle, wall ⬩ mūnīmentum, arx, castellum ⬩ an inclosed place, cloister ⬩ claustrum
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Ðes gearlíca ymryne us gebrincþ efne nú ða clǽnan tíd lenctenlíces fæstenes this yearly course just now brings us the pure time of the lenten fast, Homl. Th. ii. 98, 25: Homl. Blick. 27, 23.
FREMEDE
Strange ⬩ foreign ⬩ estranged from ⬩ devoid of ⬩ aliēnus ⬩ peregrīnus ⬩ aliēnātus ⬩ aversus ⬩ remōtus ⬩ expers
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Ne lǽne ðínum bréðer nán þing to híre, ac fremdum menn non fænĕrābĕris fratri tuo ad ūsūram pĕcūniam, sed aliēno. Deut. 23, 20. On lande fremdre in terra aliēna, Ps. Spl. 136, 5. Ne ðú fremedne god gebiddest neque adōrābis deam aliēnum, Ps.
Eádmund
Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year
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Andrew's mass-day [Nov. 30th], king Edmund died, Chr. 1016; Th. 284, 12, col. 2