GE-RÉFA
A prefect, steward, fiscal officer of the shire or county, judge, reeve or sheriff, count ⬩ præpŏsĭtus, villĭcus, jūdex, præfectus, cŏmes
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Swá hie geþingian mǽgen wið cyning and his geréfan as they can agree with the king and his reeve, L. In. 73; Th. i. 148, 12. Gif man ðone geréfan teó if any accuse the reeve, L. C. S. 8; Th. i. 380,19.
Linked entries: réfa geréfscipe ge-reáfa
ge-byrd
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Tó hwon þú sceole for ówiht þysne man habban, ungelǽredne fiscere þone leásostan, and náwþer ne on worde ne on gebyrdum mid nǽnigre mihte gewelgode ( endowed with no natural abilities ), Bl. H. 179, 15. what happens, fate, lot (cf. (?)
BRECAN
to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; ⬩ frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpere ⬩ to press, force, urge; ⬩ urgere ⬩ to rush into ⬩ take ⬩ by storm ⬩ in locum irrumpere, expugnare, ⬩ erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere ⬩ to break ⬩ burst forth ⬩ make a noise ⬩ crash ⬩ to sail; ⬩ navigare ⬩ To retch; ⬩ screare
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Swógaþ windas, bláwaþ brecende, bearhtma mǽste winds shall howl, crashing blow, with greatest of sounds, Exon. 21 b; Th. 59, II; Cri. 951. to sail; navigare Scealtú ceól gestígan, and brecan ofer bæþweg thou shalt ascend a ship, and sail over the sea
spell
a story ⬩ narrative ⬩ account ⬩ relation ⬩ a historical narrative ⬩ history ⬩ a false or foolish story ⬩ a fable ⬩ an instructive talk ⬩ discourse ⬩ a philosophical argument ⬩ a sermon ⬩ homily ⬩ a saying ⬩ remark ⬩ sentence ⬩ statement of a single point ⬩ dictum ⬩ a saying that is to be repeated to another ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ speech ⬩ language of prose ⬩ a fable, tale ⬩ fabulatio, parabola ⬩ sermo, narratio, parabola, fabula, mythus ⬩ a saying
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Ongan Waldend wið Abraham sprecan sægde him unlytel spell held with him long discourse, Cd. Th. 145, 14; Gen. 2405. Spella and lára rǽd-hycgende, Exon. Th. 301, 27; Fä. 25. Ða twá béc on hundeahtatigum spellum (homilies), Ælfc.
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LECGAN
to lay ⬩ place ⬩ put ⬩ lay ⬩ to slay
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Gé on his wergengan wíte legdon ye imposed pain upon his pilgrim, 43 a; Th. 144, 29; Gú. 685. Ðæt folc geald heom swá mycel swá hí heom on legden the people paid as much as they imposed, Chr, 1052; Erl.183, 15.
here
an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging
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Ðis synd þá friðmál þe Æðelréd cyng and ealle his witan wið ðone here gedón habbað ðe Anláf and Iustin and Gúðmund mid wǽron.
tǽlan
to blame, rebuke, reprove, reproach, censure, accuse. ⬩ to blame a person for what is wrong ⬩ to blame what is wrong in a person ⬩ to speak evil of, blaspheme, revile, slander, calumniate, backbite ⬩ to treat with contempt, to scorn, despise, insult, mock, deride, jeer at
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Kmbl. 5, 44. to treat with contempt, to scorn, despise, insult, mock, deride, jeer at Se stunta tǽlþ ( inridet ) láre, Scint. 113, 18. Ðæt fæsten tǽlþ God, Homl. Th. i. 180, 10. Se ðe téleþ ( spernit ) mec, Jn. Skt. Rush. 12, 48.
Linked entries: télan be-tilldon
faru
going ⬩ passing ⬩ sailing ⬩ a journey ⬩ voyage ⬩ an expedition ⬩ proceedings ⬩ course ⬩ path ⬩ procedure ⬩ the train ⬩ the troops ⬩ the followers ⬩ the attendants ⬩ carriage
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Wé cwǽdon hwanon se bissextus cymð, and manega þing wé cýddon ymbe his fare, 312, 46. in a collective sense, a body of people who go with a person. the train of one who goes on a mission Náámán gecyrde mid ealre his fare (cf. reversus cum universo comitatu
ge-sittan
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Gif se uíc weorðe on mannes setle geseten, iii. 30, 16. with the idea of oppression, to fall upon, come upon Þæt hé mid welerum geworht habbað, him þæt ilce sceal on gesittan labor labiornm ipsorum operiet eos, Ps.
hláf
bread ⬩ a loaf ⬩ cake ⬩ bread ⬩ bread ⬩ manna ⬩ cake
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Ðá wicþénas ǽnre tíde ǽr gemǽnum gereorde gán tó hláfe (accipiant panem), 59, 14. with qualifying words: Hé þǽre ytemestan yldo his lífes mid medmiclum hláfe and cealde wætere (pane cibario et frigida aqua) áwreþede, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 630, 19.
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leóht
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Th. i. 150, 27. with collective force ꝥ hi Godes circan mid leóhte and lácum gelóme gegrétan, Ll. Th. i. 326, 17.
abbad
an abbot ⬩ abbās
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In regard to general ecclesiastical discipline, all these communities were at this early time subject to the bishop of the diocese, and even to the pastor of the parochial district within the bounds of which they were established.
CEORL
CHURL, countryman, husbandman ⬩ homo liber, rusticus, colonus ⬩ a man, husband ⬩ vir, maritus ⬩ a free man
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Ðú hæfdest fíf ceorlas thow hast had five husbands, 4, 18. a free man, as opposed to þeów, and to þrǽl a slave; or as opposed to þegen a thane or nobleman, as we say, 'gentle or simple:' — We witan ðæt, þurh Godes gyfe, þrǽl wearþ to þegene, and ceorl
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út-gang
A going out ⬩ exit ⬩ egress ⬩ Exitus ⬩ finis ⬩ effectus ⬩ terminus ⬩ egressus ⬩ a going out of a place ⬩ egress, exit ⬩ the right of egress ⬩ a coming out from a position within a body ⬩ evacuation of the body ⬩ the going out of a period ⬩ the conclusion ⬩ end ⬩ an exit ⬩ passage ⬩ a privy ⬩ an evacuation
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Th. 578, 26. a coming out from a position within a body Lǽcedómas wið þearmes útgange, and wið bæcþearmes útgange, Lchdm. ii. 170, 27, 29. in a special sense, evacuation of the body Sum coþu is ðære wambe ðæt ðone seócan monnan lysteþ útganges, Lchdm
wæcce
wakefulness ⬩ sleeplessness ⬩ watching ⬩ watchfulness ⬩ a watch ⬩ vigil ⬩ a division of the night ⬩ a watch
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Gé sceolon witan, ðæt twá wæccan synd; án is ðæs líchaman, óðer ðæs módes. Ðæs líchaman wæcce is ðonne wé waciaþ on cyrcan æt úrum úhtsange, ðonne óðre men slápaþ ...
tó-stregdan
To disperse ⬩ scatter ⬩ destroy ⬩ spargere ⬩ aspergere ⬩ dispergere ⬩ disperdere ⬩ dissipare ⬩ dispertire ⬩ destruere ⬩ To be dispersed ⬩ not to keep within proper bounds
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To be dispersed, not to keep within proper bounds Ðonne ðæt mód flíhþ ðæt ðæt hit sié gebunden mid ege and mid láre, ðonne tóstrét (-strétt, Hatt.
FÆÐM
the embracing arms ⬩ brachia amplexa, circumdăta ⬩ A lap, bosom, breast ⬩ quicquid complectĭtur vel comprehendit alĭquid, sĭnus, grĕmium, interna, pectus ⬩ FATHOM = six feet ⬩ spătium utriusque brachii extensiōne contentum ⬩ An embrace, protection ⬩ amplexus, complexus, protectio ⬩ Grasp, power ⬩ pŏtestas, dĭtio ⬩ An expanse, abyss, deep ⬩ expansum, tractus, superfĭcies, abyssus, profundum
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Hæfde wederwolcen wídum fæðmum eorþan and upródor gedǽled the storm-cloud had divided with wide embraces the earth and firmament above, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 14; Exod. 75. Hwá mec bregde of brimes fæðmum who drew me from the embrace of ocean?
hweorfan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ go about ⬩ wander ⬩ roam
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To turn, change, go, return, depart, go about, wander, roam, hover about Nǽfre ic from hweorfe ac ic mid wunige áwa tó ealdre I will never go from you, but I will dwell with you for ever, Exon. 14 b; Th. 30, 8; Cri. 476.
Linked entries: hwerfan hworfan hwurfan ge-hweorfan
wǽta
wet, moisture ⬩ a liquid ⬩ a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drink ⬩ moisture in an animal body, humour ⬩ water, urine ⬩ moisture of plants, juice, sap
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Wiþ yflum wǽtan and swile . . . hit eal ðæt worms and ðone yfelan wǽtan ádrífþ, 72, 12-15.
BRÁD
BROAD open, large, spacious, copious ⬩ latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus
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Ðæt býne land is easteweard brádost the inhabited land is broadest eastward, Ors. 1, 1;Bos. 20. 45 Sume hyne slógon on his ansýne mid hyra brádum handum some smote him on his face with their open hands, Mt. Bos. 26, 67. Brád amplus, Ælfc.