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á-lísan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lísan, (-lýsan, q. v.
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</b> to make free in respect to a person or thing (wiþ, for) :-- Nú álýse ic mé sylfne wið God I will free myself in relation to God, Hml. S. 17, 75. For leahtrum álés þíne gesceft, Hy. 8, 33. [Goth. us-lausjan: O. Sax. á-lósian: O. H.

Linked entry: á-lýsan

tó-brítan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brítan, p. te.

to break in pieces, ⬩ crush, ⬩ bruise (lit. and fig.) ⬩ to crush with feelings of sorrow, ⬩ to make contrite

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to break in pieces, crush, bruise (lit. and fig.) Ic tóbrýte tero, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 1; Zup. 165, 14: confringo, 28, 6; Zup. 176, 9. Ic tóbrýte hí confringam eos, Ps. Lamb. 17, 39. Ðú tóbrýtst hig confringes eos, 2, 9.

Linked entry: tó-brýtan

BRÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÁD, def. se bráda, seó, ðæt bráde ; comp. m.brádra, f.n. brádre,brǽdre; superl. brádost; adj.

BROAD open, large, spacious, copious ⬩ latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus

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Ðǽr is bráde lond in heofonríce there is a spacious land in heaven&#39;s kingdom, Cd. 218;Th. 278, 2;Sat. 215. Hí bebúgaþ brádne hwyrft they shall inhabit the spacious orb, 190;Th. 236, 16;Dan. 322: Exon. 53 b;Th. 187, 29;Az. 38.

Linked entries: brǽd bréd bréden

án-hoga

(n.)
Grammar
án-hoga, an; m. [án-wuniende]

A lone dweller ⬩ recluse

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A lone dweller, recluse Geworden ic eom swá swá spearwa ánhoga oððe ánwuniende on efese oððe on þecene factus sum sicut passer solitarius in tecto, Ps. Lamb. 101, 8. Se ánhoga the recluse, Exon. 60b; Th. 222, 10; Ph. 346: 47a; Th. 162, 3; Gú. 970

ceápung

(n.)
Grammar
ceápung, e; f.

Business, trade, traffic, commerce ⬩ negotium, negotiatio

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Ed. 1; Th. i. 158, 8. Fram ceápunge þurhgangende on þýstrum a negotio perambulante in tenebris, Ps. Spl. C. 90, 6. Ic ne ongeat grame ceápunga non cognovi negotiationes Ps. Th. 70, 15

Linked entry: ceáping

éðyl-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
éðyl-stæf, édulf-stæf, es; m.

A family staff or support, stay of the house ⬩ prædii sustentáculuin

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A family staff or support, stay of the house; prædii sustentáculuin Ic eorn orwéna ðæt unc se [seó MS.] éðylstæf ǽfre weorþe gifeðe I am hopeless that to us two the staff of the family will ever be by lot, Cd. 101; Th. 134, ii; Gen. 2223

fórn

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
fórn, fórne; adv.

Before ⬩ cōram

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Th. ii. 168, 15, Óþ-ðæt he eft cume hyre fórne geán until he again comes opposite to it, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 8, 13; Lchdm. iii. 248, 17

fracoþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
fracoþ-líce, fracuþ-líce, fracod-lice, fraced-líce; adv.

Shamefully ⬩ disgracefully ⬩ wickedly ⬩ turpĭter

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Cot.] oðer fót unscód one of our feet is very disgracefully unshod, Past. 5, 2; Hat. MS. 11 a. 17. Ic fracoþlíce feóndrǽs gefremede I wickedly committed the fiendish violence, Cd. 42; Th. 55, 25; Gen. 899

hýpe

(n.)
Grammar
hýpe, an; f.

A heap

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Hí beóþ gegaderode tó micelre hýpan gif wé hí weaxan lǽtaþ they will be gathered together into a great heap, if we let them grow, Homl. Th. ii. 466, 7. Goldes and seolfres ungeríme hýpan, i. 450, 21

pinn

(n.)
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a pin, peg Ne sceolde hé nán þing forgýman ðe ǽfre tó note mehte; ne músfellan, ne ðæt git læsse is, tó hæpsan pinn,Anglia ix. 265, 10. [From Latin pinna.] an instrument for writing, a pen Mið pinn ł urittsæx calami, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 17

ge-dál-land

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dál-land, -dæl-land, es; n.

Partible land ⬩ land belonging to several proprietors ⬩ sepărābĭlis terra

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Dipl. iii. 6, 11

ge-ehtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ehtian, p. ode; pp. od

To estimate ⬩ value ⬩ æstĭmāre

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To estimate, value; æstĭmāre Ðæt hie mon ná undeórran weorþe móste lésan ðonne hie mon be ðam were geehtige which must not be redeemed at any cheaper rate than it is estimated at according to his value, L. Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 82, 2, note 8

sulh-gang

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-gang, es; m.
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See too pleuch-gate, ib. Cf. for a similar use of gang in measurements Icel. sólar-gangr = a day) Æt heáfde peninc, æt sulhgange peninc, Wulfst. 170. 37

un-gebrosnod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gebrosnod, adj.

Uncorrupted ⬩ undecayed

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His handa siondan ungebrosnode in ðære cynelícan ceastre, 114, 1: Chr. 641; Erl. 27, 11: Homl. Th. ii. 568, 24

un-trymþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-trymþ, e; f.

Weakness ⬩ sickness ⬩ infirmity

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C. 33; Th. ii. 156, 36

Linked entry: trymþ

wer-tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
wer-tihtle, an; f.
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An accusation where the crime of which a person is accused involves the payment of the wer; the crime itself Be wertyhtlan. Gif mon sié wertyhtlan betogen . . . bíde mon mid ðære wíterǽdenne óþ ðæt se wer gegolden sié, L. In. 71; Th. i. 148, 1-4

Linked entry: tihtle

wiþ-feohtan

(v.)

to fight against ⬩ contend with

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to fight against, contend with Hé gefeaht mid ða ǽ ðæs módes, ðære wiþfeaht (wiðflát, v. l.) seó ǽ ðe on his limum wæs pugnabat legi mentis, cui lex, quae in membris est, repugnabat, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 39. Wiðfeohtan certare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 17

Linked entry: wiþ-flítan

Wir-healh

(n.)
Grammar
Wir-healh, gen. -heales; pl. -healas; m.

Wirral ⬩ the peninsula between the Dee and the Mersey

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Hié fóron ðæt hié gedydon on ánre wéstre ceastre on Wírhealum; seó is Légaceaster geháten, 894; Th. i. 170, 171

Linked entry: healh

earning-land

(n.)
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The passage is: Ðá nam Ealdulf hit and sealde ðám ðe hé wolde tó earningclaude. Cf. the expression in the same charter: Wé wrítað him ðone croft . . . ðæt hé hæbbe hit swá rúm tó bóclonde, swá hé ǽr hæfde tó lǽnlonde, C. D. iii. 258, 27

fnæd

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D. in, 28: Hml. Th. ii. 160, 23. Heó hrepode his reáfes fnædu, 394, 12. Fnæda, Hml. 8, 31, 570. Sume heora fnada (fimbrias) gemiccliaþ, R. Ben. 135, 26. Add