hæft-noþ
Custody, keeping, imprisonment
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Ðǽr hé on hæftneþe wæs where he was imprisoned, 1101; Erl. 237. 40
brecþ
to break ⬩ A broken state, fracture, used figuratively of mental contrition, grief; ⬩ fractio, ærumna
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A broken state, fracture, used figuratively of mental contrition, grief; fractio, ærumna Ðæt wæs wrǽc micel wine Scyldinga, modes brecþa that was great wretchedness to the friend of the Scyldings, his mind's griefs, Beo. Th. 344; B. 171
of-licgan
to oppress, to hurt by lying upon
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to oppress, to hurt by lying upon Gif hwá on slǽpe his bearn oflicge ðæt hit deád wurðe si quis in somno infantem suum oppres-serit, et mortuus sit L. M. I. P. 41; Th. ii. 276, 10
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sperran
To strike ⬩ spar ⬩ to struggle ⬩ to struggle, resist
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To strike, spar Ðǽr eác cwóman hreáþemýs . . . and ða on úre ondwlitan sperdon and ús pulledon et uespertilionum uis ingens . . . in ora uultusque nostros ferebantur (the translator has read feriebant?), Nar. 15, 6.
Linked entry: spyrran
slǽp
A slippery, miry place
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Ǽrest of ðan ealdan slǽpe . . . tó ðan ealdan slǽpe ðǽr hit ǽr ongan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 112, 30-113, 3. On ocean slǽw (slǽp?), iii. 48. 19. Cf. slipor
ge-waran
inhabitants ⬩ dwellers ⬩ incolæ
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used as a termination to denote inhabitants, dwellers; incolæ Ða Rómániscan ceastergewaran noldon geþafian ðæt Gregorius ða burh forléte the Roman citizens would not consent that Gregory should leave the city, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 13. v. waran
þeóh-sceanca
A thigh-shank, ⬩ the upper part of the leg
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Ða hypbán ða earsenda mid ðǽm þeóhsconcum catacrinas, nates cum femoribus, Lchdm. i. lxxiv, 19
burh-scír
A city-boundary, city-liberty ⬩ urbis territorium
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A city-boundary, city-liberty; urbis territorium Ða yfelan leóda fíf burhscíra ðæs Sodomítisces eardes the evil people of the five city-boundaries of the Sodomitish land, Ælfc. T. 7, 20: Jos. 13; Thw. 152, 9: Cot. 148
strangness
strength ⬩ force, violence
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Spl. 58, 10. force, violence Of him is bodud Godes ríce and ealle on ðæt strangnysse wyrcaþ ex eo regnum Dei euangelizatur, et omnis in illud uim facit, Lk. Skt. 16, 16
hálsian
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Wlfst. 232, 12. of solemn appeal made in legal proceedings, to adjure Ic eów hálsige on Fæder noman . . . and fer ðaere hálgen faemnan naman, ꝥ gé tó ðǽm ordále ne gangen, gif gé scyld on eów witen, Rtl. 114, 14-22.
ge-weorþan
to be ⬩ be made ⬩ become ⬩ happen ⬩ fiĕri ⬩ To happen ⬩ come to pass ⬩ befall ⬩ come together ⬩ agree ⬩ be agreeable ⬩ contingĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ plăcēre
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Saga, hú ðæt gewurde say how that happened, Andr. Kmbl. 1115; An. 558: Exon. 11 a; Th. 15, 19; Cri. 238. Ðæt word wæs flǽsc geworden verbum căro factum est, Jn. Bos. 1, 14: Homl.
Linked entries: tó-wesness ge-wurþan ge-wyrþan
cyric-sceat
Church-scot, church-money, tax or rate
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Ðæt neád-gafol úres Drihtnes; ðæt sýn, úre teoðunga and cyric-sceattas the necessary tribute of our Lord; thatt In church-scet lx gallinas et semen frumenti ad tres acras, Chartul. de Glaston. MS. f. 38: L. In. 61; Th. i. 140, 12-14: L.
Linked entry: ciric-sceat
éfstan
To hasten, draw near, approach, make haste, be quick ⬩ festīnāre, propĕrāre, concurrĕre, appropinquāre, accelĕrāre
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Éfstaþ ðæt ge gangon þurh ðæt nearwe geat hasten that ye go through the narrow gate, Lk. Bos. 13, 24. Ðæt we to ðé mid ealre heortan éfston that we may hasten to thee with all our heart, Homl. Th. ii. 600, 3.
FEN
FEN ⬩ marsh ⬩ mud ⬩ dirt ⬩ pălus ⬩ lŭtum ⬩ līmus ⬩ sordes
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Hió wyrcþ ðæt fenn ðe man háteþ Meotedisc it forms the fen which is called Mæotis, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 15, 19. He underféhþ ðæt fenn ðara þweándra he receives the dirt of the washers, Past. 16, 5; Hat. MS. 21 b, 20.
mynetere
a moneyer ⬩ a money-changer ⬩ money-dealer ⬩ a minter ⬩ one who coins
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Ǽlc mynetere ðe man tihþ ðæt fals feoh slóge . . . gif hé fúl beó, sleá hine man, L. Eth. iii. 8; Th. i. 296, 12-15. Ða myneteras ðe inne wuda wyrcaþ oððe elles hwǽr ; ðæt ða bión heora feores scyldige, iii. 16; Th. i. 298, 13.
Linked entry: mynet-smiððe
weorold-líf
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Hé óþer líf má lufode ðonne ðæt woruldlíf, S. 638, 7
wǽpen
a weapon ⬩ membrum virile
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Hé ðæs beran ceaflas tótær búton ǽlcum wǽmne, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 16. Gif man wǽpn ábregde ðǽr mæn drincen, L.H.E. 13; Th. i. 32, 11.
Linked entries: wǽmn wǽpen-mann wǽpn wǽpned
lǽstan
to follow ⬩ attend ⬩ accompany ⬩ to do ⬩ perform ⬩ observe ⬩ carry out ⬩ execute ⬩ discharge ⬩ to continue ⬩ last
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[Ðætt]
losian
To perish ⬩ be lost ⬩ stray ⬩ escape
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Ealra ðæra sáwla ðe þurh ðæt losiaþ all the souls that perish through that, L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 328, 37. Ðæt sǽd ðe feóll be ðam wege mid twýfealdre dare losode [perished], Homl. Th. ii. 90, 14.
Linked entry: lorian
eorþ-burh
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Of ðǽre díc besúþan ðǽre eorðbyrg, vi. 129, 21. Ðone wudu æt ðǽre eorðbyrig, iii. 4, 11. Anlang hrycges tó ðǽre eorðburh middeweardre, 411, 23. On lythlan eorðbeorg; of ðǽre byrig, 48, 26. Dele 'or burying-place; humatio,' and add: