býgan
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To bow, bend, turn, turn back, bow down, humble, abase; flectere, inflectere, incurvare, retorquere, deflectere, humiliare Býgdest ðú ðé fór hæleðum thou bowedst thyself before men, Exon. 100a; Th. 376, 11; Seel. 153.
drihtin-beáh
A lord-ring or money paid for slaying a freeman. In the laws of Edward the Confessor it is called Manbóte
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A lord-ring or money paid for slaying a freeman.
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freme
Advantage ⬩ profit ⬩ benefit ⬩ good ⬩ commŏdum ⬩ quæstus ⬩ emŏlŭmentum ⬩ bŏnum
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Ðú us unfreóndlíce fremena þancast thou thankest us unkindly for our benefits, Cd. 128; Th. 162, 31; Gen. 2689: 89; Th. 110, 24; Gen. 1843: 135; Th. 170, 27; Gen. 2819.
ful
Full ⬩ filled ⬩ complete ⬩ entire ⬩ plēnus
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Ðá beád Swegen ful gyld and metsunge to his here ðone winter Sweyn then commanded full tribute and provisions for his army during the winter, Chr. 1013; Erl. 149, 24
ísern
Iron
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Iron, made of iron Hé him tǽhte ðæt hé him genáme áne íserne hearstepannan and sette betweoh hine and ða burg for íserne weall et tu sume tibi sartaginem ferream, et pones eum murum ferreum inter te et inter civitatem, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 161, 7 : Cd.
leác-tric
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Ðá geseah heó ǽnne leáhtric ðá lyste hí ðæs and hine genam and forgeat ðæt heó hine mid Cristes ródetácne gebletsode then she saw a lettuce and had a longing for it, and took it and forgot to bless it with the sign of the cross, iii. 336, col. 1.
Linked entry: cærse
leóhtmód-ness
levity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ inconstancy
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For hira leóhtmódnesse levitate cogitationum, 42, 1; Swt. 305, 17
Linked entry: leóht-mód
lust-bǽre
desirous ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ agreeable
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Wǽron lustbǽre for ðone leófan drihten wíta tó þrowienne, Homl. Skt. 4, 116. Ðás word sind lustbǽre tó gehýrenne these words are pleasant to hear, Homl. Th. i. 130, 16
mægen-spéd
Abundance of strength ⬩ strength ⬩ power ⬩ virtue
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Hé mec for miltsum and mægenspédum nǽfre wille án forlǽtan on account of his mercy and his might he will never forsake me, 42 a; Th. 140, 17; Gú. 611: Andr. Kmbl. 2572; An. 1287. Mín múþ sægeþ ðíne mægenspéde os meum pronuntiabit justitiam tuam, Ps.
máðum-hús
A treasure-house ⬩ treasury
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Ðá fór Julius and ábræc hiera máðmhús ( ærarium ), Ors. 5, 12; Swt. 240, 15
niþerung
a bringing low ⬩ humiliation ⬩ overthrow ⬩ damnation ⬩ condemnation
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For ðæs dæges nyþerunge ad damnationem diei, L. Ecg. P. add. 22; Th. ii. 236, 4 : Bd. 5, 14; S. 635, 2
earfoþ-líce
With difficulty, reluctantly, sorely, hardly ⬩ diffĭcĭle, invīte, ægre
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Se ellen-gǽst earfoþlíce þrage geþolode the potent ghost reluctantly endured for a time, Beo. Th. 173; B. 86: Exon. 98 a; Th. 369, 8; Seel. 38. Ðá wæs gegongen earfoþlíce then it befel sorely, Beo. Th. 5636; B. 2822: Andr. Kmbl. 1028; An. 514.
gifl
Food ⬩ meat ⬩ piece of food
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Ðú wyrma gifl thou food for worms, 98 b; Th. 368, 16; Seel. 22. Hí ðæt gyfl þégun they ate that food, 61 b; Th. 226, 24; Ph. 410: 45 a; Th. 153, 8; Gú. 822.
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sealf
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For hwí wæs ðisse sealfe forspillednes? Ðeós sealf mihte beón geseald, Mk. Skt. 14, 4, 5: Jn. Skt. 12, 3, 5. Wyrc tó salfe (sealfe, MSS. H. B.), Lchdm. i. 110, 18. Sealfe fotu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 74. Lǽcedómnessa oððe sealfe cataplasma, 18, 31
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be-swíc
Deceit, a deceiving, treachery ⬩ fraus, deceptio, dolus = δόλos
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Ða woruldwélan synt gesceapene to bíswíce monnum worldly riches are created for a snare to men, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 3
ge-lífan
To believe ⬩ trust ⬩ crēdĕre ⬩ confīdĕre
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Se ðe him to ðam hálgan helpe gelífeþ, he ðǽr gearo findeþ he who trusteth himself to the holy one for help, he findeth it there readily, Wald. 111; Vald. 2, 27.
sinc-þegu
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Acceptance of treasure the gift of a lord Sceal sincþego and sweordgifu eówrum cynne álicgean . . . syððan æðelingas gefricgean eówerne dómleásne dǽd for your kin shall receiving a lord's costly present and gift of sword be no more . . . after
þrág-bisig
Occupied for a time(?) ⬩ periodically employed(?)
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Occupied for a time(?), periodically employed(?) Ic sceal þrágbysig þegne mínnm hýran georne, Exon. Th. 387, 6; Rä. 5, 1.
under-þeódness
Subjection ⬩ submission
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Subjection, submission For yrmþo ðære underþeódnysse ob aerumnam subjectionis, Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 41. Wite hé ðæt hé míne eáðmódra beón sceal on regoles underðeódnysse sciens se multo magis discipline regulari subditum, R. Ben. 112, 1.
un-tǽle
Blameless ⬩ without reproach
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Heó hæfð twá ðing untǽle for Gode, sinscipe and eádmódnysse, Homl. Ass. 40, 399