teóða
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Alf. 38; Th. i. 52, 31. (2 a) used substantively, a tithe :-- 'Ic ðé wille gesyllan míne teóðan (decimas )' . . . Gif wé úre teóðan gesyllan nyllaþ, ús ða nygon dǽlas biþ ætbrǽdene, and se teóða án ús biþ tó láf[e], L.
þweál
washing ⬩ what is used in washing ⬩ ointment
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[Forhabbe hé hyne wyð ǽlc þweald, Lchdm. iii. 134, 25.] what is used in washing, ointment. (Cf. Icel. þvál a kind of soap, þvæla to wash with soap: Swed. twål hard soap.) Similar entries v. þweán, II Pund ðuahles librum ungenti, Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 3
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ge-warenian
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Th. ii. 326, 42. used reflexively, to be on one's guard, take heed Hí swícað þám preóste búton hé hine gewarnige, Angl. viii. 333, 2. Ic eów warnige ... ꝥ gé eów gewarnion, and geornlíce gýmon hwǽr se móna beó, 329, 20. <b>II a.
úte-weard
Outward ⬩ extreme ⬩ on the outside of ⬩ at the extremity of ⬩ the outward part ⬩ extremity
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Outward, extreme; may sometimes be translated on the outside of, at the extremity of, the noun to which it refers; sometimes is used substantively, the outward part, extremity Úteweard (dǽl) crepido, Wrt. Voc, i. 34, 27.
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wæccan
To watch ⬩ wake
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To watch, wake; except in the Northern specimens the verb seems to occur only in the present participle, wacian (q.v.) being used elsewhere Wæccaþ (-as, Lind.) gé vigilate, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 24, 42. Wæcceþ (wæcas, Lind.), 26, 41. Wæccas, Mk. Skt.
gærsum
treasure ⬩ an article of value ⬩ treasures
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. ¶ the word translates munus, though this is used in the sense of office, service Fram ǽlcere gærsuman woruldlicra brúcunga unmǽne ab omni munere secularium functionum immunes, C. D. B. i. 154, 15
treówian
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On ealdor-inen tó treówianne sperare in principibus, 9. to be true to a person Dóþ swá ic háte ic eów treówige gif gé ðæt tácen gegáþ sóð geleáfan do as I bid; I will be true (or gracious, v. treów, ) to you, if you use that sign (circumcision), true
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swǽs
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Th. 90, 29 ; Cri. 1481. the word, which occurs rarely in prose (see, however, the first passage cited), is used mostly in reference to the connection that belongs to relationship by blood or by marriage, or to dear companionship, and so often has the
hróf
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</b> used of the covering of a pit where some one is hiding :-- Hrófes tecta et tigilli (cisternae latebram . . . quae lymphis vacua praestabat tecta tigilli, Ald. 1648), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 40. <b>I b.
FLOTA
a ship ⬩ vessel ⬩ fleet ⬩ nāvis ⬩ classis ⬩ a sailor ⬩ pirate ⬩ nauta ⬩ pīrāta
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Lǽt nú geferian flotan úserne to lande let our ship now go to land, Andr. Kmbl. 794; An. 397: Beo. Th. 594; B. 294. a sailor, pirate; nauta, pīrāta Flota mōdgade the sailor proudly moved, Cd. 160; Th. 198, 32; Exod. 331.
lah-slit
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According to its component parts the word means a breach or violation of the law; in the Laws however it is applied to the fuse payable for the breach, and is used only with reference to the Danes, the corresponding term among the English being wíte
seóc
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¶ used as a noun þurh his hrepunge beóþ gestrangode ða unstrangan seócan, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 54. of moral disease Hǽðne wǽron begen, synnum seóce, Exon. Th. 246, 21; Jul. 65.
þignen
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Th. ii. 478, 10. used with the meaning of byrþ-þignen, a mid-wife Se cyning cwæþ tó ðám þínenum ðe ðám Ebréiscean wífun þénodon ( obstetricibus Hebraeorum) ...
warian
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Mótan ða hyrdas beón swíðe wacole, ðe wið ðone þeódscaðan folc sculon warian, Wulfst. 191, 13. used reflexively, to be on one's guard, guard against evil Forlǽaþ ðone ǽnne beám, wariaþ inc wið ðone wæstm, Cd. Th. 15, 20; Gen. 236.
for-þencan
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Substitute: To despise; used reflexively, to despise one's self, to despair; pp. for-þóht desperate, in despair Þú eart fulneáh forþóht. Ac ic nolde ꝥ þú þé forþóhte ... for ðǽm sé sé ðe hine forþencð, sé bið ormód thou art wellnigh desperate.
ge-défe
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In the metrical Psalms it is used as a favourable epithet of indefinite meaning Ealle þe . . . his gedéfne weg lustum gangað omnes . . . qui ambulant in viis ejus, Ps. Th. 127, 1.
hol
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Holo, p. 6, 12. a den used to keep animals in Hola cabearum (patefactis cavearum clustellis. Ald. 49, 3), An. Ox. 3560. an aperture passing through anything; a pore Hol spiramentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 6
mann
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S. 25, 175. used explicitly as a designation applicable to either sex Nis nán wífhádes mann hire gelíca, Hml. Th. ii. 10, 12. Se man sé þe [ne] mæge bearn áfédan, nime þonne . . . meoluc on hyre handæ, Lch. iii. 68, 12.
ranc
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Proud, haughty, arrogant, insolent; the word remains with a somewhat different meaning in rank, used of coarse but fertile growth Gif ǽnig man hæbbe módigne sunu and rancne ( protervum ) ðe nelle híran his fæder and his méder, Deut. 21, 18.
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gift
a gift; as a technical term ⬩ the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ nuptiæ
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That matrimony in the olden times was a bargain may be seen by the words used in connection with it, e.g. gebycgan, in the passage above; see also ge-ceápian, ceáp. For an account of such a bargaining see Njál Saga, c. 2.