híd
familia
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Th. i. 144, 5, 8. where status is fixed by the number of hides: Gif né he geþeó búton tó healfre híde, þonne sí his wer lxxx scill, Ll. Th. i. 188, 1.
hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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Be ðám se Hǽlend clypað, 'Warniað þæt eówere heortan ne sýn ofersýmede (grauentur) mid oferfylle,' R. Ben. 63, 21
ge-gaderian
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Ðes middangeard wæs of mistlicum ðingum gegaderod, and swíþe fæste tósomne gelímed; nǽren hí gegaderode and gerádode swá wiþerwearda gesceafta, ðonne ne wurdon hé ne geworhte ne gegaderode, 35, 2; F. 156, 33-37.
sunne
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Ðá (at the creation) wæs seó sunne seofon síðum beorhtre ðonne heó nú is, Shrn. 64, 19. Seó sunne (sunna, Lind.) byþ forsworcen, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 29. On sumera sunne scíneþ, Cd. Th. 233, 16; Dan. 276. Dæge sunnan die sabbati, Lk. Skt. Lind. 4, 16.
sceaft
A smooth, round, straight stick or pole, a shaft ⬩ the shaft of a spear ⬩ a spear ⬩ the shaft of an arrow ⬩ a pole ⬩ a taper
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Hig bǽron lange sceaftas, and ne cóman hig ná tó feohtanne, ac ðæt hig woldan mid hlóþe geniman, Shrn. 38, 9. the shaft of an arrow Sceaft feðergearwum fús, Beo. Th. 6228; B. 3118.
wǽpen
a weapon ⬩ membrum virile
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Ðeáh ðe hí wǽpen ne beran quamvis arma non ferant, Bd. 2, 2; S. 504, 3. Hé ða gástlícan wǽpnu ne mæg áberan, Basil admn. 2; Norm. 36, 27. membrum virile Teors veretrum, teors, ðæt wǽpen vel lim calamus, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 56.
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frignan
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 54.
to ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ to ask a question, ⬩ to ask about, after, ⬩ to ask ⬩ to ask a person a question ⬩ to ask a person about something, ⬩ to ask information of or from a person,
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Þú mé frignest þæs þe ic ǽr ǽngum ne wolde melda weorðan, Gü. 1201. Ne frign ðú unc nóhtes má, Nar. 32, 5. Grammar frignan, with prep. Wé æfter ferscum wætre hié frinon, Nar. II, 22. Tó fregnanne (frægu-.
Cyménes óra
Cymen's shore, near Wittering, Sussex ⬩ Cymēni lītus, qui ibi naves ad terrain appulit. Nunc nomen amisit, sed fuisse prope Wittering, in agro Sussexiensi, Charta Donatiònis quam Cedwalla Rex Ecclesiæ Selsiensi fecit, planissĭme convincit
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Dipl. 992] has marked as spurious, but which was no doubt constructed with a regard for probability. In this Charter [Cod. Dipl. 992; A.
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cyric-sceat
Church-scot, church-money, tax or rate
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If any one do not perform that, let him forfeit sixty shillings, and give the church-scot twelvefold, L. In. 4; Th. i. 104, 8-11.
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DRÉFAN
To disturb, agitate, disquiet, vex, trouble ⬩ commovēre, turbāre, conturbāre, tribulāre, contristāre
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Ne lagu dréfde it disturbed not the water, Exon. 106 a; Th. 404, 31; Rä. 23, 16. Ðæt ðú lagu dréfde that thou mightest disturb the water, Exon. 123 a; Th. 473, 26; Bo. 20.
EÁCA
An addition, EEKING, increase, usury, advantage ⬩ additāmentum
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Ne gehéne ðú hine mid ðý eácan oppress him not with the usury, L.
folgere
aFOLLOWER ⬩ attendant ⬩ disciple ⬩ assecla ⬩ pĕdĭsĕquus ⬩ assectātor
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Grn. ii. 293, 35. one of a class of freemen who has no dwelling of his own, but is the follower or retainer of another, for whom he performs certain agricultural services; folgārius, ūnus ex lībĕrōrum ordĭne qui ălĭcūjus clientēlæ vel servĭtio sese addīcit
FÓÐER
food ⬩ food for cattle ⬩ fodder ⬩ ălĭmentum ⬩ jūmenti pābŭlum ⬩ that in which food is carried ⬩ a basket ⬩ cophĭnus ⬩ κόφĭνos ⬩ that in which food for cattle is carried ⬩ a cart ⬩ cart-load ⬩ vĕhes ⬩ plaustrum ⬩ nunc massa vel vŏlūmen plumbi
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food, food for cattle, fodder; ălĭmentum, jūmenti pābŭlum Fóðres ne gítsaþ it is not desirous of food, Exon. 114 b; Th. 440, 1; Rä. 59, 11. Twentig púnd-wǽga fóðres twenty pounds weight of fodder, L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 20.
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hunig
Honey
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Tó ðam lande ðe eall fléwþ on riðum meolce and hunies ... of ðam lande ðe weóll meolce and hunie in terram, quæ fluit rivis lactis et mellis ... de terra, quæ lacte et melle manabat, Num. 16, 14, 13.
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lǽððu
An injury ⬩ offence ⬩ hatred ⬩ enmity ⬩ malice
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Ðæt is ðonne ðæt ǽrest ðæt man tó óðrum lǽððe hæbbe now first it is murder, that a man hate another, Blickl. Homl. 63, 36. Ne dóm ic ðé laæðo non facio tibi injuriam, Mt. Kimbl. Lind. 20, 13.
láreów
A teacher ⬩ master ⬩ preacher
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Wé cildra biddaþ ðé eálá Láreów ðæt ðú tǽce ús sprecan nos pueri rogamus te, Magister, ut doceas nos loqui, Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 1. Ne gyrne gé ðæt eów man Láreówas nemne án ys eówer Láreów nolite vocari Rabbi: unus enim est Magister vester, Mt.
lof
Praise ⬩ glory ⬩ hymn
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Wé herigaþ hira cræftas and ðeáh nyllaþ hí habban forðæm wé hiera nabbaþ nán lof we praise their arts, and yet do not wish to have them, for we get no credit from them, Past. 34, 2; Swt. 231, 8.
mynetere
a moneyer ⬩ a money-changer ⬩ money-dealer ⬩ a minter ⬩ one who coins
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Nán man ne mynetege bútan on porte. And gif se mynetere fúl wurþe, sleá man of ða hand ðe hé ðæt fúl mid worhte, and sette upp on ða mynetsmiððan . . . On Cantwara byrig . vii. myneteras, L. Ath. i. 14; Th. i. 206, 17-26.
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pæþ
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Ne mihton forhabban helpendra paþ merestreámes mód ( they could not stop the course of the rushing water ), Cd. Th. 208, 23 ; Exod. 487. Gerece mé on rihtne pæþ ( semitam ), Ps. Th. 26, 13. Lǽr me ðíne paþas ( semitas ), 24, 3: Ps. Spl. 8, 8: Homl.
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ge-lícnes
a likeness ⬩ image ⬩ resemblance ⬩ similitudo ⬩ imago ⬩ a parable ⬩ proverb ⬩ parabola ⬩ proverbium
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In the soul, not in the body, Homl. Th. i. 288, 11-17. He worhte of seolfre ǽnne heáhne stýpel on stánweorces gelícnysse he wrought a high tower of silver in the form of stone-work, H. R. 99, 23.