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ge-ágnian

(v.)

to have as one's own, possess, occupy ⬩ to get ⬩ secure possession of, acquire ⬩ to adopt ⬩ to prove one's title to ⬩ secure by shewing title ⬩ to usurp

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wille . . . sylle þone ád ꝥ hit on his ǽhte geboren wǽre, Ll.

á-lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lǽnan, p. de (not ede).
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Th. i. 274, 2: ii. 102, 1. of land, to lease Hí ænlǽnað Ælfréde .XL. hída landes æfter ðǽre lǽna ðe Túnbryht ǽr álénde his yldran, C. D. v. 162, 24. Ðæt land eóde eft intó ðǽre stówe ðe hit út álǽned wæs, iv. 267, 6

a-fíndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fíndan, l. á-findan ; p. -fand, -funde; pl. -fundon; pp. -funden,
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Hí blissodon ꝥ hí swilcne foresprecan him áfunden hæfdon, 101. 317

for-standan

(v.)
Grammar
for-standan, fór-standan (l. for-).
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His freónda forspǽc forstent him eal þæt sylfe swylce hit sylf spǽce, Wlfst. 38, 16.

Linked entry: for-licgan

of-teón

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Ðonne him micles oftogen bið si multa sibi subtrahit, Past. 325, 15. add: with same government as Gif hié feoh habbað and his ðonne him oftióð . . . hié oftióð ðǽre láre ðǽm synfullum bróðrum, Past. 377, 2-5.

for-gildan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gildan, -gyldan, -gieldan, -geldan; he -gildeþ, -gilt; p. ic, he -geald, ðú -gulde, pl. -guldon; subj. pres. -gilde, pl. -gilden; p. -gulde, pl. -gulden; pp. -golden

To pay for ⬩ make good ⬩ repay ⬩ requite ⬩ recompense ⬩ reward ⬩ reddĕre ⬩ exsolvĕre ⬩ compensāre ⬩ retrĭbuĕre

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Forgildan hý hine be his were let them pay for him according to his value, L. Ath. i. 1; Th. i. 198, 24. Ðæt hine man forgulde that a man should pay for him. L. Ath. v. § 6, 3; Th. i. 234, 11: Ps. Th. 65, 13.

Linked entries: for-geldan for-gieldan

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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Gif hió sié cirlisc mid .lx. sciłł. gebéte . . . Gif hió sié xii-hyndu .cxx. sciłł. gebéte, 18; Th. i. 72, 15. Be twelfhyndes monnes wífe forlegenum. Gif mon hǽme mid twelfhyndes monnes wífe, hundtwelftig sciłł. gebéte ðam were . . .

Linked entry: six-hynde

on-innan

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Wel bið þám eorle þe him oninnan hafað rúme heortan, Alm. 1. Hit him oninnan cóm, Gen. 723. Burgum oninnan, B. 1968 : Jul. 691 : Gú. 1341: El. 1057

neádung

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Þæne deófollican unðeáw, ꝥ hé wile on his gebeórscipe þurh his hálsunge and ðurh his neádunge gedón, ꝥ óðre men nimað máre ðonne hit gemet sý, 145. 23

ge-þofta

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Manege geþoftan ic hæbbe, gyf hí mé hwæt secgað þæt hí selfe geséwen oððe gehýrdon, ic hys gelýfe eall swá wel swá ic hit self geséwe oððe gehýrde, Solil. H. 60, 33

luflíce

(adv.)
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Ðá munecas hit mǽndon lufelíce ( complained in courteous terms) tó him, Chr. 1083; P. 214, 18

ge-hírsumian

(v.)
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Hí hine hálsedon ꝥ hé gehýrsumode þæs engles wordum. Hml. A. 124, 263. Gif gé willað mínum bebodum gehýrsumian, Hml.

magister

Grammar
magister, l. mágister, and
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Hé sette him weorca mægestras (magistros operum), Ex. 1. 11. master as correlative of servant or man Hit is niédðearf ðæt mon his hláford ondrǽde, and se cneoht his mágister, Past. 109, 14. the owner or tamer of an animal Seó leó, deáh hió wel tam sé

wícnian

(v.)
Grammar
wícnian, p. ode
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Sum æðelboren cild heóld leóht ætforan his mýsan, and ongann módigian ðæt hit on swá wáclícum ðingum him wícnian sceolde, Homl. Th. ii. 170, 25

Linked entry: wíce

un-lybba

Grammar
un-lybba, <b>. I.</b> I
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Ðeáh ðe hí unlybban drincan, hit him ne derað si mortiferum quid biberint, non eos nocebit (Mk. 16, 18), Hml. Th. i. 304, 21. Add

un-treówlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-treówlíce, adv.

With bad faith ⬩ perfidiously

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Ac him Rómáne untreówlíce his forwierndon, and hit under ðæt ládedon for ðon ðe hé ǽr sige næfde, 5, 2; Swt. 216, 31

ælmes-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ælmes-líce, adv.

Charitably

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Charitably Fóe hé tó thaem londe and hit forgelde and thaet wiorth gedaele fore hiora gástas suae aelmeslíce and suae rehtlíce suae hé him seolfa on his wísdóme geleornie, C. D. i. 234, 34

MACIAN

(v.)
Grammar
MACIAN, p. ode

To MAKE ⬩ do ⬩ act

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Ðá befrán heó ðæt cild hú hit macode on eallum ðam fyrste then she asked the child what it had been doing in all the time, Homl. Th. i. 566, 20. Swá hé hit macode on his lífe such was his practice in his life, ii. 354, 24.

dype

(n.)
Grammar
dype, an; f: dýp, es; n.

Depth, the deep, sea ⬩ profundum, altĭtūdo, altum

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Teóh hit on dýpan duc in altum, Lk. Bos. 5, 4

witan

Grammar
witan, <b>. I</b> I.
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Hit is earfoð tó witane þára biscopa þe þǽr tó cómon, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 26. Add Hwylc man is þe his gewit wát. . . quis si sanum sapiat, Gr. D. 321, 14. Wíf ic lǽrde ꝥ hié heora weras lufedan and him ege tó wíston, Bl. H. 185, 23.

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