tó-hlídan
To yawn, ⬩ gape, ⬩ open, ⬩ crack ⬩ split ⬩ asunder
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Tóhlád seó eorþe and wæs bymende fýr up of ðære eorþan flamma scisso terrae hiatu eructata, 4, 2; Swt. 160, 24: Lchdm. iii. 428, 3. Se beorg tóhlád eorðscræf egeslíc the hill yawned, an awful cave it grew, Andr. Kmbl. 3173; An. 1589.
liss
Mildness ⬩ lenity ⬩ mercy ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ grace ⬩ delight ⬩ joy
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Mildness, lenity, mercy, kindness, favour, grace, delight, joy Hé bæd ðæt Lazarus móste his tungan drýpan ac him næs getíðod ðære lytlan lisse he prayed that Lazarus might put a drop of water on his tongue; but that little favour was not granted to him
heals-fang
'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.' ⬩ embracing ⬩ to embrace
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The word occurs in the following passages Gif ceorl búton wífes wísdóme deóflum gelde hé síe ealra his ǽhtan scyldig and healsfange if a married man without his wife's knowledge sacrifice to idols let him be liable in all his possessions and his 'heals-fang
CRÆFT
power ⬩ might ⬩ strength as of body or externals ⬩ vis ⬩ robur ⬩ potentia ⬩ an art ⬩ skill ⬩ CRAFT ⬩ trade ⬩ work ⬩ ars ⬩ peritia ⬩ artificium ⬩ occupatio ⬩ opus ⬩ craft of mind, cunning, knowledge, science, talent, ability, faculty, excellence, virtue ⬩ astutia, machinatio, scientia, facultas, præstantia, virtus ⬩ a CRAFT ⬩ any kind of ship ⬩ navis qualiscunque
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His ágnes cræftes of his own strength Bt. 16, 2; Fox 54, 5. Þurh his cræftes miht by the might of his power Andr. Kmbl. 1170; An. 585; Elen. Kmbl. 1112; El. 558; Exon. 24b; Th. 70, 29; Cri. 1146.
be-rǽdan
to dispossess ⬩ betray
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Acitofel wolde berǽdan his rihtwísan hláford, Hml. S. 19, 214. Hú Boetius hí (the Goths) wolde berǽdan (cf. áferran, I ;F. 2, 19), Bt. tit. I ; F. x. 2. Birédnae (-raed*-*nae) prodimur, Txts. 89, 1661. with acc. of person and inst.
scrífan
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</b> add :-- Hí ná ne scrifan (hogodon, v. l. ) þéh hí eallinga hire sáwle ádwǽsctan, Gr. D. 73, 19
Frysa
A Frisian ⬩ Frīsius ⬩ Freso
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A Frisian; Frīsius, Freso Se Frysa hine gewráþ the Frisian bound him, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 19, 22: Chr. 897; Th. 176, 32, 33, Col. 2; 177, 32, 33. Sealde se ealdorman hine sumum Frysan of Lundene the alderman sold him to a Frisian of London, Homl.
nebb
a neb ⬩ nib ⬩ a beak ⬩ a beak-shaped thing ⬩ a nose ⬩ the gristle of the nose ⬩ the face ⬩ countenance
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Heó helode hire nebb ( vultum ), Gen. 38, 15 : Ex. 3, 6. Spǽte ðæt wíf on his nebb ( faciem ), Deut. 25, 9: Num. 12, 14. Ðá forceáw hé his ágene tungan and wearp hine on ðæt neb foran ( in os tyranni abjecit ), Bt. 16, 2; Bt. 52, 25.
un-friþ
absence of peace ⬩ hostilities ⬩ the state of being out of the king's peace
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Se cyng bæd Godwine eorl faran intó Cent mid unfriða, ac se eorl nolde ná geðwǽrian ðære infare, forþan him wæs láð tó ámyrrenne his ágenne folgað; 1048; Erl. 178, 8. For unfriðe on account of hostilities, L. N. P. L. 56; Th. ii. 298, 26.
for-weorþan
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L. 5, 13. (1 b) to come to a bad end :-- His geféran ealle forwurdon tó deáðe, Ap. Th. 11, 6. to perish, of death Ealle þá ðe sweord nymað, mid swurde hig forweorþað (-wurþað, v. l. peribunt ), Mt. 26, 52.
ge-treówian
to trust ⬩ confide ⬩ hope ⬩ to make a treaty ⬩ be confederate ⬩ to clear one's self
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Getreówod fæderatus, Cot. 85, Lye. to clear one's self Getriówie hine let him clear himself, L. Alf. 36; Th. i. 84, 15
Linked entries: ge-treówan ge-trúwian ge-trýwian treówian
treówan
to trust ⬩ to prove one's self true ⬩ to clear one's self of a charge of untrue conduct ⬩ to make firm and trusty
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Icel. tryggva to make firm and trusty Gif he (a person accused of plotting against his lord) hine selfne triówan wille, dó ðæt be cyninges wergelde, L. Alf. pol. 4; Th. i. 64, 2. Treówan, 33 ; Th. i. 82, 8 note. Trýwan, 19 ; Th. 1. 74, 7 note
GALGA
A gallows ⬩ gibbet ⬩ cross ⬩ arbor infēlix ⬩ patĭbŭlum ⬩ crux
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He of galgan his gǽst onsend he sent forth his soul from a gallows, Exon. 70 a; Th. 261, 4; Ju1. 310 : 72 b; Th. 271, 15; Jul. 482 : Beo. Th. 4883; B. 2446.
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BODIG
bigness or height of body, stature ⬩ statura ⬩ the trunk, chest or parts of the chest, as the back-bone ⬩ truncus corporis ⬩ the BODY ⬩ corpus
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Voc. 283, 26: spina, Cot. 177: 196. the BODY; corpus Ǽgðer ge his fét ge his heáfod ge eác eall ðæt bodig either his feet or his head or even all the body, Past. 35, 3; Hat. MS. 45 b, 12
tán
Having branches, spreading, used metaphorically of the offspring of a parent; cf. The use of branch in speaking of the members of a family
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The passage in Genesis is: And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation, 17, 20), Cd.
fore-þingian
To plead for anyone ⬩ intercede ⬩ defend ⬩ intercēdĕre ⬩ defendĕre
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To plead for anyone, intercede, defend; intercēdĕre, defendĕre Ic secge ðæt sió forespræc ne dýge, náuðer ne ðam scyldigan, ne ðam ðe him foreþingaþ I say that the defence does no good, neither to the guilty, nor to him who pleads for him, Bt. 38, 7;
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efen-þeówa
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Ðǽm hláforde is tó cýðanne ðæt hé ongiete ðæt hé is efnðeów his ðeówe ut cognoscant se conservos esse servorum, Past. 301, 20. Uncer efen*-*þeów wæs forworden, Hml. A. 207, 393. Ǽnne æfnþára his . . . se his efnþeúw . . .
be-hindan
Behind ⬩ post ⬩ pone
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Behind; post, pone He lét him behindan ciólas he left ships behind him Bt. Met. Fox 26, 45; Met. 26, 23. Ligeþ him behindan hefig hrusan dǽl behind it lies the heavy mass of earth 29, 106; Met. 29, 52.
folme
The hand ⬩ mănus
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The hand; mănus Worhte his folme foldan drige his hand made the dry land, Ps. Th. 94, 5. Forlét drenga sum daroþ fleógan of folman one of the warriors let fly a dart from his hand, Byrht. Th. 136, 12; By. 150.
gát-hyrde
A GOAT-HERD ⬩ caprārius
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A GOAT-HERD; caprārius Be gát-hyrde : gát-hyrde gebýreþ his heorde meolc ofer Martinus mæssedæg, and ǽr ðam his dǽl hwǽges, and anticcen of geáres geógoþe, gif he his heorde wel begýmeþ de caprario : caprārio convĕnt lac grĕgis sui post festum Sancti