freoðo-wǽr
A covenant of peace ⬩ an agreement ⬩ compact ⬩ pācis fœdus ⬩ pactum
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A covenant of peace, an agreement, compact; pācis fœdus, pactum Wæs seó eorla gedriht ánes módes, fæstum fæðmum freoðowǽre heóld the host of men was of one mind, held the covenant of peace in their firm breasts, Cd. 158; Th. 197, 13; Exod. 306. Hí onféngon
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frymetling
A youngling ⬩ young cow ⬩ jŭvenca
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A youngling, young cow; jŭvenca Cúhyrde gebýreþ ðæt he hæbbe ealdre cú meolc, vii niht syððan heó nige cealfod hæfþ, and frymetlinge býstinge xiv niht it belongs to a cowherd that he have the milk of an old cow, seven nights after she has newly calved
lǽce-cræftig
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Skilled in medicine Arestolobius wæs háten án cing hé wæs wís and lǽcecræftig hé ðá gesette forðon gódne morgendrænc wið eallum untrymnessum ðe mannes líchoman iond styriaþ there was a king named Arestolobius, he was wise and skilled in medicine, for
lǽlan
to be bruised
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to become black and blue with blows, to be bruised Geseoh nú seolfes swæðe swá ðín swát ágeát blódige stíge líc lǽlan see now thy track, where thy blood hath poured forth, a bloody path, see thy body bruised, Andr. Kmbl. 2884; An. 1445. Kemble and Grimm
læt-byrd
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A lateor slow birth Se wífman se hire cild áfédan ne mæg gange tó gewitenes mannes birgenne ... and cweþe ðás word ðis mé tó bóte ðære láþan lætbyrde let the woman who cannot nourish her [unborn] child go to the grave of a dead man ... and say these
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máðum-ǽht
A costly possession ⬩ valuable ⬩ treasure
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A costly possession, valuable, treasure Ne nom hé máðmǽhta má, ðeáh hé monige geseah, búton ðone hafelan and ða hilt somod since fáge more things of price he took not, though many he saw, than the head and the hilt gay with gold, Beo. Th. 3230; B. 1613
óþ-healdan
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to withhold, keep back Gif hwelc folc biþ mid hungre geswenced, and hwá his hwiǽte gehýt and óþhielt hú ne wilt hé ðonne hiera deáþes si populos fames atlereret, et occulta frumenta ipsi servarent, auctores proculdubio mortis existerent, Past. 49, 1;
ge-hámian
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Substitute: To settle a person in a home (v. hám; II 1 b.), to obtain domicile for a person Aldréd ... hine gihámadi mið ðǽm ðriim dǽlum ... and æhtu óra seulfres mið tó inláde Aldred obtained domicile for himself (became a member of the Lindisfarne
be-sengan
To singe, scorch, burn ⬩ ustulare, urere, æstuare
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To singe, scorch, burn; ustulare, urere, æstuare Beren ear beseng singe a barley ear, L. M. 1, 51; Lchdm. ii. 124, 18. Óðra wéron forberned oððe besenged [MS. besenced] alia æstuaverunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 6. Hí besáwon on ða besengdan burh and on ða
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be-werian
To defend restrain ⬩ defendere, prohibere, tueri
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To defend restrain; defendere, prohibere, tueri Bisceopas godcunde heorda bewarian and bewerian sceolon bishops ought to guard and defend [tueri debent] their spiritual flocks, L. C. E. 26; Wilk. 133, 22; Th. i. 374, 25. Bewerede coercuit, Cot. 56. Bewered
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ge-efnan
To do ⬩ perform ⬩ carry out ⬩ sustain
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To do, perform, carry out, sustain Eft, geblóweþ and geefneþ swá óþ ðæt ǽfen cymeþ it blows again, and does so until even comes, Ps. Th. 86, 6. Hió geefenede swá she did so, Elen. Kmbl. 2028; El. 1015. Hwá gedéþ ǽfre, ðæt he ðæt geefne quis sustinebit
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ge-gada
A fellow-traveller ⬩ a companion ⬩ associate ⬩ comes ⬩ complex ⬩ conspirans
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A fellow-traveller, a companion, associate; comes, complex, conspirans,Ælfc. Gl. 86; Sons. 74, 27, 28. He feóll ðá adún and ealle his gegadan into helle wíte he fell down then and all his companions into hell torment, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 59, 93, 87. Afeóll
tǽlende
prone to blame, censorious ⬩ slanderous, backbiting
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(ptcpl.) prone to blame, censorious Ne beó hé tó tǽlende, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 17: Exon. Th. 305, 18; Fä. 90. Cf. Uton beorgan ús wið tǽlnysse and wið twysprǽcnysse caveamus nobis a vituperatione et a biloquio, L. Ecg. P. iv. 66; Th. ii. 226, 31
þrece
Force ⬩ oppression ⬩ the result of oppression ⬩ weariness ⬩ exhaustion
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Force, oppression; the result of oppression, weariness, exhaustion Ðǽr synt tó sorge ætsomne gemenged se þrosma (þrosmiga. Wulfst, 138, 26) líg and se þrece gicela there to their sorrow are mingled together the stifling flame and the violence of cold
þyrre
dry ⬩ lacking water ⬩ lacking sap or moisture ⬩ dry
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dry, lacking water On þyrran mæræ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 117, 5. lacking sap or moisture Þornas þyre (þyrre? but cf. O. L. Ger. thiori holt), Ps. Th. 117, 12. as a medical term, dry Hine dreceþ þyrre hwósta, Lchdm. ii. 264, 13. Eallum þyrrum líchomum
un-treówlíce
With bad faith ⬩ perfidiously
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With bad faith, perfidiously Agothocles gedyde untreówlíce wið hiene, ðæt hé hiene on his wárum beswác and ofslóg per Agathoclem insidiis circumventus, occisus est, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 170, 9. Ðá bæd hé ðæt mon dyde beforan him ðone triumphan. Ac him Rómáne
weorþfulness
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Nobleness, magnificence Gesceáwode se án engel ðe ðǽr ǽnlícost wæs, hú fæger hé silf wæs, and hú scínende on wuldre, and him wel gelícode his wurðfulniss, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 34. For swá miceles freólses wurþfulnesse ob tante festivitatis honori-ficentiam
wócor
Increase ⬩ fruit ⬩ offspring
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Increase, fruit, offspring Sceal fæsl wesan cwiclifigendra cynna gehwilces on ðæt wudufæsten, wócor gelæded eorðan túdres, Cd. Th. 79, 17 ; Gen. 1312. Féd feora wócre, 81, 9 ; Gen. 1342. Ða gemunde God sunu Larneches, and ealle ða wócre ðe hé wið wætre
bell-tíd
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A canonical hour marked by the ringing of a bell (v. preceding word, bel-hringes beácn, and Ll. Th. ii. 346, 29 given under belle) Singuli servorum Dei xxx diebus canonicis horis expleto synaxeos æt vii beltídum Pater Noster pro eo cantetur ( the English
cnotta
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Add: a knot, fastening Hét hé þone wer gebindan and ǽnne mæssepreóst . . . mid heardum cnottum samod, Hml. S. 29, 214. Unbindan þá fæstan cnottan synna, 10, 47. Hé unhand þá rápas and þá cnottan þára bænda, Gr. D. 165, 4. a knotty point, difficulty