FREÁ
A lord ⬩ master ⬩ the Lord ⬩ dŏmĭnus
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He ðone wísan wordum hnǽgde freán Ingwina he addressed with words the wise lord of the Ingwines, 2642; B. 1319. Gúþ nimeþ freán eówerne war shall take away your lord, 5068; B. 2537.
Linked entries: ágend-freán freó friá frigea
irnan
To run
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Ǽspringe irneþ wið his eardes, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 29; Met. 5, 15. Hé arn him sylf tó his hrýðera falde ipse ad armentum cucurrit, Gen. 18, 7. Ðonne orn hé eft inn tó ðæm temple ad templum recurrit, Past. 16, 3 ; Swt. 103, 4.
be-tǽcan
to shew ⬩ ostendere ⬩ to BETAKE, impart, deliver, commit, put in trust ⬩ impertire, adsignare, tradere, commendare ⬩ to send, follow, pursue ⬩ mittere, insequi, amandare
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Mid swiftum húndum ic betǽce wildeór with swift hounds I pursue wild beasts; cum velocibus canibus insequor feras Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 27. Ic betǽce fram me amando, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 35
Linked entries: eft-betǽht be-tǽhte be-táht be-táhten
cirran
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Þá hí tó sǽ cóman, þá hét hí man cyrran, Chr. 1094; P. 229, 22. (2 a) with reflex. dat. :-- Hé forlét þá fyrde and cyrde him eft tó Lundene, Chr. 1016; P. 147, 12. of change in conduct, to turn, reform Hí geeácniað heora wíta, gif hí ǽr ende ne cyrrað
clǽne
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Habban eágan clǽne and hlúttre, Bt. 42; F. 256, 13. free from impropriety Wið clǽnum legere if the death had not been a violent one (it was by drowning), Cht. Th. 206, 30. Þá clǽnan þénunga lauta munia, Wrt.
cirlisc
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Add: in a technical sense, of the 'ceorl' class or rank Gif mon hǽme mid twelfhyndes monnes wífe, hundtwelftig sciłł. gebéte þám were. Syxhyndum men hundteóntig sciłł. gebéte. Cierliscum (ceorl-, cyrl-, v. ll.) men feówertig sciłł. gebéte.
fædera
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Þá twégen Scipian gefuhton wið Hasterbale, Hannibales fædran and hiene ofslógon Scipiones Asdrubalem bello oppresserunt, Ors. 4, 9; S. 192, 19.
féþa
a footman ⬩ a foot-soldier ⬩ troops ⬩ infantry
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Ic mid þínum wǽpnum getrymed on þínum féþan fæste stande armed with thy weapons I will stand fast in thine army, Bl. H. 225, 34; Jul. 389. Féðan aciem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 15.
ge-metfæst
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Se wísdóm gedéþ his lufiendas wíse and wære and gemetfæste, 27, 2; F. 98, l
Linked entry: ge-metfæstlíce
ge-sciftan
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Take here <b>ge-scyftan</b> in Dict. to assign, appoint, ordain Is lencten ús eallum tó dǽdbóte gescyft, þæt wé on þám fæce . . . wið God gebétan . . . Wlfst. 102, 17.
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hlúd
noisy ⬩ talkative ⬩ clamorous ⬩ a blow ⬩ a crash
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Th. 64, 7. of material or instrument with which sound is made Þǽr bið hlúd wudu, Rä. 4, 24. Hlúdum argutis (fidibus) An. Ox. 8, 309.
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samnunga
All at once, on a sudden, suddenly, forthwith, immediately ⬩ continuo, subito, repente
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Ðá geseah hé semninga (subito) mon wið his gangan, 2, 12 ; S. 513, 34. Hit semninga (subito) on ús rǽsde, Nar. 15, 19, 11. Ðá cómon semninga twegen englas. Blickl. Homl. 221, 27:Exon. Th. 257, 5; Jul. 242: Beo. Th. 3284; B. 1640.
Linked entries: samlinga semnend-lic semninga
tó-faran
to go in different directions, ⬩ go off separately, ⬩ part ⬩ to disperse (intrans.) ⬩ scatter ⬩ to go away, ⬩ pass off, ⬩ depart, ⬩ become extinct.
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Syle drincan on wíne, eal ðæt áttor tófærþ, 122, 18. The folk . . . shall tofare on every clyve, Anglia iii. 546, 146. [O. Sax. te-faran to disperse; to pass away: O. L. Ger. te-faran deficere: O. H.
seomian
To rest ⬩ to remain suspended ⬩ to hang ⬩ to lower as a cloud ⬩ to remain supported ⬩ to lie so as to press ⬩ lie heavily ⬩ lie securely
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Seomaþ (-ad, MS.) wír ymbe ðone wælgim. 400, 19; Rä. 21, 3. Seomaþ sorgcearig lies troubled, 285, 4; Jul. 709. Hé siomode in sorgum seofon nihta fyrst, Elen. Kmbl. 1384; El. 694. Flota stille bád, seomode on sole scip, Beo. Th. 609; B. 302.
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þeód-scipe
A people
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Wið þeódscipe Assiriæ, 15, 11; Gen. 231. Hí nimaþ úre land and úrne þeódscipe (gentem)Jn. Skt. 11, 48: Guthl. 12; Gdwin. 58, 11. Hét se cyng ábannan út ealne þeódscipe, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 25.
Linked entries: leód-scipe þeód-scipe
ge-edlǽcan
To repeat ⬩ to repeat, recur ⬩ to persist in a statement
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I. 51, 3. with dat. :-- Se man ðe wile his synna . . . gebétan, þonne mót hé geornlíce warnian ꝥ hé eft ðám yfelum dǽdum ne geedlǽce, Hml. Th. ii. 602, 24: Hml.
cyre-líf
A choice of life, where on decease of a lord, the cultivators choose a lord for themselves; optio vitæ, ubi, mortuo domino, villani sibi dominum eligunt
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choose whatever lord they will, Cod.
drohtnian
To converse, dwell or keep company with, pass life, live ⬩ versāri, conversāri, dēgĕre, vitam ăgĕre
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Ðæt mid Suna Meotudes drohtigen dæghwamlíce that ye converse daily with the Son of God, Andr. Kmbl. 1363; An. 682
geótan
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S. 29, 181. intrans. to pour with a liquid Hí teárum geótað, Cri. 1567. to pour, flow, gush, of the (violent) motion of a liquid (lit. or fig. ) Léton geótan háte streámas, Ruin. 43.
hyngrian
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H. 159, 17. with dat. Gif ðínum fýnd hingrige, féd hine, Hml. S. 21, 375