cwiddung
A saying, tale, report, speech ⬩ dictum, sermunculus
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Æt fræmdra monna cwiddunge from the report of strangers, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 25. Ná swilce he nyste manna cwyddunga be him not as though he knew not the sayings of men concerning him, Homl. Th. i. 366, 7
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drúsan
To sink, become low, slow, inactive, to DROWSE ⬩ cadĕre, lentum vel segnem esse
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He drúsende deáþ ne bisorgaþ he cares not for death when he becomes inactive [by age], Exon. 61 a; Th. 223, 31; Ph. 368: 52 b; Th. 184, 33; Gú. 1353
ég-land
Water-land, an island ⬩ insŭla
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Fox 1, 31; Met. l, 16
hefig-ness
Heaviness ⬩ slowness ⬩ weight ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction
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Heaviness, slowness, weight, grief, affliction Nán hæfignes ðæs líchoman ne mæg eallunga átión of his móde ða rihtwísnesse no heaviness of the body can altogether take away rectitude from his mind, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 29: 156, 12.
hwón-líc
Little ⬩ slight ⬩ small
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Little, slight, small Gif wé eów ða gástlícan sǽd sáwaþ hwónlíc biþ ðæt wé eówere flǽslícan þing rípon if we sow the spiritual seeds for you, it is a slight matter that we reap your fleshly goods, Homl.
mære
pure
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With this may be compared the following passage For his lícweorðan feó, ðæt is ii pund mérehwítes seolfres. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 255, 12
gield
A payment of money ⬩ recompense ⬩ substitute ⬩ offering ⬩ worship ⬩ service ⬩ a heathen deity
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A payment of money, recompense, substitute, offering, worship, service, a heathen deity Sáwlum to gielde for a recompense to their souls, Exon. 23 b; Th. 66, 30; Cri. 1079.
bige
A buying, exchange, commerce, traffic ⬩ emptio, permutatio, commercium, mercatus
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A buying, exchange, commerce, traffic; emptio, permutatio, commercium, mercatus Gif gebyrige ðæt for neóde heora hwilc wið úre bige habban wille, oððe we wið heora, mid yrfe and mid ǽhtum, ðæt is to þafianne if it happen that from necessity any of them
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ge-eáwan
To shew ⬩ manifest ⬩ bestow ⬩ ostendere ⬩ manifestare ⬩ præbere
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Th. 2392; B. 1194 : Exon. 60 b; Th. 221, 14; Ph. 334 : 66 b; Th. 246, 29; Jul. 69 : Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 12 : Elen. Grm. 102 : Elen. Kmbl. 1570; El. 787
ge-scildnes
Protection, defence, shielding ⬩ tuitio, tutamen, tutela, defensio
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For heora gescyldnysse ob eorum defensionem, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 4: 2, 5; S. 506, 30. Gescyldnysse protectionem, Ps, Spl. 17, 37. Giscildniss protectio, tuitio, defensio, Rtl. 17, 9: 62, 8: 145, 30
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sigel-beorht
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Fox 404 ; Men. 203. Bringþ sigelbeorhte dagas sumor tó túne, 175 ; Men. 89. bright as the sun Sitt sigelbeorht swegles brytta on heáhsetle ille sedens solio fulget sublimis in alto, Dóm. L. 117. [Icel. sól-bjartr.] Cf. sigel-torht
þunrian
To thunder
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Hit hwílum þunraþ, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 44, 34: Met. 28, 55. Seó menio sǽdon ðæt hyt þunrode ( tonitruum factum esse ), Jn. Skt. 12, 29. Þunerode of heofonum Drihten intonuit de coelo Dominus, Ps. Spl. T. 17, 15
un-drifen
Not driven
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For the fate of what was driven, cf. such a grant as the following : -- Ic cíðe eów ðæt Urk habbe his strand ... and eall ðæt tó his strande gedryuen hys, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 221, 5-8), L. Eth. ii. 2; Th. i. 284, 21
un-fǽhð
Absence of hostility
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Absence of hostility; the word refers to the abstention from the prosecuting of the feud, which under certain conditions it would be allowable for the kinsmen of a man to follow up Se ðe þeóf geféhð, hé áh .x. sciłł.... and ða mǽgas him swerian áðas
un-gesceádwísness
Unreasonableness ⬩ foolishness
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Bt. 36, 6; Fox 180, 31, 35. Hé lǽt his mód tóflówan on ðæet ofdele giémeliéste and ungesceádwísnesse æfter eallum his willum anima neglectam se inferius per desideria expandit, Past. 39; Swt. 283, 15
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un-gild
An improper or excessive tax
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An improper or excessive tax Hé ǽfre ðás leóde mid here and mid ungylde tyrwigende wæs, for ðan ðe on his dagan ǽlc riht áfeóll, and ǽlc unriht up árás, Chr. 1100; Erl. 236, 2.
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un-glæd
Dull ⬩ cheerless
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heó swá gemenged wyrð mid ðan ýðum, ðonne wyrþ heó swíþe hraðe ungladu, þeáh heó ǽr gladu wǽre on tó lócienne si mare volvens turbidus Auster misceat aestum, vitrea dudum, parque serenis unda diebus, mox, resoluto sordida coeno visibus obstat, Bt. 6; Fox
wíte-fæst
In slavery as a punishment for crime.
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In slavery as a punishment for crime.
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á-fúlian
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Áfúliendum líchaman hí for-wurdon. Gr. D. 207, 17. Áfúlud putrefactus , Scint. 85, 5. Wearð uncer wegnyst áfúlod. Hml. A. 205, 352. Áfúlodan, áfúlat tabida, putrefacta , Txts. 104, 1044. Add
bridel
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Ox. 2188. substitute for first instance and add: