gyltig
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Se bróðor, sé þe giltig ámeldod bið þám abbode þurh óðerne man and nó þurh hine selfne, R. Ben. 71, 13. Gif heora hwilc mid deófles costnunge beswicen for Gode oþþe for worulde gyltig biþ, Lch. iii. 442, 35.
hæftling
A captive
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Ðá áxode se ealdorman ðone hæftling hwæðer hé þurh drýcræft his bendas tóbrǽce then the alderman asked the captive whether he broke his bonds by witchcraft, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 10.
æfter-cweðan
To speak after ⬩ repeat ⬩ to answer ⬩ revoke ⬩ renounce ⬩ abjure ⬩ repetere ⬩ revocare
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His bróðer griþ eall æftercwæþ his brother renounced all peace, Chr. 1094; Th. 360, 23. Æftercweðendra lof the praise of the after-speaking [post mortem laudantium ], Exon. 82 b; Th. 310, 10; Saef: 72
fore-lǽrende
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acting as guide and teacher Þá cwæð Petrus tó Paule, 'Bróðor Paulus, árís þú and gebide þé ǽr . . .'
swícung
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Interl. 88, 5. offence, occasion of stumbling; scandalum Se ðe lufaþ bróðer his, swícung (scandalum; v. 1 Jn. 2, 10) on him nys, Scint. 14, 12.
tó-slítan
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S. 31, 959. add: to interrupt Þá ongan se cniht clypian ... and mid hlúdum stefnum tóslítan and ámyrran þára bróðra sangas and gebedu coepit clamore, atque cum magnis vocibus orationes fratrum interrumpere, Gr. D. 324, 23
Ælfred
Alfred the wise, king of Northumbria for twenty years
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Aldfriþ Aldfrithus] his bróðor féng æfter him to ríce here, A.D. 685, they slew Ecgferth, and Alfred his brother succeeded [took] to the kingdom after him, Chr. 685; Erl. 41, 29. On Ælfredes [MS.
slǽd
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. , and in some dialects. ' Slade a breadth of greensward in ploughed land; a flat piece of grass; but now most commonly applied to a broad strip of greensward between two woods, generally in a valley, ' Baker's Northampt. Gloss.
Linked entries: sléd wíþig-slǽd wæter-slæd
þeccan
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Beágas sceal brond fretan, ǽled þeccean, Beo. Th. 6022; B. 3015
Linked entry: þacian
DRÓF
Draffy; dreggy, dirty, troubled ⬩ sordĭdus, turbŭlentus, turbĭdus
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Draffy; dreggy, dirty, troubled; sordĭdus, turbŭlentus, turbĭdus Se ðe his bróðor hataþ, he hæfþ unstilnesse, and swýðe dróf [MS. drofi] mód he that hateth his brother has disquietude, and a very troubled mind, Basil admn. 4; Norm. 44, 16.
græf
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Þeáh þe græf wille golde strégan bróðor his geborenum, Seef. 97
hlýde
torrent
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A noisy brook (? v. hlúd, and cf. hlyn, hlynn), torrent Andlang díc; ꝥ on hlýdan; andlang hlýdan on brádan mór, C. D. B. ii. 374, 14. Andlang cumbes innan hlýdan ǽwylmas; swá andlang hlýdan, C. D. v. 107, 13.
stóc
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and add Ꝥ áborstene clif hreás ofdúneweard . . . and wæs farende oþ ꝥ hit cóm þǽr hit mynte feallan ofer ꝥ mynster, and ꝥ þonne wǽre hryre ealles þæs stoces (stówes. v. l.) and forwyrd ealra þǽra bróðra ingentis saxi moles erupta est, quae . . . veniens
BÚC
the belly, stomach ⬩ venter, alvus ⬩ a vessel that bulges out, as a bottle, jug, pitcher ⬩ lagena, hydria
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Hí tobrǽcon ða búcas mid micelre brastlunge they broke the pitchers [hydrias confregerunt] with great crashing, 7, 20
Linked entry: but
Earnulf
Arnulf, emperor of Germany from A. D. 887 to 899, nephew of Charles le Gros = Ger. Kart der Dicke:
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Kart der Dicke: — Ðý ilcan geáre, forþférde Carl, Francna cyning; and Earnulf, his bróður sunu, hine vi wicum ǽr he forþférde, berǽdde æt ðam ríce in the same year, Charles, king of the Franks, died; and six weeks before he died, Arnulf, his brother's
ge-mǽnan
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To complain of, have as a grievance Gif þú gemune ꝥ þín bróðer oððe freónd áht ungeþwǽrlices wið þé gemǽne si recordatus fueris quia frater tuus habet aliquid adversum te, Gr. D. 349, 24. to lament, mourn.
rúmlíce
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Hé rúmlícor lǽrde and manode þone ortreówan bróðor diffidentem fratrem latius admonuit, Gr. D. 160, 17. Ic wilnige ꝥ ic rúmlícor ( largius ) geleornige ꝥ mægn þára teára, 244, 21.
ofer-bídan
to outlast, outlive, survive
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Ðá oferbád survived Ælféh his bróðor, Chart. Th. 272, 12. Gif ic hire ouerbíde ... gif heó mé ouerbíde, 583, 5-10. Hé ða bysgu oferbiden hæfde, Exon. Th. 135, 3; Gú. 518
BIL
a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion ⬩ falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus
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An old military weapon, with a hooked point, and an edge on the back, as well as within the curve, a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion.
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seht
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Wearð se cyng and his bróðor sehte . . . and eall Normandíg æt him mid feó álísde, swá swá hí ðá sehte wǽron, 1096 ; Erl. 233, 17. Sæhte, 1077 ; Erl. 215, 10