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ge-híran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-híran, p. -hírde; pp. -híred

To hearexaudire

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Ðys is gebed, and hǽs this is a prayer, and not a command, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 52

Linked entries: ge-héran ge-hýran

fǽhþ-bót

(n.)
Grammar
fǽhþ-bót, e; f.

Feud-amends, compensation for engaging in a feud or quarrelinimīcĭtiārum compensātio

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Feud-amends, compensation for engaging in a feud or quarrel;inimīcĭtiārum compensātio Ne þearf ǽnig mynster-munuc mid rihte fǽhþbóte biddan, ne fǽhþbóte bétan no minter-monk may lawfully demand feud-amends, nor pay feud-amends, L.

healfunga

indirectlyslightlyto some extenthalf

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swíðe embe ꝥ ne smeáde, Hml.

DRECCAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRECCAN, dreccean, drecan,ic drecce , drece, ðú drecest, drecst, he dreceþ, drecþ, pl. dreccaþ, drecceaþ; p. [drechede = drehde = ] drehte, dreahte, pl.drehton, dreahton ; pp. [dreched = drehed = dreht, dreaht] dreht, dreaht

To vex, afflict, trouble, torture, torment vexāre, affligĕre, tribulāre, turbāre, cruciāre

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On ðam écan lífe ðǽr ne cymþ nán deófol ne nán yfel mann, ðe us mǽge dreccan in the eternal life there will come no devil nor evil man who may trouble us, i. 272, 10. Hwí drecst ðú leng ðone láreów why troublest thou the master longer? Mk.

a-cuman

(v.)
Grammar
a-cuman, p. -cam, -com, pl. -cámon, -cómon; pp. -cumen, -cymen

To comebearvenireferresustinere

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Ðæt land híg ne mihte acuman non sustinebat eos terra, Gen. 36, 7. Ge hyt ne mágon acuman non potestis portare modo, Jn. Bos. 16, 12

wénan

(v.)
Grammar
wénan, p. de.

to weensupposethinkimagineopinebelieveto hopeexpectlook for

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Th. 263, 29; Jul. 357. with genitive Ne wéne ic his , ac wát geara Bt. 38, 6; Fox 208, 13. Gif hé wyrsa ne bið, ne wéne ic his beteran Met. 25, 29. Hié ðæt fǽge þégon, þeáh ðæs se ríca ne wénde Judth. Thw. 21, 16; Jud. 20.

Linked entries: for-wénan wǽnan

wǽge

(n.)
Grammar
wǽge, (see also wǽg), an; f.

a weighta weyan implement for weighinga balancescale

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., and nán man hig undeóror ne sylle, L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 3. an implement for weighing, a balance, scale Ðeós wǽge oððe scalu lanx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 73; Zup. 73, 10. Wǽge trutina, 36; Zup. 215, 18: statera, Scint. 81, 12: 110, 12.

Linked entries: wége wégi

CODD

(n.)
Grammar
CODD, es; m.

A bagsackCODhusk; perafolliculussiliqua

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Ne nime ge nán þing on wege, ne gyrde, ne codd nihil tuleritis in via, neque virgam, neque peram Lk. Bos. 9, 3; 22, 36; Mt. Bos. 10, 10; Mk. Bos. 6, 8. Nim wínberian coddas [MS. coddes] take husks of the grape Lchdm. iii. 112, 13

stán-cræftiga

(n.)
Grammar
stán-cræftiga, an; m.
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A skilled worker in stone Ðæt wǽron .iiii. stáncræftigan ... and nǽron náne óðre him gelíce; hý gesénodon ǽlce morgen heora íserngelóman, and ðonne nǽron hý tóbrocene, Shrn. 146, 13

un-treówsian

(v.)
Grammar
un-treówsian, p. ode.

to defraudto offend

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to defraud Ne untreówsige gé eów betweoxn nolite fraudare invicem, Past. 16; Swt. 99, 14. to offend Ðonne beóð manega untreówsede tunc scandalizabuntur multi, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 10 note

ágnere

(n.)
Grammar
ágnere, es; m.
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An owner, possessor Meus mín hæfð vocatiuus þæs ágneres (ágeneres, áhneres, v. ll. ), ac ðæs óðres hádes, Ælf. Gr. Z. 110, 19. Ácneres (-=ágneras?) municipes , An. Ox. II. 92

prútlíce

(adv.)
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Add: haughtily, arrogantly Welegum þyssere worulde bebeód prútlíce (superbe) witan, Scint. 178, 4. Oif hwylc bróðor an preósthýrede bið þe intó cyrcan prútlíce (pompatice) gǽð, Chrd. 60, 34: 343

ǽht-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽht-boren, adj.

Slave-born.

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Similar entries v. ǽht, I d, and þeów-boren ðá áne ðe freó synt, ac gyt má ðe ǽhtborene ex conditione servili synt, R. Ben. 138, 20

elcor

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Z. 239, 2. besides Ic genom mid mec þreó þúsendo and forlét míne fyrd elcor ( the rest of the army ) in Fasiacen, Nar. 26, 5. Næs náht elcor (nóht elles, nán þing elles) tó ealles geáres andlyfne búton ꝥ án ( nihil aliud . . . nisi . . . ), Gr.

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Th. 34, 21. to negation Uton ændian þás bóc hǽrrihte ... Næse, lá, næse; uton ne forlǽtan gyét ðás bóc concludamus hoc volumen ... Non sinam omnino concludi hunc libellum, Solil. H. 49, 12

be-niðan

(adv.)
Grammar
be-niðan, adv. [be, neoðan under]

Beneathbelowunderinfrasubter

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Beneath, below, under; infra, subter Ðú bist ǽfre bufan and beniðan eris semper supra et non subter: thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath Deut. 28, 13

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for-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
for-byrd, e; f.

A forbearingan abstaining fromabstĭnentia

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A forbearing, an abstaining from; abstĭnentia Ðæt nán forbyrd nǽre æt geligere betwuh nánre sibbe that there should be no abstaining from concubinage between any kindred, Ors. 1. 2; Bos. 27, 15

Linked entries: for-byrdig fore-byrd

weorold-méd

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-méd, e; f.
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Worldly recompense Ne sceal nán man woruld*-*méde wilnian æt ðam cuman, for ðam ðe him is geháten éce gefeá fore on Godes ríce, L. E. I. 25; Th. ii. 422, 15

mæsse-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-þegnung, e; f.
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the service of mass On óþran dagan on þǽre fíftan tíde and sixtan and seofoþan nis niæsseþénung álýfed, ac man mót swíðe wel mæssan singan on ǽrnemorgen, Angl. xi. 8, 15

ge-nyhtsumian

(v.)
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</b> used impersonally :-- Þí lǽs ðe hit ne genihtsumige ús and eów ne forte non sufficiat nobis et vobis, Hml. Th. ii. 570, 13. ¶ with clause following :--- Wé gelýfað þæt ǽnlípugum munecum genihtsumige þæt hé hæbbe cugelan and syric, R.