fylstan
to help ⬩ (tó) ⬩ to help
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Ne scylan hyg ǽnig unriht geþafian ac tó ǽlcan rihte geornlíce fylstan, ii. 310, 19
eald-ness
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Sume beóð gelǽdde tó rihtum lífe on forwerodre ealdnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 76, 21-26. Ealdnesse vetustatem, R. Ben. I. 91, 16. Add
for-súwian
To pass over in silence ⬩ keep silent ⬩ sĭlentio prætĕrīre ⬩ tăcēre ⬩ retĭcēre
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Gif hí unriht spræcaþ, oððe riht forsúwiaþ if they speak the wrong, or keep silent the right, Job Thw. 166, 14: Homl. Th. i. 56, 18. Ic secge ðæt ic ǽr forsúwode I say that which I before kept silent, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 27.
hundred
A hundred
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Ǽrest ðæt hí heó gegaderian á ymb feówer wucan and wyrce ǽlc man óðrum riht how the [assembly of the] hundred is to be held. First, they [the men of the hundred] are to assemble themselves every four weeks; and each man is to do justice to other, L.
HÝF
A HIVE
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Hé wunede eall riht swá dráne dóþ on híue he lived exactly as drones do in the hive, Chr. 1127; Erl. 256, 20
þrafian
to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ correct
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Se biscop sceal þrafian ða mæssepreóstas mid lufe ge mid láþe, ðæt hié healdan Godes ǽwe on riht, Blickl. Homl. 45, 8. to reprove, rebuke, correct.
ge-hírsumian
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Take here <b>ge-hýrsumian</b> in Dict. and add: to obey a person Gif hí gehírsumedon heora Scippende on riht, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 7. Ús ne hét ná se Hǽlend him gehýrsumian ús tó forwyrde, Hml. A. j, 124.
bissextus
leap-year
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Be rihte bissexte (bisexte, v. l.) de ratione bissexti, Bd. 5, 23; Sch. 698, 1. Þá tída maciað ǽfre ymbe ꝥ feórðe geár þone dæg and þá niht þe wé hátað bissextum, Lch. iii. 246, 14
Linked entry: bises
ó-leccan
to treat gently, to soothe, caress ⬩ to be obsequious, pay court to, fawn upon, flatter, to try to gain a person's good will by unworthy means ⬩ to gain good will by worthy means, to propitiate, be submissive ⬩ of things to gratify, charm, give pleasure
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Mé riht ne þinceþ ðæt ic óleccan þurfe Gode æfter góde ǽnegum, Cd.
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wíd-cúþ
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Th. ii. 30, 30. of things Mid ðý ðe se cyningc gehírde ðæt Apollonius ðone rǽdels swá rihte árǽdde, ðá ondréd hé ðæt hit tó wídcúð wǽre, Ap. Th. 5, 2. Ðæt gesýne wearð, widcúþ werum, ðæt wrecend ðá gyt lifde, Beo. Th. 2516; B. 1256.
á-dún
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Clif áscoren rihte ádúne, 31, 316. Heáfod ádúne gewended, Bl. H. 173, 4. Ásend ðeh ádúna deorsum Lk. L. 4, 9. Cumað ádúne of heofonum tácn, Wlfst. 137, 12. Hé his gesyhða ádúna on eorðan besette, R. Ben. 31, 8.
húru
At least ⬩ at all events ⬩ at any rate ⬩ in any case ⬩ however ⬩ even ⬩ yet ⬩ only ⬩ indeed ⬩ certainly ⬩ especially
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Eallum cristenum gebyreþ ðæt hí riht lufian and húru [ certainly ] gehádode men scylon á riht rǽran, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 34. Húru hit wyrþ ðonne egeslíc, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 104, 5.
Linked entry: híru
sméþe
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Add Sume habbað sméðne weg and rihtne, Solil. H. 44, 10. On sméðan dúne; of sméðan dúne, C. D. B. ii. 469, 26. On ðá sméðan ác, C. D. iii. 79, 20. On sméðe métue, 460, 19
Went-sǽte
The inhabitants of Gwent
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Hwílon Wentsǽte hýrdon intó Dúnsǽtan, ac hit gebyreþ rihtor intó West-Sexan, þyder hý scylan gafol and gíslas syllan L. O. D. 9 ; Th. i. 356, 17-20
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or-treówness
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Þás þyslican (infideles) syndon tó þreágienne in heora ortreównesse, and of ðǽre ortreównesse hí syndon tó laþienne tó þǽre gife þæs rihtan geleáfan infideles in sua perfidia redarguendi sunt, ad fidei gratiam provocandi, Gr. D. 263, 3. Add
ge-leáfa
Belief ⬩ faith ⬩ confidence ⬩ trust ⬩ fĭdes ⬩ fĭdūcia
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Belief, faith, confidence, trust; fĭdes, fĭdūcia Se rihta geleáfa us tǽcþ, ðæt we sceolon gelýfan on ðone Hálgan Gást the right faith teaches us that we should believe in the Holy Ghost, Homl. Th. i. 280, 22 : Elen. Kmbl. 2070; El. 1036.
eahtian
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Þæs biscéopes líf swá swíðe swá mannum riht is tó eahtienne (eht-, æht-, v. ll.) uitam illius quantum hominibus aestimare fas est, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 573, 21
ge-búr
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Se gebúr sceal his riht dón ( then follows an account of what the gebúr was bound to do ), C.D. iii. 450, 34. Dudda wæs gebúr into Hǽðfeldan, vi. 211, 28.
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lyþre
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Ne sceall nán Godes þegn for sceattum riht déman, ac healdan þone dóm búton lýðrum sceattum (without infamous bribes), Hml. S. 19, 246. Þurh lýðra sǽd by seed that does harm, Angl. viii. 300, 24
carful-nys
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Add: care, anxiety (v. carful, 1) Is seó mǽste þearf ꝥ wé hwílon úre mód gebígean tó þám gástlicum rihte be-tweoh þás eorðlican carfulnysse (ymbhigdo, v. l. ), Gr.