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ge-bétan

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Ǽr hé hæbbe wið þá mǽgðe gebét, 248, 15. where the penalty is a fine, given (β 1) in the dat. (inst.) case Gif wið ceorles birelan man geligeð, vi. scillingum gebéte, Ll. Th. i. 6, 14. Seofon-fealdre bóte gebéte hé hit, ii. 240, 7.

tǽl

(n.)
Grammar
tǽl, e; f.(?)

Evil speaking, calumny, detraction

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Frustra blasphemia ab exterioribus tollitur, si in interioribus malitia dominatur, Past. 33; Swt. 222, 8-14. Ne fríne ic ðé for tǽle ne þurh teóncwide I do not question you that I may detract or abuse, Andr. Kmbl. 1265; An. 633.

Linked entry: tál

brád

(adj.)

broadopenspaciousflat

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Voc. i. 288, 66. Braad ponne cartago, ii. 103, 23. Of brádre pannan sartagine, 26, 11

Linked entry: brádlinga

ge-þræc

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Voc. ii. 76, 53. Fyrdungce, geþræce (Scythica gens cum infinito duelli apparatu proficiscens, Ald. 64, 10), An. Ox. 4560: Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 72: Hpt. Gl. 512, 9. Geþrece, An. Ox. 7, 313: 8, 252. Geþrec apparatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 53.

ildan

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Voc. ii. 91, 55: 19, 37

twi-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-hynde, adj.

a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank.

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Wg. 6; Th. i. 186, 11), L.E.G. 12; Th.i. 174, 14. Ǽnig mǽgð . . . xii-hynde oððe twyhynde, L. Ath. v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 11. Be twyhyndum were. Æt twyhyndum were mon sceal sellan tó monbóte .xxx. sciłł.,L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 12.

be-scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-scúfan, p. -sceáf, pl. -scufon; pp. -scofen; v. a.

To shove, thrust, cast, hurl or throw, to precipitateintrudere, immittere, detrudere, præcipitare

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Wá biþ ðǽm, ðe sceal sáwle bescúfan in fýres fæðm woe shall be to him, who shall thrust a soul into the fire's embrace, Beo. Th. 371; B. 184.

Linked entries: be-sceófan be-scofen

hrífe

(adj.)
Grammar
hrífe, (?); adj.
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ventus, ignis multa destruet in illo anno, Archiv cxxviii. 57, 2.]

þeóstru

(n.)
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þeóstru, (sometimes written þr- instead of þ-) and þiéstru, þístru, þýstru; f.: and þeóstre, þýstre; n. [cf. O. Sax. thiustri; n.]
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.); like the Latin tenebrae, which it translates, it is often used in the plural Ðǽr wæs deorc þeóstru, Ps. Th. 87, 6. Leóht and þeóstro, Cd. Th. 239, 27; Dan. 376. Þióstro, Met. 21, 41.

Ælf-nóþ

(n.)
Grammar
Ælf-nóþ, es; m. [ælf, nóþ boldness, courage]

Ælfnothelf couragenomen viri præclari in audacia

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Ælfnoth, elf courage; nomen viri præclari in audacia, Byrht. Th. 137, 8; By. 183

be-druncen

(v.; part.)
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be-druncen, pp. of be-drincan.

drunk inabsorbed

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drunk in, absorbed,Med. ex Quadr. 2, 10; Lchdm. i. 336, 4, MS. B;

burh-brece

(n.)
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a breaking into a castle, L. In. 45; Th. i. 130, 6, note 9

el-þeódisc

(adj.)
Grammar
el-þeódisc, adj.

Foreign, strange pĕregrīnus

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Foreign, strange; pĕregrīnus To bebyrgenne elbeódisce men in sĕpultūram pĕregrīnōrum, Mt. Bos. 27, 7

eówe

of a ewe

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In. 55 ; Th. i. 138, 6, note 11, MS. B

fliéman feorm

(n.)
Grammar
fliéman feorm, e; f.

The harbouring of a fugitivefŭgĭtīvi susceptio

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In. 30; Th. i. 120, 16

fór-fór

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fór-fór, pl. -fóron

went beforegot in front of

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went before, got in front of Fórfóron went before, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 21;

leád-gedelf

(n.)
Grammar
leád-gedelf, es; n.

A lead-mine

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A lead-mine Eft in leádgedelf; of leádgedelfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 401, 7

Linked entry: ge-delf

medu-setl

(n.)
Grammar
medu-setl, es; n.

A mead-seata seat in a banqueting-hall

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A mead-seat, a seat in a banqueting-hall, Beo. Th. 10; B. 5

mete-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
mete-ærn, es; n.

A room for taking meals in

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A room for taking meals in Gemǽne metern cænaculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 50

Linked entry: met-ern

gleáwlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
gleáwlíc, adj.

Wisewaryastute

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Wise, wary, astute On sprǽcum gleáwlíce in loquelis astuti, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 29