swán-geréfa
An officer whose duties were connected with the management of forests in respect to the pasturing of swine in them and to the use of wood. He seems to have been under the direct control of the alderman
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The swain-reeves wanted to push the pasture and take the wood beyond the old rightful limits.
ge-costian
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R. 9, 49 (1 a) to try with inducements to evil, to tempt :-- ꝥte hé woere gecostad ł gecunned (temtaretur ) from diáble, Mt. L. 4, 1. Gecosted (-ad, R.), Lk. L. 4, 2: Rtl. 91, 7.
cýpan
To sell ⬩ vendere
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To sell; vendere Ic wylle cýpan volo vendere, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 19. Ic cýpe míne þingc ego vendo meas res, 26, 33. Hwǽr cýpst ðú fixas ðine ubi vendis pisces tuos? 23, 21. Ðú sældest vel cýptest folc ðín vendidisti populum tuum, Ps. Spl.
hwearfung
A turning ⬩ revolution ⬩ change ⬩ exchange ⬩ barter
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A turning, revolution, change, exchange, barter Ðé wæs ðeós hwearfung betere forðam ðe ðissa woruldsǽlþa tó wel ne lyste this change was more tolerable to thee, because thou didst not take too much pleasure in temporal blessings, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 23
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liccian
To lick
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To lick Ic liccige linguo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 57: lambo, 32, 25. Seó lyft liccaþ and átýhþ ðone wǽtan of ealre eorþan and of ðære sǽ, and gegaderaþ tó scúrum, Lchdm. iii. 276, 12.
warenung
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Hér is rihtlíc warnung and sóðlíc myngung ðeóde tó ðearfe, gýme se ðe wille. Wulfst. 167, 26. Ðæt mæg wítes tó wearninga, ðam ðe hafaþ wísne geþóht, Exon. Th. 57, 21; Cri. 922
wítnere
A punisher ⬩ tormentor
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Ðonne beóð ða hire (the soul's) wítneras, ða ðe hí tó ðám leahtrum forspeónon, Homl. Th. i. 410, 31. Se hláford sealde hyne ðam wítnerum (tortoribus), Mt. Kmbl. 18, 34. Se heretoga cwæþ: 'Gé beóð gewítnode' . . .
be-tyrnan
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to turn round On ánre wendinge, ðá hwíle te he the firmament ǽne betyrnð, gǽð forð feówor and twéntig tída. Hex. 8, 13. Embhwerfte betyrndum orbis valutas, Hy.
bísgian
to occupy ⬩ employ ⬩ to harass ⬩ trouble
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Th. ii. 532, 27, to harass, trouble Wildeór ús on þǽre nihte bisgodon, Nar. 15, 4
fǽr-béna
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Substitute: one that has to ask leave to go (faran) from his lord (? v. fær; I 2), a person of the churl class Gif ǽni man ágiten wurðe ꝥ ǽnige hǽðenscipe dreóge . . . gif hé sí cynges þegn . . . Gif hit sí elles landágende man . . .
freóls-tíd
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Tó dæg Godes gelaðung mǽrsað þǽra eádigra cildra freólstíde ( natale innocentium infantum ), Hml. Th. i. 76, 28. Hú dægredsangas on freólstídum tó healdenne sýn qualiter matutinorum sollempnitas agatur, R. Ben. 36, 9.
friþ-stów
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Th. 9, 9 : 17, I.
ge-fremming
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furtherance, a making effectual Godes miht him wæs mid tó gefremminge heora bodunga God's power was with them to make their preaching effectual, Hml. Th. i. 310, 16. operation, effect Syle drincan .ix. dagas, þú wundrasð ðǽre gefrem-mincge.
ge-winful
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Add: laborious, troublesome. v. ge-win; 2 Þám bróþrum wæs swýðe gewinnful and uneáðe niþer tó ástígenne tó þám wæterseáðe valde erat fratribus laboriosum ad lacum descendere, Gr. D. 112, 17.
an-winnan
To fight against ⬩ to attack ⬩ impugnare
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To fight against, to attack; impugnare Him onwann [MS. L. anwann] fought against them, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 7
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Ceawan hlǽw
Cheawan low, CHALLOW
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Cheawan low, CHALLOW To Ceawan hlǽwe [MS. læwe] to Challow, Chron. Abing. i. 138, 5: Cod. Dipl. v. 310, 33
fram-ateran
To tear from or asunder ⬩ to tear in pieces ⬩ dirĭpĕre
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To tear from or asunder, to tear in pieces; dirĭpĕre Ic framatere dirĭpio, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 64
heoloran
To weigh in a balance ⬩ to consider
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To weigh in a balance, to consider Hé holrede pensavit, cogitavit, Mone B. 1604. Heolorende librantes, Cot. 123: 180, Lye
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íð-belig
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Easily made angry Ne wé tó ýðbelige [eáðbylige, MS. D.] ne sýn, ne tó langsum yrre hæbben, Wulfst. 253, 11
blindan
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is not found, but the Gothic ga-blindyan to blind, exists; so also A. Sax. blendan to blind, q. v