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self-líce

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
self-líce, es; n.
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Hé hiene up áhefeþ on his móde on suelc gielp and on suelc selflíce se apud se per arrogantiam exaltat, 11, 4; Swt. 71, Ðæt freódóm ne gewende on selflíce and on ofermétto at libertas in superbiam non erumpat, 19, 3; Swt. 147, 3.

Linked entries: -líce -líce

be-metan

(v.)
Grammar
be-metan, p. -mæt, pl. -mǽton; pp. -meten; v. trans. [be, metan to measure]

To measure bycompareestimateconsidermetiricommetiricomparareæstimare

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Ðæt hý ná siððan nánes anwealdes hý ne bemǽtan, ne nánes freódómes that afterwards they did not consider themselves [possessed] of any power, nor of any freedom 3, 7; Bos. 62, 11.

for-gifnes

Grammar
for-gifnes, for-gifennes (-gifenes).

releasemildnesslenityindulgencelaxity

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Ic wille ꝥ ealle þá freódóm and ealle þá forgiuenesse þe míne forgengles geáfen, þet hit stande, Chr. 963; P. 117, 5. release Tó bodanne hæftedum forgefnisse praedicare captiuis remissionem, Lk. R. L. 4, 18. forgiveness of sin, offence, &c.

ge-dréfednes

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'Þú mé hæfst áirétne on ðám tweón and on þǽre gedréfednesse þe ic ǽr on wæs be þám freódóme. Ac ic eom nú get on micle máran gedréfednesse geunrótsod, fulneáh oþ ormódnesse.' Ðá cwæþ hé: 'Hwæt is sió micle unrótnes?,' Bt. 41, 2; F. 246, 11-15.

Linked entry: ge-dréfnis

ge-syngian

(v.)
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Gesyngege moechari, 32. trans, to commit a sin Hé teohhode gif hí hwæt gesyngodon (-en, v. l. ) on þám frýdóme ꝥ hí hit eft on ðám freódó;me gebéton, Bt. 41, 3; F. 248, 13

ge-árian

(v.)
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subsidiis reficiantur proximi, ipsi remaneant a justitiae pane jejuni, 137, 24. to refrain from unkindness, spare Se ilca monegum yfelum wið hine selfne forworhtum ǽr geárode malis ante noverat pie parcere, Past. 37, 1. to endow, present Hé wæs geárad mid freódóme

þorp

(n.)
Grammar
þorp, þrop, es; m. Perhaps the idea at first connected with the words is that of an assemblage, cf. the use in Icelandic: Maðr heitir einnhverr ... þorp ef þrír ero, Skáldskaparmál; þyrpast to crowd, throng: þyrping
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.: Ic Ædgar gife freodom Sce Petres mynstre Medeshamstede of kyng and of biscop, and ealle þa þorpes þe ðærto lin: ðæt is, Æstfeld and Dodesthorp and Ege and Pastun, Chr. 963; Erl. 121, 40. He com to Bethfage, swo hatte þe prop, O. E.

Linked entry: þrop

deófol-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
deófol-lic, (deóf-); adj.
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., and add: of the devil Se freódóm ðæs deófollican onwaldes freedom from the power of the devil, Bl. H. 137, 13. Dióflices fanaticae (lustrationis ), An. Ox. 2058. Deóuolicre, 7, 125. Deóflices galdres necromantiae, i. demonum invocations, 1927.

Linked entry: deófel-lic

stranglíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
stranglíce, adj.
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Ðæt se wind swá stronglíce hrure on ða circan, ðæt ðǽr ne mihte nǽnig mon gestandan oððe gesittan, 81, 22. boldly, bravely, hardily Hí heora land stronglíce geeodan and freódóm onféngon. Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 46.

ge-sceádwís

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Nis nán gesceádwís gesceaft ꝥ næbbe freódóm negue fuerit ulla rationalis natura, quin eidem libertas adsit arbitrii, 40, 7 ; F. 242, 16: 36, 7; F. 182, 7.

ge-búan

(v.)
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Hæfdon Caldéi þá lond gebún on freódome Babyloniae proprietas apud Chaldaeos fuit, 2, 1; S. 60, 34. Hí hæfdon eft þá burg gebúne (-bogene, v.l. ), 3, 1; S. 96, 4. Heora éþel on heofenum sceolde eft gebúen and geseted weorþan mid hálgum sáwlum, Bl.

gifu

(n.)
Grammar
gifu, gyfu, giefu, giofu, geofu, gif, e; pl. nom. acc. -a, -e; gen. -a, -ena; f.

a giftgracefavourdonummunasbeneficiumgratiavirtusfacultasthe Anglo-Saxon RuneRUNE = g, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is gifu a gift,-hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter g, but for gifu as a gift,

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Ðám he geaf micle gife freódómes to these he gave the great gift of freedom, Bt. 41, 2;Fox 246, 1. Ðæt hie ælmihtiges gife ánforléten that they the Almighty's gift might lose, Cd. 32; Th. 43, 19; Gen. 693.

á

(adv.)
Grammar
á, <b> (ó);</b> adv.
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Ús freódóm gief from yfla gehwám á tó wídan feore, Hy. 5, ll. Á in wintra worn, Dan. 324. Á ic symles wæs willan þínes georn, An. 64. Ic á and symble cwæþ, Ps. 94, 10. Á on symbel semper, Gr. D. 283, 6.

on-fón

(v.)
Grammar
on-fón, p. -féng; pp. -fangen ( with gen. dat. acc.).

to taketo take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have givento take what another offers, receive favourably, acceptto receive a personto undergo a rite, undertake a dutyto conceiveto take to, to beginincipere

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Freódóm onfón, Ap. Th. 5, 19. Hé ðam upplícan ríce gehyhte tó anfónne. Bd. 3, 6; S 528, 5. to take what another offers, receive favourably, accept Gif ðú on God gelýfan wilt, ic ðæs drences onfó, Homl. Th. i. 72, 17.

Linked entries: an-fón on-fónd

tweó

(n.)
Grammar
tweó, twý; gen. tweón, twýn; m.
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Ðú mé hæfst árétne on ðam tweón ðe ic ǽr on wæs be ðam freódóme, Fox 246, 12. Wé habbaþ litellne gearowitan búton tweón, 41, 6; Fox 254, 10. Ðonne secge ic eów búton ǽlcum tweón, 16, 1; Fox 50, 27. Ðæt hé ðæt on gehðu gesprǽce and tweón, Elen.

Linked entries: tuá tweón twý

sócn

(n.)
Grammar
sócn, e; f.

a seeking, search, exploringa seeking, desiring, trying to geta seeking to obtain an enda seeking for information, question, inquirya seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resorta seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asyluma seeking with hostile intent, an attack inquisitio the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea seekinglevying fines socasoca quaestio inquisitio an attack an action, prosecution an assemblage a parish

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And in ǽlcer[e] scíre ðǽr sanctus Benedictus hafþ land inne [habbe hé] his saca and his sócne . . . swá hwylc man swá ða sócne áhe, Sanctus Benedictus habbe his freódóm on eallen þingen 208, 19-209, 14.

Linked entry: fird-sócn

ge-settan

(v.)
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Rómáne hæfdon níwlíce gesett þæt þá móston ǽgþer habban ge feorh ge freódóm, Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, 27. (l a) with pronoun and clause in apposition :--- with noun Hié on seonoðum monegra misdǽda bóte gesetton, Ll. Th. i. 58, 15 : 166, 13.

healdan

(v.)

to keep watch overkeep in chargeto keepto watch overkeepgovernrulea king to keepguardto watchto defendpreserveto holdtakearrestto have hold ofto holdto holdto hold upto maintainsupportupholdmanageto holdbearconductto behaveto handletreatdeal withto holdto holdto have possessionto holdoccupyan officea positionto holdto remain into retaindetainto keepto detainto keepto keepto keep oneselfremainto holdkeep togethercontinueto maintainkeepto performkeep watchto keepto keep unbrokeninviolateto keepto constraincompelrestrainstopto restrain oneselfrefrainto entertainto keep in mindrememberregardto hold asto holdto proceedmove onto continuego on withto go on

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Hé þá geogoðe wile árum healdan, B. 1182. of a bird and its eggs: Mec (a cuckoo) . . . heóld and freoðode, Rä. 10, 5. the subject a thing Dæg and niht þás werþeóda weardum healdað, An. 101. the object a place or thing Se weard þæt mǽre líf healdeð,