wíte
punishment ⬩ pain that is inflicted as punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ a means ⬩ implement ⬩ a fine. ⬩ torment ⬩ plague ⬩ disease ⬩ evil ⬩ pain
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Voc. ii. 85, 58: 18, 64: 20, 34. a fine. Similar entries v. wíte-rǽden ié ðæt wíte .lx. sciłł. óð ðæt ángylde áríse tó .xxx. sciłł. . . . siþþan sié ðæt wíte .cxx. sciłł, L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 68, 3-5.
for-gifan
to give ⬩ bestow ⬩ grant ⬩ dispense ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give up ⬩ hand over ⬩ deliver up ⬩ commit ⬩ practice ⬩ to give back ⬩ restore ⬩ to marry ⬩ to grant ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ to grant ⬩ to give ⬩ cause ⬩ to forgive
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Hé him þá wunde forgeaf, By. 139. to give battle, deliver an attack: Hé mægenrǽs forgeaf, B. 1519. to forgive. to remit a fine, obligation, &c., not to insist upon what is due Éghuelc scyld forgeaf ic ðé omne debitum dimisi tibi, Mt.
ge-sécan
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Add: to seek, (i) to look for an object whose position is not known, try to find Ðene ðú gesóhtes rím illum quem quaerebas numerum, Mt. p. 4, 4.
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.
þeów
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So, too, in the matter of punishments; where the freeman can pay a fine, the slave pays with his hide, i.e. is scourged; see L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 2: L. E. G. 7; Th. i. 172, 1: 8; Th. i. 172, 6: L. C. S. 45; Th. i. 402, 15: L.
ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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The ealdorman had also a share of the fines and other monies levied to the king's use; though, as he was invariably appointed from among the higher nobles, he must always have possessed lands of his own to the extent of forty hides, v. Hist.
Linked entries: aldor-mon ealdermen ealdor-mon ealdur-man eldor-man
full
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</b> completed, that has reached the limit :-- Fulne ende þínes lífes þú hæfst gelifd plenam jam etatis finem habes, Nar. 30, 10. used substantively Nǽfre seó fyl be fullum ne weorðe non usque ad satietatem bibamus, R. Ben. 65, 2.
winter
a season of the year ⬩ winter ⬩ wintry weather ⬩ cold ⬩ a year
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Hengest wælfágne winter wunode mid Finne... Holm storme weól, winter ýþe beleác ísgebinde, óþ ðæt óþer com geár in geardas . . . Ðá wæs winter scacen, fæger foldan bearm, Beo. Th. 2259-2278 ; B. 1127-1137.
Linked entries: ǽ-wintre-cyning -wintre
þeóf
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Short of death were the punishments of selling into slavery, of imprisonment, fine, and mutilation: Gif man frigne man æt hæbbendre handa gefó, ðanne wealde se cyning þreora ánes: oþþe hine man cwelle, oþþe ofer sǽ selle, oþþe hine his wergelde álése,
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sceáwian
to look ⬩ to look at ⬩ observe ⬩ behold ⬩ see ⬩ to look at, look on with favour, to regard, have respect to ⬩ to look at with care, consider, inspect, examine, scrutinize, reconnoitre ⬩ to look out, seek for, select, choose, provide ⬩ to shew (favour, respect, etc.) ⬩ to grant
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Gyf ðú énigne gódne heorde hæbbe ... sceáwa hyne mé; gyf ðú ðonne nánne swá gerádne næbbe, séc hyne óð ðú hyne finde, Shrn. 164, 31. Se ðe ðás gemót forbúge, ðonne sceáwige (scifte, MS. D.) man of ðam gemóte ða ðe him tó rídan, L.
sócn
a seeking, search, exploring ⬩ a seeking, desiring, trying to get ⬩ a seeking to obtain an end ⬩ a seeking for information, ⬩ question, inquiry ⬩ a seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resort ⬩ a seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asylum ⬩ a seeking with hostile intent, an attack ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea ⬩ seeking ⬩ levying fines ⬩ soca ⬩ soca ⬩ quaestio ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ an attack ⬩ an action, prosecution ⬩ an assemblage ⬩ a parish
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But from a Latin version of a charter it would seem that sócn was the power of seeking or levying fines; the English 'Ic an heom ðæt hý habben saca and sócna' is rendered by 'cedens ut habeant privilegium tenendi curiam ad causas cognoscendas et dirimendas
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standan
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Stande þridda[u] dǽl ðære bóte inne let a third part of the fine remain unpaid, L. Alf. pol. 47; Th. i. 94, 6. Lǽt standan neahterne, Lchdm. ii. 24, 21: 32, 11. Ða ðe unne ðæt ðeós gerǽdnis stondon móte, Chart.
þanan
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Þanon h-e com on Iudéisce endas inde exsurgens uenit in fines Iudaeae, Mk. Skt. 10, 1. Hé wand up þanon, Cd. Th. 29, 7; Gen. 446. Hé fór þanun (þanon, MS. A.: ðonan, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 11, 1. Þanun (-en, MS. A.), 12, 9.
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ge-dǽlan
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<b>VI a</b> Is se finta fægre gedǽled, sum brún, sum basu, sum splottum beseted, Ph. 295. of a non-material whole, to distinguish the component parts of For þám ꝥ héhste gód wǽre mistlic and on swá manigfeald gedǽled, ꝥ pound; hit nán mon
ge-cweþan
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Seó gerǽdnis þe þá biscopas and geréfan gecweden habbað, 228, 7. ꝥ Sig hit swá gecweden; mid swá hwám swá ic hit mid finde, beó hé mí þeów fiat juxta vestram sententiam: apud quemcumque fuerit inventum, ipse sit servus meus, Gen. 44, 10. (2 a) where property
Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden
ge-cýþan
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Bt. 14, 2 ; F. 42, 28. to make known the position of an object, enable to find, shew Sæge ús hwæðer ðú hér wite ǽnigne ælþeódigne þe hátte Placidas . . . gif ðú hine ús gecýþest, wé þé willað syllan méde. Hml. S. 30, 253.
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ge-sellan
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Hé cwæþ ꝥ hé eall ꝥ gód ꝥ hé mihte for méde þislicre fremsumnesse gesyllan wolde, Bd. 2, 12 ; Sch. 157, 4. to give what may be demanded, pay tribute, tax, fine, compensation, &c.
sleán
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Wæs Fin slægen, Beo. Th. 2309; B. 1152. Sacerdas wǽron slægene, Bd. 1, 15; S. 484, 1.
ge-býrian
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., 414, 5. to be appropriate, suitable, convenient. in physical sense Ðætte hé ǽghwelcum men finde ðone lǽcedóm ðe him tó gebyrge ut congrua singulorum vulneribus medicamina opponat.
folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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In many Saxon wills we find petitions similar to that of Alfred; but in none of them is the character of the land, which could not be disposed of without consent of the king, described with the same precision.