Bederices weorþ
Bederic's worth or town ⬩ Eádmundes burh ⬩ St. Edmund's bury
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At an earlier date, in A. D. 958, Ælfgar records, Ic an ðat lond into Beodricheswrþe to Seynt Eádmundes stówe I give the land at Bedericsworth to St. Edmund's place, Th. Diplm. 506, 12
beorg
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Þa dúna dreósað and beorga hliða myltað montes ruent, collesque liquescent, Dóm. L. 101. an artificial mound Beorh agger, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 43, 15: tumulus, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 5. Cumulus, i. tumulus, apex, aceruus, coaceruatio beorg, Wlck.
fýran
To furrow, cut with a ploughshare
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Ꝥ scer tungan úre fýrian (printed scyrian, but see An. Ox. 2492 note) ná durre eorþan heortan fremedre ut uomer linguae nostrae proscindere non audeat terram cordis alieni, Scint. 124, 5. Ongeán fírigende hand manus resulcans, iterum aperiens, An.
ge-líc
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and the compensation for destroying an eye are equal, Ll.
frénd
friend ⬩ friends ⬩ amīcus ⬩ amīcos
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friend or friends; amīcus, amīcos Ðæt ðú swutole mihtest tocnáwan ðíne frénd and ðíne fýnd that thou mightest clearly distinguish thy friends and thy foes, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 20, MS. Cot
ge-mindiglícnys
A remembrance, memorial ⬩ mĕmŏriāle
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A remembrance, memorial; mĕmŏriāle Ðú Driht on écnysse þurhwunast, and gemindiglícnys ðín on cynrine and cynrine tu Dŏmĭne in æternum permănes, et mĕmŏriāle tuum in generātiōnem et generātiōnem, Ps. Spl. 101, 13
ge-módsumian
To agree ⬩ concordāre ⬩ consacrare
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To agree; concordāre We geþiédaþ and gemódsumiaþ to ðæra yfelena freóndscipe we associate and agree in the friendship of the wicked, Past. 46, 6; Swt. 355, 7; Hat. MS. 67 b, 18
gebeótlic
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Arrogant, proudly threatening Pharao him filigde mid his gebeótlicum crætum and gilplicum riddum Pharaoh followed them with a threatening array of chariots and with his braggart knights, Hml. Th. ii. 194, 22
þeód-rǽden
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Association, communion Hé miccle þeód-rǽdene nam tó þám abbode and tó þám gebróðran he frequented the society of the abbot and the brethren. Hml. S. 33, 14. v. ge-þeódrǽden[n]
weóce
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For third passage substitute Þá gefyllde hé mid wætere ealle þǽre cyrcean ciellan and sette weócon (tapor, v.l.) onmiddan ( in media papyrum posuit), and þá mid fýre ontennde, Gr. D. 44, 15
gétan
To grant ⬩ to confirm ⬩ assent to
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To grant, to confirm, assent to Geáfon and gétton gave and granted, Chr. 675; Th. 59, 20. Gétton hit ælle ða óþre all the others assented to it, 656; Th. 53, 27
for-treddan
To tread down ⬩ destroy by treading
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To tread down, destroy by treading Swá swá rípe yrð hí fortreddon and fornámon and hí ealle foryrmdon quasi maturam segetem obuia quaeque metunt, calcant, transeunt, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 32, 22
hére
Dignity ⬩ majesty ⬩ greatness
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Dignity, majesty, greatness Hwæt hiora hére búton se hlísa án what is their greatness but report alone, Bt. Met. Fox 10, 107; Met. 10, 54.
irfe-weardness
An inheritance
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An inheritance Yrfeweardnes hereditas, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Sons. 57, 95; Wrt. Voc. 20, 36. Drihtnes dǽl wæs his folc and Iacob his yrfeweardnis pars domini populus ejus, Jacob funiculus hereditatis ejus, Deut. 32, 9.
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crocca
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In bracket dele all but Scandinavian forms, and add: crocce (?), an; f. Crocha, chroca, chroa, croha citropodes, Txts. 46, 171. Crohha luteum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 27. Crocca, 51, 24:olla fictilis, 65, 38: anfora, i. 25, 9.
gearcung
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Take here <b>gærcung</b> in Dict. and add Gearkinge lustrationis An. Ox. 7, 126. Gearc[inge] praeparatione 3617. Hú-meta dorstest ðú gán tó mínre gearcunge ( the feast I have prepared.
ge-forewyrdan
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., and add: To settle the terms of an agreement, agree Nú wille ic ðæt heora cwide stande swá swá hit geforewird wes on gódre manna gewitnesse, C. D. iv. 201, 4. Standan ðá forword ðe ǽr wið ðæne arcebiscop ge-forwyrd wǽran, iii. 352, 5
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leán
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Íc bidde ðæt se monn . . . ðá ilcan wísan leste . . . and ðá godcundan leán mínre sáule mid geréce, C. D. i. 316, 21. Add
wamm-dǽd
An evil deed, a misdeed, trespass, crime
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An evil deed, a misdeed, trespass, crime Swá swá wé forlǽtaþ leahtras on eorðan ðám ðe wið ús oft ágyltaþ, and womdǽda wítan ne þencaþ 'as we forgive them that trespass against us,' Hy. 6, 25.
heáfod-weard
A guarding of the [lord's] head, attendance as a guard upon the king. ⬩ a body-guard
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The word occurs in an enumeration of the services required of the thane and the 'geneat,' Th. i. 432, 8, 17. So in Beowulf it is said of Wiglaf that he 'healdeþ heáfodwearde,' keeps guard over the dead king, Beo. Th. 5811; B. 2909