níd-dǽda
One who does something under compulsion
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One who does something under compulsion Gif hé æfter sunnan upgonge ðis déþ ( kills the housebreaker), hé biþ mansleges scyldig, and hé ðonne self swelte, búton hé niéddǽda (nýd-, MS. H.) wǽre (unless he were forced to do it in self-defence ), L. Alf
Linked entries: nídes níd-wraca níd-wyrhta
be-slépan
To slip, lay, place, put ⬩ to slip, put or lay on, to impose, clothe ⬩ ponere, imponere, induere
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To slip, lay, place, put, and with the preposition on on, upon - to slip, put or lay on, to impose, clothe; ponere, imponere, induere Hú hefig geoc he beslépte on ealle how heavy a yoke he laid on all! Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 16. Beslépen hí on hý bysmor
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bí-sǽce
a visit ⬩ visitatio ⬩ persecution, dispute, litigation ⬩ controversia, litigatio ⬩ to seek, visit, persecute, dispute
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a visit; visitatio Bád bísǽce betran hyrdes waited the visit of a better keeper, Exon. 35 b; Th. 115, 11; Gú. 188. persecution, dispute, litigation; controversia, litigatio Bísǽce in litigation, L. Edg. C. 62; Th. ii. 258, 3. Gif ðǽr hwæt bísǽces sý
BOLSTER
A BOLSTER, a pillow for the head ⬩ cervical ⬩ a shell ⬩ culcita ⬩ cervical ⬩ a mattress ⬩ a bolster
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A BOLSTER, a pillow for the head; cervical He his heáfód onhylde to ðam bolstre, and medmycel fæc onslǽpte reclinavit caput ad cervical, modicumque obdormivit, Bd. 4, 24; S. 599, 7. He wæs on scipe, ofer bolster slápende erat in puppi, super cervical
ge-hende
Neighbouring ⬩ next ⬩ vicinus
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Neighbouring, next; vicinus On gehende túnas in proximos vicos, Mk. Bos. 1, 38 : 6, 36. Ðá férdon hí to gehendre byrig then they went to a neighbouring city, Homl. Th. i. 456, 5. Ðæt hý ðǽr, gehendaste wǽron on gehwylc land ðanon to winnanne that they
ge-lícian
to please ⬩ delight ⬩ placere ⬩ acquiescere ⬩ delectare ⬩ it pleases ⬩ placet
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with dat. to please, delight; placere, acquiescere, delectare Ic gelície placebo, Ps. Th. 114, 8. Gelícaþ [gelícige, Lamb. 14; Spl. 18] ðé Dryhten complaceat tibi Domine, Ps. Surt. 39, 14. Ðæt ðé gelíciaþ ut te complaceant, Ps. Spl. 18, 15. On ðé ic
scip
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A patch, clout Ne ásend nán man scyp (scep altered to scyp, MS. A.: ðæt ésceapa commisuram, Lind.) of níwum reáfe on eald reáf; elles ðæt níwe slít, and se níwa scyp (as before in MS. A. and Lind.) ne hylpþ ðam ealdan, Lk. Skt. 5, 36: Mt. Kmbl. 9, 16
syn-grin
the toil ⬩ snare which a sin constitutes
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the toil or snare which a sin constitutes Ðæt ús deófol of rihtan wege þurh deriende þýstra belǽdan ne mǽge, ne mid syngrinum tó swíðe gehremman not hamper us too much with the snares of sin, Btwk. 196, 19. Ðonne mæg se biscop ðæs mannes syngrina ( the
teám-byrst
The failure to produce a geteáma in a suit.
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The failure to produce a geteáma in a suit. Ðá týmde Wulfstán hine ( the stolen slave about whom the case had arisen) tó Æðelstáne; ða cende hé tém and lét ðone forberstan (he admitted having sold the slave to Wulfstan, but would not declare from whom
temprian
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to mix in due proportion, to mingle Ic temprede (potum meum cum fletu) temperabam, Blickl. Gl. to temper, regulate, moderate Seó sunne gǽþ geond stówa and tempraþ ða eorðlícan wæstmas ǽgðer ge on wæstme ge on rípunge, Lchdm. iii. 250, 17. Hí ná tempredon
un-gerǽdness
Discord ⬩ disagreement ⬩ variance
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Discord, disagreement, variance Betux Agathocle and his folce wearð ungerǽdnes in exercitu Agathoclis orta est seditio, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 170, 15. Sóna swá hié him betweónum ungerǽdnesse up áhófon swá forwurdon hié ealle discordia exitio fuit, 5, 3; Swt
Linked entries: ge-rǽdnes un-gerádness
ymb-gangan
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to go round Hí ymbgangaþ ceaster circuibunt civitatem, Ps. Spl. T. 58, 16. to go about, in the neighbourhood of Ic ymbgonge weófod circumdabo altare, Ps. Spl. T. 25, 6: Ælfc. Gr. 24; Zup. 139, 13. Hine ymbegangaþ gástas twégen, Salm. Kmbl. 973; Sal.
brǽd
breadth
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breadth. Wæs seó wícstów on lengo .xx-es furlonga long, and swá eác brǽdo, Nar. 12, 17. On lenge and on brǽde, 33, 22. Mið braeda extensione, Mt. p. 15, 13. Mid wudu beweaxen míle brǽdo circumdatum silua mille passus. Nar. 12, 8. Seó eorþe wæs fíf æcra
dærst
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Take these together under: <b>dærste,</b> dræste, an: dærst, dræst, þræst, e; f. and add: mostly in pl. dregs, lees Þræst (drosne derstan, Ps. Srt.) is faex ejus, Ps. Spl. 74, 8. Of láme dærstan (derstan, Ps. Srt.) de luto faecis, Ps. Spl
dirne-geligere
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Adultery, fornication Druncennes and dyrnegeligere, Dóm L. 30, 43. Diernegeligres (diernes gelíres, v. l. ) scyldig, Past. 142, 2. Dyrnegeligres leahtor fornicationis crimen, Ll. Th. ii. 152, 21. Wíf fornumen in dernegiligro ( adulterio ), Jn. R. 8,
ealu-gafol
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Substitute: A tribute paid in ale, and add Cf. Hér synd gewriten ðá gerihta ðæ ðá ceorlas sculan dón tó Hysseburnan. Ǽrest æt hilcan híwisce feówerti penega tó herfestes emnihte, and vi ciricmittan ealað, C. D. vi. 147, 15. Sylle se gebúr .vi. penegas
ende-mann
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A person living in the latest age of the world Wé endemenn ðyssere worulde (for the ideas of the time as to the end of the world cf. Wlfst. 156, 4 ; Ðeós woruld is on ofste and hit neálǽcð þám ende), Hml. Th. i. 476, 18. Fela hálige menn fram frymðe
fǽgan
To paint
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To paint Faehit pingit, Txts. 86, 785. ¶ In the following glosses there seems to be confusion either between the Latin verbs pangere and pingere or between the English verbs fǽgan and fégan: Fégð pingit (cf. gefégað conpingite, 15, 43), Wrt. Voc. ii.
fæsten-gewerc
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Work at the repairing or construction of fortifications: one of the three obligations included in the trinoda necessitas. Bútan fæstengewerce and fyrdsócne and brycggeweorce, C. D. ii. 111, 16. Fæstengeworce, 24. Freódóm from ǽghwelcum eorðlecum þeówdómæ
fird-tiber
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A sacrifice made when military operations were to be undertaken (?) Hostia, proprie fyrdtimber (-tiber ?) hostia, properly speaking army-sacrifice [the glosser might have had the idea which is expressed in the following passage: Dysne yrming (Mars) wurðodon
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