hwéne
A little ⬩ somewhat
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A little, somewhat Hwéne ǽr a little before, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 27. Hwéne ǽror, Homl. Th. i. 358, 24. Hwéne wíddre ðonne bydenfæt somewhat wider than a bushel measure, Blickl. Homl. 127, 6. Hwéne rúmedlícor paulo latius, Past. 12; Swt. 75, 17.
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land-ceáp
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Forðréde mínum þegne nigen hígida lond ... hé salde tó londceápe xxx mancessan and nigenhund sciłł. wið ðæm londe I, King Berchtwulf, sell my thane Forthred nine hides of land ... he gave xxx mancusses as fine at the purchase, and nine hundred shillings for
mirring
hindering ⬩ leading astray ⬩ waste ⬩ squandering
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Ger. marunga impedimentum.] waste, squandering (v. mirran, II) Oððe se gielpna for his góda mierringe (mirringe, Cott.
mis-
diversely ⬩ variously ⬩ in different ways ⬩ in an irregular manner
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MS. mislice) willnigen, Bt. 36, 3; Fox 176, 26. in an irregular manner (v. mis-líc, II.)
be-sencan
To sink, immerge ⬩ mergere, demergere
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Fox 421; Men. 212. Ðe-læs me besencen ne me demergant, Ps. Th. 68, 14. Sí besenced on sǽs grúnd demergatur in profundum maris, Mt. Bos. 18, 6: Lk. Bos. 10, 15.
ge-hérian
To praise ⬩ honour ⬩ glorify ⬩ laudāre ⬩ hŏnōrāre ⬩ celebrāre
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Ðeáh he seó ánum gehéred though it be praised in one, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 14 : Blickl. Homl. 71, 16. On Gode we beóþ gehérode in Dŏmĭno laudābĭmur, Ps. Lamb. 43, 9. He wæs gehiered he was praised, Blickl. Homl. 165, 1
scrúd-fultum
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Assistance in providing clothing; the word occurs in grants made to religious houses of funds for the provision of clothing Ealle ða sócna ofer ðæt fennland him ( the monks of Ely) tó scrúdfultume (cf. stent causas seculares emendandae fratrum loco
un-nídige
Without compulsion ⬩ willingly
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Oft hit gebyreþ ðætte manige men bióþ swá ungetrume ǽgþer ge on móde ge on líchoman ðæt hí ne magon ne nán god dón, ne nán yfel nyllaþ unnédige, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 1
un-lǽred
Untaught ⬩ unlearned ⬩ ignorant
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Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 15: Met. 28, 1
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weorold-cræft
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A secular craft or art Ne sí nán man swá dysig, ðæt hé ðás gelícnysse tó ǽnigum hálgum þinge áwende, for ðan de ðis ( grammar) is woruldcræft (weorld-, v.l. ), Ælfc. Gr. 41; Zup. 246, 2. Ðé gebletsige woruldcræfta wlite and weorca gehwilc, Cd.
beór
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For translation of Icelandic quotation substitute: Ale is it called among men, but among the gods beer, and add Beór ydromel-lum vel mulsum, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 34. Æppelwín, beór idromelum, ii. 49. 57. Leóht beór melle dulci, 56, 49.
burg-geat-setl
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Substitute (for entry under burh-geat-setl): If burg-geat is used in the sense given under burg-geat, I. the word would mean 'jurisdiction over those belonging to the "burg," the owner's family and tenants'; if as in burg-geat, II, it would mean 'a seat
dys-lic
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Dyslic bið þæt hwá woruldlice spéda forhogige for manna herunge and beó on Godes dóme geniðerod, Hml. Th. i. 60, 32: Bt. 34, 3; F. 136, 28. Dys(e)lic dyrstignes. v. dyrstignes. Hit ðincð ungelǽredum mannum dyselig tó gehýrenne, Hml. Th. i. 94, 35.
firen-lic
flagitious ⬩ criminal ⬩ gross ⬩ grievous
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Hé bæd þone Ælmihtigan for ðám árleásum cwellerum, þæt hé him forgeáfe þá fyrnlican synne, 300, 22. Þá fæstan cnottan fyrnlicra synna, Hml. S. 10, 47. Fyranlicra, C. D. iv. 51, 33.
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ge-spelia
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Augustine as a substitute for himself, Lch. iii. 434, 7. Nú syndan biscopas Petres gespelian, Wlfst. 177, 18. Hálige láreówas Drihtnes gespelian sind, Hml. Th. ii. 320, 27
ge-dryhtu
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For sidera as an alternative to elementa, cf. elementa sol et luna et reliqui planetae, Migne. Gedrihtu seems a rendering of fortune, cf. fortunę, gewyrdes, 2628), An. Ox. 2371: 7, 145. Gedryhtu, 8, 119: Angl. xiii. 32, 110
ge-þweorod
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Þeáh ánra hwilc sié gebunden gesiblíce tógædre, ꝥte heora ǽnig óðres ne dorste mearce ofergangan, ac geþweorod sint ðegnas tógædre, cele wið hǽto, hǽt wið drýgum; winnað hwæðre tu numeris elementa ligas, ut frigora flammis, arida conveniant liquidis (for
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híred-mann
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Híredmanna gehwilc sille pænig tó ælmessan, oððe his hláford sille for hine, Wlfst. 181, 16. Be híredmonnum de hero proprio familiae fidejussore, Ll. Th. i. 394, 25.
mildheortlíce
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Wé sceolon déman for úres Drihtnes lufon ǽfre mildheortlíce . . . bútan wælhreównysse, 9, 221.
útfangene-þeóf
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the jurisdiction of the lord over his man taken as a thief outside the lord's domain, the right of the lord to pursue his man, when accused of theft, outside his own jurisdiction, bring him back to his own court for trial, and keep his forfeited chattels