hínan
to humble ⬩ humiliate ⬩ degrade ⬩ insult ⬩ to conquer ⬩ subject ⬩ o oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ to lay low ⬩ destroy ⬩ to lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ to accuse
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Th. ii. 508, 26. of the operations of nature Hé gebæd . . ꝥ God forgeáfe þǽre eorðan rénas, for þan ðe se hǽða þá hýnde ðá eorðan, Hml. S. 14, 168. to accuse From hénendum ab accusatoribus, Jn. p. 5, 9
ge-þolian
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L. 5, 26. to bear evil, be patient under, submit to Ic þæt sár for þé þurh eáðmédu eall geþolade, hosp and hearmcwide, Cri. 1443.
ge-weaxan
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</b> to flourish for a person, be advantageous to :-- Suá huæt from mé ðé gewæxe (giwexe, R.) quodcumque ex me tibi profuerit, Mk. L. 7, 11
lama
Lame ⬩ maimed ⬩ crippled ⬩ weak ⬩ paralysed ⬩ palsied ⬩ paralytic
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Ánne bædrydan for eahte geárum lama a bedridden man paralysed for eight years, 42.
manig-feald
Manifold ⬩ multifarious ⬩ of many kinds ⬩ various ⬩ consisting of many parts ⬩ complex ⬩ Manifold ⬩ numerous ⬩ abundant ⬩ plural
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For ðǽm mistlícum and manigfealdum weoruldbisgum, Bt. prooem; Fox viii, 5. Hit sceal heonanforþ mænigfealdre weorþan, Wulfst. 83, 19. Monigfealdran, Exon. 51a; Th. 177, 2; Gú. 1221.
car-ful
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R. 3, 12. careful, attentive to the interests of, solicitous for Hú abbod careful (sollicitus) beón sceal ymbe ðá dǽdbétendan, R. Ben. 50, 16.
on-weald
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Féng Iuninianus tó Rómána onwalde, 6, 32; S. 286, 24. ecclesiastical Sum bisceop wearð for þám gedwylde ádrǽfed of his anwealde, Hml. S. 31, 839. divine Wuldor and onwæld gloriam et imperium, Rtl. 22, 6. [v. N. E. D. on-wald.]
Wætlinga-strǽt
Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.
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According to Trevisa it went 'besides Wrokecestre, and then forth to Stratton, and so forth by the myddell of Wales unto Cardykan, and endeth atte Irisshe see.' Polychron. bk. i. c. 45.
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þeód-scipe
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Homl. 133, 2. .vii. gebróðor geþrowedon deáþ for ðære ealdan ǽ bebode ... Ðá cwæþ se cniht ( the seventh brother ): 'Ic sylle mínne líchoman for ússa fædera ðeódscipe, swá míne bróþor dydon,' Shrn. 111, 20.
heals-fang
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Lbmn. 358, 14. to be paid as a penalty Gif for godbótan feohbót áríseð, swá swá wise woroldwitan tó steóre gesettan, ꝥ gebyreð . . . for woroldsteóran tó godcundan neódan, hwílum be wíte, hwílum be wergylde, hwílum be halsfange. Ll.
hergian
To harry ⬩ pillage ⬩ plunder ⬩ ravage ⬩ waste ⬩ devastate ⬩ make an incursion or a raid ⬩ make war
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Hé wæs heriende and feohtende fíftig wintra arma foras extulit, cruentamque vilam quinquaginta annis bellis egit, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 28, 28
Gregorius
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Augustine then with his companions, who are reckoned at forty men, journeyed by Gregory's command, till they came safely to this island, Nat. S. Greg. Els. 28, 10-13; 28, 19-29, 6; 31, 15-32, 5
ge-mǽne
Common, general, mutual, in common ⬩ communis ⬩ communis, generalis, solitus ⬩ communis
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Sib sceal gemǽne englum and ældum á forþ heonan wesan a common peace shall be to angels and men henceforth for ever, Exon. 16 a; Th. 36, 25; Cri. 581. Hwæt ys ðé and us gemǽne what is common to thee and us? Mt. Bos. 8, 29.
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á-beran
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Th. ii. 158, 23. to bear, be under an obligation for an imposition, &c. Ábere se borh ðæt hé áberan scolde, L. Edg. ii. 6; Th. i. 268, 9
swán-geréfa
An officer whose duties were connected with the management of forests in respect to the pasturing of swine in them and to the use of wood. He seems to have been under the direct control of the alderman
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See Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 177; 81: and cf. the later swain-mote, which is a court touching matters of the forest
springan
To spring ⬩ to leap ⬩ bound ⬩ to burst forth, of a fluid to spirt, of sparks, etc., ⬩ to fly ⬩ to grow as a plant ⬩ to rise as the sun ⬩ to move as a spring moves ⬩ to spread ⬩ be diffused ⬩ to spring as blood from a wound ⬩ to spring as water ⬩ to burst ⬩ crack
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Hig hrædlíce up sprungon, for ðam ðe hig næfdon ðære eorðan dýpan, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 5. to rise as the sun, cf. spring II:-- Up sprungenre sunnan sole orto, Mt.
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ǽstel
A tablet ⬩ a table for notes ⬩ a waxed tablet ⬩ indicatorium ⬩ astula ⬩ pugillaris
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A tablet, a table for notes, a waxed tablet; indicatorium, astula, pugillaris.
Æðelbryht
Ethelbert king of Kent ⬩ Ethelbert the second ⬩ Æthelbryhtus
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years more over these five counties, from 860 to 865 ; he was therefore king for ten years, from A.D. 855-865: A.
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blis
BLISS, joy, gladness, exultation, pleasure ⬩ lætitia, gaudium, exultatio, beatitas ⬩ friendship, kindness, benevolence, grace ⬩ comitas, benignitas, benevolentia, gratia
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Ðanon com ǽrest cristendóm and blis fór Gode and fór worulde whence first came christianity and joy before God and before the world, Chr. 1011; Erl. 146, 22. Ðú eart blis mín tu es exultatio mea, Ps. Spl. 31, 9.
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til
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Th. 104, 26. til is found in proper names, see for examples Txts. 497