be-bod
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Hét hé beódan þæt hié fóron ealle út ætsomne. Þá ætsǽton ða Centiscan beæftan ofer his bebod, Chr. 905; P. 94, 6. Týn bebodu the decalogue, An. Ox. 841. Ǽlicera beboda praeceptorum legalium, 1017. Godes biboda weg, Past. 67, 9. Add
fird
an expedition ⬩ campaign ⬩ an army ⬩ a camp
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Ðá gesægdon Rómáne Bryttum ꝥ hí nó má ne mihton for heora gescyldnysse swá gewinnfullicum fyrdum swencte beón, Bd. I. 12; Sch. 33, 17. an army Ferd exercitus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 41.
éd
Safety, security, happiness ⬩ sălus, asȳlum
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Grn. corrected ed monne into edniowne renewed :-- Ða he hine [égor-here] upp forlét edniowne [acc. referring to hine = égor-here] streámum stígan when he allowed it [the water-flood-'host'] renewed to mount up in streams, Gen. 1405
termen
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On non̄ Aprilis byð se forma termen on ðam circule ðe ys decennovenalis, oððe pascalis geháten, Anglia viii. 310, 42: 323, 3. Ðæt gemǽre ðæs termenes pasche, 322, 34. On ðam termine ðære eásterlícan tíde, 315, 19. Ymbe ðæne termen, 324, 29.
cost
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Þár þegen áge twégen costas, lufe oþþe lage, and hé lufe geceóse where a thane has two ways of settlement open to him, by amicable agreement or by appeal to law, and he choose the former, Ll. Th. i. 298, 5
ge-sweltan
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Add: [weak forms occur in Lindisfarne gospels] Ðaeh becyme mec ꝥ ic efne-gesuelta ðé etsi oportuerit me common tibi, Mk. L. 14, 31. Se Hǽlend ásuelte (expirauit) . . . Gesæh ðe aldormon ꝥte suá clioppende gesuelte (expirasset), 15, 39.
ge-lettan
To hinder ⬩ delay ⬩ let ⬩ stop ⬩ retardare ⬩ impedire
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Ðú geletest láþ werod thou shalt stop the hostile force, Elen. Kmbl. 187; El. 94. To hraðe hine gelette lidmanna sum ðá he ðæs eorles earm amyrde too soon one of the seamen hindered him when he disabled the earl's arm, Byrht. Th. 136, 40; By. 164.
Linked entry: lettan
ge-metgung
Moderation, temperance, a fit or proper measure, a direction, a regulation ⬩ moderatio, temperantia, modus, moderamen
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Ealla gesceafta onfóþ æt Gode endebyrdnesse, and andwlitan, and gemetgunge all creatures receive from God order, and form, and measure, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 15, 20, 33.
Sicilie
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[In this sense the Latin form also occurs *-*Sicilia, églond micel, Met. 1, 15. Sicilia ðæt ígland is þrýscýte, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 28, 2. On Sicilia ðæm londe, 2, 6 ; Swt. 88, 31.
tabule
a table ⬩ a board which is struck to give a signal
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On ðære óðre tabelan wæs ðæt forme bebod: 'Ne hǽm ðú unrihtlíce,' Homl. Th. ii. 198, 5. Tabelan, 196, 34. Pilatus áwrát ðæs wítes intingan on ánre tabelan, 254, 24. Týn beboda áwrát se Ælmihtiga on ðám twám tabelum ...
tengan
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Hé ontende ða burh and tencgde him forð syððan, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 416. Se cásere tengde tó ðam botle, Homl. Th. i. 430, 23. Se fugol tó wuda tengde, ii. 162, 27.
Linked entry: sam-tinges
eáste-weard
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. ¶ used substantively :-- Þæt Babylonicum (ríce) wæs þæt forme and on eáste weardum Babylonium regnum ab oriente, Ors. 2, l; S. 60, 2
freólíce
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Ic gife þás landes ... freólíce, swá ðet nán man ná have þǽr nán onsting búton seó abbot, Chr. 656; P. 30, 26: 963; P. 116, 18. nobly, splendidly Forð becóm freólíce in geatwum (cf. Laym. freoliche iwapned) kyningc, Chr. 1065; P. 194, 10
heáwan
to hack ⬩ gash ⬩ to hew ⬩ to cut off
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S. 28, 69. to cut off, sever a part from the whole by a blow: Sume heówun (caedebant) þǽra treówa bógas, Txts 21, 8. to form by hewing Deórhege heáwan, Ll. Th. i. 432, 15: Angl. ix. 262, 8
leóhtlíce
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Add: without much pressure or force Þweah leóht-líce mid wvlle wætre, Lch. ii. 308, 11. to no great amount Wyl on ealað swíþe, geswét mid hunige leóhtlíce, Lch. ii. 62, 20. <b>II a.
mengan
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réðnesse miscenda est lenitas cum severitate, Past. 124, 13. add : to confound, not to distinguish Ná mengende hádas and ná spéde syndriende neque confundantes personas neque substantiam separantes, Angl. ii. 360, 4. of persons, to join to others so as to form
nytt
Useful ⬩ profitable ⬩ advantageous ⬩ beneficial
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Nyttre fóre, Exon. Th. 393, 4; Rä. 12, 5. Ðæt hí hæfdon nyt ǽrend and nytne intingan sumne ( aliquid legationis et causae utilis ), Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 21.
scíma
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Fore scíman prae fulgure, Ps. Surt. 17, 13. Seó sunne scíman ne hæfde the sun was eclipsed, Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 11. Swá ðæt ic mihte geseón swíðe lytellne scíman leóhtes, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 29.
Linked entry: scímian
un-stille
Not still ⬩ unquiet ⬩ not at rest ⬩ moving ⬩ liking movement ⬩ unquiet ⬩ restless ⬩ unruly ⬩ unquiet ⬩ disturbed ⬩ not at peace ⬩ troubled
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Swift wæs on fóre, dreág unstille winnende wéga, 434, 24; Rä. 52, 5. Eall ðiós unstille gesceaft, Bt. 39, 6; Fox 220, 23. Ðæt unstille hweól ( velox rota ) ðe Ixion wæs tó gebunden, 35, 6; Fox 168, 31. Ða unstillan woruldgesceafta, Met. 11, 19.
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yfel
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Voc. i. 74, 47. in a moral sense Yfel mann of yfelum goldborde bringð yfel forð, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 35. Hié nǽnigo firen ne gewundode, ne yfel gewitnes ( witness of wrong-doing ) ne wrégde, Blickl. Homl. 161, 33.