healf-mearc
A half-mark
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Fylste ǽlc gegylda he[alf]mearc tó fylste, Cht. Th. 611, 32. Ic an míne láuedy halfmarc goldes, C. D. iv. 308, 2: Cht. Th. 573, 13. Tó .viii. healfmarcum ásodenes goldes, Ll. Th. i. 154, 1.
ge-sirwan
to plot ⬩ contrive ⬩ conspire ⬩ deliberate ⬩ to furnish with arms ⬩ equip
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MS. to furnish with arms, equip Gesyrwed secg an armed man, Byrht. Th. 136, 30; By. 159
toll
Toll, ⬩ tax, ⬩ custom, ⬩ duty, ⬩ due ⬩ that which is paid to the state. ⬩ that which is paid to individuals ⬩ taking toll
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Toll, tax, custom, duty, due. that which is paid to the state. See also IV. Cynelíc toll fiscale tributum, Hpt. Gl. 440, 43. Nim ðone wecg, and syle tó tolle for mé and for ðé, Homl. Th. i. 512, 5.
seófian
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To lament, complain of His sylfes earfoþu hé seófaþ tó Drihtne, Ps. Th. 3, arg. Gilleþ geómorlíce and his gyrn séfaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 536 ; Sal. 267. Hé seófode his ungelimp tó Drihtne, Ps. Th. 7, arg.: 3, arg.
cyne-dóm
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For þám cynedóme ( for the offence done to the royal dignity ) gebirað óðer swilc tó bóte on cynegilde, 190, 7. royal property. v. cyne-lic Cynedómes fisci (cf. fiscus kyninga seód, 39, 80), Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 60
wirs
Worse ⬩ worst
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Hé bið on ðæt wynstre weorud wyrs gesceáden ðonne hé on ða swíþran hond swícan móte, he will be assigned to the host on the left hand by a sentence too stern to allow him to pass to the right hand, 449, 23; Dóm. 75.
ge-wuna
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Ic eom benumen mínra þeáwa and eom getogen tó fremdum þeáwum, Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 24. ¶ on gewunan bringan, habban; tó gewunan niman to make a practice of, to be in the habit of using or doing :-- Nú þincð heom þis syllic tó gehýranne, for þám þe hig habbað
hé
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S. 31, 994. where the pronoun represents an object which is described in, or may be inferred from, the context Þá þá þú tó þám gefeohte férdest þú offrodest deóflum, and nú ðú sigefæst cóme þú gebǽde þé tó Críste; cýð mé hú hit sý, Hml. S. 7, 342.
treów
truth to a promise or engagement, ⬩ faith ⬩ good or bad faith ⬩ to keep faith with a person ⬩ troth ⬩ truth to a person, ⬩ fidelity ⬩ fealty ⬩ loyalty ⬩ the truth of the stronger to the weaker, ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ help ⬩ an assurance of faith or truth ⬩ word (in to give or pledge one's word) ⬩ a promise ⬩ an engagement ⬩ a covenant ⬩ league ⬩ faith in something ⬩ belief ⬩ trust ⬩ confidence
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The word is sometimes used in the plural with the force of the singular. truth to a promise or engagement, faith (as in good or bad faith, to keep faith with a person), troth: Treów, sió geond bilwitra breóst áríseþ, Exon. Th. 343, 21; Gn. Ex. 160.
Linked entries: treówa trinnu-byttae
ilca
The same
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[Ilk is used as late as the time of Chaucer, and remains yet in the phrase 'of that ilk'; but its place was gradually occupied by same (the Icelandic sami))]
þweores
across as opposed to along ⬩ athwart ⬩ transversely ⬩ crosswise as opposed to lengthways ⬩ on the flank ⬩ perversely ⬩ wrongly
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Ðá wolde hé þurhþýn hí þwyres mid ðam swurde then he wanted to thrust her through, from one side to the other, with the sword, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 225.
tihtle
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O. 2; Th. i. 178, 10: L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 30), L. Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 212, 1-5. Ic eom unscyldig æt ðære tihtlan ðe N. mé tíhþ, L. O. 5; Th. i. 180, 16.
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HORN
A HORN, a drinking-horn, a cupping-horn, a trumpet, the horn-shaped projection on the gable-end of a house [v. Dasent's translation of Njála, plate 3, p. cvii], a pinnacle ⬩ a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet, husk ⬩ cornu, tuba ⬩ a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet; a corner ⬩ n. cornu, tuba, promontorium
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Th. 117, 25
Linked entries: hyrne horn-geáp horn-reced
gelíce
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Gelíce þám Ænglisc sceal Wyliscan rihte wyrcean, Ll. Th. i. 356, 15. Genim ðás wyrte þe man rutam and þám gelíce (with nearly the same form ) óðrum naman rúdan nemneþ, Lch. i. 198, 20: 234, 11.
gird
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Th. i. 146, 1-2;; Hý létan him tó þá twá hída landes æt Áweltúne and áne gyrde, and æt Weattan ígge þreó gyrda, C. D. B. i. 543, 38-544, 1
a-ferian
To take away ⬩ remove ⬩ withdraw ⬩ auferre ⬩ amovere ⬩ subducere ⬩ cum averiis vel curru vehere ⬩ averiare
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To take away, remove, withdraw; auferre, amovere, subducere, cum averiis vel curru vehere, averiare Ðæt ðú ðe aferige of ðisse folcsceare that thou withdraw thyself from this people, Cd. 114; Th. 149, 19; Gen. 2477. He aferede he bore away, Andr.
Linked entry: auerian
feorh-bealo
Life-bale ⬩ mortal affliction ⬩ deadly evil ⬩ vītæ mălum ⬩ lētāle mălum
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Th. 4492; B. 2250. Ic me ðæt feorhbealo feor aswápe I sweep that deadly evil far from me, Exon. 106 b; Th. 405, 20; Rä. 24, 5: Beo, Th. 314; B. 156.
rodor-líc
of the firmament ⬩ celestial ⬩ heavenly
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of the firmament (v. rodor, I) Se roderlíca ethereus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 25. Firmamentum is ðeós roderlíce heofen mid manegum steorrum ámétt, Lchdm. iii. 254, 8. Hí ( Enoch and Elias) sind genumene tó lyftenre heofenan, ná tó rodlícere, Homl.
scealfor
A diver
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Ðá geseah hé swymman scealfran on flóde, and gelóme doppettan ádúne tó grunde éhtende þearle ðære eá fixa . . . Ðá hét Martinus ða fugelas ðæs fixnoðes geswícan, and tó wéstene síðian; and ða scealfran gewiton áweg tó holte, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 6-12
sceáp-hirde
A shepherd
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Th. 19, 3. Godes engel ætíwde sceáphirdon Shrn. 29, 31. Be sceáphyrdan. Sceáphyrdes niht is ..., L. R. S. 14 ; Th. i. 438, 21