ge-líhtan
To lighten ⬩ mitigate ⬩ assuage ⬩ alleviare
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Ðonne hie willaþ him selfum ðæt yfel ðæt hie ðurhtugon to swíðe ge-líhtan when they wish to make too light of the evil they have done, Past. 21; Swt. 159, 20; Hat. MS. Ic mínne ðurst geléhte [?]
HEALT
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Hæfdon him tó ládteówe ǽnne wísne mon, þéh hé healt wǽre and him tó gielpworde hæfdon ðæt him leófre wǽre ðæt hie hæfdon healtne cyning ðonne healt ríce they had as their leader a wise man though he was lame, and made it their boast that they had rather
mann-rǽdenn
homage ⬩ the condition of being another's man ⬩ service or dues paid by the tenant to the owner
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Laym. he heora monredne onfeng.] service or dues paid by the tenant to the owner Ðæt is ǽrest of ðam lande æt Nigon hídon seó mannrédden intó Tantún, cirhsceattas ..., Chart. Th. 432, 22
ofer-gitan
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A. ) ( obliti sunt ) ðæt hí hláfas ne námon, Mk. Skt. 8, 14. Hié ofergeáton Godes dómas. Cd. Th. 155, 32; Gen. 2581. Spec . . . ðæt hié ofergieton (sýn ofergytende, MS. B.) ðisse sǽwe ege, St. And. 8. 15. Ne ofergit ðú þearfan, Ps.
offrung
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A. ), ðe ðæt weofud ðe gehálgaþ ða offrunge (ofrunge, MS. A. )? Mt. Kmbl. 23, 19. Melu oððe offrung ador, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21; Som. 10, 32. Offrung sacrificium, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 49. Ofrung oblatio, 28, 43.
on-bídan
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to abide, wait, remain Onbád óþ ðæt ǽfen cwom, Beo. Th. 4594; B. 2302. Hé onbád ðæt feówertig wintra hweðer hié gecyrran woldan he waited the forty years to see whether they would change, Blickl. Homl. 79, 4.
rǽd-gifa
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Stígand ðe wæs ðæs cinges rǽdgifa and his handprést, Chr. 1051; Th. i. 317, col. 2. Rǽdgifan consulem, Germ. 397, 560. Ðis sindon ða gerǽdnessa ðe Engla rǽdgifan gecuran and gecwǽdan, L. Eth. vi. 1; Th. i. 314, 3.
ge-witan
To understand ⬩ know ⬩ scire
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Ðæt ne sé gewitten quod non scietur, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 26. Gá and gewite go and get to know, Ap. Th. 13, 24
strúdan
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Ðonne wé ús for nówiht dóþ ðæt wé earme menn reáfiaþ and strúdaþ in heora ǽhtum and heora gódum cum infirmiores spoliare et eis fraudem facere pro nihilo ducimus Bd. 3, 19 ; S. 548, 19. Fýnd gold strudon. Cd. Th. 121, 7; Gen. 2006: Exon.
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un-sýfre
Impure ⬩ unclean ⬩ foul
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Voc. ii. 65, 15. moral Forhwan ðú ðæt selegescot, ðæt ic mé on ðé gehálgode, þurh firenlustas fúle synne unsýfre ( or adv.? Cf. O. H. Ger. un-súbro sordide ) besmite, Exon. Th. 90, 34; Cri. 1484.
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wagian
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To move (intrans.). to wag, wave, shake, move backwards and forwards Hé mihte hearpian ðæt se wudu wagode, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 166, 32. Ða wudubeámas wagedon and swegdon, Dóm. L. 7. Wagedan búta, Exon. Th. 436, 25; Rä. 55, 6. Hreád ðæt wagende, Mt.
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wín-berige
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Ic nam ða wínberian and wrang on ðæt fæt, 40, 11: Lchdm. iii. 114, 4. Wínberian (-bergean, v.l.) uvas Mt. Kmbl. 7, 16
ellen
elder-tree
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On ðæt ellen; of ðám ellenne, iii. 85, 8. On ðæt ǽnlýpe ellyn; ðonne of ðan ellynne, v. 398, 28. Petram recte contra le ellarne, iii. 393, 5.
sprecan
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Gr. 117, 6. add: sprecan fore to speak on behalf of Hé bæd mé ðæt ic him wǽre forespeca . . . Ðá spæc ic him fore, and þingade him tó Ælfréde cinge, C. D. ii. 133, 16
æt-berstan
To break out or loose ⬩ to escape ⬩ get away ⬩ erumpere ⬩ evadere
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Ðæt he ðanon ætberste that he escape thence, L. C. E. 2 ; Th. i. 358, 25
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Bedewinda
BEDWIN, Wilts
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BEDWIN, Wilts Ic, Ælfréd, West-Seaxena cining [MS. cingc], an Eádweade, mínum yldran suna, ðæs landes æt Bedewindan I, Alfred, king of the West-Saxons, give the land at Bedwin to Edward, my elder son [lit. made a grant of the land at Bedwin ], Alfd.
be-stapan
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To step, step upon, tread with the foot, go, enter; gradi, calcare, ire, inire Eall ðæt rýmet, ðe eówer fótswaðu on bestæpþ omnem locum, quem calcaverit vestigium pedis vestri, Jos. 1, 3.
BLÆC
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Ink; atramentum Ðæt hí habban blæc and bócfel that they have ink and parchment, L. Edg. C. 3; Th. ii. 244, 11. Blæc atramentum, Wrt. Voc. 47, 3. [Plat. blak ink: O. H.
dylsta
Matter, corruption, mucus ⬩ tabum, mucus
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Ðǽr dylstan on synd whereon the mucus is, 1, 31; Lchdm. ii. 72, 20
eorl-riht
An earl's right or privilege ⬩ cŏmĭtis jus vel privĭlēgium
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An earl's right or privilege; cŏmĭtis jus vel privĭlēgium Gif þegen geþeáh, ðæt he wearþ to eorle, ðonne wæs he syððan eorlrihtes weorþe if a thane thrived, that he became an earl, then he was thenceforth worthy of an earl's right, L.