here-gild
A war-tax ⬩ the Danegild ⬩ tax to support an army
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A war-tax, the Danegild, tax to support an army Hér wæs ðet heregeold gelǽst ðæt wǽron xxi þúsend punda and xcix punda in this year the Danegild was paid, it was twenty-one thousand and ninety-nine pounds, Chr. 1040; Erl. 167, 23. Swá fela sýðe swa menn
land-ceáp
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A fine or tax paid when land was purchased Landcóp, L. Eth. iii. 3; Th. i. 292, 16. Landceáp, L. N. P. L. 67; Th. ii. 302, 5. Ego Berchtwulf cyning sile Forðréde mínum þegne nigen hígida lond ... hé salde tó londceápe xxx mancessan and nigenhund sciłł
mæðel-hégende
Attending, holding or addressing an assembly or council ⬩ consulting ⬩ conversing
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Attending, holding or addressing an assembly or council, consulting, conversing Biscopas and bóceras and ealdormen mæðelhégende ( in council ), Andr. Kmbl. 1217; An. 609. Beornas cómon mæðelhégende . . Ðá wæs tó ðam þingstede þeód gesamnod men came who
mirring
hindering ⬩ leading astray ⬩ waste ⬩ squandering
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hindering, leading astray Merrunga seductiones, Mk. Skt. p. 5, 8. Cf. mirra. [O. Frs. meringa hindrance: O. H. Ger. marunga impedimentum.] waste, squandering (v. mirran, II) Oððe se gielpna for his góda mierringe (mirringe, Cott. MSS.) gielpe and wéne
mynian
To have as the object of desire or purpose ⬩ to intend ⬩ direct one's course to an object
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To have as the object of desire or purpose, to intend, direct one's course to an object Ðǽr mín hyht myneþ tó gesécenne my heart's desire is to visit there, Exon. 48 b; Th. 167, 17; Gú. 1601 : Andr. Kmbl. 583; An. 294. Ic lǽre ǽlcne ðara ðe maga sí and
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réceleást
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Carelessness, negligence, heedlessness Swá hwæs swá his irsung willaþ, ðonne gehét him ðæs his réccelést, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 24. Récelést, Met. 25, 53. Hí for heora slǽwþe and for gímeléste and for récceléste forléton unwriten ðara monna þeáwas ðe on
ge-riht-wísian
To justify ⬩ justificare
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To justify; justificare He wolde hine sylfne gerihtwísian ille vŏlens justĭfĭcāre seipsum, Lk. Bos. 10, 29; Ðú eart se ðe me gerihtwísast thou art he who justifieth me, Ps. Th. 4, 1. Ða ðe he him to clypode, ða he gerihtwísode, and ða ðe he gerihtwísode
wiþer-rǽdness
Contrariety ⬩ opposition ⬩ hostility ⬩ ill-will ⬩ unfavourableness ⬩ disadvantage ⬩ oppositeness of nature
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Contrariety, opposition Wiðerrǽdnys contrarietas, contrauersio, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Zup. 275, 7. hostility, ill-will, Similar entries v. wiþer-rǽde, I Wið hunda réðnysse and wiðerrǽdnysse; se ðe hafaþ hundes heortan mid him, ne beóð ongeán hine hundas céne
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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. Th. 239
a-feorran
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omit first and last passages, and add: trans. To remove, take away Bið heó áfeorrod suíðe feor from ðǽre sóðan heánesse ab altitudine verae celsitudinis elongatur , Past. 301, 20. Eardbegengnes mín áfeorrad (áfirred, Ps. Srt.) is incolatus meus pro-longatus
belg
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Add: a bag Bælge oððe bylge bulga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 27. Tóbersteþ þá belgas ( utres ) and þá belgas tó lore weorðaþ. Mt. R. 9, 17. bellows Swégincga bláwendra byliga (follium), Coll. M. 31, 7. Ðeáh man þone gársecg embsette mid byligeon . . and tó
cýf
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Dele 'cýfe, an; f.' and citation from Wrt. Voc. 83, 25, and add Cýf dolium, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 316, 17. Hú seó ǽmtige kýf ( dolium ) wearð mid ele gefylled, Gr. D. 93, 26. Hig gebróhton Ióhannem binnan þǽre cýfe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 19. Wæs geset wearm wæter
dóhtor
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and add Dogter mín filia mea, Mt. R. 15, 22. Ic bidde þínre dohtor, Ap. Th. 4, 4. Mýnre dohtor gifta, 8. Sæcgaþ dohter (doehter, L.) Sione dicite filiae Sion, Mt. R. 21, 5. Of dohter (doehter, R.) his de filia ejus, Mk. L. 7, 26, 29. Móder on doehter
feorran-cumen
stranger
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Come from far, stranger Gif feorrancumen man oþþe fræmde búton wege gange, Ll. Th. i. 42, 23. Gif freóndleás man oþþe feorrancuman geswenced weorðe . . . Sé þe freóndleásan and feorrancumenan wyrsan dóm démeð þonne his geféran, 396, 25-29. Be feorrancumenum
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ge-hrepod
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Substitute: <b>ge-hrepian;</b> p. ode To touch Tactus gehrepod is participium; and tactus hrepung is nama, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 255, 3. to touch with the hand Gehrepa hire byrigene, and þú bist sóna hál, Hml. S. 9, 19. to touch, cause emotion in
ge-brosnian
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To decay, become corrupt; of places, to become ruinous. Take here ge-brosnod in Dict., and odd: in a physical sense Ðú ne geðafast þæt mín líchama gebrosnige (nec dabis sanctum tuum videre corruptionem, Ps. 16, 10), Hml. Th. ii. 16, 27. Ðonne ðín flǽe
haca
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substitute Haca (haᵤca, 87, 1559) pessul, Txts. 88, 803, and add: Perhaps the word occurs in the following :-- On hacapenn foreweard . . . on hacapenn foreweardne, C. D. iii. 412, 2, 14, An hacan penne, v. 238, 30. On hacan pundfold, of hacan pundfalde
híred-mann
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Add: Similar entries v. híred; III. Ǽlcon híredmen (bp. Alfwold's) his onrid þe hé álǽned hæfde, Cht. Crw. 23, 24. Híredmanna gehwilc sille pænig tó ælmessan, oððe his hláford sille for hine, Wlfst. 181, 16. Be híredmonnum de hero proprio familiae fidejussore
mése
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Add: a table at which a meal is taken Ðæs abbodes mýse sceal á beón gemǽne þearuum and elþeódegum mannum, R. Ben. 93, 3. Sý hé áscyred fram gemǽnre mýsan þigene suspendatur a mensa, 49, 15. Fram meósan and fram geférǽdene a meme consortio, R. Ben. I.
midde-winter
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Maria onféng God on hyre innoð, and hine bær oð middewintres mæssedæg and hine þá ácende, Hml. Th. i. 200, 28. On myddewintres mæssenyht, Lk. 2, I. rbc. In þǽre middewintres tíde, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 14: 1016; P. 146, 22. Tó þám midewintre wæs se cyng