ESNE
A man of the servile class, a servant, retainer, man, youth ⬩ mercēnārius, servus, vir, jŭvĕnis
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Se hwata esne the brave man, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 10. Penda, se fromesta esne Penda, vir strēnuissĭmus, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 8. Ealle we synd ánes esnes suna omnes fīlli ūnīus vĭri sŭmus, Gen. 42, 11, 13.
gild
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Hé þá ídlan gild bræc, Bl. H. 223, 18, l. a guild, v. ge-gild Hér is on þís gewrite siú geswitelung þǽre gerǽd-nisse þe þiús geférrǽden gerǽd hæfþ on þegna gilde on Grantebrycge, Cht. Th. 610, 29. Se gylda þe óðerne misgrét innan gylde, 606, 23
ongeagn
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S. 33, 33. (4 a) where sound is the result of an act :-- Man lédde tó his breóstum bráde ísene clútas swíðe glówende ꝥ hit sang ongeán, Hml.
drífan
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Drifan heora hundas swýðe ǽnne haran geond þone brádan feld, Hml. S. 31, 1057. (2 a) to follow a track :-- Gif mon trode bedrífð forstolenes yrfes . . . mid mearce gecýþe ꝥ man riht drífe . . . Gif mon secge ꝥ man ꝥ trod áwóh drífe, Ll.
un-þanc
disfavour ⬩ displeasure ⬩ anger ⬩ ill-will ⬩ an unpleasing act ⬩ a displeasure ⬩ an offence ⬩ annoyance ⬩ not thanks ⬩ displeasure expressed in words ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ without consent ⬩ on compulsion ⬩ ingratis ⬩ without (a person's) consent ⬩ not of (one's own) accord ⬩ against (one's) will
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Hé bræc ðæne palant æt Neomagan and eác fela óðra unþanca hé him dyde, Chr. 1049; Erl. 172, 22. Hé wolde geofan him ðone castel, ðæt hé mihte syððan dæghwamlíce his unwinan unþancas dón, 1075; Erl. 212, 16.
Linked entry: un-þances
mearc
a limit ⬩ bound ⬩ term ⬩ a limit ⬩ boundary ⬩ a boundary ( = gemǽre) of a particular estate ⬩ a boundary ⬩ confine of a district ⬩ border ⬩ the territory within the boundaries ⬩ fines
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Ðæt is ðonne ðæt mon his mearce brǽde ... hira mearce mid tó rýmanne terminum suum dilatare est ... ad dilatandum terminum suum (cf. getryman hira landgemǽru, 4), Past. 48, 2; Swt. 367, 13-15: Cd. 136; Th. 171, 19; Gen. 2830.
ge-irnan
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Brydegume cymende giiorne ( occurrere ), Rtl. 106, 10. (1 b) with the idea of attack :-- Gelamp sume síðe, ðǽr hé sum gild bræc, ꝥ þǽr gearn mycel menigeo tó him . . . and ealle swíðe erre wǽron (cf.. to run to a place Georn xvi-wintre mǽden tó ðǽre
ge-rǽcan
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Voc. ii. 67, 52. to hold out something and give it to a person, hand to a person Hé onféng hláfe and bræc and giráhte him, Lk. R.
hwanne
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., hwenne, R.) ic bræc fíf hláfas ... . and hú fela wyligena gé námon fulle?, Mk. 8, 19: 20. Hé sceal winnan and sorgian hwonne se dæg cume ... búton hé ǽr hwæt for Gode gedyde, Bl.
þegnung
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Hé brǽd hine on feala bleóna þurh deófles þegnunga he changed himself into many forms by the devil's good offices, Blickl. Homl. 175, 5. <b>I a.
Linked entries: ǽfen-þénung þéning þénung
láf
remnant ⬩ remains ⬩ relic ⬩ remainder ⬩ rest ⬩ lave ⬩ legacy ⬩ heirloom ⬩ a relict ⬩ widow
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Ðǽr brægd eorl Beówulfes ealde láfe, 1595; B. 795: 2981; B. 1488. Hét in gefetian Hréðles láfe; næs sincmáððum sélra on sweordes hád, 4389; B. 2191. a relict, widow Láf vel forlǽten wíf derelicta, Ælfc. Gl. 88; Som. 74, 65; Wrt. Voc. 50, 46.
A
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Sometimes the accented or long á is represented in English by oa; as Ác an oak, gád a goad, lád load, rád road, brád broad, fám foam, lám loam, sápe soap, ár oar, bár boar, hár hoar, bát boat, gát goat, áta oat, áþ oath, láþ loath.
ge-fyllan
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H. 187, 36. of time Þás twelf tácna synd swá bráde, ꝥ hí gefyllað twá tída mid hyra úpgange, Lch. iii. 246, 7. to satisfy, a (hungry, needy) person Hé þá hungrian mid gódum gefylleð ( satiavit ), Ps. Th. 106, 8: Bl. H. 5, 9.
fær
going ⬩ passing ⬩ a going away ⬩ a journey ⬩ course ⬩ a voyage ⬩ a march ⬩ an expedition ⬩ enterprise ⬩ a passage ⬩ thoroughfare ⬩ road ⬩ entrance ⬩ carriage ⬩ vessel ⬩ a troop ⬩ a crew ⬩ fare ⬩ proceedings
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A. 109, 233. a place where passage is possible or admissible, a passage, thoroughfare, road, entrance Hé him tǽhte þóne wæg ofer ánum brádum fenne þǽr nán fær ǽr næs, Jud. Thw. 162, 18.
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lufian
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Ic geteáh his mód tó þon ꝥ hé lufode mid his brádre hand þá nunnan and ofer þá sculdru geþaccode cujus meniem traxerit, ut in terga ejusdem sanctimonialis feminae blandiens alapam daret, Gr. D. 189, 22.
ge-staþelian
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Gyf hé þé gehýrð, þú gestaðelast þínne bráðor, Mt. 18, 15
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fela
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Hé bræ-acute;d hine on feala bleóna, Bl. H. 175, 5. Þá sǽde ic ꝥ ic his þinga feola ne cúþe respondi me ignorare quid faceret Alexander, Nar. 18, 24. adjective Similar entries (v. also III.).
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geond
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Gind þæt lond tó*-*brǽd, 4, 8; S. 188, 12. Weras geond þá wínburg, An. 1639. Úre bisceopas geond eal Romána ríce our bishops throughout the Roman empire, Bl. H. 187, 3. Secgað ðǽm welegum gind ðisne middangeard, Past. 181, 14.
sígan
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M. 47, 35.] to ooze, run as matter, v. seón Gif ðæt brægen út síge if the brain protrude, Lchdm. ii. 22, 19. Lǽt sígan út on sum fæt let it drain out into a vessel, iii. 48, 6. to strain, filter, act as a filter, cf. (?)
wís
wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ cunning ⬩ wise ⬩ learned ⬩ skilled ⬩ expert ⬩ known
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Similar entries v. and-, brægd-, fore-, gesceád-, getæl-, med-, riht-, sám-, sundor-, un-, unriht-, weorold-, wrenc-wís. (Some of these compounds may be con-nected with wíse.)