þearfan
To need, ⬩ suffer need ⬩ indigent, ⬩ needy, ⬩ poor ⬩ a poor person; ⬩ the poor ⬩ a miserable person
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B. i. 155, 5. Hé fédde þearfende, Homl. Skt. ii. 31, 53. Ða þearfendan Drihten gehýreþ, Ps. Th. 68, 34. a miserable person :-- Biþ ðæt þridde þearfendum (the wicked ) sorg, Exon. Th. 79, 4; Cri. 1285.
Linked entries: ge-þearfan be-þearfende be-þearfaþ þearfende þorfan
swícan
to move about, wander ⬩ to move away, depart, escape ⬩ from to turn from, to withdraw favour or allegiance from, to rebel ⬩ to desist from (dat. or prep.), cease from ⬩ to deceive ⬩ to fail in one's duty to another, be a traitor to, desert ⬩ cease ⬩ to deceive, leave in the lurch
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Eam ic geseald ðǽr ic út swícan ne mæg traditus sum et non egrediebar, Ps. Th. 87, 8. Hé biþ on ðæt wynstre weorud wyrs gesceáden, ðonne hé on ða swíþran hond swícan móte, Exon. Th. 449, 25; Dóm. 76.
Linked entry: be-swicenness
ge-wuna
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Th. i. 346, 28.
é-swíc
Disgrace, offence ⬩ scandălum
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Disgrace, offence; scandălum Nis in him éswíc non est in illis scandălum, Ps. Surt. 118, 165. In éswíc in scandălum, 68, 23
mónaþ
A month ⬩ lunar ⬩ calendar
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Th. ii. 490, 25.
earm
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Th. i. 64, 32. Þǽm earmestum mannum, Bl. H. 53, 19. <b>II a.</b> poor in something, destitute of (with gen.) :-- Hú earme wé bióð ðára écena ðinga ab aeternis nos miseros cernimus, Past. 389, 8
háwian
To view, look, observe, regard, survey, inspect
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Th. ii. 392, 32. Háwa hwæðer his ceaflas sín tóswollene notice whether his jowls be swollen, Lchdm. iii. 140, 8. Háwiaþ be gehwilcum take notice in the case of each one, Homl. Th. i. 332, 15.
sóþ-fæst
true, without deception ⬩ true in deed ⬩ just ⬩ righteous ⬩ pious ⬩ without wickedness ⬩ true in speech ⬩ veracious
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Ne cwom ic tó ceigenne sóðfæsto (justos) ah synfullo, Mk. Skt. Lind. 2, 17. true in speech, veracious Sóðfæst verax, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 17: Mt. Kmbl. 22, 16: Mk. Skt. 12, 14: Jn. Skt. Lind. 3, 33: Ps. Th. 85, 14.
acsian
To ask ⬩ ask for ⬩ demand ⬩ rogare ⬩ expostulate ⬩ exigere
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To ask, ask for, demand; rogare, expostulate, exigere Mót ic acsian, Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 26. Cómon corþrum miclum cuman acsian they came in great multitudes to demand the strangers, Cd. 112; Th. 148, 8; Gen. 2453: Lk. Bos. 20, 40.
CURS
CURSE ⬩ maledictio
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D. 871-878 ; Kmbl. ii. 107, 5: 1057 ; Kmbl. v. 114, 25: Chr. 656 ; Erl. 33, 12: 675 ; Erl. 39, 20, 21, 27, 28: 963 ; Erl. 123, 14
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dóm-ern
A judgment-place, a court-house ⬩ forum judiciāle, trĭbūnal, prætōrium
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Th. ii. 422, 1. Wyðútan hys dómern outside his judgment-hall, Nicod. l0; Thw. 5, 9
feaxede
Having long hair ⬩ long-haired ⬩ cŏmātus
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, because there stands a long ray from it, sometimes on one side, sometimes on each side; Chr. 891; Th. 162, 9-14, col. 1
Linked entries: fexede ge-feaxode
feðer-hama
Feather-covering ⬩ feathers ⬩ plumage ⬩ wings ⬩ plūmārum tegmen ⬩ plūma ⬩ pennæ ⬩ ālæ
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Feather-covering, feathers, plumage, wings; plūmārum tegmen, plūma, pennæ, ālæ Geseó ic him his englas ymbe hweorfan mid feðerhaman I see his angels encompass him with feathery wings, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 6; Gen. 670.
Linked entry: fæðer-homa
fisc-cynn
The fish kind ⬩ kind of fishes ⬩ piscium gĕnus
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The fish kind, kind of fishes; piscium gĕnus Is heofena ríce gelíc asendum nette on ða sǽ, and of ǽlcum fisccynne gadrigendum sĭmĭle est regnum cælōrum săgēnæ missæ in măre, et ex omni gĕnĕre piscium congrĕganti, Mt. Bos. 13, 47.
for-wrecan
To drive out ⬩ banish ⬩ expel ⬩ expellĕre ⬩ propellĕre ⬩ fŭgāre
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Eart ðú ána forwrecen on Hierusalem tu sōlus peregrīnus es in Jerusalem? Lk. Bos. 24, 18
morgen-líc
morning ⬩ of to-morrow
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Voc. ii. 116, 67. From gehæld morgenlícum a custodia matutina, Rtl. 181, 1. Tó morgenlícum tídum ad matutinas horas, 36, 35. Ic beó ðýs morgenlícan dæge (on the morning of this day: St.
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neádung
Force or violence used against any one ⬩ compulsion ⬩ necessity
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Th. ii. 220, 12. Hé nolde geniman ús neádunge of deófles anwealde, i. 26, 30. Hine betellan swilce hé neádunge gefremode ðæt fácn to excuse himself, as if he committed that crime of necessity, H. R. 105, 26. Neádunge vim, Hpt. Gl. 435, 70
Linked entry: níding
ge-gán
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A. 154, 58. the verb here might be translated to traverse, the Latinof Ethelred's law is: Sicut aratrum peragrabit decimam acram, Ll. Th. i. 338, 22
ge-fég
A joining ⬩ juncture ⬩ commissura ⬩ junctura
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Mennisce handa hit ne mihton towurpan, for ðam fæstum gefége ðæs feóndlícan temples human hands could not overthrow it because of the fast joining of the devilish temple, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 14
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tæpped
A covering for a floor, wall, etc., a carpet, hanging, coverlet; for a person, a tippet
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cf. in a list de lectis et ornamentis eorum :-- Hec amphicapa, est tapeta ex utraque parte villosa. Hec sipha, idem est, 243, cot. 1), Wrt. Voc, i. 40, 35. vii. oferbrǽdelsas and .ii. tæppedu, Chart. Th. 429, 26.