ge-timbran
to make of wood ⬩ to build ⬩ to build up ⬩ construct ⬩ ædĭfĭcāre ⬩ construĕre ⬩ exstruĕre ⬩ to build up the mind ⬩ instruct ⬩ edify ⬩ instruĕre
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Ðe Róme burh getimbredon who built Rome, Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 38, 41. Naman mínne on ferhþlocan fæste getimbre fast build up my name within their hearts, Andr. Kmbl. 3339; An. 1673.
AC
but ⬩ sed ⬩ for ⬩ because ⬩ nam ⬩ enim ⬩ quia ⬩ but also ⬩ but yet ⬩ sed etiam ⬩ sed et ⬩ sed tamen
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Ða cwican nó genihtsumedon ðæt hí ða deádan bebyrigdon, ac hwæðere ða ðe lífigende wǽron nóht dón woldon the living were not sufficient to bury the dead, but yet those who were living would do nothing, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 32: 2, 7; S. 509, 13.
réc
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Hé geseah ðone líg ðæs fýres and ðone réc ofer ðære burge wallas áhefenne, 3, 16; S. 543, 2 : Cd. Th. 155, 26; Gen. 2578. Bráde lígas, swilce eác ða biteran récas, 21, 17; Gen. 325. Ic folcsalo bærne, récas stígaþ haswe ofer hrófum, Exon.
á-metan
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Syndon from þǽre burge weallum twelf míla ámetene up tó þǽm heán cnolle, Bl. H. 197, 23. Syndon betwyh þám twám mynstrum þreóttýne mila ámetenra (-metene, v. l. ], Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 480, 14. Ámetenra demetarum, Wrt.
folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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[b] Burh-bót for keeping the burghs, or fortresses, in an efficient state of defence, [c] Fyrd a contribution for maintaining the military and naval force of the kingdom: Gif hwá Burh-bóte, oððe Brycg-bóte, oððe Fyrd-fare forsitte; gebáte mid hund-twelftigum
mann-cynn
mankind ⬩ men ⬩ the human race ⬩ a race of men ⬩ a people ⬩ men
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Hé ða burg gewann and eall ðæt moncynn ácwealde he took the town and slew all the inhabitants, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 112, 16.
ge-myþe
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A mouth of a river, valley, opening of one road into another, of an enclosure. where one stream joins another Of Temede gemýðan; andlang Temede in wynnabæces gemýðan . . . in Temede múðan (cf. of Temede streáme in wynnabæce . . . in Temede streám, 386
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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Hí bǽdon ꝥ hí móston faran þurh ðá burh, ac ðá burhware noldon þæs færes him getýðian, Hml. S. 25, 445. Þá þá hé gehýrde þæs folces fær mid þám Hǽlende, ðá ácsode hé hwá þǽr férde. Hí cwǽdon him tó þæt þæt wǽre ðæs Hǽlendes fær, Hml.
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lah-mann
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C. 38; Th. i. 461, 21 the latinized form of the word occurs Postea inquirat justicia per lagemannos, et per meliores homines de burgo vel hundredo vel villa. See Cl. & Vig. Dict. sub voce lögmaðr
ge-bégan
To cause to bow ⬩ bend ⬩ bow down ⬩ recline ⬩ press down ⬩ humble ⬩ crush ⬩ flectĕre ⬩ incurvāre ⬩ humiliare ⬩ deprĭmĕre
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Burga fífe wǽran under Norþmannum nýde gebégde on hǽðenra hæfteclommum lange þrage five towns were under the Northmen by necessity bowed down in the bonds of the heathen for a long space, Chr. 941; Th. 210, 7, col. 1; Edm.9
gomel
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Forbærst sweord Beówulfes, gomol and grǽgmǽl Beowulf's sword burst asunder, ancient and grey-marked, 5357; B. 2682. Se gomola eald úþwíta the ancient old sage, Exon. 81 a; Th. 304, 5; Fä. 65
butsa-carlas
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This seems clear from a passage in Domesday: " quando Rex ibat in expedhione uel terra uel mari, habebat de hoc burgo aut .xx. solidos ad pascendos suos buzecarlos, aut unum hominem ducebat secum pro honore . v. hidarum. "' Chr. P. ii. 239.]
lactuca
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Lactuca hátte seó wyrt ðe hí etan sceoldon mid ðám þeorfum hláfum heó is biter on þigene lettuce was the name of the herb that they were to eat with the unleavened loaves; it is bitter in the eating, Homl. Th. ii. 278, 26. Nim lactucan ánc hand fulle
HÝDAN
To HIDE ⬩ conceal
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Nó ðú mínne þearft hafelan hýdan [bury], Beo. Th. 896; B. 446. Hwǽr se wuldres beám under hrusan hýded wǽre where the tree of glory [the cross] under ground was hidden, Elen. Kmbl. 436; El. 218. Ðár da æðelestan hýdde wǽron, 2214; El. 1108
sundor
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Gebærne wulfes ceácan and ða téþ sundor burn the teeth by themselves, Lchdm. ii. 102, 13. Se Hǽlend genam his twelf þegnas sundor of ðæm weorode, Blickl. Homl. 15, 7. Sundor ácígan to call aside, Elen.
staca
A stake
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Mon hæfde ða burg mid stacum gemearcod, wulfas átugan ða stacan up, Ors. 5, 5; Swt. 226, 17-19. Álege ðone man upweard, dríf .ii. stacan æt ðám eaxlum, Lchdm. ii. 342, 5.
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be-feolan
to bury ⬩ to bear ⬩ be pleased with ⬩ to apply oneself earnestly to something ⬩ to be urgent with a person ⬩ to press ⬩ to persist ⬩ persevere with something ⬩ to persist in ⬩ continue
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trans. to bury Mon sceal morðor under eorðan befeólan þe hit forhelan þenceþ, Gn. Ex. 115. [Cf. O.
CEORL
CHURL, countryman, husbandman ⬩ homo liber, rusticus, colonus ⬩ a man, husband ⬩ vir, maritus ⬩ a free man
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Gif ceorl geþeáh, ðæt he hæfde fullíce fíf hída ágenes landes, cirican and cycenan [MS. ky-cenan ], bell-hús and burh-geat-setl, and sunder-note on cynges healle, ðonne wæs he ðonon-forþ þegen-rihtes weorþe if a free man thrived, so that he had fully
ge-rǽcan
To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer
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He ða burh gerǽhte he took the town, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 14. He hǽlu gerǽhte écan lífes he obtained the salvation of eternal life, Exon. 35 a; Th. 112, 12; Gú. 142.
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ge-lífan
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Hé hafað ús gelýfed burh and beágas, Exod. 555. Ágefeno ł giléfeno wópum indulta fletibus, Rtl. 40, 5. to grant, allow something to be done Mæht dóende ne geléfes forbeádes uirtutem facientes non sinit prohiberi, Mk. p. 4, 9. with infin.