wer-gild
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(The wergilds for other ranks are given in the sections of this article.)Ceorles wergild is on Myrcna lage .cc. sciłł. Ðegnes wergild is syx swá mycel, ðæt bið .xii. hund sciłł.
ge-sceád
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Wæs þis gesceád (distinctio) . . . óþer wæs cweden se bleaca Heáwold, óþer se hwíta, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 599, 18. Gif seó declinatio sceal tósceádan . . . ; ac þæt ne byð nán gesceád, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 112, 2.
langung
Longing ⬩ desire ⬩ weariness
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Hé for ðære langunga and for ðære geómrunga ðæs óðres deáþes leng on ðam lande gewunian ne mihte ... him nǽfre seó langung ne geteorode for grief and sorrow at the other's death he could not live in that land any longer ... his grief never wore itself
ge-mót
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Gemót consessum, ii. 133, 57. with the idea of two parties coming face to face. a meeting with others for consultation, discussion, & c. Heródes gewende tó Cesaream, and ðǽr hæfde gemót wið Tyrum and Sidoniscum. Mid þám ðe hé mótode, Hml.
þegen
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In some cases, too, it will be seen that the term implies military service, as when de militia regis juvenis is translated sum geong ðæs cyninges ðegin (see also other passages below from Bd. 4, 3, and 5, 13); in others, the service is that of the household
Linked entries: þegen-boren þegen-líc þegin þén
BÝSEN
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Ðiós óðru býsen this other similitude, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 13; Met. 12, 7. Æfter heora býsne after their example, Ps. Th. arg. 28: Cd. 217; Th. 276, 29; Sat. 196.
pening
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A penny referring to other than English coinage Ðes peningc (pening, penig) hic as, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Zup. 50, 14. Fals pening paracaraximus, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 34. Penninge hymenis (?), ii. 96, 71. Peninge, 43, 27.
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stund
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Æt stunda gehwam, 436, 30; Rä. 55, 9. the hour appointed for a particular act, the signal which marks the hour Geendedum gebedum sí swéged óþer tácn ł stund finitis orationibus sonetur secundum signum, Anglia xiii. 380, 215.
æþelo
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Add: f. and in pl. n. nature, in respect to other than rational beings Nim swá wuda swá wyrt of þǽre stówe þe his eard and æþelo biþ on tó weaxanne, and sette on uncynde stówe him, ðonne ne gegréwþ hit ðǽr náuht, Bt. 34, 10; F. 148, 26.
flówan
to pass away ⬩ be transitory ⬩ to issue ⬩ to flow ⬩ to be flooded ⬩ to flow ⬩ to abound
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K. p. 86, 4. of other things, to abound Tó gódan lande, þæt ðe fleówð mid meolce and mid hunige, Hml. Th. ii. 192, 8. Flówendre (blówendre?) praepollenti, i. florenti (gazarum affluentia), An. Ox. 3602
fisc-noþ
fishing ⬩ a fishing-ground ⬩ a catch
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Th. 12, 6. by other living creatures Geseah hé scealfran . . . éhtende þǽra fixa . . . þá bebeád hé þám scealfrum ꝥ hí geswicon þæs fixnoðes, Hml.
hangian
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Hongende crucifixum, Lk. p. 11, 8. to be attached, hold fast þá spácan sticaþ, óþer ende on þǽre felge . . .
rýman
to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplify ⬩ to clear a way ⬩ yield, give place
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.: hryme, hnime, other MSS.)caedo (cf. Wot no mon þe time wanne he sal(cf. Wot no mon þe time wanne he sal henne rimen, O. E. Misc. 113, 170), Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Zup. 171, 9. Se óðer rýmþ him setl, Homl. Th. i. 248, 17. Rúmaþ, steppaþ cedunt, Wrt.
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willan
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</b> add :-- Hié woldon ꝥte þá óþere wíf wǽren emsárige him, Ors. I. 10 ; S. 46, 3. <b>VI a.</b> of things, to have a tendency :-- Gif eáran willen ádeáfian, Lch. ii. 40, 22. <b>VII a.
hér
here . . . there
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Wé witan óþer égland hér be-eáston (to the east of this country), Cl. r. P. 3, II. beforan Ðeára sáula ðe haer beforan hiora namon áuurifene siondon. C. D. i. 294, 3: Hml. Th. ii. 368, 5. Swá hit hér beforan gecweden is, Ll.
ge-lendan
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Þá gelende hé tó ánre óþerre byrig ( castellum quoddam occupat ), 4, 5; S. 166, 33.
heáh-fæder
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Ealra óþerra heáhfædera mægen hé ( John the Baptist ) oferstígeþ, Bl. H. 167, 23. Heáhfædra fela, Hö. 47. Apostolas wið þám heáh-fædrum and wið wítgum, Ps. Th. 44, 17. Þurh þá mǽran wítegan and heáhfæderas, Ll.
HRÓF
A ROOF ⬩ the top ⬩ summit
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Ðæt héhste gód is hróf eallra óðra góda the chief good is the roof and crown of all other goods, Bt. 34, 7; Fox 142, 35. Wið ðæs heán hrófes ðæs héhstan andgites in summæ intelligentiæ cacumen, 41, 5; Fox 254, 16.
swícan
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Sceal ánra gehwylc óðrum swícan, forðam Dryhten wile ðæt earme flǽsc eorðan betǽcan each one must depart from other, for the Lord will commit frail flesh to earth, Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 14; Rún. 20. <b>II. a.
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ge-gangan
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Wé witan óþer ígland . . . wé eów fultumiað ꝥ gé hit magon gegangan, Chr. P. p. 3, 13.