fæðmian
FATHOM, embrace, contain, envelope, clasp, devour ⬩ amplecti, complecti, contĭnēre, comĕdĕre
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Th. 6257; B. 3133: Andr. Kmbl. 3176 ; An. 1591. Feorhcynna fela fæðmeþ églond an island contains many of mortal kinds Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 11; Gn. Ex. 14. Wæter fæðmedon the waters enveloped them, Andr. Kmbl. 3143; An. 1574.
sweord
A sword
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See, too, the story of the Cid and the two swords, Colada and Tizona, which he gave to his sons-in-law, the Infantes of Carrion, and which he claimed from them after their unworthy treatment of their wives, Chronica del Cid, c. cclii.
Linked entry: swyrd
séfte
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Weorð úrum synnum séfte and milde propitius esto peccatis nostris, 78, 9. of medicine, mild, not strong Ðæt is, for hwí se góda lǽce selle ðam hálum men séftne drenc and swétne, and óðrum hálum biterne and strangne, Bt. 39, 9 ; Fox 226, 11. of rest,
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ymbren
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Keep embrings well and fasting days. . . . For Friday, Saturn and Wednesday, Tusser) ; the name of the four periods of fasting and prayer appointed by the Church to be observed in the four seasons of the year respectively.
Linked entry: riht-ymbren
ge-þicgan
To take ⬩ accept ⬩ receive ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere
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And hiera se æþeling gehwelcum feoh and feorh gebeád and hiera nǽnig hit geþicgean nolde the atheling offered every one of them money and life and none of them would accept it, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 6.
Linked entry: þicgan
weddian
To engage, covenant, undertake ⬩ to engage ⬩ to wed, betroth, espouse
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Gif hwá ordáles weddige if any one engage to undergo an ordeal, L. Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 210, 25. Gif hé ðæs weddie, ðe hym riht sý tó gelǽstanne, L. Alf. pol. i; Th. i. 60, 6.
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clǽne
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Wyrta and ǽgra, fisc and cýse, buteran and beána and ealle clǽne þingc ic ete, 34, 29. clear, without defect Ꝥ eal se líchoma sý clánes híwes and glades and beorhtes, Lch. ii. 296, 6.
lettan
hinder ⬩ impede ⬩ delay
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Gyf ðonne ðissa þreóra þinga ǽnig hwylcne man lette, ðæt hine tó ðam fæstene ne onhagie if any of these three things hinder any man, so that the fast be inconvenient to him, Wulfst. 285, 4.
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twelf-wintre
Twelve years old
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Hé hæfde áne dohtor neán twelfwintre filia unica erat illi fere annorum duodecim, Lk. Skt. 8, 42. Man ne sparige nánan þeófe ofer .xii. pæningas and ofer .xii.
MILDE
MILD ⬩ gentle ⬩ meek ⬩ benign ⬩ liberal ⬩ merciful ⬩ clement ⬩ propitious
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Se wæs milde wer and monþwǽre vir omnium mansuetissimus ac simplicissimus, Bd. 4, 27; S. 603, 35. Heora cining cynseþ milde and monþwǽre ( mansuetus, cf. Mt. 21, 5), Blickl. Homl. 71, 4.
wine
A friend. ⬩ applied to an equal ⬩ applied to one who can help or protect ⬩ a friendly lord ⬩ a (powerful) friend ⬩ used of a husband or lover ⬩ applied to an inferior or subordinate, one to whom favour or protection may be shewn
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Ða gástas ðus ðone líchoman grétaþ: "Wine leófesta," Soul Kmbl. 266; Seel. 137: Andr. Kmbl. 614; An. 307: 2862; An. 1433. Dryhten wine sínne (St. Andrew) grétte, 2926; An. 1466. Wine leófestan (Guthlac's disciple), Exon. Th. 166, 1; Gú. 1036.
Æðelflǽd
Æthelfled ⬩ Æthelfleda
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Erl. 100, 30, and his widow Æthelfled governed Mercia most efficiently for about ten years Hér com Æðelflǽd, Myrcna hlǽfdige, on ðone hálgan ǽfen Inuentione Sanctæ Crucis, to Scergeate, and ðǽr ðá burh getimbrede; and, ðæs ilcan geáres, ða æt Bricge
Linked entry: Æðelrǽd
geá
etiam, jam
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Glosses, and in Rtl. the word is used as an emphatic particle glossing etiam, jam, and as an alternative for sóþ, sóþlíce, witodlíce Gée ł éc sóð etiam Mt. p. 12, 15. Gǽ ł sóðlíce, Mt. L. 11. 9. Geé ł sóðlíce, 12, 8.
medumian
to fix the measure of anything ⬩ to deem worthy ⬩ respect ⬩ esteem
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Man sceal medmian and gescádlíce tóscádan ylde and geógoþe youth and age must have their proper place assigned them, and be discreetly distinguished, vii. 52; Th. i. 328, 18. Medmian (medemian), L. C.
Linked entry: medumung
fiht-wíte
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Ælfwine abbod intó Ramesége saca and sócna . . . fihtwíte and ferdwíte, 421, 31: 411, 31
hæg-weard
A hayward, the keeper of cattle in a common field, who prevented trespass on the cultivated ground, ⬩ agellarius
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sworn at the court, took care of the tillage, paid the labourers, and looked after trespasses and encroachments : he was termed fields-man or tithing-man, and his wages in 1425 were a noble.
níten
An animal ⬩ beast ⬩ cattle
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Nýtenu and deór fixas and fugelas God gesceóp on flǽsce bútan sáwle. Ða nýtenu hé lét gán álotene, and hé forgeaf ðám nýtenum gærs, Homl. Th. i. 276, 3-6. Men and nýtenu sweltaþ homines et jumenta morientur, Ex. 9, 19.
selen
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Þurh his sylene and gyfe ipso largiente, Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 515, 24. Þurh ælmyss*-*an sylene per erogationem eleemosynae, L. Ecg. P. iv. 63 ; Th. ii. 222, 32.
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-bald
Bold ⬩ courageous ⬩ honourable ⬩ audax ⬩ virtuosus
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Eádbald happily bold, from eád or eádig and bald
in-fród
Very old ⬩ very wise
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Very old or very wise Hé him helpe ne mæg eald and infród ǽnige gefremman old and stricken in years he can afford him no help, Beo. Th. 4889 ; B. 2449. Him wæs wén ealdum infródum, 3752 ; B. 1874