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folc-riht

(adj.)
Grammar
folc-riht, -ryht; adj.

According to folk-rightlawfulsecundum publĭcum juslēgālis

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According to folk-right, lawful; secundum publĭcum jus, lēgālis Síe he wyrðe folcryhtre [-rihtre MS. G.] bóte let him be worthy of lawful compensation, L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 25

hræd-wyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
hræd-wyrde, adj.

Quickhasty of speech

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Quick, hasty of speech Ne sceal nó tó hátheort ne tó hrædwyrde he must not be too passionate nor too hasty of speech, Exon. 77 b; Th. 290, 17; Wand. 66

Linked entry: wær-wyrde

óþ-éhtian

(v.)
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to drive away Se ðe ðis feoh óþfergean þence, oððe ðis orf óþéhtian þence he that thinks of carrying off this cattle, or of driving it away Lchdm. i. 384, 15

un-lytel

(n.)
Grammar
un-lytel, es; n.

No small amountmuch

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lǽfde þære wudewan unlytel on feó and on óðrum ǽhtum, Homl. Ass. 108, 200: Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 14

word-beót

(n.)
Grammar
word-beót, es; n.

A promise

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A promise Ða com féran Freá tó Sarran swá self gecwæð, hæfde wordbeót leófum gelǽsted, Cd. Th. 167, 6; Gen. 2761. Wáciaþ wordbeót, Exon. Th. 469, 22; Hy. II, 6

á-beornan

Grammar
á-beornan, (-bi(e)rnan).
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ábarn ( exarsit ) mid ðý bryne wælhreównesse, Gr. D. 162, 22. Ðæt his mód áburne ( exardesceret ), 337, 33. Áburnon exarserunt Ps. L. 117, 12. Add

á-cealdian

(v.)
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læg ácealdod on nyþeweardum limum, Hml. Th. i. 534, 10. Add:

béna

(n.)
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áforhtode for ðǽre geornfullan bénan (for hire hálsiendlican béne, v. l.) and wolde ꝥ wíf forbúgan expavit petitionis illius juramentum, declinare mulierem voluit, Gr. D. 17, 30

dǽdbót-líhting

(n.)
Grammar
dǽdbót-líhting, e; f.
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Mitigation of penance Ðis is mihtiges mannes dǽdbótlíhtingc, ac án unmaga ne mæg swilc geforðian, ac ꝥ mót on hine sylfne hit sécan þe geornor, Ll. Th. ii. 288, 21

Linked entry: líhting

dor-weard

(n.)
Grammar
dor-weard, es; m.
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Ðǽm dorworde ( janitori ) bibeódes ꝥ wæcce, Mk. R. L. 13, 34

gegaf-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
gegaf-sprǽce, adj.
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Given to buffoonery, scurrilous wæs gegaf-sprǽce (cf. nunquam se ad sanctae conversations habitum venire, jurando, irascendo, deridendo testabatur, Gr. D. bk. 4, c. 38), Hml. Th. i. 534. 2

Linked entry: ge-gaf

ge-legerod

(adj.; part.)
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confined to bed by sickness on ðám lande ðá gelegered wearð, Hml. Th. ii. 152, 23. Binnon feówertig geára fæce næs nán man gelegerod on eallum ðám folce, 196, 13

ge-strúd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-strúd, es; n.
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Robbery, rapine Wæs onbærned mid þǽre hǽte his gítsunge and higiende tó gestrúde (gestreóne, reáfláce, v.ll.) manna ǽhta suae avaritiae aestu succensus, in rapinam rerum inhians, Gr. D. 162, 32

ge-þeówrǽden

(n.)
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fellowship, association Ne sceal habban náne geþeówrǽden (-þeódrædenę?: ge-þeóde, v. l.) nádor ne wið ꝥ mynster ne wið þá geférrǽdene non debet sociari corpori monasterii, R. Ben. 108, 18. (?)

ge-bridlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bridlian, l. ge-brídlian,
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and add Ne gebrídlode (frenaret) hí no mid swá swíðlicre ðreáunga his láre, Past. 391, 33. Hý sint gebrídlod (-ð, MS.) mid ðám brídle Godes beboda, Solil. H. 10, 16

hreów

Grammar
hreów, sorrow.
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in hreówe teárum ( lacrimis paenitentiae ) Drihtne þeówode, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 496, 13. Hæbben wé góde hreówe úra synna, Verc. Först. 95, 15. v. ge-hreów, and next word. Add

irgþ

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Hwí wolde geðafian þæt his ðegen ( St. Peter) hine for yrcðe swá oft wiðsóce?, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 3. Add

luf-lic

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fréfrode hí mid luflicum wordum eos verbis consola-batur, Gr. D. 251, 20: Hml. A. 73, 9. Add

on-wæcenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-wæcenness, e; f.
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Excitement, excitation sóhte dǽdbóte and inbryrdnesse wóp, tó ðon ꝥ þurh þá onwæcenesse his mód áburne fletum compunctionis inquirebat; quatenus per haec excitata mens ejus inardesceret, Gr. D. 337, 37

Linked entry: -wæcenness

scilian

(v.)
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wæs tóscyled from þǽre apostlene geférrǽdene, Þá þá God tóscelede wæter from lande, Angl. xi. 370, 10. Hí tóscyledon they parted (from each other), Nap. 87. ]