wlite-weorþ
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Ransom or compensation paid for a person, the amount being determined by the person's appearance (wlite; see the passages from the Laws under wlite; ) Cóm tó him án wydewe, seó sǽde him ꝥ hire sunu wǽre gelǽded in hæftnýde . . . and bæd þone Godes wer
irfe-láf
heirloom ⬩ inheritance ⬩ heir
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An hereditary relic, heirloom, what is left of an inheritance, inheritance, heir Hé fédeþ folc Iacobes and Israhéla yrfeláfe pascere Jacob servum suum, et Israel hæreditatem suam, Ps. Th. 77, 70.
nebb
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An. Ox. 100. Add Nebb uultus, An. Ox. 2931. Dragað hine niwelne his neb tó eorðan, Hml. S. 14, 155. Ðá hé fleáh, ðá tórýpte hine án bré(m)ber ofer ðæt nebb. Ðá hé ætsacan wolde, ðá sǽde him mon ðæt tó tácne, C. D. ii. 134, 28.
seóþan
to seethe ⬩ boil ⬩ cook in a liquid ⬩ to subject to a fiery ordeal ⬩ to try as with fire ⬩ to subject to great pain ⬩ to afflict grievously ⬩ to reduce by pain or disease ⬩ to prepare food for the mind ⬩ to make fear, hope ⬩ subjects with which the mind may be occupied
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, Andr. Kmbl. 127; An. 64. Mid ðý hé ðá lange mid swígendum nearonessum his módes and mid ðý blindan fýre soden wæs cum diu tacitis mentes angoribus et caeco carperetur igni, Bd. 2, 13; S. 513. 34.
Linked entry: for-seóþan
streónan
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Riht is ðæt geréfan geornlíce tylian and symle heora hláfordan strýnan mid rihte, L. I. P. 12; Th. ii. 320, 13. Hé ús féran hét gásta streónan. Andr. Kmbl. 662 ; An. 331. Se ðe his feore nyle hǽlo strýnan, Exon. Th. 96, 16; Cri. 1575.
Linked entries: striénan strínan strýnan a-striénan
ǽnforléten
Clothed? ⬩ amictus? ⬩ amissus? and not amictus
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and not amictus
dræhþ
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drags, thou draggest; 3 rd and 2nd pers. pres. of dragan
hundteóntig-geáre
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Aged a hundred Adam leofode hundteóntigeáre and þrittegeáre, Gen. 5, 3
lǽlian
livescere
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to become black and blue; livescere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50 41
rípung
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Spoliation, plundering Fordéminge and rýpincge proscriptionem, fraudationem, Hpt. Gl. 480, 38
bilst
bellowest, bellows
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bellowest, bellows; Similar entries 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of bellan
reodian
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Ic þragum, þreodude and geþanc reodode, Elen. Kmbl. 2476;El. 1239. (?)
Sumersǽtisc
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Of Somerset Defenisces folces and Sumorsǽtisces, Chr. 1001; Erl. 137, 11
wyn-wyrt
A pleasant plant
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A pleasant plant Ðǽr wynwyrta weóxon and bleówon, Dóm. L. 5
ǽ-þrýtness
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and add Ǽþrytnesse tedium, Hy. S. 133, 28. Ǽþretnysse, 25, 24
be-hyðlíce
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and substitute: Sumptuously Behý-ðelíce sumptuosius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 24
beór-sele
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Hearpe and pípe drémað eów on beórsele, Wlfst.46 17. Add
be-scítan
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Voc. ii. 84, 71, and add:
copian
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Voc. ii. 22, 32, and add:
earg-ness
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Profligacy Dernegiligru and arognisse adultera et peccatrice, Mk. R. 8, 38