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FÁCEN

(n.)
Grammar
FÁCEN, fácn, es; pl. nom. acc. fácnu; gen. fácna; n.

Deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, malice, wickedness, evil, crime dŏlus, fraus, nēquĭtia, mălĭtia, inīquĭtas, prævārĭcātio

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He ðæs fácnes fintan sceáwaþ he sees the sequel of treachery, 83 b; Th. 315, 16; Mód. 32. Gif heó ðæs fácnes gewíta nǽre if she were not privy to the crime, L. Ath. v. 1, § 1, 2; Th. i. 228, 17, 21.

Linked entries: fácn fácon fǽcne

talu

(n.)
Grammar
talu, e; and indecl.; f.

a tale, talk, story, accounttalk, discussion, disputea charge, claiman excuse, a defenceas a law term, a case (as regards either plaintiff or defendant), an action,a tale, list, series

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Hé ne mihte náne tale findan he could not devise any defence, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 624. Gif hé his yfelan dǽda mid leásum talum bewarian wile si defendere uoluerit opera sua, R.

ge-hergian

(v.)
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Hí námon menn and swá hwæt swá hí findan mihtan, and gewendon him tó Baldewines land, and sealdon þǽr þet hí gehergod hæfdon, Chr. 1046; P. 167, I. Ealle þá men þe hié geher-gead hæfden Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 178, 13.

sittan

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Wæs his þeáw ꝥ hé wolde sittan on þám horse þe hé mihte findan forcúþlocost, Gr. D. 34, 9. Þ úhte unc ꝥ wit geségon sittan twégen men on twám olfendum and þá efstan mid þǽre mǽstan hrædnesse, Hml. A. 206, 361.

ge-tácnian

(v.)
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Ben. 72, 12. with clause On ðǽm twǽm wordum hé ús getácnode for hwelcum ðingum wé sceolden úre gódan weorc helan and for hwelcum wé hí sceolden cýðan qualiter videnda essent vel qualiter non videnda ex sententiarum fine monstravit, Past. 451, 10.

ceáp

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</b> the amount of a fine for redemption :-- Sceal sé þe hine (a homicide ) áh ... lx. sciłł. gesellan wið his feore. Gif hé þone ceáp nelle fore gesellan, Ll.

furþor

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Th. 104, 29. of time, later Gé sægdon þæt gé cúðon míne aldorlege, swá mé ǽfre wearð oððe ic furðor findan sceolde, Dan. 140. Hé furðor cymeð ufor ánre niht ús tó túne, Men. 33. Ofer midne winter furðor fíf nihtum, 125

ge-restan

(v.)
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Th. 14, l. ' Hǽt him findan hwár hé hine mæge wurðlícost gerestan (where he may lodge most honourably), ' . . . Apollonius onféng þáre wununge ðe hym betǽht wæs. Ap.

gilp

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Þaelig;t hé ne ágǽle gǽstes þearfe ne on gylp geóte, Cri. 818. where pride finds expression in words, boasting Hwǽr beóþ þá ungemetlican hleahtras and se leása gylp and ealle þá ídlan word, Bl. H. 53, 18.

ge-writ

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Gif ǽnig mon sié þe on gewritun findan mæge þæt Ianas dura belocen wurde, Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 8. (3 a) of the books of the Bible; as in holy writ. of the canonical books, the Scriptures On hálgum gewrietum in sacra eloquio, Past. 385, 31.

CWIC

(adj.)
Grammar
CWIC, cwyc, cwuc, cuc; def. se cwica, seó, ðæt cwice; adj.

Alive, QUICK vivus, vivax

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Ðe ðǽr cwice méteþ fýr who shall find there fires alive, 22a ; Th. 59, 27; Cri. 959. Déman ða cucan and deádan judicare vivos et mortuos, Ps. Lamb. fol. 199a. 25: 202a, 27

wer-gild

(n.)
Grammar
wer-gild, were-gild, es; n. [The word seems interchangeable with wer (q. v.), which in the later laws is the more frequent form.]
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</b> of the uses to which wergild paid as a fine in religious matters (cf. L. E.

frignan

(v.)
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Hé frægn hwæt þæt swefen bude, Dan. 528: Fin. 22. Hé frǽn (frægn, v.l. ) hwæðer þá landleóde crístene wǽron, Bd. 2, l; Sch. 109, 19. Huæs sié sunu Críst fregnende (interrogans), Mk. p. 5, 4.

ge-met

(n.)
Grammar
ge-met, es; nom. acc. pl. -u, -a; n.

a measure, space, distancemensura, spatium, intervallumthat by which anything is measured, a measuremensura, modius, satummeasure, capacity, ability, power, etcmensura, facultas, potestas, vismeasure, proportion, moderation, bounds, limit, boundary, means, way, mannermensura, modus, finis, terminus, limes, ratioa rule, order, lawnorma, regula, lexa poetical measure, metremetrum

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Th. 59, 11: 107, 12. a fit or proper measure, and so metaph. measure, proportion, moderation, bounds, limit, boundary, means, way, manner; mensura, modus, finis, terminus, limes, ratio Ðý læs he of gemete hweorfe lest he turn from moderation, Exon. 78

be-fón

to seizecatchtake,to seizetake forcible possession ofto seize a criminallost propertyto catchget to see a personto getattain toto surroundencompassto enclose,to serve as a covering forcontainto put into a coveringto encircle,to lie roundto place roundto includecontaincompriseto surround with wordsfurnish with a commentaryto have to do with an objectto engage in an occupationget involved in an action

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Gif hwylc man mid arwan deór ofsceóte . . . and hit man ymbe. iii. niht deád finde, and þǽr hund oþþe wulf on befangen hæbbe (have had any-thing to do with it; eam occupaverit), Ll.

dǽlan

(v.)
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findo, An. Ox. 18 b, 38. Holmas dǽlde Waldend úre, Gen. 146.

ge-rád

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Findan mid geráde, 332, 46. reason, sense, discretion Hú gerádes mæg se biscep brúcan ðǽre hirdelican áre, gif hé self drohtað on ðám eorðlicum tielongum qua mente animarum praesul honore pastorali utitur, si in terrenis negotiis ipse versatur, Past.

wilde

(adj.)
Grammar
wilde, adj.

Wildwildnot domesticnot tamednot broken inwildnot cultivatedwilduncultivateduninhabitedwildturbulentungoverned

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Ða stælhránas beóð swýðe dýre mid Finnum, for ðæm hý fóð ða wildan hránas mid, Ors. l, l; Swt. 18, 12. la. not under restraint; uncontrolled :-- Ðá wæs culufre eft sended wilde; Cd.

Linked entries: ge-wilde wild-cyrfet

forþ

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Th. i. 68, 15: Chr. 1070; P. 206, 8. (2 b) of action continued to completion :-- Gif se hund losige, gá þeós bót hwæðere forð this fine must still be paid, Ll. Th. i. 78, 6. Hé ne mihte ná forð hérmid he could not carry out his plan, Cht.

ÍDEL

(adj.)
Grammar
ÍDEL, adj.

emptydestitutevoiddevoidvainuselessidleidleunemployed

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Se deófol on sumum uncystum gebringþ ðone ðe hé gemét ídelne ǽlces gódes weorces the devil brings into some vices him whom he finds devoid of every good work, L. E. I, 3; Th. ii. 404, 13.

Linked entries: a-ýdlig ídel