nídþearfness
necessity ⬩ compulsion ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ need ⬩ trouble ⬩ distress
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Ymb heora nédþearfnesse in necessitatibus suis, Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 1
ge-tilian
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Se ðe hit déþ him seluan éce hellewíte ungesǽliglíce getilaþ he who does it will miserably get for himself everlasting hell torment, Th. Chart. 117, 24.
Linked entry: ge-teolod
wearg
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Wearh sceal hangian, fægere ongildan ðæt hé ǽr fácen dyde manna cynne, Menol. Fox 572; Gn. C. 55.
á-fæstnian
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Hé þá weorc on gewritum áfæstnode, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 45. Áfestnige transfigat , Kent. Gl. 217. Áfæstnia untrymnisse hire muniat itifirmitatem suam , Rtl. 110, 1.
hláford-dóm
jurisdiction
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On ælcum ðǽra gerihta ðe tó heora hláforddóme gebyrað, v. 142, 33. Hé hæfde þone ræcenddóm and hláforddóm þæs mynstres monasterii regimen tenebat Gr. D. 20, 21. Add:
bisceop-scír
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Se forlét ða bisceopscíre he left the episcopate; relicto episcopatu, 3, 21; S. 551, 38
Linked entries: biscop-scír bisceop-ríce
byldan
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To make bold, to animate, instigate, exhort, encourage, confirm; animare, instigare, hortarí confirmare He Fresena cyn byldan wolde he would encourage the race of the Frisians, Beo. Th. 2193; B. 1094.
Linked entry: bældan
cor-snǽd
A choice or trial piece ⬩ panis conjurátus, offa consecrāta
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If he ate it freely and without hurt, he was considered innocent; but guilty, if he could not swallow it, or had a difficulty in doing so.
Linked entry: snǽd
hláford-searu
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Gif hwá ymb cyninges feorh sierwie, síe hé his feores scyldig and ealles ðæs ðe hé áge of plotting against a lord. If any one plot against the king's life, let him forfeit his life and all that he owns, L.
Linked entry: hláford-swice
on-hweorfan
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To change, turn, revert Manegum cyninge onhwearf se anweald and se wela óþ ðæt hé eft wearþ wædla qui reges felicitatem calamitate mutaverint, Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 13. Hé ( Nebuchadnezzar ) eft onhwearf wódan gewittes, Cd.
or-módness
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Hæfde hine seó deófollíce strǽl mid ormódnysse gewundodne: wæs se eádiga wer Gúðlác mid ðære ormódnysse þrí dagas gewundod, ðæt hé sylfa nyste hwider hé wolde mid his móde gecyrran, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 28, 13-17.
sibbian
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Ðá wǽron on ðam tíman ungeþwǽre preóstas, ða hé wolde sibbian, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 5
smirwung
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Gif se seóca man girnþ ðæt man hine smerige, hé dó ðonne his andetnesse ǽr ðare smerunge, and gif hé æfter ðare smyrunge hál wurð, hé mót flǽsces brúcan. On ðare smyrunge biþ lǽcedðm, L. Ælfc.
teart
Tart, sharp (of pain, punishment, etc.) ⬩ severe; acer, asper
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Hé stíðran and teartran steóre underló majori uindicte subjaceat, 71, 8
þweorlíce
awry ⬩ askew ⬩ in reversed order ⬩ in a way that offers opposition ⬩ obstinately ⬩ flatly ⬩ perversely ⬩ evilly
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Th. ii. 24, 29. perversely, evilly And suá ðeáh hé mid wónweorcum hit tó ðweorlíce ne fremeþ ðeáh hé hit on his móde forlǽtan ne mæge et quamvis prava non exerceat opere, ab his tamen non evellitur mente, Past, 11; Swt. 73, 13.
bí-genga
an inhabitant ⬩ a cultivator ⬩ cultor ⬩ a worshipper
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Bígengcan, Guth. 20, 14. a cultivator Hé cwæð tó þæs wíngeardes biggengan (bígencga cultorem, Lk. L. 13, 17) ... Se biggenga him andwyrde, Hml. Th. ii. 408, 2-5. Hé sende tó bígengum (ad cultores), Lk. L.
Linked entry: bí-genge
cwilmian
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S. 6, 94. trans. to torment Ꝥ hé mé má ne ceówe ne ne cwelmie ( cruciet ), Gr. D. 324, 27. to kill Hé sécð tó cwilmianne hine quaerit mortificare eum, Ps. L. 36, 32. fig. to crucify the flesh Gif wé ðá flǽsclican lustas cwylmiað, Hml.
ge-horsod
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Add: provided with or possessed of a horse Hé sceal beón gehorsad ꝥ hé mæge tó hláfordes seáme ꝥ syllan equum habeat quem ad summagium domini sui prestare possit Ll. Th. i. 436, 6.
ge-fandod
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Substitute: <b>ge-fandian;</b> p. ode To try. to examine, explore Hé þæt sóna onfand þæt hæfde gumena sum goldes gefandod, heáhgestreóna he soon found that some man had ransacked the treasure, B. 2301. to try whether.
grindan
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Þá hé ne myhte úte wyrcan, þá wolde hé grindan mid his hálgum hondum ... Ðá hé þǽre cweorna neálǽhte, and ꝥ corn þǽr on lægde, þá orn seó cweorn, Shrn. 145, 21. Gif hió grindende þeówa sió, Ll. Th. i. 6, 6. <b>I a.