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þafian

(v.)
Grammar
þafian, p. ode.
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Kmbl. 804; An. 402. to submit to, bear, suffer, endure Ðé þincþ se earmra se ðæt yfel déþ ðonne se ðe hit þafaþ miserior tibi injuriae illator, quam acceptor esse videretur, Bt. 38, 6; Fox 208, 19.

þeów-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
þeów-dóm, es; m.
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Se freódóm ðæs unáræfnedlícan þeówdómes freedom from the intolerable bondage, 137, 13. From deófles þeówdóme, 65, 33: 73, 8.

ge-þencan

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Geðence hé ðæt hé bið self gelíc ðám ilcan monnum aequalem se ipsis fratribus agnoscat, 117, 15. Wé magon geþencan ꝥ hit biþ deáþes ylding swíþor þonne lífes, Bl. H. 59, 32.

fela-sinnig

(adj.)
Grammar
fela-sinnig, adj.

Very sinfulvalde facĭnŏrōsus

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Very sinful; valde facĭnŏrōsus Ðǽr ðú findan miht felasinnigne secg where thou mayest find the very sinful man, Beo. Th. 2762; B. 1379

earfoþ-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
earfoþ-hwíl, e; f.

A time of hardshipmŏlestum tempus

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A time of hardship; mŏlestum tempus Ic earfoþhwíle þrówade I suffered a time of hardship, Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 5; Seef. 3

gnorne

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
gnorne, adv.
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, georne sécað the lion's whelps roar their complaints, seek eagerly, Ps. Th. 103, 20. Cf. grorne

bærlíc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
bærlíc, es; m?

Barleyhordeum

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Barley; hordeum Man sælde ðæt æcer-sǽd bærlíc to six scillingas one sold the acre-seed of barley for six shillings, Chr. 1124; Th. 376, 5

cép

(n.)
Grammar
cép, es; m.

A sale, bargain, business negotium

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Sellan to cépe to give for sale, sell, Deut. 28, 68

reám

(n.)
Grammar
reám, es; m.
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Cream Wið ðon ðe mon blóde hrǽce and spíwe; genim god beren mela and hwít sealt, dó on reám oððe góde fléte, Lchdm. ii. 314, 2

un-tráglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tráglíce, adv.

Wellhonestly

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Well, honestly Ásécaþ ða ðe snyttro mid eów hæbben, ðæt mé þinga gehwylc þríste gecýðan untráglíce, ðe ic him tó séce, Elen. Kmbl. 819; El. 410

Linked entry: tráglíce

burh-stede

(n.)
Grammar
burh-stede, burg-stede, es; m.
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Se burgstede wæs blissum gefylled the city-place was filed with joys, Exon. 52a; Th. 181, 10; Gú. 1291: 124a; Th. 476, 3; Ruin. 2

Linked entry: burg-stede

CEALC

(n.)
Grammar
CEALC, es; m.

Plaster, cement, chalk;calx arenata, calx

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Ðá ongan se cealc mid ungemete stincan, ðá wearþ Iuuinianus mid ðam brǽþe ofsmorod Jovian was one night in a newly-plastered house: then he ordered a great fire to be lighted therein, because it was cold weather.

Linked entry: calc

DÆL

(n.)
Grammar
DÆL, gen. dæles; dat. dæle; pl. nom. acc. dalu, dalo; n. A

DALE, den. gulf vallis, barathrum

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DALE, den. gulf; vallis, barathrum Ðæs dæles se dǽl the part of the dale, Ors 1, 3; Bos. 27, 29. In deóp dalu into the deep dales, Exon. 130 a; Th. 498, 21; Rä. 88, 5: 56 a; Th. 199, 11; Ph. 24.

mæðel-hégende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
mæðel-hégende, part. pres.

Attending, holding or addressing an assembly or councilconsultingconversing

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Hwæt se manna wæs meðelhégendra who of men that speak was he, 524; An. 262. Héht gebeódan meðelhégende on gemót cuman, ða ðe deóplícost Dryhtnes gerýno reccan cúðon, Elen. Kmbl. 557; El. 279

magister

(n.)
Grammar
magister, mægister, es; m.

A master

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A master Se magister, Past. 61; Swt. 455, 20. Byrla magister (cf. byrla ealdor, v. 20), Gen. 40, 21. Mægister, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 6. Mín mægister Euripides, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 20. For his magistre, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 10.

Linked entry: mægister

óþ-ferian

(v.)
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Se ðe ðis feoh ðþfergean (carry off, steal ) þence, Lchdm. i. 384, 9-15. Hi willaþ óþfergan, ðæt ic friþian sceal; ic him ðæt forstonde, Exon. Th. 398, 13; Rä. 17, 7. Cf. æt-ferian

ge-bendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bendan, -bændan; p. -bende; pp. -bended, -bend.

to bendflectĕretendĕreto bindfettervincīre

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Hieremias se wítega wearþ oft gebend Jeremiah the prophet was often in bonds, Ælfc. T. 18, 23

Linked entry: ge-bændan

ge-riht-wísian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-riht-wísian, p. ode; pp. od; v. a.

To justifyjustificare

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Bos. 10, 29; Ðú eart se ðe me gerihtwísast thou art he who justifieth me, Ps. Th. 4, 1.

scyte-finger

(n.)
Grammar
scyte-finger, es; m.
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Gif se scytefinger biþ ofáslegen, sió bót biþ .xv. sciłł., L. Alf. pol. 57; Th. i. 96, 1. In Ethelbert's Laws the fine is only eight shillings, L. Eth. 54; Th. i. 16, 10. Scytefingres, Anglia viii. 326, 28.

wiþer-rǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-rǽdness, e; f.

Contrarietyoppositionhostilityill-willunfavourablenessdisadvantageoppositeness of nature

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Gr. 47; Zup. 275, 7. hostility, ill-will, Similar entries v. wiþer-rǽde, I Wið hunda réðnysse and wiðerrǽdnysse; se ðe hafaþ hundes heortan mid him, ne beóð ongeán hine hundas céne, Lchdm. i. 372, 3. unfavourableness, disadvantage, Similar entries v.

Linked entry: wiþer-rǽde