for-gifnes
release ⬩ mildness ⬩ lenity ⬩ indulgence ⬩ laxity
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Ic wille ꝥ ealle þá freódóm and ealle þá forgiuenesse þe míne forgengles geáfen, þet hit stande, Chr. 963; P. 117, 5. release Tó bodanne hæftedum forgefnisse praedicare captiuis remissionem, Lk. R. L. 4, 18. forgiveness of sin, offence, &c.
ge-mǽnelic
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Th. i. 546, not ceremonially clean Gemǽnelicum (communibus) mið hondum, ꝥ is unðuegenum, Mk. L. 7, 2. (O.H.Ger. ge-meinlíh communis.)
Linked entry: -mǽne-lic
ge-wealdan
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Wið feóndseócum men, þonne deófol þone monnan innan gewealde mid ádle when a devil possesses a man, Lch. ii. 136, 25, <b>III a.
onettan
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</b> of too quick procedure, to hurry :-- Gif hé unendebyrdlíce ónet mid dǽre sprǽce si inordinate ad loquendum rapitur, Past. 93, 18.
sand
A messenger, envoy
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A messenger, envoy Ðá wæs Lýfing ƀ mid ðám kincge . . . Ðá com Xp̃es cyrc̃ sand tó ðám ƀ and hé forð (fór ?) ðá tó ðám kincge bishop Lyfing was then with the king. . . Then came a messenger (or message?
wád
Woad,
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Wið bryne, wád wyl on buteran, smire mid, Lchdm. ii. 132, 1, and see i.174, 1-5.
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gýmen
Care ⬩ heed ⬩ solicitude ⬩ diligence ⬩ superintendence ⬩ rule ⬩ cura
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Man sceal healdan ðæt hálige húsl mid mycelre gýmene the holy eucharist must be kept with great care, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 11.
ge-sprecan
To speak ⬩ speak with ⬩ agree
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Mid ðý ðe hie ðis gesprecen hæfdon when they had said this, Blickl. Homl. 143, 14: 191, 23: Elen. Kmbl. 2568; El. 1285. God hí gespræc ðá God addressed them then, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 26: 156, 16.
tin-tregian
To torment, ⬩ torture, ⬩ afflict
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Se kásere hine tintregode mid unásecgendlícum wítum, Shrn. 116, 1. Ða ðe tintergedon ðone hálgan wer, 73, 1. Hí tintregodon hine and forléton hine sámcucene plagis impositis abierunt semivivo reticto, Lk. Skt. 10, 30.
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þǽr-tó
Thereto ⬩ next ⬩ then ⬩ besides ⬩ thereto ⬩ for that end
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Grammar þǽr-tó, marking association Ðá stód ðære sunnan cræt mid feówer horsum on áne healfe; on óðre healfe stód ðæs mónan cræt and ða oxan ðǽrtó, Homl. Th. ii. 494, 24. Hé becwað his láford his beste scip, and ða segelgerǽda ðártó, Cod. Dip.
bǽdan
to urge ⬩ press ⬩ compel ⬩ impel ⬩ to require ⬩ exact
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Ðonne ðá sácerdas tó weorðunga úres Álié-sendes ne bǽdað (exigunt) ðá ðe him underðiédde bióð mid hira lífes geearnungum, Past. 135, 10. Mǽru cwén bǽdde byre geonge (cf. v. 1182), B. 2018.
bærnan
to expose to the action of heat ⬩ to cauterize ⬩ to cause to give light ⬩ to consume by fire
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Ꝥ hine mon lǽde tó þám rícum ꝥ mon þǽr mæge sníþan and bærnan his unþeáwas, Bt. 38, 7; F. 210, 3. of a lamp, to cause to give light Ꝥ gé wacian mid mé and wé bærnan gástlico leóhfato, Bl. H. 145, 4. to consume by fire Ic folcsalo bærne, Rä. 2, 5.
þider
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Hí tó ðon ðider ( illo) sende wǽron, ðæt hí sceoldon ðæt gyldene mynet mid him geniman ðætte ðider (eo ) of Kent com, Bd. 3, 8; S. 530, 40. Ðá férde hé ðyder, Blickl. Homl. 225, 7. Nú þyder ingongaþ and mé ætstondaþ, 207, 2.
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Róm-feoh
Peter's pence
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Denum, wíte mid Englum,' Th. i. 170, 2.
sang
song, singing ⬩ a singing, chanting ⬩ song, poetry, ⬩ a song ⬩ a poem
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Ðá hæfde hé mé gebunden mid ðære wynnsumnesse hissanges me carminis mulcedo defixerat, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 6. Mé Gúðhere forgeaf máþþum songes tó leáne, Exon. Th. 322, 22; Víd. 67. Galan sigeleásne sang, Beo. Th. 1578; B. 787.
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waru
Watchful care ⬩ observance ⬩ keeping of a command ⬩ heed ⬩ care ⬩ care for the safety of others ⬩ safe-keeping ⬩ custody ⬩ keeping from injury ⬩ guard ⬩ defence ⬩ protection against attack ⬩ guard
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Antiochus giémde hwæt né hæfde monna gerímes, and ne nom náne ware húlíce hié wǽron, Ors. 5, 4; Swt. 224, 22. care for the safety of others Se hýra ne bið náðor ne mid ware ne mid lufe ástyred, Homl. Th. i. 240, 28.
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wilisc
foreign, not English ⬩ servile
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Valskr Norman) æt-tforan mid ðam cynge, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 15, 24. 1a. referring to the Celts of England, Welsh:-- Be Wilisces monnes londnæfene. Gif Wylisc mon hæbbe híde londes, L. In. 32.; Th. i. 122, 9. Englisc . . .
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Bedewinda
BEDWIN, Wilts
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BEDWIN, Wilts Ic, Ælfréd, West-Seaxena cining [MS. cingc], an Eádweade, mínum yldran suna, ðæs landes æt Bedewindan I, Alfred, king of the West-Saxons, give the land at Bedwin to Edward, my elder son [lit. made a grant of the land at Bedwin ], Alfd.
bénsian
To fall down in prayer ⬩ to pray ⬩ entreat in prayer ⬩ supplicare ⬩ deprecari ⬩ orare
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He wæs bénsiende ða uplícan árfæstnesse mínra gesynta supplicans erat supernæ pietati pro sospitate mea 5, 6; S. 619, 35 : 3, 12; S. 537, note 20
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frǽcne
Grievous ⬩ dire ⬩ dangerous ⬩ dīrus ⬩ perīcŭlōsus
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Grievous, dire, dangerous; dīrus, perīcŭlōsus Awend ðín ansýne fram mínum frǽcnum firenum turn thy face from my grievous sins, Ps. Ben. 50, 10; Ps. Grn. ii. 149, 10.