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riht-wer

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Gif be cwicum ceorle wíf hig be óðrum were forlicge, . . . hæbbe se rihtwer eall ꝥ heó áhte, Ll. Th. i. 406, 8. Add

geafu

(n.)
Grammar
geafu, e; f.

A gift ⬩ dōnum

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A gift; dōnum Ic mót meorda hleótan, gingra geafena I may obtain rewards, new gifts, Exon. 48 a; Th. 164, 21; Gú. 1015

treówian

(v.)
Grammar
treówian, triéwian, trýwian; p. ode.

to trust ⬩ confide ⬩ to be true to a person ⬩ to prove one's self true ⬩ clear one's self from a charge of untrue conduct

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(cf. sete tácn sóð gif ðú wille on mé habban holdne freónd,139, 17-22; Gen. 2311-2313), Cd.

Linked entry: trýwian

gildan

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Gif se bana oðbyrste, feórðe manwyrð hé tó gedó . . . Gif mannes esne frígne mannan ofslæhð, þane þe sié, hund scillinga gelde; se ágend þone banan ágefe and óðer manwyrð þǽr tó. Gif bana oðbyrste, twám manwyrðum hine man forgelde, Ll.

hǽmed-þing

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Gif hwylc geong man hǽmedþing gewyrce bútan rihtum gesinscipe si juvenis quis absque legitimo conjugio fornicatus fuerit, ii. 164, 23. Be hǽmedþingam. Gif mon hǽme ( fornicetur ), i. 68, 8

ribb

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Gif mon óðrum rib forsleá binnan gehálre hýde, geselle .x. sciłł. tó bóte; gif sió hýd sié tóbrocen, and mon bán of ádó, geselle .xv. sciłł. tó bóte, Ll. Th. i. 98, 11.

fællan

(v.)
Grammar
fællan, p. de; pp. ed

To offend ⬩ scandălīzāre

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To offend; scandălīzāre Gif ðín ége aswícaþ ðé oððefælle ðec si ŏcŭlus tuus scandălīzat te, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 29, 30: 18, 8

mis-gíman

(v.)

to fail to take care ⬩ to neglect

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to fail to take care, to neglect Gif preóst sceare misgýme beardes oððe feaxes, L. N. P. L. 34; Th. ii. 294, 27

mónaþádlig

(adj.)
Grammar
mónaþádlig, adj.

Suffering from mónaþádl

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Suffering from mónaþádl Gif hwylc man gangeþ tó mónaþádligum wífe si quis vir ad menstruatam mulierem accedat, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 42

ge-fnæd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fnæd, es; n.

A hem

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A hem Gif ic huru his reáfes gefnædu hreppe if I only touch the hems of his garment, Homl. Th. ii. 394, 10

Linked entry: fnæd

un-warnod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-warnod, adj.

Unwarned

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Unwarned Gif preóst óðerne unwarnode lǽte ðæs ðe hé wite ðæt him hearmian wille, L. N. P. L. 33; Th. ii. 294, 25

æt-strengan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-strengan, p. de
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To deforce, withhold wrongfully Gif hláford gelómlíce his gafoles myngað, and geneátman áheardað and hit þencð tó ætstrengenne, Ll. Th. i. 270, 21

Linked entry: strengan

blédan

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Gif þæt wíf bléde tó swíþe æfter þám beorþre, Lch. ii. 330, 10. Slít mid foþorne oþ þæt hié bléden, 52, 8. Add

yfel-wille

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-wille, adj.
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Malevolent, spiteful, envious Yfelwille mód byþ gedréfed gif his feónd ætwint wíte maliuolus animus contristatur si eius inimicus euaserit poenam , Scint. 196, 16

sceorpan

(v.)
Grammar
sceorpan, scearp

To scrape, to irritate

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To scrape, to irritate Gif man [hwæt ?] sceorpe on ðone innaþ if anything irritate a man in the insides, Lchdm. iii. 44, 27

Linked entry: ge-sceorpan

ofer-healdan

(v.)

to hold over, delay to do, neglect

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to hold over, delay to do, neglect Gif se gereáfa ðis oferheald, gebéte .xxx. sciłł., L. Ath. i. prm.; Th. i. 198, 11

á-wrǽnan

(v.)

to make wrǽne

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Gif mon sié tó unwrǽne, wyl on meolce þá ilcan wyrt, þonne áwrǽnst þú, Lch. ii. 144, 21

Linked entry: wrǽnan

efen-gemæcca

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Substitute: An equal, a fellow, consort Þe lǽs gif hyra (suna) hwylc wǽre hyre oferstealla ꝥ sé ne myhte on heofenum beón hyre efngemæcca, Shrn. 151, 14.

ofer-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-mód, adj.
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Wé witon ðæt hé nǽre eáðmód, gif hé underfénge ðone ealdordóm . . . búton ege; and eft hé wǽre ofermód, gif hé wiðcwǽde ðæt hé nǽre underðídd his Scippende, Past. 51, 12. Þæt mannum ofermód ys quod hominibus altum est, Scint. 82, 8.

snǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
snǽsan, p. de

To spit, run through with a pointed implement or weapon ⬩ to spit

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To spit, run through with a pointed implement or weapon Gif mon hafaþ spere ofer eaxle and hine mon on ásnáseþ (ásnǽseþ, MS. H., snǽseþ, MS. B.), gielde ðone wer bútan wíte; gif beforan eágum ásnáse (ásnǽse, MS. H.) gielde ðone wer L.

Linked entries: snás á-snǽsan