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scír

(n.)
Grammar
scír, e ; f.
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Edg. ii. 5 ; Th. i. 268, 4 : ii. 3 ; Th. i. 266, 19. Ðære scíre bisceop episcopus provinciae, L. Edg. P. iii. 11; Th. ii. 200, 4. Him man sealde gíslas of ǽlcere scíre, Chr. 1013 ; Erl. 148, 1.

Linked entry: scýr

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Ymb mín lond þe ic (Abba geroefa) hæbbe and mé God láh and ic æt mínum hláfordum begæt, C.D. i. 310, 6. the lord of a manor Gif se hláford him wile ꝥ land árǽran tó weorce and tó gafole. Ll. Th. i. 146, 3: 436, 9.

heán

lowpoormeanignoblebasehumbleddepresseddejectedcast downmiserablewretchedmeanbaselow

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Ic mé ceóse þæt ic heán gange on hús Godes elegi abjectus esse in domo Dei mei, Ps. Th. 83, 11. Heán sceal gehnígan, Gn. Ex. 118. Doem þǽm freóndleásan and ðǽm heánan (humili), Ps. Srt. 9, 39. Heánne and ðearfan, 81, 3.

for-stelan

(v.)
Grammar
for-stelan, he -steleþ, -stelþ, -stylþ, pl. -stelaþ; p. -stæl, pl. -stǽlon; pp. -stolen

To steal with violencerobdeprivefūrārisurrĭpĕreprīvāre

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H.] if a churl steal property, L. In. 57; Th. i. 138, 15: L. Alf. 15; Th. i. 48, 5, MS. H.

LIBBAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIBBAN, p. lifde

To LIVE

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Eth. ix. 21; Th. í. 344, 21. Swínes scearn ðæs ðe on dúnlande and wyrtum libbe, L. M. 1, 20; Lchdm. ii. 62, 28.

Linked entries: lifian be-libban

fúl

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
fúl, adj.

offensive to the sensesdirtymiryfilthydarkuglymorally pollutedguilty of a chargedisgracefulinfamousto bury ignominiously

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Voc. i. 26, 12. Fúles horewes squalentis cęni, An. Ox. 2545. Fúle cenulenti, i. lutosi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 76. Swín þe simle willnaþ licgan on fúlum solum, Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 26. Fúle syle lurida (i. caccabata) uolutabra, An. Ox. 4289.

mynegian

(v.)
Grammar
mynegian, myngian; p. ode ( with acc. of person and gen. of thing, or with a clause).

to bring to one's own mindrecallto bring to another's mindto remindto bring a duty to the mindto admonishexhortto remind of a debtto ask for paymentto have in the mindto purposeintenddetermine

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Th. i. 220, 3. to bring a duty to the mind, to admonish, exhort Eów ic mynegie vos moneo, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 18, 3. Míne wylna ic mynegige meas ancillas moneo, 19, 6. Ic myngige and manige manna gehwylcne, Blickl. Homl. 109, 11.

a-rédian

(v.)
Grammar
a-rédian, l. á-redian,
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Gif hé ceáp áredige if he make a bargain, Ll. Th. i. 274, 23.

gráf

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D. iii. 52, 23. Ofer ðæt gráf, 389, 1. In ðone lytlan gráf, v. 126, 30. On Leómmannes gráf westeweardan, iii. 406, 15. ¶ in a place-name :-- Westgráf ( in a Latin charter ), C. D. iii. 374, 29

meltan

(v.)
Grammar
meltan, p. mealt, pl. multon; pp. molten.

to meltbecome liquidbe consumed, dissolvedto digest

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Myltan, 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 18. Wel meltende mettas, 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 196, 21

un-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scyldig, adj.

innocentguiltlessinnocent of a crime, chargeguiltless in relation to (wið) a personinnocentnot accountable for an ill resultnot responsible

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Th. i. 342, 9. guiltless in relation to (wið) a person. Similar entries v. un-scyldigness : -- Ic com unscyldig wið ðás míne fýnd ego in innocentia mea ingressus sum, Ps. Th. 25, 1.

FÓR

(prep.)
Grammar
FÓR, fóre; prep. dot. acc.

Beforeforeantecŏramin conspectupræsente vel audiente ălĭquopræpriusquam

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Ic hefde dreám micelne fír Meotode I had great joy before the Creator, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 34; Sat. 83. We for Dryhtene iu dreámas hefdon we formerly had joys before the Lord, 214; Th. 267, 26: Sat. 44.

Linked entries: foor fóre

úhta

(n.)
Grammar
úhta, an; m.

the last part of the nightthe time just before daybreakthe time at which the earliest of the seven canonical services was held, the time of nocturnsDe nocturna celebratione.

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G. 24; Th. ii. 420, 35. Eallum cristenum mannum is beboden ðæt hí ealne heora líchoman seofon síþum gebletsian mid Cristes róde tácne, ǽrest on ǽrnemorgen ... seofoþan síþe on úhtan, Blickl. Homl. 47, 19

wecg

(n.)
Grammar
wecg, es; m.

a wedge a mass of metal a piece of money

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Th. i. 512, 4

be-clýsan

to closeshut what is open to closeput an end toto shut up in a place

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Th. i. 194, 5. Beclýsedre dura, ii. 166, 22: i. 230, 12. Þæt cweartern wé fundon fæste beclýsed, 572, 33. Mid beclýsedum eágum, 408, 22. to close, put an end to:-- Þænne beclýsþ dæg dimnyss nyhta cum clauserit diem caligo noctium, Hy.

þrǽl

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl, es; m.
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Eth. vii. 21; Th. i. 334, 8.

wicu

(n.)
Grammar
wicu, wucu, an ; f.
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Ðeós wucu is geteald tó ánum dæge, Homl. Th. ii. 292, 27. Ymb fyrst wucan bútan ánre niht, Menol. Fox 172; Men. 87. Hé ǽlcere wucan dæg mid nihte ætgædere áfæste in omni septimana diem cum nocte jejunus transiret, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 12.

hlæder

(n.)
Grammar
hlæder, e; f.: hlæddre, an (?). l. hlǽder; e: hlǽdre, an; f.

a ladderflight of stepsstairs

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Þǽr wæs gewuna þǽm folce ... ꝥ hié æfter hlǽddrum úp tó ðǽm glæsenum fæte ástigon (cf. þæs folces gewuna is ... þæt hí ... stæpmǽlum tó ðám fæte ástígað, Hml. Th. i. 510, 3), Bl. H. 209, 7.

ǽrendian

(v.)

to go on an errand (acc.), act as emissary or advocate in a matterto go on an errand to (tó) a personto go on an errand for a person (dat.) to (tó) another, intercedeto go on a mission for an object (gen.), negotiate for

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Gif hé mé cúð ne bið, ic wille him cueðan: 'Ne mæg ic ðæt ǽrendigean (ǽrendian, Cott.

ge-hæftan

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Gehæftad wæs diwl in helle dampnatus est diabolus in infernum, Rtl. 197, 25