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læt-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
læt-byrd, e; f.
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words: 'May this help me with the troublesome late birth,' Lchdm. iii. 66, 21

Linked entry: lam-byrd

ge-wyrþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrþan, p. ede; pp. ed

To estimatevalue

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To estimate, value Óðre ungesawene þing mon mót mid áþe gewyrþan and syððan be ðam gyldan other unseen things may be estimated on oath, and then paid for accordingly, L. O. D. 7; Th. i. 356, 7. Swá hit man gewyrþe as it may be valued, L. A.

carl

(adj.)
Grammar
carl, adj.
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Male, masculine; masculus. Used in compounds, as carl-cat, -fugel, -man

dǽd-bétere

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-bétere, es; m.
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A penitent Ne mæg man ná dǽdbéterum þis dón, Nap. 16

Linked entry: bétere

tíþe

(n.)
Grammar
tíþe, tíþa (-e, -a; masc.: -u, -a, -e; fem.: -a; pl.)

to obtain one's request,to have granted the request for something

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Myceles ðú (masc.) bǽde, ac ðú bist tíða, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 284. Týða, 3, 513. Ðú (Abraham) ðæs tíða beó, Cd. Th. 142, 12; Gen. 2360. Hé ongann tó Gode wísdómes wylnian, and hé eác ðæs tíða wearð, Wulfst. 277, 19.

Linked entries: týþa un-tygþa tíþ

a-recan

(v.)

to recount

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to recount Hit nis nánum men aléfed, ðæt he mǽge arecan ðæt ðæt God geworht hæfþ it is not permitted to any man, that he may recount that which God has wrought, Bt. 39, 12; Fox 232, 10

wyrt-tún

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Hæbbe ma[n] ǽfre on preósta mynstre wynsume wirtúnas ( ortos olerum ), ꝥ man mage þǽrof ǽfre sumne smeálicne ést findan, Chrd. 15, 36. v. ge-wyrttún; wyrt-geard. Add

freóls-ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
freóls-ǽfen, es; m.

A festival-evevigilfesti vigĭlia

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A festival-eve, vigil; festi vigĭlia Man mót, freólsǽfenum [MS. freólsǽfenan], faran betweonan Eferwíc and six míla gemete one may travel, on festival-eves, between Fork and a distance of six miles, L. N. P. L. 56; Th. ii. 298, 26

steáp

(n.)
Grammar
steáp, es; m.
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Gif man óðrum steóp ásette ðǽr mæn drincen ágelde vi. scill. ðam ðe man ðone steáp áset if a man remove(?) a cup from another where men are drinking, let. vi. s. be paid to the man from whom the cup was taken, L. H. E. 12; Th. i. 32, 8-10.

Linked entries: steóp stípel

betera

(adj.)
Grammar
betera, betra; m : betere, betre; f. n. adj. [from bet good, v. bet-líc good-like, comp. betera, betra better; sup. betest, betst best, v. besta, gód]

BETTERmelior

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Wítodlíce micle mann ys sceápe betera? hou moche more is a man betre than a sheep? Mt. Bos. 12, 12 Hit is betre it is a better [thing], Wyc. Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 5 : 29, 1; Fox 102, 6

Linked entry: betre

un-geriht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geriht, adj.
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Gif þonne ǽgber ge sé þe man swang, ge sé þe man for ylde swingan ne mæg, bégen beón ungerihte (incorrigibiles), 61, 35

Linked entry: ge-rihtan

á-woffian

(v.)

to be or become madto become insolent

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Add: to be or become mad Amens byð áwoffod, Angl. viii. 331, 41. Áwoffod freneticus, An. Ox. 4668. Gif hwylc gedwola oððe áwoffod man, Hml. S. 1, 20. to become insolent Áwolfige ł woffie insolescat, superbiat, Hpt. Gl. 461, 56:An. Ox. 2350

Linked entries: woffian á-wolfian

for-faran

(v.)
Grammar
for-faran, p. -fór, pl. -fóron; pp. -faren [for-, faran to go] .

to go or pass awayperishperīreto cause to pass awaycause to perishto destroyperdĕre

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Ðæt man ða sáwla ne forfare ðe Grist mid his agenum lífe gebohte that a man cause not the souls to perish which Christ bought with his own life, L. C. S. 3; Th. i. 378, 2.

Linked entry: for-ferian

lár-bodung

(n.)
Grammar
lár-bodung, e; f.
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Preaching Dó man þá lárbodunge ( predicationem ) be þám þe ꝥ folc understandan mage, Chrd. 50, 10

Linked entry: bodung

a-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyllan, = a-fellan; p. de; pp. ed; v. a. [a, fyllan, fellan to fell]

To fellto strike or beat downto overturnsubvertlay lowabolishslaycædereoccidereprosterneredejiceredemoliricomprimereabrogare

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man mæg unlage afyllan how one may abolish unjust laws, L.C.S. 11; Th. i. 382, 8. Gif hwá óðres ryht afylle if any one suppress another's right, L. Ath. i. 17; Th. i. 208, 16: L. Eth. vi. 8; Th. i. 316, 26.

hláford-swica

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-swica, an; m.

A betrayer of his lord, a traitor to his lord

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A betrayer of his lord, a traitor to his lord Se man ðe ðis gefæst ne þearf hé him ná ondrǽdan hellewítan bútan hé beó hláfordswica the man that keeps this fast need not fear the pains of hell, unless he be a traitor to his lord, Lchdm. iii. 228, 24.

hús-bonda

(n.)
Grammar
hús-bonda, -bunda, an; m.
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Ðá wearþ Eustatius uppon his horse and his gefeoran uppon heora and férdon tó ðam húsbundon and ofslógon hine binnan his ágenan heorþa one of his men wanted to stop at a man's house against his will, and wounded the man of the house, and the man of the

Linked entry: bonda

mis-beódan

(v.)
Grammar
mis-beódan, p. -beád, pl. -budon; pp. -boden

To do wrong toto offendabuseill-use

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Ne misbeóde ǽnig óðrum, forðam eal ðæt ǽnig man óðrum on unriht tó hearme gedéþ, eal hit sceal eft mænigfealdlíce derian him sylfum, Wulfst. 112, 7-11. Misbeódan, 157, 20. Gif him ǽnig man heálíce misboden hæbbe (cf.

ge-síþcund

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-síþcund, adj.

Of the rank of a 'gesith

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Gif gesíþcund man fare, þonne mót he habban his geréfan mid him, and his smiþ and his cildféstran if a 'gesithcund' man go away, then may he have his reeve with him, and his smith and his child's fosterer, 63; Th. i. 144, 2: 45; Th. i. 130, 9: 54; Th.

wicu-bót

(n.)
Grammar
wicu-bót, e; f.
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A week's penance Mót tó bóte stíðlíc dǽdbót, and hit man mót sécan be ðæs mannes mihtum, sumon geárbóte . . . sumon wucubóte, sumon wucena, L. Pen. 3; Th. ii. 278, 13