lǽn-land
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Fíf hída ðe Óswald bócaþ Eádríce swá swá hé hit ǽr hæfde tó lǽnlande, 217, 20. Wé wrítaþ ðæt hé hæbbe hit swá rúm tó bóclande swá hé ǽr hæfde tó lǽnlonde, 258, 29. Eall ðæt yrfe ðæ ic hæbbe on lǽnelendum, v. 333, 21
dreógan
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Hí him bróhton ongeán eahta C M féþena and LX M gehorsades folces.
hreówsung
Sorrowing ⬩ sorrow ⬩ penitence ⬩ repentance
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Gif hí hwæt gesyngodon hí hit eft mid hreówsunge gebéton if they sinned in aught they should make amends therein with repentance, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 14. Hig hreówsunge dydon pœniterent, Lk. Skt. 10, 13.
fyrmest
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Ꝥ his grið stande swá forð swá hit fyrmest stód on his yldrena dagum (as well as ever it stood in his ancestor's days), Ll. Th. i. 292, 3.
hilfe
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Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán, ac him forwyrnde sum óþer swá ꝥ hé ꝥ hylfe gelæhte and wið-hæfde ꝥ slege. Hml. S. 31, 154. Take here helfe; m. n. (?) ( l.n.) in Dict. and add
on-sundrum
separately, severally, separated one from the other, apart ⬩ in retirement from others, apart ⬩ making distinction from others, especially
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Nǽnig heora, of ðám ðe hí áhton, ówiht his beón onsundran cwæþ, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 15. Ðeáh bútú on ánum men síen, ðeáh biþ ǽgðer him onsundron, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 35. Ǽlc ðæra gesceafta hæfþ his ágenne eard onsundron, 33, 4; Fox 130, 24.
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ofer-sceadwian
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Se Hálga Gást hý mid his mihte ofersceadewode, Wlfst, 193, 13
sceald-þýfel
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Dele 'Scaldhýflas. . . col. 2,' and add Gesáwon hí hine þurh þá scealdþýfelas mid fellum gegyredne. Hí wéndon ꝥ hit sum wilde deór wǽre quem dum vestitum pellibus inter fruteta cernerent, aliquam bestiam esse crediderunt, Gr. D. 100, 9.
un-þearf
Disadvantage ⬩ hurt ⬩ harm ⬩ detriment
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Hé férde for his bróðær unþearfe intó Normandige he (William) went to Normandy on account of the injury his brother had done him (see Henry of Huntingdon), 1091; Erl. 227, 5.
sciccels
A cloak ⬩ mantle
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Geteáh his seax and genam his sciccels ðe hé him on hæfde, tósnáð hine on twá, Blickl. Homl. 215, 6. Ðá tócearf hé his scyccel ontwá, and hyne gesealde healfne ðam þearfendum men, Shrn. 146, 36
irnan
To run
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Ǽspringe irneþ wið his eardes, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 29; Met. 5, 15. Hé arn him sylf tó his hrýðera falde ipse ad armentum cucurrit, Gen. 18, 7. Ðonne orn hé eft inn tó ðæm temple ad templum recurrit, Past. 16, 3 ; Swt. 103, 4.
mǽg
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Gif hwylc his mága hine feormige, þonne beó hé scyldig ealles þæs þe hé áhte, 248, 8,, nime hé his mága .xii. . . . ii. 298, 8. Gehealden hí hine .xxx. nihta, and hié hine his mǽgum (mágum, v. l. ) gebodien, i. 64, 19.
un-gewit
madness ⬩ insanity ⬩ folly ⬩ stupidity
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Hié sindon suá micle wætlícor tó oferbúgánne suá mon ongiet ðæt hié on máran ungewitte beóð tanto caute declinandi sunt, quanto et insane rapiuntur, Past. 40; Swt. 295, 22. Gif hwylc man of his gewitte feólle ...
hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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., dryhten, R.) ofer his híred, ðæt hé him on tíde mete sylle, Mt. 24, 45. Se ðeówa nát hwæt se hláford (hláfard, L. R.) déð, Jn. 15, 15. Gif þeów næbbe wíf and his hláford him wíf sylle ... þæt wíf and hire winclo beóð þæs hláfordes ...
Ecg-bryht
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Hér, A.D. 800, Ecgbryht féng to Wesseaxna ríce here, A.D. 800, Egbert succeeded to the kingdom of the West-Saxons, Chr. 800; Erl. 60, 4. Hér, A.D. 837 [MS. 836], Ecgbryht cyning forþférde, se rícsode xxxvii wintra and vii mónþas here, A.D. 837, king Egbert
níd-þeów
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Hláforda gehwylc áh swýþe micele þearfe þæt hé his men rihtlíce healde; and hit bið his ágen þearf þæt hé his neádþeówum beorge swá hé betst mæge, Wlfst. 300, 4. Add
wancol
Unstable ⬩ uncertain ⬩ fickle ⬩ fluctuating
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Unstable, uncertain, fickle, fluctuating Hió hit gecýþ self mid hire hwurfulnesse ðæt hió biþ swíþe wancol se instabilem mutatione demonstrat, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 35.
friþ
peace as opposed to strife, discord ⬩ of friendly relations between peoples ⬩ absence of dissension among a people ⬩ peace ⬩ state in which law and order are maintained ⬩ absence of disorder and crime ⬩ peace as opposed to war. ⬩ agreement settled between two peoples previously at war ⬩ peace ⬩ cessation of hostilities ⬩ abstinence ⬩ freedom from attack ⬩ friendly ⬩ security from molestation ⬩ protection ⬩ protection of subjects by a ruler ⬩ terms made with an enemy of the law. ⬩ Mowing of an outlaw.
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Seá þeóð gesóhte Ecgbryht cyning him tó friþe and tó mundboran, Chr. 823; P. 60, 18. Hé gesóhte Rðmáne him tó friþe, and hié sendon þone consul mid him mid firde, Ors. 5, 7 ; S. 228, 13.
ná-hwæðer
Neither
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Wé nóhwæðér ne hit witan nyllaþ ne hit bétan nyllaþ, ne furðum ne récaþ hwæðer wé hit ongieten, 28; Swt. 195, 5.
ge-sǽlan
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Th. 472, 4. the subject a more or less indefinite hit: — Hit oft gesǽleð. ꝥ Nar. 7, 25. Hit gesǽlde (cf. hit gebyrede, Bt. 38,1 ; F. 194, 2)gió on sume tide, þæt Aulixes hæfde cynerícu twá, Met. 26, 4 : 9, 23.