rand
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rihte heóldon, Byrht. Th. 132, 22; By. 20. v. bord-, calc-, gafol-, geolo-, hilde-, síd-rand
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gifu
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</b> as a legal term, gift, transfer of property :-- Hláfordes gifu þe hé on riht áge tó gifanne, Ll. Th. i. 292, 16. Riht gifu, 422, l : ii. 302, 7. <b>I c.</b> a giving in marriage, a wedding, v. gift ; <b> III. 2.
nese
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Hé cwæð be him sylfum tó þám cýpemannum: 'Syllíce is mé ánum gelumpen . . . man mid wítum ofgán willað æt mé ꝥ ic mid rihtan þingon begyten hæfde.'
LUFU
LOVE
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Mid bróðorlíce lufan hí lǽran ðæt hí rihte sibbe and lufan betwih him hæfdon, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 8. For Godes lufon pro Domino, 3, 19; S. 547, 16. For úre lufan for love of us, Blickl. Homl. 23, 35. Mid lufe ge mid láðe, 45, 8.
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ge-bígan
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Gyf þú Godes folc gebígean ne miht tó rihte. Wlfst. 7, 8. Hé wolde gebígan his leóda tó geleáfan and tó þám lifigendan Gode, Hml. S. 26, 46. Hine gebégean tó beteran wege.
ge-mearcian
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Wæs on þǽmscennum þurh rúnstafas rihte gemearcod, geseted and gesǽd, hwám ꝥ sweord geworht wǽre, B. 1695. Tó þeossum hálgum þe heora gemynd hér on gemearcude siendon, Gr. D. 2, 12
rícsian
to exercise or have power ⬩ to rule ⬩ govern ⬩ reign ⬩ to domineer ⬩ dominate ⬩ tyrannize ⬩ exercise violence ⬩ to prevail
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Swá ríxode and wið rihte wan ána wið eallum (of Grendel's successful raids on Hrothgar's hall), Beo. Th. 290; B. 144. Án ongan deorcum nihtum draca rícsian, 4429; B. 2211.
wág
A wall, mostly of a building
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Ða wágas ( the walls of a church) nǽron rihte, Blickl. Homl. 207, 18 : (the walls of a palace ), Nar. 4, 24. Ne mé ne lyst mid glase geworhtra wága, Bt. 5, l ;Fox 10, 17.
dóm
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Se yfela déma onwendeþ þone rihtan dóm, 61, 31. (2 a) of an unfavourable sentence, condemnation :-- Þá láreówas beóþ dómes wyrþe, gif hí nellaþ ꝥ folc lǽron, Bl.
ge-rád
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Ꝥ man ágife þá ciricsceattas and þá sáwlsceattas tó þám stówum þe hit mid riht tó gebyrige. . . on þá gerád ꝥ ( in order that ) þá his brúcan æt þám háligan stówum þe heora cirican begán willað. Ll. Th. i. 196, 10
heals-fang
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And riht is ðæt se slaga . . . finde wærborh . . . þonne þæt gedón sý, ðonne rǽre man cyninges munde . . . Of ðǽm dæge on .xxi. nihtan gylde man LXX. scłł, tó healsfange æt twelfhyndum were.
BE
BY ⬩ near to ⬩ to ⬩ at ⬩ in ⬩ on ⬩ upon ⬩ about ⬩ with ⬩ juxta ⬩ prope ⬩ ad ⬩ secus ⬩ in ⬩ cum ⬩ of ⬩ from ⬩ about ⬩ touching ⬩ concerning ⬩ de ⬩ quoad ⬩ for ⬩ because of ⬩ after ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ according to ⬩ pro ⬩ propter ⬩ er ⬩ secundum ⬩ beside ⬩ out of ⬩ e ⬩ ex
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Nysse ic be ðǽre [róde] riht I did not know the right about the cross, Elen. Kmbl. 2479; El. 1241. for, because of, after, by, through, according to; pro, propter, er, secundum He sette word be worde he set word for word, Bt. pro?m; Fox viii. 3.
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bísen
an exemplar ⬩ a model ⬩ pattern ⬩ example ⬩ precedent ⬩ a rule ⬩ prescript ⬩ precept ⬩ parable ⬩ similitude ⬩ type
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Riht is ꝥ wydewan Annan bycenan fylian, Ll. Th. ii. 324, 6. Mid bisseno Dauiðes exemplo Dauid, Mt. p. 16, 13. Sel ús hiora bissene giðiá da nobis eorum imitatione proficere, Rtl. 62, 16.
ge-hwá
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every one (thing), each one. alone Healde gehwá mid riht his ǽwe, -Ll. Th. ii. 300, 26. Gearwige tó húslgange oft and gelóme gehwá hine sylfne, i. 310, 8 : 322, 8 : 424, 19.
ídel
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Riht sprǽc sý and behéfe, næs ídel recta locutio sit et utilis, non anilis, Coll. M. 18, 16. Éghnelc word ídil ( otiosum ). Mt. L. 12, 36. Ídel wuldor, þæt is gylp, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 27. Mid ídelum wuldre coenodoxia, i. uana laude An. Ox. 1109.
rǽdan
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Hí (the guards of Christ's sepulchre) námon þone sceatt and swáþeáh múþetton and on synderlicum rúnungum þæt riht rǽddon ( in secret talks apart they supposed what the truth was), Hml.
tó-brecan
To break, ⬩ break in pieces ⬩ to break in two, ⬩ to break to pieces, ⬩ break up, ⬩ to separate into parts by striking or pulling ⬩ to overthrow, ⬩ break down, ⬩ ruin, ⬩ destroy, ⬩ put into confusion, ⬩ rout, ⬩ to destroy, ⬩ crush ⬩ to take by assault ⬩ to break a promise, pledge, etc., ⬩ to infringe, ⬩ violate ⬩ to break, ⬩ interrupt
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Man his riht tóbræc, 975; Erl. 126, 17, Twégen gebróðra tóbrǽcon ðone regol, Homl. Th. ii. 166, 34. Gif hé his bebod tóbrǽce, Homl. Ass. 60, 217.
æt-íwan
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Atýwian mid gesceáde, ꝥ hé mid rihte crafede, Chr. 1070 ; P. 206, 12. Mé byð æteáwed (manifestabitur) ðín wuldor, Ps. Th. 16, 15. (2 a) where the object is a person :-- Ic æteówo (ædeáua, L.) him mec solfne. . . .
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áscian
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Add: absolute Mon sceal sprecan ásciende, Past. 185, 9. with acc. of person addressed, to question, interrogate His rihta dóm áhsað ( interrogat ) manna bearn. Se ylca Drihten áhsað rihtwíse and unrihtwíse, Ps. Th. 10, 5, 6.
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rúm
roomy, spacious, ample, extensive ⬩ roomy, open, unencumbered. ⬩ long, extended ⬩ ample, great, liberal ⬩ unrestricted, clear, free from conditions ⬩ lax ⬩ ample, far-reaching ⬩ liberal. ⬩ great, noble, august
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Th. 131, 23; Gú. 460. ample, far-reaching Ðíne dómas synd rihte and rúme, Hy. 7, 15. liberal. Wel biþ ðam eorle ðe him oninnan hæfþ rúme heortan (liberal in giving alms) Exon. Th. 467, 16. .