swá
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Sóna swá seó sunne sealte streámas oferhlifaþ, swá se fugel gewíteþ, Exon.
scrift
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what is prescribed as a punishment, a penalty (cf. scrífan. ) Ic ( bishop Werferth) him (Eadnoth) sealde ðæt lond and ða béc . . . and úre ágen rǽdengewrit ðæt wǽre him tó ðam geráde ðæt land tólǽten ðe mon ǽlce gére gesylle fífténe scillingas clǽnes
þeóden
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Mec ides freán sealde, holdum þeódne, swá hió háten wæs, Exon. Th. 479, 7; Rä. 62, 4. Hæleð, þeódnes þrymfulle, þegnas wlitige, Andr. Kmbl. 725; An. 363. <b>II a.
bót
mending ⬩ repair ⬩ remedy ⬩ improvement ⬩ help ⬩ amendment ⬩ amends ⬩ reparation ⬩ repentance ⬩ penance
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Hé sealde him tó bóte, þæs þe hé his brýd genam, gangende feoh and seolfor, Gen. 2718. ꝥ hire frýnd móton beón bóte nýhst (i. e. bót was to be claimed from the guilty woman's relatives), Ll.
swá
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D. 318, 26. ꝥ hé sealde þám óðrum swá hé nyste áttor drincan ut ei nescienti in potu venenum daret, 158, 29 : 327, 8 : Hml. S. 30, 88.
wela
wealth ⬩ riches ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ weal ⬩ prosperity ⬩ happy estate
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God sealde welan swá wíte, swá hé wolde sylf 256, 23; Dan. 645: Exon. Th. 85, 9; Cri. 1385
ÁGAN
OWN ⬩ possess ⬩ have ⬩ obtain ⬩ possidere ⬩ habere ⬩ percipere ⬩ to make another to own or possess ⬩ to give ⬩ deliver ⬩ restore ⬩ dare in possessionem ⬩ reddere ⬩ rependere
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He sealde eall ðæt he áhte vendidit omnia quæ habuit, Mt. Bos. 13, 46: Ps. Th. 147, 3: Beo. Th. 5210; B. 2608. Hí gewyrhto áhton They possessed merits, Cd. 196; Th. 244, 7; Dan. 444. Áhton, Ps. Th. 118, 79.
staþol
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Hé ús sealde mid englum éce staþelas, 41, 26; Cri. 661. Ðú álǽtan scealt lǽne staþelas, eard and éþel, Dóm. L. 30, 58. the firmament, the heavens Wearð ætýwed steorra on staðole, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 24; Edg. 50
Linked entry: scaþel
healf
a half
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Genim healfe þá sealfe, Lch. ii. 78, 16. Hé nam healf ðæt blód (dimidiam partem sanguinis). Ex. 24, 6. Hé behét þám apostole healf his ríce, Hml. Th. ii. 476, 21. Hé áge healf ꝥ wíte, Ll.
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ge-weald
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Inc sceal sealt wæter wunian on gewealde, Gen. 199. ꝥ Hit his yldran lǽfdan þám tó gewealde þe hý wel úðan, Ll. Th. i. 184, 3. Ágan heofon tó gewalde to have heaven at command, Sat. 415.
þes
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., Rush.) sealf unguentum istud, Mk. Skt. 114, 5. Þþeós (ðiús, Lind.: ðiós, Rush.) stefn uox haec, Jn. Skt. 12, 5. Þeós wundrung, Exon. Th. 6, 24; Cri. 89. Þiús eorðe, Met. 20, 118. Snytry ðiós sapientia haec, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 54.
híréd
a family ⬩ a family ⬩ house ⬩ the family ⬩ court
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Æt ǽlcan tídsange eal híred áþenedum limum singe þone sealm, Wlfst. 181, 26. Nime gé ðá ðe on ðǽm hírede (hiórede, v. l.) unweorðuste sién, Past. 131, 7. On hírede in clero, An. Ox. 8, 369. Mathéus dǽl Sc̃e Cúðberti, Marcus dǽl biscobe.
Linked entries: híred-cniht híred-geréfa híred-lic híred-mann híred-preóst
ge-fæstnian
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Add: where motion is prevented, to fix. to make motionless that which can move Hé sealte ýþa gefæstnade, Ps. Th. 77, 15. to place firmly that which can be moved Betwux ús and eów is gefæstnod (gefæstnad firmatum, Lk. L. 16, 26) micel ðrosm, Hml.
gifu
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Hig worhton him áne anlícnesse . . . and þáron þus áwriton : ' Ðás gifu sealde seó ceasterwaru Apollonio, ' Ap. Th. 10, 14. ꝥ is heora bíwist. . .. Gyfe, lác munuscula (fructuum ), An. Ox. 4503. Se pápa sende him micla gifa, Chr. 885 ; P. 80, 7.
ge-rád
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Marius bæd þæt him mon sealde þone seofoþan consulatum and eác þæt gewin . . .
ge-þóht
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Cf. ge-þeaht; Hé ús sealde hálwendne geþóht and heofonlice bebodu, Bl. H. 11, 35. thought, the faculty of thinking or the exercise of that faculty, mind Hyge Evan, wífes wác geþóht, Gen. 649.
Linked entry: þóht
bísen
an exemplar ⬩ a model ⬩ pattern ⬩ example ⬩ precedent ⬩ a rule ⬩ prescript ⬩ precept ⬩ parable ⬩ similitude ⬩ type
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Ic eów sealde bysene (bisen, L., bisine, R. exemplum), Jn. 13, 15. Nimað eów bysne be ðam, Hml. S. 24, 79, 66. Ne sceal hé yfele bysne niman æt forðfarenum mannum, Hml. Th. ii. 532, 31. Ué bisen ginime imitemur, Rtl. 57, 15. Biseno, 62, 23.
eorþe
the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ land ⬩ earth ⬩ the earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ soil ⬩ mould ⬩ dust
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Wé æt þǽm ýtmestan dæge eall ágyldan sceolan þe hé ús ǽr on eorþan sealde, 51, 25. in intensive phrase: Nyste ic náwár eorðan hú ic ongynnan wolde I shouldn't know how on earth to set about it, Shrn. 182, 13, 19. the earth as a planet Seó eorðe stent
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ge-tácnian
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Ors. 2, 1; S. 62, 25. to mark as witness, set to one's seal Hié tácen secgende wǽron þá þe Drihten sylf getácnode, Bl. H. 161, 21.
lǽran
To teach ⬩ instruct ⬩ educate ⬩ to preach ⬩ to exhort ⬩ admonish ⬩ advise ⬩ persuade ⬩ suggest
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Wæs ic seald tó fédanne and tó lǽranne datus sum educandus, Bd. 5, 24; S. 647, 22. Cyningas and ríce men sendon heora dóhtor ðider [France] tó lǽranne filias suas erudiendas mittebant; 3, 8; S. 531, 18.