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hold

(adj.)
Grammar
hold, adj.
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Ic (Cnut ) cýðe eów ꝥ ic wylle beón hold hláford and unswícende tó Godes gerihtum and tó rihtre woroldlage, Cht.

ge-dwellan

(v.)
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Léton gedwealde men swylce hé Godes sylfes sunu wǽre, Wlfst. 99, 7. with gen. of matter in respect to which there is error Ús se feónd ne gedwelle þæs rihtan geleáfan, Wlfst. 253, 2.

máðum

(n.)
Grammar
máðum, máðm, mádm, máððum, es; m.

A precious or valuable thinga treasurejewelornament

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Hé ðone máððum byreþ ðone ðe ðú mid rihte rǽdan sceoldest he the jewel bears, that of right should be thine, 4117; B. 2055. Máðm, goldhilted sweord, Exon. 114 a; Th. 437, 26; Rä. 56, 13.

Linked entry: máðm

ge-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mynd, es; n: e; f.

Mind, memory, memorial, memento, remembrance, commemorationremembrance

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Swá ic ðín gemynd rihte begange sic memor fui tui, Ps. Th. 62,-6: 108, 16. Us is mid mycelre gemynde to geþencenne we must bear well in mind, Blickl. Homl. 29, 2. Gimynd commemoratio, Rtl. 62, 21.

þweorh

(adj.)
Grammar
þweorh, þwerh, þwyrh; adj.

crookedcrossadverseopposedcrossangrybitterperversewrongevildepravedfrowardwronglyevilly

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Ða ðwyran beón geðreáde, ðæt hí tó Godes rihte gebúgan, ii. 96, 5. On þweorra (ðwyrra, Wells Frag.) manna ( pravorum ) gewit, R. Ben. 119, 23. Ðwyrra, Homl. Th. i. 552, 35. Ðweorum pravis, Wülck. Gl. 251, 23. Mid þweorum ðeáwum, Homl.

elles

(adj.)

otherwisedifferentlyelsewhereelseelse

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Oððe mid rihte oððe elles, Chr. 1085; P. 217: Ll. Th. i. 236, 4. elsewhere: Elles aliorsum, An.

feorm

provisionsstoresa feastan entertainmententertainment

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rihte begeáton, Ll. Th. i. 184, 2. Ꝥ hé áðer oþþe feó oþþe feorme (freme, v. l.) þá wyrse sý that he be injured in respect to anything that is his, 384, 24.

flíma

(n.)

a run-awaydeserteran apostatean outlawexilean outcastwretch

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Dei fugitiuum, Lat. version) hæbbe on unriht, ágife hine tó rihte, 410, 15. flíman feorm harbouring an outlaw. Take here fliéman feorm, flýman feorm in Dict. flímena firmþ. [v. N. E.

Linked entry: flýma

ge-dihtan

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S. 3, 383. to appoint, ordain Ymbreufæstena healde man rihte, swá swá Scs Gregorius Angelcynne hit gedihte, Wlfst. 272, 18 : Ll. Th. i. 320, 21.

ge-wuna

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systematic arrangement, system, method Rómánisce leóde ongynnað heora geár æfter hǽðenum gewunan, Lch. iii. 246, 16. referring to things, wont, usual character of a thing Wæs ꝥ hús hwemdragen, nalas æfter gewunan mennisces weorces ꝥ þá wágas wǽron rihte

ge-wissian

(v.)
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Bisceop sceall gehádode men ǽrest gewissian, ꝥ heora ǽlc wite hwæt him mid rihte gebyrige tó dónne, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 10. Þryfealdne gewissigendne cræft trinam regentem machinam, Hy.

staþolian

(v.)
Grammar
staþolian, p. ode.
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Úre heortan rihtan and staðelion. Wulfst. 253, 18

stíg

(n.)
Grammar
stíg, e; f.
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rihtre stíge geteón ad rectum tramitem revocare, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 13: 1, 12; S. 481, 8. Ðú ná forfleó [weg] hǽle se ðe nis búton mid stíge tó onginnenne non refugias viam salutis que non est nisi angusto initio incipienda, R. Ben. Interl. 6, 8.

Linked entries: stíga gát-ánstíg

racu

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In þǽre rihtan race byð full oft forðsænded se dóm, þurh þone byþ oferswíþed ꝥ hlúde geflit þæs folces in concione sententia promitur, per quam turbae seditio comprimatur, Gr. D. 264, 27.

hosp

(n.)
Grammar
hosp, es; m.

Reproach, opprobrium, contempt, contumely, insult, blasphemy

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Unrihtwíse habbaþ on hospe ða ðe him sindon rihtes wísran the unrighteous hold in contempt those that are better skilled in right than themselves, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 87; Met. 4, 44.

Linked entry: hyspan

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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rihte endebyrdnesse lífes (rectum uiuendi ordinem) ætýwde, Bd. 4, 2; Sch. 344, 2. Hí Gode lác bróhton . . . and on heora yldrena endebyrdnysse Gode gecwémdon.

talu

(n.)
Grammar
talu, e; and indecl.; f.

a tale, talk, story, accounttalk, discussion, disputea charge, claiman excuse, a defenceas a law term, a case (as regards either plaintiff or defendant), an action,a tale, list, series

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Hé begeat swíðe mycelne sceatt of his mannan ðǽr he mihte ǽnige teale tó habban oððe mid rihte oððe elles where, rightly or otherwise, he could advance any claim to what he exacted, Chr. 1085; Erl. 219, 11. an excuse, a defence Míne gebróðra, hwilcere

tán

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
tán, es; m.

a twig, sprout, shoot, brancha stakea twig used in casting lotsa lot; also a share that is determined by lot

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Hé sealde him wéste land ðæt hí mid táne getugan rihte sorte divisit eis terram in funiculo distributionis, Ps. Th. 77, 55.

a-rédian

(v.)
Grammar
a-rédian, l. á-redian,
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Rihtne weig áredian tó þám écan háme. Shrn. 163, 27. Þone circul þás iunge preóstas ne mihton nǽfre áredian, for þám þe ys uneáðe cúð þám ealdum witum, Angl. viii. 319, 9. Nabbe gé ná gódne tíman áredodne, mín dohtor is nú swíþe bisig, Ap. Th. 20, 5

crístnian

(v.)
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And ðonne þis gedón bið eal fullíce wel, swá tó ðǽre crístnunge gebyreð, þonne is æfter eallum þisum mid rihtum geleáfan tó efstanne wið fontbæðes, Wlfst. 33, 16-36, 1.

Linked entries: crístian crístnere