betesta
best
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best Se betesta the best, Cot. 153
spilæg
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Spilæg se ǽtterne spilagius, Rtl. 125, 29
wille-streám
A bubbling, running stream
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A bubbling, running stream Ðǽr se eádga (the Phenix) mót neótan wyllestreáma wuduholtum in, Exon. Th. 223, 19; Ph. 362. Se æþela fugel æt ðam ǽspringe wunaþ wyllestreámas, 204, 30; Ph. 105
self-líce
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Self-love, self-complacency, self-satisfaction, -conceit, arrogance Ðonne ðæt selflíce gegriépþ ðæt mód þæs recceres amor proprius cum rectoris mentem ceperit, Past. 19, 1; Swt. 143, 5.
ort-geard
An orchard, garden
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Se ordceard, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 72, 5. Of ǽlcum treówe ðises orcerdes, Gen. 2, 16. Ðú ðe eardast on frióndes ortgearde (orcgearde, MS. Hat.), Past. 49, 2 ; Swt. 380, 14. Suá se ceorl déþ his ortgeard, 40, 3 ; Swt. 293, 4.
twi-rǽde
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Oððe hwæðer ðú eft on ǽngum geþeahte swá twiorǽde sié ðæt ðé helpe hwæðer hit gewyrþe þe hit nó ne gewyrþe consider in your own case whether you have so firmly determined anything, that it appears to you, that it will never with your consent be changed
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un-forworht
Not criminal ⬩ innocent
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See also, in another of Oswald's charters: Si quid praefatorum delicti praeuaricantis causa defuerit jurum, praevaricationis delictum secundum quod praesulis jus est emendet, aut illo quo antea potitus est dono et terra careat, vi. 125; and see Kemble's
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un-gilde
Not entitled to wergild
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Homo qui aliquem innocentem affliget in via regia, si jaceat, jaceat in ungildan ækere [as the technical name of the crime here referred to was forsteal (cf. si in via regia fiat assaltus super aliquem, forestel est, L. H.
á-wirdan
to corrupt ⬩ spoil, ⬩ to injure ⬩ annoy ⬩ afflict a person ⬩ to hinder
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Th. ii. 154, 17. a non-material object Se dióful ðæt mód áwiert (corrumpit), Past. 415, 24. Sé þe his ágene sprǽce áwyrt, hé wyrcð barbarismus, Angl. viii. 313, 19.
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sceam-líc
shamefast, bashful ⬩ shameful, base, disgraceful, ignominious
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J; Swt. 38, I. Þenne were his cun iscend mid scomeliche witen; Laym. 20462. Eni velunge bitweone mon and ancre is so scheomelich and so naked sunne, A. R. 116, 3
inne
In ⬩ within ⬩ inside ⬩ in-doors
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Seó án inne áwunode, Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 627, 16. Béte swá seó dómbóc sæcge gif hit sý hér inne. Gif hit sý eást inne gif hit sý norþ inne béte be ðam ðe ða friþgewritu sæcgan let him make 'bót' as the law says, if it be in this part of the country.
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hlǽfdige
a queen ⬩ Our Lady ⬩ lady
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Seó sáwul is þæs líchoman hlǽfdige, and heó gewissað þá fíf andgitn swá swá of cynesætle ... Hyre gedafnað ꝥ heó swá swá hlǽfdige foresceáwige hwæt heó gehwylcum lime bebeóde tó dónne, Hml.
norþan
From the north
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From the north Se wind se ðe ǽr súþan bleów, hine norþan áwearp, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 28. Gif hér wind cymþ westan oððe eástan, súþan oððe norþan, Cd. Th. 50, 11; Gen. 807
ge-rǽcan
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Ger. er-reichen) Ic biddo ... ðæt se monn se hígon londes unnen tó brúcanne ðá ilcan wísan léste on swǽsendum tó mínre tíde and ðá godcundan leán mínre sáule mid geréce, C.D. i. 316, 21
tǽse
Convenient, for general use(?)
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Andlang herpoðes tó tǽsan mǽde and se hǽðfeld eat gemǽne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 78, 32. Tó tésan méde and se héðfeld eat gemǽne, 138, 19. v. (?) ge-tǽse, tǽs-líc
mid-winter
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Se kyng wæs þone midwintres dæig on Eoferwíc, Chr. 1069; P. 204, 27. Se kyng wæs þone midwinter on Westmynstre, 1076; P. 212, 23. Add
náwihtlíce
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Add: ignobly Ongeán þæs módes strengðe se mánfulla deófol forgifð ábroðennysse, þæt se man ábreóðe on ǽlcere neóde náhtlíce ǽfre, and eác þæt hé híwige hine sylfne mihtigne, Wlfst. 59, 13: Angl. xi. 109, 54
purpure
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Se cyning áwearp his cynehelm samod mid his purpuran gyrlum, Hml. Th. i. 468, 4. Se cyning áwearp his purpuran reáf, 568, 12
snoru
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Sum æþele gesíðwíf hæfde áne snore ( nurum ) þá hire sunu lytle ǽr him tó wífe onféng, Gr. D. 71, 31. Se sweór bemǽnde his snore, and se brýdguma his brýd, Hml. S. 31, 191. Add
wicu
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Add: where the reference is to any day but Sunday, week as in week-day Gyf se terminus becymð on ðone Sunnandæg . . . Gyf se terminus gescýt on sumon dæge þǽre wucan, Lch. iii. 244, 17