hand-hæbbende
Having [stolen property] in one's hand
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Having [stolen property] in one's hand [cf under hand the phrase æt hæbbendre handa] Sit handhabenda, sit non handhabenda whether the thief be taken with the stolen property upon him or not, L. Eth. iii. 6; Th. i. 218, 32
irnan
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Gif se móna urne swá úp swá seó sunne déþ, Lch, iii. 248, 6. Ǽfre seó sunne byð yrnende ymbe ðás eorðan, 234, 22. of a vessel or those on it Hí tugon úp heora segel and urnon west tó Axamúðan, Chr. 1046; P. 169, ll.
bredan
to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck; ⬩ plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere ⬩ to change, vary, transform; ⬩ vertere, variare, transformare
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Híg brudon up heora ancran they drew up their anchors, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 23. Sweord ǽr gemealt, forbarn broden mǽl, wæs ðæt blód to ðæs hát the sword had already melted, the drawn brand was burnt, so hot was the blood, Beo. Th. 3236; B. 1616.
á-scúfan
to drive away ⬩ repel ⬩ to expel ⬩ to drive forward ⬩ impel ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to give up
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Gl. to give up Se cyning þone wítegan him tó handum ásceáf, Hml. Th. i. 570, 28
gifian
To bestow gifts
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To bestow gifts Se cyng him cynelíce gifode the king bestowed gifts upon him royally, Chr. 994; Erl. 133, 32. Hió ðá gifede mycele þinc ðam biscope she gave great gifts to the bishop, H. R. 17, 12
eorþ-hele
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Wæs þæt deáw swilce hit hagoles eorðhele wǽre the dew was as if there were a covering of hail upon the ground; ros jacuit. . . in similitudinem pruinae super terram, Ex. 16, 14. Substitute:
a-snǽsan
to hit or strike against ⬩ to stake oneself upon anything ⬩ impingere ⬩ to wrest anything from another ⬩ extorquere
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to hit or strike against, to stake oneself upon anything; impingere Gif befóran eágum asnáse [MS. H. asnǽse] if he stake himself before his eyes, L. Alf. pol. 36 ; Th. i. 84, 14. to wrest anything from another? extorquere, L. Noel, Lye
Cisse-ceaster
CHICHESTER ⬩ Cicestria
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Cissa's city, CHICHESTER, Sussex; Cissæ castellum, Cicestria in agro Sussexiensi Hergodon hie upon Súþ-Seaxum neáh Cisseceastre they harried on the South-Saxons near Chichester, Chr. 895; Erl. 93, 27. To Cisseceastre at Chichester, L.
á-stundian
To take upon one's self
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Substitute: To take upon one's self Eal hé mót ástundian swá hwæt swá fram his gingrurn, forgýmeleásod bið ad ipsum respicit quicquid a discipulis delinquitur, R. Ben. 61, 7. Búton gé hí ámeldian, gé sceolon heora wíte ástundian, Hml. S. 23, 299
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clufeht
Bulbed ⬩ bulbosus
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Gegníd on twá clufe ðære clufehtan wenwyrte rub them upon two bulbs of the bulbed wenwort, 3, 41; Lchdm. ii. 336, 3
faroþ-strǽt
The sea-street, the sea ⬩ marĭtĭma via, măre
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The sea-street, the sea ; marĭtĭma via, măre Ic ongiten hæbbe ðæt ðú on faroþsttǽte feor ne wǽre I have understood that thou wert not far from us upon the sea, Andr. Kmbl. 1795; An. 900: 622; An. 311
altar
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Uppan þone altare, R. Ben. 101, 7, 8. Altras altaria, Bl. Gl
Íras
The Irish
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But the people of Ireland are often spoken of as Scottas, e. g :-- Pyhtas cóman ǽrost on norþ Ybernian up and ðǽr bǽdon Scottas ðæt hí ðér móston wunian, Chr. Erl. 3, 9. Scotta sum dǽl gewát of Ybernian on Brittene, 18.
ceafl
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Ic úp áhóf míne nyþeran cæflas ł mínre undertungan exaltavi sub lingua mea, Ps. L. 65, 17. Add
for-teón
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Þá men ... fnǽstiað swíþe, beóþ fortogene, Lch. ii. 242, 7. to pull in the way of, obscure, cover up; obducere Þæs líchoman hefignes mid gedwolmiste fortíhð mód foran monna gehwelces, ꝥ hit beorhte ne mót blícan, Met. 22, 34.
fóster-fæder
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.: Fósterfæder altor, i. nutritor (Alexander, who brought up Athanasius), An. Ox. 2841: Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 62: 92, 28. Fóstorfæder, 100, 7. Jóseph, Crístes fósterfæder, Hml. Th. i. 30, 6: 42, 4. Fóstorfæder, 148, 34.
grǽfe
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Úp on ðá blacan grǽfan; of ðǽre grǽfan, v. 339, 7: ii. 172, 29. On hincstes gréfan; of hincstęs grǽfan ( but gráfan, C. D. B. iii. 655, 13), iii. 134, 27. On grǽfan, Cht. Crw. 4, 2. Þǽm gehilmdum grǽfum frondosis dumis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 76: 37, 37.
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heáfod-man
A chief man, prince, captain, leader ⬩ a chief, leader ⬩ satrapa ⬩ captain
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Þæt folc wearþ micclum ástyred, and ða heáfodmenn and ða bóceras the people were much stirred up and the elders and the scribes, i. 44, 30. Israhéla heáfodmen heads of thousands in Israel, Num. 1, 16: 13, 3: Jos. 23, 2.
hord-gestreón
Hoarded, accumulated wealth, that which has been acquired and now forms a 'hord'
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Hoarded, accumulated wealth, that which has been acquired and now forms a 'hord' Sum wæs ǽhtwelig in commedia heóld hordgestreón there was one of large possessions, he kept in Nicomedia his stored-up wealth, Exon. 66 a; Th. 244, 3; Jul. 22.
snáw
Snow
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Snáw cymþ of ðam þynnum wǽtan ðe byþ up átogen mid ðære lyfte, and byþ gefroren ǽr ðan hé tó dropum geurnen sý, and swá semtinges fylþ Lchdm. iii. 278, 23. Ðǽr (in Ireland) seldon snáu leng ligeþ ðonne þrý dagas Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 31.