máge
A kinswoman
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Ne hǽme nán man wið his mágan ne wið his mǽges wíf, Lev. 18, 16. Se wolde niman his mágan (cousin ) tó wífe, Homl. Th. ii. 476, 19. Menn hæfdon on frymþe heora mágan tó wífe, Homl. Skt. 10, 215
Linked entry: mǽge
morþ-dǽd
A deed which causes destruction ⬩ deadly sin ⬩ evil deed
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Swá férde se cniht on his fraceþum dǽdum and on morþdǽdum micclum gestrangod on orwénnysse his ágenre hǽle, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 18-24. Wearþ ðes þeódscype swýðe forsyngod . . . þurh morþdǽda and þurh mándǽda, Wulfst. 163, 21.
swancor
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Ger. swankel: Ger. schwank flexible, slim: Swed. swank a bend; swank; adj. pliable, flexible; swank-rem girth-leather,] without firmness, feeble, weak Mín sául gewearð swancur on móde ðǽr ic on ðínre hǽlu hogode defecit in salutari tuo anima mea, Ps.
weþer
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Is nú irfæs ðæs ðæs stranga winter lǽfæd hæfð nigon eald hríðru . . . and fíftig wæþæra, 163, 4. Weðera vervecum Hpt. Gl. 524, 17. His bigleofa wæs ǽlce dæg . . . hundteóntig weðera ( centum arietes 1 Kings 4, 23), Homl. Th. ii. 576, 33.
hǽmed-þing
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Gif mon hǽme ( fornicetur ), i. 68, 8
grǽg
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Grǽg, hǽwe ísene oþþe sinderóme ferrugine (cf. ferrugine, i. ferreo colore ísengrǽg gesweorf, 31), Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 34. Grége gós gans, 42, 15. Tó ðám grǽgan stáne, C. D. iii. 446, 8. Tó grǽwan stáne, ii. 29, 3. On grégan stán, v. 233, 2.
wine-leás
Friendless
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Láð biþ ǽghwǽr fore his wonsceaftum wineleás hæle, Exon. Th. 329, 11; Vy. 32. Wineleás wonsǽlig mon genimeþ him wulfas tó geféran, 342, 24; Gn. Ex. 147. Earm biþ se ðe sceal ána lifgan, wineleás wunian, 344, 15; Gn. Ex. 1740.
ymb-cirran
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Saturnus hæfð ymb þrítig wintergerímes weoruld ymbcyrred, 28, 26. to turn one's self round Ymbcerred wæs on bægcgling conuersa est retrorsum, Jn. Skt. Lind.
beód-ern
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Intó hære béddarn . . . of hira bǽddern, Cht. Th. 493, 7, 18. Riht is þæt ǽnige wǽpnmen on mynecena beódderne ne etan ne ne drincan, ne lǽwede men on muneca, Wlfst. 269, 10. Gesealdum þǽre bellan tácne beódærn inngán, Angl. xiii. 393, 399.
drygan
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Seó hǽtu drýgð, and seó beorhtnys onlýht, Hml. Th. ii. 284, 35. to become dry Drýgeð ł wisneð aruit, Jn. L. 15, 6
ge-wyrce
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Voc. ii. 87, 35. what is got by work, profit, perquisite, v. ge-wyrcan; Ǽhteswán gebyreð stífearh, and his gewirce ðonne hé spic behworfen hæfð, Ll. Th. i. 436, 23.
hogu
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[Dryhten] hoge hæfð Dominus curam habet mei . Ps. Rdr. 39, 18. Hýrað mid ege, and gladiað mid hogum ( exultate cum tremore ), Chrd. 33, 16. Add
óþ
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(αβ) with word and pronoun :-- Ðú bist dumb oð þone dæg oð ðæt ðe þis bið eris tacens usque in diem quo haec fiant, Shrn. 133, 33. where date is fixed by an event Oð his ealdorgedál, Gen. 1959.
hlǽfdige
A lady, ⬩ mistress of a house; ⬩ after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king,
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'Hæc igitur domina tantæ potentiæ fertur fuisse, ut a quibusdam, non solum domina vel regina sed etiam rex vocaretur'].
ge-neósian
To visit, come to ⬩ visĭtāre, adīre
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Us mid hǽlo hér geneósa visĭta nos in salutāri tua, Ps. Th. 105, 4. Ðæt ic geneósige temple his ut visĭtem templum ejus, Ps. Spl. 26, 8
Linked entry: neósian
un-tíma
a wrong time ⬩ an improper time ⬩ a bad time ⬩ an unhappy condition of things ⬩ a mishap
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Hé wilnaþ hǽlo tó late and on untíman, ðonne hé ǽr nolde hié gehealdan, ðá dá hé hí hæfde salus infructuose ad ultimum quaeritur, quae congruo concessa tempore utiliter non habetur, 36; Swt. 249, 8.
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á-cwelan
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Ealle fiscas ácwǽlan for ðǽre hǽte, Ors. 5, 4; S. 226, 7. Gif ceorl ácwyle be libbendum wífe, Ll. Th. i. 30, 3. Ðý lǽs hié selfe ácwelen ne ipsi moriantur, Past. 371, 11. Ðæt hé þurh hungres scearpnesse ácwǽle, Hml. Th. i. 58, 32.
freóndscipe
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Abraham onféng freóndscipe be freán hǽse Gen. 2735
hátan
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</b> with clause :-- ꝥ nǽngum cuoede gehéht ł hǽt ut nemini diceret imperat, Mk. p, 3, 20. <b>I d.</b> absolute :--- He ꝥ cwæð hátende (jubendo) má þonne biddende, Gr.
lagu
Law ⬩ statute ⬩ decree ⬩ regulation ⬩ rule ⬩ fixed custom
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Ðis synd ða bebodu and dómas and laga ðe drihten gesette hæc sunt judicia atque præcepta et leges quas dedit dominus, Lev. 26, 46.