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ham

(n.)
Grammar
ham, hom, hamm, e; f.

The ham, the inner or hind part of the kneewith bent kneesthe ham or haunch of a horsepoples, suffrago

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Monegum men gescrincaþ his fét tó his homme ... gebeðe ða hamma with many a man the feet shrink up to the ham ... warm the hams, L. M. 1, 26; Lchdm. ii. 68, 3-5

for-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-rǽdan, p. -rǽdde; pp. -rǽded; or p. -reord, -réd; pp. -ræden,

to give counsel againstto condemnplot againstdeprive by treachery, wrongcondemnāreinsĭdias părāre

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Gif man gehádodne man forrǽde æt feó oððe æt feore if any one wrong a man in holy orders as to money or as to life, L. C. S. 40; Th. i. 400, 5: L. E. G. 12; Th. i. 174, 6

port-weall

(n.)
Grammar
port-weall, es ; m.
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A town-wall Man gengde ábútan ðone portweall, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 267.

agén-yrnan

(v.)
Grammar
agén-yrnan, p. -arn, pl. -urnon; pp. -urnen

To run against meet withmeetoccurrere

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To run against meet with, meet; occurrere Him agénarn án man oscurrit homo, ME/Bos. 5, 2. Inc agényrnþ sum man oecurret vobis homo. Mk. Bos. 14, 13

Linked entry: agén-arn

be-beran

(v.)
Grammar
be-beran, he -byreþ; p. -bær

To bear or carry toprovidesupplyafferreinstruere

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To bear or carry to, provide, supply; afferre, instruere Gif man mannan wǽpnum bebyreþ if one supply a man with weapons, L. Ethb. 18; Th, i. 6, 19

Linked entry: be-byreþ

þeód-guma

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-guma, an; m.
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A chief man of a people, a great man Ða þeódguman (cf. eorlas æscrófe, 26, 20; Jud. 337), Judth. Thw. 26, 17; Jud. 332: 24, 26; Jud. 208

á-weódian

(v.)
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Ǽr man áweódige þá unriht and þá mánweorc þe man wíde sǽwð, Wlfst. 243, 19. Ǽlc unriht bétan and unweód áweódian and gód sǽd árǽran, 73, 2. Add

Linked entry: weódian

médren-gecynd

(n.)
Grammar
médren-gecynd, es; n.

Nature derived from the mother

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Nature derived from the mother Hé wæs sóð man þurh his médrengecynd (méddrengecynd) he was very man in the nature derived from his mother, Wulfst. 17, 7

crismal

(n.)
Grammar
crismal, (e?), es; m. or n.
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A chrisum-cloth Mid þám crismale þe man him on utan þæt heáfod déð, man tácnað þæne cristenan cynehelm þe hé on heofenum áh, Wlfst. 36, 17

ge-mǽdan

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Gemǽdedne vecordem (juvenem, Prov. 7, 7), 87, 51. v. ge-mád (not ge-mǽd)

ESNE

(n.)
Grammar
ESNE, es; m.

A man of the servile class, a servant, retainer, man, youth mercēnārius, servus, vir, jŭvĕnis

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Gif man mannes esne gebindeþ, vi scillinga gebéte if a man bind [another] man's esne, let him make amends with six shillings, 88 ; Th. i. 24, 15.

mǽþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽþ-líc, adj.

Moderatein accordance with due measureproper to a person's degreehaving regard to others

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Gif hwilc forwyrht man hiówan gesǽce, bió se þingad swá hit médlíc sió be ðæs geltes méðe if any criminal betake himself to the convent, let terms be made for him, as may be fit and proper according to the measure of the crime, Chart. Th. 509, 23

Linked entry: mǽþ-full

clerc-hád

(n.)
Grammar
clerc-hád, cleric-hád, cleroc-hád, es; m.

priesthoodsacerdotium, clericatus

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The clerical office, priesthood; sacerdotium, clericatus Clerchádes man a man of the clerical order, Chr. 1123; Erl. 250, 11. Clerichád clericatus, C. R. Ben. 60. Clerochád clericatus, Cot. 45

ge-dreóh

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dreóh, adj.

Sober

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Sober We lǽraþ ðæt man, æt ciric-wæccan, swíðe gedreóh sí we teach that man, at the church wakes, be very sober, L. Edg. 28; Th. ii. 250, 12

circe

(n.)
Grammar
circe, an; f.

A churchecclesia = ἐκκληsigma;ία

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We lǽraþ, ðæt man innan circan ǽnigne man ne birige we enjoin that they do not bury any man within a church, L. Edg. C. 29; Th. ii. 250, 15: Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 5

leóda

(n.)
Grammar
leóda, an; m.

A man

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A man, one of a people or country Gif hwá his ágenne geleód [MS. B. leódan] bebycgge if any one sell a man of his own people, L. In. 11; Th. i. 110, 3. Be leódan bygene concerning the sale of a man of one's own country, Th. i. 110, 1 note

Linked entry: land-leóda

ælmes-riht

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-riht, es; n.

A right or obligation in reference to alms

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Riht is ðæt man betǽce . . . þriddan dǽl (folces ælmessan) ðám þearfum,) (Ll. Th. ii. 256, 30) Ǽghwilc ælmesriht ðe man on Godes ést scolde mid rihte georne gelǽstan, ǽlc man gelitlað oððe forhealdeð, Wlfst. 159, 21.

forod

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Ðe ðe ǽnig fugel his flyhtes gewylt, gif his óðer fiðere forod bið, Hml. Th. ii. 318, 29. Heora fæder feóll foredum swyran, 326, 7. Man hine foredum sceancum intó þǽre eá wurpe, Hml. S. 27, 58. Add

scrift-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
scrift-sprǽc, e; f.
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Confession Gif deáþscyldig man scriftsprǽce gyrne, ne him man nǽfre ne wyrne, L. E. G. 5 ; Th. i. 168, 24 : L. C. S. 44 ; Th. i. 402, 4

a-bláwan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bláwan, p. -bleów; pp. -bláwen

To blowbreatheflareefflare

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God ðá geworhte mannan and ableów on his ansýne líflícne blǽd God then made man and blew into his face the breath of life, Hexam. 11; Norm. 18, 25

Linked entry: a-bleów