snǽd
A cut, slice, morsel, bit ⬩ a slice
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A cut, slice, morsel, bit Snǽd offa Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 73: morsus ii. 58, 12. Spices snǽd offella vel particula i. 27, 19. Seó snǽd ðæs húsles ðe heó þicgan sceolde Homl. Th. ii. 272, 26: Salm. Kmbl. 809; Sal. 404.
feormian
to supply with food ⬩ feed ⬩ support ⬩ sustain ⬩ entertain ⬩ receive as a guest ⬩ cherish ⬩ benefit ⬩ profit ⬩ victum suppĕdĭtāre ⬩ epŭlāre ⬩ suscĭpĕre ⬩ suscĭpĕre hospĭtio ⬩ fŏvēre ⬩ cūrāre ⬩ vălēre ⬩ to feed on ⬩ devour ⬩ consume ⬩ vesci ⬩ comĕdĕre ⬩ consūmĕre ⬩ to cleanse, FARM or cleanse out ⬩ mundāre ⬩ purgāre ⬩ expiāre
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Feorma mec hwæðre, ðeáh ðe ic fremede má gylta yet cherish me, though I have committed more crimes, Exon, 118 a; Th. 453, 36; Hy. 4, 25. Feorma ðú in ðínum ferþe gód cherish thou good in thy soul, Exon. 80 b; Th. 303; 10; Fä. 51: Ps. Th. 77, 69.
Linked entries: un-feormigende feormend feormung firm ge-feormian or-feormness
þeów-dóm
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Th. ii. 524, 3. in the more favourable sense For lufan ðæs godcundan ðeówdómes, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 31. Godes þeówdómes, Blickl. Homl. 23, 18. Ne þearft ðú nó wénan, ðæt ða wlitegan tungl ðæs þeówdómes áþroten weorðe, Met. 29, 40.
ge-earnian
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Ǽghwylc man sceal on worlde geearnian ꝥ him ꝥ gód móre tó écum médum gegangan, 101, 17. Gehearnian, Angl. xii. 514, 28. absolute Swá hé hér geearnað, Kr. 109. Swá hí geearnedan. Ps. Th. 78, 13. For þá óðre swá hý geearnian, Ll. Th. i. 222, 21.
ge-þingian
to determine
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Ná ðé geþingodre none the more settled, L. In. 22; Th. i. 116, 12, MS. B. Gehwilces manes, dǽda hine gewrégaþ oððe geþingiaþ every man's deeds accuse him or reconcile him [to God], Boutr. Scrd. 20, 38.
hlot
on allotted portion ⬩ a share ⬩ lot ⬩ lot ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune
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Hǽðenscipe bið ꝥ man morð-weorc gefremme on ænige wísan, oþþe on blóte (hlotæ, v. l., which the old Latin version renders in sorte; but the better reading seems to be blót.
hweorfan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ go about ⬩ wander ⬩ roam
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þan mægen, Th: heánmægen, Grem: mægenhwyrfe, Btwk.] hwyrfe in hǽðendóm they strove earnestly to perform all God's law, and not to be apostate from the Lord of hosts any more than to turn to heathendom, Cd. 183; Th. 229, 22; Dan. 221.
Linked entries: hwerfan hworfan hwurfan ge-hweorfan
beó-ceorl
A BEE-CEORL ⬩ bee farmer or keeper ⬩ bocherus ⬩ apum custos
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With us it is agreed that he shall pay five sustras of honey for a tax 'bochero, id est, apum custodi, pertinet, si gavelheorde, id est, gregem ad censum teneat, ut inde reddat sicut ibi mos [MS. moris] erit.
CUMBOL
a sign, image, military standard, ensign, banner ⬩ signum, imago, signum militare, vexillum ⬩ morbi signum, vulnus
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Kmbl. 2409; An. 1206: Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 18; Jud. 333 . a sign or evidence of disease, a wound ; morbi signum, vulnus Se lǽce, ðonne he cymþ ðone untruman to sníðanne, ǽrest [MS. æresð] he sceáwaþ ðæt cumbl [cuml MS.
strengþu
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L. 89, 10. of military or political power Swilce eác Scotland hé him underþǽdde for his micele strengþe, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 25. in a moral or spiritual sense Ꝥ wé magan ongytan hwilc his seó circlice strengþ (strencgeoð, v. l.) sý ut quis sit ecclesiasticus
sceam-líc
shamefast, bashful ⬩ shameful, base, disgraceful, ignominious
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Nys ús ná tó secgenne ðone sceamlícan morþ ( the disgraceful events at the siege of Jerusalem ) ðe ðǽr gedón wæs, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 15. Ðæt hé ða sceamlícan þ;ing and ða mánfullan begǽ þ; se res turpes et sceleslas com-mittere, ¨L. Ecg.
swígung
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Rush. 5, 42. delay, v. swíge, <b>IV </b>Suígiunc dóes hláferd mín moram facit dominus meus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 48
un-clǽne
unclean ⬩ foul ⬩ filthy ⬩ unclean ⬩ not fit for food ⬩ unclean ⬩ impure
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.; Th. ii. 130, 31. in a moral sense, unclean, impure Unclǽne incestus vel impurus, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 13: incestus, 51, 35: 72, 13. Se unclǽna ( inmundus ) gást, Mk. 1, 26. Woruldmonna seó unclǽne gecynd, Exou. Th. 63, 9; Cri. 1017.
ge-þeón
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On ðeáwum geþogen tó Godes þénungum by moral excellence fit for God's services, Ll.
FǼHÞ
Feud, vengeance, enmity, hostility, deadly feud, that enmity which the relations of the deceased waged against the kindred of the murderer ⬩ capĭtālis inĭmīcĭtia, vindĭcātio, hostīlĭtas, factio ob hŏmĭnem interemptum
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Wæs seó fǽhþe open on úhtan the deadly feud was open at early morn, Cd. 222; Th. 289, 30; Sat. 405. Ðæt ys sió fǽhþo that is the feud, Beo. Th. 5990; B. 2999: 4971; B. 2489. Sceal ic fǽhþu dreógan I must endure enmity, Exon. 115 a; Th. 443, 7; Kl. 26
sóna
Soon, immediately, directly, at once
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Sóna ðæt him bet wæs nec mora, melius habere coepit 3, 13; S. 539, 6. Sóna swá seó sunne sealte streámas oferhlifaþ, swá se fugel of beáme gewíteþ Exon. Th. 206, 1; Ph. 120. Sóna swá . . . ðá Met. 8, 1
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in-tinga
A cause ⬩ sake ⬩ plea ⬩ case ⬩ occasion ⬩ matter ⬩ affair ⬩ business
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Ic ongann be ðam intingan hwæthwega geornlícor smeágan I began to inquire somewhat more diligently about the matter, ii. 32, 23.
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hengen
a cross ⬩ a rack
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In the two glosses and in the passage from Cnut's Laws the word seems used in a more general sense of confinement
Æðelbryht
Ethelbert king of Kent ⬩ Ethelbert the second ⬩ Æthelbryhtus
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Ethelbert, after the lapse of 239 years from the death of Ethelbert the first in 616, became king of Kent, Essex, Surrey, and Sussex, for five years, from 855 to 860; he succeeded to Wessex on his brother's death, in 860, and reigned five years more
Linked entry: Berhte
for-wyrcan
to miswork ⬩ do wrong ⬩ sin ⬩ măle ăgĕre ⬩ delinquĕre ⬩ peccāre ⬩ to do for ⬩ destroy ⬩ ruin ⬩ convict ⬩ condemn ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre ⬩ labefactāre ⬩ condemnāre ⬩ to forfeit ⬩ amittĕre
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to miswork, do wrong, sin; măle ăgĕre, delinquĕre, peccāre Ðæt ðam forworhtum mannum beo ðe mára ege for úre gesomnunge that to the wrong doing men there may be the more fear for our assemblage, L. Ath. v. § 8, 3; Th. i. 236, 16.
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