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tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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gebéte; se ðe æfter irneþ .iii. scillingas; siþþan gehwylc scilling, L.

Linked entry: bold

folc-land

(n.)
Grammar
folc-land, -lond, es; n. [folc folk, land land] .

the land of the folk or people

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Gif he ðonne nán riht næfde ne on bóc-lande ne on folc-lande, ðæt se wǽre ðe rihtes wyrnde scyldig xxx scillinga wið ðone cyning; and æt óðrum cyrre, eác swá: æt þriddan cyrre, cyninges oferhýrnesse, ðæt is cxx scillinga, búton he ǽr geswíce also we have

hund

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Hund scillinga gelde se ágend, Ll. Th. i. 28, 5. Hé hæfde án hund þúsenda gehorsedra, Ors. 3, 9; S. 124, 34: B. 2994. Þæt wæs nigon x hund þúsenda decies navies centena millia virorum, Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 29. Þreóm hundum sciłł. gylde se ágend, Ll.

ge-bétan

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Gebéte hé þæt, swá swá hit gelagod is : búnda mid xxx penigan, þrǽl mid his híde, þegn mid xxx scillingan, Wlfst. 181, 8. Gebéte mid were ge mid wíte, Ll. Th. i. 62, 4. Gebéte mid fulre bóte, 330, 26.

irnan

(v.)
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Ox. 141. with an idea of violence, attack Gif man in mannes tún ǽrest geirneð, .vi. scillingum gebéte; sé þe æfter irneð .iii. scillingas, Ll.

ceorl

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Ceorles mundbyrd .vi. scillingas, Ll. Th. i. 6, 9-12. Gesíðcund man gebéte .C. scill. Ceorlisc man gebéte .L. scill., 38, 4-7. Gesiðcund mon landágende geselle .cxx. sciłł. ... unlandágende .lx. sciłł. ... cierlisc .xxx. sciłł., 134, 8-10.

scrift

(n.)
Grammar
scrift, es; m.
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what is prescribed as a punishment, a penalty (cf. scrífan. ) Ic ( bishop Werferth) him (Eadnoth) sealde ðæt lond and ða béc . . . and úre ágen rǽdengewrit ðæt wǽre him tó ðam geráde ðæt land tólǽten ðe mon ǽlce gére gesylle fífténe scillingas clǽnes

mund

(n.)
Grammar
mund, e; f.

a handa handprotectionGuardianshipA protectorguardianprotectionguardianship extended by the king to the subjectthe king's peace, by the head of a family to its membersthe fine paid for violation of mund

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Kmbl. iv. 204, 7.] the fine paid for violation of mund, Similar entries cf. mund-bryce, mund-byrd Mund ðare betstan widuwan eorlcundre, L. scillinga gebéte, L. Ethb. 75; Th. i. 20, 10.

Linked entry: mundian

feoh

cattlepropertywealthmoneyrichestreasurebribegiftmetalcoin

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Fífténe scillingas clǽnes feós, Cht. Th. 168, 16. Mid uncre claene feó, ðæt wæs mid clǽne golde, Txts. 175, 5. Hwanon þú þus eald feoh geméttest, and þus ealde penegas hider bróhtest, Hml. S. 23, 587. Swíðe eald feoh þe man on fyrndagum slóh, 614.

bisceop

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop, biscop, biscep, es; m.

a BISHOP, prelateepiscopusa chief priest of the Jewspontifexa heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians

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Biscopes and ealdormannes burg-bryce biþ lx scillinga a bishop's and an ealdorman's burh-bryce shall be sixty shillings, L. Alf. pol. 40; Th. i. 88, 8, note 19, H.

ge-lǽstan

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Ne þearf ic N. sceatt ne scilling . . . ac eal ic him gelǽste ꝥ ꝥ ic him scolde, 182, 10. Neádwísnesse gelǽste debitum soluit, An. Ox. 2397. Gelǽste exsoluit (mortis uindictam ), 4327: 3818. Þæt hé Godes gerihta gelǽste, Wlfst. 157, 12.

weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
weorpan, (wurpan, wyrpan); p. wearp, pl. wurpon; pp. worpen.
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Worpende ða scillingas in temple projectis argenteis in templo, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 5. Heora líchoman on ða eá worpene wǽron, Bd. 5, 10 ; S. 625, 6. with dat. of what is thrown. Cf. Icel. verpa with dat. Hé teoselum weorpeþ, Exon. Th. 345, 9; Gn.

Linked entries: worpian wurpan

þurfan

(v.)
Grammar
þurfan, prs. ic, he þearf, ðú þearft, pl. wé þurfon; p. þorfte; subj. prs. is þurfe, þyrfe, pl. þurfen, þyrfen; prs. ptcpl. þurfende, þyrfende

To needto be in needhave need of somethingto need to do somethingto be bound to do something because it is rightto be obligedbe compelled by destinyto have good cause or reason for doing somethingto be use, to be good for a person to do somethingto owe

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Kmbl. 1876; El. 940. to owe, Similar entries cf. sculan, I Ne þearf ic N. sceatt ne scilling, ne pænig ne pæniges weorð; ac eal ic him gelǽste ðæt ðæt ic him scolde, L. O. 11; Th. i. 182, 9

fore

beforein front ofat the head ofbeforeforfromthroughbecause ofon account offorfromthroughin place ofinstead offor the sake ofon behalf ofto the honour ofofaboutbeforeinto the presence of

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III. 2 Geswænced from his moniendum fore .xii. scillingum, Gr. D. 157, 33. Hé fore góddǽdum glade blissiað, Cri. 1287. Adames cynn cwíðeð nales fore lytlum, ac fore þám mǽstan mægenearfeðum, 963.

ge-wítan

(v.)
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Gewítendi decidens, 106, 11. of living things. of actual movement Worpende ðá scillingas in temple gewát ( recissit ), Mt. L. R. 27, 5. Férdan, áweg gewitan abscedunt, An. Ox. 3590.

æt

(prep.)
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Be ordále æt þám mannum þe oft betihtlede wǽron, 202, 24. of things Æt þám feówer tóðum fyrestum, æt gehwylcum, .vi. scillingas, Ll. Th. i. 16, 2, 14, 15 : 18, 17. Ic eom unscyldig æt þǽre tihtlan, 180, 16.

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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.; gif hé nǽnig hæbbe, .lx. scillinga, L. In. 32; Th. i. 122, 9 (cf. Wealh, gif hé hafaþ fíf hýda, hé bið syxhynde, 24; Th. i. 118, 10.

gildan

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Gif mannes esne frígne mannan ofslæhð, þane þe sié, hund scillinga gelde; se ágend þone banan ágefe and óðer manwyrð þǽr tó. Gif bana oðbyrste, twám manwyrðum hine man forgelde, Ll. Th. i. 26, 8 - 28, 8.

gif

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Gif man wið cyninges mægdenman geligeð, .L. scillinga gebéte, Ll.

sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
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.); and gif hwá hí undeóror sylle, gilde ǽgðer .xl. scillinga, ge se ðe hí sylle ge se ðe hí bycge, L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 3-6. Móna se óðer on eallum þingum tó dóndum nytlíc ys, bicgan, syllan, scip ástígan, Lchdm. iii. 184, 13.