ceren
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Gedó on eald wín oþþe cæren, Lch. ii. 276, 9. Add
el-lende
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Foreign parts Oþþe on ellende (ælþeóde, v. l.) oððe on heora ágenre gecýþþe, Bt. 27, 3; F. 98, 34. On ellende apud exteras nationes, 27, 4; F. 100, 10. In ellende ł in elðióde gefoerde peregre profectus est, Mt. R. 21, 33.
cræftig
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Ben. 95, 3. skilful, cunning Man on ǽnigum þingum cræftig oþþe on máran wísdóme oþþe on lǽssan, Bl. H. 49, 28. Hé wæs cræftig lǽce, Shrn. 138, 27. Wæs sum mǽden wundorlíce cræftig . . . on úðwítegunge snoter, Hml. S. 35, 80.
þri-gilde
With a treble payment
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Gauge hé tó ánfealdum ordále oþþe gilde .iii. gylde, L. Eth. iii. 4; Th. i. 294, 15
hlot
on allotted portion ⬩ a share ⬩ lot ⬩ lot ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune
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Cf. ǽnige hǽðenscipe oþþe on blót oþþe on firhte, ii. 296, 15) oþþe on fyrhte, Ll. Th. i. 378, 22. on allotted portion, a share, lot.
ge-cídan
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Gif hwylcum bréþer for ǽnigum litlum gylte byþ gecíd oþþe gestýred fram his abbode si quis frater pro quavis minima causa ab abbate suo corripitur, R. Ben. 131, 1
wíg-steall
The part of a church where the altar stands
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Wé lǽraþ ðæt mæssepreósta oþþe mynsterpreósta ǽnig ne cume binnan weohstealle (weófodstealle, v. l. ) búton his oferslipe, ne húru æt ðam weófode, ðæt hé ðǽr þénige búton ðære wǽde, L. Edg. C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 9
for-leósan
to lose ⬩ to destroy
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Th. i. 294, 19. to destroy. physical Hié gesworen hæfdon ðæt hié óþer forleósan woldon, oþþe hira líf, oþþe þæs cyninges, Ors. 2, 3; S. 68, 28. spiritual, moral, &c. þurh áðbrycas forloren, Wlfst. 164, 8.
twi-béte
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Needing double compensation; a term applied to an offence when from special circumstances the bót was twice that to be paid in an ordinary case Gif hwá nunnan mid hǽmedþinge oþþe on hire hrægl oþþe on hire breóst bútan hire leáfe gefó, sié hit twybéte
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ge-wringan
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Add: to squeeze out moisture Celeþonian seáw oþþe þára blóstmena gewring and gemeng wið hunig, Lch. ii. 30, 12.
metsian
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Add Ǽghwilc hine sylfne metsode swá swá hé mihte oþþe wolde; sum him mid bær þæs líchaman genihtsumnysse, sum þǽra palmtreówa æppla, sum beána mid wætere ofgotene each provisioned himself as he could or would; one carried with him a sufficiency for the
un-geweald
impotence ⬩ inability to control ⬩ unintentionally ⬩ not wilfully ⬩ involuntarily
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Se ðe hine nédes ofslóge oþþe unwillum oþþe ungewealdes, L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 23. Gif man unwilles oþþe ungewealdes ǽnig þing misdéð, L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 21.
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lah-riht
Legal right
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Gif hwá openne wiðercwyde ongeán lahriht Cristes oþþe cyninges gewyrce if any one act in open contradiction to the legal right of Crist or of the king, L. Eth. v. 31; Th. i. 312, 9
swicn
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Clearance from a criminal charge Se ðe hereteáma betygen sié, hé hine be his wergilde áliése, oþþe be his were geswicne. Se áð sceal bión healf be húslgetigum.
un-gedéfe
Troublesome ⬩ disagreeable
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Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan, gif hí nellaþ wel wexan oþþe ðǽr hwilc ungedéfe þing on gedón bið, i. 398, 2. Mannum ungedéfum hominibus importunis, Scint. 38, 15.
be-stapan
to step ⬩ to tread
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Ic gange oþþe on bestæppe incaedo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 171, 12. Ð æt ðín fót ne bestæppe on his grinum, Hex. 52, 13. to tread, print a footstep þá lástas beóþ on þǽre ilcan onsýne þe hié þǽr on forman on þá eorþan bestapene wǽron, 61. H. 127, 21
stǽr-wrítere
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A writer of history, a historian Swá swá sóþsagol stǽrwrítete ( verax historicus ) ða þing ðe be him oþþe ðurh hine gewordene wǽron ic áwrát, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 5. Stæfwrítere (stǽr-?) historiographus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 45.
smeálíce
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Hé nát hú smeálíce his dǽde sceolon beón gedémde beforan Godes eágum facta illius quam subtiliter judicentur ignorat, 337, 16. subtlely, craftily Oððe hé mid geámeleáste ús gebysgað, oþþe mid smeágungum smeálíce ús hremð, Hml. S. 13, 59
under-wed
A pledge ⬩ security
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Gylde hé ðæt yrfe oþþe uuderwed lecge, L. O. D. 1; Th. i. 352, 8: 8; Th. i. 356, 10
fǽcan
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Gyf ꝥ geneódige ꝥ úre ǽnig tó óðrum fæce (the other version has: Gif gebyrige ꝥ for neóde heora hwilc wið úre bige habban wille, oþþe wé wið heora) mid yrfe and mid ǽhtum if from necessity it happen that one of us wants to go to another (and trade) with
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