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land-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
land-hláford, es; m.

a land-lord

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Ath. i. 10; Th. i. 204, 18. the lord of a country Hú stíðe se landhláford spræc wið hig, and hig cwǽdon se landhláford wénde ðæt wé wǽron sceáweras locutus est nobis dominus terræ dure et putavit nos exploratores esse, Gen. 42, 30

Linked entry: hláford

and-git

(n.)
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Wendan hwílum word be worde, hwílum andgit of andgite, Past. 7, 20. Ǽrendgewrit on þyson andgite gediht a letter to this effect, Hml. S. 23, 792. Hé áwrát be sumum ðegene þisum andgite reccende, Hml. Th. ii. 356, 22.

Linked entry: on-gitenness

for-gifnes

Grammar
for-gifnes, for-gifennes (-gifenes).

releasemildnesslenityindulgencelaxity

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Þú sealdest mannum synna forgifnessa, 87, 12. mildness, lenity, indulgence; in a bad sense, laxity Oft ungemetlico fofgifnes bið gelícet ðæt mon wéneð ðæt hit sié mildheortnes saepe inordinata remissio pietas creditur, Past. 149, 9.

ge-þing

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þing, es; n.

a councilan assemblyconciliumcounioa compactan agreementa conditionpactumwhat is impending over onewhat is awaiting onewhat is certainly to be expected or hoped forfatedestinyquod est imminens vel expectandumfatumsors

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Wéndon hie þearlra geþinga þræge hnágran they expected a worse period of severe fates, Andr. Kmbl. 3194; An. 1600: 1512; An. 757

Linked entry: gúþ-geþingu

þan

(adv.)
Grammar
þan, þon; adv.
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Ne ðon má se ðe gehát gehǽt, ne wéne hé ðæt hé sié á ðý neár hefonríce, gif hé hine from went ðæm gehátum nor any more let him that vows a vow suppose that he be ever the nearer heaven, if he turns from those vows, Past. 51; Swt. 403, 2.

Linked entries: þanne þon

FEORM

(n.)
Grammar
FEORM, fiorm, fyrm, e; f.

foodprovisiongoodssubstancevictussubstantiabŏnaan entertainingentertainmentfeasthospĭtālĭtasconvīviumcœnaa place where provisions are keptprovision-quarters of an armyvictus stătiousebenefitprofitenjoymentūsusfructus

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Bos. 14, 12, 16: Homl, Th. ii. 370, 31: 372, 1, 3. a place where provisions are kept, provision-quarters of an army; victus stătio Se here eódan him to heora gearwan feorme út þuruh Hamtúnscíre into Bearrucsíre to Reádingon the army went to their ready

for-ðam

(con.)
Grammar
for-ðam, for-ðæm, for-ðan, for-ðon, for-ðam-ðe, for-ðæm-ðe, for-ðan-ðe, for-ðon-ðe; conj, [for that which]

For thatfor that reason whichforbecausenamquia

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Swíðost he fór ðyder for ðǽm horshwælum, forðæm hí habbaþ swýðe æðele bán on hyra tóþum he went there chiefly for the walruses, because they have very good bone in their teeth, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 16, 28: Bt. Met. Fox 5, 76; Met. 5, 38.

Linked entries: for-ða for-ðon

hrycg

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg, es; m.

a backdorsumspinaa ridgerigg

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Ðonne went hé his hrycg tó him jam terga in ejus faciem mittit, Past. 52, 4; Swt. 407, 8: Lchdm. iii. 242, 13. Of hry[g]um de spinis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 16. Hrygas spinæ, 13, 7. a ridge, rigg [of barley, etc; see Halliw.

Linked entries: hric hrig hryc

borh

paymentsuretyshipsecurityloandebt

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Ne þurfon gé wénan ꝥ gé ꝥ orceápe sellon, ꝥ gé under Drihtnes borh syllaþ. Bl. H. 41, 13. lending on security; what is so lent, loan, debt of a borrower : Borh foenus, borge fenore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 23, 24. Borg, 108, 42.

gearwe

(adv.)
Grammar
gearwe, adv.
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Ne wéne ic his, ac wát geara (geare, v. l. ), 38, 6; F. 208, 14. Geare cunnan, Wand. 69: B. 2070; El. 167. Gearwe cunnan, Wand. 71. Gearor witan, Past. 429, 19: Bl. H. 13, 21. Gearwor, Nar. 33, 3. Gearwor, Gr. D. 203, 24. Gearor ongitan, Bl.

leás

Grammar
leás, <b>. II.</b>
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Se leása wéna þára dysigena monna hominum fallax opinio, 27, 3 ; F. 98, 32. Ꝥ leáse lot bewrigen mid wrencum fraus mendaci compta colore Met. 4, 46.

Wætlinga-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
Wætlinga-strǽt, e; f.

Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.

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According to Trevisa it went 'besides Wrokecestre, and then forth to Stratton, and so forth by the myddell of Wales unto Cardykan, and endeth atte Irisshe see.' Polychron. bk. i. c. 45.

Linked entry: Erming-strǽt

open-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
open-líce, adv.

Openlypublicly, in a way by which not a few only are affectedwithout concealment, without reserve, freelyplainly, evidently, clearly, manifestlywithout obstruction, at large

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Ic wéne ðæt ðú nyte hwæt ðis gemǽne, búton wé of óðrum bócum ðis openlícor secgan ( give a fuller account), Boutr. Scrd. 18, 27. Ðás þing wé willaþ openlícor gecýðan ðonne ðæt lýden dó, Anglia viii. 298, 25: Chr. 1106; Erl. 240, 35

FÓR

(prep.)
Grammar
FÓR, fóre; prep. dot. acc.

Beforeforeantecŏramin conspectupræsente vel audiente ălĭquopræpriusquam

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He gehálgode fír heremægene wín of wætere and wendan hét he hallowed before the multitude wine from water and bade it change, Andr. Kmbl. 1172; An. 586.

Linked entries: foor fóre

nytan

(v.)
Grammar
nytan, = ne witan
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Wénst ðú ðæt ic nyte, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 17. Ðæt hé nán ryht andwyrde nyte, 35, 1; Fox 156, 8. Nyte ðín wynstre hwæt dó ðín swýðre, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 3. Nytende, Lchdm. i. 164, 5, Him nytendum, 228, 1. Nytendum weardmannum clam custodibus, Ælfc.

Linked entries: nást nát nitan

ilca

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D. 260, 20. as substantive Se ilca sé ðe wénde ðæt hé wǽre ofer ealle, Past. 39, 24. Þis is se ilca þe þú for his deáþe plegodest, Bl. H. 85, 18. Ne sý him nánre óðere þigene getíðod búton þæs ilican (ilecan, ilcan, v. ll. ) þe hé ǽr forsóc, R.

reáf

(n.)
Grammar
reáf, es; n.
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Hí sǽton on blacum reáfum weán on wénum, Cd. Th. 191, 10; Exod. 212. Ðá dyde heó of hire wydewan reáf depositis viduitatis vestibus, Gen. 38, 14

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stemn, es; m.
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a stem of a tree Hwæt wénst ðú for hwí ǽlc sǽd grówe innon ða eorþan and tó wyrtrumum weorþe on ðære eorþan, búton for ðý ðe hí tiohhiaþ ðæt se stemn and se helm móte ðý fæstor standon ...

cwic

(adj.)
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Hié wéndon ꝥ heora hláford wǽre on heora feónda gewealde oððe cuca oððe deád, Ors. 3, 9; S. 134, 29. Mǽnende ꝥ hé tó him cuco (cucan (dat. ), S. 244, 5) ne e Cuce vivus, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 67. Genim cwicenne (cwicne, v. l. ) fox, Lch. i. 340, 25.

dwolian

(v.)
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Wénde se cniht ꝥ hé dwolode ... Hé cwæð: 'Wite þú ꝥ ic náht ne dwolige' cum hunc puer insanire crederet ... dicens: 'Non insanio,' Gr. D. 314, 7-10. of wrong conduct, to err Álýse mé of ðám gedwolan þe ic gyt on dwolige, Shrn. 170, 17.