or-dál
- L. Edg. C. 24 ;
- Th. ii. 248, 28 .
judicial decision, judgment ⬩ a decision which follows an appeal to the Deity
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Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 210, 26, it is said with respect to the person who is to undergo the ordeal Before taking the Eucharist and going to the ordeal a solemn form of adjuration was addressed to the person concerned, that unless he was conscious of innocence
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standan
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Ða wíc ðe beforan inc stondeþ, Blickl. Homl. 77, 22. Sió burg stód bí ðære sǽ, Past. 52; Swt. 409, 33. Ðá com genip and stód æt ðære dura, Ex. 33, 9. Him æt heortan stód ord, Byrht. Th. 136, 3; By. 145: Beo. Th. 5352; B. 2679.
for
before ⬩ in front of ⬩ before ⬩ since ⬩ ago ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ instead of ⬩ in place of ⬩ in exchange for ⬩ in return for ⬩ in expiation of ⬩ in redemption for ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ in support of ⬩ in respect to ⬩ in relation to ⬩ as regards ⬩ against ⬩ from ⬩ in spite of ⬩ notwithstanding ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ according to ⬩ as representative of ⬩ for ⬩ to take ⬩ in compensation for ⬩ as punishment for ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ for the benefit of ⬩ As representative of
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Fulneáh swilce án prica for þæt óðer, 18, l; F. 62, 20: Met. 10, 9. marking superiority, preference, before, above Ðæt mód ðætte wilnað for ðíre beón mens praeesse volentium, Past. 55, 14: 106, 24.
ládian
to excuse ⬩ clear ⬩ exculpate ⬩ defend
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Him Rómáne his forwierndon and hit under ðæt ládedon for ðon ðe hé ǽr æt ðæm óðrum cirre sige næfde the Romans refused it [the triumph] to him, and excused [the refusal] under the pretext that before on the other occasion he had not gained the victory
lást
A step ⬩ footstep ⬩ track ⬩ trace
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Lást weardian [cf. lást-weard] to guard the track of one gone before, to remain behind; also to follow in the steps of another.
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singan
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Wæs se wítedóm beforan sungen, Elen. Kmbl. 2306 ; El. 1154. to narrate in verse, write Se scop sang, ðæt má manna fægnodon . . ., Bt. 30, tit. ; Fox xvi. 4. Sealmsceopas sungon and sægdon, ðæt se wolde cuman, Blickl. Homl. 105, 10.
wandian
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Ne beforan manegon sóðes ne wanda nec in judicio plurimorum acquiesces sententiae, ut a vero devies, Ex. 23, 2. to turn aside from a task, purpose, duty, etc., to hesitate, shrink, flinch, absolute Ic wandige (áwandige, v. l.) uereor, Ælfc.
A
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It generally appears in the radix before a doubled consonant, as swamm a fungus, wann wan; or two different consonants, as mp, mb, nt, nc, ng, etc.—Camp, lamb, plante, dranc, lang, etc.
on-geagn
opposite, over against, against ⬩ towards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way of ⬩ against ⬩ against, for the reception of, to receive ⬩ in reply to ⬩ in return for, as an equivalent for ⬩ opposite, over against ⬩ against, in a direction opposite to ⬩ against, with, contrary to, in opposition to ⬩ in reply to ⬩ as an equivalent for, in return for, in exchange for ⬩ against, ready for ⬩ towards ⬩ opposite ⬩ again, back ⬩ Lat re- ⬩ in reply ⬩ towards ⬩ on the other hand ⬩ again
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Mín syn biþ symble ongeán mé my sin is ever before me, L. E.
dæg
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Matutinum úhttíd sive beforan dæge, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 64. Geé*-*fenedan deige advesperescente die, Kent. Gl. 186. Ðonne hit neálǽcð dæge, ðonne singð se cocc smælor, Past. 461, 3.
fæsten
firmament ⬩ citadel ⬩ fort ⬩ a fortification ⬩ entrenchments ⬩ fastness ⬩ stronghold ⬩ a prison ⬩ a sepulchre ⬩ Hell ⬩ claustrum
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Beforan Numentia fæstennes geate, Ors. 5, 2; S. 218, 32. Hé gefór tó ánum fæstenne. Þá hé þǽr tó cóm, þá ne mehton hié nánne monn on ðǽm fæstenne útan geseón exercitum ad urbem duxit.
ge-staþelian
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VIII. to strengthen a town with troops, garrison :-- Fór Eádweard cyning tó Mældúne and getimbrede þá burg and gestaðelode ǽr hé þonon fóre (King Edward went as far as Maldon, and rebuilt the town, placing a guard of soldiers in it before he left it,
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þes
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oððe eft ðæt ða steorran scínaþ beforan ðam mónan and ne scínaþ beforan ðære sunnan? Ðisses hí wundriaþ, Bt. 89, 3; Fox 214, 31. Þisses, Exon. Th. 15, 18; Cri. 238. Hwanun wát ic þis ? Lk. Skt. 1, 18. Swá lange swá ge ðis dydon, Blickl.
fæger
FAIR, beautiful, joyous, pleasant, pleasing, sweet ⬩ pulcher, dĕcōrus, lætus, jucundus, dulcis
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Ne hýrde ic síþ ne ǽr on égstreáme idese lǽdan mægen fægerre I never heard before or since that a female led on the ocean-stream a fairer power, Elen. Kmbl. 484; El. 242.
neáh
nigh ⬩ near ⬩ near ⬩ nearly ⬩ about ⬩ of place
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Hié æt níhstan hæfdon ealra ðara anwald ðe ǽr néh heora hæfdon in the end they had dominion over all those who before nearly had dominion over them, 4, 9; Swt. 192, 35.
heáfod
HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.
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Hine ðe wæs ǽrur heáfod tó ðam unrǽde the man that had before been the author of that mischief, Chr. 1087; Erl. 225, 10. Heáfod ealra heáhgesceafta the chief of all exalted creatures, Cd. 1; Th. i. 7; Gen. 4: Hy. 7, 62; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 62.
winter
a season of the year ⬩ winter ⬩ wintry weather ⬩ cold ⬩ a year
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Hú seó ádl ǽr feówertigum oððe fíftigum wintra on men ne becume how the disease does not attack a man before he is forty or fifty, Lchdm. ii. 284, 10, 20. Ne mæg weorþan wís wer ǽr hé áge wintra dǽl in woruldríce, Exon. Th. 290, 14; Wand. 65.
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wer
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Gif mon beforan cyninges ealdormen on gemóte gefeohte, béte wer and wíte swá hit ryht sié, and beforan ðám .cxx. sciłł. ðam ealdormen tó wíte, 38; Th. i. 86, 14. <b>I a.
ge-reccan
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Þonne setton wé ꝥ hé hit ne móste sellan . . . and ꝥ þonne on cyninges gewitnesse gerecce beforan his mǽgum, Ll. Th. i. 88, 21. Ne wandiað for nánum þingum folcriht tó geregceanne (= segceanne ?
folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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Bocland Eác we cwǽdon hwæs se wyrðe wǽre ðe óðrum ryhtes wyrnde, áðor oððe on bóc-lande oððe on folc-lande, and ðæt he him geándagode of ðam folc-lande, hwonne he him riht worhte befóran ðam geréfan.