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cnapa

Grammar
cnapa, cnafa.
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Dele cnafa (q. v.) and bracket at end, and add: a lad Cúðberht þá þá hé git cnapa wæs, Hml. S. 26, 279. Sende þone cnapan mid mé send the lad with me, Gen. 43, 8. Geonge cild and stíðe cnapan pueri vel adolescentiores aetate, R. Ben. 53, 21.

bóc-lic

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Basilius áwrát ðá láre ðe wé nú willað secgean . . . Hé cwæð on his bóclican láre (the advice contained in his book), Hex. 32, 19. Underþeódd þǽre bóclican láre, Hml. A. 41, 419.

of-ferian

(v.)

to bear off

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to bear off Hé fræt fíftýne men, and óðer swylc út offerede láðlícu lác, Beo. Th. 3171; B. 1583

offrian

(v.)
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Hé wolde offrian Gode þá gewonelican lác, Hml. A. 58, 182. Ofrian litare, An. Ox. 18, 39. to offer something as a sacrifice Offrian þæt lamb eall Israhéla folc on ǽfen immolabit eum universa multitudo ad vesperum, Ex. 12, 6.

ǽwe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwe-weard, es; m.
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A guardian of the divine law, a priest Wæs swíþe mycel ǽweweard þæs noma wæs Zacharias, Bl. H. 161, 27

ende-néhst

last ⬩ last ⬩ lowest ⬩ last ⬩ final ⬩ latest

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Add: of place, most remote On eallum middangearde oð þæt endenéxte land, Hml. Th. i. 294, 28. of number, order, last Módignys is endenéxt gesett on getele ðǽra heáfodleahtra, Hml. Th. ii. 222, 3.

Linked entry: endemestness

ǽ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-líc, adj.

Belonging to law ⬩ lawful ⬩ legalis ⬩ legitimus

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Belonging to law, lawful; legalis, legitimus,Bd. 1, 27, resp. 8; S. 495, 29. Tyn ǽlícan word the ten commandments Som

Linked entry: ǽw-líc

an-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
an-gitan, p. -geat; pp. -giten

To get ⬩ lay hold of ⬩ seize ⬩ assequi ⬩ corripere ⬩ invadere

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To get, lay hold of, seize; assequi, corripere, invadere Hine se bróga angeat terror seized him, Beo. Th. 2587; B. 1291

Linked entry: on-gitan

un-gefóg

(n.)
Grammar
un-gefóg, es; n.
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Excess Weámóde láreówas þurh hetolnysse heora réðscipes gehwyrfaíf þǽre láre gemet tó ungefóge þǽre wælhreównysse (ad immanitaiem crudelitatis), Chrd. 70. 16

ǽ-sceáda

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-sceáda, an; m.

Bran

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Bran Healmes láf stipulae, ceaf palea, ǽscéda migma, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 51-3. Ǽsceádan furfures, purgamentum farinae, ii. 152, 4

Linked entries: -sceáda æsceda

eormen

(adj.)
Grammar
eormen, eorman; adj.

Universal, immense, whole, general ⬩ universālis, immensus, permagnus, tōtus, ūnĭversus

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Used in composition, as in eormen-cyn, -grund, -láf, -ríc, -strýnd, -þeód

diregað

Grammar
diregað, =
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Lat. dirigat Vibrat borettið vel diregað (the corresponding gloss, in Epinal and Erfurt glossaries is :-- Vibrat, dirigat boretit), Txts. 107, 2147

fór-steal

(n.)
Grammar
fór-steal, -steall, -stal, fóre-steall, es; m. [fór, fóre before; steal from stellan to leap, spring; therefore, at least originally, an assault, consisting in one man springing or placing himself before another, so as to obstruct his progress, Thorpe's Glos. to A. Sax. Laws] .

an assault ⬩ assultus sŭper ălĭquem in via rēgia factus ⬩ viæ obstructio ⬩ the fine for an assault ⬩ mulcta pro assultu

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an assault; assultus sŭper ălĭquem in via rēgia factus, viæ obstructio Gif hwá forsteal oððon openne wiðercwyde ongeán lahriht Cristes oððe cyninges gewyrce if any one commit an assault or open opposition against the law of Christ or of the king, L.

Linked entries: fóre-steall fór-stal

rédian

(v.)
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to furnish, provide Noe ongan Nergende lác rǽdfæst rédian (MS. reðran. Bouterwek suggests rénian. v. regnian), Cd. Th. 90, 20; Gen. 1498. (?)

Linked entry: reðran

dráf

(n.)
Grammar
dráf, <b>. I.</b> driving. Take here Hml. Th. i. 502, 10 in Dict., and Bl. H. 199, 7. &para; the phrase dráfe drífan, C.D. iii. 450, 33, seems to refer to the transport of the lord&#39;s goods by vehicle which the geneát had to &#39;drive&#39;. Cf. drífan;
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III. and see lád. a drove [v. N.E.D. drove; I 3.] a road Of ðám hlince andlang dráfæ, C.D. v. 217, 6

hí

(int.)
Grammar
hí, hig

an interjection

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an interjection Hig lá mé heu me, Ps. Rdr. 119, 5. Hyg lá, Ps. L. 119, 5. Hí lá hí, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 280, 13

Linked entry: hig-lá

scrád

(n.)
Grammar
scrád, a moving body (? v. scríðan), a vessel (?), a body of travellers (? cf.
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Icel. skreið a shoal, flock) Scrifen scrád glád þurh gescád in brád, wæs on lagustreáme lád, Exon. Th. 353, 15; Reim. 13

in-cleof

(n.)
Grammar
in-cleof, [in-cleofu, e; f.?]
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an inner chamber, a lair Swá swá leó on incleofe, Ps. Rdr. 9, 30. Unryhtwísnesse hé smeáde on incleofe his, 35, 5

Linked entry: cleof

riht-scrífend

(n.)
Grammar
riht-scrífend, es ; m.

One who declares the sentence of the law ⬩ lawyer

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One who declares the sentence of the law lawyer Rihtscrífend ł dómsettend jurisconsultus, jurisperitus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 17 : i. 20, 69

Linked entry: scrífend

brygdan

(v.)
Grammar
brygdan, he brygdeþ

To turn ⬩ vertere

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To turn; vertere He hálge láre brygdeþ on bysmer he turneth holy lore to mockery, Exon. 117a; Th. 449, 14; Dóm. 71

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