þole-byrde
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Bearing patiently, patient, long-suffering Þolo-byrde mann patiens homo ... Wer þolebyrde vir patiens, Scint. 13, 11, 13
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ge-scrence
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Withered, dry Hé hæfde hond gescrengce ł drýge habebat manum aridam, Lk. L. 6, 8. Cf. mis-scrence
cristlíc
Christlike ⬩ christian ⬩ christianus
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Christlike, christian; christianus We lǽraþ, ðæt ǽghwilc cristen man cristlíce lage rihtlíce healde we direct, that every christian man rightly observe the christian law L. Eth. vi. 11; Th. 1. 318, 11. note 4
a-fyllan
To fell ⬩ to strike or beat down ⬩ to overturn ⬩ subvert ⬩ lay low ⬩ abolish ⬩ slay ⬩ cædere ⬩ occidere ⬩ prosternere ⬩ dejicere ⬩ demoliri ⬩ comprimere ⬩ abrogare
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Ðæt hine man afylle that any one slay him, 38; Th. i. 324, 23 : v. 31; Th. i. 312, 12
segnian
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Ðeáh ðe man wafige wundorlíce mid handa, ne biþ hit ðeáh bletsung, búta hé wyrce tácn ðære hálgan róde . . . Mid þrým fingrum man sceall sénian and bletsian, H. R. 105, 22.
deáþ-scyldig
Death-guilty, condemned ⬩ damnātus
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Death-guilty, condemned; damnātus Gif deáþscyldig man scriftspræce gyrne if a man guilty of death desire confession, L. E. G. 5; Th. i. 168, 24: L. C. S. 44; Th. i. 402, 3
handlinga
With the hands
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With the hands Nis be him gerǽd ðæt hé handling ǽnigne man ácwealde it is not read of him that he killed any man with his own hands, Homl. Th. i. 386, 1
cú-cealf
A cow's calf ⬩ vaccæ vitulus
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A cow's calf; vaccæ vitulus Gif man of myran folan adrífþ oððe cúcealf if a man drives off a mare's foal or a cow's calf L. Alf. pol. 16; Th. i. 70, 23
scyttan
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Gr. 37; Zup. 220, 2. to discharge a debt Ic wille ðæt man selle ðæt land et Fersafeld . . . and recna man iungere Brún án marc gol and mid ðan láue scytte man mína borgas ( my loans shall be paid off ), Chart. Th. 568, 19
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fyrwet-georn
Curious ⬩ inquisitive ⬩ cūriōsus
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Curious, inquisitive; cūriōsus Fela biþ fyrwetgeornra there are many inquisitive, Exon. 90 b; Th. 339, 31; Gn. Ex. 102
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ge-hwanon
From all sides
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From all sides Fela ðearfan gehwanon cumene many needy come from all sides, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 97, 78
strácian
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Wildu hors, ðonne wé hié ǽresð gefangnu habbaþ, wé hié ðacciaþ and stráciad mid brádre handa equos indomitos blanda prius manu tangimus, 41, 4 ; Swt. 303, 10. Myd swýþe drígeon handum stráca geornlíce ðane innoþ, Lchdm. iii. 134, 17
crisma
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Ásprungenra manna líc ( cadavera ) man byreð on ciricean and mid crysman smyreð his breóst, Ll. Th. ii. 162, 1. Ne crismena nec balsamorum (sacris chrismatibu unctum, Ald. 154), Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 34: 61, 1. <b>I a.
weg-nest
Food for a journey
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. ¶ the word is used of the sacrament administered to the dying Gif se man on his ýtemestan dæge gyrneþ Cristes líchaman tó underfónne, ne wyrne him man ná, . . . ðæt bið his wegnyst (viaticum), and ǽlces ðæra manna ðe tó Godes ríce becymð, L. Ecg.
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hæg-weard
A hayward, the keeper of cattle in a common field, who prevented trespass on the cultivated ground, ⬩ agellarius
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sworn at the court, took care of the tillage, paid the labourers, and looked after trespasses and encroachments : he was termed fields-man or tithing-man, and his wages in 1425 were a noble.
þrístlǽcness
Boldness ⬩ audacity ⬩ temerity ⬩ presumption
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Gyf man þurh þrýstlǽcnysse man fullaþ si quis ex temeritate aliquem baptizaverit, L. Ecg. P. addit. 30; Th. ii. 236, 34
heán-líce
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Man sceal þá geoguðe geómorlíce lǽdan gehæft heánlíce mid heardum bendum and swá bysmorlíce bringan of heora éðle, Wlfst. 295, 17. Sume hí man heánlice hættode, Chr. 1036; Th. i. 294, 7, col. 2. Add
swefecere
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A sleeper Þá gedwyldmen man hǽt on Grécisc Nictates ( = Nyctages), and wé on úre geþeóde slúmeras hí magon oððe swefeceras nemnan, and eác hí man mæg sláperas hátan, Chrd. 26, 2. See next word
gálsere
A lustful man ⬩ libīdĭnōsus
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A lustful man; libīdĭnōsus, Off. Reg. 15
freóls-gefa
A freedom-giver ⬩ manumissor
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A freedom-giver; manumissor Gif man his mæn freóls gefe, freólsgefa áge his erfe if any one give freedom to his man, let the freedom-giver have his heritage, L. Win. 8; Th. i. 38, 16