pening
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., money :-- Ne wéne hé nó ðæt Godes ryhtwísnes sié tó ceápe, swelce hé hié mæge mid his peningum (-engum, v. l.) gebygcgean . . . ðá hwíle ðe hié peningas (-engas) hæbben mid tó gieldanne ne venalem Dei justitiam aestiment. . . cum curant. . . nummos
hlóþ
spoil, ⬩ booty ⬩ a band, ⬩ troop, ⬩ company, ⬩ gang, ⬩ crew, ⬩ body of robbers ⬩ the crime of taking part in the action of a hlóþ
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Fóran hie hlóþum they went in bands, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 12: Exon. 45 b; Th. 156, 1; Gú. 868: 99 b; Th. 373, 23; Seel. 114. the crime of taking part in the action of a hlóþ Be hlóþe.
Linked entries: hlóþ-bót hlóþ-sliht
hopian
To hope, ⬩ have hope or confidence [in a person], ⬩ expect, ⬩ watch for [with gen.]
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Hit nys nó unnyt ðǽt wé hopien tó Gode forðæm hé ne went swá swá wé dóþ it is not vain for us to have hope in God; for he does not change as we do, Bt. 42; Fox 258, 20.
innan
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Ðæt hí innan ne áfeallen ðonon ðe hí wénað ðæt hí útan stonden ne, ubi se stare extrinsecus aestimant, ibi intrinsecus cadant, 439, 9. Ne þúhte hé him nó innon swá fæger swá hé útan þúhte, Bt. 32, 2; F. 116, 24.
a-stígan
to go ⬩ come ⬩ step ⬩ proceed ⬩ climb ⬩ ire ⬩ venire ⬩ gradi ⬩ procedere ⬩ scandere ⬩ to go in any direction ⬩ to rise ⬩ ascend ⬩ descend ⬩ surgere ⬩ ascendere ⬩ descendere
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He astáh on scyp he went into a ship; ascendit in naviculam, Mt. Bos. 8, 23 : 9, 1.
be-sittan
to sit round, surround, beset, besiege ⬩ circumdare, cingere, obsidere ⬩ to be in session, to hold sessions ⬩ to posess ⬩ considere, ⬩ possidere
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He fór to Hrofe ceastre, and besætt ðone castel he went to Rochester, and beset the castle, Chr. 1087; Erl. 226, 5.
Linked entry: be-seten
ge-faran
To go ⬩ proceed ⬩ reach by going ⬩ arrive ⬩ ire ⬩ proficisci ⬩ meare ⬩ to depart ⬩ die ⬩ to proceed ⬩ get on ⬩ fare ⬩ To get by going ⬩ experience ⬩ occupy ⬩ reach ⬩ obtain ⬩ go against
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Ne wéne ic ðæt ǽnig wǽre ðe ðæt atellan mihte, ðæt on ðam gefeohte gefór I do not suppose that anybody could reckon [the number] that died in that battle, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 75, 9. Gefór Æðeréd cyning king Ethelred died, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 1.
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þeów-dóm
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Ne þearft ðú nó wénan, ðæt ða wlitegan tungl ðæs þeówdómes áþroten weorðe, Met. 29, 40. Embichta ðeádómes obsequium servitutis, Mt. Kmbl. p. 8, 3: Rtl. 9, 13. Wyrta ðeówdóme manna, Ps. Spl. 103, 15.
ge-winnan
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Wénde man þæt þæt gewin geendad wǽre, þá þá wǽron gefeallen þe þǽr mǽst gewunnan ducibus occisis finita bella videbantur, Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 27. Æfter þǽm gewunnon Demetrias and Lisimachus Lysimachus adversus Demeírium pugnavit, S. 152, 1. trans.
willan
To will, wish ⬩ to will, exercise the faculty of willing ⬩ to will, purpose, think, mean, intend ⬩ to tend ⬩ to will, ordain, order, command ⬩ to will, wish, want, desire ⬩ to will, be willing to do something ⬩ to allow, permit, grant, consent to ⬩ to be disposed, to have such and such a will ⬩ to will, profess, claim ⬩ will, shall, to be about to
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Ðæt heó hí frúne hwæt hí sóhton, oþþe hwæt hí ðǽr woldon, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 39. with a clause Wéndun gé and woldun, ðæt gé Scyppende sceoldan gelíce wesan, Exon. Th. 141, 30; Gú. 636. Wéndon and woldon, ðæt hié on elþeódigum ǽt geworhton, Andr.
ísern
Iron
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Ðú swyltst nalles mid íserne ácweald swá ðú wénst ac mid átre morieris, non ferro quod suspicaris, sed veneno, Nar. 31, 27. Gebundene on íserne ligatos in ferro, Ps. Th. 106, 9. Íserne wund, Exon. 102 b ; Th. 388, 2 ; Rä. 6, 1.
wræc-síþ
travel in a foreign land ⬩ peregrination ⬩ pilgrimage ⬩ exile ⬩ banishment ⬩ misery ⬩ wretchedness
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Wén ic ðæt gé for wlenco, nalles for wræcsíðum, Hróðgár sóhton, Beo. Th. 682; B. 338.
ildra
A parent ⬩ ancestor ⬩ father ⬩ forefather ⬩ predecessor ⬩ elder
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Úre yldran swultan and swíðe oft ús from wendan our parents have died and very often gone from us, Blickl. Homl. 195, 26. Wǽron his yldran fæder and módor hǽðne his parents, father and mother, were heathens, 211, 19 : 213, 2.
fǽr
a calamity ⬩ disaster ⬩ evil ⬩ accident
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Ic þæs fǽres á on wénum sæt, hwonne mé wráðra sum aldre beheówe I was ever expecting disaster, the stroke that should rob me of life, Gen. 2699. Hé sóna deád wæs. Ðá ꝥ gesáwon ðá burgware, ðá wurdon hié swíðe forhte for ðǽm fære, Bl. H. 199, 24.
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hwý
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Uncúð hwí sió wyrd swá wó wendan sceolde, Met. 4, 40.
HWÍL
A WHILE
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Crist on dære hwíle tó helle gewende Christ during that time [while in the tomb] went to hell, Homl. Th. i. 26, 35. In hwíle tíde in momenta temporis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 4, 5. Tó hwíle lǽn momentum, Ælfc. Gl. 15; Som. 58, 47; Wrt. Voc. 21, 36.
hryre
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Se druncena wénð ꝥ hé sum þing gódes dó, þonne hé bið an hryre besceofen ebriosus putat se aliquid obtimum agere, cum fuerit precipitio deuolutus, Chrd. 74, 24. a falling from an upright position (lit. or fig.). a falling to the ground of a building
Róm-feoh
Peter's pence
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[William of Malmesbury attributes to Ethelwulf the institution of this tax : 'Ethelwulf went to Rome (v. Chron. 855) and there offered to St.
un-rǽd
evil counsel ⬩ ill-advised course ⬩ bad plan ⬩ folly ⬩ disadvantage ⬩ prejudice ⬩ hurt
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Ne wend ðú ðé on ðæs folces unrǽd and unriht gewil non sequeris turbam ad faciendum malum (Ex. 23, 2), L. Alf. 41; Th. i. 54, 6. Ðæs engles mód ðe ðone unrǽd ( rebellion against God ) ongan ǽrest fremman, Cd. Th. 3, 3; Gen. 30.
rícsian
to exercise or have power ⬩ to rule ⬩ govern ⬩ reign ⬩ to domineer ⬩ dominate ⬩ tyrannize ⬩ exercise violence ⬩ to prevail
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Gif wé áslaciaþ ðæs weddes ðe wé seald habbaþ, ðonne máge wé wénan ðæt ðás þeófas willaþ ríxian gyta swíðor ðonne hig ǽr dydon these thieves will get the upper hand yet more than they did before, L. Ath. v. 8, 9; Th. i. 238, 23.