BRECAN
to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; ⬩ frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpere ⬩ to press, force, urge; ⬩ urgere ⬩ to rush into ⬩ take ⬩ by storm ⬩ in locum irrumpere, expugnare, ⬩ erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere ⬩ to break ⬩ burst forth ⬩ make a noise ⬩ crash ⬩ to sail; ⬩ navigare ⬩ To retch; ⬩ screare
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v. trans. to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpere Lét se hearda Higeláces þegn brádne méce brecan ofer bordweal the fierce thane of Higelac caused his broad sword to break over the shield
tawian
to taw, dress or prepare material ⬩ to intreat shamefully or evilly, treat badly, abuse, insult.
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.), and see Halliwell Oft týne oððe twelfe (flotmen) ǽlc æfter óðrum scendaþ and tawiaþ tó bysmore ðæs þegnes cwenan and hwílum his dohtor oððe nýdmágan, ðær hé on lócaþ ðe lǽt hine sylfne rancne and rícne, ǽr ðæt gewurde, Wulfst. 162, 20.
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án-lípig
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E has ealdormen ) and cyninges þegnas oft ráde onridon, Chr. 871; P. 72, 14. Hwílum ánlépig, hwílum tógædere gedón, Lch. ii. 62, 6. Ic ǽnlípigu oþstód, Hml. S. 23b, 409. Sume ðæs seáwes ánlípiges nyttiað, Lch. ii. 30, 16.
feówer
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.: Sume feówer cyninges þegnas, Chr. 896; P. 89, 7. Þá feówer onwealdas þára feówer heáfedríca, Ors. 6, l; S. 252, 3. Ðá feówer hringas on ðám feówer hyrnum, Past. 171, 3. Þá lára þára feówer godspellera, Bl. H. 35, 11.
gilpan
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Gylpan ꝥ þú mæge Crístes þegnas oferswíþan, Bl. H. 175, 32. uncertain construction Ne gilp ðú ne innitaris (v. ? Prov. 3, 5), Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 2. with acc.?
sang
song, singing ⬩ a singing, chanting ⬩ song, poetry, ⬩ a song ⬩ a poem
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Wuldres weard wordum herigaþ þegnas ... þǽr is sang æt selde, Cd. Th. 306, 12; Sat. 663. Dǽr wæs sang and swég samod ætgædere ... gomenwudu gréted, gid oft wrecen, Beo. Th. 2130; B. 1063: 180; B. 90.
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wénan
to ween ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ imagine ⬩ opine ⬩ believe ⬩ to hope ⬩ expect ⬩ look for
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Ne þorftan ða þegnas tó ðam frumgáre feohgestealde wénan, ðæt hý beágas þégon, Exon. Th. 283, 26; Jul. 686. with a clause Ic wéne mé hwænne mé Dryhtnes ród gefetige Rood Kmbl. 268; Kr. 135.
lagu
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Ox. 4844. the action of the courts of law, law (in to go to law ) Þár þegen áge twégen costas, lufe oþþe lage, Ll. Th. i. 298, 6. Sé ꝥe rihte lage and rihte dóm forsace, 384, 16. of divine law.
þolian
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Ðæt is micel wundor, ðæt hit God wolde þolian, ðæt wurde þegn swá monig forlǽdd, Cd.
BRÁD
BROAD open, large, spacious, copious ⬩ latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus
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Se hearda þegn lét brádne méce brecan ofer bordweal the fierce thane caused his broad sword to break over the shield, Beo. Th. 5948;B. 2978.
ge-neahhe
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Hé þeóstra þegnas . . . nýd onsette and geneahhe bibeád (straitly charged them), Gú. 669.
mæsse-preóst
A priest not of the Christian church ⬩ a priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass
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As compared with the laity his oath was equal to that of a thane, and he was worthy of thane-right, Similar entries [v. mæsse-þegen.]
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þegnian
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Hé ( a king ) bioþ swíþe anlíc ðara his þegna sumum ðe him þéniaþ, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 12. Gif hé nǽre sóþ God, ná him englas ne þegnodon.
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heals-fang
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Substitute: A legal payment of varying amount according to the status of a person, to be paid by him as a due or fine, or to be received by him or on his account for injury done to him, to be paid as a due Medemra þegna heregeata: hors and his gerǽda
MAGAN
- Mk. Skt. p. 3, 1 ;
- Ælfc. Gr. 41 ;
- Som. 44, 21.
to be strong ⬩ efficacious ⬩ to avail ⬩ prevail ⬩ be sufficient ⬩ to be strong ⬩ be in good health ⬩ to be able ⬩ may ⬩ may
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Megende valens, Kent. Gl. 189: to be strong, efficacious, to avail, prevail, be sufficient Gif ðú meht si vales, Kent. Gl. 52. Wel mæg ðæm dæg wérignise his sufficit diei malitia sua, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 34: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 41. Ne meg mon non
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ge-lǽran
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Se wælisca heafoc weorðeð tó hagostealdes honda gelǽred, Vy. 92. to persuade a person to do something. with clause Ic gelǽrde Simon þæt hé sacan ongon wið Crístes þegnas, Jul. 297.
hǽlend
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Hǽlend genam his twelf þegnas sunder, Bl. H. 15, 6, 15, 23. Hit is Hǽlend se Nazarenisca it is Jesus of Nazareth, 18. Hire sweostor gesæt big Hǽlendes fótum, 67, 27: Sat. 382: An. 574: Kr. 25. Lazarus sæt mid Hǽlende, Bl. H. 67, 36.
lagu
Law ⬩ statute ⬩ decree ⬩ regulation ⬩ rule ⬩ fixed custom
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Ðǽr þegen áge twegen costas lufe oððe lage where a thane has two alternatives love or law [i.e. where a case may be arranged amicably or by appeal to law], L. Eth. iii. 13; Th. i. 298, 6.
steór
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Ǽlc mínra þegna ðe ða steóre swá healdan nelle swá ic beboden habbe, L. Ath. v. 11; Th. i. 240, 21. correction, discipline, reproof Gif hé ðám réceleásum stýrþ, ðonne sceal his steór beón mid lufe gemetegod, Homl. Th. ii. 532, 12.
fæste
shaken ⬩ firmly ⬩ fast ⬩ urgently ⬩ strictly ⬩ solemnly ⬩ securely ⬩ fast ⬩ fast ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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Oft þrǽl þegen cnyt swýðe fæste, Wlfst. 163, 2: Gen. 374. Hé þone cniht genam fæste mid folmum, Exod. 407: B. 554. Sié fæste genæglad on róde crucifigatur, Mt. L. 27, 22. Gefég fæste, Gen. 1310: Crä. 66.
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