wiþ-seón
To plot against
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Ðá wiðsáwon hié ðǽm hláfordum, and ða þeówas mid him, óþ hié wyldran wǽron þonne hié cum servos suos passim liberos facerent, libertini in partem potestates recepti plenitudinem per scelus usurpare meditati sunt.
mægden-cild
A female child ⬩ girl
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A female child, girl Gif hit hysecild byþ ofsleáþ ðæt gif hit sí mǽdencild healdaþ ðæt si masculus fuerit, interficite eum, si femina reservate, Ex. 1, 16.
un-drifen
Not driven
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, þéh hit unfriðscyp sý, gyf hit undrifen bið (si non sit abacta tempestatibus (Lat. vers.).
mǽg-wlite
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Hié oncneówon Crístes róde mǽre tácen on his mǽgwlite (cf. hié gesáwon Cristes róde tácen on his onsiéne. Bl. H. 243, 13), An. 1340. Add
lot-wrenc
Deceit ⬩ deception ⬩ cunning ⬩ fraud ⬩ device ⬩ wile ⬩ craft
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Philippus mid his lotwrence áliéfde ðæt heora anwaldas móston standan swá hié ǽr dydon Philip, with his craftiness, allowed their powers to stand as they did before, 3, 7; Swt. 118, 9.
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earning-land
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The passage is: Ðá nam Ealdulf hit and sealde ðám ðe hé wolde tó earningclaude. Cf. the expression in the same charter: Wé wrítað him ðone croft . . . ðæt hé hæbbe hit swá rúm tó bóclonde, swá hé ǽr hæfde tó lǽnlonde, C. D. iii. 258, 27
á-teón
to draw (out), ⬩ to protract ⬩ to deal with, ⬩ to treat a person ⬩ to employ property ⬩ time ⬩ talents
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Hiá hit átuge yfter hira dege swé hit him rehtlicast wére ... sué huelc swé lífes sié ágefe ðet feoh and áteé sue hit soelest sié. Cht. Th. 465, 22, 33. Áteón, 466, 6. Drihten wile witan hú gehwilc manna þá gife átuge þe hé him forgeaf. Hml.
ge-drífan
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Ǽlc ceápscip frið hæbbe . . . gyf hit undrifen bið. And þéh hit gedriuen beó, and hit ætfleó tó hwilcre friðbyrig . . . habban þá men frið, Ll.
un-fæstlíce
Not firmly ⬩ uncertainly ⬩ vaguely
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Not firmly, uncertainly, vaguely Ðonne mon smeáð on his móde ymb hwelc eorðlíc ðing, ðonne déð hé swelce hé hit átífre on his heortan, and swǽ tweólíce and unfæstlíce hé átífreþ ðæs ðinges onlícnesse on his móde ðe hé ðonne ymb smeáð, Past. 21; Swt.
riht-ryne
A right course
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A right course Se bróc ðeáh hé swíðe of his rihtryne ðonne ðǽr micel stán of ðam heáhan munte oninnan fealþ and hine tódǽlþ and him his rihtrynes wiðstent, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 27-30 : Met. 5, 20. Oncerran ðisne swiftan rodor of his rihtryne 10, 41
þeód-lícettere
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An arch-hypocrite Se þeódlícetere ( Antichrist ) hit gehíwaþ swá ðæt læst manna wát, hú hé him wið ðone ðeódfeónd gescyldan sceal, Wulfst. 54, 18
freónd-lár
Friendly instruction ⬩ fămĭliāris instructio
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Friendly instruction; fămĭliāris instructio He hine on folce freóndlárum heóld he maintained him among his people with friendly instructions, Beo. Th. 4744; B. 2377
for-bítan
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To bite to pieces, destroy by biting Áhleóp án leó and hió swengde on hine and forbát him þone sweoran, Hml. A. 206, 391
sécan
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Add Hié Læcedemonie mid gefeohte sóhton, Ors. 3, 1; S. 98, 11. Darius hié mid gefeohte sécan wolde, 2, 5; S. 78, 23
sceótan
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</b> add :-- Gif hit gelimpeþ ꝥ se man ꝥ wyrignesse word ne gecwið tó his þám néhstan for hete, ac hit sceóteð forð þurh his tungan gýmeleásnesse si homo non ex militia, sed ex linguae incuria, maledictionis verbum jaculatur in proximum, Gr.
á-rétan
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and add Hé hæfde his wíf mid him þe hine árétte, þeáh hé his bearna þolode, Hml. S. 30, 204. On þǽm sealme hé wæs cleopiende tó Drihtne, wilnode þæt hé hine árétte, Ps. Th. 27, arg. Be eallum þám þe gebrocode wǽron and eft árétte, 28, arg
ofer-wlenced
possessed of superabundant means, very opulent
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possessed of superabundant means, very opulent Hié andwyrdon ðæt hit gemálíc wǽre ðæt swá oferwlenced cyning sceolde winnan on swá earm folc swá hié wǽron responderunt, stolide opulentissimum regem adversus inopes sumsisse bellum, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44
biddan
to ask ⬩ to ask ⬩ to pray to
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Gehýrð Drihten þá þe hine biddað. Ll. Th. ii. 394, 4. Hié mid hálsunga hine bǽdon and þus cwǽdon, Bl. H. 87, 8 : 247, 33: 249, 6. Drihten wile ꝥ hine mon bidde, 19, 34. Hí bedene wǽron, Bd. 2, 5; Sch. 206, 15.
ge-neálǽcan
To approach, draw near, adhere
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Ne dorstan hie ðære stówe geneálǽcan they durst not approach the place, Blickl. Homl. 199, 26. Hí ne dorston hine geneálǽcan they durst not approach him, 243, 13, Geneálǽcean, 77, 11: Shrn, 76, 29.