leód
A man ⬩ poet ⬩ a prince ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ country
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Leóde ne cúðan módblinde men meotud oncnáwan people, men mind-darkened, could not their maker recognize, Exon. 25 a; Th. 73,10; Cri. 1187. Wedera leóde, Beo. Th. 455; B. 225.
ge-anwyrde
Known ⬩ manifest ⬩ confessed ⬩ professus
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He ðæs geanwyrde wæs ætfóran eallum ðám mannum he confessed it before all the men, Chr. 1055; Erl. 189, 5
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norþ-here
An army belonging to the north
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An army belonging to the north Heó (the English force ) gehergade swíðe micel on ðæm norþhere, ǽgðer ge on mannum ge on gehwelces cynnes yrfe, and manega men ofslógon ðara Deniscena, Chr. 910; Erl. l00, 13
hús-hláford
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Add: — Eustachius gelǽdde hí meó his gesthúse. and . . . cwæð tó þám húshláforde : ' þás men synd mé cúðe . . . gif mé nú mettas and wín, and ic hit þé gilde eft of míre hýre,' Hml. S. 30, 259
findan
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Hí tó rǽde fundon, ꝥ ... decretum est, quia, Bd. 2, 5; Sch. 135, 9. (7a) to fix upon a person for an office :-- Hí swá fúle men him fundon tó godum, Sal. K. 123, 108. Add
á-wenian
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Hí unwære men beswícaþ and ádwellaþ and hí áweniaþ from Godes gemynde, Bl. H. 61, 24. Áwenide suspenderat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 62. Áwæned cild ablactatus, Ps. L. 130, 2. Áwened, Ps. Srt. 130, 2. Add
Centisc
KENTISH, belonging to Kent ⬩ Cantianus
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Ætsǽton ða Centiscan ðǽr the Kentish [men] remained there, 905; Erl. 98, 23
dugoþ-gifu
Liberality, munificence ⬩ largĭtas, munificentia
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Liberality, munificence; largĭtas, munificentia Ic Wulfstán Lundeniscra manna bisceop mínes hláfordes dugoþgife ǽfre geþwǽrige I Wulfstan, bishop of the London men, ever consent to my lord's munificence, Cod.
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in-smoh
A slough
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A slough Hé ágeaf ðone clǽnan gást and ðæs líchaman insmoh [exuvias] forlét monnum tó mundbyrde he gave up the clean spirit, and left the slough of the body as a protection for men, Shrn. 126, 2
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georn-ful
Full of desire, eager, solicitous, anxious, strenuous, zealous, intent, diligent ⬩ sollĭcĭtus, stŭdiōsus, anxius, sēdŭlus, intentus, dīlĭgens
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Geornfulle men diligent men, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 10. Se is yfla gehwæs geornfulra ðonne ic who is more zealous than I for every evil, Exon. 70 b; Th. 261, 33; Jul. 324.
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ge-wis
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Mænige wíse men swíþe swuncen mid ðǽre sprǽce and litel gewis (or adj.? ) funden, Bt. 41, 4; F. 250, 20. a record giving exact information, certificate(?)
a-hérian
To praise fully ⬩ celebrate enough ⬩ plene laudare ⬩ satis celebrare
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To praise fully, celebrate enough; plene laudare, satis celebrare Ne mæg ðé ahérian hæleða ǽnig not any men can fully praise thee, Hy. 3, 10; Hy. Grn. ii. 281, 10; prec. 3 ad calcem Cœdm. l. 5
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or-wearde
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Wit/tout guard, in an unprotected condition Syðdan orwearde ǽnigne dǽl secgas geségon on sele wunian, lǽne licgan after men saw any part (of the dragon's hoard) lying there without its warder. Beo. Th. 6245 ; B. 3127
un-ámirred
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Uninjured, unrlestroyed Gif gé ( men seized by a lioness) wyllað gelýfan on Críst, þonne mage gé gán unámyrrede heonan; gif gé nellað þone geleáfan habban, nát ic gif eówre godas eów gehelpan magon, Hml. S. 35, 285
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heáh-lǽce
A physician of the greatest skill
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Damian were very excellent leeches, and cured every infirmity of men, Shrn. 135, 13
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æt-beran
To bear or carry to ⬩ bring forward ⬩ produce ⬩ bear away or forth ⬩ afferre ⬩ proferre ⬩ efferre
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He wundor manig fór men ætbær he many a wonder produced before men, Cd. 202; Th. 249, 31; Dan. 538. Hí hyne ætbǽron to brimes faroðe they bore him away to the sea-shore, Beo. Th. 55; B. 28: 4261; B. 2127: 5222; B. 2614.
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bæcestre
A woman who bakes ⬩ pistrix ⬩ a baker ⬩ pistor
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A woman who bakes; pistrix: but because afýrde men performed that work which was originally done by females, this occupation is here denoted by a feminine termination; hence, a baker; pistor Ðá gelamp hit ðæt twegen afýryde men agylton wið heora hláford
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dwolian
To wander out of the way, err ⬩ errāre
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Dysige men, dwoliende, sécaþ ðæt héhste gód on ða sǽmran gesceafta foolish men, erring, seek the highest good in the worse creatures, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 12, MS. Cot. Hider and ðider dwoligende wandering hither and thither, 36, 5; Fox 180, 12.
flýman fyrmþ
A fugitive's food or support ⬩ the offence of harbouring a fugitive ⬩ the penalty for such an offence ⬩ fŭgïtīvi susceptio
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king possesses over all men in Wessex; that is . . . and [the penalty] for harbouring a fugitive, L.
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ofer-módigian
to be proud or haughty, to be puffed up with pride
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Hwý gé ofer óðre men ofermódigen, Met. 17, 16
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