Sunnan-dæg
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More specifically there are prohibitions of Sunday trading Sunnandæges cýpinge gif hwá ágynne, þolie ðæs ceápes and twelf órena mid Denum and .xxx. sciłł. mid Englum, L. E. G. 7; Th. i. 170, 15: L. Ath. i. 24; Th. i. 212, 15: L.
worþig
enclosed homestead ⬩ a place surrounded by buildings ⬩ place ⬩ street ⬩ platea
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Stoke, iii. 155, 27. .viii. mansas agelluli, ibidem ubi uulgares prisco more uocitant æt Worðige, v. 240, 9. Worðig, vi. 244, 13, is agellus in the body of the Charter, iv. 150, 26.
ge-sprecan
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S. 23 b, 707. of more or less formal speech, to address Hé árás and þá gebróðru gespræc (cf. him tó spræc fratres allocutus est. Gr. D. 105, 16) : ' ' Heó gespæc deór alloquitur bestiam, An. Ox, 4899.
hold
Kind, ⬩ friendly, ⬩ pleasant, ⬩ favourable, ⬩ gracious [of a prince to his subject], ⬩ faithful, ⬩ loyal, ⬩ devoted, ⬩ liege [of a subject to his prince]
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Wé witon ðæt ǽghwylcum men biþ leófre swá hé hæbbe holdra freónda má we know that the more faithful friends a man has the better he likes it, Blickl. Homl. 123, 1: Beo. Th. 979; B. 487.
HÚ
How
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Hú micele swíðor how much more? 68, 24. On hú manegum wísum is Godes weorc? Boutr. Scrd. 18, 14. Hú fela se hǽlend him dyde quanta sibi fecisset ihesus, Mk. Skt. 5, 20. Hú fela sagena hig ongén ðé secgeaþ quanta adversum te dicant testimonia, Mt.
weorþ
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Nán man nán þing ne bycge ofer feówer peninga weorð ( that costs more than fourpence ), L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 3. Þéh ðe hé hié sume wið feó gesealde, hé ðæt weorð nolde ágan ðæt him mon wið sealde, Ors. 4, 10 ; Swt. 198, 17.
ge-bétan
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Hex. 26, 25-27. ꝥ hé his geféra wǽre tó þám cynge, and his wísa wið hine gebétte (would make his relations with the king more satisfactory), Chr. 1050; P. 169, 31.
hrædlíce
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Ðeáh hí hit hrædlíce ætsomne ne gestriéndon quibus festina mors repente et simul abstulit, quidquid eorum nequitia nec simul nec repente congregavit, Past. 332, 16-18.
heáfod
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On móres heáfod, C. D. B. iii. 336, 19. On hanslædes heáfdan . . . on catedenes heáfdan, C. D. iii. 380, 26-29. Tó ceólan heáfdan, 462, 21. Be ðǽra æcera heáfdan, vi. 79, 12 : iii. 420, 16. Be heáfdan, 444, 14. Andlang fyrh tó ðon heáfdon, 437, 22.
dwelian
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K. 148, 5. moral Hý dwelode deófol, Wlfst. 11, 8: 156, 8. Hí ne gelýfdan on riht ... ac mid manegum gedwyldum dwelodan (-edon, v. l. ) þá Crístenan, Hml. S. 3, 357. Þá dwolmen dwelodon þone cásere, 312. Cf. dwolian
first
time ⬩ respite ⬩ (additional) time ⬩ in time
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Hé ongan cleopian: 'Fyrst la oð morgen' coepit clamare: 'Inducias vel usque mane,' Gr. D. 326, 13. Him ðyncð ðæt hé hæbbe fierst genógne tó hreówsianne tempus subsequens ad poenitentiam pollicetur, Past. 415, 34. Tó fyrstan ad inducias, An.
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sceáwung
a looking at, contemplation, consideration ⬩ respect,regard ⬩ reconnoitring, surveying, examination ⬩ a spectacle, show ⬩ a show, appearance, pretence
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Ǽrest ic hyt leornode myd ðám eágum, syððan myð ðam ingeþance ... ac syððan ic hyt ongyten hæfde ðá forlǽt ic ða sceáwunga mid ðam eágum, Shrn. 175, 8. respect,regard Nis scáwung heora deáþes non est respectus morti eorum, Ps.
wéste
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Of ðissum wídum, wéstum mórum a desertis montibus, Ps.
hwilc-hwega
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Hé gedyde hwylcehueu (sume lytle, v. l.) yldinge paululum moram fecit Gr. D. 88, 23. Hæfde ic þá giét hwylchwugu gemynd þǽre unrótnesse ego nondum penitus moeroris oblitus Bt. 36, l; F. 170, 26. Þæs flǽsces hwylcnehwugu dǽl, Hml.
hyge
Mind ⬩ heart ⬩ soul
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Hige sceal ðé heardra heorte ðé cénre ðé úre mægen lytlaþ the firmer must courage be, braver the heart, the more our force dwindles, Byrht. Th. 140, 62; By. 312. Hyge weallende a mind agitated by violent emotions. Andr. Kmbl. 3415; An. 1711.
lád
a course ⬩ way ⬩ a lode ⬩ watercourse ⬩ carrying ⬩ carriage ⬩ bringing ⬩ Sustenance ⬩ provision
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Sustenance, provision, means of subsistence: -- Ne sceal se dryhtnes þeów in his módsefan máre gelufian eorþan ǽhtwelan ðonne his ánes gemet ðæt hé his líchoman láde hæbbe nor shall the servant of the Lord love more of earth's posessions, than a sufficiency
LEÓF
LIEF ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ acceptable ⬩ loved ⬩ beloved ⬩ dear ⬩ a friend ⬩ loved one
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Ǽghwilcum men biþ leófre swá hé hæbbe holdra freónda má the more true friends he has, the better every man likes it, Blickl. Homl. 121, 36.
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ge-weorþian
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IV a. in reference to subjects divine or sacred. of honour shewn to a divinity, to worship, adore Aldro úso in móre ðisum geworðadun (adorarunt) and gie cuæðas ꝥte in Hierusolymis . . . geuorðage (adorare) gedæfnad is . . .
lust
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Úsic lust hweteð on þá leódmearce, An. 286. þæt ic þé mæge lust áhwettan that I may whet your appetite, i. e. make you more ready (to take us as passengers ), 303.
heán
low ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ ignoble ⬩ base ⬩ humbled ⬩ depressed ⬩ dejected ⬩ cast down ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched ⬩ mean ⬩ base ⬩ low
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Deáð þone rícan gelíce and þone heánan ofswelgþ and swá geemnet þá rícan and þá heánan mors involvit humile pariter et celsum caput, aequatque summis infima, Bt. 19; F. 68, 33. Ealle gelíce on woruld cumað, wlance and heáne, Met. 17, 6.