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for-gildan

(v.)

to pay backrestorepay damagesto pay forbuy offto repaypay outrequiteto payperform

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H. 91, 16. with acc. of compensation paid Gif man mannan ofslæhð . . . ealne leód forgelde . . . þá mágas healfne leód forgelden, Ll. Th. i. 8, 6, 8.

twi-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
twi-feald, adj.
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Unclǽnu and twiefeald mód impura corda, Swt. 245, 12. double (as in bent double), placed together Ǽlc wág biþ gebiéged twiefeald on ðæm heale duplex semper est in angulis paries Past. 35; Swt. 245, 13.

fæstlíce

(adv.)

fastfirmlyconstantlypersistencefaststrictlyspeedily at once

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Similar entries Cf. fæste; I Ðú gestaþoladest eorþan swíþe fæstlíce ꝥ heó ne helt on náne healfe, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 36. Hié þá ingehygd heora heortan ful fæstlíce on þone heofonlican hyht gestaþelodon, Bl. H. 135, 29: Jul. 270: El. 427: Hy. 4, 37.

leornian

(v.)
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Leorna þé seolfa and geþancmeta þíne móde on hwilce healfe þú wille hwyrft dón, Gen. 1916. Leornigeað (discite) hwæt is, 'Ic wylle mildheortnesse næs onsægdnesse,' Mt. 9, 13.

wæl

(n.)
Grammar
wæl, es; n.

the slainthe deada number of slain,a single corpsea slain personslaughtercarnagedestruction

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Hit næs ná gesǽd hwæt Pirruses folces gefeallen wǽre, for ðon hit næs þeáw ðæt mon ǽnig wæl on ða healfe rímde ðe wieldre wæs (mos est, ex ea parte quae vicerit occisorum non commemorare numerum) Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 156, 21.

háwian

(v.)
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heó geseón wolden, þridde þæt hí magen geseón þæt þæt hí geháwian tria ad animam pertinent, ut sana sit, ut aspiciat, ut videat, 4. where the direction or end of a look is marked by a preposition, to look after, on, to. physical Hé beseah on ǽghwilce healfe

sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
sceaft, es; m.

A smooth, round, straight stick or pole, a shaftthe shaft of a speara spearthe shaft of an arrowa polea taper

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candelstæf The word occurs in the passage that defines the distance to which the king's 'grið' extended, but the origin of the phrase, of which it forms part, is not evident Ðus feor sceal beón ðæs cinges grið fram his burhgeate ðǽr hé is sittende on feówer healfe

open

(adj.)
Grammar
open, adj.

Opennot shut,allowing ingress or egressof a doorof the eyesnot closed upnot covered, not protecteddeclared, publicnot secret, not concealed, discovered, brought to light (in reference to things where concealment is desired)without attempt at concealment manifest, clear, plain, evident

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Skt. 1, 51. of a door Ðonne andydan hié ða duru ðe on ða healfe open wæs ( the door that opened on that side). . . and mið ðæm ðe hié ðara dura hwelce opene gesáwon. Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 106, 14-16.

LǼCE

(n.)
Grammar
LǼCE, es; m.

A LEECHdoctorphysiciana leech

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B. lǽcas] náht mycel hǽlan bútan ðisse wyrte certainly, doctors cannot heal much without this plant, Herb. 20, 4; Lchdm. i. 114, 22. Lǽcas lǽraþ ðisne lǽcedóm, L. M. 2, cont. 18, 20; Lchdm. ii. 160, 17, 22. Lǽceas secgaþ, 19; Lchdm. ii. 160, 19.

Linked entries: lǽca léce

weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ, weorþe, worþ, wurþ, wyrþ, es; n.
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worth, value, of things Underwed ðæt sý ðæs orfes óðer healf weorð a security that is half as much again as the value of the cattle, L. O. D. 1 ; Th. i. 352, 9. Be ðæs ceápes weorðe (wyrðe, v. l. ), L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 16.

strengðu

(n.)
Grammar
strengðu, (o); indecl. : strengð, e; f.
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Ic eów healde strengðu staþolfæstre, Exon. Th. 31, 3; Cri. 490. In ðære gǽstes strengðu, 40, 14; Cri. 638. Beón wiðmeten ðinre strengðe comparari fortitudini tuae, Deut. 3, 24: Ps. Spl. 38, 14. On strengðe horses, 146, 11.

inne

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Inne on healle, B. 642. Inne in ræcede, Mód. 17. Þám þe inne gehýdde wrǽte under wealle, B. 3059. (a β) with þǽr (i) demonstrative :-- Hé fand þǽr inne æðelinga gedriht swefan, B. 118: Dan. 275. ꝥ þú þǽr to morgne mæssan inne gesinge, Bl.

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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On healfa gehwone, Beo. Th. 1604; B. 800.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

tela

(adv.)
Grammar
tela, teala, teola, telo, tiolo; adv.

Well.well, rightly, aright, correctlywell, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainlywell, prosperously, happilywell, in a beneficial or pleasant mannermarking degree, very, to a great extentas an exclamation, well, good

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Th. 432, 19; Rä. 49, 2. well, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainly Heald forð tela sibbe continue without interruption to maintain peace, Beo. Th. 1901; B. 948. Wudufuglas tela átemede, Met. 13, 36. Ic ðé teala forgulde ealle ða gehát, Ps.

be-healdan

(v.)
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Hí beheóldon Moises aspiciebant tergum Moysi, Ex. 33, 8: Kr. 64. to watch, observe Hiǽ biheóldun (-heáld-. L.) hine obseruabant eum. Mk. R. 3, 2. Ne behealdon gé heofenan ne sunnan, Deut. 4, 19.

útan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
útan, (-on); adv. prep. A. adv.

from withoutwithouton the outsideon the outsideon the surfaceoutwardlyaboutroundoutaway from land

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Kmbl. 32; Leás. 18. with ymb or be and verbs of motion or rest, about, round Ðæt hé hine ǽghwonon útan ymbsáwe (cf. behealde hé on feówer healfe, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 21), Met. 10, 4. Útan behwerfed, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 35: Met. 13, 77, 78.

Linked entries: útane úton út-weard

weall

(n.)
Grammar
weall, es; m.

a wall that is made, wall of a building, of a town, side of a cave a natural wall a steep hill a cliff.

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Ðæt wæter stód an twá healfa ðære strǽte swilce twégen hége weallas erat aqua quasi murus, Ex. 14, 22. Under wealla hleó, Cd. Th. 259, 13; Dan. 691. Binnan ðære ylcan cyricean weallum ( muris ), Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 43.

ge-férscipe

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Th. ii. 242, 18. an association, a guild Scute ǽlc man swá pænig, swá healfne, be þæs geférscipes mænio, Ll. Th. i. 234, 10.

ge-tellan

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Heó wearð heálic gyden geteald, Wlfst. 106, 14. adj. Hé is geteald árwurðost ealra þǽra goda, Wlfst. 106, 20: Chr. 1086; P. 221, 29. Hé bið scyldig geteald poenae reus addicitur, Past. 459, 27.

hǽlu

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</b> that which produces spiritual health or well-being :-- Is wel gecueden ðætte ðæt flǽsclice líf sié ðǽre heortan hǽlo vita carnium sanitas cordis, Past. 235, 22.