níd-wracu
Violence ⬩ misery caused by violence
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Violence, misery caused by violence Wæs ðæt gewin láð and longsum, ðe on ða leóde becom, nýdwracu níþgrim, nihtbealwa mǽst, Beo. Th. 388; B. 193. Hyne God wolde nergan wið níþum, and hyra nýdwræce deópe déman, Exon. Th. 135, 17; Gú. 525
ciric-sceat
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Cf. circan lád under lád
ǽ-bær
Brought to light (of the criminal or the crime where guilt is manifest), notorious, proved
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Substitute: Brought to light (of the criminal or the crime where guilt is manifest), notorious, proved Ǽbǽre (-bére) morð ( apertum murdrum, (Lat. Vers.) Ll. Th. i. 410, 5. Ábǽre, Wlfst. 274, 24. Se ǽbǽra þeóf fur probatus (Lat. Vers.) Ll.
áwyrn
Before ? ⬩ antea ⬩ olim ? ⬩ anywhere ⬩ in any place ⬩ alicubi
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Fox; Manning says, - perhaps for áhwǽr, anywhere, in any place; alicubi Ne hýrde ic guman áwyrn [gumena fyrn, Grn.] ǽnigne ǽr ǽfre bringan sélran láre I have not heard before any other man ever bring better lore, Menol. Fox 200
wéstan
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To lay waste, devastate, desolate Hine wilde deór wéstaþ and frettaþ singularis ferus depastus est eam Ps. Th. 79, 13. Hí his wícstede wéstan locum ejus desolaverunt 78, 7. Hié wæron ðæt lond herigende and wéstende, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 20
ge-æfstgian
to be envious
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to be envious Ne gefiólle hé nó on swǽ opene scylde ðæt hé his bróður ofslóge, gif hé ǽr ne geæfstgode (æfstgade, v. l.) ðætte his bróður lác wǽron ðancweordlícor onfongne ðonne his (nisi Cain invidisset acceptam fratris hostiam), Past. 235, 3
ge-metlic
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Lǽrð ús Godes engel stilnesse and gemetlice sprǽce . . . Lǽrð ús se deófol unstillnesse and ungemetlíce hleahtras and unnytte sprǽce, Wlfst. 233, 13-18
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ge-inseglian
To seal ⬩ to impress with a seal ⬩ signare ⬩ obsignare
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Lá hú ne ðás þingc geinseglode on goldhordum mínum nonne hæc signata in thesauris meis, Cant. Moys. Isrl. Lamb. 194 a, 34 : Th. Apol. 20, 10 : 21, 2
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tunge
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Ðá betǽhte Ecgferð on hálre tungan ( in plain language) land and bóc Dúnstáne, Chart. Th. 208, ii: 272, 5. (v. hál. ) Wið andan and wið ða micelan mannes tungan, Lchdm. i. 384, 22.
Mæð-hild
leód
A people ⬩ nation ⬩ race ⬩ country
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A people, nation, race, district occupied by a people [v. preceding word, and cf. mǽgþ],country Hit wæs hwílum on Engla lagum ðæt leód and lagu fór be geþincþum at one time it was in the laws of the English, that the people and the law went according
híwisc
A family, ⬩ household, ⬩ house; ⬩ also a hide of land
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God bebéad Moyse ðæt hé and eall Israhéla folc sceoldon offrian æt ǽlcum híwisce Gode án lamb ánes geáres God commanded Moses that he and all the people of Israel should offer a lamb of the first year to God from every family [a lamb for an house, Ex.
teorung
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Fainting, failing, exhaustion Sum gemyndleás wíf férde wórigende geond wudas and feldas and ðǽr gelæg ðǽr hí seó teorung gelette a certain witless woman went wandering about the woods and fields, and lay down where exhaustion prevented her going further
weorold-wita
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A secular or lay councillor Gif feohbót áríseþ, swá swá wise woroldwitan tó steóre gesettan, L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 5. Wíse eác wǽron woroldwitan ðe ǽrest gesettan tó godcundan rihtlagan worldlaga, vii. 24; Th. i. 334, 21.
send
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A present Ne sí munece álýfed þæt hé ǽnig gewrit oþþe sende oðþe lác from hyra mágum oþþe from ǽnigum óþrum men underfón nullatenus liceat monacho neque a parentibus suis neque quoquam hominum litteras, eulogias, vel quelibet munuscula accipere, R.
rím-áþ
An oath taken by a person and by the number of persons he brings with him as compurgators
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(cf. the expressions in Norse law tylptar-, séttar-eiðr, oaths in which twelve, six persons respectively took part)
a-stælan
To charge ⬩ impute
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.: To charge,impute Ꝥ mé nǽfre deófol on ástǽlan ne mæge ꝥ ic buton andetnesse beó mínra synna that the devil may never be able to lay to my charge that I am without confession of my sins, Ll. Th. ii. 264, 15
LUFU
LOVE
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And ðar þegen áge twegen costas lufe oððe lage and hé ðonne lufe geceóse and where a thane has a choice of two courses, love or law [an amicable settlement or appeal to law] and he choose the former, L. Eth. iii. 13; Th. i. 298, 5.
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tácor
A husband's brother, brother-in-law
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A husband's brother, brother-in-law Tácor (tácur) levir, Txts. 74, 598. Tácor, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 27, 20: levir, i. frater mariti, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 31. Tácor, ðæt is brýdguma[n] bróðor levirum, ii. 84, 16. Tácor, 50, 30: Hpt. Gl. 498, 75
á-íþan
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To lay waste, destroy, devastate Áiéþan abolere, Wrt.Voc. ii. 5, 7. Hé wolde for wera synnum eall áǽðan þæt on eorðan wæs, Gen. 1280. Áiéðende exterminans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 53: 31, 27. Áíþende demolitus, 25, 41. [O. H.