deáþ-scyldig
Death-guilty, condemned ⬩ damnātus
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Death-guilty, condemned; damnātus Gif deáþscyldig man scriftspræce gyrne if a man guilty of death desire confession, L. E. G. 5; Th. i. 168, 24: L. C. S. 44; Th. i. 402, 3
handlinga
With the hands
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With the hands Nis be him gerǽd ðæt hé handling ǽnigne man ácwealde it is not read of him that he killed any man with his own hands, Homl. Th. i. 386, 1
cú-cealf
A cow's calf ⬩ vaccæ vitulus
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A cow's calf; vaccæ vitulus Gif man of myran folan adrífþ oððe cúcealf if a man drives off a mare's foal or a cow's calf L. Alf. pol. 16; Th. i. 70, 23
þrístlǽcness
Boldness ⬩ audacity ⬩ temerity ⬩ presumption
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Gyf man þurh þrýstlǽcnysse man fullaþ si quis ex temeritate aliquem baptizaverit, L. Ecg. P. addit. 30; Th. ii. 236, 34
heán-líce
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Man sceal þá geoguðe geómorlíce lǽdan gehæft heánlíce mid heardum bendum and swá bysmorlíce bringan of heora éðle, Wlfst. 295, 17. Sume hí man heánlice hættode, Chr. 1036; Th. i. 294, 7, col. 2. Add
scyttan
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Gr. 37; Zup. 220, 2. to discharge a debt Ic wille ðæt man selle ðæt land et Fersafeld . . . and recna man iungere Brún án marc gol and mid ðan láue scytte man mína borgas ( my loans shall be paid off ), Chart. Th. 568, 19
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hæg-weard
A hayward, the keeper of cattle in a common field, who prevented trespass on the cultivated ground, ⬩ agellarius
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sworn at the court, took care of the tillage, paid the labourers, and looked after trespasses and encroachments : he was termed fields-man or tithing-man, and his wages in 1425 were a noble.
folc-riht
Folkright ⬩ common law ⬩ public right ⬩ the understood compact by which every freeman enjoys his rights as a freeman ⬩ publícum jus ⬩ commūne ⬩ τὸ κοινόν
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him man rihte dómas déme let God's right be exalted; and henceforth let every man, both poor and rich, be worthy of folk-right, and let a man have right dooms judged to him, L.
Linked entries: folc-geriht leód-riht
sáwel-sceatt
An ecclesiastical due
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And sáulsceat is rihtast ðæt man symle gelǽste æt openum græfe; and gif man ǽnig líc of rihtscriftscíre elles hwár lecge, gelǽste man sáulsceat swá ðéh intó ðam mynstre ðe hit tó hýrde, L.
Linked entry: sáwel-gescot
a-fyllan
To fell ⬩ to strike or beat down ⬩ to overturn ⬩ subvert ⬩ lay low ⬩ abolish ⬩ slay ⬩ cædere ⬩ occidere ⬩ prosternere ⬩ dejicere ⬩ demoliri ⬩ comprimere ⬩ abrogare
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Ðæt hine man afylle that any one slay him, 38; Th. i. 324, 23 : v. 31; Th. i. 312, 12
rípan
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On ðám man ne mæg náðer ne erian ne rípan, Gen. 45, 6
ge-teón
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Ðonne biþ ðam heard dóm geteód a hard sentence will be the lot of that man, 95, 36. Þurh hwelces monnes hond mín ende wǽre getiód by what man's hand my death was determined; cujus mortem percussoris manu cavendam habeam, Nar. 31, 19: Th. Ch. 483, 15
siþ-fæt
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Add Ǽghwylc crísten mann smeáge on him sylfum hú nearo se síðfæt bid þǽre synfullan sáwle, Verc. Först, 138, 15.
swefecere
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A sleeper Þá gedwyldmen man hǽt on Grécisc Nictates ( = Nyctages), and wé on úre geþeóde slúmeras hí magon oððe swefeceras nemnan, and eác hí man mæg sláperas hátan, Chrd. 26, 2. See next word
freóls-gefa
A freedom-giver ⬩ manumissor
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A freedom-giver; manumissor Gif man his mæn freóls gefe, freólsgefa áge his erfe if any one give freedom to his man, let the freedom-giver have his heritage, L. Win. 8; Th. i. 38, 16
bile-hwít
Simple, sincere, honest, without fraud or deceit, meek, mild, gentle ⬩ simplex, mitis
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Simple, sincere, honest, without fraud or deceit, meek, mild, gentle; simplex, mitis Arnwi munec wæs swíðe gód man and swíðe bilehwít monk Arnwi was a very good man and very meek, Chr. 1041; Erl. 169, 12
mis-þyncan
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to have mistaken ideas Ðá cwæð hé tó ðám cynge: 'Þes man is swíðe æfestful." Ðá cwæí se cyngc: 'Ðé misþingð ( you are mistaken); þes iunga man ne æfestigað on nánum ðingum,' Ap. Th. 14, 25
gálsere
A lustful man ⬩ libīdĭnōsus
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A lustful man; libīdĭnōsus, Off. Reg. 15
drince-fæt
A cup ⬩ calix
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A cup; calix Ic geseah Pharaones drincefæt on míne handa vidēbam călĭcem Pharaōnis in manu mea, Gen. 40, 11, 13
ge-sceaþian
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Add: to do harm Deófol bið á ymbe þæt án, hú hé on manna sáwlum gescaðian mæge, Wlfst. 191, II