be-hǽs
A self-command ⬩ vow ⬩ promise ⬩ behest ⬩ votum
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Hence our behest; votum He fela behǽsa behét he promised many vows Chr. 1093; Th. 359, 33
hlæd-disc
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A dish on which many things are heaped up [?]; satura [MS. satira], Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 69; Wrt. Voc. 26, 66
sunu
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Add: gen. syna Ðéra þeówra manna hió an hyre syna dehter Eádgyfe, C. D. vi. 132, 31. v. bróþor-, dohtor-, sweostor-sunu
treów-lic
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Add: safe, to be trusted Treówlicre hit is be staðe tó [swim]manne ðonne út on sǽ tó seglanne, Prov. K. 64
beorn-þreát
A band of men or warriors ⬩ virorum turma
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A band of men or warriors; virorum turma Monig beornþreát many a band of warriors Exon. 96 a; Th. 358, 24
festen
A fastness ⬩ fortress ⬩ mūnīmentum
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A fastness, fortress; mūnīmentum Hí manige festena and castelas abrǽcon they demolished many fastnesses and castles, Chr. 1094; Erl. 230, 35
folc-geriht
Folk-right ⬩ publĭcum jus
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Folk-right; publĭcum jus Feola syndon folc-gerihtu there are many folk-rights, L. R. S. 21; Th. i. 440, 25
ciric-dór
A church-door ⬩ ecclesiæ porta
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A church-door; ecclesiæ porta Se ðe man ofslehþ binnan ciricdórum [MS. -derum] sylle ðære cirican cxx scillinga let him who slays a man within church-doors give to the church 120 shillings, L. Eth. vii. 13; Th. i. 332, 9
Mon-íg
The Isle of Man or Anglesey ⬩ Mona
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The Isle of Man or Anglesey; Mona Ðá gehergodon hí Moníge [Mæníge] then they harried the Isle of Man, Chr. 1000 (ed. Thorpe). Moníge Brytta eáland Angelcynnes ríce hé underþeódde Mevanias insulas imperio subjugavit Anglorum, Bd. 2, 9; S. 510, 16
brǽc
Breach ⬩ breaking ⬩ destruction
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Breach, breaking, destruction His sunu cwæþ ꝥ hé nolde geþafian ꝥ man swá deórwurðne cræft (an astronomical instrument) tócwýsan sceolde, bútan man þá hálgan wurpe on háte ofnas, gif his fæder nǽre hǽled æfter þǽre brǽce, Hml. S. 5, 292
feald
fold
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fold (as a multiplicative) Þæt man ǽlcne ceáp mihte be twám fealdum (be twiefealdan, S. 248, 2) bet geceápian þonne man ǽr mihte ut duplicia quam usque ad id fuerant rerum venalium pretia statuerentur, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 113, 37
un-geriht
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Gif þonne ǽgber ge sé þe man swang, ge sé þe man for ylde swingan ne mæg, bégen beón ungerihte (incorrigibiles), 61, 35
Linked entry: ge-rihtan
ymb-scrýdan
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Ðone man þe se cyning wile wurðian man sceal embscrýdan mid cynelican reáfe homo, quem rex honorare cupit-debet indui vestibus regiis, Hml. A. 99, 231. Seó cwén stent ymb-scrýd (emb-, v.l.) mid fáhnyssum (circumamicta varietate), 28, 109. Add
hand-scyldig
Liable to the penalty of losing the hand
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Liable to the penalty of losing the hand Se ðe gewundaþ man binnan ciricwagum se biþ handscyldig he that wounds a man within church walls shall be liable to lose his hand, L. Eth. vii. 13; Th. i. 332; 9
ge-ascian
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Hét se cásere georne smeágan hwǽr man ǽfre þá hálgan geáxian mihte . . . Man áxode on porte . . . man scrútnode on ǽlcere stówe þær man hí ǽfre geáxian cúðe ; ne mihte hí nán man náhwer findan, Hml. S. 23, 264-269.
gum-þegen
A man
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A man, Exon. 79b; Th. 298, 11; Crä. 83
ǽrne
early morning
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On ǽrnemergen primo mane, Coll. M. 20, 29. On ealne ǽrnemergen, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 14. On ǽrnemorgen (ǽrmergen, -morgen, v. ll.) mane primo, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 578, 23
-hád
- 1070 ;
- Erl. 209, 35
ge-trýwe
TRUE ⬩ faithful ⬩ fīdus ⬩ fĭdēlis
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He eallum mannum sǽde and bodode ðæt wuldor his getrýwan þeówes omnĭbus fĭdēlis sui fămŭli glōriam prædĭcābat, Bd. 3, 13; S. 539, 10. Gif þegen hæbbe getrýwne man if a thane have a true man, L. C. S. 23; Th. i. 388, 16.
of-hreówan
to cause grief or pity ⬩ to feel pity
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Him of hreow ðæs mannes he was sorry for man, Homl.