ǽrendung
carrying a message, acting as an emisary ⬩ a message, an errand
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Substitute: carrying a message, acting as an emisary Gif hwylc bróðor gedyrstlǽcð ðæt hé ǽnige geþeódrǽdene nime wið ðone ámánsumedan, oðþe þurh ǽnige sprǽce oðþe þurh ǽniges óþres mannes ǽrendunge by any other man's carrying a message R.
bí-word
A BYEWORD, proverb ⬩ proverbium
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[be, bí by, word a word] A BYEWORD, proverb; proverbium Man segþ [seið MS.] to bíworde, 'hæge sitteþ ða æceras dǽleþ' man saith for a proverb, 'the hedge abides which fields divides,' Chr. 1130; Erl. 259, 13. Bíword, bíwyrd proverbium, Cot. 157
for-þingian
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Substitute for 'intercede for the man' 'make arrangements for the wergild.'
beór-byden
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A beer-barrel Man sceal hibban. . . beórbydene, Angl. ix. 264, 16
melu-hédern
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a meal-storehouse Man sceal habban . . . meluhúdern. Angl. ix. 265, 2
Linked entry: hédd-ern
scuccen
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Devilish, diabolic Man tóheów þá sticmǽlum þone sceoccenan god, Nap. 55
Linked entry: sceoccen
tó-heáwan
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Man tóheów þá sticmǽlum þone sceoccenan god, Nap. 55, 27. Add
land-hláford
a land-lord
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a land-lord, an owner of land, lord of the manor Tódǽle man ða eahta dǽlas on twá and fó se landhláford tó healfum tó healfum se bisceop sý hit cynges man sý hit þegnes [cf. H.
Linked entry: hláford
ge-dwellan
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Manna mód syndon áþýstrode and ádysgode and gedwealde þæt hí ǽfre sceolon lǽtan þæt deófol hig gedwellan Wlfst. 185, 11-14. Gedweald, Bt. 24, 4; F. 84, 33 (v. ge-dwelian; 2 at end).
lǽce-cræftig
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which reason he composed a good-morning drink for all infirmities that stir throughout man's body, Lchdm. iii. 70, 16
up-rihte
uprightly ⬩ erectly ⬩ right up ⬩ exactly overhead ⬩ in the zenith
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Mann ána gǽþ uprihte, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 30: Homl. Skt. i. 1, 57. Ðá árás se cnapa and uprihte eode, 6, 41. right up, exactly overhead, in the zenith Gǽð seó suntte uprihte (upp-, MS. P.) on ðam sumerlícan sunnstede on middæge, Lchdm. iii. 258, 15
hirwan
to despise ⬩ scorn ⬩ derision ⬩ scorn ⬩ to blaspheme ⬩ blame
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Srt. 21, 8. in contrast with herian: Man eal hyrweð þæt man sceolde herian, Wlfst. 165, 3. Man oft herede þæt man scolde hyrwan, and tó forð hyrwde þæt man scolde herigean, 168, 12: Ll.
ge-méde
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[Themu manne te gimódea for the satisfaction of the man, Hél. 3207. O. H. Ger. ge-muati what is agreeable.] See next word
hentan
to seize ⬩ take ⬩ to arrest ⬩ to capture ⬩ strike ⬩ to try to get
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Se cásere beád þ man swíðe georne sceolde cépan crístenra manna, and gehwá þǽr hé mihte heora be feore hente Hml. S. 23, 49. to capture an animal Þá woldon þá hǽþenan he[n]tan þǽre leó, ac heó gelælite ǽfre ǽnne and æune, Hml.
irfe-geflit
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A dispute about inheritance Ðá gehýrde wé manegu yrfegeflitu then did we hear of many disputes about the inheritance, Chart. Th. 486, 12
Linked entry: ge-flit
on-hnígan
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Add Hé tó manna fótum onhnáh (-hnág, v. l. ), Hml. A. 151, 9. Nis gedafenlic ꝥ þú tó mínum fótum onhníge, 156, 124
út-leóriende
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Þá útleóriendan sáwle þára rihtwísra manna, 337, 19
ælmes-gifa
An almsgiver
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An almsgiver Sé ðe wǽre gítsiende óðra manna þinga, weorðe of his ágenan rihte begytenan ælmesgyfa (-gifa, v. l.) georne, Wlfst. 72, 4
Linked entry: gifa
fore-wyrcan
To work for ⬩ do anything for anyone ⬩ făcĕre alĭquid pro alĭquo
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To work for, do anything for anyone; făcĕre alĭquid pro alĭquo Se man ðane óðerne æt rihte gebrenge, oððe riht forewyrce let the man bring the other to justice, or do justice for him, L. H. E. 15; Th. i. 34, 2
lendan
To arrive
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To arrive, come to land Man hine lǽdde tó Eligbyrig ... sóna swá hé lende on scype man hine blende he was brought to Ely ... as soon as he arrived he was blinded on board ship, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 27; Ælf. Tod. 14