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ofer-gǽgan

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Se cásere hét hine bewǽpnian and beforan his ansýne ætstandan . . . swilce ofergǽgendne his hláfordes bebod, Hml. S. 30, 411. Add

ge-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrítan, p. -wrát; pp. -writen

To write ⬩ to give or bestow by writing ⬩ to write along with others ⬩ conscribere

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Æþréd aldorman and æþelflæd mercna hláfordes mid us hit gewriotan Ethelred alderman and Ethelfled, lords ofthe Mercians, joined with us in writing this, 151, 2: Chr. 656; Erl. 32, 20. Seo kyning gewrát the king signed, 23.

mús

(n.)
Grammar
mús, e; f.

a mouse ⬩ a muscle

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Gif gé gesáwen hwelce mús ðæt wǽre hláford ofer óðre mýs, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 2. Mýs sorices. Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 73. [Ðæt gewrit beó geworpen músen tó gnagene, Chart. Th. 318, 28.] a muscle Mús ðæs earmes torus vel musculus vel lacertus Wrt.

ge-ǽbiligan

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Sé ðe bepǽhð ǽnne Godes þeówena, hé geǽbiligð ðone Hláford, Hml. Th. i. 516, 20. Hé ðám fæderum bebeád þæt hí heora bearn ne geǽbiligdon (patres, nolite adiracundiam provocare filios vestros, Eph. 6, 4), ii. 324, 26. Byð geǽbylged indignabitur . Bl.

HWELP

(n.)
Grammar
HWELP, es; m.

A WHELP, ⬩ catulus

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Ða hwelpas etaþ of ðám crumum ðe of hyra hláforda beódum feallaþ catelli edunt de micis quæ cadunt de mensa dominorum suorum, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 27: Mk. Skt. 7, 28

olfend

(n.)
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Wit geségon sittan twégen men on twám olfendum . . . uncer hláford hióld hiora olfendu . . . wit ástigon on þá olfendan þe uncer hláford on cóm . . . þǽr wit bebohtan uncre olfendan, Shrn. 42, 13-44, 1.

leger-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
leger-bǽre, adj.
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Suffering from sickness Bútun hé on hláfordes neóde beó oððe legerbǽre unless he be on his lord's necessary business, or suffering from sickness, Chart. Th. 611, 20

a-gyltan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gyltan, -giltan; p. -gylte, -gilte; pp. -gylt, -gilt [a, gyltan to be guilty]

To fail in duty ⬩ to commit ⬩ become guilty ⬩ offend ⬩ sin against ⬩ delinquere ⬩ committere ⬩ admittere ⬩ peccare

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Twegen afýryde men agylton wið heora hlaford peccaverunt duo eunuchi domino suo. Gen. 40, 1

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tilia

(n.)
Grammar
tilia, tiliga, an; m.
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Ðæs wíngeardes hláford fordéþ ða tiligean (tylian, MS. A. colonos ), Mk. Skt. 12, 2, 7, 9

Linked entry: tiliga

ofer-flówendness

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Lustas heora hláford þurh oferflówednysse tó unlustum gehnexiað, ii. 92, 19. Ðú weliga, tó hwon treówadest þú on þínne welan and on oferflówennysse (-flównessa, v. l. ) þínra góda?, Wlfst. 261, 1

oxan-hirde

(n.)
Grammar
oxan-hirde, es; m.
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Oxanhyrde mót lǽswian .ii. oxan oððe má mid hláfordes heorde on gemǽnre lǽse . . . and his metecú mót gán mid hláfordes oxau, Ll. Th. i. 438, 12-16. Oxanhyrdas bubulcos (-as, MS.). oxanhyrde bubulcus, Hpt. 33, 238, 4-5: An. Ox. 23, 32

wítnere

(n.)
Grammar
wítnere, es; m.

A punisher ⬩ tormentor

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Se hláford sealde hyne ðam wítnerum (tortoribus), Mt. Kmbl. 18, 34. Se heretoga cwæþ: 'Gé beóð gewítnode' . . . Ðá swór se déma, ðæt hí þurh drýcræfte ða stánas áwendon tó heora wítnerum, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 110

ge-neát-man

(n.)
Grammar
ge-neát-man, -mann, es; m. [v. ge-neát]

A tenant, one holding land on payment of rent, 'gafol:'

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A tenant, one holding land on payment of rent, 'gafol:' -Gif geneátmanna hwilc forgýmeleásaþ his hláfordes gafol if any 'geneat-man' neglect the tribute due to his lord, L. Eádg. Suppl; Th. i. 270, 16

hirde-cnapa

(n.)
Grammar
hirde-cnapa, an; m.
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A (young) herdsman Hé let dǽr árǽran his hyrdecnapan cýtan, ꝥ hí ðǽr gehende mid heora hláfordes yrfe lágon. . . . And þá hyrdecnapan . . . ymbe ꝥ wǽron, Hml S. 23, 417-421

ge-treówlíce

(adv.)
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Hláfordas ic lǽrde ꝥ hié getreówlíce Gode hýrdon swá heora hláfordum, Bl. H. 185, 28. confidently Getreówlíce fidenter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 66. Getrióulíce confidenter (ambulat ), Kent. Gl. 326

hux-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
hux-, husc-líc; adj.

Ignominious ⬩ scorn ⬩ insult

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Ðá þuhte him tó huxlíc ðæt hé híran sceolde ǽnigum hláforde it seemed to him too ignominious to obey any lord, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 36. Ðá þuhte ðam heáhgeréfan huxlíc ðæt heó óðerne tealde tóforan his gebyrdum, Homl. Swt. 7, 24

cyne-ríce

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Add: royal power or authority Óswoldes cyneríce wearð gerýmed swá ꝥ feówer þeóda hine underféngon tó hláforde, Hml. S. 26, 104. Næs nán eorðlic cynincg ofer hí cyneríce underféncg, 18, 7. [Laws for a haill country and kinrick, Rob Roy i. 216. v. N.

þæslícness

(n.)
Grammar
þæslícness, e; f.

Fitness ⬩ meetness ⬩ agreement with what is right

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Fitness, meetness, agreement with what is right Ða hláfordas hé manode ðæt hí milde wǽron heora ðeówum mannum mid þæslícnysse (v. Col. 4, 1 : Domini, quod justum est et aequum, servis praestate), Homl. Th. ii. 326, 27

FALS

(n.)
Grammar
FALS, es ; n.

FALSEhood, fraud, counterfeit ⬩ falsum

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Hwí tíhþ úre hláford us swá micles falses why doth our lord accuse us of so great a fraud? Gen. 44, 7

un-áwend

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áwend, -áwended; adj.

Unchanged ⬩ unaltered

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Unchanged, unaltered Hláfordes rihtgifu stande ǽfre unáwend (-áwended, MS. B.), L. C. S. 82; Th. i. 422, 3: Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 231, 17. Ic wille ðæt se fréols stonde unáwent, 219, 20