wæl-reáf
what is taken from the slain ⬩ spoil taken in war ⬩ spoil ⬩ prey ⬩ robbing the slain
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Ic sceal langne hám ána gesécan, lǽt mé on láste líc eorðan dǽl wælreáf wunigean weormum tó hróðre. Apstls. Kmbl. 189; Ap. 95.
Linked entry: weg-reáf
áne
Once ⬩ once for all ⬩ only ⬩ alone ⬩ semel ⬩ solum ⬩ tantum
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Ic bydde ðé, ðæt ðú lǽ te me sprecan áne feáwa worda I pray thee, that thou let me speak only [once for all] few words, Nicod. 11; Thw. 5, 40. Ic ðé ǽne abealh, éce Drihten I alone angered thee, eternal Lord, Cd. 222; Th. 290, 4; Sat. 410
Linked entry: ǽne
gnyrn
Grief ⬩ sorrow ⬩ evil ⬩ wrong
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Grief, sorrow, evil, wrong Lác weorþade ðe hire brungen wæs gnyrna to geóce the gift she honoured that was brought to her as a consolation of sorrows, Elen. Kmbl. 2275; El. 1139.
ge-bodian
To tell ⬩ make known ⬩ announce ⬩ proclaim ⬩ nuntiāre ⬩ annuntiāre
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Ðæt ðǽr nán to láfe ne wearþ ðæt hit to Róme gebodade so that there was none left to tell it at Rome, Ors. 4, ii; Bos. 97, 30: Exon. 10 b; Th. 13, 14; Cri. 202
be-swincan
to labour at
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Nim þín gold, þe lǽs þe hit þé losige ꝥ þú lange beswunce, 12, 219. to labour at, perform with labour Beswanc desudat, An. Ox. 8, 257.
hád-bryce
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This is the rendering in the 'Instituta Cnuti', which gives the first clause of the law thus: Qnicnmque uiolauerit ordinem, sicut est aut monachum aut presbyterum aut aliquem ordinatum uerberauerit aut aliquid huiusmodi fecerit). For Swt. A. S.
heald
Bent, inclined ⬩ leaning, sloping ⬩ clivus, obliquus, pronus
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Ða men lágon áþænede on ðære eorþan mid of dúne healdum ondwleotan the men lay stretched out on the ground with faces turned downwards, Shrn. 81, 26
CRUMA
A CRUMB ⬩ fragment ⬩ mica
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Lege on ðone magan hláfes cruman lay crumbs of bread on the stomach L. M. 2, 12; Lchdm. ii. 190, 15; Homl. Th. ii. 114, 29
Linked entry: croma
neáh-sibb
Related
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Related Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig cristen man ǽfre ne gewífie on his mǽges láfe ðe swá neáhsib (neáh sib, Th.) wǽre, L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 24.
ge-gán
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A. 154, 58. the verb here might be translated to traverse, the Latinof Ethelred's law is: Sicut aratrum peragrabit decimam acram, Ll. Th. i. 338, 22
wíte-þeów
One who had been condemned to slavery for crime ⬩ one in hell
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One who had been condemned to slavery for crime, or from inability to pay the fines incurred for violation of the law. For cases which involved loss of freedom, Similar entries v. þeów.
efnan
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.), efne tó eorðan (lay flat on the ground ) ealdne ceorl; sóna þæt onfindeð, sé þe mec féhð ongeán, þæt hé hrycge sceal hrúsan sécan, Rä. 28, 8. [v. N. E. D. even; vb. 2. Cf. O. H.
ge-clystre
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Srt. ii. 193, 1. ꝥ tó láfe wunodon swýþe feáwa geclystru þára wínbyrgena ut rari racemi remanerent, Gr. D. 57, 9.
heofon-cund
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Mid ðǽm heofoncundan fire wǽron ðá lác forbærndu on ðǽm altere, 222, 23. Gé ne ongitaðþone heofoncundan anweald, Bt. 16, l; F. 48, 31. Þú gemengest þá heofoncundan hider wið eorðan sáula wið líce, Met. 20, 235.
hálian
To become hale, whole, to heal, to get well ⬩ sanescere
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To become hale, whole, to heal, to get well Lege tó ðam sáre hyt sceal berstan and hálian lay to the sore; it shall burst and heal, Herb. 148, 2; Lchdm. i. 272, 21. Hé ðá ongan trumian and háligan ubi sanescere cæpit, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 10.
smocian
To smoke, emit smoke ⬩ To smoke
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R.) mid hǽþe 354, 23. [ Þa iseȝen heo a fur smokien Laym. 25734. Smekyn̄ or smokyn̄ fumo, fumigo Prompt. Parv. 460.]
bútan
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Bútan leódrihte against the law of the land, Andr. Kmbl. 1357; An. 679. without, except; sine, absque, præter Bútan leahtre sine crimine, Mt Bos. 12, 5. Bútan ánum cnihte excepto uno puerulo, Bd. 3, 23; S. 555, 26.
ge-lettan
To hinder ⬩ delay ⬩ let ⬩ stop ⬩ retardare ⬩ impedire
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Ne lǽt ðec síðes getwǽfan láde gelettan lifgendne monn let not living man divert thee from the course, hinder thee from the way, Exon. 123 b; Th. 474, 3; Bo. 24 : 37 b; Th. 123, 29; Gú. 330.
Linked entry: lettan
freólíce
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Laym. freoliche iwapned) kyningc, Chr. 1065; P. 194, 10
ge-hýdan
to hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ condĕre ⬩ abscondĕre ⬩ to watch ⬩ guard ⬩ heed ⬩ observāre ⬩ to bring into safety ⬩ make firm ⬩ fasten ⬩ allĭgāre
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Læg mín flǽschoma niþre gehýded, in byrgenne my body lay hidden beneath, in the sepulchre, 29 a; Th. 89, 34; Cri. 1467 : Elen. Kmbl. 2182; El. 1092.