feþe-leás
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Sum deáf man and féþeleás, ofer þone man becóm godcund wracu . . . Ꝥ hé ne meahte ne gehýran ne gangan. Ac hé gecreáp in þæs eádgan Berhtinus ciricean . . . Þá meahte hé gehýran and gangan, Shrn. 126, 22.
hæftan
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Add: to give in charge to, handover to Ne ǽnig man óðerne tó nearwe ne hæfte, ne on unriht ne geþeówige let not any man imprison other too straitly, nor wrongfully enslave, Wlfst. 70, 6.
am-byre
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Substitute: Unfavourable, contrary (of wind) Þyder, hé cwæð, þæt man ne mihte geseglian on ánum n, mónðe, gyf man . . . ǽlce dæge hæfde ambyrne wind, Ors. l, I ; Bos. 21, 20. [Cf. Icel. aud-viðri a head wind. Mod. Icel. and-byrr (= mðt-byrr). (Dr.
brycg-bót
a bridge ⬩ a repairing ⬩ A repairing or restoring of a bridge ⬩ pontis restitutio vel instauratio
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[brycg a bridge, bót a repairing] A repairing or restoring of a bridge; pontis restitutio vel instauratio Brycgbóta aginne man georne let a man diligently begin the repairing of bridges, L. C.
be-faran
To go round ⬩ to travel through ⬩ go all over ⬩ to traverse ⬩ to go ⬩ march ⬩ encompass ⬩ to surround ⬩ peragrare ⬩ circumvenire
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To go round, to travel through, go all over, to traverse, to go, march, encompass, to surround; peragrare, circumvenire Ne befaraþ ge Israhéla burga ǽrðan ðe mannes sunu cume ye shall not go over the cities of the Israelites before the son of man come
Linked entry: be-féran
drihtin-beáh
A lord-ring or money paid for slaying a freeman. In the laws of Edward the Confessor it is called Manbóte
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Gif man frigne mannan ofsteahþ, cyninge l scillinga to drihtin-beáge if any one slay a freeman, [let him pay] fifty shillings to the king, as 'drihtin-beah,' L. Ethb. 6; . i. 4, 6, 7
Linked entry: dryhten-beáh
metsian
to feed ⬩ to furnish with provisions
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Him man metsod they were furnished with provisions, 1006; Erl. 141, 11
Linked entries: metian ge-metsian
scearu
The share ⬩ pubes
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Schore, privy part of a man pubes, Prompt. Parv. 448. v. Lchdm. ii. Glossary
wíf-hád
womanhood
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Wífhádes man femina, i. 70, 18 : Homl. Th. ii. 10, 12: 94, 30. Se ðe handlaþ wífhádes mannes líc, Basil admn. 7; Norm. 50, 11. God ána wát hú his gecynde biþ, wífhádes oððe weres, Exon. Th. 223, 9; Ph. 357.
weorold-bearn
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A child of earth, a man, Exon. Th. 493, 9 ; Rä. 81, 27
á-metsian
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To provide food for Man him ámetsode, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 27 note
drync-gemet
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Measure of drink Ꝥ man ne mæge ꝥ drincgemett bringan forð, Nap. 17
ǽl-hýd
An eel-skin
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An eel-skin Man sceal habban ǽlhýde, ofnrace, mexscofle, Angl. ix. 265, 2
Linked entry: hýd
hamelian
To mutilate ⬩ to mutilate ⬩ some had their hands or feet cut off ⬩ mutilare ⬩ mutilatus
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To mutilate Sume man hamelode some were mutilated, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 38
Linked entry: hamel
folc-biorn
A popular man ⬩ pŏpŭlāris vir
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A popular man; pŏpŭlāris vir Folc-biorn, Beo. Th. 4444; B. 2221
Linked entry: folc-beorn
un-byrged
Unburied
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Unburied Se cásere bebeád ðæt hine man forléte unbyrgedne, Shrn. 57, 1
Linked entry: byrgan
Bulgarisc
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Bulgarian Bulgarisc man, Gr. D. 300, 21, 23. v. Pulgare in Dict
Linked entry: Pulgarisc
meox-scofl
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A dung-shovel Man sceal habban . . . ofurace, mexscofle, Angl. ix. 265, 3
unrihthǽmed-fremere
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An adulterer, a fornicator man þe . . . beóþ oferdrinceras and unrihthǽmedfremeras, Nap. 66
were-wulf
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a man ; for double forms (were-, wer-) cf. wer-gild, were-gild