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FRIÞ

(n.)
Grammar
FRIÞ, fryþ, es; m. n.

Peace ⬩ freedom from molestation ⬩ security guaranteed by law to those under special protection ⬩ agreement ⬩ truce ⬩ league ⬩ pax ⬩ tūtēla ⬩ refŭgium

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Peace, freedom from molestation, security guaranteed by law to those under special protection, e. g. that of the Church, Similar entries v. cyric-friþ. See Stubbs' Const. Hist. i. 180 It seems to have been used for the king's peace or protection in general

HÚSEL

(n.)
Grammar
HÚSEL, húsul, húsl, es; n.

The HOUSEL ⬩ the Eucharist

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The HOUSEL, consecrated bread and wine, the Eucharist Ðæs hláfes wé onbyriaþ ðonne wé mid geleáfan tó húsle gáþ forðan ðe ðæt hálige húsel is gástlíce Cristes líchama that bread we taste when we believingly go to the Lord's supper, for the consecrated

Linked entry: húsl

ge-métan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-métan, he -méteþ, -métt, -mét; p. -métte, pl. -métton; pp. -méted, -métod, -métt, -mét

To find, find out, discover, come upon, meet with ⬩ invĕnīre, compĕrīre

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To find, find out, discover, come upon, meet with; invĕnīre, compĕrīre Ic geméte invĕnio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 4; Som. 34, 49: 37; Som. 39, 6. He holtes hleó heáh geméteþ he finds the wood's, lofty shelter, Exon. 62 a; Th. 227, 27; Ph. 429: Ps. Th. 54, 24:

Linked entries: métan ge-mittan

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
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Add: where there is certainty as to a fact, certainly, without doubt, unquestionably Hé swór ꝥ þá wǽpnu wǽron gewyslíce þǽr on ǽfen, Hml. S. 3, 259. Ꝥ án ús is gewislíce andweard ꝥte þonne biþ, Bt. 42; F. 256, 26. 'Ic wolde witan . . . hwæþer þú wisse

be-þurfan

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Add: personal. implying privation Beþur-fendra egentium, Scinr. 108, 15. to need what will supply insufficiency, defect, what is beneficial Nánes þinges máran hé ne beþearf tfonne hé hæfþ, Bt. 31, 1; F. 122, 7. Sé þe micel inerfe ágan wile, hé beþearf

beorgan

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Add: to protect, to prevent the happening of evil (acc.) to an object (dat. ) Ic mé his hete berh, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 155, 5. with dat. of object alone, to protect, save, guard :-- Hé bewand his heáfod mid ánum cláðe, and bearh him sylfum swíðe georne,

cunnan

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Add: to know. absolute Ge þá þe cunnon, ge þá þe ne cunnon, Bt. 21; F. 72, 31. with acc. Seó óþru leofað, þá ic cann on ansýne and ne can ná hire naman altera superest, quam facie scio, sed nomine nescio, Gr. D. 283, 12. Ðú cans eal ðis wésten, and

scendan

(v.)
Grammar
scendan, p. de

To put to shame, to abuse, insult, harm:

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To put to shame, to abuse, insult, harm: — Ic scendo confundam, Rtl. I. 25. Ðone scamleásan mon mæg ðý bet gebétan ðe hine mon suíður þreáþ and sciend (scent, Cott. MSS. ) impudentes melius corrigit, qui invehendo reprehendit, Past. 31, 1; Swt. 207,

Linked entry: sendeþ

cýðere

(n.)
Grammar
cýðere, es; m.

a witness ⬩ testis ⬩ a witness

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a witness; testis Onarison on me cýðeras unrihtwíse insurrexerunt in me testes iniqui, Ps. Spl. 26, 18. Cýðras testes, 34, 13. Hwí gewilnige we gyt cýðera quid adhuc desideramus testes? Mk. Bos. 14, 63. a martyr, one who bears witness by his death; martyr

lepeþ

(v.)
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Sum sceal wildne fugel átemian ... fédep on feterum ... lepeþ lyftswiftne lytlum gieflum óþ ðæt se wælisca his ǽtgiefan eáþmód weorþeþ, Exon. 88 b; Th. 332, 14-27; Vy. 85-91. Grein compares with M. H. Ger. erlaffen languefacere, the passage would then

til

(prep.)
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prep, (used only in the North) To Fúsæ fearran kwómu æþþilæ til ánum (cf. fúse feorran cwómon tó ðam æðelinge, Rood Kmbl. 115; Kr. 58), Txts. 126, 13. Hé scóp ælda barnum heben til hrófe (cf. tó hrófe, Bd. 4, 24; M. 344, 11), 149, 6. Ðá cueð til (tó,

þeów-níd

(n.)
Grammar
þeów-níd, e; f.
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Violence or force that enslaves or subdues, oppression, enslavement His suhtriga ( Lot) þeównýd þolode; bæd hé (Abraham ) ða rincas ðæs rǽd áhicgan, ðæt his hyldemǽg áhred wurde, Cd. Th. 122, 21; 2030. Wé nú hǽðenra þeównéd (þreánýd, Exon. Th. 187, 1

Þór

(n.)
Grammar
Þór, the Scandinavian form of a name which in English is Þunor (-er),
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one of the gods, Thor Nú secgaþ sume ða Denisce men on heora gedwylde, ðæt se Iouis wǽre, ðe hý þór hátaþ, Mercuries sunu, ðe hí Óðon namiaþ; ac hí nabbaþ ná riht: for ðan ðe wé rǽdaþ on bócum, ge on hǽþenum ge on cristenun, ðæt se hetula Iouis tó sóðan

Linked entry: þunor

wordlian

(v.)
Grammar
wordlian, wurdlian; p. ode

To talk ⬩ discourse

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To talk, discourse Wurdliaþ (changed from wurdiaþ) rhetoricamur, loquimur, . . . snytrian ł wurðlian philosophari, Hpt. Gl. 527, 58-63. Epactas ðe wíse preóstas oft ymbe gerádlíce wurdliaþ, Anglia viii. 300, 45. Hyt geríst ðæt wé ymbe ða epactas wurdlion

á-lesan

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Add: to pick out, select, excerpt Þá cwidas þe þú of þisum bócum álése, Shrn. 200, 15. Þá cwidas þe Ælfréd kinling álæs of þǽre béc, 204, 29. Hé geceás and álæs ( eligens ) ealle þá óðre lác and on sundron áléde, and þá þe Characterius sende hé áwearp

egle

(adj.)
Grammar
egle, grievous, painful.
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Sé ðe eów hrepað, hit mé bið swá egle swylce hé hreppe ðá seó mínes eágan, Hml. Th. i. 390, 15: 516, 22. Ne mæg þé ǽnig yfel egle weorðan non accedent ad te mala, Ps. Th. 90, 10: Rún. 29. Cleopian wé in eglum móde and inneweardre heortan let us cry with

feówertigeda

Grammar
feówertigeda, feówerteóþa.
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Add: alone Wé sceolon under þǽm feówerteóþan geríme (during Lent) syllan þone teóþan dǽl úre worldspéda, Bl. H. 35, 18. On þone feówerteg[ð]an dæg, Chr. 763; P. 50, 16. with units On þǽm twǽm and feówerteóþan (-tigþan, v. l.) wintra Agustuses ríces,

grǽdignes

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Add: covetousness, cupidity Wyrtruma ys ealra yfela grǽdignyss radix est omnium malorum cupiditas, Scint. 100, 8: 111, 5: 112, 2. Ungefyllendlic eáge grǽdignysse, 110, 16: Prud. 57. Be grǽdignysse de cupiditate, Scint. 110, 3. Grǽdignyssa cupiditates

mennisc

(adj.)
Grammar
mennisc, adj.
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Ic andette Gode and ðǽm (ðe, MS. ) menniscum men mínum gástlicum scrifte, Angl. xi. 99, 56. Hé ásende mennisce sprǽce on þone heort, Hml. S. 30, 44. Englas geþafodon ǽr Drihtnes tócyme þæt mennisce men him tó feóllon, Hml. Th. i. 38, 27. Mennisce eágan

rúmlíce

(adv.)
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Add Rúmlícor plenius, An. Ox. 591. Hé rúmlícor lǽrde and manode þone ortreówan bróðor diffidentem fratrem latius admonuit, Gr. D. 160, 17. Ic wilnige ꝥ ic rúmlícor ( largius ) geleornige ꝥ mægn þára teára, 244, 21. Ymbe þises bissextus gefyllednysse