á-bryrdan
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Add: to instigate, stimulate, incite Ic trúwige ðæt sum wurðe ábrird, ðæt hine liste gehíran ðá hálgan láre, Ll. Th. ii. 364, 17. Æfter ðisum wordum wurdon ðá munecas mycclum ábryrde, Hml. S. 6, 344.
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.
deóp-líce
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Add: of mental operations Hé deóplíce undernam Drihtnes láre ... and wunode deóplíce gelǽred, Hml, S. 29, 76, 81. Deóplícor ( profundius ) þú smeágst þonne yld úre anfón mæge, Coll.
ealdorlicness
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Hé hafað him sylfum genumen þá ealdorlicnysse þǽre hálgan láre ( auctoritatem praedicationis ), Gr. D. 35, 3. Add
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.
winn
labour ⬩ strife ⬩ conflict
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Ðæt hí gemǽne win (v. l. gewin, M. 98, 18) onfénge godcunde láre tó lǽranne on Angelðeóde ut communem evangelizandi gentibus laborem susciperent, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 9. In wynn (gi-winne, Rush.) hiora in laborem eorum, Jn. Skt.
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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
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preóst
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Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc, tóeácan láre, leornige handcræft georne, 11 ; Th. ii. 246, 16
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
swicollíce
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With deceit, with guile, deceitfully, fraudulently, craftily Hé cwæð ðæt hí wære wurdan ðæt hý ǽnig man tó swicol-líce ne bepǽhte mid leáslícre láre' uidete, ne quis uos seducat, ' Wulfst. 88, 26: 55, 3.
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.
burg-geat
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[He wende to þan burhȝate þer þe king on bure lai, Laym. 17670.] a town-gate (v. burg, II) Hé férde on ðá burg Ambinensus ... þá sæt þǽr sum þearfa æt ðǽm burggeate, Bl. H. 213, 33
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.
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.
sáwan
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Wæs heora lár sáwen and strogden betuh feówer sceátum middangeardes, Bl. H. 133, 33
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.
freólíce
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Laym. freoliche iwapned) kyningc, Chr. 1065; P. 194, 10
be-tweoh
between ⬩ among ⬩ between ⬩ among
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Add: with dat. between. local, of position within certain limits Weall tó settonne betweoh (-tuh, v. l. ) ðám wítgan and ðǽre byrh, Past. 164, 10. of extent between limits Eall hira land betwuh (-tweoh, v. l. ) dícum and Wúsan, Chr. 905; P. 94, 2.