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fyrn-dagas

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Swíðe eald feoh þe man on fyrndagum slóh, Hml. S. 23, 614. Add

gód-líf

(n.)
Grammar
gód-líf, es; n.
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A good, virtuous life Waltear swíðe gðdlífes man, Chr. 1095; P. 232, 5

hunig-binn

(n.)
Grammar
hunig-binn, e; f.
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A receptacle for honey Man sceal habban . . . hýfa, hunigbinna, Angl. ix. 264, 15

Linked entry: bin

be-witan

Grammar
be-witan, <b>; I.</b>
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Ðú, man, bewite þé sylfne scito, homo, temetipsum, Verc. Först. 128, 16. Add

ciric-wag

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-wag, es; m.

A church-wallecclesiæ murus

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A church-wall; ecclesiæ murus Se ðe ofslehþ man binnan ciricwagum biþ feorhscyldig he who slays a man within church-walls is life-guilty, L. Eth. viii. 13; Th. i. 332, 8: ix. 1; Th. i. 340, 5: L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 358, 23

Linked entry: cyric-wag

ge-swǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-swǽre, adj.
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Heavy, oppressed, afflicted He lǽrde ǽlcne man ðe geswǽre and ofercumen, and eft gefriþod byþ, ðæt he swá ylce Gode þancode he taught every man that is oppressed and overcome, and afterwards is saved, that he in the same way should thank God, Ps.

húslian

(v.)
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Man sceal húslian þone seócan þá hwýle hé hit for*-*swelgan mæg, and man ne sceal hit ná dón nánum sámcwyce men, for þan þe hé hit sceal etan, Ll. Th. ii. 390, 23. Gé sculon húslian þá cild bonne hí gefullode beóð, and hý Add: —

erian

(v.)
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Of ðám tíman ðe man ǽrest ereð oð Martinus mæssan hé sceal ǽlcre wucan erian .i. æcer . . . His gafolyrðe III. æceras erige, Ll. Th. i. 434, 14-19. Wæs se mere áwend tó felda, swá ꝥ man erode ealne þone fixnoþ, Nap. 22, 28.

twǽming

(n.)
Grammar
twǽming, e; f.
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Ðǽr ( at the last day ) biþ seó twǽming rihtwísra manna and árleásra, 616, 28. Twǽming ( separation of man and wife ) is álýfed ðám ðe lufiaþ swíðor ða heálícan clǽnnysse ðonne ða hohfullan gálnysse, ii. 324, 3.

ǽ-fæst

Grammar
ǽ-fæst, (ǽw-, eáw-, -fest).
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Ǽwfæstra manna líc hominum religiosorum cadavera, Ll. Th. ii. 160, 24. Mid eáwfæstum monnurn, 176, 1.

fore-weard

(n.)
Grammar
fore-weard, e; f.
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Twégra manna dæg ealswá ðá foreward spreocað, iii. 333, 25. Hú man mǽden weddian sceal and hwylce forewarde þǽr ághon tó beónne, Ll. Th. i. 254, 23. Ne mihte hé beón weorðe þǽra forewarde þe him ǽr behátene wǽron, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 2.

cyre-líf

(n.)
Grammar
cyre-líf, es; n.

A choice of life, where on decease of a lord, the cultivators choose a lord for themselves; optio vitæ, ubi, mortuo domino, villani sibi dominum eligunt

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West-Seaxena wítan to rihte gerehton, ðæt ic hí mót lǽtan swá freó swá þeówe, swáðer ic wille; ac ic, for Godes lufan and for mínre sáwle þearfe, wylle ðæt hý sýn heora freólses wyrðe and hyra cyres; and ic, on Godes lifiendes naman, beóde ðæt hý nán man

híw-rǽden

Grammar
híw-rǽden, In
  • Ps. L.
the word is neuter

a familya housea housefamilytribenation

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L. 106, 41. the household of a great man: Þegnrǽdenne oððe híwrǽdenne clientele, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 44.

efen-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
efen-líce, adv.

EVENLY, alike æque

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EVENLY, alike; æque Efenlíce Godes man æque Deo devōtus, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 16

embeht-mon

(n.)
Grammar
embeht-mon, -monn, es; m.

servant-man, servant, ministerservus, minister

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servant-man, servant, minister; servus, minister Allra embehtmonn omnium minister, Mk. Lind. War. 9, 35

fóre-steóra

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-steóra, an; m.

A fore-steererman at the prow of a shipprōrētaprōræ conductor

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A fore-steerer, man at the prow of a ship; prōrēta, prōræ conductor, Cot. 149

ge-sǽl-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sǽl-líc, adj.
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Happy; fēlix Gesǽllíc mon a happy man, Bt. Met. Fox 2, 34; Met. 2, 17

sáp-box

(n.)
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a box for resin Man sceal habban leóhtfæt, blácern, cyllan, sápbox, Anglia ix. 264, 22

Linked entry: box

wægn-gewǽde

(n.)
Grammar
wægn-gewǽde, es; n.
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A waggon-cloth, covering for a waggon Man sceal habban wǽngewǽdu, Anglia ix. 264, 4

west-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
west-weardes, adv.
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Westwards Hé man geseah westweardes on ðæt wésten éfstan, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 174