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DIHT

(n.)
Grammar
DIHT, es;

a setting in order, disposing, contriving, disposition, conduct, consultation, deliberation, purposedisposĭtio, excogitātio, consĭlium, propŏsĭtum a dictating, direction, order, commanddictātio, directio, jussum, mandātum

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Hit stent on úrum ágenum dihte hú us biþ æt Gode gedémed it stands by our own conduct how we shall be judged before God, Homl. Th. i. 52, 32.

Linked entry: dyht

plega

(n.)
Grammar
plega, an; m.
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Voc. ii. 67, 26. v. æsc-, ecg-, gilp-, gúþ-, hand-, hearm-, hyht-, lind-, níp-, secg-, stæf-, sund-, sweord-, wíg-plega, nextt

Linked entries: plegan hand-plega

práfost

(n.)
Grammar
práfost, práfost, es; m.
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Wé forðí foresceáwiaþ ... ðæt eal mynstres fadung on ðæs abbodes dóme and tǽcinge simle stande ... Gif ... hit ðam abbode rǽd þince, swá hwilcne swá se abbod geceóse mid geþeahte ðara bróðra ðe God ondrǽdaþ, sette ðæne him tó práuoste.

Linked entry: prófast

ge-setnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-setnes, -setenes, -setednes, -ness, -nis, -niss, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Position, foundation, tradition, an institution, constitution, composition, ordinance, decree, lawpŏsĭtio, sĭtus, fundātio, trādĭtio, instĭtūtio, constĭtūtio, compŏsĭtio, lex, pactum

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Be heofenes gesetenissum de statu cæli, Nar. 1, 16

slæc

(adj.)
Grammar
slæc, sleac, slec (v. slæcness); adj.
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Tó swilcum sleacum cweð se hírédes ealdor: ' Tó hwí stande gé hér ealne dæg ýdele?' Homl.

Linked entry: sleac

ge-ládian

(v.)
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Gyf hine man teó ꝥ hé hine út sceóte, geládige hine swá hit on lande stande, 260, 9. to clear oneself of a charge of cognizance, connivence, &c.

ge-neát

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Geneátriht is mistlic be ðám ðe on lande stænt. On sumon hé sceal landgafol syllan . . . Ll. Th. i. 432, ii.

hǽtu

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Ic drífe sceáp míne tó heora lǽse, and stande ofer hig on hǽte ( aestu ) and on cyle, Coll. M. 20, 13. of sexual passion Seó gecyndelice hǽtu þurh ꝥ mægen þæs Hálgan Gástes gestilleþ on þé ( the Virgin Mary ), Bl.

gylt

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Dict. ). state of being guilty, criminality, culpability Hé gecnáwan mæg hwæt tǽlwierðe bið, and suáðeáh . . . forwandaí ðæt hé béte and ðreáge his hiéremenn be ðæs gyltes andefne quae reprehendenda sunt cognoscit, sed tamen . . . digtiis ea increpationibus

orf

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. ¶ Cattle-stealing, it may be inferred from the statement of the oxherd in Ælfric's Colloquy, 'Ealle niht ic stande ofer þá oxan waciende for þeófan, Coll. M. 20, 291', was a crime whose prevalence justified the attention given it by the law.

tó-gædere

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-gædere, -gædre, -gadore; adv.

Togetherunion, association, joining, mingling,

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Ða stánas fieóllon tógædere, and wearþ geworht to ánum wealle swá, 27, 88. Ða ýslan eft ouiginuaþ lúcan tógædere, geclungne tó cleowenne. ¨Exon. Th. 213, 17; Ph. 225. Hlemmeþ tógædre grimme góman, 363, 30; Wal. 61.

tó-middes

(prep.; adv.)
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tó-middes, prep. (adv.)

in the midst of,amidst,into the midst ofin the midst of,in the middle ofinto the midst of

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Iosue hét áhebban óðre twelf stánas tómiddes ðam streáme (in medio Jordanis alveo), Jos. 4, 9. Tómiddes eów stód ðe gé ne cunnon medius uestrum stetit quem uos non scitis, Jn. Skt. i. 26. Hé stód ðǽr ána tómiddes eallum ðam folce, Homl.

Linked entries: middes

tó-samne

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-samne, -somne; adv.

Togetherin concert,at the same time

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Ða stánas bióþ earfoþe tó tódǽlenne and eác uneáþe tósomne cumaþ, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 25. Hié him geblendon tósomne drync unheórne, Andr. Kmbl. 66; An. 33: Exon.

Linked entry: tó-somne

beáh

(n.; part.)
Grammar
beáh, beág, bǽh, bég, béh; gen. beáges; dat. beáge; pl. beágas; m. [beáh, beág; p. of búgan to bend]

Metal made into circular ornamentsA ringbraceletcollargarlandcrownanulusarmilladiademacorona

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April 1837, pp. 372, 373, and May. p. 499 Ic nyme ðínne hring and ðínne beáh and ðínne stæf, ðe ðú on handa hæfst capiam anulum tuum et armillam et baculum, quem manu tenes, Gen. 38, 18, 25.

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, e; f,

A peoplenationracecountry

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Ðæt leód and lagu trumlíce stande, Wulfst. 74, 8. Feówer folccyningas, leóde rǽswan, Cd. 95; Th. 125, 6; Gen. 2075. Ða fǽhþe eówer leóde the hostility of your people, Beo. Th. 1197; B. 596. Tó fela Deniga leóde, 1396; B. 696: 1202; B. 599.

mere

(n.)
Grammar
mere, mære, es; m. f(?).

the seaa merelakean artificial poolcistern

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In eálonde ðæs myclan meres ( stagni ), Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 10. Seó menigeo ðe stód begeondan ðam mere, Jn. Skt. 6, 22. On culfran mere; of ðæm mere ... On weorces mere; of ðære mere, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 76, 37-77, 3.

Linked entries: mǽr-bróc mære mire

ge-metgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-metgian, -metegian, -metigian; p. ode; pp. od.

To measure, moderate, temper, regulate, order, govern, restrainmensurare, temperare, moderare, regereto measure in the mind, to deliberate, meditate ondeliberare, meditariTo become moderate, to moderate one's selfmoderari, temperari

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Beorhte steorran móna gemetgaþ the moon tempers the bright stars, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 17; Met. 4, 9. Se gemetgaþ ðne bridel he regulates the bridle, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 18.

Linked entries: metgian ge-metegian

un-friþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-friþ, es; n.

absence of peacehostilitiesthe state of being out of the king's peace

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unfriþe; for ðæm ðæt land wæs eall gebún on óþre healfe ðære eás they durst not sail on past the river for fear of being attacked; for the land was all cultivated on the other side of the river, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 22. referring to the king's peace, the state

folgoþ

serviceofficeauthority

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Dele bracket and first three passages, and add: with the idea of service, to the king or state, service, office Tó his folgaþe and tó his þénunge þá æþelestan cóman ad eius (Oswine) ministerium uiri nobilissimi concurrerent, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 256, 14.

for-seón

to despisehold in contemptto rejectto rejectto refuse

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Ox. 4091. to reject a state or condition Forsíþ contemsit (matrimonii commercia), An. Ox. 1399. Hé wilnode synderlices ealdordómes, and forsieh (-seah, v. l.) ðá geférrǽddene óðerra engla and hira líf, Past. 111, 23.