práfost
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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.
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ge-setnes
Position, foundation, tradition, an institution, constitution, composition, ordinance, decree, law ⬩ pŏsĭtio, sĭtus, fundātio, trādĭtio, instĭtūtio, constĭtūtio, compŏsĭtio, lex, pactum
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Be heofenes gesetenissum de statu cæli, Nar. 1, 16
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ge-ládian
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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
Together ⬩ union, ⬩ 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
in the midst of, ⬩ amidst, ⬩ into the midst of ⬩ in the midst of, ⬩ in the middle of ⬩ into 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.
tó-samne
Together ⬩ in 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.
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slæc
inactive ⬩ slothful ⬩ lazy ⬩ not willing to make an effort ⬩ careless ⬩ negligent ⬩ remiss ⬩ not strict in the performance of duty ⬩ languid ⬩ ill ⬩ slow ⬩ gentle ⬩ that makes inactive ⬩ sluggish ⬩ not attended with effort ⬩ lax of conduct
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Tó swilcum sleacum cweð se hírédes ealdor: 'Tó hwí stande gé hér ealne dæg ýdele?' Homl.
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mǽre
Great ⬩ excellent ⬩ distinguished ⬩ illustrious ⬩ sublime ⬩ splendid ⬩ celebrated ⬩ famous ⬩ widely known ⬩ notorious ⬩ distinguished by evil deeds ⬩ insignis
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Sunne mǽre tungol the sun, resplendent star. Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 14; Æðelst. 14. Mǽrost tungla, Exon. 57 b; Th. 205, 28; Ph. 119. In dege mérum in die insigni, Ps. Surt. 80, 4. Ðone mǽron symbeldæg Drihtnes upstige, Blickl.
fæst
constant ⬩ firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ fixed ⬩ unchangeable ⬩ firm ⬩ secure ⬩ stubborn ⬩ unyielding ⬩ firm ⬩ solid ⬩ compact ⬩ strong ⬩ firm ⬩ strong ⬩ fortified ⬩ unbroken ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ standard
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Ceólas bi staðe fæste, Wal. 18. Ceólas æt sǽfearoðe oncrum fæste, El. 252. of a band, tie, &c., not easily loosed: Ðeáh seó leó fæste racentan hæbbe, Bt. 25; F. 88, 9. Þǽm fæstestum tenacissimis (vinculis), Wrt.
hǽl
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Nis nánum crístenum menn álýfed bæt hé his hǽle gefecce æt nánum stáne, Hml. Th. i. 474, 30. of a person's health Þǽre ǽran hǽle incolomitati pristine (ualetudinem reítitwit ), An.
beáh
Metal made into circular ornaments ⬩ A ring ⬩ bracelet ⬩ collar ⬩ garland ⬩ crown ⬩ anulus ⬩ armilla ⬩ diadema ⬩ corona
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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
A people ⬩ nation ⬩ race ⬩ country
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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
the sea ⬩ a mere ⬩ lake ⬩ an artificial pool ⬩ cistern
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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.
ge-metgian
To measure, moderate, temper, regulate, order, govern, restrain ⬩ mensurare, temperare, moderare, regere ⬩ to measure in the mind, to deliberate, meditate on ⬩ deliberare, meditari ⬩ To become moderate, to moderate one's self ⬩ moderari, 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.
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un-friþ
absence of peace ⬩ hostilities ⬩ the 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
service ⬩ office ⬩ authority
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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.