fore-wyrcan
To work for ⬩ do anything for anyone ⬩ făcĕre alĭquid pro alĭquo
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To work for, do anything for anyone; făcĕre alĭquid pro alĭquo Se man ðane óðerne æt rihte gebrenge, oððe riht forewyrce let the man bring the other to justice, or do justice for him, L. H. E. 15; Th. i. 34, 2
un-getýd
Untaught ⬩ unskilled ⬩ rude
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Untaught, unskilled, rude Ðæt ungetýde folc (rudis ille populus) nolde geliéfan, Past. 50; Swt. 389, 33; Æt ðæm ungetýdum folce apud imperitum vulgus, 48; Swt. 365, 22.
Linked entry: ge-týd
fore-sittan
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For first passage substitute Be þám sinoðe . . . æt Heortforda, þám wæs foresittende se arcebiscop (cui praesidebat archiepiscopus ), Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 371, 13. with acc. Þone sinoð foresæt sc̃e Leó, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 25
scíma
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Seó sunne sylf æt middum dæge eall hire scíma wæs on blǽco gecyrred sol in medio coelo velut lucerna in die pallidescere videbatur, Guth. Gr. 167, 115. Seó sunne feala þinga onlýht myd hyre scíman, Solil. H. 31, 8. Scýman, 66, 22. Add
swígan
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R. 18, 39. v. æt-swígan. to pass over in silence, v. swigian; III Ne ic eác swíge (forsuwie, v.l. ) ꝥ, ꝥ his gingra ge-wunode tó reccenne, Gr. D. 157, 18
þeóf-stolen
Stolen, ⬩ taken by thieves
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Æt ǽlcon ðeófstolenan orfe, L. Ff.; Th. i. 226, 2
seonoþ
A synod ⬩ council ⬩ meeting
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Voc. i. 72, 76. mostly used of the councils of the Christian Church Seonod (sinoþ) wæs æt Ácleá, Chr. 782; Erl. 57, 6. Wæs senoþ (sinoþ, MS. E.) æt Heorotforda, 673; Erl. 36, 2: 822; Erl. 62, 13.
faroþ
ocean ⬩ waves ⬩ shore
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Wæs æt holme gearo, fús æt faroðe, 1916. Bát on sǽwe, fleót on faroðe, Hy. 4, 100. Hí hyne ætbǽron tó brimes faroðe they bore him to the water, B. 28. Gewát him ofer sandhleoðu tó sæ-acute;s faruðe, An. 236.
on-fón
to take ⬩ to take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have given ⬩ to take what another offers, receive favourably, accept ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to undergo a rite, undertake a duty ⬩ to conceive ⬩ to take to, to begin ⬩ incipere
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Æt ðam fulwihte hyre onféng sum Godes þeów, Shrn. 140, 22. Hine onféng æt fulluhtbæþe him tó godsuna Æþelwald, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 44. Ne hé náh mid rihte óðres mannes tó onfónne æt fulluhte ne æt bisceopes handa, L. C. E. 22; Th. i. 374, 2.
fruma
a beginning ⬩ the first part ⬩ the beginning of time ⬩ the first member of a connected series ⬩ the first stage ⬩ source ⬩ origin ⬩ source ⬩ author
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Ðás circean þus gecýþde æt fruman ( at the time of its foundation ) seó ilce bóc, 197, 26.
ceorlian
To take a husband, to marry ⬩ nubere
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Ne nán preóst ne mót beón æt ðam brýdlácum áhwǽr, ðǽr man eft wífaþ, oððe wíf eft ceoriaþ no priest may be at a marriage anywhere, where a man marries a second wife, or a woman a second husband, L. Ælf. C. 9; Th. ii. 346, 19
stéran
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Ozias wolde offrian and stérde æt ðam weofode ( Uzziah went into the temple to burn incense upon the altar of incense, 2 Chron. 26, 16), Homl. Ass. 58, 185. Nim ǽlc his stórcillan and stére ætforan Gode, Num. 16, 7.
fere
able ⬩ seaworthy
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and add: of persons, able, fit for service Þá beád man fyrde be fullum wíte, þæt ǽlc man þe fére wǽre forð wende, Chr. 1016; P. 147, 26. Sóna þæs hí fére wǽron, hí worhton castel æt Hæstinga port, 1066; P. 199, 25.
mæsse-preóst
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Mæssepreóstas sceolon symble æt heora húsum leorningmonna sceole habban, Ll. Th. ii. 414, 7. Add
créda
The creed ⬩ belief ⬩ symbolum fidei
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We andettaþ on úrum crédan ðæt Drihten sitt æt his Fæder swiðran we confess in our creed that the Lord sits at the right hand of his Father i. 48, 28; 274, 23.
of-gán
to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exact ⬩ to require what is not due, to exact with violence, extort ⬩ to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another ⬩ to start of, make a beginning of anything.
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Ic wille ofgán æt ðé his blód, i.6, 27. Ic wille ofgán ða scép æt eówrum handum, 242, 11. Ic wolde mín ágen ofgán mid ðam gafole, ii. 554, 9. Ofgán exigere, Wülck.
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láð-spell
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A painful, grievous story Hié ealle ðǽr ofslógon búton ánum se ðæt láðspel æt hám gebodade omnes ibidem trucidati sunt; uno tantum ad enunciandam cladem reservato, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 19: Andr. Kmbl. 2160; An. 1080: Exon. 52 b; Th. 182, 29; Gú. 1317
ford
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Cóm Timotheus mid fyrde, and gesæt æt ánum forda. Ac Iudas him cóm tó ... and oferférdon ðone ford, and fuhton wið þá hǽþenan, Hml. S. 25, 432. ¶ The word occurs very frequently in the Charters both in composition and as an independent word. Add
god-sunu
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Hine onféng æt fullwihtes bæþe him tó godsuna Æþewald Eástengla cyning suscepit eum ascendentem de fonte sacro Aediluald rex Orientalium Anglorum, Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 298, 10. Add
hamel
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Broken, rugged Æt hamelan dene, C. D. iii. 362, 36. On þonne þriddan hlinc ðe tó hamelan dúnæ hýrð . . . on ðá mearce ðe tó hamelan dúne hýrð, v. 361, 30-362, 1. Cf. Andlang streámes tó brocenan beorge, C. D. B. ii. 245, 34