ofer-cýðan
to bring stronger testimony than another
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to bring stronger testimony than another Wé cwǽdon be mannum ... gif áþ burste oððe ofercýðed wǽre if the oath were not supported by a sufficient number of compurgators, or were disproved by testimony more strongly supported by oath.
slidorian
To slither ⬩ to slide, slip ⬩ labo ⬩ labor
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Gif hy geseón ðæt míne fét slidrien dum commoverentur pedes mei 37, 16
frí-man
A freeman ⬩ līber hŏmo
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A freeman; līber hŏmo Gif fríman edor-brecþe gedéþ, vi scillingum gebéte if a freeman commit house-breaking, let him make amends with six shillings, L. Ethb. 27; Th. i. 8, 15: 29, 31; Th. i. 10, 3, 6: L. Win. 11; Th. i. 40, 1: L. N. P.
sincan
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Th. 86, 27 ; Gen. 1437. to act as an aperient Gif ðæt sié ómihte wǽte innan, tyhte hié mon út mid líþum mettum sincendum, and ne lǽt inne gesittan on ðam líchoman, Lchdm. ii. 218, 14
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un-gestæððigness
Unsteadiness ⬩ levity ⬩ want of firmness
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Gif hé eallunge forberan ne mæg for hira ágnum unðeáwum and for hiera ungestæððignesse qui pro infermitate sese abstinere vix possunt, 28; Swt. 199, 9
cís-ness
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Wé gelýfað þæt genóh sý twá gesodene sufel for missenlicra manna untrumnesse; gif hwá for hwylcre císnesse þæs ánes brúcan ne mæge, brúce húru þæs óðres ut forte qui ex uno non potuerit edere ex alio reficiatur, R. Ben. 63, 12
fáh
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exposed to the vengeance of a slain man's kin because of the murder Gif fáh mon (gefáh mon, v. l.) cirican geierne, hine seofan nihtum nán mon út ne teó if a criminal fly for refuge to a church, for seven days no one shall drag him out, Ll.
fúl-líce
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Add: in a physical sense Gif heora hwylc fúllíce oðþe gýmeleáslíce mynstres þing behwyrfe si quis sordide aut negligenter res monasterii tractaverit, R. Ben. 56, 11. Etan fúlíce on gangsetlum, E.
ofer-eáca
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Hé forðteáh þá fíftig mancsas, and þám abbode sealde and cwæð, 'Nim þis feoh, and gif ic hér þurhwunige se ofereáca hider cymð,' Hml. S. 33, 145-155. Syllað ðone ofereácan eów ( the rich ) tó ælmesdǽdum, Hml. Th. ii. 328, 3
riht-ǽw
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Add Gif hé cyfesan hæbbe and náne rihtǽwe si concubinam habeat, et nullam legitimam uxorem, Ll. Th. ii. 186, 3. Heródes ðá áwearp his rihtǽwe, and forligerlíce mánfulles sinscipes breác, Hml. Th. 478, 28
ærce-biscop
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Gif mon beforan ærcebiscepe gefeohte, 70, 18. Ic geliornode æt mínum ærcebiscepe, Past. 7, 21: Chr. 601; P. 20, 21. Ercebisc̃, 625; P. 24, 5. Add
ofer-druncen
Drunkenness, inebriety ⬩ ebrietas, crapula
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Gif preóst lufige oferdruncen, L. N. P. L. 41; Th. ii. 296, 11
stræc
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Ben. 61, 15. violence, force Hú mæg beón bútan strece and neádunge ðæt gehwá mid clǽn*-*nysse ðæt gále gecynd þurh Godes gife gewylde ? Homl. Th. i. 360, 1, 10.
grǽd
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Greed, rapacity; aviditas Fuglas hungrige grǽdum gífre birds hungry, greedily voracious, Exon. 43 a; Th. 146, 15; Gú. 710
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leód-biscop
a suffragan
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Séce man tó ðam leódbiscope; and gif man furþor scule tó ðam arcebiscope; and syððan tó ðam pápan, Wulfst. 275, 6. Gif hé sóhte leódbiscop oððe ealdorman ðonne áhte hé vii nihta griþ, L. Eth. vii. 5; Th. i. 330, 14.
tihtle
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A charge, accusation Gif hit ánfeald tyh[t]le sý, dúfe seó hand æfter ðam stáne óð ða wriste, and gif hit þryfeald sý, óð ðæne elbogan, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 16. Gif hit tihtle (tihtla, MS.
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á-rǽran
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Ox. 2110. to excite, disturb, break up a meeting Gif hé folcgemót mid wǽpnes brýde árǽre, Ll. Th. i. 86, 16. to raise, increase price Gif wé gyld árǽrdon . . . swá man ꝥ weorð up árǽran mihte . . . Gif we ꝥ ceápgild árǽrað, Ll.
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be-þurfan
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Gif þú ǽgera beþurfe, Techn. ii. 124, 1. Gif þú taperas ( = es?) beþurfe, 120, 16. Gif he máran gærses beðyrfe, Ll. Th. i. 434, 17. Lege to ðám sáre þe man beþurfe apply it to the wound for which it is needed. Lch. 322, 4.
ge-ládian
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Th. i. 198, 20. where the degree of lád is given Gif hié mon teó, geládie hí be sixtegum hída, Ll. Th. i. 68, 19. Be his ágnum were geládige hé hine, 120, 18. Gylde hé, oþþe hine be fullan geládige, 392, 19.
unna
grant ⬩ allowance ⬩ permission ⬩ willingness to give ⬩ pleasure in doing something ⬩ a grant ⬩ what is given
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Gif hé hit mid unnan and fulre blisse dón wolde, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 272, 2, 13. a grant, what is given Se ðe ðás gyfu and ðisne unnan wille Gode and sancte Petre ætbrédan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 276, 31
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