ge-fón
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Gif hwá on nunnan hrægl oþþe on hire breóst bútán hire leáfe gefó, 72, 9. <b>II a.</b> fig. to put one's hand to a matter, make attempt at :-- Hé hæfde ful oft ǽr on gefangen, C. D. ii. 113, 12. (Goth, ga-fáhan: O. Sax.
hiw
shape ⬩ form ⬩ shape ⬩ figure ⬩ a form ⬩ shape ⬩ writing ⬩ appearance ⬩ aspect ⬩ colour ⬩ form ⬩ kind ⬩ nature ⬩ character ⬩ formula ⬩ form ⬩ type ⬩ model ⬩ a pretex ⬩ a fancy ⬩ a kind ⬩ species
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Ná beseah on spǽce heów leáse non respexit in insanias falsas, Ps. Rdr. 39, 5. of abstractions, form, type, model, appearance that shews evidence of a quality Mǽþhades híwe uirginitatis typum, i. speciem, An. Ox, 299.
ídel
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Duguð eal gecrong . . . ýðde þisne eardgeard ælda Scyppend, oð þæt burgwara breahtma leáse eald enta geweorc ídlu stódon, Wand. 79-87. of persons, not having anything, empty-handed, in respect to material things Nán man náh tó Godes cyrican ídel tó cumene
be-cuman
to come ⬩ get, ⬩ to come to power ⬩ get into trouble ⬩ to come to ⬩ by ⬩ to cometo a person ⬩ to befall ⬩ to become ⬩ behove
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Seó lease wyriung becymð þám rihtwísum tó bletsunge, 554, 22. Ꝥ hit him tó forwyrde becume, Angl. vii. 28, 261. Þeáh þe hit ús becóme tó écere álýsednysse, Hml. S. 27, 178. Him tó gemynde þá mihton becuman, Ælfc. T.
sceótan
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Óþ ðone weg ðe scýt tó fealuwes leá ... tó ðam wege ðe scýt tó ðam hricgge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 422, 4-19, 20, 25. Óþ ðæt se weall eást sciát, ii. 86, 20. to refer a case to a person or court Ðus wrát Hieronimus.
sprecan
To speak. ⬩ to exercise the faculty of speech ⬩ to use words in conversation, discourse, etc. ⬩ to mention ⬩ to say ⬩ to speak ⬩ to sue for, make a claim against, lay claim to
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Kmbl. 8; Leás. 5. Ðá spræc se ofermóda cyning, Cd. Th. 22, 9; Gen. 338. Hió spræc him þicce tó, 43, 1; Gen. 684. Drihten wið Abrahame spræc, 139, 2; Gen. 2303. Hig spǽcon (sprǽcon MS. A.) him betwýnan, Lk. Skt. 24, 14.
Linked entries: on-spreca æfter æfter-spræc æfter-sprecan on-spreca on-swætende specan
forþ
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Add: forwards, from an upright position Hé leát forð tó ðǽm men ðe hine sleán mynte, Bl. H. 223, 9. Forþ fællende procidens, Mt. R. 18, 26, 29. Forþ álotene cernui, Hy. S. 5, 29. Forð onloten tó his fótum provolutus ejus pedibus, Gr. D. 53, 23.
MANN
MAN ⬩ a human being of either sex ⬩ a man who is wnder the authority of another ⬩ a servant ⬩ vassal ⬩ liege-man ⬩ a parishioner
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Ne underfó nán man óðres mannes man bútan ðæs leáfe ðe hé ǽr fyligde, L. Ed. 10; Th. i. 164, 16: L. Ath. i. 22; Th. i. 210, 20. Ealle ða land-sittende men ofer eall Englaland, wǽron ðæs mannes men ðe hi wǽron.
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ge-settan
To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay
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Hí him gesetton ðæt hyra án látteów wǽre they decreed for themselves that there should be one leader of them, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 42, 26: Shrn. 112, 18: Blickl. Homl. 193, 3: 61, 27. Dóm gesettan to judge, Gen. 18, 25.
ge-mót
A meeting, coming together, MOOT, assembly, council ⬩ conventus, congregatio, concursus ⬩ Concĭlium, Conventus, Synŏdus, Synŏdāle concĭliābŭlum,
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It is probable that even in strictly ecclesiastical synods, the king had a presidency at least, as head of the church in his dominions, Cod. Dipl. 116; A. D. 767; Kmbl. i. 142, 143.
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ealdor-mann
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Add: I. in a general sense. used of a person of high position, a prince, ruler, leader, magistrate Ealdorman princeps vel comes, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 12. Eoldorman princeps, 72, 59.
ge-ascian
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H. 43, 18. to get to know a fact, circumstance, &c. to learn, hear Mid þý þe (tyþe, MS. ) geáscode cum re[s]cisset, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 72. Nówiht gedégled ꝥ ne sé geáscad nihil occultum quod non scietur, Mt. L.
CRÆFT
power ⬩ might ⬩ strength as of body or externals ⬩ vis ⬩ robur ⬩ potentia ⬩ an art ⬩ skill ⬩ CRAFT ⬩ trade ⬩ work ⬩ ars ⬩ peritia ⬩ artificium ⬩ occupatio ⬩ opus ⬩ craft of mind, cunning, knowledge, science, talent, ability, faculty, excellence, virtue ⬩ astutia, machinatio, scientia, facultas, præstantia, virtus ⬩ a CRAFT ⬩ any kind of ship ⬩ navis qualiscunque
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Kmbl. 56; Leas. 30. Feóndes cræfte by a fiend's craft Andr. Kmbl. 2394; An. 1198; Exon. 71a; Th. 264, 5; Jul. 359. Mínum cræftum by my devices 72b; Th. 271, 11; Jul. 480.
sécan
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Hwílum beóþ ða wǽtan on ðære wambe filmenum, ðonne sceal mon ðæt wíslíce sécean, Lchdm. ii. 222, 24. to try to learn by asking, to ask Ða mé cunnon andsware cýðan tácna gehwylces ðe ic him tó séce, Elen. Kmbl. 638; El. 319.
healdan
to keep watch over ⬩ keep in charge ⬩ to keep ⬩ to watch over ⬩ keep ⬩ govern ⬩ rule ⬩ a king ⬩ to keep ⬩ guard ⬩ to watch ⬩ to defend ⬩ preserve ⬩ to hold ⬩ take ⬩ arrest ⬩ to have hold of ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold up ⬩ to maintain ⬩ support ⬩ uphold ⬩ manage ⬩ to hold ⬩ bear ⬩ conduct ⬩ to behave ⬩ to handle ⬩ treat ⬩ deal with ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to have possession ⬩ to hold ⬩ occupy ⬩ an office ⬩ a position ⬩ to hold ⬩ to remain in ⬩ to retain ⬩ detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep oneself ⬩ remain ⬩ to hold ⬩ keep together ⬩ continue ⬩ to maintain ⬩ keep ⬩ to perform ⬩ keep watch ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep unbroken ⬩ inviolate ⬩ to keep ⬩ to constrain ⬩ compel ⬩ restrain ⬩ stop ⬩ to restrain oneself ⬩ refrain ⬩ to entertain ⬩ to keep in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ regard ⬩ to hold as ⬩ to hold ⬩ to proceed ⬩ move on ⬩ to continue ⬩ go on with ⬩ to go on
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H. 185, 24. to continue to occupy, not to leave: Æsc byð stíð on staðule, stede rihte hylt, Rún. 26.
weorþ-mynd
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Ne bidde wé ná leáse welan ne gewítenlíce wurðmyntas, Homl. Th. i. 158, 26. dignity, nobleness Seó wlitige, weorðmynda full, heáh and hálig heofuncund þrýnes, Exon. Th. 24, 2 ; Cri. 378. Ára mé for hire wuldres weorþmyndum, Blickl. Homl. 89, 22.
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ofer
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Add Hí fuhton unwærlíce ofer Iúdan leáfe (cf. they were not obedient unto Judas, 1 Macc. 5, 61), Hml.
ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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Every shire had its ealdorman, who was the principal judicial officer of the shire, and also the leader of its armed force.
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full
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Hét leahtra ful tó cwale lǽdan synna leáse, 612. with inst. Fíf mægnum full, Sal. 136. Eáge æfþancum ful, 497. full of food Þú wǽre swá gífre swá hund, and þú nǽfre nǽre full þe má þe hell, Wlfst. 241, 7. <b>III a.
folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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In some wills, the testator bequeaths his land as he pleases, without asking leave of any one [Somner's Gavelkind, 88, 211; Hickes, Pref. xxxii; Diss.