un-scyldig
innocent ⬩ guiltless ⬩ innocent of a crime, charge ⬩ guiltless in relation to (wið) a person ⬩ innocent ⬩ not accountable for an ill result ⬩ not responsible
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Ne cweþe ic ná ðæt ðæt yfel sié ðæt mon helpe ðæs unscyldigan (-scyldgan, Cott. MS.), Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 4. Sweord besyled on unscyldigun (-scyldgum, Met. 9, 59) blóde, 16, 4; Fox 58, 18.
ge-bindan
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Þeóstre hám ( hell ) gebunden fæstum fýrclommum, Sat. 38. Wæs ge-bunden since duru ormǽte, Cri. 308. Bil wrǽttum gebunden, B. 1531. Scylð sceal gebunden, Gn.
mótan
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Me mæig, gif hit mót gewiderian (granted good weather), mederan settan, Angl. ix. 262, 9. ꝥ se stemn and se helm móte þý fæstor and þý leng standon, Bt. 34, 10; F. 148, 33. <b>I b 2.
hám
Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, property ⬩ domus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessio ⬩ a village ⬩ a dwelling-place ⬩ an abode, world, this world ⬩ home ⬩ domus, domicilium, patria
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Ðes atola hám this horrid abode [hell], Cd. 215; Th. 270, 26; Sat. 96. Tó cyniges háme ad mansionem regiam, L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 7: Shrn. 187, 7, 22.
leód
A man ⬩ poet ⬩ a prince ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ country
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Ðǽm Cristenum leódum com Godes engel on fultum God's angel had come to the Christians as a help, Blickl. Homl. 203, 25, 20: Cd. 24; Th. 31, 22; Gen. 489: 157; Th. 195, 16; Exod. 277.
tíman
to teem, ⬩ be productive. ⬩ to be with child, ⬩ bear, ⬩ bring forth young ⬩ to beget, ⬩ have intercourse with (wið) a woman ⬩ to have offspring, ⬩ bring forth ⬩ to vouch to warranty ⬩ to refer property (acc.) to (tó) the person from whom it was obtained in support of the right of possession ⬩ to refer an opinion to the source from which it is derived in its support ⬩ to betake one's self to a place, ⬩ go to ⬩ to resort to ⬩ appeal to in reverence or for help ⬩ to lead to
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.), Laym. 1245: 7174. 2. to resort to, appeal to in reverence or for help To hire he wolde teman (hire wolde he louie, 2nd MS.), Laym. 1265. Al hit trukeð us an hond þat we to temden, 16800.
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friþ
peace as opposed to strife, discord ⬩ of friendly relations between peoples ⬩ absence of dissension among a people ⬩ peace ⬩ state in which law and order are maintained ⬩ absence of disorder and crime ⬩ peace as opposed to war. ⬩ agreement settled between two peoples previously at war ⬩ peace ⬩ cessation of hostilities ⬩ abstinence ⬩ freedom from attack ⬩ friendly ⬩ security from molestation ⬩ protection ⬩ protection of subjects by a ruler ⬩ terms made with an enemy of the law. ⬩ Mowing of an outlaw.
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Hé mé þone hálgan heap helpe bidde, friðes and fultomes, Ap. 91. Beornas forhte friðes wilneden, miltsa tó mǽrum (Domine, salva nos, perimus, Mt. 8, 25), An. 448.
hí-réd
A household, ⬩ house, ⬩ family, ⬩ the body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, ⬩ a court, ⬩ the members of a religious house, ⬩ a company, ⬩ band of associates
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Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 62, 1, v. note Se cyng heóld ðǽr his híréd v dagas the king held his court there five days, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 18, 39
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ge-tenge
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Beorc byð . . . heáh on helme . . . lyfte getenge ( with its top close against the sky ), Rún. 18.
gífre
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Deáð hine rǽseð on gífrum grápum, Gú. 969. of a place that receives many victims Helle grǽdige and gífre, Gen. 793. greedy of money, covetous Gífre bið sé þám golde onféhð, Gn.
rihte
right, due, directly, straight ⬩ directly, straightway ⬩ ⬩ rightly, well, in a manner suited to the circumstances of a case, fittingly, properly, duly ⬩ correctly, in the proper manner, exactly, accurately, truly
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Gif ic on helle gedó hwyrft ǽnigne, ðú mé æt byst efne rihte [v. ðǽr-rihte], Ps. Th. 138, 6. in accordance with justice or equity, justly Hé ymbhwyrft eorþan démeþ sóðe and rihte judicabit orbem terræ in justitia, in aequitate, Ps.
á-weorpan
to throw ⬩ cast ⬩ cause rapid ⬩ violent movement of a body, ⬩ to throw away ⬩ to throw upfood ⬩ to throw off ⬩ free one's self from ⬩ to cast out ⬩ expel ⬩ to reject ⬩ cast away or off ⬩ renounce, ⬩ to cost down ⬩ trouble
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Hé þone ealdan feónd on helle grund áwearp, 87, 20. Bútan man ðá mǽdene áwurpe of þám búre, Hml. S. 35, 69. Daniel wæs áworpen þám leónum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 4. Þæt hé wurde áworpen ðám here, Hml.
þearf
need ⬩ needful things, ⬩ what is needful ⬩ what is required of a person, ⬩ duty ⬩ use, ⬩ service, ⬩ behoof, ⬩ good, ⬩ advantage, ⬩ profit ⬩ a useful thing, ⬩ profitable employment ⬩ need, ⬩ distress, ⬩ straits, ⬩ difficulty
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Alle þatt haffdenn ned and þarrfe to þin hellpe, Orm. 12247. Goth. þarba need, want O. Frs.therve O. L. Ger. therva opus O. H.
þanan
thence ⬩ from that time, ⬩ after that ⬩ whence
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Ðá hé on botme stód, ðá him þúhte ðæt þanon wǽre tó helle duru hund þúsenda míla gemearcodes, Cd. Th. 310, 7; Sat. 722. Hé ðær rom geseah unfeor þanon standan 177, 9; Gen. 2927 : Beo. Th. 3615; B. 1805.
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fæstlíce
fast ⬩ firmly ⬩ constantly ⬩ persistence ⬩ fast ⬩ strictly ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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Similar entries Cf. fæste; I Ðú gestaþoladest eorþan swíþe fæstlíce ꝥ heó ne helt on náne healfe, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 36. Hié þá ingehygd heora heortan ful fæstlíce on þone heofonlican hyht gestaþelodon, Bl. H. 135, 29: Jul. 270: El. 427: Hy. 4, 37.
ge-swícan
To leave off ⬩ desist ⬩ stop ⬩ cease ⬩ rest from ⬩ turn from ⬩ withdraw ⬩ relinquish ⬩ fail ⬩ deceive ⬩ betray ⬩ intermittere ⬩ desistere ⬩ cessare ⬩ quiescere ⬩ requiescere ⬩ deserere ⬩ discedere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ deficere ⬩ fallere ⬩ prodere ⬩ with the genitive ⬩ with the dative
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Gé hellfirena sweartra geswícaþ ye turn from black hell-crimes. Exon. 98 a; Th. 366, 4; Reb. 7. Geswícaþ ðære synne turn from that sin, Cd. 113; Th. 149, 1; Gen. 2468.
folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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Such at least are the burthens from which lands are liberated when converted by charter into book-land. 2.Folk-land might be held by freemen of all ranks and conditions.
sumer-lida
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving
GE-RÉFA
A prefect, steward, fiscal officer of the shire or county, judge, reeve or sheriff, count ⬩ præpŏsĭtus, villĭcus, jūdex, præfectus, cŏmes
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Ðæt ǽlc geréfa fylste óðrum to úre ealra friþe that every reeve may help another for the common peace of us all, v. § 8, 4; Th. i. 286, 27. Ðæs landrícan and ðæs biscopes geréfa the landlord's and the bishop's reeve, L.
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efne
Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now ⬩ plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem
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Gif ic on helle gedó hwyrft ǽnigne, ðú me æt-byst efne rihte si descendĕro in infernum, părĭter ades, Ps. Th. 138, 6. He hæfde eorþan and up-ródor efne gedǽled he had divided the earth and firmament alike, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 16; Exod. 76.