weorold-geþyngþ
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Worldly dignity Ǽlc heáh ár hér on worulde bið mid frécnessum embeseald; efne swá ða woruldgeþincþa (-geþingþa, v. l.) beóð máran, swá ða frécnessa beóð swíðran, Wulfst. 262, 3
ge-clǽnsian
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Ox. 40, 18. to clear, prove innocent of a charge Þá witan gerehton þæt heó sceolde hire fæder hand geclǽnsian ... and heó ... geclǽnsude hire fæder þæs ǽgiftes ( she cleared her father of the charge that he had not repaid the money ), Cht.
hæft-níd
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Take here hæft-néd in Dict. aud add : custody, durance, confinement Hé álǽdde mé of þám drósnum ǽlces ðeówdómes and ǽlcere hǽftnýde, Ps. Th. 39, 1.
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fricca
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Sé ðe ðone sácerdhád onféhð, hé onféhð friccan (fryccean, v.l.) scíre and foreryneles ðá hér iernað beforan kyningum and bodigeaí hira færelt . . .
stíþlíce
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Add Hefelícor steóre ł stýðlícor stíre hé sí underþeód districtiori discipline subdatur, R. Ben. I. 65, 4. Búton hé hit hér ǽr his ænde ðe stíðelícor gebéte, C. D. iv. 248, 30
á-gifan
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Hé háteþ þá eorþan eft ágifan ꝥ heó ǽr onféng, Bl. H. 21, 30.
land-ár
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Þæt hé ná cíde be lǽssan landáre ne causetur de minori substantia R. Ben. I. 16, 13. Gehealdenum him sylfan landáre reservato sibi usufructorio 100, 1. Hí lǽfdon heora ǽhta . . . Iulianus þá dǽlde heora landáre þe him lǽfed wæs, Hml. S. 4, 82.
Cwichelmes hlǽw
CUCKHAMSLEY hill or Cuchinslow, Berkshire, a large barrow on a wide plain overlooking White Horse Vale ⬩ Cwichelmi agger in agro Berchensi
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CUCKHAMSLEY hill or Cuchinslow, Berkshire, a large barrow on a wide plain overlooking White Horse Vale ; Cwichelmi agger in agro Berchensi Wendon to Wealingæforda, and ðæt eall forswǽlldon; and wǽron him ðá áne niht æt Ceóles ége, and wendon him ðá andlang
leger-teám
Matrimony
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Matrimony, sexual intercourse [lawful or unlawful] Matheus him sægde ðæt hé wǽre swá synnig wið God gif hé ða gehálgodan fǽmnan tó legerteáme onfénge swá se þeów wǽre se ðe fénge on kyninges quéne tó unryhtum hǽmde Matthew said to him, that he would
ge-unárian
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.; and ðá hé him from wolde, ðá geféng hé hine, and tóslát his hrægl, and hine geunárode, Past. 35, 20. Hét hé hig ( Eulalia ) nacode geunárian, Shrn. 154. 6. Add
be-frinan
to ask a person a question, ⬩ to ask ⬩ question, ⬩ to ask about something ⬩ to ask a person about something ⬩ to ask for some-thing ⬩ to ask of a person what one wishes to be told
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Cúðberhtus cwæþ þæt hé ðá sceolde befrínan his nýdþearfnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 152, 7. with prep. :-- Hé befrán be Swýðúne, hwylce wundra hé worhte, Hml. S. 21, 197. Befrínað be ðám cilde. Hml.
wórung
Wandering about ⬩ rambling
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Wandering about, rambling Hé hét ðæt hé wunode bútan wórunge on mynstre. Homl. Skt. i. 6, 99. Ásolcennys ácenð ídelnysse . .., wórunge and fyrwitnysse. Homl. Th. ii. 220, 26
bricg
A bridge ⬩ pons
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A bridge; pons He hét ða ofermetan bricge mid stáne gewyrcan he ordered a very large bridge to be built with stone, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 48, II
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west
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Hé wið ðone here ðǽr wæst ábisgod wæs, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 9. Súð, eást and west, Met. 9, 42: 14, 7. Ðæt hé west and norð trymede getimbro, Cd. Th. 18, 18; Gen. 275. Ðæt is ðrittiges míla lang east and west, Bd. 1, 3 ; S. 475, 19.
ge-léfed
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Hé gehǽlde mistlíce gebrocode men, blinde and deáfe and dumbe and mistlíce geléwede, Wlfst. 99, 4. Hér syndan þurh synleáwa sáre geléwede tó manege, 165, 26. of age, advanced.
híred-preóst
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Hé hié hét lǽdan hider tó mynstere and hér gefreógian on þæs hírydes gewitnesse, 627, 5. On ealles þæs híredes gewitnesse on Baðon, 641, 27: 642, 2 (and often). Coram istis testibus: clerici Sancti Petroci, 623, 21
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be-spanan
To allure, entice, incite, urge, induce ⬩ allicere, illicere, incitare, provocare, inducere
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Gif he ǽnigne man on synne bespeón if he have enticed any man to sin, L. Pen. 16; Th. ii. 284, 13. Ðæt gewin ðe hió hint on bespón mid manigfealdon firen-lustum the war which she brought upon him by her manifold wicked desires, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 26, 40
Candel-mæsse
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Hér, A. D. 1014, Swegen ge-endode his dagas to Candelmæssan here, A. D. 1014, Sweyn ended his days at Candlemas, Chr. 1014; Th. 272, 25, col. 1
cristen
A christian ⬩ christianus
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A christian; christianus He wæs cristen he was a christian Bt. 1; Fox 2, 7; Chr. 167; Erl. 8, 16; Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 4. He hét ealle ða cristenan he ordered all the Christians Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 127, 10
heáfod-segn
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An ensign having a head (not a flag ?) Hét þá in beran eafor heáfodsegn, . . . helm, herebyrnan, gúðsweord, B. 2152-4.