ge-innian
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Hí willað geinnian ðá æftran hínðe mid þám uferan gestreónum, 340, 32. to lodge (v. inn a lodging) Þæs cynges cniht hæfde geinnod þone godspellere æt his húse, Hml. Th. ii. 474, 15. Hé ácwealde Castolum þe hæfde geinnod ealle þás hálgan, Hml.
scealc
a servant ⬩ a man, soldier, sailor
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Þer wes moni bald scalc(cniht, 2nd MS.), Laym. 19126. Heo wenden bi þen scelden þat hit heore scalkes (men, 2nd MS.)weoren, 4219. Schalk a knight, Gaw. 160
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healf
a half ⬩ side, part
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Him be healfe stód cniht by his side stood a youth, Byrht. Th. 136, 16; By. 152. Fram ðære uferran healfe from the upper part, L. M. 1, 27; Lchdm. ii. 68, 14.
riht-líc
right, just ⬩ right, fitting, adapted to due requirements ⬩ adapted, fitted, entitled ⬩ right, in accordance with reason ⬩ right as regards conduct, ⬩ righteous
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wǽre rihtlíc tó ongytenne ðæt ealle ða ðe Godes willan worhton, fram ðam ðe hí gesceapene wǽron, ðæt hí ðonne wǽron fram him éce méde tó onfónne, merito intelligendum Bd. 3, 22;S. 552, 21. right as regards conduct, righteous Ðæt biþ rihtlíc líf, ðæt cniht
cild
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Brihtríc forwrégde Wulfnóð cild þone Suðseaxscian, Chr. 1009; P. 138, 17. v. cniht-, cradol-, fóster-, leornung-, munuc-, wǽpned-, wíf-cild, and two following words
á-fédan
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H. 7. 31. to bring up, nurture Þám gelícost þe sum cyning háte sum wíf dón on carcern, and heó cenne cniht, and sé sý ðǽr áféded oð hé sý twéntigwintre, Wlfst. 3, l. On mínre scóle áféd and gelǽred ( nutritus ), Bt. 3, I; F. 4, 19.
ge-síþ
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Ǽnne cniht hé hæfde tó his ðénungum forð, Hml. Th. ii. 500, 8), Hml. S. 31. 37. a follower, retainer of a great man, king, &c. Geneátum, gesíþum (printed -soþum) parasitis (cf. parasitis, ministris (= Ald. 53, 12), 83, 50), Wrt.
gleng
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Bróhte se cniht tó ðám mǽdene deórwurða gimmas and woruldlice glencga, Hml. S. 7, 22. Menas, glencga crepundia, i. monilia, An. Ox. 538: Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 29. (Cf. crepundia, ornamenta, 76, 9.)
þífþ
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Gif hwá stalie on gewitnesse ealles his hírédes, gongen hié ealle on þeówot .x. wintre cniht mæg bión þiéfðe (þýfðe, MSS. B. H.) gewita (cf. wǽron cradolcild geþeówode þurh wælhreówe unlaga for lytelre þýfðe, Wulfst. 158, 15), L.
á-bregdan
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Ábregd cniht of áde, Gen. 2914. Ábréd of ðá fiðeru, Lev. 1, 17 : Lch. i. 362, 5. Gif man wǽpn ábrégde, L. Th. i. 32, 11. Búton hé ðá wyrte up ábréde, Lch. i. 246, 5. Ðæt seó gítsung his willan ne ábrúde fram láre, Hml. Th. i. 394, 14.
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leógan
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Légende, 77, 36. (1 a) leógan on to make a false charge against :-- Se cniht leáh on hine sylfne the lad accused himself falsely, Hml. S. 12, 247. Gif ðé mon on leóge, fægena þæs, Prov.
wífian
To take a wife ⬩ to marry ⬩ on
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Ðæt se cniht heólde hine sylfne clǽne óð ðæt hé wífode, Homl. Ass. 20, 149. Abraham and Nachor wífudun (duxerunt uxores), Gen. 11. 29. Wifodon, Lk. Skt. 17, 27. Wífian nubere, Hpt. Gl. 485, 72 : Homl. Skt. i. 4, 6.
ge-hǽlan
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Th. 58, 2. to hail, salute Hé þone cniht gehǽlde (-hálette, v. l.) and him bebeád puero resalutato praecepit, Gr. D. 36, 27
æþelo
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Cniht þág swá him cynde wǽron æðelo from yldrum, Gen. 2772: 1716. Him from Myrgingum æðelu onwócon, Víd. 5. Geðence hé ðá æðelu ( nobilitatem) ðǽre æfterran ácennesse ...
ge-lǽran
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Philippus þá hé cniht wæs . . . mid Paminunde gelǽred wearð Philippus apud Epaminondam . . . eruditus est, Ors. 3, 7; S. 110, 23. with acc. of person and of thing Ic ðé geongne gelǽrde snytro, Bt. 8; F. 24, 28. to train an animal or bird Wildu hors
magan
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</b> in a legal statute may = shall or must .x. wintre cniht mæg bión þiéfðe gewita a boy of ten shall be liable for complicity in a case of theft; puer decem annorum debet scire ne furtum faciat, Ll. Th. i. 106, 18.
geóguþ
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L. 127, 3. v. cild-geoguþ, cniht-geoguþ, magu-geoguþ
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ge-flít
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démenne betweox ðám folce ymbe hira geflita (-o, v.l.) ut pro se alios adjurgia dirimenda constituat, Past. 131, 16. (5 a) figurative :-- In þám freóndlican geflite (contentione) þǽre wrixiendlican eádmódnesse þǽr eóde tó genóh rihtwís déma, ꝥ wæs se cniht
wrítan
To write. ⬩ to cut ⬩ to draw ⬩ to form letters ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ to compose, ⬩ be the author of ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ write ⬩ to write ⬩ state ⬩ to write ⬩ get a thing written ⬩ to convey by charter
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To write. to cut a figure on something Wrít ðysne circul mid ðínes cnífes orde on ánum stáne, Lchdm. i. 395, 3. where the figures are letters Genim hæslenne sticcan, wrít ðínne naman on, . . . gefylle mid ðý blóde ðone naman.
swingan
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Gyf hit cild sý oððe cniht, swinge hine man (vapulet), L. Ecg. P. iv. 52 ; Th. ii. 218, 31. Swingon vapulare, Lchdm. iii. 212, 2. He ða fǽmnan hét nacode mid sweopum swingan, Exon. Th. 253, 30; Jul. 188: 251, 8; Jul. 142.