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ge-þrafian

(v.)
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ge-þrafian, p. ode
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To press, urge, compel Hé cwæð ꝥ sume dæge wǽre mid gafoles neáde geþrafod (genéded, v. l.) sum geleáffull wer quia die quodam fidelis vir quidam necessitate debiti compulsus, Gr. D. 157, 22

Linked entry: þrafian

lǽnan

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</b> to lend for a consideration, lend (money) at interest :-- Gif bisceop . . . oððe hwylc Godes þeów lǽnð his feoh tó unrihtun gafole (pecuniam suam injusto foenore mutuam dederit ), Ll. Th. ii. 198, 14.

á-gildan

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Ic lǽrde ꝥ hié heora gafol águldon, Bl. H. 185, 22. Wæstm ágildan to bring forth fruit, 55, 6. <b>II a.</b> of duty or service, to pay, perform :-- Ic ágeald reddidi (vota mea ), Kent. Gl. 197. Gesceád ágyldan to render an account , Hml.

Linked entries: á-geldan on-gildan

ge-nédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nédan, -niedan, -nýdan; p. de; pp. ed

To compel, force, urge

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Ealle Asiam hý genýddon ðæt hí him gafol guldon they compelled all Asia to pay them tribute, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 28. He næs nó genéded he was not compelled, Blickl. Homl. 29, 15.

manung

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Add Cóm eft þider sé þe geswænced wæs mid þæs gafoles manunge cum is qui necessitate debiti affligebatur rediret, Gr. D. 158, 13. v.gafol-manung

þreátian

(v.)
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</b> add: — lié him ILLIGIBLE hwylc neádung þæs gafoles híne þreátode quaecum urgeret debiti necessitas indicavit, Gr. D. 157, 28. add: with clause Se cásere hine ðreátode ðæt hé Críste wiðsðce, Shrn. 71, 32.

þeótan

(v.)
Grammar
þeótan, and þútan; p. þeát, pl. þuton.
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Him on gafol forlét ferðfriþende feówer wellan scíre sceótan on gesceap þeótan ( or gesceapþeótan. ? v. gesceap, III, and þeóte.

dún-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
dún-sǽte, gen. -sǽta; dat. -sǽtum,sǽtan ; pl. m. [dún a mountain, -sǽte dwellers, inhabitants]

Mountaineers, inhabitants of the mountains of Wales montĭcŏlæ Walliæ

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Hwílon Wentsǽte hýrdon into Dúnsǽtan, ac hit gebýreþ rihtor into West-Sexan: ðyder hý scylan gafol and gislas syllan.

pund

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</b> add :-- Man geald ǽrest gafol Deniscan mannum . . . ꝥ wæs .x. þúsend punda, Chr. 991; P. 127, 5. Twá and twéntig þúsend punda goldes and seolfres mon gesealde þám here of Ænglalande wið friðe, Ll.

neádung

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Add: of pressure due to persons or circumstances Hé him ásǽde hwylc neádung þæs gafoles hine áþreátode quae eum urgeret debiti necessitas, indicavit, Gr. D. 157, 28. Heó wolde lybban hyre líf on mægðháde sylfwilles for Gode, ná for neádunge, Hml.

feþer

a feathera winga penquill

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Voc. ii. 66, 61. a feather Þæt gafol bið on deóra fellum and on fugela feðerum . . .

Linked entries: fedes féþu

sægen

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Hé cwæð þæt hé wolde þám wífe gemyltsian, ac hé ne mihte ꝥ gafol álecgan . . . 'Gif þú woldest myltsian and ne mihtest, þǽr is sum beládung on þǽre sægne (segene, v. l. ),' Hml.

big-gyrdel

(n.)
Grammar
big-gyrdel, bí-gyrdel, -gerdel; g. -gyrdles, -gerdles; m. [big, bí, gyrdel a girdle, belt, purse]

A belt, girdlea purse, public purse, treasuryzōna = ζώνη, saccus = σάκκos, fiscus

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Cyninges [MS. kinges] gafoles bígerdel saccus vel fiscus, 65; Som. 69, 35; Wrt. Voc. 40, 63. Biggyrdel fiscus vel saccus publicus, 17; Som. 58, 94; Wrt. Voc. 22, 11

Linked entries: bí-gerdel bí-gyrdel

rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
rǽden, rǽdenn, e; f.
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The word occurs as the second part of many nouns, when its force is much the same as that of the suffixes -ship, -hood, -red, denoting a state, condition. v. bed-, bróðor-, burh-, camp-, feónd-, folc-, freónd-, gafol-, gebed-, gecwid-, gefér-, heord-,

in-land

(n.)
Grammar
in-land, es ; n.

terra tenementalisterra dominicalis

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Kmbl. ii. 95, 16. xxx hída .ix inlandes and xxi. hída gesettes landes ... is sum inland sum hit is tó gafole gesett thirty hides, nine of 'inland' and twenty-one hides of let land ... some is' inland,' some of it is let, iii. 450, 11-18.

Linked entries: ge-neát-land út-land

cyric-sceat

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-sceat, ciric-sceat,es; m.

Church-scot, church-money, tax or rate

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Ðæt neád-gafol úres Drihtnes; ðæt sýn, úre teoðunga and cyric-sceattas the necessary tribute of our Lord; thatt In church-scet lx gallinas et semen frumenti ad tres acras, Chartul. de Glaston. MS. f. 38: L. In. 61; Th. i. 140, 12-14: L.

Linked entry: ciric-sceat

FEL

(n.)
Grammar
FEL, FELL, es; n.

skinhidepelliscŏriumcŭtis

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Ðæt gafol biþ on deóra fellum the tribute is in skins of animals, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 33: Boutr. Scrd. 20, 29: Gen. 27, 16. Se byrdesta sceall gyldan fíftyne mearþes fell the richest must pay fifteen skins of the marten, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 36.

Linked entry: fell

un-gemetlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemetlíc, adj.

immoderateinordinateexcessivetoo greatimmensevery greatnot of the same measurediverse

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Ðá hié angeátan ðæt hé ungemetlíc gafol wið ðæm friþe habban wolde cum intolerabiles conditiones pacis audissent, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 24. Ungemetlíca metesócna and ungemetlíce unlustas, Lchdm. ii. 174, 27. Ða ungemetlícan hleahtras, Blickl.

be-hátan

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Cantware heom feoh behéton, Chr. 865 ; P. 69, 4. ꝥ him man gafol behéte, 994; P. 129, II. Tó ðám behátenan earde. Hml. Th. ii. 282, 17.

ge-bytlu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bytlu, indecl. f.

A building

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He gýmþ grǽdelíce his gafoles, his gebytlu he attends greedily to his rent, his buildings, i. 66, 11; 68, 2. He eów sylþ micle burga and ða sélnstan gebytlu he will give you great cities and the best buildings, Deut. 6, 10