mægþ-bót
The fine to be paid by an unmarried woman
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The fine to be paid by an unmarried woman Mægþbót sí swá friges mannes let the fine to be paid by an unmarried woman be the same as that by a free man (for the same offence), L. Ethb. 74 j Th. i. 20, 9. This regulation follows one that settles the fine
Óst-sǽ
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the Baltic with the Cattegat, the water east of Denmark and of the Scandinavian peninsula as that on the western coast is called Westsǽ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 3 Be norþan Súþdenum is ðæs gársecges earm ðe mon hǽt Ostsǽ. . . Norþdene habbaþ be norþan him
þyrre
dry ⬩ lacking water ⬩ lacking sap or moisture ⬩ dry
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dry, lacking water On þyrran mæræ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 117, 5. lacking sap or moisture Þornas þyre (þyrre? but cf. O. L. Ger. thiori holt), Ps. Th. 117, 12. as a medical term, dry Hine dreceþ þyrre hwósta, Lchdm. ii. 264, 13. Eallum þyrrum líchomum
un-fáh
Not regarded as a foe
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Not regarded as a foe, used of the kinsmen of a criminal when not involved in the feud which their kinsman's guilt occasioned Gif hwá heonanforð ǽnigne man ofsleá, ðæt hé wege sylf ða fǽhðe ... Gif hine seó mǽgð forlǽte ... ðonne wille ic ðæt eall seó
wíd-síþ
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A far journey, long travel Módor ne rǽdaþ, ðonne heó magan cenneþ, hú him weorðe geond woruld wídsíð sceapen, Salm. Kmbl. 744; Sal. 371. Wérig winneþ, wídsíð onginneþ, Exon. Th. 354, 26 ; Reim. 51. ¶ the word occurs also as a name for one who has travelled
ge-campian
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Add: to fight a fight Gé habbað gecampod gódne campdóm, Hml. S. 34, 262. to get by fighting Ne byð nǽfre leán þæs sigores, búton hit sý mid gewinne gecampod sine labore certaminis non est palma victoriae, Gr. D. 221, 8. to fight for a person (dat.),
híwisclíce
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As forming part of a family or household In ealdum tídum biscop mid his geférum ge eác abbud wunade mid munucum; hwæþere hié tó þæs biscopes scíre heówesclíce (hiów-, v. l.) belumpen a temporibus antiquis et episcopus cum clero et abbas solebat manere
hopp-scýte
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Substitute: <b>hop-scíte, hopp-scýte</b> a bed-curtain, and add Heó (Judith) nam ꝥ heáfod and his hopscýtan abstulit conopeum eius (cf. An. Ox. 7, 365 where conopeum, occurring in the story of Judith, is glossed by wáhreft. In the poem of
ilfette
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Æluetu cicnus, Hpt. 33, 240, 10. Iluetu ( printed ilnetu) ciciris (cicnus? cf. i. 280, 10 where ciciris is given in a list of birds, but without an English equivalent. A similar list is given on p. 62, and there cignus occurs just before mergulus, as
tó-rípan
To pluck in two ⬩ tear to pieces
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To pluck in two, tear to pieces Ðá hé fleáh ðá tórýpte hine án brémber ofer ðæt nebb. Ðá hé ætsacan wolde ðá sǽde him mon ðæt tó tácne when he fled, a bramble scratched him all over the face. When he wanted to deny (the charge brought against him), they
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for-þrysmian
to choke ⬩ to darken with smoke ⬩ cloud
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Add: to choke as with smoke Þá Judéas Crýst mid stengum and myd blásum hyne forþrysmodon and úre leóht ofslógon, Hml. A. 191, 291. Þæt sǽd mid þǽra þorna wæstme forðrysmod wearð, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 6. Forðresmedon suffocato, An. Ox. 11, 100. to darken
frum-cirr
first time ⬩ at once
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Take here frum-cyrr and Add: definite, first time as opposed to second, third, c. Æt frumcirre . . . æt óðrum cirre . . . æt þriddan cirre, Ll. Th. i. 214, 4. indefinite, in the phrase æt frumcirre at once Sió gesihð æt fruman cerre (frumcerre, v. l
hlǽw
a low ⬩ law ⬩ a rising ground, ⬩ an artificial as well as a natural mound, ⬩ a funeral mound; ⬩ tumulus ⬩ the interior of a mound, ⬩ a cave
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a low or law [occurring in names of places], a rising ground, an artificial as well as a natural mound, a funeral mound; tumulus Wæs ðǽr on ðam eálande sum hláw mycel ofer eorþan geworht, ðone ylcan men for feós wilnunga gedulfon and brǽcon there was
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FYRD
an army ⬩ the military array of the whole country ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ an army ⬩ agmen ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ an expedition ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ a camp ⬩ castrum
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an army, the military array of the whole country; exercĭtus, expĕdītio. To take part in the fyrd was the general duty of every freeman, even of the mere churl, but as forming one branch of the trinoda necessitas it belonged especially to owners of land
Datia
The DACIANS ⬩ Dāci
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The DACIANS; Dāci; gen. ōrum; m. = Δακoί A celebrated warlike people in Upper Hungary, in Transylvania, Moldavia, Wallachia, and in Bessarabia. They were originally of the same race as the Getæ. Trajan crossed the Danube and conquered the country in A
for-rǽdan
to give counsel against ⬩ to condemn ⬩ plot against ⬩ deprive by treachery, wrong ⬩ condemnāre ⬩ insĭdias părāre
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v. a. to give counsel against, to condemn, plot against, deprive by treachery, wrong; condemnāre, insĭdias părāre We beódaþ ðæt man Cristene men for ealles tó lytlum to deáþe ne forrǽde we command that Christian men be not for altogether too little condemned
pund
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A Pound. as a weight without reference to money Án uncia stent on feówer and twentig penegum ; twelf síðon twelf penegas beóþ on ánum punde, Anglia viii. 335. 18. Libra is pund on Englisc, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 30; Som. 52, 8. Pund praesorium (pressorium), Wrt
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BLÓWAN
to BLOW, flourish, bloom, blossom ⬩ florere, efflorere, reflorere ⬩ to be in full vigour or bloom ⬩ to burst, blossom
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to BLOW, flourish, bloom, blossom; florere, efflorere, reflorere Wudu sceal blǽdum blówan the wood shall blow with flowers, Menol. Fox 527; Gn. C. 34: Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 6; Rä. 35, 9. Wæs Aarones gyrd gemétt blówende and berende hnyte Aaron's rod
sib
Sib ⬩ related ⬩ one related ⬩ a relation
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Sib (dial. e. g. Lancashire, Scottish), related; also absolute, one related, a relation (In god-sibbas the word is inflected as a noun, cf. Icel. sifr a near relation. In the passage below, Lk. 14, 12, the form may be taken as a weak noun, cf. Icel. sifi
efne
Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now ⬩ plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem
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Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now; plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem He wintra hæfde efne hund-seofontig ǽr him sunu wóce he had just seventy winters ere a son was born to him, Cd. 57; Th. 70, 24; Gen. 1158. We ðé willaþ ferigan