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gafol-irþ

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-irþ, e; f.

The ploughing by the ⬩ and the sowing from his own barn of a certain portion of the lord's land and the reaping and carrying of the crop to the lord's barn by way of rent

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Þa gerihta þæ ðá ceorlas sculan dón tó Hysseburnan ... .iii. æceras geerian on heora ágenre hwíle and mid heora ágenan sǽde gesáwan, and on heora ágenre hwíle on bærene gebringan, Cht. Th. 144, 28-38

Linked entries: gærs-irþ gafol-yrþ

tíran

(v.)
Grammar
tíran, p. de

To run with tears, ⬩ to water (of the eyes)

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Wiþ ðon ðe eágan týren (cf. wið eallum tiédernessum eágena, 2, 6), Lchdm. ii. 32, 28. Gif eágan týren, 34, 1: 308, 19: iii. 4, 23. Wið týrendum eágan, 4, 6: i. 374, 3. Wið týrende eágan, i. 72, 14

Linked entries: teherian týran

míl

(n.)
Grammar
míl, e; míle(?), an; f.

A mile

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A mile Álecgaþ hit on ánre míle ðone mǽstan dǽl fram ðæm túne, ðonne óðerne ... óð ðe hyt eall áled biþ on ðære ánre míle, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 30-32: Blickl. Homl. 129, 4. Leóuue, míle milliarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 7. Twelf míla, Blickl.

un-hírlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hírlíc, adj.

fierce ⬩ savage ⬩ dismal ⬩ doleful

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Homl. 203, 7. dismal, doleful Ic forht and unrót ðás unhýrlícan fers onhefde mid sange carmina prae tristi cecini haec lugubria mente, Dóm. L. 11

Linked entries: un-heórlíc hír-lic

wiþer-breca

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-breca, an; m.

An adversary

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Wæs ðu geðafsum wiðerbracæ (adversaria) ðínum; ðý læs gesellæ ðec ðe widerbracæ tó dóme, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 25. Gif ðæ wiðerbraca (Satanas ) ðone wiðerbraco drífes, 12, 26. Wiðerbrecan obpositum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 24.

ge-leórnes

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Giliórnise hiora exitus illorum 86, 16. the anniversary of a person's death On ðone nygeðan dæg ðæs mónðes bið Sc̃e Pegean geleórnes, Shrn. 48, 38: 51, 28: 52 15, and often

LÆS

(adv.)
Grammar
LÆS, adv. also used in conjunctional phrases and as a noun.

Less ⬩ lest

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Nóht ðon læs nihilominus, Bd. 2, 14; S. 516, 6. Nóhte ðon læs, 3, 6; S. 528, 10. Nóhte ðý læs unáræfnendlíc non minus intolerabile, 5, 12; S. 627. 38.

Linked entry: læsast

ge-efnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-efnan, p. ede; pp. ed

To do ⬩ perform ⬩ carry out ⬩ sustain

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To do, perform, carry out, sustain Eft, geblóweþ and geefneþ swá óþ ðæt ǽfen cymeþ it blows again, and does so until even comes, Ps. Th. 86, 6. Hió geefenede swá she did so, Elen. Kmbl. 2028; El. 1015.

Linked entry: ge-æfnan

frum-sceapen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
frum-sceapen, part.

First formed or created ⬩ prīmus formātus vel creātus

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First formed or created; prīmus formātus vel creātus Ðá ðá he geworhte Adam, ðóne frumsceapenan mann when he wrought Adam, the first created man, Hexam. 14; Norm. 22, 14

lungen

(n.)
Grammar
lungen, e; f.

A lung

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Ðone man ðe biþ lungenne wund, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 92, 21

mold-græf

(n.)
Grammar
mold-græf, es; n.

A grave

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Ǽnra gehwylc from moldgrafum séceþ Meotudes dóm, 63 b; Th. 233, 13; Ph. 524

morgen-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-steorra, an; m.

The morning star

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The morning star Ðone beorhtan steorran ðe wé hátaþ morgensteorra Lucifer, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 3: 39, 13; Fox 234. 3: Bt. Met. Fox 4, 26; Met. 4, 13

un-forod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forod, un-fored; adj.

Unbroken ⬩ inviolate

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Wé sceolon healdan ðone bróðerlícan bend unforedne, Homl. Th. i. 260, 29

Linked entry: un-fored

fird-faru

Grammar
fird-faru, Take here fyrd-faru,
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Frig ǽlces woruldlican weorces búton ðám ðe eallum folce gæméne is, ðót is fyrdfara, sig hit on scipfyrde, sig hit on landfyrde, C. D. iv. 51, 18. and add

ge-tred

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tred, es; n.
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Voc. ii. 133, 60. a treading down

Linked entry: -tred

æcer-geard

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-geard, es; m.

An enclosure of arable land ⬩ or the fence of a field

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v. geard) On ðone æcergeard; á be ðǽm gearde, C. D. iii. 458, 24

Linked entry: geard

brádiende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
brádiende, part. [brád broad, spread out]

broad, spread out ⬩ Stretching out, extending, reaching ⬩ amplificans, extendens, tendens

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Stretching out, extending, reaching; amplificans, extendens, tendens Fram ðam heofone brádiende niðer óþ ða eorþan reaching from the heavens down to the earth, Ors. 5, 10;Bos. 108, 25

týtan

(v.)
Grammar
týtan, p. te

To stand out ⬩ be conspicuous

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Th. 447, 26; Dóm. 45

wamm-wyrcende

(adj.)

working iniquity

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working iniquity Ðæt weorþeþ þeódum tó þreá, ðám ðe þonc Gode, womwyrcende, ne cúþun ðæs ðe hé on ðone hálgan beám ahougen wæs. Exon. Th. 67, 23 ; Cri. 1093

þurfan

(v.)
Grammar
þurfan, prs. ic, he þearf, ðú þearft, pl. wé þurfon; p. þorfte; subj. prs. is þurfe, þyrfe, pl. þurfen, þyrfen; prs. ptcpl. þurfende, þyrfende

To need ⬩ to be in need ⬩ have need of something ⬩ to need to do something ⬩ to be bound to do something because it is right ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ be compelled by destiny ⬩ to have good cause or reason for doing something ⬩ to be use, to be good for a person to do something ⬩ to owe

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Hé suiðor his mód gebint tó ðǽm unnyttran weorcum, ðonne hé ðyrfe ( more than is fitting for him ), Past, 4; Swt. 37, 21. Ðonne mon má fæst, ðonne hé ðyrfe ( more than religion requires ), 43; Swt. 313, 2.