blíð-nes
Joyfulness, enjoyment, a leaping for joy, exultation, mirth ⬩ gaudium, exultatio, hilaritas
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Joyfulness, enjoyment, a leaping for joy, exultation, mirth; gaudium, exultatio, hilaritas Gif ðú nú atelan wilt ealle ða blíðnessa wið ðám unrótnessum if thou wilt now reckon all the enjoyments against the sorrows, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 22.
un-æþelboren
Not nobly born ⬩ not of noble birth
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Not nobly born, not of noble birth Gif se æþelborena ðone unæþelborenan oferþýhð, sý hé gemedemad furður be his geearnungum ðonne se unæþelborena, R. Ben. 12, 15-17.
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for-ferian
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to bring to an untimely end Gif hwá óðrum his unmagan oðfæste, and hé hine on þǽre fæstinge forferie (if the person accepting the charge cause the death of the person committed to his charge. Cf.
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ge-setla
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Gif gegilda myd þǽm ete . . . þe his gegildan stlóg . . . gilde án pund, bútun hé ætsacan mæge mid his twám gesetlun ꝥ hé hine nyste, Cht. Th. 612, 16 : 23
ofer-cýðan
to bring stronger testimony than another
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to bring stronger testimony than another Wé cwǽdon be mannum ... gif áþ burste oððe ofercýðed wǽre if the oath were not supported by a sufficient number of compurgators, or were disproved by testimony more strongly supported by oath.
slidorian
To slither ⬩ to slide, slip ⬩ labo ⬩ labor
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Gif hy geseón ðæt míne fét slidrien dum commoverentur pedes mei 37, 16
wan-hálness
Weakness ⬩ sickness ⬩ unsoundness ⬩ infirmity
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Bróþor se untruma gif hé gefrét hys weaxan wanhálnysse (inbecillitatem), Anglia xiii. 442, 1102
ceápian
To bargain, chaffer, trade, to contract for the purchase or sale of a thing, to buy, to bribe ⬩ negotiari, emere, comparāre
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Mihte ýþ geceápian, gif ǽnig man ceápode might easily buy, if any one bargained, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 106, 17
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ge-swícan
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Gif hé ðonne giét geswicen næfð his ágenra unðeáwa si ergo adhuc in ejus corpore passiones vivunt. Past. 59, 24.
ǽht
- 194, 16 .
what is owned, a possession ⬩ possession
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Of lande mid heora ǽhtum gewíten, i. 38, 2. of cattle :-- Gif heora menn sleán úre ǽhta, Ll. Th. i. 288, 10. of slaves. Cf. ǽht-boren :-- Gif hwylc man his ǽht servum ofslyhð, Ll.
CYND
nature, KIND ⬩ natura ⬩ a sort, gender ⬩ natura, genus
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nature, KIND; natura Gif hió hire cynd healdan wile if she desire to retain her nature, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 160, note 21, MS.
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eáþ-mód
Humble, lowly, obedient ⬩ hŭmĭlis, obēdiens
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Humble, lowly, obedient; hŭmĭlis, obēdiens Gif ðú eáþmódne eorl geméte if thou meet a lowly person, Exon. 84 b; Th. 318, 5; Mód. 78. He eáþmóde him eorlas funde he found men obedient to him, Menol. Fox 195; Men. 99.
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edor
A hedge, fence, place inclosed by a hedge, fold, dwelling, house ⬩ sēpes, dŏmus, tectum
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A hedge, fence, place inclosed by a hedge, fold, dwelling, house; sēpes, dŏmus, tectum Gif fríman edor gegangeþ if a freeman forcibly enter a dwelling, L. Ethb. 29: Th. i. 10, 3. Under edoras under dwellings.
fleard
Trifles ⬩ nūgæ
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Trifles; nūgæ Gif friþgeard sí on hwæs lande, abúton stán, oððe treów, oððe wille, oððe swilces ǽnige fleard if there be an inclosed space on any one's land, about a stone, or a tree, or a well, or any trifles of such kind, L. N. P.
for-gýmeleásian
To neglect entirely ⬩ omnīno neglĭgĕre
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Gif he forgýmeleásaþ his hláfordes gafol if he neglect his lord's tribute, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 15. Swylc geréfa swylc ðis forgýmeleásie such reeve as may neglect this, L. Ath. iv. 1; Th. i. 222, 2.
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forþ-genge
Progressive ⬩ increasing ⬩ effective ⬩ pŏtens
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Progressive, increasing, effective; pŏtens Hú mæg se leáfa beón forþgenge, gif seó lár [MS. lare] and ða láreówas ateoriaþ how can the faith be increasing if the doctrine and the teachers fail? Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 34.
freoh
Free ⬩ līber
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Gif he freoh sý if he be free, L. Wg. 8; Th. i. 188, 3: L. Ath. i. 24; Th. i. 212, 14. He gewát freoh fram deáþes sárnysse he departed free from the pain of death, Homl. Th. i. 76, 13
mynster-clǽnsung
Purification of a minster
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Purification of a minster (within whose walls a man has been slain) Ðonne béte man ðæt ciricgriþ intó ðære circan . . . and ða mynsterclǽnsunge begite (cf. gif ǽnig man Godes ciricgriþ swá ábrece ðæt hé binnon ciricwágum manslaga weorþe, 11. 6-8), L.
myrten
That has died by disease
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That has died by disease Gif swýn etaþ myrten flǽsc si porci carnem morticinam ederint, L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 164, 18.
Sunnan-ǽfen
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Gif esne ofer dryhtnes hǽse wyrce an Sunnan-ǽfen efter hire setlgange óð Mónan-ǽfenes setlgang, L. Wih. 9; Th. i. 38, 19. Hí lǽddon hine tó hiora hústinge on ðone Sunnan-ǽfen, Chr. 1012; Erl. 146, 34. [Giester sunneue, Chart. Th. 437, 18.]