here-gild
A war-tax ⬩ the Danegild ⬩ tax to support an army
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A war-tax, the Danegild, tax to support an army Hér wæs ðet heregeold gelǽst ðæt wǽron xxi þúsend punda and xcix punda in this year the Danegild was paid, it was twenty-one thousand and ninety-nine pounds, Chr. 1040; Erl. 167, 23. Swá fela sýðe swa menn
be-swápan
To clear up, persuade, cover over, clothe, protect ⬩ suadere, cooperire, amicire, munire
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To clear up, persuade, cover over, clothe, protect; suadere, cooperire, amicire, munire Gif hwylc Rǽdwolde on mód beswápe si qui Redualdo suadeat, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 3. Hí hí mid scýtan besweóp she covered herself over with a sheet, 3, 9; S. 534, 13.
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ge-mǽne-líc
Common, general ⬩ communis, generalis
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Common, general; communis, generalis Swá swá man gerǽde for gemǽnelícre neóde so that the common need may be consulted for, L. Eth. vi. 32; Th. i. 324, 1. Hí arísaþ on ðam gemǽnelícum dóme they shall arise at the judgment of all, Homl. Th. i. 84, 22,
teónd
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An accuser Gif wíteþeów mon betýnþ . . . ðonne áh se teónd áne swingellan æt him, L. In. 48; Th. i. 132, 9. Eode se man sylf tó ðe man tuge, and hæbbe se teónd (se ðe týhþ, MS. B.) cyre, swá wæterordál swá ýsenordál, L. Ath. iv. 6; Th. i. 224, 15. Tiónd
ymbren-fæsten
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The fast of the Ember-days Ðæt man ǽlc beboden fæsten healde, sí hit ymbrenfæsten, sí hit lengctenfæsten, L. C. E. 16; Th. i. 368, 22. Ðæt ymbrenfæsten byð on ðissum mónþe ( December ), Anglia viii. 311, 39. On ðam lenctenfæstene and on ǽlcum ymbrenfæstene
beorhte
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Add: of light (lit. or fig.) Þú gedést ꝥ hé scínaþ swíþe beorhte, . . . sume beorhtor, sume unbyrhtor, swá swá steorran, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 20. Steorran gebirhte, sume þeáh beorhtor, sume unbeorhtor, 34, 5; F. 140, 6. splendidly Beorhte hine gescrý-dan
merigen
morning ⬩ the morning of the next day ⬩ morrow
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morning Úres andgites merigen is úre cildhád, Homl. Th. ii. 76, 14. Ðá se mergen geworden wæs when it was morning, St. And. 10, 3. Mergen þridda, Cd. 8; Th. 10, 11; Gen. 155: Beo. Th. 4213; B. 2103: 4255; B. 2124. Merien mane, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 53. On
nytan
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Ic nát nescio, Jn. Skt. 9, 25. Nát ic hwile wundorlíc þing, Shrn. 36, 18. Gif ðú nást if you do not know, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 17; Som. 51, 34. Gyt nyton hwæt gyt biddaþ, Mk. Skt. 10, 38. Wé witon ðæt God spæc wið Moyses; nyte wé hwanon ðes is, Jn. Skt. 9, 29
lá
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Add Lá aue, An. Ox. 56, 133. Wá lá wá eheu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 44. Add: giving emphasis to interrogation or exclamation Lá whǽr nú þá ... lá whǽr sind ubi nunc ... ubi sunt, Wülck. Gl. 253, 34, 37. Lá hú, ne mót ic dón þæt ic wille?, aut non licet mihi
winestra
Left
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Left; the feminine form is used substantively = left hand. v. swíþ, II. Ðæt sió winestre hand ne scyle witan hwæt sió suíðre dó, Past. 44; Swt. 323, 14. Dryhtnes winestre hand is under mínum heáfde. " Sió winestre hand Godes, hé cwæð, wǽre under his
norþ
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Add: with reference to movement, direction, or extent Sum feówertig scipa fóron norþ ymbútan, Chr. 894; P. 86, 9. Fela hund manna hí námon, and lǽddon norð mid heom, 1064; P. 192, 9. Hit is án hund and syfan and fíftig mila lang súð and norð, Ors. 1,
cwealmnes
Torment, pain, anguish ⬩ cruciatus
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Torment, pain, anguish ; cruciatus Ða wǽron missenlícum cwealmnyssum þréste qui diversis cruciatibus torti, Bd. 1, 7 ; S. 479, 13. Fram swá myclum cwylmnessum a tamque diutinis cruciatibus, 4, 9 ; S. 577, 10
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heofon-heall
A heavenly hall
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A heavenly hall Ne hí swá fúle ne móton intó his fægeran heofonhealle nor may they so foul enter into his fair heavenly hall, L. Ælfc. P. 41; Th. ii. 382, 10
mǽl-cearu
Care or trouble belonging to a particular time
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Care or trouble belonging to a particular time Swá ða mǽlceare maga Healfdenes singala seáþ so did Healfdene's son ever brood over the trouble of that time, Beo. Th. 380; B. 189
niþerness
Lowness ⬩ a low position ⬩ the bottom
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Lowness, a low position, the bottom Ðá geseah hé swá þýstre dene under him in nyþernesse gesette vidit quasi vallem tenebrosam subtus se in imo positam, Bd. 3. 19; S. 548, 9
bi-mútian
To exchange for ⬩ commutare
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To exchange for; commutare Swá ðás woruldgestreón on ða mǽran gód bimútad weorþaþ so these world-treasures shall be exchanged for the greater good, Exon. 33 b; Th. 106, 17; Gú. 42
fæst-heald
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Having fast hold, firmly joined, firmly cemented Hí swíðe fæsthealdne weorcstán upp áhwylfdon, and ǽfre swá hí neár and neár eódon hí fundon ǽlcne stán on óðerne befégedne, Hml. S. 23, 423
fæþman
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Boden æfter burgum, swá brimo fæðmeð(-að ?), in ceastre gehwǽre told through all towns round which circles the sea, in every city, El. 972. Faeðmendi, faetmaendi, faedmendi sinuosa, Txts. 97, 1862. Add
heáh-hylte
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A high-placed shrubbery Eall swá ðæt heáhhylte scǽt tó scagan, C. D. v. 234, 24. Á be þám héhhylte in on þone langan þorn, Cht. E. 206, 27. Cf. scóm-hylte
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munuc-scrúd
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Monk's dress Werige gehwá swá his háde to gebyrige, ꝥ se preóst hæbbe ꝥ ꝥ hé tó gehádod is, and hé ne werige munucscrúd ne lǽwedra manna, Ll. Th. ii. 358, 8
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