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hrægel-þegn

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Add: as officer of royal household Ǽlcan gesettan hræglðéne hundeahtatig mancusa goldis, C. D. B. iii. 75, 30 (from K.

saltere

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Add Eálá þú psaltere (psalterium) and hearpe, Ps. L. 56, 9. <b>II b.</b> add :-- This syndon thá cyrican mádmas on Scírburnan. Thǽr synd twá Crístes béc . . . i. mæssebóc and i ymener and i salter, C. D. B. iii. 660, 32.

geác

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Add Gaec, gę̄c cuculus Txts. 55, 618. Geác geumatrix, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 64; geumatrex, 40, 69. Geáces súre Gę̄ces (geácæs, gécæs) súre accitalium Txts. 37, 58. Geácas súre, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 32.

swaru

(n.)

swearing, oath,

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Grammar swaru, swer in an-swer. v. and-swaru. [Cf. Icel. svar; n. answer: Dan. svar. Forrhwi ȝho ȝaff swillc sware onnȝæn, Orm. 2422.] swearing, oath, v. áþ-, mán-, mánáþ- (be mánáþsware de perjurio, L. Ecg. C. tit. 34; Th. ii. 130, 24) swaru.

scýan

(v.)
Grammar
scýan, (for scýhan), scýn (?); p. de

To prompt ⬩ urge ⬩ persuade ⬩ suggest

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Cum enim malignus spiritus peccatum suggerit in mente, Bd. l, 27; S. 497, 14-20. Wé getǽceþ ł scýaþ him nos suadebimus ei, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 28, 14. Cf. scýhend, scýend maulistis, Txts. 78, 654. Scýhend malistis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 52

þafung

(n.)
Grammar
þafung, e; f.

Consent, ⬩ permission

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Consent, permission Be bisceopes pafunge cum consensu episcopi L. Ecg. C. 26; Th. ii. 152, 3. Be his þafunge permissionem suam R. Ben. Interl. 77, 6.

stirc

(n.)
Grammar
stirc, stiorc, styric, es; n.

A stirk, calf, a young bullock ⬩ a heifer

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A stirk, calf, a young bullock or a heifer Stirc bucula, juvenca, vitula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 63. Styrc juvencus, i. 78, 44. Ðæt þridde stód ánum styrce (cealfe, MS. C.: cf. ðæs celfes gelícnyss belimpþ tó Lucan, 192) gelíc. Homl. Skt. i. 15, 183.

god-cund

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Add: of or pertaining to God Godcund andgit and godcund foretiohhung, Bt. 39, 4; F. 216, 31. Se godcunda anweald, 16, 4; F. 58, 13. Ðá ðe sió godcundde stefn ðreáde, Past. 91, 7. Þæs godcundan mægenþrymmes, Bl. H. 103, 3.

Linked entry: god-lic

plegan

(v.)
Grammar
plegan, plægan, plegian, plagian, plagian; p. de, ede, ode
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To play; ludere Ic plege ludo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 23 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 29. Plegade lusit, 53, 28. Plegende ludens, Kent. Gl. 279 : 995. to play, move about sportively, frolic, dance Horufisc plegode, glád geond gársecg, Andr.

Linked entries: plægan plagian plegian

FEÓGAN

(v.)
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FEÓGAN, feógean, fiógan, feón, fión; part. feógende; ic feóge, he feógeþ, feóþ, pl. feógaþ, feógeaþ; p. feóde, pl. feódon, feódun, feódan

To hate ⬩ persecute ⬩ ōdisse ⬩ ŏdio hăbēre ⬩ infestāre

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To hate, persecute; ōdisse, ŏdio hăbēre, infestāre Uton we firene feógan let us hate crimes, Exon. 98 a; Th. 366, 16; Reb. 13. He hí alýsde of feógendra folmum libĕrāvit eos de mănu ōdientium, Ps. Th. 105, 10.

for-faran

(v.)
Grammar
for-faran, p. -fór, pl. -fóron; pp. -faren [for-, faran to go] .

to go or pass away ⬩ perish ⬩ perīre ⬩ to cause to pass away ⬩ cause to perish ⬩ to destroy ⬩ perdĕre

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Hí mǽst ealle forfóron they almost all perished, 910; Erl. 101, 8, 33: 1096; Erl. 233, 22. to cause to pass away, cause to perish, to destroy; perdĕre Forfare hý man mid ealle let a man totally destroy them, L. E. G. 11; Th. i. 174, 2: L. C.

Linked entry: for-ferian

earn

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S. 15, 198: Jn. 1, heading. Tó earnes beáme, C. D. ii. 73, 25. On earnes beorh, iii. 427, 18. (Earn occurs in many local names, v. C. D. vi. 282, col. 2.) Þæt feórðe nýten wæs fágum earne gelíc, Hml. S. 15, 184.

folc-leásung

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Th. i. 266, 22-25: 384a 23-26 (depoena convitiatorum). See also L. Hen. I. c. 34, § 7: 59, § 13 Folcleásung seems to be the same crime as that referred to in later lawbooks, quoted Ll.

hoh-full

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Add: careful, that takes care or pains Emhýdi, hohful zelotypus An. Ox. 2277. Hé sí gewordan hohful reddatur de suis ratiociniis sollicitus R. Ben. I. 17, 7. Hohfullum (carefullan, R.

on-tendan

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S. 25, 416. to set on fire what is to give light, light a candle, lamp, &c, Lch. iii. 286, 6 (in Dict.). (2a) of the illumination of the moon by the sun Gyf se môna æfter sunnan setlunge ontend byð. . . ne byð hê nîwe geteald, Lch. iii. 266,

sceatt

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Add [S]ceatta bíbycgong rerum distractio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 35. Naaman beád ðám, Godes menn deórwurðe sceattas . . . 'Genim feówer scrúd and twá pund.' Hé ðá gewende ongeán mid þám sceattum, Hml. Th. i. 400, 10-22. <b>I a.

sóm

(n.)
Grammar
sóm, e; f.

agreement, concord ⬩ the bringing about of concord, reconciliation, adjustment of differences ⬩ an agreement, arrangement of a matter in dispute

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agreement, concord Beó eallum mannum sibb and sóm gemǽne, and ǽlc sacu tótwǽmed L. Eth. vi. 25; Th. i. 320, 28: L. C. E. 17; Th. i. 370, 10: Wulfst. 118, 3. Ðám dómbócum ðe se heofonlíca Wealdend his folce gesette tó sóme and tó sehtnesse Homl.

Eást

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
Eást, es; m.
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Substitute: <b>eást;</b> adv. East, to the east; dele first passage, and add: marking direction, of movement Hér fór se here eást, Chr. 891; P. 82, 16. Swegen gewende eást tó Baldewines lande, 1046; P. 171, 2.

esne

a servant ⬩ a man

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Genóh biþ ꝥte esne sié swá swá láford his, Mt. R. 10, 24, 25: Shrn. 196, 11. Þú esne náwiht, Mt. R. 18, 32. Eádgo biðon esnas (servi) ðá ðá ðe se drihten gemoetað wæccendo, Lk. L. 12, 37. a young man Ðe esne adolescens, Mt. L. 19, 20, 22.

grimme

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Grimme greótan to bewail bitterly, Sal. 376. <b>I a.</b> of personifications :--- Án wiht ... grimme grymetað ... Módor is ..., 81, 3. of the effect or condition of things Bryne grimme gemencged, Wlfst. 26, 7: 94, 2.