butsa-carlas
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['The " butsecarls" stand in the same relation to the "scip-fyrd" that the housecarls occupy towards the " land-fyrd "; i. e. they are the king's standing force, as opposed to the national levies.
dípe
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Ofer dýpe, Rä. 4, 21. a deep place on land On dígelre dýpe [dýpen (= -an), Hpt. Gl. 516, 28] in latebroso (carceris) fundo, An. Ox. 4767. [v. N. E. D. deep; sb. Goth. diupei: O. L. Ger. diupí profundum: O. H. Ger. tiufi: Icel. dýpi
níþ
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Ne trúwige nán man be ælmesdǽdum bútan lufe; for ðan ðe swá lange swá hé hylt ðone sweartan níð on his heortan, ne mæg hé God gegladian. Hml.
áþ
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Add Se arcebiscop mid his selfes áþe geáhnode God . . . þá land . . . , and þæne áð nam se scírigman tó þæs cinges handa, and þǽr wæs gód eáca tén hundan mannan þe þane áð sealdan, Cht. Th. 273, 22-31.
ham
A dwelling, fold, or enclosed possession.
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'It is so frequently coupled with words implying the presence of water as to render it probable that, like the Friesic hemmen, it denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against the stream, which would otherwise
be-gang
exercise ⬩ labour ⬩ business ⬩ cultivation ⬩ religious practice
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H. 113, 30, cultivation Fram ǽlce bi-gonge (cultura) þis land ligeð tólýsed, Gr. D. 258, 18. religious practice Ðǽre godcundnesse begang (bigong, v.l.) diuinitatis cultus, Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 164, 10. Bigeon[g] ðes cultus isle, Rtl. 24, 21.
GǼLAN
to hinder ⬩ delay ⬩ impede ⬩ keep in suspense ⬩ retardāre ⬩ mŏrāri ⬩ impĕdīre ⬩ to hesitate ⬩ delay ⬩ cunctāri
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v. trans. to hinder, delay, impede, keep in suspense; retardāre, mŏrāri, impĕdīre Hú lange gǽlst ðú úre líf quousque anĭmam nostram tollis? Jn. Bos. 10, 24.
Linked entry: hyge-gǽlsa
leccan
To moisten ⬩ wet
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Leohte ðæt líðe land lago yrnende, Cd. 12; Th. 13, 30; Gen. 210. Seó wæs wætrum weaht and wæstmum þeaht lagostreámum leoht it was refreshed by the waters, covered with various growths, irrigated by running streams, 91; Th. 115, 21; Gen. 1923.
Linked entry: leohte
leód-hata
A tyrant
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Hér sind on earde leódhatan grimme ealles tó manege herein the land are fierce tyrants all too many, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 155. Áwyrgede womsceaðan, leáse leódhatan, Elen. Kmbl. 2597; El. 1300.
ge-bégan
To cause to bow ⬩ bend ⬩ bow down ⬩ recline ⬩ press down ⬩ humble ⬩ crush ⬩ flectĕre ⬩ incurvāre ⬩ humiliare ⬩ deprĭmĕre
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Burga fífe wǽran under Norþmannum nýde gebégde on hǽðenra hæfteclommum lange þrage five towns were under the Northmen by necessity bowed down in the bonds of the heathen for a long space, Chr. 941; Th. 210, 7, col. 1; Edm.9
ge-freoðian
To protect ⬩ guard ⬩ free ⬩ keep
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Ðæt lond Gode gefreoðode he kept that land for God, 34 b; Th. 111, 7; Gú. 123
Linked entry: ge-friðian
un-weorþlíc
of little value or importance ⬩ humble ⬩ that has little honour ⬩ not famous or splendid ⬩ poor ⬩ ignoble ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ infamous
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hláfordas and ða recceras scoldon ðencean ymb ðæt hélícuste and ða underðióddan scoldon dón ðæt unweorðlícre a subditis inferiora gerenda sunt, a rectoribus summa cogitanda, Past. 18; Swt. 131, 10. that has little honour, not famous or splendid, poor Hié lange
yrfe
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Ðá ðæt land ǽrest mín láford mǽ tó lǽt, ðá wæs hit ierfelæás ( omni peccunia caruit) . . . . And ic sælf ðæt ierfæ (peccuniam) tó gestríndæ . . . .
Linked entry: erfe
be-héfe
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Land ðæ him gehændre beó and behéfre terra quae eis uicinior sit uel utilior, C. D. v. 137, 21. Sélost and hire behéfast, Hml. S. 33, 252. Feówer þing synt ealra þinga behéfost þám árwyrðan men, Wlfst. 247, II.
telga
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. ¶ In the following passage Kemble and Leo take the word as meaning a strip of land (fallow), but as such a strip of land if fallow one year would not be so the next, its designation as the fallow strip would hardly serve the purpose of marking a boundary
for-cnídan
To beat or break into pieces ⬩ dash or throw down ⬩ comminuĕre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ collidére
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Setl his on lande ðú forcnyde sēdem ejus in terra collīsisti, 88, 43
ge-riht
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Hér-swutulað hwylce gerihta langon in to Tant Que . . . Ðæt is of ðani lande æt Nigon hidum . . . cirhsceattas, . . . heorðpenegas, . . . hámsðcn . . . Dunna . . . geaf to gerihton . v. circsceattas . . . and of cáforda ðá ilcan gerihtu . . .
leód
A people ⬩ nation ⬩ race ⬩ country
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Hé wæs ealle ða land and leóde þurhfærende omnia pervagatus, 3, 30; S. 562, 13.
ge-féran
To go ⬩ travel ⬩ go on ⬩ behave ⬩ fare ⬩ get on ⬩ come ⬩ get to a place ⬩ To perform a journey ⬩ reach or get by going ⬩ obtain ⬩ attain ⬩ experience ⬩ suffer
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Ðá férdon ða Pyhtas and geférdon ðis land norðanweard then the Picts went and got the north part of this land, Chr. Erl. 3, 13. Hafast ðú geféred ðæt ðé weras ehtigaþ thou hast attained [this] that men will esteem thee, Beo. Th. 2446; B. 1221.
oxa
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.), an eighth of a carucate or plough-land, a bovate. [The carucate was the extent of land ploughed by one plough with its team of eight oxen] :-- On hillum twégra oxena gang, and on Lundbý twégra oxena gang, C. D. B. iii. 346, 20-21. Add