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ge-féran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-féran, p. -férde; pp. -féred.

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

slaga

(n.)
Grammar
slaga, an; m.

A slayer ⬩ homicide ⬩ interfector ⬩ percussor ⬩ lanio

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A slayer, homicide; interfector, percussor, lanio Slaga lanio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 36. Hú ne biþ hé swelce hé sié his slaga (mortis auctor), ðonne hé hine mæg gehǽtan and nyle ? Past. 38, 4; Swt. 275, 9.

for-cnídan

(v.)
Grammar
for-cnídan, p. ic, he -cnád, ðú -cnide, -cnyde, pl. -cnidon; pp. -cniden

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

flyge

(n.)
Grammar
flyge, es; m. [fleógan to fly]

A flying ⬩ flight ⬩ vŏlātus

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Ic sceal on flyge earda neósan I shall in flight visit lands, Cd. 215; Th. 271, 28; Sat. 112

for-hwirfan

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Storm landu forhwyrfð imber arua subuertit, Scing. 51, 17. Hié hiera andgit forhwirfað (-hwerf-, v. l.) mid hiera wóre láre, Past. 369, 18. Forhwerfed bið vertitur, Kent. Gl. 990. Se forhwierfeda (-hwirf-, v. l.) gewuna, Past. 79, 19.

sáwel-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel-sceatt, es; m.

An ecclesiastical due

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It was to be paid before the funeral rites were completed, though the regulation would hardly be carried out in cases where grants of land were made.

Linked entries: sáwel-gescot byrgen

ilca

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Dauid sang þysne sealm ymb swýðe lang þæs þe hine God álýsed hæfde . . . for þǽm ylcan hine sang Críst þonne hé álýsed wæs . . . Ps. Th. 17, arg. Hé spone ðá ðe his ðeáwa giémað tó ðǽm illcan (ilcan, v. l. ). Past. 83, 3.

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, p. ode: v. impers. with acc. of pers.
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Ðá ongan hine eft langian on his cýððe then he began to long again for his native land, Blickl. Homl. 113, 15

morgen-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-gifu, e; f.

The gift made by the husband to the wife on the morning after the consummation of the marriage

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Hit (five hides of land) wæs hire morgengifu ðá heó ǽrest tó Aðulfe com, Chart. Th. 170, 24. Gif heó(a widow) binnan geáres fæce wer geceóse, ðonne þolige heó ðære morgengyfe, L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 8 (cf. 522, 3: 576, 2).

ge-sceádan

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Add: to separate. of material objects, to form a line of separation between Pirifliát and scipfliót, ðá gesceádað þæt land westan and eástan, C.

gnídan

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S. 14, 46. to rub material on a surface Hé gnád on ansýne þæs mannes ꝥ dúst . . . hé lange hwíle gnád, Gr. D. 216, 15

mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
mǽrsian, <b>. A.</b> trans.
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Manige wundra scínaþ and mǽrsiað (clarescunt) þe lange ǽr wǽron mannum bemiþene, 330, 21

pæþ

(n.)
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Another list of boundaries to the same land as that mentioned in C. D. iii. 175-176 is given C.

ofer-brǽdan

(v.)

to overspread, overshadow, act as a covering over ⬩ to overspread, put a covering over

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to overspread, overshadow, act as a covering over Ðæt land biþ eal unnyt swá se fiicbeám hit oferbrǽt, Past. 45; Swt. 337, 13-15. Oferbrǽdeþ, Met, 7, 13.

Linked entries: of-brǽded fore-brǽdan

ealdung

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For translation of passage substitute: Nostri causantur, si Romanae reipublicae moles imbecillitate propriae senectutis contremiscant, and add Þá getimbru þissere burge wé geseóð mid langre ealdunge gewácode hujus urbis aedificia longo senio lassata

un-treówfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-treówfæst, adj.

Unfaithful ⬩ untrustworthy

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Hí cwǽdon tó ðam Hǽlende: 'Wé wyton ðæt ðú of forlygere wǽre ácenned; and óðer ys, ðæt ðýn cynn ys on Bethleem swýþe untreówfæst; and þrydde ðæt ðýn fæder and ðýn módor flugon of Egiptan lande for ðam ðe hig nefdon nánne trúwan tó nánum folce;' Nicod.

Linked entry: treów-fæst

efen-wiht

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Hí woldon efenwihte (-wyhton, -wyrhtan, v. ll. ) beón on sǽ and on lande, Chr. 972; P. 119, 11

gild-scipe

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On Wudeburge lande is eác án óðer gildscipe ge-gaderod Críste and S Petre . . . And þis sind þára manna nama[n], Cht. Th. 609, 24. Gif hwilc gilda forþfære, gebrynge hine eal se gildscipe þǽr hé tó; wilnie . . .

þorn

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Of hafucðorne tó ðan langan þorne at Ichenilde wege ; ðæt swá tó ðan þriddan þorne æt wírhangran ; of ðám þorne tó ðám feórðan þorne on wrangan hylle foreweardre stent; ðæt swá forð tó dám fíftan þorne; tó þám ele-beáme, C. D. v. 297, 16-20