wit-word
A statement which bears witness ⬩ testament ⬩ covenant
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Ofer ðǽm landum ðe Ealdréd ærcebiscop hæfð siðþan begitan on witword oððe on caupland (by testament or purchase? ), Chart. Th. 439, 4
ge-wilwan
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to roll Hé hine sylfne nacodne áwearp and wylede (wylewede, v. l.) on þǽra þorna ordum, and wæs þǽr gewylwed (welwed, v. l.) lange nudum se in spinarum aculeis projecit, ibique diu volutatus, Gr.
swic-dóm
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Wæs ðis land swíðe ástirad and mid mycele swicdóme áfylled the land was much disturbed and filled with treason, 1087; Erl. 224, 2.
franca
A javelin ⬩ lance ⬩ lancea ⬩ frămea ⬩ hasta
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A javelin, lance; lancea, frămea, hasta He lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals he let his javelin go through the youth's neck, Byrht. Th. 135, 59; By. 140.
ge-lǽtan
To allow ⬩ make over to any one
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To allow, make over to any one Eádgár æðeling wearþ belandod of ðám ðe se eorl him ǽror to handa gelǽten hæfde Edgar Atheling was deprived of those lands which the earl had before made over to him, Chr. 1091; Erl. 227, 24.
westane
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From the west, in the west Ða beorgas onginnaþ westane fram ðæm Wendelsǽ in Narbonense ðære ðeóde, and endiaþ eást in Dalmatia ðæm lande æt ðæm sǽ Alpes a Gallico mari exsurgentes, primum Narbonensium fines, deinde Galliam Rhetiamque secludunt, donec
cyne-wíse
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Ðeós cwén on þám lande manege nytwyrðe dǽda gefremede Gode tó lofe, and eác on þá kynewísan wel geþéh ( she proved too of great advantage to the state ), Chr. 1067; P. 202, 17
Gyrwas
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Norþ-, Súþ-Gyrwas On Gyrwan (Gyrwa, v. l. ) lande in regione Gyrviorum, Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 381, 19.
ildian
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Hé wæs lange wið-sacende and hit eldode diu negando distulit, Gr. D. 103, 32. with dat. (?), Hml.
æfte-weard
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On æfteweardan ylde heó bið on bedde lange licgende, Lch. iii. 184, 6. Hand sceal habban h on forewerdan and d on æfteweardan, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 292, 3
socian
to soak ⬩ to steep in a liquid ⬩ to soak ⬩ to lie in a liquid
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Dweorge dwostlan weorp on weallende wæter, lǽt socian on lange 240, 7: iii. 14, 17
hand
HAND, side, power, control
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Ic beóde ðe ðat ðú beríde ðás land ðam hǽlge tó hande I enjoin thee that thou perequitate these lands into the possession of the saint, Th. Chart. 369, 22.
Linked entries: irfe-hand hand-gemǽne hond
Beó-wulf
BEOWULF
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in, in the Swedish lands.
Linked entry: Beado-wulf
ge-sittan
to sit ⬩ sit down ⬩ settle ⬩ lean ⬩ recline ⬩ sĕdēre ⬩ consīdĕre ⬩ discumbĕre ⬩ to occupy ⬩ possess ⬩ inhabit ⬩ possĭdēre ⬩ hăbĭtāre
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Him cierde eall ðæt folc to, ðe on Mercna lande geseten wæs all the people who were settled in the Mercians' land submitted to him, Chr. 922; Erl. 108, 34.
Linked entry: ge-setenness
ge-mittan
To find, meet ⬩ invĕnīre, obviam hăbēre
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Hý gemittaþ mearclonde neáh heá hlincas they meet lofty hills near the border-land, 101 b; Th. 384, 5; Rä. 4, 23: 117 b ; Th. 451, 15; Dóm. 104. Hine gemitte án man invēnit eum vir, Gen. 37, 15: Cd. 103; Th. 137, 2; Gen. 2267.
wáse
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. ¶ the word occurs in several charters dealing with land in the north of Berkshire, and seems to refer to a marsh or stagnant piece of water :-- On Wáse; of Wásan (the Ock, the Thames, and Fyfield are mentioned in this charter), Cod. Dip.
sceótan
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Add Swutelað hit hér ðæt Boui mid his scette áwerede ðæt land and fore scét on ealre scíre gewitnysse, C. D. vi. 183, 10
up-gang
a going up ⬩ rising of a heavenly body ⬩ a going up ⬩ a landing ⬩ an incursion ⬩ a way of going up
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Hí (the constellations of the zodiac) gefyllaþ twá tída mid hyra upgange oððe nyðergange, Lchdm. iii. 246, 8. a going up, to land from sea, a landing.
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wǽge
a weight ⬩ a wey ⬩ an implement for weighing ⬩ a balance ⬩ scale
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Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 3. an implement for weighing, a balance, scale Ðeós wǽge oððe scalu lanx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 73; Zup. 73, 10. Wǽge trutina, 36; Zup. 215, 18: statera, Scint. 81, 12: 110, 12. Libra, ðæt is pund oððe wǽge, Lchdm. iii. 246, 1.
of-þryccan
to press, oppress, repress, cumber, occupy forcibly
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Hwíl ofþricþ hé ðæt land quid terram occupat ficulnea, Lk. Skt. 13, 7. Ofþrect comprimit, Kent. Gl. 654. Ofþrecþ expremit, 1120. Se draca mé þearle ofþryhþ, Homl. Th. i. 534, 25. Ymbhídignyssa ofþriccaþ ðæt mód, ii. 92, 15. Ofþrihte compressit, Hpt.