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stód

(n.)
Grammar
stód, es; n.

A stud, a herd of horses

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A stud, a herd of horses Stood equartium, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 10. Ic geann mínon heáhdeórhunton ðæs stódes ðe is on Colingahrycge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 363, 25. Ic gean mínum wífe healfes ðæs stódes æt Trostingtúne and mínum geféran healfes ðe mé mid rídaþ

Linked entry: stood

be-bod

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Bebod decretum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 46: imperium, An. Ox. 1247. Man mót wífian æt þám þriddan cneó æfter þǽre ealdan ǽ bebode (secundum veteris legis sanctionem), Ll. Th. ii. 216, 21. Hét hé beódan þæt hié fóron ealle út ætsomne. Þá ætsǽton ða Centiscan

tá

(n.)
Grammar
tá, (contracted from) , an; f.

A toe

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A toe Táhae allox, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 8. Tá, i. 71, 64. Sió micle tá ... sió æfterre tá ... sió midleste tá ... sió feórde tá ... sió lytle tá, L. Alf. pol. 64; Th. i. 96, 19-24. Seó mycle tá ... ðare mycclan táan nægl, L. Ethb. 70, 72; Th. i. 20, 2,

Linked entries: táhae tán

be-rípan

(v.)
Grammar
be-rípan, p. te

To strip ⬩ despoil ⬩ plunder

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To strip, despoil, plunder. with acc. of person (or thing) despoiled, alone Hé berýpð þá wannspédigan, Hml. Th. i. 66, ii: 328, 20: ii. 102, 15. Hé berýpte ðá unscæððigan, Hml. S. 19, 8: 3, 444. Ná berýp ðú þeów wísne ne defraudes seruum sensatum, Scint

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esne

a servant ⬩ a man

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Add: a man of the servile class (cf. esne-cund, -wyrhta, and see Andrews' Old English Manor, pp. 192 sqq.) On esnes ham, of esnes hamme, C. D. iii. 425, 21. in a more general sense, a servant Nis esne (servus) ofer láferd his. Genóh biþ ꝥte esne sié

sweotolung

Grammar
sweotolung, <b>. I.</b>
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add: a visible display Twégen munecas bǽdon æt Gode sume swutelunge be ðám hálgan húsle ... Ðá gesáwon hí licgan án cild on ðám weófode ... hí þæt húsl ðygedon Gode ðancigende þsére swutelunge, Hml. Th. ii. 272, 14-22. Wearð seó cwén micclum gegladod

tiht-bisig

(adj.)
Grammar
tiht-bisig, adj.
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Labouring under frequent accusations, often accused, and so of bad repute; infamatus et accusationibus ingravatus, L. Edm. C. 7; Th. i. 253, 23: accusacionibus infamatus, L. H. I; Th. i. 567, 18. Cf., Gif hé tyhtbysig sý, gange tó ðæm þryfealand ordále

hlinian

(v.)

to recline ⬩ to lean

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Add On hlingo (-u, written over o) innitor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 73. to recline, lie on a couch for rest (or to eat; in translation of Latin -cumbere forms) Se wulderfulla on godewebbenum beddum hlinað, E. S. viii. 473, 18. Wíf ongeat ꝥte hlionade (sæt

sliht

(n.)
Grammar
sliht, sleaht, sleht, slieht, sliét, slyht (see the cpds.), es; m.

a striking of coin ⬩ a stroke, flash of lightning ⬩ slaughter, death by violence ⬩ the deadly stroke of disease ⬩ what is to be killed, animals for slaughter ⬩ a blow, mortal blow; stamp, coining ⬩ strages, occisio ⬩ mowing ; striking of an instrument

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a striking of coin Similar entries v. pening-sliht a stroke, flash of lightning Similar entries v. líget-sliht slaughter, death by violence Ðes sliht haec caedes Ælfc. Gr. 9, 27; Zup. 53, 4. Æt eallum slyht[e?] and æt ealre ðære hergunge ðe ǽr ðam gedón

twi-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-hynde, adj.

a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; ⬩ applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank.

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As applied to a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twihynde man was a ceorl Twelfhyndes mannes wer

þingung

(n.)
Grammar
þingung, e; f.

Intercession ⬩ intervention ⬩ mediation

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Intercession, intervention, mediation Þingunge interventu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 28: 48, 76. Hí on friþe wunedon þurh ðære cwéne þingunge, Homl. Ass. 101, 313. Ðæt ic mid eallum ðone wæstm árfæstre ðingunge geméte ut apud omnes fructum piae intercessionis

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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a weir, a dam Salomon sǽde ðætte suíðe deóp pól wǽre gewered on ðæs wísan monnes móde, and suíðe lytel unnyttes út fleówe. Ac se se ðe ðone wer bricð, and ðæt wæter út forlǽt, se bið fruma ðæs geflites dicitur : 'Aqua profunda verba ex ore viri;' Prov

cot-setla

(n.)
Grammar
cot-setla, cote-setla, an; m. [MS. kot-setla, kote-setla]

A cottager ⬩ casārius

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A cottager; casārius Cotsetlan [MS. kotsetlan] riht a cottager's right L. R. S. 3; Th. i. 432, 15. Cotesetlan [MS. kotesetlan] riht, be ðam ðe on lande stent. On sumon he sceal ǽlce Móndæge ofer geáres fyrst his láforde wyrcan, óðð iii dagas ǽlcre wucan

cearian

(v.)
Grammar
cearian, cearigan, carian; ic cearige, ðú cearast, he cearaþ, ceariaþ; ode; od [cearu = care]

To take care, heed, to be anxious or sorry ⬩ curare, sollicitum esse

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To take care, heed, to be anxious or sorry; curare, sollicitum esse Hwæt bemurnest ðú cearigende why mournest thou sorrowing? Exon. 10b; Th. 11, 27; Cri. 177. He æt gúþe ná ymb his líf cearaþ he cares not about his life in battle, Beo. Th. 3077; B. 1536

Linked entry: carian

fnæd

(n.)
Grammar
fnæd, es; pl. nom. acc. fnadu, fnado; gen. fnada; dat. fnadum; n.

A hem ⬩ edge ⬩ fringe ⬩ fimbria

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A hem, edge, fringe; fimbria Fnæd fimbria, Wrt. Voc. 81, 66. Án wíf æt-hrán hys reáfes fnæd mŭlier tĕtĭgit fimbriam vestīmenti ejus, Mt. Bos. 9, 20: Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 6, MS. B: Ps. Th. 132, 3. Híg mǽrsiaþ heora reáfa fnadu magnĭfĭcant flmbrias, Mt.

Linked entry: ge-fnæd

fóster-land

(n.)
Grammar
fóster-land, fóstor-land, es; n.

FOSTER-LAND ⬩ land assigned for the procuring of provisions ⬩ fundus cĭbāriis emendis assignātus

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FOSTER-LAND, land assigned for the procuring of provisions; fundus cĭbāriis emendis assignātus He gean [MS. geun] ðæs landes æt Wihtríces hamme ðám Godes þeówum, to fósterlande he gives the land at Wittersham to God's servants, as foster-land, Th. Diplm

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Gandis

(n.)
Grammar
Gandis, Gandes; indecl. f.

The river Ganges ⬩ Ganges ⬩ Γάγγ951;s

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The river Ganges; Ganges = Γάγγ951;s Ðǽr licgeþ se múþa út on ðone gársecg ðære eá, ðe man háteþ Gandis there the mouth of the river, which is called Ganges, opens out into the ocean, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 16, 13, 17. Gandes seó eá is eallra ferscra wætera

dryhten

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Add: a lord Æþelstán cyning, eorla dryhten, Chr. 937; P. 106, 9. Drihtenna ł hláforda dominorum, Ps. L. 135, 3. the Deity Æt ðǽm uferran ende Dryhten hlinode, Past. 101, 20. Dryhtna Dryhten Deus deorum Dominus, Ps. Th. 49, 1. Godes, éces Drihtnes, Chr

cystig-ness

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Add: liberality Largitas, ꝥ is cystignyss on Englisc, Hml. S. 16, 326. Cystinesse liberalitatis, An. Ox. 2576: munificentiae, 3833. Ꝥ wyrð hé ágeaf tó ðáre ceastre bóte. Ðæt folc wearð fagen his cystignissa, Ap. Th. 10, 10. Sé ðe him for Godes lufon

rád-stefn

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Substitute: A summons carried by a mounted person. The later Latin versions are: Si tainus ascendisset, ut seruiret regi et equitatus sni uice fungeretur in familia sua, and: Si þegen ita profecisset, ut regi seruisset et uice sua equitaret in missiatico