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ge-mǽnnes

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Th. ii. 174, 36. sharing, imparting Weldǽde and gemǽnnysse (communionis) nelle gé forgytan, Scint. 165, 18. common, general, (in) common, (in) general.

healf-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
healf-mearc, es; n.

A half-mark

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Gylde .xxx. sciłł . mid Englum and mid Denum þreó healfmarc (cf. ii. 292, 12),168, 10.

trehing

(n.; num.)
Grammar
trehing, (but þrihing in Lambarde. v. Schmid. A. S. Gesetz. 508).

the third part of a shire

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Et quod trehinge non poterat diffiniri, in scira servabatur, L. Ed. C. 31; Th. 1. 455, 17-25. In Magna Carta, § 25, trethingii (pl.) occurs.

Linked entry: þrihing

á-solcen

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Ásolcen (remissus) on weorcum, Scint. 79, 5. Bróðor swá gýmelés and swá ásolcen (desidiosus) þæt hé nelle hálige béc smeágan, R. Ben. 75, 4. Asolcennys déð þæt ðám men ne lyst nán ðing tó góde gedón, ac gǽð him ásolcen fram ǽlcere dugeðe, Hml.

Linked entry: á-seolcan

á-streccan

to stretch out ⬩ hold oat ⬩ to extend:-- ⬩ to prostrate,

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Ástrehtne hneccan erectam cervicem, Scint. 83, 18. of time to extend:-- Seó fífte yld stód ástreht oð þæt Críst sylf com, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 31 : 19, 41. to prostrate, of a person's posture, lit. or fig.

tál

(n.)
Grammar
tál, e; f.: es; n. (?)

evil-speaking, calumny, slander, vituperation, detraction ⬩ evil-speaking in reference to the Deity, blasphemy ⬩ scorn, mock, derision, reproach ⬩ blame, censure, reproof

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Þe læs ðe heó dó ðé on tále cuman feóndum ðínum ne faciat te in obprobrium venire inimicis tuis, Scint. 177, 4. Ðæt man God tó tále habbe that God be mocked, Wulfst. 299, 14.

Linked entry: tǽl

þeóh

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh, gen. þeós; dat. þeó; pl. þeóh; gen. þeóna; dat. þeón; n.

A thigh

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Gif monnes þeóh biþ þyrel, geselle him mon .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte; gif hit forad sié, sió bót eác biþ .xxx. sciłł., L. Alf. pol. 62; Th. i. 96, 13. Ðá æthrán hé his sine on his þeó tetigit nervum femoris ejus, Gen. 32, 25.

Linked entry: þégh

reáfian

(v.)
Grammar
reáfian, p. ode.
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Hý hergiaþ and heáwaþ, rýpaþ and reáfiaþ and tó scipe lǽdaþ, Wulfst. 163, 12. Rib reáfiaþ réðe wyrmas, Soul. Kmbl. 220; Seel. 113. Ic reáfode beám and ða blǽda æt, Cd. Th. 55, 28; Gen. 901. Ðonne man his hús reáfige ( diripiet ), Mk. Skt. 3, 27.

scencan

(v.)
Grammar
scencan, te

To skink

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Þegn, se ðe on handa bær hroden ealowǽge, scencte scír wered, Beo. Th. 996; B. 496. Feónd byrlade ðære idese, and heó ( Eve ) hyre were scencte, Exon. Th. 161, 12; Gú. 957. Mé þyrste, and gé mé scencton (cf. drincan sealdon, l. 21) ...

for-stelan

To steal away ⬩ of criminal theft, to take the property of another ⬩ to obtain surreptitiously ⬩ take away without the knowledge of another

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Heó hét dearnunga faran tó þám scipe and forstelon þá líc, Hml. S. 29, 328

be-stelan

(v.)
Grammar
be-stelan, bi-stelan; p. -stæl, pl. -stǽlon; subj. p. -stǽle, pl. -stǽlen; pp. -stolen

To steal away or upon ⬩ fugere, obrepere

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To steal away or upon; fugere, obrepere Gif hwá on óðre scíre hine bestele if any one steal himself away into another shire, L. In. 39; Th. i. 126, 10. Bestelan on Theodosius hindan to steal upon Theodosius behind, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 25.

belle

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Hrýðeres belle bið ánes scitt. weorð, Ll. Th. i. 260, 16. Bellan swég, Shrn. 149, 9. Beácn þǽre bellan gehýran, Hml. A. 168, 107. Áhéng se munuc áne lytle bellan on ðám stánclúde . . . Se deófol wearp ǽnne stán tó ðǽre bellan, þæt heó tósprang, Hml.

gyte

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Th. ii. 514, 27. effusion, shedding of blood, shed in blood-shed Gyte blódes on sace ofermádigra effiisio sanguinis in rixa superborum, Scint. 83, 7. Þæt hí heora handa fram ðám blódes gyte ne wiðbrúdon, Hml. Th. i. 88, 5 : Nap. 22, 25.

ge-riht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-riht, es; n.

What is right, a right, due, last office of the church, direction ⬩ rectum, jus, ratio, officium

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On gerihte fram ðam scipe to ðam ancre right from the ship to the anchor, Shrn. 175, 19: Cod. Dipl. ii. 172, 20

Linked entry: ge-ryht

á-breóþan

(v.)
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Ðá seonde hé ðæt man sceolde ðá scipu tóheáwan; ac hí ábruðon, ðá ðe hé tó þóhte (those he looked to failed in their duty ), Chr. 1004; P. 135, 30. Hí sume æt ðǽre neóde ábruðon, and fram ðám cynge gecyrdon, 1101; P. 237, 6.

Linked entries: a-broten á-broþenness

nigon

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add: inflected Mid nigonum þára níwena scipa, Chr. 897; P. 90, 23. (1 a) with a pronoun :-- Ðæt wé tellan á .x. men tógædere, and se yldesta bewiste þá nigene, Ll.

sundor-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-sprǽc, e; f.
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Hý (Hannibal and Scipio) hiera sundorsprǽce (colloquium) tó unsibbe brohton, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 202, 12. where many speak in private, a private conference, council:?-Hí cómon ealle tósomne tó heora sundersprǽce, Homl. Th. ii. 250, 9

un-scrýdan

(v.)
Grammar
un-scrýdan, p. de

To undress ⬩ strip ⬩ divest

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Byþ unscrýdd exuitur, Scint. 226, 9. Unscrídde exutos, nudatos, Hpt. Gl. 423, 52. Unscrýdde, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 146. Grammar un-scrýdan, with acc. of person Baðiendra manna hús, ðǽr hí hí unscrédaþ inne apodyterium, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 6.

cirm

(n.)
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Mid cyrme hlyhhan cum strepitu ridere, Scint. 172, 17. Cyrmum clangoribus, An. Ox. 5247. [v. N. E. D. chirm.]

ge-máh

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Ys hatigendlic sé þe gemáh ys tó specenne est odibilis qui procax (i. stultus vel luxuriosus) est ad loquendum; by much babbling he becometh hateful (Ecclus. 20, 5), Scint. 79, 15.