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ild

(n.)
Grammar
ild, e ; f.

an age ⬩ ævum ⬩ sæculum ⬩ age ⬩ years ⬩ ætas ⬩ mature ⬩ eld ⬩ senectus ⬩ vetustas ⬩ age

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Ðá was ágán his ielde xxiii wintra he was then twenty-three years of age, Chr. prm ; Erl. 4, 19. Hé leng ne leofaþ ðonn on midre ilde he will not live beyond middle age, Lchdm. iii. 162, 21.

Linked entries: yld eld

gieldra

(adj.)

older

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D. 901-909; 162, 18. v. ieldra

for-ildan

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Se sláwa ágǽlð and forielt (-ielð, v. l.) ðæt weorc ðe him niédðearf wǽre tó wyrcanne piger necessaria agere negligit, Past. 283, 25.

Linked entry: for-yldan

ildan

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</b> Ielde cararit (for curarit, Ald. 157, 8), Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 55: 19, 37

ildan

(v.)
Grammar
ildan, p. de

To delay ⬩ tarry ⬩ defer ⬩ put off ⬩ postpone ⬩ procrastinate ⬩ connive at ⬩ dissimulate

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MS. ielde] and þafode ða scylda dissimulavit culpas, Past. 21, 1 ; Swt. 151, 22. Hé ða gewilnunge náht lange ne ylde he did not long delay that desire, Th. Ap. 1, 17. Ne ylde hé hit ðá leng nec exinde distulit, Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 512, 34.

Linked entries: ældan ildian ilding

ildra

(adj.)
Grammar
ildra, adj.
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</b> of parents in contrast with children :-- Bearn, beó gé underðiódde eówrum ieldrun mágum filii, obedite parentibus vestris, Past. 189, 22. <b>I b.

ildra

(n.)
Grammar
ildra, m.
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Betweón ieldrum, 45, 55. Betweoh yldrum, 49, 1

ge-leornian

(v.)
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Geleornigen ðá bearn ðæt hí hiéren hira ieldrum, 191, 1, 4. intrans. To acquire knowledge of a subject, receive instruction Éghuelc sé ðe gehérde from feder and geliornade, Jn. L. R. 6, 45. Huu ðes stafas wát, mid ðý ne geliornade, 7, 15.

mǽg

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Bearn, beó gé underðiódde eówrum ieldrum mágum filii, obedite parentibus vestris, Past. 189, 22. Of hǽþenum mágum ethnicis parentibus (oriundus) An.

in-geþanc

(n.)
Grammar
in-geþanc, es ; m. n.

Thought ⬩ thinking ⬩ cogitation ⬩ intent ⬩ mind ⬩ heart ⬩ conscience

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Geleornigen eác ða bearn ðæt hí suá hiéren hira ieldrum suá suá hie selfe wieten on hira inngeþonce beforan ðæs diéglan Déman eágum ðæt hí hit for Gode dón illi discant, quomodo ante occulti arbitri oculos sua interiora componant, 28, 1 ; Swt. 191, 2.

Linked entry: inn-geþanc

wer-gild

(n.)
Grammar
wer-gild, were-gild, es; n. [The word seems interchangeable with wer (q. v.), which in the later laws is the more frequent form.]
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Frs. wer-geld, -ield : O. H. Ger. wer-, weri-gelt fiscus, pretium. Cf. Icel. mann-gjöld; pl.] Cf. leód, leód-gild; and see Kemble's Saxons in England, vol. i. c. x, Grmm. R. A. 650

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