þēodan, wk.v: to join (trans. or intrans.), attach; to join as a companion, associate with, attach oneself to a person, society, place, etc. (THAY-oh-don)

wan-spēd, f.n: poverty, indigence. (WAHN-spade)

Pouvrete (Poverty) in Roman de la Rose, by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun. Southern Netherlands (Bruges), c. 1490-c. 1500. British Library, Harley MS 4425, f. 11v. [bl.uk]

āþ-fultum, m.n: the support to an oath, i.e. the supporters of an oath, those who support one’s oath, who will swear for another as witnesses. (ATH-full-tum)

rīpan, str.v: to reap, cut corn; (metaphorically) to derive advantage. (REE-pahn)

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Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine. France, c. 1185. Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KW 76 F 13, f. 8v. [kb.nl]

wrixl, f.n: change, alteration, vicissitude; alternation, exchange; interchange; what is given in return. (WRIX-ul)

clom, m.n: a band, bond, clasp, bandage, chain, prison. (KLOM)

niht-wacu, f.n: a night-watch. (NIHT-wah-koo)

cweðs ðū lā, interjection: Oh, you say! (KWETHS-thoo-LA / ˈkwɛθs-θuː-ˌlaː)

ge-monian, wk.v: to admonish, exhort, remind. (yeh-MO-nee-yan)

wrenc-wīs, adj: unjust, unrighteous. (WRENCH-WEES / ˈwɹɛntʃ-ˌwiːs)

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