Of persons or of things viewed as agents: to come upon, encounter, or meet (someone or something) by chance or in the course of events (usually with the notion of perceiving or recognizing the person……

Law (a) Disturbances or violence committed toward persons, at places, or during specific periods that were under special protection of the king; also (after 1200), any breach of the peace; (b)……

(a) To invite (sb.); (b) to call (sb.) into the presence of another, summon; order (sb.) to appear; also, order (sb. to come to a specific place); (c) law to cite (sb.) to appear before a court or……

(a) To be aware of (sth.) as a fact; know (that sth. is true, has happened, etc.); (b) with that clause or pronoun and that clause; (c) with who, which, what, when, wher, hou, or whi clause; (d) with……

(a) To make (sb.) sit, seat (sb.); also, with partitive construction: setten of..over heigh setle, fig. seat (someone's offspring) upon (his) high throne, make to rule; setten adoun (doun, up), make……

(a) A manifestation, an exhibition; showing something, displaying, making (oneself) known; the act of manifesting or displaying; a presentation; a military display; in sheuing, in showing……

(a) To urge (sb. to do sth.), invite, call upon; order (sb. to do sth.); -- also with that clause; ben somned, be called upon (to do sth.), be obliged; ben somned to, be invited to (a feast); (b) ?to……

(a) Physical strength, muscular power, brute might of body; also, the stamina of hounds during the chase [1st quot.]; drauen (taken) awei with streng, to remove (a plaster) roughly; (b) pl. mighty……

(a) To prevail; (b) to impart strength; also, of a medicine: provide the potency (to cure an illness). …

In phrases with verbs of motion expressed or implied: (a) onward to and into (a place, structure, the body or a part of the body, etc.); also with adv. or clause as obj. [quots. c1275 (2nd) & ?c1425]……

(a) With faithfulness toward friend, comrade, country, etc., loyally; (b) with constancy toward a loved one, devotedly; also, chastely [quot. a1400]. …

(a) Physical corruption, decay; damage, impairment; (b) bodily harm, physical injury; (c) sexual defilement, loss of virginity; (d) law ?an objection or a challenge to a judgment. …

Law A sum of money established as the value of a free man, determined according to social rank and paid as compensation for the murder or injury of such a man. …

Law A thief whose guilt might be absolved through payment of his wergild; also, the payment of compensation for a theft; ?also, the right to receive such payments [quot. a1315 & perh. others]. …

(a) Not enclosed or fully contained in (a part of the body, a container); also, not immersed in (water); above (ground) (b) outside (an enclosed or a defined space), in the area beyond (an enclosing……

(a) Of a person or creature: walked; also, was able to walk [quot. c1440]; yede on fot, yede on his fet, yede upright, etc.; yede afote, was on foot (b) walked (in a certain manner); (c) in……