wyrcan
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(l b) add :-- Fíf hund and feówer and syxtig atomi wyrcað án momentum . . . syx tída wyrcað ánne fýrðling, and feówer fýrðlingas wyrcað ánne dæg, and seofon dagas áne wucan, Angl. viii. 318, 43-319, i.
ráp
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Hwæt beóþ ða feówere fǽges rápas? Gewurdene wyrda, ða beóþ ða feówere fǽges rápas, Salm. Kmbl. 661-668; Sal. 331-333. Rápa nodorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 68. Rápum rudentibus, funibus, Hpt. Gl. 529, 27. Ðú gedydest ðæt wé mǽtan úre land mid rápum, Ps.
Linked entry: nip
pocc
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Wið ómena geberste ... sleah feówer scearpan ymb ða poccas útan, and lǽt yrnan ða hwíle ðe hé wille, 44, 1 : ii. 100, 4. Wið pocádle... Mid hunige smire ðǽr hit út sleá on ðone poc ... Sealf wið pocádl ... Drenc wið poccum ...
and-feng
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Feówer land hé forgeaf ælþeódigum tó andfencge ( for the entertainment of strangers ), Hml. S. 7, 387. Hé sylf biþ underfangen on heora anfenge, Hml. Th. i. 514, 8. susceptor Drihten andfeng ( susceptor ) is sáwle mínre, Ps. Spl. 53, 4: 90, 2.
géna
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S.) feówer mónoðas sindum athuc quatuor menses sunt, Jn. R. 4, 35. Geóna (ðá geáne, L. þá gyt, W. S.) hine sprecende, Lk. R. 8, 49. Mið ðý ðá geáne (adhuc) synfullo wé woeron, Rtl. 22, 9. Ne ðá geána (ne gyt, W. S.) nondum, Mt. L. 16, 9.
ge-frætewian
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Þ se dæg fullíce gefrætwod sý ( be equipped) mid feówer and twéntig tídum, Angl. viii. 306, 13. Onginneþ seó feórþe bóc gefrætwedu and áwritenu mid wíslicum wordum and on gesprǽcum witena, Gr. D. 259, 22. Gefrætwadne compturum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 29.
hyrne
A horn ⬩ corner ⬩ angle
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On ða feówer hyrnan ðære earce per quatuor arcæ angulos, Past. 22, 1; Swt. 169, 21
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land-scearu
land ⬩ country
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Of ðam hlince tó ðam beorre tó Ælfrédes landscare; ðonne is hit ðǽr feówer furlanga brád bútan feówer gyrdan; ðonne gǽþ hit ðǽr niðer be ðara wyrhtena landscare, 420, 25-7. Ðonne eást andlang hricgweges tó Brytfordinga landsceare, 302, 16.
be-tweoh
between ⬩ among ⬩ between ⬩ among
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H. 143, 18. temporal, in the course of: — Swefen betwuh feówer dagas gewyrð, Lch. iii. 190, 1. Betwih þás þing quo tempore, Bd. 2, 18; Sch. 181, 23: 5, 13; Sch. 636, 4
frum-stól
An original seat ⬩ mansion-house ⬩ a proper residence or station ⬩ sēdes princĭpālis
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Habbaþ ða feówer frumstól hiora, ǽghwilc hiora ágenne stede the four [elements] have their proper station, each of them its own place, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 126; Met. 20, 63. Ðæs fýres frumstól the fire's proper station, 20, 250; Met. 20, 125.
ge-sceapennys
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Add: creation Mennisc gesceapennys is on feówer wíson. Adam næs gestrýned ne ácenned, ac God hine gesceóp. Seó óðer gesceapennys wæs swá þæt God gesceóp Euan of hire weres sídan. Ne sind þás twá gesceapennyssa nánum óðrum gelíce.
ge-rím
A number, computation, calendar, diary ⬩ nŭmĕrus, compŭtātio, ephāmĕris
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Feówer and twentig wintra gerímes twenty four winters in number, Chr. 1065; Erl. 196, 26, 40; Edw. 7, 21: Cd. 224; Th. 296, 15; Sat. 502. Ofer gerím sŭper nŭmĕrum, Ps. Spl. 39, 8: 38, 6.
Linked entry: gerím-bóc
tíma
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</b> add :-- Þrý mónðas wyrcað þryfeald(e) gewrixlunge þǽra feówer tíman, Angl. viii. 319, 5. v. dæg-, hæring-, hálsung-, mǽl-, úhtan-, undern-tíma
ridda
a horseman ⬩ rider ⬩ a mounted soldier
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Feówer hund and þúsend cræta hé hæfde and twelf þúsend riddena, Homl. Th. ii. 578, 3. Pharao him filigde mid his crætum and gilplícum riddum.... Seó sǽ ealle his crætu and riddan oferwreáh, 194, 22-27.
wacan
To wake ⬩ to come into being ⬩ be born ⬩ spring
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Ðæm feówer bearn in worold wócun, 119; B. 60. Wócon, Cd. Th. 131, 31; Gen. 2184. Þanon his eaforan wócan, bearn from brýde, 65, 5; Gen. 1061. Ǽr him sunu wóce, 70, 25; Gen. 1158
scip-hlæst
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Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wið feówer sciphlæstas Deniscra monna, and ðara scipa tú genam, 882; Erl. 82, 10. a ship of burden, a transport Sciplæst oneraria, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 71. Scyphlæst honeraria, ii. 43, 10 (cf. hlaestscip honeraria, 110, 46)
Linked entry: hlæst
stela
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Mid feówer reádum stælum (stelum, MS. B.), 154, 15. Genim nigon stelan, 230, 20. fig. Witan sceoldon smeágan hwilc ðæra stelenna ðæs cinestóles wǽre tóbrocen, and bétan ðone sóna.
trimes
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Feówer trymessan, 76, 10, 16. De ponderibus incipit. Solidos tres trymisas, Txts. 113, 80. as a coin, not in England Trymes staterem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 17, 27. Lidrine trimsas (trymsas) asses scorteas (corteas), Txts. 38, 31.
þriwa
Thrice ⬩ three times
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Þriwa feówer beóð twelf, 328, 21
cýþ-ness
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Men feówer stánas álegdon tó gemynde and tó cýþnesse þæs siges, Bl. H. 189, 16: 69, 18. Críst be him cýðnysse gecýdde, Hml. Th. i. 476, 31. Cýðnessum adstipulationibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 64.