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for-stelan

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L. 10, 19. Gif hwá forstele esne oððe mannan, fæste .ii. winter, Ll. Th. ii. 140, 37. Þa ofdrifenan oððe þá forstolenan depeculata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 59. <b>I a.</b> with cognate acc.

greát

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</b> of parts of the body :-- Se earm wæs swá swíðe greát and áswollen brachio in tantum grossescente, Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 565, 3. Se greáta líra beneoðan þám þúman, Vis. Lfc. 84. Gif mon þá greátan sinwe forsleá, Ll. Th. i. 100, 3.

folc-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
folc-lagu, e; f.

Folk or public lawpublĭca lex

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Folk or public law; publĭca lex Gif hwá folclage wirde if any one corrupt the law of the people, L. N. P. L. 46; Th. ii. 296, 22. Folclaga wyrsedon the laws of the people were corrupted, Lupi Serm. i. 5; Hick. Thes. ii. 100, 19

ge-setednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-setednes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

A constitution, law, ceremony, religionconstĭtūtio, lex, cērĕmōnia, relĭgio

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To gesetednisse for a law, Gen. 47, 26

earfoþ-hylde

(adj.)
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Substitute: <b>earfoþ-hilde;</b> adj.

ed-winde

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>ed-winde,</b> an: -wind, e; f. A vortex, whirlpool, abyss Deópnyss abyssus, edwinde vortex, swelgend vorago, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 36. Edwindan uoraginis, An. Ox. 4, 10. Swyliendes, eadwindan, 636.

Linked entry: -winde

fóstring

(n.)
Grammar
fóstring, es; m.
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a fosterchild of the place where one is brought up, a native of a place Ðǽre burge fóstring, Lk. p. 2, 1. a fosterchild of the person by whom one is educated, a disciple Discipul ł lárcneht ł fóstring ðára postolra discipulus apostolorum, Lk. p. 2,

ge-scyldru

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Take here <b>ge-sculdre</b> in Dict., and add: The shoulder-blades Mid gescyldrum his scapulis suis, Ps. Srt. 90, 4. On ðone lið þǽra eaxla betweox gesculdrum, Lch. ii. 242, 12, Ofer gescyldru super scapulas, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 192, 33

mete-sacca

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>mete-sticca,</b> an ; m. A spoon Metesticca [printed -sacca, but see Angl. viii. 451, 1) legula vel coclea vel cocle. Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 62 ( the word occurs in a list of objects connected with the table), v. sticca; II

wǽta

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wǽta, wǽte;
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Add Gif hié cumað of biterum and yfelum wǽtum, Lch. ii. 178, 13. <b>III a.

crypel

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<b>; I.</b> add: cf. On crypelgeat [cripple-gate the low opening in a fence or wall to allow the passage of sheep from one field to another; a stile, D.D.), C.D. v. 215, 8. add: [cripple a frame of wood, D.D.]

áǽðan

(v.)

to lay wastevastare

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to lay waste; vastare. Gen. 1280: á ǽðan, Cd. 64; Th. 77, 24

ældru

(n.)
Grammar
ældru, ældro, aldro

parents

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War. 13, 12: Lk. Rush. War. 2, 27, 41, 43

byst

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art, shalt be, Lk. Bos. l, 76: Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 12

eærfoþnes

(n.)
Grammar
eærfoþnes, -ness, e; f.

Difficulty, trouble diffĭcultas, tribŭlātio

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T. 33, 19: 65, lo: 117, 5

ehteoða

(num.)
Grammar
ehteoða, ehteða

eighth

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eighth On ðam ehteoðan dæge on the eighth day, Lk. Bos. 1, 59

fæðem

(n.)
Grammar
fæðem, es; m.

Bosom, lap sĭnus, grĕmium

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Bosom, lap; sĭnus, grĕmium In fæðem in sĭnu, Jn. Lind. War. 1, 18

Februarius

(n.)
Grammar
Februarius, i; m.

Februarynōmen mensis

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Lat. February; nōmen mensis Sígeþ Februarius February approaches, Menol. Fox 35; Men. 18

in-stihtian

(v.)
Grammar
in-stihtian, p. ode

To arrangeregulatedispose

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To arrange, regulate, dispose Instihtade ł dihtade instigante, Lk. Skt. p. 2, 6

munt-land

(n.)
Grammar
munt-land, es; n.

A hilly country

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A hilly country Férde on muntland abiit in Montana, Lk. Skt. l, 39