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fæst

constantfirmsteadfastfixedunchangeablefirmsecurestubbornunyieldingfirmsolidcompactstrongfirmstrongfortifiedunbrokenundisturbedstandard

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Scip on ancre fæst, B. 303. Segl sále fæst, 1906. Foldærne fæst laid in the grave, Cri. 730: El. 723. Hé wæs reste fæst he lay on his couch without stirring, Gen. 178.

CYFES

(n.)
Grammar
CYFES, cyfys, cifes, ciefes,e; f: cyfese, an; f.

A concubine, handmaidconcubina, pellex, ancilla

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> Gif he cyfesan hæbbe, and náne riht ǽwe, he áh ðæs to dónne swá him geþincþ; wíte he ðeáh ðæt he beó on ánre gehealden, beó hit cyfes, beó hit ǽwe si concubinam habeat, et nullam legitimam uxorem, erit ei proinde quod ipsi videbitur faciendum; sciat

nunne

(n.)
Grammar
nunne, an ; f.

A nuna vestal

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Gif hwá nunnan of mynstre út álǽde bútan kyninges léfnesse geselle hundtwelftig sciłł .... Gif heó leng libbe ðonne se ðe hié út álǽdde, náge hió his ierfes ówiht. Gif hió bearn gestriéne, næbbe ðæt ðæs ierfes, L. Alf. pol. 8; Th. i. 66, 14-20.

Linked entry: non

ofer-hírness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hírness, e; f.
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Ðæt se wǽre, ðe rihtes wyrnde, scyldig æt þriddan cyrre cyninges oferhýrnesse ðæt is .cxx. sciłł., 2; Th. i. 160, 16. Ne underfó nán man óðres mannes man bútan ðæs leáfe ðe hé ǽr fyligde. Gif hit hwá dó, béte míne oferhýrnesse, 10; Th. i. 164, 18.

ge-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weorc, -worc, -were, es; n. [ge-, weorc a work] .

workŏpusŏpuscŭlusa fortfortressarx

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Geweorc arx, figmentum, māchĭna, Scint. 62: Cot. 85: 128, Lye

scealc

(n.)
Grammar
scealc, es; m.
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Scipu mid scealcum ships with their crews, Exon. Th. 362, 3; Wal. 31

Linked entry: scilcen

wiþer-winna

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-winna, an; m.

An adversaryopponentenemy

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Wiþerwinnan conluctatorem, i. oppugnatorem, Scint. 151, 4. Ðam ne magon ealle eówer wiðerwinnan (aduersarii uestri ) wiðstandan and wiðcweðan, Lk. Skt. 21, 15. Ða Godes wiðerwinnan, Homl. Ass. 178, 306.

á-scúfan

to drive awayrepelto expelto drive forwardimpeloverthrowto give up

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Scipu út áscúfan, Chr. 897; P. 91, 13. Hí woldon hine niðer áscúfan (of clife), Hml. Th. ii. 236, 34. Ásceófan, Hml. S. 18, 350. Beseah hé tó þǽre sceande (Iezebel) up and hét hí ásceófon underbæc, 345. Wæs ic ána út ásceofen, 23 b, 415.

á-syndran

Grammar
á-syndran, (á-syndrian).

to separate objects already connectedto distinguishto exceptto place at a distanceto prevent intermixturekeep apartto prevent associationparticipationcut off

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Sé þe fram bróðerlicre geférrǽdenne byð ásyndrod qui a fraterna societate secernitur, Scint. 6, 7. Ásen[drede] expertem (veritatis), An. Ox. 2626

dǽd-bétan

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Add: in a general sense, to repent Bútan geþeahte náht þú dó, and æfter dǽde þú ná dǽdbétst ( peniteberis ), Scint. 200, 12. as an ecclesiastical term, to be penitent, do penance Þolige se preóst his hádes and dǽdbéte georne, Wlfst. 120, 11.

fǽringa

unexpectedlyof a suddenall at oncesoonat onceearlyby chanceforte

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Begýmað þæt [ne] fǽrunga beón gehefegude heortan eówre adtendite ne forte grauentur corda uestra, Scint. 105, 1

for-faran

(v.)

To perishTo destroyto blockade

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Ox. 2126. where passage is obstructed, to blockade: Hét se cyng faran mid nigonum tó þára níwena scipa, and forfóron him þone múðan foran on útermere the king ordered nine of the new ships to go, and by lying out at sea in front of the mouth they were

Linked entry: fór-faran

geap

Grammar
geap, geáp, geápes.
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Sé þe gehealt þreágincga geáp ( astutus) hé wyrð, Scint. 114, l. Gép (astutus ) ealle déð mid geþeahte, 199, 10. Mann gép ( uersuttis ) bedíglað ingehýd, 94, 17. Án fox þe is geápest ealra deóra, Shrn. 14, 19.

heord-rǽden

Grammar
heord-rǽden, heord-rǽdenn.

watching overa guardwatch

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Prov. 4, 23), Scint. 100, 10.

Linked entries: hird-ness hird-ræden

ge-hýdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hýdan, -hídan, -hédan; he -hýdeþ, -hýt, pl. -hýdaþ; p. -hýdde; pp. -hýded, -hýdd.

to hideconcealcondĕreabscondĕreto watchguardheedobservāreto bring into safetymake firmfastenallĭgāre

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Th. 55, 6. to bring into safety, make firm, fasten; allĭgāre Hý ehýdaþ heáhstefn scipu to ðam unlonde oncyrrápum they fasten the high-prow'd ships to the false land with anchor-ropes, Exon. 96 b; Th. 361, 1; Wal. 13

smyltness

(n.)
Grammar
smyltness, e; f.
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</b> gentleness, quietness in action :-- Hig hine mid ealre smyltnesse swá gelǽddon and on heora fiðerum bǽron, ðæt hé ne mihte ne on scipe fægeror gefered beón, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 40, 16, 14. quiet, silence Smyltnisse gesette silentium inposuisset

á-drýgan

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Gást unrót ádrígð ( exsiccat ) bánu, Scint. 167, 11. Hé ealle ðá costunga of his ágnum líchoman ádrígde omni illa tentatione carnis caruit, Gr. D. 190, 24. Hit ádríg, Lch. i. 332, 26. Ádríg tó duste, ii. 144, 1. Genim ácmistel and ádríge, 88, 5.

Linked entry: á-drígan

á-lǽdan

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Ealle þá scipu þe hié álǽdan ne mehton hié tóbrǽcon, Chr. 896; P. 89, 20. Wæs Sc̃e Óswaldes líchoma álǽded of Beardanigge, 906; P. 95, 24. His bán wǽron eft álǽded þanon in ðá ceastre Constantinopili, Shrn. 138, 31. Álǽd translatus, portatus, An.

folc-lic

publicnationalcommongeneralpublicplebeiancommoncommonpopulous

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S. 32, 247. public (in contrast with secret) Tó ansýne folclicre (ad faciem publicam) geþyld hí híwiað, and on geþance yrsunge áttor hí behýdað, Scint. 9, 12. of the common people, plebeian, common Of cyrliscum lífe and of folclicum gedeorfe ex vita

grymetan

Grammar
grymetan, l. grymettan, grymetian.
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Leó grymetigende ( rugiens ), Scint. 207, 12. Grymetiende rugientes, Ps. Vos. 103, 21. Urnon þá beran grymetende, Hml. S. 24, 53. Grymetendra rudentium, i. seuientium (leonum ), An. Ox. 3684. of things Þá neólnessa grymeteaþ, Bl. H. 93, 12.