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neoþera

(adj.)
Grammar
neoþera, niþera; adj. (without a positive form)

Lower

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Yfemest is eallra gesceafta fýr ofer eorþan, folde neoþemest, Met. 20. 85. On ðære nyþemystan ( lowest ) bytminge, Homl. Th. i. 536, 10. Ða niþemestan ic gebrenge æt ðám héhstan, and ða héhstan æt ðám niþemestan, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 35.

Linked entries: niþemest niþera

furþum-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
furþum-líc, adj. [furþ = forþ forth, onwards; furþum = forþum, dat. to onwards, excessive? líc]

Luxuriousindulgentluxŭriōsusmollisventrĭcōsus

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Luxurious, indulgent; luxŭriōsus, mollis, ventrĭcōsus Sarðanapālus [MS. -olus] se síþmesta cyninge, wæs swíðe furþumlíc man Sardanapālus the last king was a very luxurious man, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 35, 15

Linked entry: furþ-um

bi-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-feolan, p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen

To commit, commend, deliverimmittere, commendare, tradere

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To commit, commend, deliver; immittere, commendare, tradere Bifolen in foldan committed to earth, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 18; Jul. 417 : 17 b; Th. 42, 5; Cri. 668

Linked entry: bi-folen

tó-faran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-faran, p. -fór; pp. -faren.

to go in different directions,go off separately,partto disperse (intrans.)scatterto go away, pass off,depart,become extinct.

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The folk . . . shall tofare on every clyve, Anglia iii. 546, 146. [O. Sax. te-faran to disperse; to pass away: O. L. Ger. te-faran deficere: O. H. Ger. ze-faran dissolvi, paeterire, transire, perire, defluere]

Linked entries: tó-fær tó-féran

fét

(n.)
Grammar
fét, to or for a foot, feet,
  • Ex. 21, 24: Ps. Lamb. 72, 2: Mt. Bos. 18, 8
; dat. sing.
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and nom. acc. pl. of fót

hǽþan

Grammar
hǽþan, v. for-hǽþan; hǽþung,
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and two preceding words

Linked entry: hǽðung

trég

(n.)
Grammar
trég, (treg ?), tríg (cf.? hég, híg hay, for the form), es; n.

A traytrough

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A tray, trough Trég alueolum, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 70. Nim ðæt reáde ryden, dó on tríg; hǽt stánes swíþe háte, lege on ðæt trig innan, Lchdm. ii. 340, 5-6. Bye us vessel . . . Dysschys, cuppys, and sawsers, Bolles, treyes, and platers, Rich. 1490

Linked entry: tríg

FINDAN

(v.)
Grammar
FINDAN, to findanne; ic finde, ðú findest, findst, fintst, finst, he findeþ, fint, pl. findaþ; p. fand, fond, funde, pl. fundon; pp. funden; v. trans.

To FINDinventimaginedevisecontriveorderdisposearrangedetermineinvĕnīredispōnĕreconsŭlĕre

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To FIND, invent, imagine, devise, contrive, order, dispose, arrange, determine; invĕnīre, dispōnĕre, consŭlĕre Híg ne mihton náne findan non invēnērunt, Mt. Bos. 26, 60: Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 39. Ne mihte earmsceapen áre findan nor might the poor wretch

æt-foran

(prep.)
Grammar
æt-foran, prep. dat. [æt at, foran fore]

Close beforeclose bybeforeatanteprocoram

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Close before, close by, before, at; ante, pro, coram Ætforan eágan ðíne ante ocalos tuns. Ps. Spl. 5,5: 13, 7: Byrht. Th. 132, 14; By. 16. Sæt ætforan ðam dómsetle sedit pro tribunali, Jn. Bos. 19,13

Linked entry: fóran

bell

Grammar
bell, (more usual form belle, q. v.).
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Add Þǽr nǽron ǽr búton upphangene bella, and nú þá sind upphangene, Cht. Th. 430, 4. v. hand-, mót-bell

dæg-feorm

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-feorm, e; f. [feorm food, sustenance]

Food for a day unius diei victus

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Food for a day; unius diei victus Áne dægfeorme a day's sustenance, Cod. Dipl. 477; A. D. 958; Kmbl. ii. 355, 5

ge-rid

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rid, meat, food (?). v. bed-gerid,
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which may mean the food laid up by the ants in the ant-hill Ball seó lustfulnes and swetiies þæs lichaman weorðeþ tó wyrma geride dulcedo illius vermes (Job 24, 20 where the A. V. has, ' the worm shall feed sweetly on him '), Gr. D. 323, 3

Linked entry: -rid

leósan

(v.)
Grammar
leósan, (=? for-leósan)
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Huberd wæs leósende þǽre wífmannefor his unrihtcræfinge, Cht. Th. 633,26

ǽtten

Grammar
ǽtten, for æten,

should eat

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should eat,L. In. 42; Lambd. 8, 5; Wilk. 21, 24;

mæhe

Grammar
mæhe, (for mæhte?)

dicione

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dicione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 75

ymb-faran

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-faran, p. -fór
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To surround Hé hét ðæt fæste lond útan ymbfaran, ðæt him mon sceolde an má healfa on feohtan þonne on án, Ors. 2. 5; Swt. 80, 26

nunn-scrúd

(n.)
Grammar
nunn-scrúd, for án
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read an

grind

Grammar
grind, v. for-grind, ge-grind.

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dilmengan

Grammar
dilmengan, dilemengan. v. for-dilmengan, for-dilemengan.

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cócor-mete

(n.)
Grammar
cócor-mete, es; m.[cóc a cook, mete meat, food]

Meal divided into four parts? quadripartiturn

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Meal divided into four parts? quadripartiturn fWrt. Voc. 290, 41