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un-fǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fǽge, adj.

Not feynot appointed to die

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Wyrd oft nereþ unfǽgne eorl, ðonne his ellen deáh, 1150; B. 573

Linked entry: un-fǽglíc

folc-gesíþas

(n.)
Grammar
folc-gesíþas, folc-gesíþ, es; m.
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Þæt ehtode ealdor þeóde wið þám néhstum folcgesíðum: Þæt eówer fela geseah, þeóde míne . . . " Þá cwæð sé þe wæs cyninges rǽswa . . . Dan. 412. Þeódríc héht folcgesíðas healdan þone hererinc, Met. l, 70. Substitute:

wyrt-tún

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eóde into his wyrttúne ( ingressus hortum ), þá gemétte hé þone wyrttún beón oferwrigenne mid micelre menieo emela, Gr. D. 67, 4-8.

ymb-gyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-gyrdan, p. de.
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'Beón eówre lendena ymbgyrde.' On ðám ymbgyrdum lendenum is se mægðhád tó understandenne. Homl.

Linked entry: embe-gyrdan

for-legis

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for-legis, -leges, -liges, -lís

an adulteressa prostitute

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Eówer nebb sint swǽ scamleáse swǽ ðára wífa ðe bióð forelegissa, 206, 9. Forlegesum prostitutis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 23. Forlísum, An. Ox. 8, 324. Add:

Linked entry: for-leges

ge-wintred

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Wæs geworden ꝥ Jóseph wæs geháten sum gewintrod man, eóde þyder mid iungum mannum, Hml. A. 130, 65. Ðá ðe tó ðǽm gewintrede ne beóð ne geðiegene (cf. ðá ðe unmedome bióð tó ðǽre láre oððe for gioguðe oððe for unwísdóme, 19), Past. 375, 15. Add

DEORC

(adj.)
Grammar
DEORC, def. se deorca, seó, ðæt deorce; adj.

DARK, obscure, gloomy, sad tenebrōsus, obscūrus

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DARK, obscure, gloomy, sad; tenebrōsus, obscūrus Niht-helm geswearc, deorc ofer dryhtgumum the helm of night grew murky, dark o'er the vassals, eo. Th. 3584B; BB. 1790: Exon. 30 bB;B Th. 95,22; Cri.1561: 101 b; Th. 384, 2; Rä. 4, 21.

Linked entry: deorcian

stór-cyll

(n.)
Grammar
stór-cyll, e : -cylle, an ; f.
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Nime eówer ǽlc his stórcillan, Num. 16, 6. Ðás stórcyllan haec turibula, Ælfc. Gr. 14 ; Zup. 90, 4. Stórcillan, Lev. 10, 1

teld-sticca

(n.)
Grammar
teld-sticca, an; m.
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A tent-peg Gelǽhte seó wífman án ðæra teld-sticcena geslóh ðá ... ðæt se sticca him eode út þurh ðæt heáfod ...

Linked entry: telde

cwelan

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Ꝥ spere him eóde þurh út, and hé feóll cwelende, Hml. S. 12, 55. Lífes lǽcedómes forwirnan ðǽm cwelendum monnum, Past. 377, 6. Add

hund

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Hwæþer gé eówer hundas and eówer net út on ðá sǽ lǽdon þonne gé huntian willaþ?, Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 13. <b>I b,</b> in n Hundas cómon and his wunda liccodon, Lk. 16, 21.

bed-ryda

(n.)
Grammar
bed-ryda, an; m.

A bedridden manclinicus

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A bedridden man; clinicus Se bedryda wearþ gehǽled sóna; and eóde him ðá hám, hál on his fótum, se ðe ǽr wæs geboren on bǽre to cyrcan the bedridden man was soon healed; and he then went home, whole on his feet, who before was borne on a bier to church

ragu

(n.)
Grammar
ragu, e; f.
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Ragu and meós ( rubigo ) fornymþ ealle eówre landes wæstmas, Deut. 28, 42. v. berc-, sláhþorn-ragu

Linked entry: rægu

á-cumendlic

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Ús is ácumendlicere eówer gebelh ðonne Godes grama, 96, 5. possible Ácumenlic possibile, R. Ben. I. 5, 14. Ealle þing synd ðám geleáffullan ácumendlice omnia possibilia credenti, Angl. vii. 30, 280

weddung

(n.)
Grammar
weddung, e; f.

Betrothal, espousal

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Betrothal, espousal Ðá cwæþ Pilatus tó ðam folce, ða ðe sǽdon ðæt hé of forligere wǽre ácenned : ' Ðeós sprǽc nys ná sóþ ðæt gé sprecaþ, for ðon seó weddung wæs beweddod, eal swá eówre ágene ðeóda secgaþ, ' Nicod. 7 ; Thw. 3, 31.

hlifian

(v.)
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Of ðám munte þe ofer his mynstre hlifade ex eo monie qui ejus monasterio in excelso prominet 12, 8.

beó-breád

(n.)
Grammar
beó-breád, bió-breád, bí-breád, es; n.

BEE-BREADapum panishoney-combfavus

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. ☞ Quite distinct from weax beeswax; cera = κηρόs : and hunig-camb honey-comb; favus the pollen of flowers collected by bees and mixed with honey for the food of the larvæ; Ic eom swétra ðonne ðú beóbreád blénde mid hunige I am sweeter than if thou

FÆT

(n.)
Grammar
FÆT, es; pl. nom. acc. fatu, fata; gen. fata; dat. fatum; n.

A vessel, cup, VATvas, călix

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A vessel, cup, VAT; vas, călix Swá swá fæt crocwirhtan oððe tygelwirhtan ðú tobrytst híg tamquam vas fĭgŭli confringes eos, Ps. Lamb. 2, 9. Fætes botm the bottom of a vessel; vāsis fundum, Cot. 92. Mid ðam fæte with the vessel, Homl.

Linked entries: fatu ge-fǽtan

ge-samnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-samnian, -somnian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.

to gather, collectcongrĕgāre, collĭgĕreto unite, joinconsŏciāre, jungĕreTo collect, come togethercongrĕgāri, convĕnīre

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He hí of sídfolcum gesamnade de regiōnĭbus congrĕgāvit eos, Ps. Th. 106, 2. Gesamnedon síde hérigeas folces frumgáras the leaders of the people collected their wide bands, Andr. Kmbl. 2135; An. 1069: Ps. Th. 125, 6.

Linked entries: samnian ge-somnian

cneów

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Ástreccað eówru cneówu, Past. 65, 18. Ꝥ man his cneówu gebíge sixtigum síðum tó eorðan, Ll. Th. ii. 284, 31. Cneówa, Hml. S. 23 b, 83. Hí bígdon heora cneów, Mt. 27, 29: Hml. Th. ii. 148, 9. Knéwa, Mk.