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nigon-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
nigon-feald, adj.

Nine-fold

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Nine-fold Nigonfeald novenarius, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 17

ceaster-sǽtan

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-sǽtan, -sǽte; pl.
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Towns-folk Ceastersétna preóst, Cht. Th. 140, 19: 142, 1

sixtig-feald

(num.; adj.)
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sixty-fold. Mt. Kmbl. 13, 8, 23

or-lege

(adj.)
Grammar
or-lege, adj.

Hostile

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Hostile Wépaþ and heówaþ eall orlegu folc, for ðam úre God eów hæfþ ofercumen . . . orlega þeóda he áléde under úre fét, Ps. Th. 46, 1-3. Ne onégdon ná orlegra níð, ðeáh ðe feónda folc féran cwóme, Cd. Th. 259, 26; Dan. 697

sceáp-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
sceáp-wíc, es ; n.

A sheep-fold

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A sheep-fold Tó sceápwícan. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. Iii. 405, 5

sceaþan

(v.)
Grammar
sceaþan, scód, sceód ; sceaþen . [This strong form seems almost confined to the poetry, the prose maiking use of sceþþan, q. v.]

To scathe, hurt, harm, injure

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To scathe, hurt, harm, injure, with dat. Ðé ne sceaþeþ ǽnig, Ps. Th. 90, 7. Oft ic ó;ðrum scód, Exon. Th. 401, 22; Rä. 21, 15. Hé tóswengde líges leóman, swá hyra líce ne scód, 189, 16; Az. 60: 197,9 ; Az. 187. Se ðe nǽngum scód, 90, l; Cri. 1467. Ðæt

crísten-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
crísten-lic, adj.
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Christian Folc crístinlic plebs Christiana, Rtl. 91, 39

ord-frym

(adj.)
Grammar
ord-frym, ord-frymm; adj.
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Original Þæt ordfremme folc, E. S. 49, 352

min

Grammar
min, [For another explanation of this word see N. E. D. min, where minne is taken as the nominative form : but the word may be taken as belonging to the same declension as mid[d]
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; pl. midde, so min[n]; pl. minne. Holthausen rejects the word altogether, v. Beiblatt, xvi. 228.] add(?) On minnan linche, C. D. B. iii. 494, 31. Add Wið feóndes hond and . . wið malscrunge minra wihta, Lch. iii. 36, 14

heard-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
heard-heort, adj.

Hard-hearted, stiff-necked

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His folc is hardheort thou art a stiff-necked people, Ex. 33, 3, 5: Homl. Th. i. 108, 22: ii. 258, 22. Gé sind ealra folca ungeleáfulluste and heardheorteste ye are of all nations the most unbelieving and most stiff-necked, Deut. 9, 6

fíf-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
fíf-feald, adj.

Five-fold ⬩ quintuplex ⬩ quīnārius

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Five-fold; quintuplex, quīnārius Fíffeald quínárius, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 16

hús-carl

(n.)
Grammar
hús-carl, es; m. [A word apparently taken from the Scandinavians, as the English form would be hús-ceorl.]
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A member of the king's bodyguard Ðurstán mín húskarll præfectus meus palatinus Ðurstanus, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 202, 4. Urk mín húskarl, 221, 6. On gewitnesse eallra ðæs kynges húscarlan [-carla?], 291, 15. Ða Densca húscarles, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 25

feald

(n.)
Grammar
feald, es; n.

A fold, inclosure, field ⬩ septum, ăger

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A fold, inclosure, field; septum, ăger, Som. Ben. Lye

fyld

(n.)
Grammar
fyld, es; m.

A fold ⬩ volume ⬩ vŏlūmen

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A fold, volume; vŏlūmen. Som. Ben. Lye.Hpt. Gl. 494

glǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
glǽdan, to cause to slip or totter. A compound form, á-glǽdan, seems to be concealed in the gloss
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Labefacare agleddęgo, Txts. 111, 9. Cf. O. Sax. biglédda labefactat, Gall. 23

Linked entry: á-glǽdan

æt-befón

(v.)
Grammar
æt-befón, ic -befó; subj. ic, he -befó [æt, be, fón]

To take to ⬩ attach ⬩ deprehendere ⬩ capere ⬩ invenire

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To take to, attach; deprehendere, capere, invenire Gif hwá befó ðæt him losod wæs, cenne se ðe he hit ætbefó hwanon hit him cóme if any one attach that which he had lost, let him with whom he attaches it declare whence it came to him, L. Eth. ii. 8;

dahum

(n.)
Grammar
dahum, to days, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 5, = dagum; dat. pl.
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of dæg

swǽpels

(n.)
Grammar
swǽpels, (m.?). l. , es; m. ; for 106, 3 l. 103, 6,
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and add: Ps. Vos. 103, 6

fiþer-feald

(num.; adj.)

four-fold

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four-fold Ic forgeldo feoðorfald reddo quadruplum, Lk. ' R. 19, 8

ge-fildan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fildan, p. de
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To fold up -Gefyldende inplicans, ligans, Hpt. Gl. 406, 33

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