fær
a going, journey, way, journeying, expedition ⬩ ĭter, expĕdītio bellĭca ⬩ a vehicle, vessel, ship ⬩ vehĭcŭlum, nāvis
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Pen. 15; Th. ii. 282, 9. Ðæt wæs fær micel that was a great expedition, Invent. Crs. Recd. 1295; El. 646. that in which a journey or voyage is made,- a vehicle, vessel, ship; vehĭcŭlum, nāvis Ðú ðær [Th.
ge-strícan
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winstran hand innewearde and lege tó þínum eáron the sign for a cushion is that with your forefinger you make as if you were smoothing a feather into the flat of your left hand and lay your hand to your ear, Tech. ii. 126, 7- to form with a stroke of a pen
neáh
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Neáh ðám eall þá þing þe ðanan cumað wiþ ǽlcum áttre magan omnia pene, quae de eadem insula sunt, contra uenenum ualent, Bd. l, I ; Sch. 13, 3. Neáh ðon eallum út ágangendum cunctis pene egressis, i. 7, Sch. 23, 33
un-gelífedlíc
Incredible ⬩ marvellous
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Ungeliéfedlíc is ǽnigum menn ðæt tó gesecgenne pene incredibile apud mortales erat, 2, 4; Swt. 74, 7. Hé hæfde áne swíðe wlitige dohter ungelífedlícre fægernysse, Ap. Th. 1, 9. For ðam ungelífedlícan wlite ðæs mǽdenes, 3, 12.
gódian
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Pen. 14; Th. ii. 282, 9. Hig bǽdan ðone bisceop ðæt hig móstan ðæt mynster gódian they asked the bishop that they might endow the monastery, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 290, 9: L. Pen. 14; Th. ii. 282, 8
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ge-fiðerian
To give wings to ⬩ provide with wings ⬩ ālas addĕre ⬩ pennis instruĕre
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To give wings to, provide with wings; ālas addĕre, pennis instruĕre Ic sceal ǽrest ðín mód gefiðerian I must first give wings to thy mind, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 31. Gefiðerigan, 36, 2; Fox 174, 6.
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líhting
Lightening ⬩ alleviation ⬩ relief ⬩ mitigation ⬩ release
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Pen. 18; Th. ii. 286, 3. Gif ðæt riht tó hefig sý séce siððan ða líhtinge tó ðam cynge, L. Edg, ii. 2; Th. i. 266, 12
weallian
to wander ⬩ roam ⬩ to go as a pilgrim
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Pen. 10; Th. ii. 280, 18. Oferbecumendum wealligendum þearfum se abbud mid gebróþrum gearwian hýrsumnysse supervenientibus peregrinis pauperibus abbas cum fratribus exhibeant obsequium, Anglia xiii. 439, 1060
druncen
Drunkenness ⬩ ēbriĕtas
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Pen. 11; Th. ii. 280, 23. Druncen beorg ðé and dollíg word guard thyself from drunkenness and foolish words, Exon. 80 b; Th. 302, l0; Fä. 34. Gif hit þurh druncen gewurþe, béte ðe deóppor si ex ebriĕtāte accidĕrit, eo grăvius emendet, L. M. I.
scrúd
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Pen. 15; Th. ii. 282, 26. an article of dress, a garment Scrúd vestis, clamis. Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 50. Cildes scrúd praetexta, 25, 56. Sléfleás scrúd colobium, sléfleás ancra scrúd levitonarium, 40, 20, 21.Scrúde melote, veste, Hpt. Gl. 492, 52.
un-weorþlíc
of little value or importance ⬩ humble ⬩ that has little honour ⬩ not famous or splendid ⬩ poor ⬩ ignoble ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ infamous
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has little honour, not famous or splendid, poor Hié lange wǽron ðæt dreógende ǽr heora áðer mehte on óþrum sige gerǽcan, ǽr Alexander late unweorðlícne sige (a by no means famous victory) gerǽhte commissoque praelio diu anceps pugna tandem tristem pene
ymb-habban
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Ispania land is eall mid fleóte útan ymbhæfd, ge eác binnan ymbhæfd ofer ða land ǽgþer ge of ðám gársecge ge of ðam Wendelsǽ Hispania circumfusione oceani Tyrrhenique pelagi pene insula efficitur, Ors. 1, I ; Swt. 24, 1-3. to, contain Beféhð ł emhæfð
níd-þeówetling
One who is forced into slavery
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slavery (for an unsatisfied claim) Hér kýð on ðissere béc ðæt Ælfríc wolde þeówian Putraele him tó nýdþeówetlinge (the enslavement was abandoned at the intercession of Bora, Ælfric's brother, on payment to Ælfric of eight oxen; Bora received sixty pence
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fleám
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Flugon Péne . . . For þǽm fleáme Hauna mid his folce wearð Rómánum tó gafolgieldum, Ors. 4, 6; S. 170, 25. Hé wearð gefliémed, and on ðǽm fleáme hiene oftyrfdon his geféran, S. 172, 27. Be heora sige ge eác be þára hǽþenra manna fleáme, Bl.
for-scyldigian
To make guilty ⬩ to criminate ⬩ condemn ⬩ reum făcĕre ⬩ damnāre
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Pen. 12; Th. ii. 280, 28. Forscyldegod scĕlĕrātus vel facĭnŏrōsus, Wrt. Voc. 86, 65. Wurdon hí deádlíce and forscyldegode þurh ágenne cyre they became mortal and guilty through their own choice, Homl. Th. i. 112, 16.
hreów-líce
Miserably ⬩ cruelly ⬩ grievously
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Pen. 12; Th. ii. 280, 28: Chr. 1096; Erl. 233, 22
fliés
A fleece ⬩ vellus
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A sheep shall go with its fleece until midsummer, or let the fleece be paid for with two pence, L. In. 69; Th. i. 146, 9-11
heófan
To lament ⬩ grieve ⬩ wail ⬩ mourn
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Pen. 8; Th. ii. 280, 10. Heófende spræc lamenting he spoke, Andr. Kmbl. 3113; An. 1559. Álegdon ðá tó middes mǽrne þeóden hæleþ hiófende hláford leófne warriors lamenting laid down in their midst the great prince, the lord beloved, Beo.
cyne-bearn
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Hér Óswiu ofslóh Penda and .xxx. cynebearna ( duces regii xxx interfecti, Bd. 3, 24) mid him, 654; P. 29, 4. Tácnað ꝥ cynebearna (cyme-, MS.) cwealm, Lch. iii. 180, 10
West-mynster
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The Latin form Westmonasterium is found in a doubtful charter of the reign: Locum qui dicitur Westmonasterium quod a tempore sancti Augustini institutum, multaque ueterum regum munificentia honoratum, propter uetustatem et frequentes bellorum tumultus pene