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fíf

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Ox. 3035: B. 545. Nam hé fíf stánas, Bl. H. 31, 17. with pronoun or indefinite numeral: Þá fíf dysegan, Mt. 25, 3. Wé onféngon þá hálgan fíf seonoþas, Bd. 4, 17; Sch. 433, 5. as part of an ordinal: Þisne fíf and twéntigoðan sealm, Ps.

brand

a fire-branda torchburningbrand

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Ox. 54, 2 (see the note). a blade, sword: Se hálga áleát and astrehte his swuran under ðám scínendan brande, Hml. Th. ii. 510, 19

Linked entry: brand-óm

eóred

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Ox. 11, 24. Eórodum equitatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 40: cohortibus, An. Ox. 279. ¶ a chariot ?

in-cund

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Ox. 5, 23. non-physical, in reference to mind, feeling, spirit, denoting earnestness, sincerity Hé geoffrode his lác mid incundre heortan, Hml. S. 25, 795. His Drihten heriende mid incundre heortan, 37, 193.

hwónlíce

(adv.)
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Ox. 1015. with verbs, where action is slight in operation or result Hwónlíce (wónlíce, 2, 55) hwapelaþ sensim scaluriat An. Ox. 1890. Scortlíce and hwónlíce (wónlíce, 2, 235) strictim et summatim (commemorandum ), 3656.

seofon

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Ox. 54, 1. Þǽra eádigra seofon slǽpera ðrowung, Hml. S. 23, 1. Ne secge ic þé oð seofon (seofun, R., seofo.

níten

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Hors mon sceal gyldan mid .XXX. sciłł. . . . myran mid .XX. sciłł. . . . oxan mid .XXX. p̃. cú mid .xxnii. p̃. swýn mid . VIII. p̃, man mid punde, sceáp mid sciłł, gát mid .II. p̃., Ll. Th. i. 356, 1-6.

bismer

(n.)
Grammar
bismer, n.

infamyshamedisgraceignominyhumiliationscorncontumelyinsult blasphemy

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Ox. 2933. Hé gehýrde þæt bysmor mínra worda, Hml. S. 23 b, 366.

Linked entry: bismer-sprecan

geolo

(adj.)
Grammar
geolo, adj.
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Ox. 4462: Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 19. Geolwum croceo, An. Ox. 50, 10. Gioluwre crocea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 17, 14. Genim geoluwne stán, Lch. i. 374, 14. Goelu godueb, Txts. 151, 10. Geolewra flauentium, i. rubentium (fauorum ), An. Ox. 1667.

in-gehygd

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Ox. 2281. Ingehýd (-héd. Hpt. Gl. 498, 3), 3893

fæger

fairdesirablehandsomefairplausiblefairpleasant

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Ox. 1052. of moral beauty Wæs fæger eáðmódnes geméted on þǽre fǽmnan, Bl. H. 9, 21. Fægeran formosiore (virginitate), An. Ox. 4978. fig. as an epithet of sound, odour, &c.

be-geát

(n.)
Grammar
be-geát, es; n. (f.
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Ox. 2698: 3915. what is acquired, possessions, property Cýð mildheortnysse earmum mannum mid þínum begeáte, Hml. Th. ii. 104, 27. Mid þínum begeátum, Wlfst. 286, 29. Hí læccað of manna begeátum lóc hwæt hí gefón magan, Ll. Th. ii. 328, 4.

be-heáfdian

(v.)
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Ox. 5255. Tó beheáf-diende decollandi, 3092. Wæs beheáfdod capite truncatur, 3022: Ap. Th. 3, II: Chr. 1076; P. 213, I. Add

be-swincan

to labour at

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Ox. 8, 257. Gedafenað esnum þám orpedan, þonne hé gód weorc ongynð, ꝥ hé ꝥ geornlíce beswynce, Angl. viii. 324, 18. to till land :-- Hé seów hwǽte on be-swuncenum lande, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 10

dyrstig-líce

(adv.)
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Ox. 753. presumptuously, with temerity On swá hwilcum dæge swá þú dyrstilíce geþrístlǽcst ꝥ þú þone hálgan sácerdhád underféhst quacumque die sacrum ordinem temerare praesumeris, Gr. D. 135, 12.

ealdorlicness

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Ox. 216: 40, 3. Æalderlicnessa, 11, 8. Ðæt on his ealdorlicnesse hié ongieten ðæt hié him mægen ondrǽdan, Past. 119, 12. Gefultumiende mid his cynelicre ealdorlicnesse (aldor-, v.l. ), Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 598, 13.

earm

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Ox. 5458. Hé áþenedum earmum ongan fleógan, Bl. H. 187, 27. a foreleg of an animal Seó leó mid hire earmum scræf geworhte, Hml. S. 236, 787

ge-fleard

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Ox. 418

ge-dríme

Grammar
ge-dríme, musical, melodious, harmonious.
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Ox. 4911. Gedrémere, 2593. Mid gedrémere stefne canora voce, 2603, Ná mid gedrémum cwyde dissona sententia. Hpt. Gl. 513, 19. Mid gedrýmum stefnum melodis vocibus, Hy. S. 115, 29

heden

(n.)

an overcoata mantlecloak

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Ox. 1471. Grammar heden, perhaps hǽðen, not hæðen ( = heden) should be taken. in the gloss: mastruga hæðen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 30, In Isid. Orig. mastruca is explained as 'vestis Sardonica ex pelliculis ferarurn', and hæðen might refer (?)