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fæsten-geat

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On ðet fæstergeat, C. D. iii. 130, 32. Add

flǽsceht

Grammar
flǽsceht, (-iht).
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On þám flǽscehtum stówum, Lch. ii. 222, 7. Add

for-sáwenness

(n.)
Grammar
for-sáwenness, (-saw- ?), e; f.

Contempt

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Contempt On forsáwennesse in abusione, Ps. L. 30, 19

Linked entry: -sáwenness

holc

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On þǽre lifre holocum, Lch. ii. 206, 7. Add

síd

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Add On þone sídan healh, Cht. E. 206, 26

weald-leþer

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On wealdleðre in chamo, Ps. L. 31, 9. Add

wig-getawa

(n.)
Grammar
wig-getawa, (-e); pl. f.

War-equipments

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War-equipments On wíggetawum, Beo. Th. 741; B. 368

á-swégan

(v.)
Grammar
á-swégan, p.de

To resound

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To resound On aswégde intonuit, Ps. L. 28, 3

Linked entry: swégan

a-tiefran

Grammar
a-tiefran, l. á-tiéfran,
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On þóðere átéfred, Shrn. 174, 18, 35. and odd

Linked entry: á-téfred

carte

(n.)
Grammar
carte, an; f. [Lat. charta] Paper, a piece of paper, a deed; charta = χάρτης
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Híg hym tosendon áne cartan, seó wæs ðus awriten [MS. awryten] they sent a paper to him, which was thus inscribed, Nicod. 20; Thw. 10, 5. Alecge ða sealfe on hátne cláþ oððe cartan lay the salve on a hot cloth or on paper, L. M. 2, 19; Lchdm, ii. 202,

Linked entry: caerte

Óðen

(n.)
Grammar
Óðen, es; m.
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Odin (the Scandinavian form of the word which appears in Anglo-Saxon as Wóden) Ðes gedwolgod Mercurius wæs árwurðe betwux eallum héðenum on ðám dagum, and hé is Óðon geháten óðrum naman on Denisce wísan. Nú secgaþ sume ða Denisce men on heora gedwylde

Linked entries: Ówðen Wóden

un-gemódness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gemódness, e; f.

Contentiousnessindisposition to agree

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Contentiousness, indisposition to agree Ða ungesibsuman sint tó manianne ðæt hié witen ðæt hié nó on tó ðæs monegum gódum cræftum ne ðióð ðæt hié ǽfre mægen gástlíce bión gif hié ðurh ungemódnesse ágiémeleásiaþ ðæt hié ánmóde bión nyllaþ on ryhte and

bisceopung

(n.)
Grammar
bisceopung, e; f.

Confirmation

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Confirmation Se Hálga Gást ðás gyfa tódǽlð ... ealswá biscopas on biscpunge tó Gode sylfum wilniað, Wlfst. 51, 14. Hí setton heora handa ofer geleáffulle men, and him com tó se Hálga Gást ðurh heora biscepunge. Biscopas sind þæs ylcan hádes on Godes

býtlian

(v.)
Grammar
býtlian, l. bytlian,
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and add: , bytlan Wer þe ofer fæstum stáne bytlode, R. Ben. 4, 12. Man bytlode áne gebytla, Hml. Th. ii. 354, 32. 'Ðá synfullan bytledon uppe on mínum hrycge.' Hé sárette ðætte hié sceoldon bytlan , Past. 153, 9. Hét Harold bytlian on Brytlande, Chr

fégan

to joinconnectto compose

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Add: to join, connect Ne fégde ic eówre lima, ne ic eów líf ne forgeaf, Hml. S. 25, 164. Wé ceorfað treówu on holte ðæt wé hí úp árǽren on ðǽm botle . . . swá swá hí swíður ádrýgde beóð on eorðan, swá hí mon mæg orsorglícor úp fégean, Past. 445, 3. Similar

fela-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
fela-sprǽce, adj.

loquacious

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Speaking much, loquacious, using many words with intent to deceive Felospraeci, feluspréci trifulus, trufulus, Txts. 102, 1009. Huelc wíte wéne wé ðæt se felasprǽcea (-sprǽca, v. l.) scyle habban ðe simle on ofersprǽce syngað pensemus quae poena multiloquium

Gyrwas

Grammar
Gyrwas, Gyrwan.
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Add: The people of the fen district, which contained twelve hundred hides, six hundred in each of its two divisions, v. Norþ-, Súþ-Gyrwas On Gyrwan (Gyrwa, v. l. ) lande in regione Gyrviorum, Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 381, 19. On þǽre stówe þe is genemned Crúland

leóþ

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On tælsumum leóðe (smicere leóðe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 24) carmine rythmico i numerali, Hpt. Gl. 415, 55. Sigarlic (þæt sigorlice, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 49) leóþ hé sinþ carmen triumphale decantet, An. Ox. 1347. Eác mé sceal áðreótan ymbe ealra þára Tróiána

FINGER

(n.)
Grammar
FINGER, gen. fingeres, fingres; dat. fingre; pl. nom. acc. fingras; gen. fingra, fingrena; m.

A FINGERdigĭtus

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A FINGER; digĭtus Finger digĭtus, Wrt. Voc. 71, 26, Send Lazarum, ðæt he dyppe his fingeres liþ on wætere, and míne tungan gecǽle mitte Lazarum ut intingat extrēmum digĭti sui in aquam, ut refrīgĕret linguam meam, Lk. Bos. 16, 24. Gif ic on Godes fingre

Linked entry: fincer

el-þeódignes

exilebanishmentpilgrimage

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Add: absence from one's own country, generally that which is a result of compulsion or of a sense of religious duty, exile, banishment, pilgrimage Wræcsíð exilium, ælðeódignes peregrinatio, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 37. literal: In forsetenesse elþeódignesse