FÉLAN
FEEL ⬩ perceive ⬩ touch ⬩ sentīre ⬩ tangĕre
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To FEEL, perceive, touch; sentīre, tangĕre Heó féleþ mínes gemótes she perceives my meeting, Exon. 107 a; Th. 407, 23; Rä. 26, 9. Hí ðæs félaþ they feel it, Exon. 103 a; Th. 389, 16; Rä. 7, 8
clǽne
CLEAN, entirely ⬩ penitus, omnino
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CLEAN, entirely; penitus, omnino Ne rípe ge ðæt land tó clǽne reap not the land too clean, Lev. 23, 22: Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 76, 30: Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 35.
Linked entry: cléne
hyrst
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Where the first part of the compound is the name of a tree hyrst probably belongs to I. e. g. æsc-, hæsel-, hnut-, holen-, mapolder-, seal-, þorn-hyrst. So, too, perhaps in earnes, úlan hyrst. But in some others itt
BRERD
A brim, margin, rim, top of a pot or vessel, a shore, bank, brink ⬩ labrum, ora, margo, summitas, summum
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To brearde heofnes ad summum cæli, Mk. Lind. War. 13, 27
tácn-bora
a standard-bearer ⬩ a leader, guide, director
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Voc. i. 21, 66. a leader, guide, director Ðis is mín tácenbora ðe mé getǽhte ðæt ic tó ðé becom ( the word is used of the old fisherman who had directed Apollonius to the town, v. p. 12), Ap. Th. 27, 22
ge-félan
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Add: to feel an object, perceive by the sense of touch Ne mihte nán man ꝥ swýn geseón, and swá þéh hí hit mihton gefélan Gr. D. 226, 6. to know by sense of touch or organic sensation (with clause or acc. and infin.)
óþ-wyrcan
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to do harm to (?) Ic þence ðis feoh tó witanne næs tó óþwyrceanne I intend to keep this cattle not to harm it (?), Lchdm. i. 384, 5
hyll
A hill
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Ðonne hie cweþaþ tó ðǽm dúnum and tó ðǽm hyllum tunc incipient dicere montibus et collibus, Blickl. Homl. 93, 33: Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 30
swíþ-sprecende
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verbose, speaking too much Swýðspecende verbosa (swýðspecen verbositas, MS.), An. Ox. 56, 140. (?)
ofer-mǽned
made too common (?), trite
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made too common (?), trite Oferméned contrita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 43: 92, 37
Linked entry: -mened
feorh-ner
Life's preservation or salvation, a refuge, sustenance, nourishment ⬩ food ⬩ vītæ servātio ⬩ refŭgium ⬩ ălĭmentum ⬩ cĭbus
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Hí nó ðonan lǽtaþ on gefeán faran to feorhnere they will not let them go thence in joy to a refuge, Exon. 31 a; Th. 97, 28; Cri. 1597.
ge-sib
Peaceable, near, related, familiar ⬩ pācĭfĭcus, cognātus, prŏpinquus, fămĭliāris ⬩ consanguineus
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Sweolcum swelce him ðonne gesibbast wǽre to such as may then be nearest of kin to him, 105, 29
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hlagol
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Ne ǽnig man tó hlagol sý ne fǽringa tó fægen ne eft ne beó tó ormód, Wlfst. 70, 13. Ne beón gé tó felawyrde ne ealles tó hlagole ne eft tó ásolcene ne tó unróte, 40, 13. For, 'Lye' substitute
up-feax
Having hair at the top ⬩ bald in front ⬩ recalvus
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Having hair at the top, bald in front; recalvus,Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 57
sáwel-sceatt
An ecclesiastical due
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An ecclesiastical due, to be paid for every deceased person to the clergy of the church to which he belonged, in consideration of the services performed by them in his behalf.
Linked entry: sáwel-gescot
or-lege
war, strife, hostility ⬩ a place where hostility is shewn
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Ðú hafast þurh ðín orlegu ofer witena dóm wísan gefongen, wiðsæcest tó swíðe ðínum brýdguman thou hast by thy hostile proceedings acted contrary to the judgement of wise men, dost reject too violently thy suitor, 248, 17; Jul. 97. a place where hostility
Linked entry: or-læg
geáp
brecan
to shatter ⬩ demolish ⬩ to subdue ⬩ tame ⬩ reflex ⬩ to struggle ⬩ strive
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Hé ágynþ tó brecanne þanne tó spíwanne, Lch. iii. 140, 2
Linked entry: bracan
fóddor-þegu
A taking or receiving food ⬩ food ⬩ cĭbi acceptio ⬩ cĭbus
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A taking or receiving food, food; cĭbi acceptio, cĭbus Ðæt hie tobrugdon, blódigum ceaflum, fira flǽschoman him to fóddorþege that they tore asunder, with bloody jaws, the bodies of men for their food, Andr. Kmbl. 320; An. 160.
Róm-feoh
Peter's pence
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[William of Malmesbury attributes to Ethelwulf the institution of this tax : 'Ethelwulf went to Rome (v. Chron. 855) and there offered to St.