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fultumend

a helper of a person ⬩ an assistant to a person ⬩ a helper ⬩ promoter ⬩ an assistant to a condition ⬩ one who helps to bring about a condition

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Add: Fultemend frutina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 30. Fultumend, 36, 15: fautor, 95, 66. Fultumiend, An. Ox. 3807. a helper of a person (gen.) Þú eart mín fultumend, Ps. Th. 26, 11. Crístenra manna fultumigend, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 4. Þú eart fultumiend þára

slæcness

(n.)
Grammar
slæcness, e; f.

Sloth ⬩ inertness ⬩ laziness ⬩ slowness of physical movement ⬩ slowness in action ⬩ mental inertness ⬩ remissness ⬩ slowness in performance of duty

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Sloth, inertness, laziness Slecnes accidia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 73: 97, 5 Scleacnes pigredo, Kent. Gl. 694. slowness of physical movement Swá swá ðære sunnan sleacnys ácenþ ǽnne dæg and áne niht . . . swá eác ðæs mónan swiftnys áwyrpþ út ǽnne dæg and áne

gild

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Add: payment, of purchase or barter Hwælc seleþ monn geld for ferh his quam dabit homo commutationem pro anima sua? Mt. R. 16, 26. pay of troops Eádwerd cing scylode .ix. scypa of mále . . . and belifon .v. scypa bæftan; and se cing heom behét .xii.

hors

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Add: a horse, as a general term Hors sonipes, wildecynnes hors equifer, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 3-4. Hors hnǽgð equus hinnit, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 129, 2. Gif hors on hricge oððe on þám bógum áwyrd sý, Lch. i. 290, 10. Wearð his hors ofslagen þe hé on sæt the horse

FEOH

(n.)
Grammar
FEOH, fioh; gen. feós; dat. feó; n.

cattle ⬩ living animals ⬩ pĕcus ⬩ jūmenta ⬩ Money ⬩ value ⬩ price ⬩ hire ⬩ stipend ⬩ FEE ⬩ reward ⬩ pĕcūnia ⬩ merces ⬩ Goods ⬩ property ⬩ riches ⬩ wealth ⬩ bŏna ⬩ dīvĭtiæ ⬩ ŏpes

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cattle, living animals; pĕcus, jūmenta Gif ðé becume óðres monnes giémeleás feoh [G and H] on hand if the stray cattle of another man come to thy hand, L. Alf. 42; Th. i. 54, 9. Feoh bútan gewitte the cattle without understanding, Salm. Kmbl. 46; Sal

Linked entries: feá fioh feoh-fang

FINDAN

(v.)
Grammar
FINDAN, to findanne; ic finde, ðú findest, findst, fintst, finst, he findeþ, fint, pl. findaþ; p. fand, fond, funde, pl. fundon; pp. funden; v. trans.

To FIND ⬩ invent ⬩ imagine ⬩ devise ⬩ contrive ⬩ order ⬩ dispose ⬩ arrange ⬩ determine ⬩ invĕnīre ⬩ dispōnĕre ⬩ consŭlĕre

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To FIND, invent, imagine, devise, contrive, order, dispose, arrange, determine; invĕnīre, dispōnĕre, consŭlĕre Híg ne mihton náne findan non invēnērunt, Mt. Bos. 26, 60: Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 39. Ne mihte earmsceapen áre findan nor might the poor wretch

ilca

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ilca, pron. [occurs in the weak declension only].

The same

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The same Hé sylf oððe se ylca ipse; heó sylf oððe seó ylce ipsa; hí sylfe oððe ða ylcan ipsi, Ælfc. Gr. 15 ; Som. 18, 53-4. Ðú byst se ilca se ðú ǽr wǽre tu idem ipse es, Ps. Th. 101, 24. Se ilca hét ácwellan ða rícostan witan the same man [Nero] ordered

med-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
med-micel, adj.

not great ⬩ moderate ⬩ small ⬩ not great ⬩ trifling ⬩ venial ⬩ not important ⬩ not great ⬩ lowly ⬩ mean ⬩ poor

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not great, moderate, small (of time, space, quantity) Se medmicla fyrst modica illa intercapedo, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 14: Blickl. Homl. 111, 24. Is on westan medmycel duru, 1127, 8. Se yfela déma onféhþ medmycclum feó, 61, 30. Ðá féng hé tó medmycclan bigleofan

Boétius

(n.)
Grammar
Boétius, nom. acc; g. Boéties, Boétiuses; d. Boétie; m. [βoηθόos warlike]

Anicius Manlius Severīnus Boëthius, born in Rome between A. D. 470-475, was Consul in 510. He was so eminent for his integrity and talents that he attracted the attention and obtained the patronage of Theodoric the Great, king of the East or Ostrogoths. He was afterwards accused of treason, and cast into prison, where he wrote his celebrated work De Consolatione Philosophiæ, which king Alfred translated into Anglo-Saxon about A. D. 888. Being condemned to death, without a hearing, he was beheaded in prison about A. D. 524

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Anicius Manlius Severīnus Boëthius, born in Rome between A. D. 470-475, was Consul in 510. He was so eminent for his integrity and talents that he attracted the attention and obtained the patronage of Theodoric the Great, king of the East or Ostrogoths

þenden

(adv.; con.)
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Grammar þenden, conj. While. where the periods of the actions marked by the verbs in the conjoined clauses are co-extensive, as long as, (all the) while (that) Ic Drihtne singe þenden ic wunige on worulddreámum psallam Deo, quamdiu era, Ps. Th. 103,

un-sib

(n.)
Grammar
un-sib, un-sibb, e; f.

unfriendliness ⬩ unkindliness ⬩ enmity ⬩ strife ⬩ hostilities ⬩ war ⬩ division ⬩ variance ⬩ disagreement ⬩ disunion

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unfriendliness, unkindliness, enmity Unsib simultas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 62. Swá mycel ungeþwǽrnys and unsibb árás ingravescentibus causis dissensionum, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 35. Ðæt ðridde is unsibbe fýr, ðonne wé ne forhtigaþ ðæt wé ða mód ábylgean úra

á-hreddan

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Add: to rescue, etc. Hié þá herehýþa áhreddon, Chr. 894; P. 85, 20: 917; P. 98, 7. Gener vel árede erue, i. defende, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 6. to rescue from, with gen. Áhrede mé hefiges níðes feónda mínra, Ps. Th. 58, 1. with dat. Mennen þe þú áhreddest

earfoþe

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþe, adj.
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Dele 'Bt. proœm: Fox viii. 7,' and add: difficult Earfoðe difficilis, earfoðre difficilior, ealra earfoðust (-ost, v. l.) difficillimus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 16, 6. Hé nǽre ná ælmihtig, gyf him ǽnig gefadung earfoðe wǽre, Lch. iii. 278, 15. Drihten, nis ðé nán

Linked entry: earfeðe

ge-wis

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wis, ge-wiss, es; n.
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what is certain. certain information Ðá úþwitan þe sǽdon þæt nǽfre nánwiht gewisses nǽre búton twæónunga, Solil. H. 20, 22. Ne mæg ic nán gewis bringan tó mínum geférum, Hml. S. 23, 577. Hé áxode þæs martyres naman . . . ac heora nán nyste nán gewis

hearm

evil ⬩ an evil ⬩ injury ⬩ a calamity ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ calumny ⬩ a calumny

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Add: evil, physical or otherwise, as done to or suffered by a person or thing Gif him ǽnig hearm of þám drence becymð, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 32. Þá cýdde man mé ꝥ ús mára hearm tó fundode þonne ús wel lícode, and þá fór ic . . . into Denmearcon þe eów mǽst

Linked entry: hearm-fullic

irfe

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Add: inherited property, property that passes to an heir Ierfe hereditas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 47. Ðæt ierfe ðæt gé æfter hiégiað hereditas ad quam festinatur, Past. 331, 24. Üre worldcunde fædras wilniað ðæt wé hira irfes (ierfes, v. l.) wierðe sién, 255

óþ

(prep.)
Grammar
óþ, prep. l. oþ.
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Add Of ðám gedwolan þe ic on oð þisum dwealde, Solil. H. 13, 10. Oð þám gemǽnan ende, Hml. Th. ii. 330, 7. Add Man hine bebyrgde in þám seáðe oþ þone gyrdels, Shrn. 125, 34; An. 1577. Oð wolcna hróf, Exod. 298 : Gú. 1286. Oð Egypte, Exod. 443. ¶ of

rihtan

(v.)
Grammar
rihtan, p. te

to right, to restore to a proper position that which is displaced, erect, direct ⬩ to right a person, ⬩ replace a person in the rights of which he is wrongfully deprived ⬩ to make right that which is faulty, set right, rectify, correct, amend ⬩ to keep right, direct, rule

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to right, to restore to a proper position that which is displaced, erect, direct Hé mid handum eft on heofonríce rihte rodorstólas he (God) with his hands again in the heavenly kingdom restored the celestial seats (after the expulsion of the rebellious

ofer-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-wreón, p. -wráh, -wreáh, pl. -wrigon, -wrugon; pp. -wrigen, -wrogen

To cover, cover over, veil, hide, conceal, overspread

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To cover, cover over, veil, hide, conceal, overspread Ic oferwreó nubo Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 19: cooperio, 30; Som. 34, 43. Ðú ðe oferwríhst mid wæterum ða uferan hire qui tegis aquis superiora ejus, Ps. Lamb. 103, 3. Geswinc welera heora oferwríhþ

stræc

(adj.)
Grammar
stræc, strec; adj.

strict, severe, rigorous, stern, hard ⬩ rigid, unyielding, obstinate, persistent ⬩ violent, using force, uncompromising, vehement

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strict, severe, rigorous, stern, hard Hú se reccere sceal bión wið ðara yfelena unðeáwas stræc for ryhtwíslícum andan ut sit rector contra delinquentium vitia per zelum justitiae erectus, Past. 17; Swt. 107, 6. Stræc (strec, Cott. MSS.), 12; Swt. 75,

Linked entry: strec