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feó

(n.)
Grammar
feó, for or with cattle or money,
  • Cd. 126
    • ;
  • Th. 161, 2
    • ;
  • Gen. 2659: Beo. Th. 2765
    • ;
  • B. 1380
    • ;
dat.
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and instr. of feoh

þreágan

(v.)
Grammar
þreágan, þreán, and þreáwian (v. þreápian); p. þreáde [in Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 7 a form occurs that might be a strong past of þreán, on the analogy of þweán, sleán Ðæt gewit wæs swíþe sorgiende for ðám ermþum ðe hí ðrógan; cf. the rendering of the same passage in the metres: Ðæt mód wæs swíðe sorgum gebunden for ðǽm earfoþum ðe him on sǽton,
  • Met. 26, 97.
But, perhaps, drugon should be read, as, Latin is:]; pp. þreád.

to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ reproach ⬩ to punish one who deserves punishment ⬩ to chastise by way of discipline, with a view to amend ⬩ to chasten ⬩ correct ⬩ to torture ⬩ torment ⬩ afflict ⬩ distress ⬩ vex ⬩ oppress

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to reprove, rebuke, reproach Ic hine þreáge (ðreá, Lind.: ðriá, Rush.) and forlǽte corripiam illum et dimittam, Lk. Skt. 23, 22. Ne þreáge (drégu, Surt.: þreá, Spl. C.: þrǽwie, Spl. T.) ic eów non arguam te, Ps. Th. 49, 9. Þreáge (ðréu, Surt.: ðreáge

Linked entries: þreán þreiga ðrogan

ðryhte

(n.)
Grammar
ðryhte, in
  • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 31,
seems an error for ðý ryfte which glosses clamyde in the sane passage of the Lindisfarne Gloss.

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forud

(v.)
Grammar
forud, part.

Broken ⬩ fractured ⬩ worn out ⬩ decayed ⬩ fractus ⬩ contrītus

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Broken, fractured, worn out, decayed; fractus, contrītus Se foruda fót and sió forude bond the fractured foot and the fractured hand, Past. ii. 2; Cot. MS. On ðisum þrím stelum stynt se cynestól, and gif án biþ forud, he fylþ adún sóna the throne stands

cócor-mete

(n.)
Grammar
cócor-mete, es; m.[cóc a cook, mete meat, food]

Meal divided into four parts? ⬩ quadripartiturn

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Meal divided into four parts? quadripartiturn fWrt. Voc. 290, 41

ge-þénsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þénsum, adj.

Obsequious ⬩ obliging ⬩ serviceable ⬩ officiosus

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Obsequious, obliging, serviceable; officiosus He wearþ geset cumena þén ðæt he mynsterlícum cumum geþénsum wǽre he was appointed servant of guests that he might attend upon the monastic guests, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 24. Gif hwilc sibling ðé biþ swá geþénsum

Linked entries: -þegnsum þénsum

swellan

(v.)
Grammar
swellan, p.sweall, pl. swullon; p. swollen

To swell ⬩ tumere, turgere, obturgescere ⬩ inflatio

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To swell Wið wunda ðe swellaþ, Lchdm. iii. 86, 16. Gif sino gescrince and æfter ðon swelle, ii. 68, 1. Gif fót oððe scancan swellan, iii. 38, 21. Sió wund ongon swelan and swellan, Beo. Th. 5419; B. 2713. Swellende blæddran vesicae turgentes, Ex 9, 9

Linked entry: a-swellan

ge-fyrhto

(n.; v.)
Grammar
ge-fyrhto, p. l. ge-fyrhto (-u); indecl.; [ge-fyrht, e]; f., dele passage from Bl. H. (for which see ge-wyrht),
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and add Se cwylra mid gefyrhto genam his swurd and hire heáfod of áslóh, Nar. 48, 22

ge-hild

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hild, a secret place. In Ps. Spl. T. 16, 13 perhaps ge-hídum should be read for gehildum. Cf. ge-hýddum
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abditis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 34: 4, 17

ǽ-gift

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-gift, e; f.

A giving up, return, repayment, restoration

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A giving up, return, repayment, restoration Sigelm ágef Godan .xxx. punda . . . Ðá ætsóc Goda ðæs feós ǽgiftes Goda negavit sibi xxx libras persolutas fuisse Cht. Th. 201, 29: 202, 6. Bæd Ælfsige ǽgiftes his mannes a woman who had been stolen from him

-feald

(suffix)
Grammar
-feald, the termination of numerals, as án-feald one-fold, single; twí-feald or twý-feald two-fold, double; þreó-feald or þrý-feald three-fold, treble; seofon-feald seven-fold; manig-feald

manifold

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manifold

ge-swígian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swígian, (l. ge-swigian, -swugian; and for Mt. L. 22, 12: 12, 23: Shrn. 151, 33: Ph. 145 see ge-swígan).
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Add: intrans. To be silent. to cease speaking, keep silence after speaking Dá geswigode (o obticuit ) se Wísdóm áne lytle hwíle, Bt. 7, 1 ; F. 16, 5. Ðá ðis gesprecen wæs, þá geswigode (-sugode, v. l. ) ꝥ Mód. 18, 1 ; F. 60, 18. Geswugode, 24, 1; F.

fǽman

(v.)
Grammar
fǽman, p. de; pp. ed [fám foam]

FOAM or froth ⬩ spūmāre

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ToFOAM or froth ; spūmāre Fǽmþ spūmat, Lk. Bos. 9, 39. Fǽmende spūmans, Mk. Bos. 9, 20

Linked entry: FÁM

neoþera

(adj.)
Grammar
neoþera, niþera; adj. (without a positive form)

Lower

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Lower Neoþera welor albrum ( = labrum ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 79: i. 282, 71. Niþera lippe labrum, 43, 25. Ðú generedest míne sáule of ðære neoþeran helle, Blickl. Homl. 89, 28. Neoþran, Ps. Spl. 85, 12. On seáðe ðam neoþeran in lacu inferiori, 87, 6. Cyng

Linked entries: niþemest niþera

be-dípan

(v.)

to dip ⬩ plunge

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to dip, plunge Bedýp on fontwætre, Lch. ii. 344, 23. Sié bidéped (intinguatur) fót ðín in blóde, Ps. Srt. 67, 24. Se ráp wæs bedýped (-dyp-?) in þám wætre funis tingeretur aqua, Gr. D. 214, 26. Bedíped inditus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 62. Hé biþ bedýped on

min

Grammar
min, [For another explanation of this word see N. E. D. min, where minne is taken as the nominative form : but the word may be taken as belonging to the same declension as mid[d]
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; pl. midde, so min[n]; pl. minne. Holthausen rejects the word altogether, v. Beiblatt, xvi. 228.] add(?) On minnan linche, C. D. B. iii. 494, 31. Add Wið feóndes hond and . . wið malscrunge minra wihta, Lch. iii. 36, 14

stǽnen

(adj.)
Grammar
stǽnen, (in the oblique cases the -en is sometimes contracted or absorbed; see below, and for other instances see under stapol); adj.
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stony. v. next word Se áfeól of his horse ofer stǽnene eorþan, and him wǽron ða limo gecnyssed, Shrn. 126, 18. Of sandigum ł stǽnenum de arenosis, Hpt. Gl. 449, 26. metaph. of stone, stony, hard as stone, in a good sense Ic ðé secge, ðæt ðú ( Peter

earu

(adj.)
Grammar
earu, In the passage for earne might be read earmne ? or earhne, eargne? timid: <b>earwian</b> = gearwian.

Similar entry: ge-gearwian

feðrum

(n.)
Grammar
feðrum, with feathers or wings,
  • Bt. Met. Fox 24, 10
    • ;
  • Met. 24, 5: Exon. 60b
    • ;
  • Th. 222, 11
    • ;
  • Ph. 347
    • ;
inst. pl.
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of feðer

gengan

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Novƀ and Decƀ mid seofon rihtingum glædlíce gengað, Angl. viii. 302, 8. Man gengde geond eall ábútan þone portweall, Hml. S. 23, 267. For him Jordanen gengde on hinder Jordanis conversus est retrorsum, Ps. Th. 113, 3. Fengel geatolic gen[g]de, B. 1401

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