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hund-twelftig

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Th. 1. 110, 12. with units Mid óþrum fíf and hundtwelftigum his efenbisceopum cum aliis cxxv episcopis, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 666, 24. where the governed or qualified noun is not expressed Wæs ungemetlic wæl geslagen Persa, and Alexandres næs ná má þonne

swán

(n.)
Grammar
swán, es; m.

a herd, particularly a swineherd; ⬩ a man, warrior ⬩ boy, lad, journeyman

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Icel. sveinn) Ne gefrægn ic nǽfre wurðlícor æt wera hilde sixtig sigebeorna sél gebǽran, ne nǽfre swánas swétne medu (swa noc hwitne, Hickes) sél forgyldan, Fins. Th. 78; Fin. 39

Linked entry: swon-

ágen-nys

(n.)
Grammar
ágen-nys, -nyss, e; f.

An owning ⬩ a possession ⬩ property ⬩ possessio

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An owning, a possession, property; possessio,S. de Fide Cathol

an-gytan

(v.)
Grammar
an-gytan, [an, gytan to get]

To find ⬩ discover ⬩ understand ⬩ know ⬩ invenire ⬩ intelligere

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To find, discover, understand, know; invenire, intelligere, R. Ben. 2

fýr-cruce

(n.)

a fire-cruse or pot ⬩ kettle ⬩ cŭcŭma

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a fire-cruse or pot, kettle; cŭcŭma, Som. Ben. Lye

gléd-scofl

(n.)
Grammar
gléd-scofl, e; f.
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A fire-shovel Gloedscofl vatilla, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 8

Linked entry: fýr-scofl

heaðu-fýr

(n.)
Grammar
heaðu-fýr, es; n.

Fierce, hostile fire

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Fierce, hostile fire, Beo. Th. 5037; B. 2522: 5087; 2547

flówan

to pass away ⬩ be transitory ⬩ to issue ⬩ to flow ⬩ to be flooded ⬩ to flow ⬩ to abound

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Ðæt of ðǽm innoðum á libbendu wætru fleówen, Past. 467, 30. to flow (opposed to to ebb) Seó sǽ symle feówer prican oððe fíf lator flówð. Ðonne se móna úp áríst, þonne ongiuð seó sǽtó flówanne, Angl. viii. 327, 27.

a-gitan

(v.)

To discover ⬩ find ⬩ deprehendere

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To discover, find; deprehendere, L. N. P. 48; Th. ii. 296, 27

fýryn

(n.)
Grammar
fýryn, es; n.

A fire ⬩ ignis

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A fire; ignis On fýrynes midlene de mĕdio ignis, Deut 5, 24

fýst-gebeát

(n.)
Grammar
fýst-gebeát, es; n.

A blow with the fist ⬩ pugni ictus

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A blow with the fist; pugni ictus, Past. 1, 3, 6? Lye

hoh-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
hoh-, hog-fæst; adj.

Firm of mind, ⬩ prudent, ⬩ wise

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Firm of mind, prudent, wise Hogfæstum prudentibus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 25

Linked entry: hog-

þweores

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
þweores, þwires, þwyres.

across as opposed to along ⬩ athwart ⬩ transversely ⬩ crosswise as opposed to lengthways ⬩ on the flank ⬩ perversely ⬩ wrongly

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Adam wæs on lenge fíf and hundnigontiges fingra lenge ofer þweoras ða fingras (i.e. taking the breadth, not the length, of the fingers ), Anglia xi. 2, 28.

Linked entries: þwires þwyre

ufor

(adj.)
Grammar
ufor, cpve.: ufemest; spve. adv.

Higher ⬩ highest ⬩ at or i-s/>to a greater height ⬩ farther from a coast ⬩ from a spot ⬩ higher ⬩ at or to a more honourable place ⬩ higher ⬩ later

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Similar entries v. ufera, Fíf nihtum ufor five days later, Menol. Fox 355; Men. 179: 68; Men. 34.

Linked entries: uferor yfemest

fírige

let him make a fire

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let him make a fire, L. Pen. 14; Wilk. 95, 30

hwǽte-smedeme

(n.)
Grammar
hwǽte-smedeme, an; f.
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Fine wheaten flour Hunig and hwǽte-smedman, Lchdm. iii. 18, 5

Linked entry: smedema

in-beornan

(v.)
Grammar
in-beornan, p. -bearn

To burn

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To burn, be on fire Inbiorne wé inardescamus, Rtl. 95. 27

un-birnende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-birnende, adj.

Without burning ⬩ without being on fire

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Without burning, without being on fire, Beo. Th. 5089; B.2548

be-þráwan

(v.)

to twist

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to twist Riscene weocan beþráwene fila scirpea conlita, Germ. 391, 16

stól

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In the compounds dele gebed, and for fealde l. fild(e)