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for-hwirfedlic

(adj.)
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for-hwirfedlic, adj.

Perverse

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Perverse Se forhwyrfda gást spræc forhwyrfedlice word, Bl. H. 31, 4

Linked entry: -hwirfedlic

for-inlíce

(adv.)
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for-inlíce, adv.

Similar entry: in-líce

fore-weard

(adj.)
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fore-weard, adj.
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Add: fore-part of (noun in agreement). local Foreweard scip prorostris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 47. On foreweardre þisse béc principio libelli, Ors. 6, 1; S. 252, 1. Mid forewearde orde stingan ex mucrone percutere, Past. 297, 11. Mid þrím fingrum foreweardum

fore-wittiendlic

(adj.)
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fore-wittiendlic, adj.

Foreknowingprophetic

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Foreknowing, prophetic Forewittiendlicere gecíednysse presago (i. prescio) uocabulo, An. Ox. 1502

Linked entry: witiendlíc

for-gifenlíce

(adv.)
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for-gifenlíce, adv.

Easily

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Easily, without hardship from burdensome claims Tyro and Sydone bið forgifenlícor (remissius) þonne eów, Mt. 11, 22

forþlíce

(adj.; adv.)
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forþlíce, adv.
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In a slate of forwardness Swá hit ǽfre forðlícor beón sceolde swá wearð hit fram dǽge tó dǽge lætre and wyrre, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 37

forðmest

(adv.)
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forðmest, adv.
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First Cueð tó ðǽm apostolum and biscopum æfter him forðmest, Mt. L. 10, 8 note

forþ-weard

(adj.)
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forþ-weard, adj.
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Add:to <b>III:</b> continued, carried on. Cf. forþ, 3 Þæs sylfa þeáw lange on Angelcynnes mynstrum forþweard wæs, Lch. iii. 434, 20. For and substitute: of direction in position, inclined forwards. Cf. forþ, 1 a Mé (a plough) þurh hrycg

forþ-weardes

(adv.)
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forþ-weardes, adv.
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Forwards, on Volosianus hym þá wæs forðwerdes farende and on ánes dæges færelde tó sǽ becóm, Hml. A. 188, 203

Linked entry: forþ-werdes

freóls

(adj.)
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freóls, adj.
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Add: free. of persons, not in bondage Hé dide hine sylfne and his ofspreng ǽfre freóls and sacclés, Cht. Th. 628, 23. Ǽlc hláford his nýdþeówum byrge ... for ðám hí sýn Gode efenleófe and þá ðe syndon freólse. Ll. Th. ii. 314, 11. of places, exempt from

freóls-lic

(adj.)
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freóls-lic, adj.
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free. v. freolslíce; I. [Icel. frjáls-ligr free. ] of a festival Godspell ná freólslicum þeáwe ( festiuo more ) sí rǽdd, Angl. xiii. 402, 529. Dagum freólslicon diebus festiuis, 390, 350. Freóls[l]icum symeltídum, 397, 451

freóndheald-lic

(adj.)
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freóndheald-lic, adj.
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Related Of gesibbum vel of freóndhealdlicum de consanguineo. Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 10

Linked entry: -healdlic

forligerlíce

(adv.)
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forligerlíce, adv.

Adulterously

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Adulterously (lit. and fig.) Hé áwearp his rihtǽwe and forligerlíce mánfulles sinscipes breác, Hml. Th. i. 478, 28. Ðǽr is þæs geleáfan mægðhád þe wurðað ǽnne sóðne God, and nele forligerlíce tó leásum hǽðengylde búgan, ii. 566, 10

for-lytel

(adj.)
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for-lytel, adj.

Very little

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Very little Byð forlytlu wynsumnes æt þám lýfe, Solil. H. 64, 20. Oþþe hit nán gód nis for eów selfe, oþþe forlytel gód wiþ eów tó metanne, Bt. 13; F. 40, 11. Forlytla sǽlþa oððe náne, 11, 2; F. 34, 30

for-nytlíce

(adv.)
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for-nytlíce, adv.

Very usefully

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Very usefully Fornytlíce (full nyttlíce, v. l.) utiliter, Gr. D. 174, 20

for-scyldig

(adj.)
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for-scyldig, adj.

wickedflagitious

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Very guilty, wicked, flagitious Mid forscildigum sceteratis (manibus), An. Ox. 4707. On forscyldegodum (-scyldigum, v. l.) monnan, Hml. A. 58, 170

fram-léce

(adj.)
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fram-léce, adj.
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Having the looks averted Framléce aversa, Germ. 401, 41. Cf. léc

Linked entry: -léce

frec-full

(adj.)
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frec-full, adj.
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Gluttonous, greedy Fræcfulre gulosa, An. Ox. 2445

frécne

(adj.)
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frécne, adj.
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Ne mæg se man wel sprecan ..., ne biþ þeós ádl hwæþere tó frécne, Lch. ii. 46, 13. Ðý lǽs ðá gongen on suá frécne stíge ne in praecipiti pedem ponant, Past. 41, 7. Ðonne se hirde gǽð on frécne wegas cum pastor per abrupta graditur, 29, 23. Forléton wé

fremful-lic

(adj.)
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fremful-lic, adj.
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Profitable, advantageous, beneficial Is swíðe fremfullic þæt gehwá hine gelóme and geornlíce tó Gode gebidde, Hml. Th. ii. 430, 3. Him ne ðúhte ná fremfullic ꝥ hé fénge tó þǽre gife, Hml. S. 31, 101