cwellere
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Aurelianus wæs wælhreáw cwellere crístenra manna, and fela belífode gelýfedra manna, Hml. Th. ii. 308, 4. Hé ( St. Paul ) wæs crístenra manna éhtere ǽr and cwellere, Shrn. 58, 27. Ðǽs cwelres hand . . . ðǽm cwelre syllan, 129, 9-12.
láþ
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Gif hit ꝥ wǽre, swá hit feor þám sý, ꝥ þín dohtor on ǽnig láð ásliden wǽre, Hml. S. 33, 223. Ðá fugelas ús nǽnige láðe ne yfle ne wǽron aues non nobis perniciem ferebant Nar. 16, 18. Add
scearpe
A scarification
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Stande on heáfde, ásleá him mon fela scearpena on ðám scancan, ðonne gewít út ðæt átter þurh ða scearpan, 154, 2-4.
wǽpned
Male ⬩ a male ⬩ a man
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Wífes meoluc ðe wǽpned féde, Lchdm. ii. 338, 8
ǽ-bryce
Adultery; of a churchman, neglect of celibacy
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Nis nánum weófodþéne álýfed ðæt hé wífian móte . . . nú is þeáh ðǽra ealles tó fela ðe ðone ǽwbryce wyrcað, Ll. Th. ii. 334, 17, 22. Scyldað eów wið ǽwbrycas (-brecas, v. 1) Wlfst. 40, 12. Ǽwbricas, 130, 4
Linked entry: ǽ-breca
ge-þingan
To determine ⬩ fix ⬩ destine
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-ed] he mæg ðǽr fela freónda findan if then Hrethric determine to come to the Goths' courts he can find there many friends, Beo. Th. 3678; B. 1857.
flot
Water deep enough for sustaining a ship ⬩ the sea ⬩ ăqua sătis alta ad nāvem sustĭnendam ⬩ măre
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We willaþ on flot feran we will depart on the sea, Byrht. Th. 132, 64; By. 41: Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 1; Æðelst. 35
heorcnian
To hearken ⬩ listen
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Maria gesæt ær Godes fótum his word heorcnigende Mary sat at the feet of God hearkening to his words, ii. 440, 16. Ðæt hit tó hefigtýme ne þince ðám heorcnigendum that it may not seem too tedious to the listeners, 72, 23
Linked entry: hyrcnian
here-gild
A war-tax ⬩ the Danegild ⬩ tax to support an army
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Swá fela sýðe swa menn gyldaþ heregyld oððe tó scipgylde quotiens populus universus persolvit censum Danis, vel ad naves seu ad arma, Chart. Th. 307, 23. Scotfré fram heregeld free from payment of the war-tax, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 224, 20
óþ-ferian
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Se ðe ðis feoh ðþfergean (carry off, steal ) þence, Lchdm. i. 384, 9-15. Hi willaþ óþfergan, ðæt ic friþian sceal; ic him ðæt forstonde, Exon. Th. 398, 13; Rä. 17, 7. Cf. æt-ferian
tunne
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Nim fela tunnan, and dó hí ðǽr on innan . . . Hí wurdon ðá gebrohte ealle tó ðám tunnum, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 259-307
a-feorran
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To remove, take away Bið heó áfeorrod suíðe feor from ðǽre sóðan heánesse ab altitudine verae celsitudinis elongatur , Past. 301, 20. Eardbegengnes mín áfeorrad (áfirred, Ps. Srt.) is incolatus meus pro-longatus est , Ps. L. 119, 5. intrans.
dys-lic
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Fela dyslice dǽda deriað mancynne, Hml. S. 13, 91. Hé ádreáh his líf on dyslicum weorcum, 26, 245. Mid dislicum glencgum stolidis (i. stultis) pompis, An. Ox. 1216. Add
for-lǽran
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Se feónd ðæt mód ðurh ðá bisuiculan olicunga for*-*lǽred animum per blandam inquietudinem exerit, Past. 239, 16. Monigo hiá forlǽræþ multos seducent, Mt. 24, 5, 11.
ge-lǽnan
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Geléned feoh vel on borh geseald res credita, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 70. Wénst ðú ꝥ hí ( earthly goods ) á þe deórwyrþran seón þe hí tó þínre note gelǽnde wǽron, Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 2
ge-stælan
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Heó þá fǽhðe wræc þe þú Grendel cwealdest . . . heó wolde hyre mǽg wrecan ge feor hafað fǽhðe gestǽled ( to the full has she made good her charge of slaying), B. 1340
ge-wefe
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Sé þe wylle ymbe þæs gerímes deópnyssa spyrian, þonne mæg hé gemétan þisra þreóra cynna rake on þám gewefe ꝥ wé willað ꝥ se sceáwre wite mid fullum geráde þe þis gewrit áspyrað ꝥ on þám bóccræfte fela híw synt ámearcode, Angl. viii. 330, 35-331, 2
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heáh-fore
A heifer ⬩ juvenca ⬩ juvenca
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Gif hé hriðeru offrian wille bringe unwemme fear oððe heáfre if he offer it of the herd, whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish, Lev. 3, 1. Farra míno and héhfaro gislægno tauri mei et altilia occisa, Rtl. 107, 21
on-fangenness
Receiving, reception, acceptance
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Nán ásolcen man nis orsorh be onfangennysse Godes feós, 556, 24, 33. Mid onfangennesse ( perceptione ) ðæs Drihtenlícan líchoman, Bd. 4, 3 ; S. 568, 39. For onfangenysse ( susceptionem ) gesta, 1, 27 ; S. 489, 8
Linked entry: and-fengnes
fæðmian
FATHOM, embrace, contain, envelope, clasp, devour ⬩ amplecti, complecti, contĭnēre, comĕdĕre
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Feorhcynna fela fæðmeþ églond an island contains many of mortal kinds Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 11; Gn. Ex. 14. Wæter fæðmedon the waters enveloped them, Andr. Kmbl. 3143; An. 1574. Ðæt mínne líchaman gléd fæðmie that fire should clasp my body, Beo.