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afor

Grammar
afor, l. áfor.
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Gedó tó þám hunige emfela ecedes þæs ne sié swíþe áfor ne swíðe swéte . . . and ne sié on bergnesse tó sweotol þæs ecedes áfre scearpnes. Lch. ii. 224, 17-22.

yfelian

(v.)
Grammar
yfelian, p. ode.
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Hé bebeád ðæt mon nǽnne mon ne slóge, and eác ðæt man nánuht ne wanode ne ne yfelade ðæs ðe on ðǽm ciricum wǽre dato praecepto, ut si qui in sancta loca confugissent, hos inviolatos securosque esse sinerent, Ors. 6, 38; Swt. 296, 32.

pening

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Ne þearf ic N. sceatt ne scilling, ne pænig ne pæniges weord, Ll. Th. i. 182, 10. Þæt mon ne sparige nǽnne þeóf þe æt hæbbendre handa gefangen sý ofer eahta peningas (penegas, v. l. ), 198, 18.

fíc-æppel

(n.)
Grammar
fíc-æppel, -appel, es; m; pl. nom. acc. -æppla; n.

A fig-apple or fruita figfīcuscārĭca

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Ne Híg of þornum fícæppla ne gaderiaþ neque de spīnis collĭgunt fīcus, Lk. Bos. 6, 44: Mt. Bos. 7, 16

Linked entry: caric

mearrian

(v.)
Grammar
mearrian, p. ode

To errgo astray

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To err, go astray Ne þyncþ deáh ðám monnum ðæt hí áuht mearrigen ðe ðæs wilniaþ tó begitanne ðæt hí máran ne þu fon tilian num enim videntur errare hi, qui nihilo indigere nituntur?, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 1

þorfan

(v.)
Grammar
þorfan, p. te
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To need Ne ðorfeþ (-æþ, Lind.) non indiget, Jn. Skt. Rush. 13, 10. Ne ðo[r]feþ ða ðe hálo sint tó léce non egent qui sani sunt medico, Lk. Skt. Lind. 5, 31. Cf. þearfan, and see next word

fnæst

Grammar
fnæst, l. fnǽst,

breathblast

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Deóres fuǽstum bestiae flatibus, 2472. blast of frost, fire Ne forstes fnǽst, ne fýres blǽst, Ph. 15

frásian

(v.)
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Add: to question, interrogate Ne gebelg þú þé wið mé, þeáh ic þé frásige and ðín fandige, Solil. H. 35, 7. Ne gidarste ǽnig monn frásiga ( interrogare ) hine, Jn. L. 21, 12. Ðǽm frásendum Judéum interrogantibus Judaeis, p. 3, 4

mægden-lic

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Onféng heó þis bebod ꝥ ; heó náht ofer ꝥ ne dyde leóhtlices ne mægdenlicere wísan oððe merwelicre mandatum accepit, ut nihil ultra leve et puellare ageret Gr. D. 287, 20. Gesáwon hí cuman mycel mǽdenlic werod, Hml. S. 7, 251. Add

stód-hors

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For þon þám bisceope hiora hálignesse ne wæs álýfed ꝥ hé móste wǽpen wegan, ne ælcor bútan on myran rídan, Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 168, 11. Add

ofer-síman

(v.)

to overload, oppress

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Warniaþ ðæt eówere heortan ne sýn ofersýmede mid oferfylle, R. Ben. 64, 1: 138, 11. Ðæt ða unstrangan ofersýmede heora þeówdóm ne forfleón, 121, 23

towettan

(v.)
Grammar
towettan, p. te

To associate with

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To associate with Riht is ðæt mynecena ne towettan woruldmannum ne ǽnige sundorcýððe tó heorn habban ealles to swíðe (the other reading is nǽfre wið worldmen ǽnige gemánan worldlícre cýððe habban tó swíðe), L. I. P. 15; Th. ii. 322, 33

on-gitan

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Ðæt mód ne mæg ongietan ðá tóweardan yfelo imminentia mala non prospicit, 431, 20. add: to be sensible of Ic ne ongyte náne trimðe ne on móde ne on líchaman, Solil. H. 49, 3.

cerfe

shall separatesecabit

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shall separate; secabit Ne cerfe non secabit, Lev. 1, 17

Mǽðisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Mǽðisc, Médisc; adj.

Of the Medes

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Of the Medes Mycel fyrd Médiscra monna, Nar. 17, 8

Linked entry: Mǽðas

ge-wǽgnian

(v.)
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For Nap. 33, 18-22 l. Chrd. 97, 19-29

swiftu

(n.)
Grammar
swiftu, (-o); indecl. f.
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Swiftness Hwá unlǽrdra ne wundrige rodres swifto? Met. 28, 3

tweó-mann

(n.)
Grammar
tweó-mann, es; m. A creature about which it is doubtful whether it te human
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Homodubii hý syndon hátene, ðæt beóþ twímen, Nar. 35, 3

Linked entry: twí-mann

wíde

(n.)
Grammar
wíde, an (wídu; indecl.? cf. brǽdu, lengu, and O. H. Ger. wítí); f.
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Width Heora wíde ( longitudo ) is .cc. míla, Nar. 36, 28

eft-flówung

(n.)
Grammar
eft-flówung, e; f.
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Redundance Eftflówu[nga] redundantia, i. flumina, Hpt. Gl. 418, 45