foreþanc-full
prudent ⬩ provident
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Full of forethought, prudent, provident Dó mé rihtwísne and foreþancfulne (justum prudentemque), Solil. H. 14, 6
for-eáþelíce
Very easily
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Very easily, without inconvenience Hú mihtú for sceame ǽniges ðinges æt Gode biddan, gif ðú forwyrnst ðínum gelícan þæs ðe ðú foreáðelíce him getíðian miht?, Hml. Th. i. 256, 7
Linked entry: eáþe-líce
fore-dyrstig
Presumptuous
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Presumptuous Foredyrstig presumptuosus, Rtl. 100, 39
Linked entry: dyrstig
cyneþrym-lic
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Very glorious Swíðe cyneþrymlica tácen him beforan samod síðedon, Nap. 15
cyne-wirþe
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Royal, noble Kynewyrðe rǽd hyt ys geþúht and trumlic, Angl. viii. 308, 33
cynnig
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Of good family, noble Of cynnigum generosis (natalibus ), An. Ox. 7, 299: 8, 230. Cynningum, æþelum, 4149. Cynnegum, Angl. xiii. 36, 240
for-hogdlíce
contemptuously
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With contempt, contemptuously Críst þá mycclan burh swá forhogdlíce nemde, Bl. H. 77, 26
Linked entry: -hogdlíce
for-hogiendlic
Contemptible ⬩ despicable
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Contemptible, despicable Forhogigendlic contemptibilis, Scint. 62, 7: 125, 9
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forhtig
Timid ⬩ abashed
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Timid, abashed Licgan hý ætforan þǽre cyrican dyre and forhtige ástrehte tó ðára gebróðra fótum þe út of cyrican gangen ante fores oratorii prostratus jaceat . . . posito in terra capite prosternatur pronus omnium de oratorio exeuntium pedibus, R. Ben
for-hwirfedlic
Perverse
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Perverse Se forhwyrfda gást spræc forhwyrfedlice word, Bl. H. 31, 4
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for-inlíce
Similar entry: in-líce
fore-weard
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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
Foreknowing ⬩ prophetic
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Foreknowing, prophetic Forewittiendlicere gecíednysse presago (i. prescio) uocabulo, An. Ox. 1502
Linked entry: witiendlíc
for-gifenlíce
Easily
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Easily, without hardship from burdensome claims Tyro and Sydone bið forgifenlícor (remissius) þonne eów, Mt. 11, 22
forþlíce
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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
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First Cueð tó ðǽm apostolum and biscopum æfter him forðmest, Mt. L. 10, 8 note
forþ-weard
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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
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Forwards, on Volosianus hym þá wæs forðwerdes farende and on ánes dæges færelde tó sǽ becóm, Hml. A. 188, 203
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freóls
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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
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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