féðan
To lead ⬩ dūcĕre
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To lead; dūcĕre Bearn fergaþ and féðaþ fæder and módor father and mother carry and lead the child, Exon. 87a; Th. 327, 21
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FLÍT
Scandal ⬩ contention ⬩ strife ⬩ scandălum ⬩ contentio
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Scandal, contention, strife; scandălum, contentio Togeánes sunu módor ðíne ðú settest flít adversus fīlium matris tuæ pōnēbas scandălum, Ps. Spl. T. 49, 21
frum-scyld
Original sin ⬩ princĭpālis vel căpĭtālis culpa
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Original sin; princĭpālis vel căpĭtālis culpa Frumscylda gehwæs fæder and módor father and mother of every original sin, Salm. Kmbl. 891; Sal. 445
asicyd
Taken from suck ⬩ weaned ⬩ ablactatus
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Taken from suck, weaned; ablactatus Swá swá asicyd ofer módor sicut ablactatus super matre, Ps. Spl. M. C.130, 4
mund
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Hú ic fǽmnanhád mund inne geheóld and eác módor gewearþ Meotodes suna. Exon. 9 a; Th. 6, 32 : Cri. 93. (?)
mæcca
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A consort Ic hæbbe crístenne fæder. . . and his mæcca mín módor is of þyssum lífe gewiten, Hml. S. 33, 103
wræc-wíte
Punishment
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Punishment Seó ǽreste módor ðyses menniscan cynnes wræcwíte middangearde bróhte, ðá heó Godes bebodu ábræc, and on ðis wræcwíte áworpen wæs, Blickl. Homl. 5, 24-26
gyst
A guest
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A guest Ic wæs gyst módor cildum factus sum hospes filiis matris meæ, Ps. Th. 68,8; Cd. 114; Th. 150, 1; Gen. 2485
ag-lǽc-wíf
A wretch of a woman ⬩ vile crone ⬩ monstrum mu-lieris ⬩ mulier perniciosa
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A wretch of a woman, vile crone; monstrum mu-lieris, mulier perniciosa Grendles módor, ides, aglǽc-wíf Grendel's mother, the woman, vile crone. Beo. Th. 2522 ; B. 1259
un-bebyriged
Unburied
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Unburied Ðín módor ligeþ unbebyriged mater tua sepultura carebit, Nar. 31, 30: Shrn. 40, 4. Heora líchaman licgaþ unbebyrgede (-byrigde, MS. F.), Wulfst. 199, 10
be-ládian
To clear ⬩ excuse ⬩ excusare
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To clear, excuse; excusare Ðæt he wolde beládian his módor that he might clear his mother Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 65, 24 : Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Som. 32, 35
folde
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Hál wes þu, folde, fira módor, Lch. i. 404, 2. Se líchama in þǽre cealdan foldan (eorðan, moldan, v. ll.) gebrosnað, Wlfst. 187, 12. Wæs Waldendes lof áfylled on foldan, Chr. 975; P. 120, 14. Add
mirige
Pleasantly ⬩ sweetly ⬩ gladly
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Pleasantly, sweetly, gladly His módor gehýrde hú myrge hé sang mid ðám munecum and hyre wæs myrge on hyre móde his mother heard how sweetly he sang with the monks, and she was glad at heart, Wulfst. 152, 11-13
ge-soc
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Add: sucking Ágyld þú mé mid biternesse leán, swá swá módor déþ hyre bearne, þonne hió hit fram hire breósta gesoce weneþ sicut ablactatus est super matrem suam, ita retribues in animam meam, R. Ben. 22, 21
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un-wiþmetenlíc
Incomparable ⬩ not to be compared
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Incomparable, not to be compared Is his eádmódnys ús unwiðmetenlíc, Homl. Skt. i. 16, 119. Ðis hálige mǽden, Godes módor, is unwiðmetenlíc eallum óðrum mǽdenum, Homl. Th. i. 442, 29. Hire geðincðu óðra hálgena unwiðmetenlíce sind, 446, 5
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magu-tudor
Offspring
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Offspring Ǽr ðý magotudre módor wǽre eácen be eorle, Cd. 132; Th. 167, 13; Gen. 2765. Ús ðis se æþeling gefremede . . monnes magutudre for us, the human race, the prince (Christ) did this, Exon. 17 a; Th. 39, 28; Cri. 629
féðan
walk
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To travel on foot, walk Fergað and féþað fæder and módor father and mother lead [the child] and walk (with it), Vy. 7. Hí námon þá hors þe hí þyder bróhton, and wǽron ðá rídende ðe ǽr wǽron féðende, Hml. A. 116, 449. Substitute:
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wæter-egesa
Terror caused by water
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Terror caused by water Wæteregesa sceal líðra wyrðan the terrors of the deep shall lose their force, Andr. Kmbl. 870; An. 435. Wæteregsa, 750; An. 375. Grendles módor wæteregesan wunian sceolde, cealde streámas Grendel's mother must live among the dreadful
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æig
An egg ⬩ ovum
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An egg; ovum Ðæt æig getácnaþ hiht: ǽrest hit biþ æig, and seó módor siððan mid hihte bret ðæt æig to bridde the egg betokens hope: first it is an egg, and the mother then with hope cherishes the egg to a young bird, Homl. Th. i. 250, 22-24
wítegend-líc
Prophetic
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Prophetic Ic (Elisha) bidde ðé (Elijah ), ðæt ic beó áfylled mid ðam wítegendlícum gáste ðe on ðé nu wunaþ, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 282. Ðæt cild on his módor innoðe . . . mid wítigendlícre fægnunge getácnode ðone tócyme úres Álýsendes, Homl. Th. i. 352, 28