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foca

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He geseah þǽr licgan ǽnne snáwhwítne focan (glossed kake) he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals (sub-cinericius panis, l Kings 19, 6), Hml. S. 18, 164. Hé ásende him ǽnne focan (cf. hláf, Gr. D. 118, 5), Hml. Th. ii. 162, 20.

scip-líþend

Grammar
scip-líþend, scip-líþende.
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On sǽ bið þæt sciplíðendra cwalm swá mycel, ꝥ nænig man ne wát tó secganne ne nǽnigum eorðcyninge be ðám sciplíðendum illo tempore navium adcessio erit in pelago, ut nemo nemini novum referrat regi terrę, Verc. Först. 119, 15.

Linked entry: líþend

copped

(v.)
Grammar
copped, part. [cop a top]

Having the top cut offtoppedpolledcapite recisusdecacuminatus

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Andlang weges on ða coppedan ác along the way to the polled oak Th. Diplm. A. D. 900; 145, 29

sóþ-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
sóþ-cyning, es; m.

The king of truth or justicethe Deity

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The king of truth or justice, the Deity Ic wát geare, ðæt ðam líchryre (the murder of Cain) on lást cymeþ sóðcyninges seofonfeald wracu, Cd. Th. 67, 13; Gen. 1100.

Linked entry: sóþ-fæder

ge-anbídian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-anbídian, part. -anbídiende, -anbídigende; p. ode; pp. od [anbídian to abide]

To abideawaitwait forexpectexpectāresustĭnēre

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To abide, await, wait for, expect; expectāre, sustĭnēre Ðes man wæs óþ Israhéla frófor geanbídiende hŏmo iste expectans consōlātiōnem Israel, Lk. Bos. 2, 25. Ðæt folc wæs Zachariam geanbídigende ĕrat plebs expectans Zachariam, 1, 21.

nædre

Grammar
nædre, l. nǽdre,
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Ðá wæs Adam . . . ðurh gespan ðǽre nǽddran . . . oferswíðed, Past. 417, 26-29. ' Beó gé swá ware suá suá nǽdran . . . For ðǽm . . . sceal ðǽre nǽdran lytignes . . . ðǽre culfran biliwitnesse gescirpan, 237, 20-23. Nédra (nédre, R.) serpentem Lk.

bald

(adj.)
Grammar
bald, adj.

BOLDaudaciousadventurousconfidentaudaxconfidens

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Kmbl. 369; Sal. 184: Hilde calla bald bord upahóf the bold war-herald raised his shield, Cd. 156; Th. 193, 27; Exod. 253. Wǽron hí ðe baldran gewordene confidentiores facti, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 17

Linked entry: baldra

burh-bót

(n.)
Grammar
burh-bót, e; f.
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The repairing of fortresses, which was one of the burdens on all landed property; urbium vel castrorum instauratio, L. Eth. v. 26; Th. i. 310, 23: vi. 32; Th. i. 322, 31: L. C. S. 10; Th. i. 380, 27: L. R. S. l; Th. i. 432, 2

ed-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
ed-sceaft, æd-sceaft, e; f.

A new creation, new birth regĕnĕrātio

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A new creation, new birth; regĕnĕrātio Com swefnes wóma, hú woruld wǽre wundrum geteód ungelíc yldum óþ edsceafte the terror of a dream came, how the world was wondrously framed unlike to men until regeneration, Cd. 177; Th. 222, 30; Dan. 112: Bt. 34

Linked entry: æd-sceaft

fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
fæstan, -nian; p.fæste ; pp. fæsted [fæst fast, firm] .

firm, entrust, commit, commendfirmāre, commendāre FASTjējūnāre

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War. 23, 46. some have taught and now teach that he who fasts properly, fastens or secures his salvation, hence, perhaps,- To FAST; jējūnāre Ne mágon hí fæstan non possunt jējūnāre, Mk. Bos. 2, 19

Linked entries: fast ge-fæstan

ge-dæftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dæftan, p. -dæfte; pp. dæft

To put in ordermake readyprepare

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To put in order, make ready, prepare Ða ðe mid ðám [treowum] Cristes weig gedæfton those who with the [trees] prepared Christ's way, Homl. Th. i. 212, 34. He eów betǽcþ mycele healle gedæfte ipse vobis ostendet cenaculum magnum stratum, Lk.

síclian

(v.)
Grammar
síclian, sícelian; p. ode
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[Ðá wæs Leófríc c Þat ilce ðæi þat Martin abbot of Burch sculde þider faren, þa sǽclede hé & ward déd .iv. no. Jañ., 1154; Erl. 266, 10.]

tún-rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
tún-rǽd, es; m.
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A town-council Man beád ðam túnrǽde ðe his suna on áfédde wǽron ðæt man sceolde twégen cempan gescyrpan an order was given to the council of the town in which his sons had been brought up, that two soldiers should be equipped, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 297

feoh-gód

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-gód, es; n.

cattle

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Property consisting of cattle, cattle considered as property Mid .ix. sciłł. gebéte, and ꝥ sié on cwicǽhtum, feógodum, and mon nǽnigne mon on ꝥ ne selle (i. e.the fine was to be paid in live*-*stock, but cattle only, not human beings (slaves)), Ll.

Linked entry: gód

ge-warian

(v.)
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Cf. ge-werian Wara gewarod tutela protectum, An. Ox. 2616

wæter-þísa

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-þísa, (?),an; m.

A water-rusher, what rushes through the water, applied to a ship and to the whale

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Hé (the whale) hafaþ óþre gecynd, wæterþísa wlonc, 363, 7;Wal. 50

of-clipian

(v.)
Grammar
of-clipian, p. ode

To obtain by calling

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To obtain by calling Ðá wolde se hálga habban gewitan ðære wunderlícan gesihþe and ofclypode his diácon him hrædlíce tó the deacon was called and came Homl. Th. ii. 184, 33.

igil

(n.)
Grammar
igil, íl, es; m.

A hedgehogporcupinean urchin

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wæs ðara [strǽla] swá full swá igl bip byrsta he [St. Sebastian] was as full of arrows as a hedgehog is of bristles, Shrn. 55. 9.

Linked entry: iil

deád-lic

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On myrran wæs getácnod ꝥ hé wæs deádlic mon, Shrn. 48, 22. Lífes deádlices vitae mortalis, Rtl. 39, 25. In líchoma úsra deádlicum in carne nostra mortali, 13, 5.

HORS

(n.)
Grammar
HORS, es; n.
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Ðá wæs Hróðgáre hors gebæted wicg wundenfeax then for Hrothgar was a horse bitted, a steed with plaited mane, Beo. Th. 2803; B. 1399.