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egen

(n.)

fear ⬩ tĭmor

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Catal. p. 14, line 7, note z

for-hrepian

(v.)
Grammar
for-hrepian, -hreppan(?)

to catch

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to catch In argscipe begrippene ł forrepene (reprehensam. Cf. repað reprehendit, R. Ben. I. 102, 2, and Icel. hreppa to catch. The strong form of the participle might be formed on the analogy of a verb like drepan), Jn. p. 5, 8

Linked entries: -repen for-repen

CEÁP

(n.)
Grammar
CEÁP, es; m.

cattle ⬩ pecus ⬩ Saleable commodities, price, sale, bargain, business, market ⬩ pretium, negotium, pactio,venditio, forum

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Ceápas cattle, Cd. 83; Th. 105, 2; Gen. 1747. His neáhgebúres ceáp his neighbour's cattle, L. In. 40; Th. i. 126, 15.

Linked entry: cép

for-deáþ

(v.)
Grammar
for-deáþ, 3rd sing. pres. of for-dón.

destroys ⬩ does for

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Catal. 112, 65, col. 2, = for-déþ;

bletsing-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
bletsing-bóc, e; f.

A blessing-book ⬩ liber benedictionum formulas continens

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A blessing-book; liber benedictionum formulas continens, Wanl. catal. 80, 33

sib-ræden

(n.)
Grammar
sib-ræden, [sib-rædenn, e; f.

Affinity ⬩ relationship

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A sybredyñ consanguinitas, Cath. Ang. 338, where see note. [See also sib-rit, sibbe-ridge, -red banns of marriage, E. D. S. Pub. B. 16.]

geard-steall

(n.)
Grammar
geard-steall, es; m.
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A stack- or cattle-yard (? cf. garth-stead a stack-yard; a yard in which cattle are kept, D. D.: Icel. garð-staðr a hay-yard); or the site of a fence (?) Ondlang ðæs aldan geardstealles ...; and swá æfter ðám hegestealle, C. D. iii. 391, 8

Linked entry: hege-steall

fæst-rǽd

Grammar
fæst-rǽd, fæst-rǽde.
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Caton rigidus Cato, Met. 10, 49. Hé cwæð mid olecunge ꝥ hí æþele cempan wǽron, and on ǽlcum gefeohte fæstrǽde him betwynan (constant to one another), Hml.

scrætte

(n.)
Grammar
scrætte, an; f.

An adulteress ⬩ a harlot

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Voc. i. 217, 23: 268, 64; see also Cath. Angl. 325; and in this sense Halliwell gives scrat as a word in dialects of the North. Scritta is the form glossing hermaphroditus in Ælfric's Glossary, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 28

Linked entry: scritta

slá-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
slá-wyrm, es; m.

A slow-worm ⬩ blind-worm ⬩ a kind of snake

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A slow-worm, blind-worm (cf. a slaworme cecula, Cath. Angl. 343), a kind of snake Sláwyrm stellio, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 25: 78, 60: spalangius, 24, 27: Hpt. Gl. 450, 26: regulus (cf. regulus est serpens, avis, et rex parvulus omnis, Wrt.

án-súndnes

(n.)
Grammar
án-súndnes, -ness, e; f. [án, súnd, nes]

Wholeness ⬩ soundness ⬩ integrity ⬩ integritas

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Catal. 292, 34

yrfe-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
yrfe-leás, adj.

Without cattle, unstocked

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Without cattle, unstocked Wæs ðæt land ierfelæás omni peccunia caruit, Chart. Th. 162, 28

ge-fiscian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fiscian, p. ode
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.), to fish for, catch or try to catch fish Críst dyde þæt hí mid his heofonlican láre manna sáwla gefixodon . . . be dám cwæð se wítega : 'Ic ásende míne fisceras, and hí gefixiað hí' ( ego mittam piscatores, et piscabuntur eos, Jer, 16, 16), Hml.

Linked entry: fiscian

crism-hálgung

(n.)
Grammar
crism-hálgung, e; f.

The consecration of the oil of chrism ⬩ chrismatis consecratio

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Catal. 121, col. 2, 57

fugelian

(v.)
Grammar
fugelian, fuglian; p. ode; pp. od

To fowl ⬩ catch birds ⬩ aucŭpāri

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To fowl, catch birds; aucŭpāri Ic fugelige aucŭpor, Ælfe. Gr. 25; Som. 27, 12, MS. D

Linked entry: fuglian

circ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
circ-líc, adj. [circe a church]

ecclesiastical ⬩ ecclesiasticus

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Catal. 118, 4, col. 2

hríðeren

(adj.)
Grammar
hríðeren, adj.

bovinus

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Of cattle; bovinus Genim hrýðeren flǽsc take ox-flesh, L. M. 2, 7; Lchdm. ii. 186, 18

hríðer-heord

(n.)
Grammar
hríðer-heord, e; f.
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A herd of cattle Eówre sceáp and eówer hrýðerheorda oves tuæ et amenta tua, Gen. 45, 10

Linked entry: HEORD

á-læccan

(v.)
Grammar
á-læccan, p. -læhte
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To get hold of, catch Se kyng álehte him betwux his earmes, Chr. 1123; P. 251, 9

Linked entry: læccan

hríþ-fald

(n.)
Grammar
hríþ-fald, es; m.
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A cattle-fold Ríþfald buccetum (cf. hrýðra fald bucetum, i. 15, 22), Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 68