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un-fyrn

(adv.)
Grammar
un-fyrn, adv.

not long ago ⬩ before long

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Icel. ú-forn not old.]

Linked entry: un-gefyrn

weard

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
weard, adv.

Ward in to-ward

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Thw. 23, 1; Jud. 99. v. eást-, for-, forþ-, hám-, hider-, hindan-, norþ-, súþ-, þider-, west-weard

fram-anýdan

(v.)
Grammar
fram-anýdan, p. -anýdde; pp. -anýded, -anýdd

To force from or away ⬩ drive away ⬩ repellĕre

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To force from or away, drive away; repellĕre Ða feforas beóþ framanýdde the fevers will be forced away, Herb. 143, 4; Lchdm. i. 266, 13

regol

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Add: a ruler for drawing lines, v. regolian. a tabular arrangement, list given in tabular form Ðá talo ł reglas ðá Eusebius in ténum talum geendebrednade canones quos Eusebius in decem numeros ordinavit, Mt. p. 2, 18. Regulas, 3, 9

scripp

(n.)
Grammar
scripp, es; n. (?)
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A scrip, bag Petrus forlét lytle þing, scripp and net, ac hé forlét ealle þing, ðá ðá hé for Godes lufon nán þing habban nolde, Homl. Th. i 394, 7

un-cwéme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cwéme, adj.
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Unpleasing, disagreeable, unacceptable For un-sybbe bið seó úre onsægdnes Gode uncwéme, Verc. Först. 175 (s.v. un-fenge)

Linked entries: cwéme un-gecwéme

ilf

Grammar
ilf, [The gender of ælf, ilf seems nowhere decisively fixed, but the forms dún-ylfa, -ælfa seem to show that at any rate sometimes it is feminine.]
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Sý ꝥ ylfa þe him sié, þis him mæg tó bóte, Lch. ii. 290, 29. Add

scip-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
scip-fæt, es; n.
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A vessel in the form of a ship Húseldisc patena, scipfæt cimbia (the word occurs under the heading nomina vasorum ), Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 32. Cf. Hec acerra a schyp for censse, 230, col. 2.

éhtere

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Se Hǽlend for his éhterum gebæd, 47, 567. Fore oehterum ( persecutoribus ) gibidda, Rtl. 44, 30. Add

búta

(adv.)
Grammar
búta, adv.
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Without; foras, foris He eóde búta exiit forás, Mk. Lind. War. 14, 68. Petrus stód to dura búta Petrus stabat ad ostium foris, Jn. Rush. War. 18, 16

ge-feón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feón, -feohan, -feagan, -feagian ; ic -feó, ðú -fehst, he -fehþ, -fiþ, -feaþ, pl. -feóþ; p. -feah, -feh, pl. -fǽgon; pp. -fegen [The Northern Gospels have weak forms]

To be glad ⬩ rejoice ⬩ exult ⬩ lætari ⬩ delectari ⬩ gaudere ⬩ exultare

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Gefeónde for Paules eáðmódnesse rejoicing on account of Paul's humility, Blickl. Homl. 141, 4. He wæs gefeónde myclum gefeán he was rejoicing with great joy, 233, 2. Hio wǽron gefeónde mycle gefeán, 249, 16. Gefeándo woeron gavisi sunt, Mk.

Linked entries: ge-fagen ge-feohtsumness feágan ge-fǽgon ge-feán ge-fegian ge-feohan

from

(adv.)
Grammar
from, adv.

Forth ⬩ fŏras

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Forth; fŏras From ǽrest cwom first came forth, Beo. Th. 5106; B. 2556

scúwan

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Add: Cf. fore-scýwung

démend

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Sé ðe fore ús doemend ( adjudicandus) tó coóm, fore ús doemend bið (adjudicaturus ) tó cyme, Rtl. 35, 7-9. Add

þístra

(n.)
Grammar
þístra, þrístra
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[For similar double form cf. þeóstru, for meaning cf. (?) Goth. þinsan: O. H. Ger. dinsan trahere: 'Bavarian dünsel a twisted withy or other thin branch, used to bind rafts of wood to the shore, ' Cod. Dip.

tó-tellan

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Þú þysne middangeard from fruman ǽrest forð oð ende tídum tótældest from the very beginning and right on to the end there has been a distinction of times and seasons for reckoning (cf. Gen. 1, 14); tempus ab aevo ire jubes, Met. 20, 11. Add

swǽr

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Þis mé tó bóte þǽre swǽran swærtbyrde, Lch. iii. 66, 22. add: — Fore fyrhte þǽre swǽran onsýne þǽra áwyrgedra gásta pavore tetrae eorum imaginis, Gr. D. 326, 7. add: — Þá swǽran synna ne beóð nǽfre áfeormode for nánes fýres ǽlincge, Hml.

efen-éhþ

Grammar
efen-éhþ, -néhþ.
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Add: Three of the four MSS. have efennehþe, and this form points to connexion with efen-neáh, and to the idea of neighbourhood. For this sense cf. the later efen-nexta neighbour Gif þú agultest wið þine efennexta, O. E. Hml. i. 17, 32

þeów-lic

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Se deáð is freólic and ðeówlic ( printed deoplic), for þan cyningas sweltaþ and eác þeówe men, Verc. Först. 103, 21. Add

hand-brǽd

(n.)
Grammar
hand-brǽd, hand-bréd. Perhaps hand-bred should be read and the quotation be taken to the next word. But in support of hand-brǽd may be noted the form breð ( = brǽð) odor, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 58, and the phrase gód hande brád. v. hand;
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Wicklif has handibreede v. N. E. D. handbrede

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