FEAX
Hair of the head ⬩ the locks ⬩ cæsăries ⬩ cŏma ⬩ căpillus
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Hair of the head, the locks; cæsăries, cŏma, căpillus Nimeþ ðæt feax to the hair holdeth on, Med. ex Quadr. 4, 11; Lchdm. i. 344, 20: L. M. 1, 87; Lchdm. ii. 156, 7.
middan-eard
The middle dwelling ⬩ the abode of men ⬩ the earth ⬩ the world ⬩ the world ⬩ mankind
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Eálá middaneard! eálá dæg leóhta! eálá upheofon! Cd. 216; Th. 275, 2; Sat. 165. Sume sceolon hweorfan geond hæleþa land ... geond middaneard, 219; Th. 281, 16; Sat. 272. Geond eorþan ... ofer middaneard, Ps. Th. 137, 6: 144, 12.
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munuc-líf
the monastic life ⬩ the place in which the monastic life is lived ⬩ a monastery
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Hé sundorláf and munucláf wæs foreberende vitam privatam et monachicam praeferens, 4, ll; S. 579, 8. the place in which the monastic life is lived, a monastery Hé árǽrde him munuclíf...
eáþ-médu
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Þú eallum eáðmédum þíne béne onsend, El. 1088: 1101. Þú ús tó eádmédum gebróhtest nos humiliasti, Ps. Th. 89, 17. Hé on eáðmédum bád on beorge, wæs him botles neód, Gú. 299. <b>I a.
wæter-pyt
A water-pit, well
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Gif hwá ádelfe wæterpyt (cisternam, Ex. 21, 33), oþþe betýnedne ontýne, Alf. 22; Th. i. 50, 6. Ofer ealle wæterpyttas super omnes lacus aquarum, Ex. 7, 19. Hig dulfon wæterpyttas they dug for water, 7, 24
ge-bæc
Anything baked ⬩ quod est tostum
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Anything baked; quod est tostum Ic geseah swefen, ðæt ic hæfde þrí windlas mid meluwe ofer mín heáfod, and on ðam ufemystan windle wǽre manegra cynna gebæc ego vīdi somnium, quod trio canistra fārīnæ habērem sŭper căput meum, et in ŭno canistro, quod
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be-syrewian
To ensnare, deceive ⬩ circumvenire, decipere, machinare
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To ensnare, deceive; circumvenire, decipere, machinare Hí woldon hine besyrewian they would deceive him, Chr. 1002; Erl. 137, 34
ge-dǽlan
To divide ⬩ part ⬩ impart ⬩ separate ⬩ distribute ⬩ share ⬩ partake
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Ic gedǽle bá Sicimam et convallem, ða ǽr samod wǽron dividam Sichimam et convallem, Ps. Th. 59, 5. Hine gedǽlaþ dividet eum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 24, 51. He sceole wiþ ðæm líchomon hine gedǽlon he must separate himself from the body, Blickl.
for-bearnan
To burn up ⬩ consume by fire ⬩ combūrĕre
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Hí forbearndon Beorn ealdorman they consumed Beorn alderman, Chr. 779; Erl. 55, 36: 1052; Erl. 185, 4
slege
a stroke, blow ⬩ of a serpent's sting, ⬩ a striking, beating, ⬩ stamping, coining ⬩ clashing, collision ⬩ a crash, clap of thunde ⬩ a fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violence ⬩ a defeat, loss inflicted on an army; clades ⬩ a stroke of affliction, punishment, disease ⬩ an instrument for striking ⬩ a slay ⬩ a plectrum ⬩ plectro] ⬩ a stroke, blow ⬩ slaying ⬩ plaga, ictus, tusio, percussio : ⬩ a blow, defeat; ⬩ n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy
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Hearp-slege plectro] Engl. Stud. xi. 64
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engel-cyn
The angel race or order ⬩ genus vel ordo angĕlōrum
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Elen. Kmbl. 1463; El. 733. Hæfde se Ealwalda engelcynna tyne getrymede the Almighty had ten established orders of angels, Cd. 14; Th. 16, 21; Gen. 246: Andr. Kmbl. 1434; An. 717
blind-nes
BLINDNESS ⬩ cæcitas
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Kmbl. 597; El. 299. Sende ðé Drihten on ungewitt and blindnysse percutiat te Dominus amentia et cæcitate, Deut. 28, 28
ge-hrifan
To bring forth ⬩ părĕre
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To bring forth; părĕre Gecende sárnessa and gehrifede oððe acende unrihtwísnesse concēpit dolōrem et pĕpĕrit inīquĭtātem, Ps. Lamb. 7, 15
palent
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.), Chr. 1049; Erl. 172, 21
wícian
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, et morati sunt ibi tres dies, Jos. 3, 1: Elen.
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hand-hefe
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and add Hondhafum, Lk. R. 11, 46
Aldfriþ
Alfred the wise, king of Northumbria
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D. 705, Alfred, king of the Northumbrians, died, Chr. 705; Erl. 43, 32
hleahtor
Laughter
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Hé ne sceal sprecan ýdelu word ða ðe unnytte hleahtor up áhebben ne hé eác sceal lufigean micelne and ungemetlícne cancettende hleahtor, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 35.
feostnode
- Chr. 656 ;
- Erl. 32, 22: 963 ;
- Ed. 121, 32,
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of fæstnian