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án-forlǽtan

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D. 261, 5 : Wlfst. 2, 10. to let go what ought to be kept, to forsake, abandon Seó sáwel byþ deádlic þonne heó ánforlǽt syngiende ꝥ heó eádiglíce lifige mortalis quia beate vivere amittit, Gr. D. 337, 2.

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sundor-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-sprǽc, e; f.
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-Hí cómon ealle tósomne tó heora sundersprǽce, Homl. Th. ii. 250, 9

rǽd-fæst

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Þá hálgan hé hét geoffrian heora lác þám lífleásum godum, gif hí heora lífes róhton oþþe rǽdfæste wǽron, Hml. S. 29, 279. For ðan þe Rómánisce witan wǽron ðá mihtige and rǽdfæste on weorcum (cf.

sunu

(n.)
Grammar
sunu, gen. a, u; dat. a, u; n. pl. a, u, o: there are also weak forms sing. suna; n. pl. sunan; gen. sunena; m.
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Heora bearn blótan feóndum, sceuccum onsæcgean suna and dohter, Ps. Th. 105, 27. Hire selfre sunu sweoloðe befæstan, bánfatu bærnan, Beo.

Linked entry: suna

DEÓR

(n.)
Grammar
DEÓR, diór,es ; n.

An animal, any sort of wild animal, a wild beast, DEERfĕra, bestia

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Lǽde seó eorþe forþ cuce nítena on heora cinne, and deór æfter heora hiwum prodūcat terra anĭmam viventem, jumenta in genĕre suo, et bestias terræ secundum spĕcies suas, 1, 24.

Linked entries: dýr diór

wissung

(n.)
Grammar
wissung, e; f.

guidancedirectiondirectioninstructionteachingrulegovernmentdirection

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Hé mót lǽtan hí lybban be heora bóca wissunge and heora gástlícan ealdres tǽcunge, Homl. Th. ii. 594, 2. Hí (the apostles ) ða láre on bócum áwriton be Godes ágenre wissunge, L. Ælfc. P. 20; Th. ii. 370, 29: Homl. Ass. 20, 156.

for-swælan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swælan, l. -swǽlan,
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Se líg ne móste furðon heora fex forswǽlan, Hml. S. 16, 76. Þæt heora fex næs furðon forswǽled quoniam capillus capitis eorum non esset adustus (Dan. 3, 27), Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 29.

on-búgan

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Add Hí bǽdon ꝥ heora geféran . . . heora cwellerum onbugon (should bend their heads: cf. hí ástræhton heora swuran tó slæge, 71 : or under ?) blíþe tó slæge, Hml.

wíg-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-cræft, es; m.

war-craftmilitary skilla warlike arta warlike enginewarlike forcemilitary power

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Mid scotum, ge mid stána torfungum, ge mid eallum heora wígcræftum vis magna telorum 3, 9 ; Swt. 134, 16. Wígcræftum machinis Wrt.

firen-full

(adj.)
Grammar
firen-full, fyren-full, -ful; adj.

Sinfulfăcĭnŏrōsusscĕlestus

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Sinful; făcĭnŏrōsus, scĕlestus Swá firenfulle heora aldorþægn unreordadon thus the sinful addressed their principal chief, Cd. 214; Th. 268, 34; Sat. 65. Gif ðú wylt ða firen-fullan fyllan mid deáþe if thou wilt fell the wicked with death, Ps.

Linked entries: fieren-full fyren-full

freoðo-wǽr

(n.)
Grammar
freoðo-wǽr, freoðu-wǽr, frioðo-wǽr, frioðu-wǽr, friðo-wǽr, e; f.

A covenant of peacean agreementcompactpācis fœduspactum

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A covenant of peace, an agreement, compact; pācis fœdus, pactum Wæs seó eorla gedriht ánes módes, fæstum fæðmum freoðowǽre heóld the host of men was of one mind, held the covenant of peace in their firm breasts, Cd. 158; Th. 197, 13; Exod. 306.

gearcian

(v.)
Grammar
gearcian, gærcian; p. ode; pp. od [gearo ready]

To preparemake readyprocurefurnishsupplypărārepræpărāreappărāreexhĭbērepræbēre

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On láfum ðínum ðú gearcast [MS. gearcost] andwlitan heora in relīquiis tuis præpărābis vultum eōrum, Ps. Spl. 20, 12. On him gearcode fæt deáþes in eo părāvit vāsa mortis, 7, 14 : Gen. 19, 3

Linked entries: gærcian ge-gearcian

Lunden-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Lunden-ceaster, e; f.

London

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London Is heora [East Saxons] ealdorburh nemmed Lunden-ceaster on ofre geseted ðæs foresprecenan streámes [the Thames ] ... Ðá hét Æþelbyrht on Lundenceastre cyricean getimbrian and ða gehálgian Sce. Paule, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 17-23.

scrift-scír

(n.)
Grammar
scrift-scír, e ; f.
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Sacerdum gebyreþ on heora scriftscírum, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 38: 19; Th. ii. 326, 2

stán-weall

(n.)
Grammar
stán-weall, es; m.
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Ðæt wæter ( of the Red Sea ) him stód swilce stánweallas bufan heora heáfdum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 27: Homl. Ass. 105, 104. Stánweallas tófeóllan, Shrn. 67, 19

un-hírsumness

(n.)
Grammar
un-hírsumness, e; f.

Disobedience

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For heora unhýrsumnesse Godes beboda, 95, 8. Gefriða mé wið ðises folces unhýrsumnesse eripies me de contradictionibus populi, Ps. Th. 17, 41. Hé déð unhiérsumnesse Gode, Past. 54; Swt. 421, 32

butere

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Hi ðicgað on ðám earde (Italy) ele on heora bigleofum, swá swá we dóð buteran, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 18. Add

dwǽs

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Gelíce þám dwǽsan þe for heora prýtan léwe nellað beorgan, Wlfst. 165, 9. Add

fácen-ful

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Heora néhstan beswícan þurh þá fácenfullan word, Bl. H. 55, 18. Add

feól

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feól, fiil, fél, e: feóle, an
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Sum heora mid feólan feólode ábútan, Hml. S. 32, 203. Þæt him féla láf (weapons) frécne ne meahton scúrheard sceððan, B. 1032. Add: