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fǽhþ-bót

(n.)
Grammar
fǽhþ-bót, e; f.

Feud-amends, compensation for engaging in a feud or quarrelinimīcĭtiārum compensātio

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Feud-amends, compensation for engaging in a feud or quarrel;inimīcĭtiārum compensātio Ne þearf ǽnig mynster-munuc mid rihte fǽhþbóte biddan, ne fǽhþbóte bétan no minter-monk may lawfully demand feud-amends, nor pay feud-amends, L.

flyht-hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
flyht-hwæt, adj.

Flight-promptin vŭlātu strēnuus

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Flight-prompt; in vŭlātu strēnuus Weras mundum mearciaþ on marmstáne frætwe flyhthwates men design with hands in marble stone the plumage of the prompt in flight [phœnix ], Exon. 60b; Th. 221, 15; Ph. 335.

ofer-druncenness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-druncenness, e; f.
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Gif munuc for oferdruncennysse ( ex ebrietate ) spíwe, iv. 34-36; Th. ii. 214, 14-19. Ne gewunigen gé tó oferdruncennisse ( non in ebrietatibus ), Past. 43, 9; Swt. 317, 18. Ða ofordruncennessa ðe hé lufode, Blickl. Homl. 195, 15

Linked entry: druncennes

án-standende

(adj.)
Grammar
án-standende, alone.
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Substitute Munuc oððe ánstandende monachus, Wrt. Voc. i. 71, 81. Wolde hé ðá ánstandende ancerlíf ádreógan, Hml. Th. ii. 142, 27. Hé ( Adam ) wæs sutne hwíle ánstandende, i. 12, 32. Fleáh hé ánstandende tó ánre dúne, 162, 6.

hyll

(n.)
Grammar
hyll, es; m: e; f.

A hill

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Gebígde synt hylla middaneardes incurvati sunt colles mundi, Cant. Abac. 6. Dúna and hylla montes et colles, Hymn. T. P. 75. Ðonne hie cweþaþ tó ðǽm dúnum and tó ðǽm hyllum tunc incipient dicere montibus et collibus, Blickl. Homl. 93, 33: Lk. Skt.

holian

(v.)
Grammar
holian, p. ode
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To hollow out, make hollow, dig, make a hole; cavare Hí ðá hwæthwega holodon and ðǽrrihte ðæt wæter swá genihtsumlíce út fleów ðæt hit arn streámrynes of ðam munte they then hollowed out [the rock] a little, and straightway the water flowed out so abundantly

ge-hrínan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hrínan, -rínan; he -hríneþ, -hrínþ; p. -hrán, pl. -hrinon; pp. -hrinen

To touchtake hold ofseizeaffecttangĕrecontingĕrerăpĕreaffectāre

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Heó sóna wæs gehrinen and genumen of middanearde rapta confestim de mundo, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 5 : 4, 8; S. 575, 30. Hia gehrínadon ł gehrínad hæfde tetigerunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 36

sceam-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sceam-leás, adj.
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Of ðysse scamleásan scylde geclǽnsa mé a delicto meo munda me , Ps. Th. 50, 3. On óðre wísan sint tó lǽranne ða scamleásan ( impudentes ), on óðre ða scamfæstan . . .

wæl-fill

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-fill, es; m.
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Blódgyte, wællfyll weres, morð mid mundum. Cd. Th. 92, 11; Gen. 1527. Heó underbæc beseah wið ðæs wælfylles ( the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ). 154, 29; Gen. 2563

fæs

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Þone munuc sum sweart cniht teáh út be þám fæsce (per fimbriam) his hrægles, Gr. D. 111, 28. Gihrán fæste tetigit fimbriam, Lk. R. 8, 44. Heó gehrán ꝥ fes (fæs, v. l.) his hrægles, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 82, 3. Feasum fimbriis, Ps. Srt. 44, 15. Add

wafung

(n.)
Grammar
wafung, e; f.
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Wafunge spectaculum (mirum mundo spectaculum exhibuit, Ald. 62), 509, 33. amazement, wonder, astonishment On ðære gesihðe hine gestód wundorlíc wafung . . . eall hé wæs ful wundrunge and wafunge, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 501-509.

swǽfan

(v.)
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v. swǽlan) sumes onlíce efne ðam munte ðe nú monna bearn Etne hátaþ se swefle byrneþ, Met. 8, 46-50.

clǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽne, adj.
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Þá clǽnan þénunga lauta munia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 51. in a moral sense, pure, sincere Ánfeald, clǽne, hlútor simplex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 50. Se láreów sceal bión clǽne ( mundus ) on his móde, Past. 75, 18.

or-sorg

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with gen. of that which might cause anxiety :-- Gif hé gebicgan mihte . .. ꝥ Ðæt hié swá micle ryhtlecor ðá hefonlican bebodo healden swá hié orsorgran bióð ðisses middangeardes ymbhogena ut praeceptis coelestibus eo rectius serviant, quo eos ad curas mundi

sweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
sweorfan, p. swearf, pl. swurfon; pp. sworfen
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-Forsweorfeþ elimat, i. mundat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 1. Biþ forsworfen vel forgniden demolitur, exterminatur, 138, 63

Linked entries: a-sweorfan ge-sweorfan

hátheort-nes

(n.)
Grammar
hátheort-nes, -ness, e; f.
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Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðisse worlde ... hátheortnys ... hæ sunt vanitates hujus mundi ... furor ..., L. Ecg. P. i. 8; Th. ii. 174, 33.

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, the name of the nasal guttural ᛜ ng, in the Runic alphabet. In the Gothic the name seems to have been iggws, see Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 3.
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Ingi-björg, Ing-veldr, Ingi-mundr, Ingólfr : 'many more compounds are found in the Swedish-Runic stones as this name was national among the ancient Swedes; cf. also Yngvi and Ynglingar.' Cl. and Vig. Ingi.

orsorgness

(n.)
Grammar
orsorgness, e; f.
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Ðe ðisses middangeardes orsorgnesse ne gímþ, ne him náne wiðerweardnesse ne andrǽt qui prospera mundi postposuit, qui nulla adversa pertimescit, 10, 1; Swt. 61, 8. Orsorgnesse prosperitatem, 50, 1 ; Swt. 387, 22

gifol-ness

(n.)
Grammar
gifol-ness, e; f.
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mildheortlíce sellað . . . ðý lǽs sió gídsung ðæs lǽnan lofes ádwǽsce ðæt leóht ðǽre giofolnesse, oððe eft sió giofolness sié gemenged wið unrót-nesse, oððe eft for dǽm giefum his mód fægnige ne dationis lumen laudis transitoriae appetitio extinguat; ne oblatum munus

Linked entry: gifelness

líne

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III. a continuous extent of length without breadth or thickness :-- On ðone munt þe sý in ðǽre lengoðe seó líne ðe wile .xxxiii. síða ealne eoiðan ymbehwyrft útan ymblicgan, Sal. K. 152, 5.