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un-fáh

(adj.)
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un-fáh, adj.

Not regarded as a foe

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Not regarded as a foe, used of the kinsmen of a criminal when not involved in the feud which their kinsman's guilt occasioned Gif hwá heonanforð ǽnigne man ofsleá, ðæt hé wege sylf ða fǽhðe ...

Linked entries: un-fǽhð fáh

cnotta

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D. 165, 4. a knotty point, difficulty Hé hine befrán be gehwylcum cnottum þe hé sylf ne cúþe on þǽre hálgan béc, Angl. vii. 2, 13

híwere

a pretendera decoy

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Similar entries v. híwian; Hé cwæð ꝥ hé Críst sylf wǽre ... and sum bisceop ... gelýfde þám híwere, Hml. S. 31, 838. a decoy (?) Híweres (hireres, MS.) aucupis, Kent. Gl. 129

Linked entry: híwian

land-gafol

(n.)
Grammar
land-gafol, es; n.
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Rent for land Hé sceal landgafol syllan he must pay rent, L. R. S. 2; Th. i. 432, 13. Hé sceal ... his láforde wyrcan ... ne þearf hé landgafol syllan he must work for his lord, then he need not pay rent, 3; Th. i. 432, 23

drenge

(n.)

a drink

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a drink Drenge ðú sylst us potum dabis nobis, Ps. Spl. 79, 6

salu

(adj.)
Grammar
salu, adj.

Dusky, dark

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Dusky, dark Ic sylfa [eom] salo, Exon. Th. 489, 21; Rä. 48, 11

Linked entries: salness salo salwian

ofer-renc

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-renc, ofer-rencu, e; f.

Over-luxuriance, extravagance

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Over-luxuriance, extravagance: — Manege ðe mid oferrence glengdan hý sylfe Wulfst. 46, 2

Linked entry: renc

æftemest

(adj.)
Grammar
æftemest, -myst, -most; adj. superlative of æfter,—

After-mostlastpostremusnovissimus

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Ðonne he sylf mid ðam fyrmestan dǽle wið ðæs æftemestan flúge when he himself with the first part should flee towards the hindermost, Ors. 4, 6 ; Bos. 85, 20: Mk. Bos. 12, 22: Jn. Bos. 7, 37

þrútian

(v.)
Grammar
þrútian, p. ode

To swell with pride or anger

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To swell with pride or anger Hé ásende his swurdboran, Riggo geháten, gescrýdne mid his cynelícum gyrelum, swilce hé hit sylf wǽre.

Linked entry: á-þrúten

cot-setla

(n.)
Grammar
cot-setla, cote-setla, an; m. [MS. kot-setla, kote-setla]

A cottager casārius

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Sylle his heorþ-pænig on hálgan Þunres dæg, eal swá ǽlcan frigean men gebýreþ, and werige his hláfordes inland, gif him man beóde æt sǽ-wearde and æt cyniges deór-hege, and æt swilcan þingan swilc his mǽþ sý, and sylle his ciric-sceát to Martinus mæssan

sella

(n.)
Grammar
sella, an; m.
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A giver Ðone glædan syllan hilarem datorem, R. Ben. Interl. 25, 6

Linked entry: sylla

fore-gehát

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Ic mé sylfe myngode mínes foregehátes, Hml. S. 23 b, 543. Add

ge-seón

(v.)
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ge-seón, -sión, ic -seó, ðú -sihst, he -syhþ; p. -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon, -ségon; imp. -syh, -seoh; subj. pres. ic -sáwe; pp. -sawen

To seevidere, conspicere

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Ic mæg geseón hwǽr he sylf siteþ I can see where he himself sits, Cd. 32; Th. 41, 34; Gen. 666

Linked entry: ge-sión

sweotolung

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sweotolung, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Se gerǽfa áxude Eugeniam hú heó ána mihte ealle þá gewytan áwǽgan mid áðe, oððe þurh ǽnige swutelunge hí sylfe áclǽnsian, Hml. S. 2, 226

beó-ceorl

(n.)
Grammar
beó-ceorl, beó-cere, es; m.

A BEE-CEORLbee farmer or keeperbocherusapum custos

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Beóceorle gebyreþ, gif he gafolheorde healt, ðæt he sylle ðonne lande gerǽd beó. Mid us is gerǽd ðæt he sylle v sustras huniges to gafole concerning those who keep bees.

níd-syndrig

(adj.)
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níd-syndrig, adj.

Quite apart

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sylfe ða munecas nǽdsyndrige (monachos) seipsos, Cod. Dip. B. i. 154, 12

sweotol-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sweotol-líc, adj.
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-Gehýraþ hwæt God sylfa sǽde swytellícre (swutel-, MS. C.) segene, Wulfst. 45, 1

of-calen

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Utan hlýwan ofcalene and wǽfan nacode and syllan mete þám gehingredum, Wlfst. 119, 6. Add

riht-wísian

(v.)
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to justify:Add: Gé syndon þá þe eów sylfe rihtwísiað beforan mannum, Gr. D. 40, 9

for-pǽran

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Hé ne mæg ús ætbrédan úrne geleáfan ne þæt éce líf, gif wé ús sylfe mid ágenum willan ne forpǽrað, Hml. Th. i. 576, 12. Hí mid swicdómum hí sylfe and óðre forpǽrað, 514, 33. Sume swefna beóð of deófle tó sumum swicdóme, hú hé ðá sáwle forpǽre, Hml.