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flíta

(n.)
Grammar
flíta, an; m. [flítan to contend]

A fighterstriverfoe

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A fighter, striver, foe

ge-ǽðed

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ǽðed, part. [áþ an oath, a swearing]

Swornjūrātus

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Sworn; jūrātus Swágeǽðedra manna sýn twegen oððe þrý to gewituysse of such sworn men let there be two or three as witness, L. Edg. S. 6; Th. i. 274, 18

Linked entry: ge-ǽþan

ge-arnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-arnung, e; f. [earnung an earning]

Meritrewardmĕrĭtum

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Merit, reward; mĕrĭtum Nǽnig efenlíc ðam, ǽr ne siððan, in worlde gewearþ, wífes gearnung no woman's reward in the world was equal to that, before nor after, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 23; Cri. 40

mán-swara

(n.)
Grammar
mán-swara, -swora, an; m.

A perjurerone who swears falsely

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A perjurer, one who swears falsely Gif man mannan mánswara háteþ, L. H. E. 11; Th. i. 32, 4: Exon. 10 b; Th. 12, 30; Cri. 193. Mánswaran, Blickl. Homl. 61, 13: 63, 13. Mánsworan, Wulfst. 26, 16: Exon. 31 b; Th. 98, 23; Cri. 1612: L. Ed. 3; Th. i. 160

Linked entries: -swora -swara

grunde-swelge

(n.)
Grammar
grunde-swelge, -swelige, -swilige, -swylige, -swulie, -an; f.
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GROUNDSEL; senecio Ompre, grundeswelge, ontre dock, groundsel, radish, L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 25. Grundeswylige groundsel, Herb. 77, 1; Lchdm. i. 180, 5. Gením grundeswelgean take groundsel, L. M. 1, 22; Lchdm. ii. 64, 19: 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 32, 5

Linked entry: gunde-swilge

stæppa

(n.)
Grammar
stæppa, (or -e), an; m. (or f.)
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A step Þúsend stæppan mille passus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 41

tæppa

(n.)
Grammar
tæppa, or tæppe, an; m. or f.

A band, ribbon, tape

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A band, ribbon, tape Tæppan tenia, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 63

þunor-cláfre

(n.)
Grammar
þunor-cláfre, -clǽfre, an; f.

Bugleajuga reptans

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Bugle; ajuga reptans (cf. Þundre clovere consolida media, Wrt. Voc. i. 140, 68,, Þis is seó æðeleste eáhsealf ... Genim ... ðunor-clǽfran blósman, Lchdm. iii. 4, 7. Ðunorcláfran, i. 374. 4

brecþ

(n.)
Grammar
brecþ, e; f.
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fæcele

(n.)
Grammar
fæcele, fæcele, fecele, an; f.

A torch

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A torch Fæcilae, faecile fax, Txts. 62, 407. Fæcele, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 77. Fecele, 33, 54: facula, 53. Substitute:

fild-burne

(n.)
Grammar
fild-burne, (-a?), an; f. (m.?)
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A stream in a plain(?) Of ðǽm aldan felde . . .; swá ondlang bróces on ðone gemǽrhagan; ofer fild*-*burnan, C. D. iii. 393, 27

Linked entry: fild

flehtre

(n.)
Grammar
flehtre, (-a?), an; f. (m.?)

A hurdle

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A hurdle Flehtran cratem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 52

brýd-guma

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-guma, brýdi-guma, an; m.

a manA bride-man, bridegroomsponsus

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[brýd, guma a man] A bride-man, bridegroom; sponsus Swá swá brýdguma of his brýdbúre tamquam sponsus procedens de thalamo suo, Ps. Th. 18, 5. Cweðe ge sceolun ðæs brýdguman cnihtas wépan, ða hwíle ðe se brýdguma mid him byþ numquid possunt filii sponsi

Linked entries: bréd-guma brýdi-guma

ongnere

(n.)
Grammar
ongnere, es; ongnora (?), an; m.

The corner of the eye (?)

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The corner of the eye (?) Eághyll from ðam ongnoran glebenus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 7. Ongneras irqui, 46, 30

Linked entry: angnere

smitta

(n.)
Grammar
smitta, (-e; f.?), an; m.

A smear, blot, mark, spot

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A smear, blot, mark, spot Bútan smittan sine macula R. Ben. Interl. 4, 3. Smyttena naevorum, notarum Hpt. Gl. 421, 56

Linked entry: smytta

FǼMNE

(n.)
Grammar
FǼMNE, fémne, an; f. [fēmĭna a woman]

A virgin, damsel, maid, woman virgo, puella, fēmĭna

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Síðedon fǽmnan and wuduwan the damsels and widows departed, Cd. 94; Th. 121, 14; Gen. 2010. Heó mynster getimbrade Gode willsumra fǽmnena constructo monastērio virgĭnum Deo devōtārum, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 2.

Linked entry: fémne

hátan

Grammar
hátan, Add: <b>I a.</b> with acc. and infin.
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Where the complement is an abusive epithet Gif man mannan an óðres flette mánswara háteð, oþþe hine mid bismærwordum scandlíce gréte, Ll. Th. i. 32, 4.

módrige

(n.)
Grammar
módrige, móderge, móddrige, an; f.

an aunta cousin

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an aunt Mín móddrige matertera mea, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 25: 51, 53: Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 21. Módriæ, Kent. Gl. 1190. Bisceop næbbe on his húse nǽnne wífman búton hit sý his módor . . . oððe módrige, L. Ælfc. C. 5; Th. ii. 344, 14. Móddrie, Homl.

FELG

(n.)
Grammar
FELG, e; f: felge, an; f. A

FELLYpart of the circumference of a wheelcanthusάνθόsabsis rŏtæ

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Ðæt hweól hwerfþ ymbúton, and sió nafa, néhst ðære eaxe, sió færþ micle fæstlícor and orsorglícor ðonne ða felgan dón the wheel turns round, and the nave, being nearest to the axle-tree, goes much more firmly and more securely than the fellies do, Bt.

Linked entry: fælg

ge-wíder

Grammar
ge-wíder, l. ge-widere, and in l. 3 for gewidor abidon l. gewidora bidon.
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Of untídlican gewideran, þæt is, of wǽtum sumerum and of drýgum wintrum temporum turbata temperies, hoc est, aut siccitas hiemis, aut humor aestatis, Ors. 3, 3 ; S. 102, 5. Sænde ic þá gewideru þe ealle eówre wæstmas gebétað, Wlfst. 132, 13.