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ende-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
ende-byrd, e; f. (not es; n.).
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(cf. Mid hwilcere endebyrd*-*nesse Drihten gemetgað ealle gesceafta quibus immensum legibus orbem natura servet, Bt. 25; F. 88, 4.) Add:

Englisc

(n.)

(the) English ⬩ the English language

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Add: adjectival Þǽr ádranc mycel Ænglisces folces, Chr. 1016; P. 151, 18. On Engliscre sprǽce, H. R. 105, 10. In Englisc gereorde (on Englisce reorde, v. l.) in lingua Anglorum, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 481, 12. Ær wǽrun Rómánisce biscepas, siþþan wǽrun Englisce

eorþ-cafer

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-cafer, eorþ-ceafer, es; m.

An earth-beetle

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An earth-beetle Eorðceaperas (printed -caferas, but see Angl. viii. 450) tauri (cf. a kind of earth-beetles called tauri, i. Buls, Holland's Pliny), Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 26. Substitute:

Eotol

(n.)
Grammar
Eotol, Eatol, Etol (-el, -ul), es; n.

Italy

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Italy Eotoles Hesperie (= esperie, i. italie westdǽles, An. Ox. 2583 (Ald. 35, 21)), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 55: 43, 23. On Eotole Hesperie, 91, 28. In Eatole in Latin, 93, 60: 47, 34. On Eatule, Víd. 70

Linked entries: Eatole Italia

eówestras

(n.)
Grammar
eówestras, eówestre, es; m.: an; f.

A sheepfold

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A sheepfold On ðǽre ylcan circan wǽron onfæste þá eówestran (locu, v. l.) þára bróðra sceápa (caulae ovium) . . . Se þeóf eóde in ðá eáwestran (locu, v. l.), Gr. D. 224, 16-20. Tó éwestrum ad caulas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 38. Eóuuistras mandras, 113, 48.

fǽr-fyll

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-fyll, fǽr-fill, es; m.
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A sudden fall, headlong fall On fǽrfyll head foremost, headlong; in preceps, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 44. Substitute:

fæt-fellere

(n.)
Grammar
fæt-fellere, fæt-fyllere, es; m.
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One who fills a vessel, who pours wine into a cup Fætfellere abatis (cf. fert abatis orcam, 176, 41), Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 35. Þá gebígde hé þæs fætfylleres (fylleres, v. l.) mód tó þon ꝥ hé gemengde áttor tó ðæs wínes drynce cum vini fusoris ejus animum

fæþel

(n.)
Grammar
fæþel, (?), es; m.

A player

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A player Fæþelas [hi]striones, An. Ox. 39, 2

feld-hrýðer

(n.)
Grammar
feld-hrýðer, feld-hríþer, es; n.
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A beast out at pasture iiii feldhrýðera (pascuales vituli), Nap. 56, 7. Substitute:

Linked entry: feld-oxa

feld-swop

(n.)
Grammar
feld-swop, feld-wóp, es; m.

A peewit

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A peewit (?) Felduuóp, felduóp bradigabo, Txts. 44, 131. Feldwuóp, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 45. Feldwóp bradigatio, ploratio campi, 127, 16. Substitute:

fen-hóp

(n.)
Grammar
fen-hóp, fen-hop, es; n.
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Land in the midst of fens (v. N. E. D. hope) Fleón on fenhopu, B. 764. Substitute:

feþer-berende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
feþer-berende, feþer-berend, es; m.
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A feather-bearer, a feathered creature Feþerberend penniger, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 30. Substitute:

fihle

(n.)
Grammar
fihle, es; m.? n.? l. fihl, es; m.
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Fihles ðæs alde panni ueteris, Mk. p. 2, 16. and add

fiht-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
fiht-wíte, fiht-wíte (fihte-, fyht-, fyhte-), es; n.
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Substitute: the fine paid to the crown for fighting (and slaying); cf. Ll. Th. i. 66, 7: 106, 1 Gif man ofslægen weorðe . . . on .xxi. nihtan gylde man þá manbóte, þæs on .xxi. nihtan ꝥ fyhtwíte (fyhto-, v. l.), Ll. Th. i. 174, 28. Be fyhtwíte and manbóte

fild-stól

(n.)
Grammar
fild-stól, filde-stól, es. m.

camp-stool

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A folding seat, camp-stool Fyldestól (fælde-, v. l.) cliothedrum, sellam plectibilem, Hpt. 31, 10, 195. Gif þú fyldstól habban wille, þonne clǽm þú þíne handa tógædere and wege hí þám gemete þe þú dést þonne þú hine fyalden wylt, Tech. ii. 122, 20

Linked entry: fælde-stól

fódnóþ

(n.)
Grammar
fódnóþ, fódnoþ, es; m.

sustenance ⬩ support ⬩ food ⬩ annona

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Substitute: sustenance, support, food Þá land beón ðám gebróðran tó fódnoðe and tó scrúde, Cht. Th. 370, 27. a stock of provisions; annona Fódnaðas annonas (printed fodraðus annonus; but see Bd. Sch. 42, 36, the passage here glossed), Txts. 180, 20

Linked entry: fóddernoþ

fleax-gescot

(n.)
Grammar
fleax-gescot, fleax-gesceot, es; n.
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A contribution of flax paid to a church Sceóte man ælmessan . . . swá elles hwæt swá witan tó þearfe gerǽdan, hwílum weaxgescot, hwílum flexgescot, Wlfst. 171, 27

Linked entry: ge-scot

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, fiscnoþ (-naþ), fixnoþ, es; m.

fishing ⬩ a fishing-ground ⬩ a catch

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Substitute: fishing, the action or practice of taking fish, by persons Heora fixnoðe gelamp micel earfoðnys . . . Wé rǽdað . . . þæt Drihten héte tuwa áwurpan net on fixnoðe, ǽne ǽr his ðrowunge, and óðre síðe æfter his ǽriste . . . Se ǽrra fixnoð getácnode

fisc-wér

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-wér, fisc-wer, es; m.

a fishing-ground ⬩ captura

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Substitute: a weir for catching fish Fiscwer and mylne macian, Angl. ix. 261, 12. a fishing-ground; captura: Lǽtað eówre nett on þone fiscwer laxa retia uestra in capturam (v. wer in Dict.), Lk. 5, 4

fiþer-sliht

(n.)
Grammar
fiþer-sliht, -sleht, es; m.

Wing-flapping

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Wing-flapping Scyllendre coca fiþerslehte concrepante pullorum plausu, An. Ox. 4892

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