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full-fremed

(adj.)
Grammar
full-fremed, adj. (p/cpl.)

Perfectfully trainedconversant

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Perfect. fully trained or conversant Heó weóx and wearð fulfremed on gódra mægna heányssum, Hml. A. 126, 337: 122, 187: Bl. H. 73, 16.

Linked entry: fremed

CÝLE

(n.)
Grammar
CÝLE, cíle, céle,es; m.

A cold, coldness, CHILL frīgus

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Nabbaþ we to hyhte nymþe cýle and fýr we have nought in hope, save chill and fire, Cd. 220; Th. 285, 10; Sat. 335. Hý wyrcaþ ðone cýle hine on they bring the cold upon him, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 23, 6, 8

Linked entries: céle cíle

Líða

(n.)
Grammar
Líða, an; m.
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Mónaþ ðone nemnaþ on lýden Iulius ... ðone mónaþ nemnaþ on úre geþeóde se æftera Lýða, Shrn. 99, 26: 110, 24

Linked entry: ǽrra líða

spédan

(v.)
Grammar
spédan, p. de

To speedhave successsucceed in doing somethingaccelerare

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We need not destroy one another, if you succeed in doing this, Byrht. Th. 132, 51; By. 34

Linked entry: fór-spédian

ge-syngian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-syngian, -singian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To sinperpetrate crimecommit adulterypeccāremæchāri

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Nú is geséne ðæt we gesyngodon now it is seen that we have sinned, Cd. 218; Th. 278, 31; Sat. 230. Ðæt wæs feohleás gefeoht, fyrenum gesyngad that was a priceless fight, criminally perpetrated, Beo.Th. 4874; B. 2441

Linked entry: ge-singian

Ælfréd

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfréd, es; m. [ælf an elf; réd = rǽd counsel, wise in counsel: v. Ælfred]

AlfredAlfrédusAlfred the Great

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Saxons...And this year nine great battles were fought against the army in the kingdom south of the Thames; besides which, Alfred... and aldormen, and king's thanes, often rode raids on them, which were not reckoned, Chr. 871; Erl. 77, 3-10.

FÓN

(v.)
Grammar
FÓN, to fónne; ic , ðú féhst, he féhþ, pl. fóþ; p. ic, he féng, ðú fénge, pl. féngon; impert. fóh, pl. fóþ; subj. pres., pl. fón; p. fénge, pl. féngen; pp. fangen, fongen; v. trans.

To graspcatchseizeto seize with hostile intentiontakeundertakeacceptreceivemănu comprehendĕrecaptārecăpĕreaccĭpĕre

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We fóþ nú on ða axunga ðǽr we hí ǽr forléton we will now take up the questions where we before left them, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 44. Féngon Æðelwulfes twegen suna to ríce Æthelwulf's two sons took to the kingdom, Chr. 855; Erl. 70, 17.

máðum-cist

(n.)
Grammar
máðum-cist, e; f.

A treasure-chesttreasury

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A treasure-chest, treasury Nys hyt ná álýfed ðæt ásendon hyt on úre máðmcyste (in corbanan, cf. Goth. kaurban, þatei ist maiþms, Mk. 7, 11), Mt. Kmbl. 27, 6

mid-ferhtness

(n.)
Grammar
mid-ferhtness, e; f.

Middle age

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Middle age Seó heora iúgoþ and seó midfyrhtnes bútan ǽgwylcum leahtre gestanden, hwylc talge ðæt seó yldo and se ende ðæs heora lífes wǽre? Blickl. Homl. 163, 3-6

Linked entry: -ferhtness

por-leác

(n.)
Grammar
por-leác, es; n.
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hæfdon cucumeres and pepones and porleác in mentem nobis veniunt cucumeres et pepones porrique, Num. 11, 5. v. next word

ge-wæccan

(v.)

to watch

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Ðætte we giuæcge ut vigilemus, Rtl. 124, 23

Linked entry: wæccan

ge-firenian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-firenian, -firnian; p. ode; pp. od

To sinpeccāre

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To sin; peccāre We gefirenodon mid fæderum úrum peccāvĭmus cum patrĭbus nostris, Ps. Spl. C. 105, 6. Ic gefirnode I sinned, St. And. 10, 19 : Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 4

ge-sibsumnes

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Þ úre gesibsumnesse and geþwǽrnesse fæstlícost ús betweónan healdon, Ll. Th. i. 246, 22. Add

hæftníd-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hæftníd-ness, e; f.
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gehýrdon ꝥ sum man wæs geseted in hæftnédnesse ( in captivitate positum), Gr. 0. 346, 22

Linked entry: hæftnéd-nes

or-tydre

Grammar
or-tydre, l. -týdre,
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ortýdre manna cynnes, ac áscyrede tó lafe ꝥ ꝥ eft of áwócon, Angl. xi. 2, 42

snáw-hwít

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habbað cynehelmas. . . snáwhwíte swá swá lilie, Hml. S. 34, 115. Add

weorold-rícetere

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-rícetere, es; n.
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Worldly power gesetton ꝥ þá þe ǽne beóð tó preóstháde gedón . . . ꝥ hig ná siððan tó nánon worold-rícetere (dignitatem aliquam mundanam) ne geþrístlácen tó becumenne, Chrd. 68. 34

Linked entry: rícetere

be-lúcan

(v.)
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Sind úte belocene fram ðám leóhte, Hml.

lícian

(v.)
Grammar
lícian, p. ode

To please

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For ðí sceolde ǽlc mon beón on ðam wel gehealden ðæt hé on his ágenum earde lícode erit igitur pervagata inter suos gloria quisque contentus, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 28. Hí cwǽdon ðæt him ealle ða wel lícedon, 4, 5; S. 572, 24.

Linked entry: ge-lícian

rím

(adj.)
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Add: m. the precise sum or aggregate of any collection of individual things or persons Ne magon þá tíde be getale healdan dagena rímes we cannot keep Easter Sunday by a reckoning of the number of days, Men. 64.