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FÆDER

(n.)
Grammar
FÆDER, feder; indecl. in sing. but gen. fæderes and dat. fædere are sometimes found; pl. nom. acc. fæderas; gen. a; dat. um; m.

FATHER ⬩ păter

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Ne sleá man fæderas for suna gylton, ne suna for fædera gilton non occīdentur patres pro fīliis, nec fīlii pro patrĭbus, Deut. 24, 16. Bebeád fæderum ussum mandāvit patrĭbus nostris, Ps.

Linked entries: eald-fæder fædyr feder fieder fæder-lic

milts

(n.)
Grammar
milts, milds, e; f.

mildness ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ mercy ⬩ meekness ⬩ humility ⬩ joy

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Surt. 24, 6: 68, 17. Secggan wé him þanc ealra his miltsa, Blickl. Homl. 103, 26: 109, 10. Ásecggan ða miltsa ðe hé wið ðis mennisce cynn gecýðde, 103, 19.

Linked entry: milds

ná-hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ná-hwæðer, náwðer, náðer, nóðer; pron.

Neither

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Getácnigende oððe sum þyngc tó dóne, oððe sum þingc tó þrowigenne, oððe náðor, 19; Som. 22, 23, 25. Náuðær næ síe tó ðon gedurstig ne cyning næ bisceop ne nánes hádes man nullus rex aut episcopus, vel, aliquis alius potens, sit tam audax, Cod. Dip.

Linked entries: náðor náwðer nóðer

strǽl

(n.)
Grammar
strǽl, strél, streál, es ; m. : e ; f. : stræle, an ; f.
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Surt. 30, 6. Se mon wæs ofscoten mid his ágenre strǽle mid ðý ðe hé wolde ðone fearr sceótan, Shrn. 83, 6. Hé forð onsendeþ biterne strǽl, Exon. Th. 48, 2 ; Cri. 765. Strǽlas sagittae, Ps. Spl. 63, 8 : Blickl. Homl. 203, 9. Strélas, Ps. Surt. 56, 5.

Linked entry: streál

BRǼW

(n.)
Grammar
BRǼW, breáw, breág, brég, brégh, bréhg, es; m.

An eye-lid; ⬩ palpebra

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Spl: brégum, Surt.] mínum hnappunga si dedero somnum oculis meis, et palpebris meis dormitationem, Ps. Lamb. 131, 4; I shal not ȝiue slep to myn eȝen, and to my eȝe lidis napping, Wyc.

Linked entries: eágan brégh breág breáw brég brégh bréhg BRÚ

be-feallan

to fall, ⬩ to get into ⬩ to fall into sin ⬩ into the hands of a person, ⬩ to fall to action ⬩ to fall upon ⬩ take effect on a person ⬩ to fall to ⬩ be assigned to ⬩ deprived (of)

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Ðæt hé suá suíðe wið ðæt winne suá hé on ðæt óðer ne befealle, Past. 189, 11. On hwelce ðǽra synna hié befeóllen, 417, 33. Hé wæs on gítsunge befeallan, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 4. On þǽre frecednysse þe hé on befeallen wæs, Hml. S. 25, 785.

be-sincan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sincan, p. -sanc, pl. -suncon; pp. -suncen

To sink ⬩ submergere, demergere

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Twá byrig on eorþan besuncon two cities sunk into the earth, Ors. 3, 2; Bos. 54. 43. Wæs ic swíðe besuncen I was, deeply sunk, Exon. 103 b; Th. 392, 5; Rä. 11, 3

Linked entry: be-suncen

wlite-weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
wlite-weorþ, es; n.
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ꝥ hé hire his wliteweorþ (pretium) gesealde, ꝥ heó mihte hire sunu mid álýsan, Gr.

for-clingan

(v.)
Grammar
for-clingan, p. -clang, pl. -clungon; pp. -clungen

To shrink up ⬩ marcescĕre

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To shrink up; marcescĕre Wǽron sume on forclungenum treówe ahangene some were hung up on a shrunken tree, Nath. 8

Linked entry: CLINGAN

for-cwom

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-cwom, pl. -cwómon

came upon ⬩ sŭpervēnit ⬩ sŭpervēnērunt

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came upon; sŭpervēnit, sŭpervēnērunt Egsa me and fyrhtu ealne forcwómon tĭmor et trĕmor vēnērunt sŭper me, Ps. Th. 54, 5

freoðo-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
freoðo-leás, adj:

Peaceless ⬩ pāce cărens

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Peaceless; pāce cărens Swylc wæs ðæs folces freoðoleás tácen such was the people's peaceless token, Andr. Kmbl. 58; An. 29

ge-elnian

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

To strive with zeal after another ⬩ zēlāre

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To strive with zeal after another; zēlāre Ic geelnode ofer ða unrihtwísan zēlāvi sŭper inīquos, Ps. Spl. T. 72, 3

un-gehendness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gehendness, e; f.

Remoteness ⬩ distance

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Remoteness, distance Sume naman syndon localia, ðæt synd stówlíce, ða geswuteliaþ gehendnysse oððe ungehendnysse, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 14, 19

Linked entry: ge-hendnys

efen-ceasterwearan

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Of hyra efenceasterwarum civibus suis, Gr. D. 205, 1. Add

háw

(n.; suffix)
Grammar
háw, Kemble says, ' In all probability, a look out, or prospect'; Middendorff compares the word with -hau in German place-names, and takes it to mean a clearing, a place where trees are cut down (cf. heáwan). But perhaps in the one passage where the word occurs
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hlawe should be read Haec sunt supradictarum uocabula terrarum, aet Uuineshauue (cf. scuccanhlau, 196, 1), C. D. i. 195, 30

cirpsian

(v.)
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Sume preóstas sýn þe gýmað . . . . . . ꝥ heora loccas mid (nǽdle?) tyrninge cyrpsion (crines calamistri uestigio rotantur), Chrd. 64, 34. Add

swǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽr, swǽre, and swár; adj. [Halliwell gives sweer unwilling as a Northumbrian word, and swere dull, heavy, as a Durham one. In Jamieson's Dictionary the forms sweir, swere, sweer, swear are given with meanings lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.]
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Sum welig man wæs swangor and swǽr, and him wæs láð þearfendum mannum mete tó syllenne, Wulfst. 257, 12. Nis hé swár ne swongor non est tarda Exon. Th. 220, 4; Ph. 315. On swárran ðisum líchoman in gravi isto corpore, Hymn. Surt. 13, 15.

Linked entry: swár

wǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wǽd, e; f.: wǽde, es; n.

a weed ⬩ an article of dress ⬩ a garment ⬩ clothing ⬩ dress

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Ofer wǽda míne super vestem meam, Ps. Spl. 21, 17: Cd. Th. 52, 20; Gen. 846: Met. 8, 23. Forlǽt eal ðæt ðú áge búton wiste and wǽda, Prov. Kmbl. 80. Mið ðý gewearp woedo (giwédo, Rush.) his proiecto uestimento suo, Mk. Skt. 10, 50.

cunne

(v.)
Grammar
cunne, pl.cunnen

know, can

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. ; subj. pres

dún-lendisc

(adj.)
Grammar
dún-lendisc, adj.

Hilly, mountainous land ⬩ montānus

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Hilly, mountainous land; montānus Sume sind derivatīva, swá dún-lendisc montānus, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 10

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