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for-healdness

(n.)
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for-healdness, e; f.

Incontinenceunchasteness

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Incontinence, unchasteness Manna forhealdnessa, ꝥ is unrihthǽmed . . . Gástas ðe manna hyrtan beswícað, ꝥ is. . . forhealdnyssa gást . . . Ne gewemmað eówre líchaman ðurh forhealdnesse, Nap. 24

forþ-dǽd

(n.)
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forþ-dǽd, e; f.
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Profit, advantage Mid his handcræfte hé ( S. Paul ) teolode his and his geférena forþdǽda, Hml. Th. i. 392, 17. Cf. Þá munecas náht syllan ne móston búta þám ánum þe heora bigleofan forð dydon ( were of service to their sustenance ), Hml. S. 31, 325

forþ-weardness

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forþ-weardness, e; f.
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Progress, growth in excellence Se níðfulla mæssepreóst ne mihte wiðstandan þæs hálgan weres forðweardnesse and gódum weorcum ( ejus profectibus obviare ), Gr. D. 117, 19

freóls-niht

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freóls-niht, e; f.
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The night before a festival Þá cildra þe beóð begiten on Sunnanniht and on þám hálgan freólsnihtum. hí sceolan beón geboren bútan eágon, Nap. 26

Fricg

(n.)
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Fricg, e; f.
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The name of a Teutonic goddess, the wife of Odin Se deófol hine þám hálgan æteówde on þǽra hǽþenra goda híwe . . . hwílon on Mercuries þe men hátað Óþon, hwílon on Ueneris. . . þe men hátað Fricg, Hml. S. 31, 717. Ðone syxtan dæg hí gesetton ðǽre sceamleásan

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Fríge-niht

(n.)
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Fríge-niht, e; f.
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The night between Thursday and Friday On þǽre Frígenihte þe ætforan Eástron biþ, hæfde úre Hǽlend swíþe langsume sprǽce wiþ his leorningcnihtas, Nap. 26. Hig hyra clǽnnysse healdon ǽfre Sunnannihte and Frígenihte, Ll. Th. ii. 190, 19. Hé wæs sume Frígeniht

Linked entry: Fríge-ǽfen

frécelness

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frécelness, e; f.
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Peril, danger For ðyssa tída frécelnisse turbatis rebus Nordanhymbrorum, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 186, 21. Hálo from ǽlcum froecelnisse sanos ab omni periculo, Rtl. 116, 9. In miclum froecelnissum in tantis periculis, 7, 36: 69, 13, 38: 79, 24. Froecilnissum,

for-swarung

(n.)
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for-swarung, e; f.
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Perjury Forswarung, ꝥ is mǽne áðas, Nap. 25

for-weorpness

(n.)
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for-weorpness, e; f.
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Ejection, expulsion Tó forworpnise Babilones ad transmigrationem Babylonis, Mt. L. 1, 17. v. preceding word

Linked entries: weorpness for-worpness

foxung

(n.)
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foxung, e; f.
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A foxlike trick Cwæð se Hǽlend him tó: 'Foxas habbað holu' ... Críst geseah his prættas, for ðan þe hé mid sóðfæstnysse ne sóhte þone Hǽlend, ac foxunga wǽron wunigende on him, Hml. S. 16, 162

fracoþ-dǽd

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fracoþ-dǽd, e; f.
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A foul deed Uton mán and morðor forbúgan, and ealle fracoddǽda swíðe áscunian, Wlfst. 188, 15

frægning

(n.)
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frægning, e; f.
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Asking, enquiry, questioning Mé náht nú tó láfe ne wunað þǽre frægninge and ácsunge be þám wísum, in þám ic wæs tweógende ǽr de his in quibus dubius fui nihil mihi quaestionis remansit, Gr. D. 323, 23. Mid fraignung interrogando, Mk. p. 4, 19

fram-fundung

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fram-fundung, e; f.
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A going away to another place Se Hálga Gást wæs þǽm apostolum tó frófre geháten for þǽre miclan langunga Drihtnes framfundunga, Bl. H. 131, 14. Se Hǽlend wiste ꝥ his gingran woldan unróte beón for his framfundunga, 135, 15. Cf. Se Hǽlend fundigende of

Linked entry: fundung

ge-beorhtness

(n.)
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ge-beorhtness, e ; f.
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Brightness, splendour Gebrehtnis clarifica*-*tionis. Jn. p. 6, 15. Giberhtnisse, Jn. R. 16, 14

ge-bismerung

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ge-bismerung, e ; f.
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Mockery, derision, scorn Gebismerung illusio, Ps. L. 78, 4. Gebism[r]u[n]gce ludibrio, An. Ox. 11, 181. Míne gebysmerunge reverentiam meam, Ps. L. 68, 20. For missenlicum deófoles gebystnerungum propter illusiones diabolicas, R. Ben. 83, 8

Linked entry: bismerung

ge-anbidung

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ge-anbidung, e; f.
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Expectation Drihten mé generede of eallre geanbidunge ( expectatione ) folkes, Gr. D. 107, 25

Linked entry: an-bidung

ge-andetness

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ge-andetness, e ; f.
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Confession Giondetnisses confessionis Rtl. 59, 7

Linked entry: andet-nes

gafol

(n.)
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gafol, e; f.
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A fork. Take here <b>geafel</b> in Dict., and add Furca, furcula diminutive gæfle, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 82. Hé sceal habban ... race, geafle, Angl. ix. 263, 7. Forcelle gæfle, dictae quod frumenta celluntur, i. commoventur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150

gafol-irþ

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gafol-irþ, e; f.
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The ploughing by the gebúr and the sowing from his own barn of a certain portion of the lord's land and the reaping and carrying of the crop to the lord's barn by way of rent His ( the gebúr) gauolyrde .iii. æceras erige and sáwe of his áganum berne,

Linked entry: gafol-yrþ

fylgestre

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fylgestre, an; f.
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A female follower. v. fylgean; 1 c Filiestrum sectatricibus (inlaesae uirginitatis ), An. Ox. 1228