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god

(n.)
Grammar
god, m. and <b>god;</b> n.
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D. i. 293, 33: Past. 5, 11. of ecclesiastical property or dues Godes feós ðeófð sacrilegium, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 31. Godes feoh and ciricean, Ll. Th. i. 2, 4. Godes gafel lǽstan, 350, 8.

hand

(n.)
Grammar
hand, hond, a; f.

HAND, side, power, control

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His feoh onfón fremde handa diripiant alieni omnes labores ejus, Ps. Th. 108, 11. Handa ðíne manus tuæ, 118, 73.

diácon

(n.)
Grammar
diácon, deácon,es ; m.

A deacon, minister of the church, levitediācōnus = διάκoνos a servant, waiting man = Lat. minister, levīta, levītes = λευίτηs

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[Gif frigman] diácones feoh [stele], vi gylde [forgylde] if a freeman steal the property of a deacon, he must repay sixfold, L. Ethb. 1, 4 ; Th. i. 2, 5; 4, 3; about A. D. 599. Swylce diácon hine clǽnsie so let a deacon clear himself, L.

Linked entry: deácon

FEÐER

(n.)
Grammar
FEÐER, gen. dat. acc. feðere; pl. nom. acc. feðera, feðra, feðre; f.

FEATHERpennaplūmaWingsālæpennæwhat is made of a featherA penpennacălămus

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Se fenix ascæceþ feðre the phœnix shakes its feathers, Exon. 58a;Th. 207, 21; Ph. 145: 58b; Th. 212, 5; Ph. 205. Feðrum bifongenc clad with feathers, 61a; Th. 224, 23; Ph. 380: Bt. Met.

Linked entries: fæðer fiðere

fóre

(prep.)
Grammar
fóre, = fór; prep. dat. acc.

beforecōramantein conspectupræsente vel audiente ălĭquoantebeforeante

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Fela gé fóre monnum míðaþ ye conceal much before men, Exon. 39 a; Th. 130, 10; Gú. 436. Hý fóre leódum leóhte blícaþ they shall shine brightly before the people, 26 a; Th. 76, 13; Cri. 1239.

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, lago; m.

seawater

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Lagu land gefeól lyft was onhréred sea fell to earth, air was stirred [of the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea], Cd, 167; Th. 208, 12; Exod. 482. Ðá gesundrod wæs lago wið lande, 8; Th. 10, 27; Gen. 163.

leng

(n.)
Grammar
leng, e; f.

Lengthheightstature

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Swá micel swá seó sǽ heó mǽst wiðteóhþ and git ánes mannes lenge ðe healt ánne spreót on his hand and strecþ hine swá feor swá hé mæg árǽcan intó ðere sǽ quantum mare plus se retraxerit, et adhuc statura unius hominis tenentis lignum quod Angle nominant

geond

(prep.)
Grammar
geond, giond; prep. acc.

Through, throughout, over, as far as, among, in, after, beyondper, trans, inter, post, ultraκατά

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Fæder folca gehwæs us féran hét geond ginne grund the father of every nation bids us depart beyond the abysmal deep, Andr. Kmbl. 661; An. 331. Sittaþ yfele men giond eorþrícu wicked men sit in earthly kingdoms, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 74; Met. 4, 37.

ge-mǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mǽne, adj.

Common, general, mutual, in commoncommuniscommunis, generalis, solituscommunis

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Unc sceal worn fela máðma gemǽnra to us two shall be a great many common treasures, Beo. Th. 3572; B. 1784. Ðá wæs synn and sacu Sweóna and Geáta, wróht gemǽne then was sin and strife of Swedes and Goths, mutual dissension, Beo. Th. 4938; B. 2473.

Linked entry: mǽne

stycce-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
stycce-mǽlum, (sticce-, stic-); adv.
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ástigon ðǽron and scufon hig út on ða eá and wit reówan sticcmǽlum mid uncrum fótum óð ðæt hig unc ásetton on óðre healfe ðære eá then we inflated the bags, and mounted on them, and pushed them out into the river, and little by little we rowed with our feet

wer-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
wer-þeód, e; f.
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Ge néh ge feor is ðín nama hálig ofer werþeóda, Andr. Kmbl. 1086; An. 543. Wíde geweorðod ofer werþeóda, Apstls. Kmbl. 30; Ap. 15: Beo. Th. 1802; B. 899: Exon. Th. 243, 12; Jul. 9: Lchdm. iii. 36, 24. Werþióde, Met. 9, 21.

wól

(n.)
Grammar
wól, es; m. : e; f.

Pestpestilenceplaguemurrain

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Grammar wól, figurative Hwelc is wyrsa wól oððe ǽngum men máre daru ðonne hé hæbbe on his geférrǽdenne feónd on freóndes anlícnesse? quae pestis efficacior ad nocendum, quam familiaris inimicus? Bt. 29, 2 ; Fox 106, 13. Wól lues, Bd.

birnan

(v.)
Grammar
birnan, pp. burnen

To burnardentvehement

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For þæs fýres bryne eall se feld born, Nar. 23, 27, Ðet ne byrnan ut non ardeant (vestimenta ), Kent. Gl. 164.

Linked entries: byrnan beornan

ge-néþan

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Ic genéðde fela gúða, 2511. Wé frécne genéðdon eafoð uncúðes, 959. with clause Ne dorste hé genéðan þæt hé hié mid firde gefóre, Ors.

ge-síþ

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</b> a person of rank, one considerable from his connexion with a prince, from an official position :-- Wæs sumes gesíðes (comitis cuiusdam) tún nóht feor úrum mynstre, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567, 8. Gesíðas optimates, Wrt.

ge-wiht

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Add: measurement by weighing Ealra þyssa wyrta gelíce fela be gewihte.

grund

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solo imperavit, Ors. 5, 11; S. 238, 13. the earth as contrasted with heaven Wé men cweðað hér on grunde, Hy. 9, 39. with sea Þone þe grund and sund, heofon and eorðan and hreó wǽgas ámearcode, An. 747. a land, country Hweorfað gleómen geond grunda fela

grin

(n.)
Grammar
grin, gryn, e; f.: es; n.
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Gefón myd heora grine, swá swá man deór oððe fugelas féht, Solil. H. 46, 11. From girene ðá gesettun mé a laqueo quem statuerunt mihi, Ps. Srt. 140, 9: 24, 15: 90, 3. Of gerene ðisse de laqueo isto, 30, 5: 9, 31.

higian

(v.)
Grammar
higian, l. hígian,

in strive aftertotowardsto strive to do

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., in strive after, to, towards, aefter Hú mæg ꝥ yfel beón ꝥte ǽlces monnes ingeþanc . . . æfter hígaþ and wilnaþ tó begitanne neque enim vile quiddam . . . quod adipisci omnium fere mortalium laborat intentio, Bt. 24, 4; F. 86, 13.

teón

Grammar
teón, [On p. 978, ll. 2, 3 for leáh, tongne l. teáh, longne.]
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</b> add :-- Hé plegode and fela fægera þinga forð teáh þe þám folce ungecnáwe wæs, Ap. Th. 17, 13. <b>III 6.</b> add :-- Ofer mǽðe úre þú forð týhst sprǽce ultra aetatem nostrum protrahis sermonem, Coll. M. 32, 11.