feþer
a feather ⬩ a wing ⬩ a pen ⬩ quill
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Mín tunge ys gelícost þæs wríteres feþere þe hraðost wrít lingua mea calamus scribae velociter scribentis, Ps. Th. 44, 2. Swylce sum getýd wer sum metervers mid his feðere áwríte, Angl. viii. 317, 23
ge-cunnian
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Gecunnad, 9. to try, vex, afflict Cnæht mín mið yfle is gecunned puer meus male torquetur, Mt. L. 8, 6
on-cunnan
To accuse a person (acc.) of something (gen., clause beginning with ðæt or with prep, be, for), to blame, charge, lay to a person's charge
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Ic him mín wedd beád, ðæt ic hyra nǽfre nǽnne ne oncúðe, for ðon ðe hý on riht sprǽcon, Chart. Th. 486, 21. Mé míne ágen word sócon swýðe oncúðan verba mea excrabantur, Ps. Th. 55, 5.
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ge-teón
To make ⬩ form ⬩ frame ⬩ appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ decree ⬩ ordain ⬩ assign ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ constĭtuĕre ⬩ decernĕre
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Þurh hwelces monnes hond mín ende wǽre getiód by what man's hand my death was determined; cujus mortem percussoris manu cavendam habeam, Nar. 31, 19: Th. Ch. 483, 15
be-gíman
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Hí míne heorde wǽce begímdon, Wlfst. 190, 21. Begým þínes sylfes, Hml. A. 198, 109. Þæt hig begímon þǽra þinga þe tó þǽre hálgan eardungstówe belimpað custodiant vasa tabernaculi. Num. 3, 7. Begýmendum gubernante, An. Ox. 1993.
ægnian
To frighten ⬩ vex ⬩ terrere ⬩ tribulare
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To frighten, vex; terrere, tribulare Ægnian mid yrmþum to frighten with misery, Cd. 156; Th. 194, 23; Exod. 265
æt-ýccnys
An increase ⬩ addition ⬩ augmentum
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An increase, addition; augmentum Mid ætýccnysse cum augmento. Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 24: 3, 22; S. 553, 14
and-bídung
Expectation ⬩ expectatio
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Expectation; expectatio Ná ðú gescend me fram andbídunge míne non confundas me ab expectatione mea, Ps. Spl. 118, 116
be-fílan
To befoul ⬩ defile
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To befoul, defile Ná mid meoxe befíled not defiled with dung, L. Ælf. P. 45; Th. ii. 384, 11
efen-wyrðe
Equally worthy ⬩ condignus
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Equally worthy; condignus Mid efenwyrðum dǽdum condignis actĭbus. Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 24: 4, 6; S. 574, 18
frǽcednys
Danger ⬩ peril ⬩ perīcŭlum
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Danger, peril; perīcŭlum Saca mid frǽcednysse hit getácnaþ it betokens disputes with peril, Somn. 122; Lchdm. iii. 204, 33
hwǽte-cynn
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Wheat-kind Hé ðé gesadade mid ðý sélestan hwǽtecynnes holde lynde adipe frumenti satiat te, Ps. Th. 147, 3
lín-sǽd
Linseed
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Mid línsǽde, Herb. 39, 3; Lchdm. i. 140, 13
lyge-wyrhta
A liar
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A liar, a forger of lies Mid ðám ligewyrhtum with the forgers of lies, Fragm. Kmbl. 19; Leás. 11
munuc-heáp
A band of monks ⬩ the monks of a monastery
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A band of monks, the monks of a monastery Án abbod... mid eallum his munucheápe, Anglia viii. 325, 43
níw-gehwirfed
newly converted
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V.) mid fulluhte áþwóge, Homl. Skt. 5, 126
níwerne
Young ⬩ tender
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Young, tender Sum wíf mid hire nýwerenan (MS. Bodl. niwernan, glossed by tenero) cilde, Homl. Th. i. 566, 5
sib-lác
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A peace-offering Ic ðé wille gesyllan míne siblác ( hostias pacificas ), L. Ath. i. prm. ; Th. i. 196, 21
sin-íðe
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Very gentle Mid sinéðre ondóunge wyrtdrences þurh horn oððe pípan sió wamb biþ tó clǽnsianne, Lchdm. ii. 260, 11
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swǽr-líc
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Grievous Benedictus mid swǽrlícum heófungum bemǽnde, ðæt his leorningcild ðæs óðres deáðes fægnian sceolde, Homl. Th. ii. 164, 9