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Crécisc

(adj.)

Grecian

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Fox 26, 55; Met. 26, 28

Linked entries: Creácisc Grécisc

bót-wyrþe

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Gif man ábrece þæt þe bótwyrðe syg, béte hit iorne if a man commit a crime for which the law allows bót, let him mate bót for it promptly, Wlfst. 274, 22. Æt nánum bótwyrðum gylte ne for-wyrce man máre þonne his wer, Ll. Th. i. 266, 12.

sind

(v.)
Grammar
sind, synd, sint, sient, siont, synt, sindon, seondon, siendon, syndon
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.), Past. 28 ; Swt. 197, 4 : Bt. 11, 1 ; Fox 32, 32 : 16, 3 ; Fox 54, 18. Siont, Kent. Gl. 232. Synt (synd, MS. A.), Mt. Kmbl. 6, 26, 28 : Cd. Th. 114, 14 ; Gen. 1904. Sindon, Bt. 42 ; Fox 256, 10, 14. Sindan, 5, 3 ; Fox 14, 19 : Met. 20, 149.

fóstor-land

(n.)
Grammar
fóstor-land, es; n.

Land assigned for the procuring of provisions

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Land assigned for the procuring of provisions Ðæt ylce land hí gefreódon Godes þeówan to brýce into fóstorlande they freed the same land for the use of God's servants as foster-land, Th. Diplm. A.D. 963-975; 227, 33

from

(prep.)
Grammar
from, prep. dat.

Fromaab

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From; a, ab From eásteweardan from the eastward, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 60, 31: 16, 4; Fox 58, 11: Exon. 25 a; Th. 73, 20; Cri. 1192: Cd. 161; Th. 201, 26; Exod. 378; Beo. Th. 3274; B. 1635

Linked entry: formesta

ge-líman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líman, pp. ed

To glue or join togetherconnectconglutinare

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To glue or join together, connect; conglutinare Gelímþ ða friénd togædere joins the friends together, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 1. Gelímed fæste tosomne joined fast together, Bt. 35, 2; Fox 156, 35. Gelímod conglutinatus, Ps. Lamb. 43, 25

Linked entry: líman

éðelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
éðelíce, adv.

Easilyfacĭlĭter

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Fox 20, 552; Met. 20, 276. Ðæt ðú mǽge cumon éðelícost that thou mayest most easily come, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 254, 17

fremung

(n.)
Grammar
fremung, freomung, fromung, e; f.

Advantageprofitgoodcommŏdumprofectusbenefĭcium

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For heora fremunge for their good, ii. 400, 36

Linked entry: freomung

eall-ísig

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-ísig, adj.

All-icyomnīno glaciālis

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Fox 24, 45; Met. 24, 23. Se is eall-ísig it is all icy, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 13

Linked entries: eal-ísig ísig

nafu

(n.)
Grammar
nafu, e; f. : nafa (?), an; m.

A nave

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Sió nafa (nafu, Cott.) néhst ðære eaxe, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 220, 29. Sió nafu, Fox 222, 1. Se nafa, 222, 12. Fæst on ðære nafe, 222, 3, 8, 9, 11, 12

Linked entry: nafa

níd-hǽs

(n.)
Grammar
níd-hǽs, e; f.

A command which is attended by compulsion

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A command which is attended by compulsion Man for cyning gebidde and hine búton neádhǽse heora willum weorðigen let people pray for the king, and honour him without injunction, of their own accord, L. Wih. 1; Th. i. 36, 16

Linked entry: hǽs

betst

(adv.)
Grammar
betst, adv. sup. of wel [?bet well, q. v.]

Best, mostoptime

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Best, most; optime Ðæt betst lícaþ that pleases best, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 23. Ic him betst truwode I most trusted them, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 12. Albínus wæs betst gelǽred Albinus was most learned, Bd. pref; S. 471, 23

fleswian

(v.)
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In the passage líiccetende wrehte and leáse fleswede seem equally to render simolatam (legationem) volveret, and for the latter leáslíce ongann occurs in one MS. Another various reading is fleose-wade. For 'To mutter, whisper' substitute:

wíf-lufu

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-lufu, an ; f.

Love for a woman

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Love for a woman Se hálga wer ðære wíflufan ( the love of Herod for Herodias ) wordum stýrde, unryhtre ǽ, Exon. Th. 260, 12; Jul. 296. Ingelde weallaþ wælníðas, and him wíflufan cólran weorðaþ, Beo. Th. 4137; B. 2065. Cf. wíf-myne

a-gælwed

(adj.; part.)

astonishedconsternatus

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astonished; consternatus, Bt. 34, 5; Fox 140, 9; MS. Cot

amel

(n.)
Grammar
amel, es; m.

A vessel for holy wateramulavas lustrale

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A vessel for holy water; amula, vas lustrale, Cot. 2

a-slépen

(v.)
Grammar
a-slépen, = a-sleópen

slip away

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Fox 13, 18; Met. 13, 9

and-get

(n.)
Grammar
and-get, es; n.

The understandingintellectintellectus

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The understanding, intellect; intellectus, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 28

berh

(v.; part.)
Grammar
berh, p. of beorgan.

for bearh shunnedvitavit

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for bearh shunned; vitavit, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 28;

búr-reáf

(n.)
Grammar
búr-reáf, es; n. [búr a chamber, reáf a garment]
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Hangings for a chamber, tapestry; tapete, Th. Diplm. 530, 36