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for-drincan

(v.)
Grammar
for-drincan, p. -dranc, pl. -druncon; pp. -druncen

To make drunkinebriatemadefăcĕreebriāre

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Abigail forswígode ðæt dysig hiere fordruncnan hláfordes Abigail concealed the folly of her drunken lord, Past. 40, 4; Hat. MS. 55 a. 13

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níd-þeówetling

(n.)
Grammar
níd-þeówetling, es; m.

One who is forced into slavery

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One who is forced into slavery (for an unsatisfied claim) Hér kýð on ðissere béc ðæt Ælfríc wolde þeówian Putraele him tó nýdþeówetlinge (the enslavement was abandoned at the intercession of Bora, Ælfric's brother, on payment to Ælfric of eight oxen;

Linked entry: þeówetling

stalian

(v.)
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Gang nú and æfter þissere tíde ne stala (stel, v. l. ) þú her ná má, Gr. D. 25, 6-20. Þæt seofoðe bebod is: 'Ne stala þú' (cf. ne stel þú, Ex. 20, 15), Hml. Th. ii. 208, 24

-mód

(suffix)
Grammar
-mód, in composition of adjectives.
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v. ácol-, an-, án-, ǽttren-, ǽwisc-, blíðe-, deór-, dreórig-, eád-, eáð-, forht-, freórig-, gál-, gealg-, geómor-, gewealden-, glæd-, gleáw-, gúþ-, heáh-, heán-, heard-, hreóh-, hreówig-, hwæt-, irre-, láðwende-, leóht-, meagol-, meaht-, micel-, ofer-

treów-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
treów-cynn, es; n.
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ásmeáde be ǽlcum treówcynne fram ðam heágan cederbeáme óð ðæt com tó ðære lytlan ysopan he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall (l Kings 4, 33) Homl. Th. ii. 578, 4.

for-ildan

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Ðætte mon ðurhteón mæge, ðæt ðæt ne forielde (-ilde, v. l.) ne, quae praebenda sunt citius, sero praebeantur, 323, 24: 151, 1. Ꝥ ǽnig þára góda forylde þe þý dæge gedón mihte, Bl. H. 213, 24. dat.

Linked entry: for-yldan

ge-sécan

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Godes Sunu hié hæfde gesóht, 13, 3. in order to help Gesóhte uisitauit, Lk. L. R. l, 68. ús gesóhte hider on middangeard, Bl. H. 129, ii: ii. 34.

nefa

(n.)
Grammar
nefa, an; m.

a nephewneposa grandsona step-son

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Heó wæs Édwines nefan ( nepotis ) dohtor, Bd. 4. 23; S. 593, 2. swylces hwæt secgan wolde eám his nefan, Beo. Th. 1766; B. 881. a grandson Nefena bearnum pronepotibus, filiis nepotum, Hpt. Gl. 426, 50.

wrǽst

(adj.)
Grammar
wrǽst, wrǽste, wrást; adj.

delicateelegantsplendidnobleexcellent

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hine wǽdum wrǽstum geteóde, Ps. Th. 108, 18. Óð wígbedes wrǽste hornas, 117, 25. Ne ðé on ðínum selegescotum swíðe lícaþ, þeáh ðe weras wyrcean wrǽst on eorðan, 146, 11. Rose wynlíc weaxeþ; ic eom wrǽstre þonne heó, Exon.

Linked entries: wrǽstan wrást

be-stingan

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Gif heó ꝥ heáfod innan þám men bestincð (-stingð, v. l.), Angl. vii. 28, 259. Bestang se hálga his hand him on múð, Hml. Th. ii. 510, 34. Hire man bestang sweord on ðá hracan, Shrn. 56, 13. bestang þone hláf on þ sealtfæt, Hml. A. 163, 254.

ge-sylhþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sylhþ, a plough. Substitute: a team (of oxen)
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for a plough Ágife ꝥ land þám híréde mid swá myclum swá se híréd him on hand sette; ꝥ synd . xii. þeówe men, and .II. gesylhðe oxan, and .I. hund sceápa. Cht. Th. 435, 6. [Cf. geann án sylhðe oxna, Cht. Crw. 23, 4.

winnan

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winnan, <b>. A. I b.</b>
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add: to be ill winneð, and eft in þǽre untrumnise se mon swelteð, Archiv cxxix. 34, 25. winneð (hine ádl gestandeð, v.l. ), 30. <b>I c.

CNUCIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CNUCIAN, cnucigan; p. ode; pp. od

To KNOCKbeatpound; pulsaretunderepertundere

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He cnucode æt ðære dura he knocked at the door Homl. Th. ii. 382, 17, 22. Ic cnucige tundo, pertundo Ælfc. Gr. 28, 7; Som. 32, 56, 65.

Linked entries: cnocian cnuwian

fefer-fuge

(n.)
Grammar
fefer-fuge, an; f.

The herb feverfewfebrĭfŭgia

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The herb feverfew; febrĭfŭgia Feferfuge febrĭfŭgia, Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 89; Wrt. Voc. 30, 39: Herb. 36; Lchdm. 1. 134, 15. Genim feferfugean blóstman take blossoms of feverfew, Lchdm. i. 374, 3

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mǽg-lufu

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-lufu, an; f.

Love

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Love Heó sagaþ ðæt heó mǽglufan mínre ne gýme she (Juliana) says that she cares not for my (Heliseus', who wished to marry Juliana) love, Exon. 66 b; Th. 246, 31; Jul. 70

ge-séman

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Hié bǽdan Philippus þæt heora ládteów wǽre wið Focenses, and . . . þæt . . . oþþe hié gesémde, oþþe him gefultumade ꝥ hí hié oferwinnan mehten (vel differri bellum, vel auferri) . . .

frófor-word

(n.)
Grammar
frófor-word, es; n.
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A word of consolation, consolatory talk nán fróforword ne onfó ne ne gehýre æt heora ǽniges múþe nec sermonem consolationis ex cujuslibet eorum ore percipiat, Gr. D. 344, 28

ge-hýþan

(v.)
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to plunder, spoil Hungor (the Pater Noster) gehídeð (áhýþeþ, v. l. [under á-hýþan this passage is wrongly translated]), helle gestrúdeð hunger it harries, hell lays waste, Sal. 73

Linked entry: hýþan

hirde-cnapa

(n.)
Grammar
hirde-cnapa, an; m.
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A (young) herdsman let dǽr árǽran his hyrdecnapan cýtan, ꝥ hí ðǽr gehende mid heora hláfordes yrfe lágon. . . . And þá hyrdecnapan . . . ymbe ꝥ wǽron, Hml S. 23, 417-421

á-spendan

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þás fíf andgitu áspent on unnyt, ii. 374, 2 : Hml. S. 12, 135. Hí on heora lustum heora líf áspendað, 17, 240. Áspende his feoh on ælmyssum, 14, 14. on swilce weorc áspende his ðing, 31, 68.