hangian
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On þǽre-sculon hangian ðá feówer hringas, 171, 3. Ic on wáge geseah wlitig hangian eald sweord, B. 1662. a. of persons, to be suspended on a gallows or cross : — His sunu hangað hrefne tó hróðre, B. 2447.
óþer
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(l α)) móna dæghwámlíce feówer prican lator áríst þonne hé dyde on þám óðrum dæge, Angl. viii. 327, 27. (l β) denoting repetition :-- Swilce óðer wæterflód, swá fleów heora blód, Hml.
mearcian
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D. v. 298, 3. to make a mark on an object Man swá mearcað (signat) mid medmicelum treówe þeorfe hláfas, ꝥ hí beóð gesewene swylce hí beón on feówer feórðandǽlas tódǽlede, . . . 'For hwí ne mearcodon gé ( signastis ) þysne hláf swá swá hit þeáw is ?
ge-leornian
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Bonifatius láreówdóme hé geleornode Crístes feówer béc, and getæl rihtra Eástrena, and monige óðre, ðá de belumpon tó ciriclicum þeódscipum, ðe hé on his ðeódscype geleornian ne mihte, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 660, 11-17.
ge-weaxan
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Hyt gelimpeð ǽfre binnan feówer geára fæce ꝥ án dæg and án niht gewixst, Angl. viii. 306, 12. Ungemetlic cele geweóx on þone ǽfen frigus ingens uespertino accrescebat tempore, Nar. 23, 11.
ge-dál
division, separation. ⬩ dissolution, destruction. ⬩ parting, separation of two or more objects. ⬩ a dividing of property, sharing. ⬩ a distributing, spending, giving. ⬩ a share, portion, part ⬩ difference
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Ic gean mínum wífe and mínre dehter healfes þæs landes æt Cunningtúne tó gedále ( to divide between them) búton þám feówer hýdon ðe ic Æðelríce and Ǽlfwolde gean . . . And ic gean Ǽlfmǽre and his bréðer þára twégra landa tó gedále . . .
FEÁWA
FEW ⬩ pauci
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Ic ðé of Caldéa ceastre alǽdde, feáwera [MS. feowera] sumne I led thee, one of a few, from the Chaldeans' city, Cd. 100; Th. 132, 30; Gen. 2201. Eustatius ætbærst mid feáwum mannum Eustace escaped with a few men, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 4.
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feorm
provisions ⬩ stores ⬩ a feast ⬩ an entertainment ⬩ entertainment
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Add: provisions, stores Ðrítig ombra aláð, and ðreó hund hláfa . . . feówer weðras . . . sex gósfuglas . . . ðrítig leapera . . . sester fulne saltes . . . and hió forgifeð fífténe pund for ðý ðe mon ðás feorme ðý soel gelǽste, C.
ge-freógan
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Add: to free, to free from slavery Eádgyfu gefreóde Æþelgyfe, Wuncildes wíf, on feówer wegas on middes sumeres mæsseǽfen, Cht. E. 256, 3 : 255, 18, 31. Florus his menn gefreóde ætforan ðám weófode, Hml. S. 6, 239.
nealles
Not ⬩ not at all
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Ic feówer men geseó tó sóðe, nales mé selfa [sefa?] leógeþ, Cd. Th. 242, 9; Dan. 416. Ðǽr heó brynewelme bídan sceolden, nales swegles leóht habban, 266, 27; Sat. 28. Waraþ hine wræclást, nales wunden gold; ferþloca freórig, nalæs foldan blǽd, Exon.
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god-spell
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Án fore feówer godspellum, Mt. p. 10, 14. Ðás féwera godspelles, p. 9, 8. (1 b) a particular copy of the gospels :-- Ðerh syndriga stówa godspella tal gesegen bið tógeseted, Mt. p. 11, 11.
hǽte
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Nis nán licliamlic þing de næbbe ðá feówer gesceafta him mid, ꝥ is lyft and fýr and eorðe and wæter . .
wæter
- Homl. 247, 25 ; see also
- Ps. Th. 17, 11
- Ps. Th. 31, 7.
water ⬩ water ⬩ water in the sky, rain ⬩ water of a river, sea, etc. ⬩ water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea ⬩ waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.
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Eástreámas feówer wǽron ádǽlede ealle of ánum wætre, Cd. Th. 14, 17; Gen. 220. Hyra ( the Egyptians' ) wæter wurdon tó blóde, Ors. l, 7; Swt. 36, 25. Ða þreó wæter, Cd. Th. 133, 16; Gen. 2211.
ende-mes
together ⬩ coincidence ⬩ straightway ⬩ at once
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Hí ealne middaneard onlíhton, swá swá þá feówer eán ealne þisne embhwyrft endemes wæteriað, Hml. S. 15, 177.
ge-wrixl
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Þú recst þæt geár þurh þæt gewrixle þára feówer týda ( veris, aestatis, autumni et hiemis successionibus ), Solil. H. 9, 18.
weg
- Kent. Gl. 207 :
- 475 :
- 772
- 21
a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly used ⬩ space to be traversed, a journey ⬩ manner, mode, method, plan ⬩ way, ⬩ way,
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Tófóran on feówer wegas æðelinga bearn, Cd.
HRING
A RING ⬩ circle ⬩ circuit ⬩ cycle ⬩ orb ⬩ globe ⬩ festoon
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Ða nigontýnlícan hringas rihtra Eástrana and hét fordilgian ða gedwolan hringas feówer and hundeahtatig geara circuit Paschæ decennovenales oblitteratis erroneis octoginta et quatuor annorum circulis, Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 26
LIBBAN
To LIVE
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Nán man nán þing ne bycge ofer feówer peninga weorþ ne libbende ne licgende, L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 3. Hý hit be ðán libbendan habban let them have it during their lifetime, Chart. Th. 491, 25
ge-setnes
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Feówer godspelleras áwriton his ðrowunga on feower gesetnyssum, Hml. Th. i. 216, 19. size, extent Gesetnes statura, An. Ox. 5311. Hé (Ezechiel) áwrát áne bóc, micele on gesetnisse, swíðe deóp on andgite, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 39.
sceaft
A smooth, round, straight stick or pole, a shaft ⬩ the shaft of a spear ⬩ a spear ⬩ the shaft of an arrow ⬩ a pole ⬩ a taper
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candelstæf The word occurs in the passage that defines the distance to which the king's 'grið' extended, but the origin of the phrase, of which it forms part, is not evident Ðus feor sceal beón ðæs cinges grið fram his burhgeate ðǽr hé is sittende on feówer