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fór-arn

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fór-arn, p. of fór-yrnan.

ran before

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ran before, Jn. Bos. 20, 4;

grad

(n.)
Grammar
grad, es; m. [Lat. gradus]
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A GRADE, step, order, degree, rank; gradus, ordo Seofon stapas sindon cirielícra grada and háligra háda seven are the degrees of ecclesiastical ranks, L. E. B. 1; Th. ii. 240, 2.

ofer-prút

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-prút, ofer-prúd, ofer-prýt ?, e; f.
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Excessive pride Hí beóð þurh oferprúda alles tó rance . . . ant on módignesse tó swíðe áhofene, Wlfst. 81, 28

Linked entry: prút

forþ-mann

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-mann, es; m.
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A man of rank Hé cwæð ꝥ sum forðman wǽre on Myrcna lande, Nap. 25. Cf. forþ-þegn, -wíf

Linked entry: forþ-wíf

þyncþ

(n.)
Grammar
þyncþ, þyncþu; f.

Honourdignityrank

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Honour, dignity, rank Suá suǽ hé on ðyncðum (geðyncðum, Cott. MSS.) bið furður ðonne óðre sicut honore ordinis superat, Past. 14; Swt. 81, 23

forþ-wíf

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Substitute: A woman of rank, a great lady Hláford dominus, forðwíf matrona (cf. þǽre hláfdian matrone, ii. 54, 65), hlǽfdige domina, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 78

wód-lic

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He funde fíf mǽdena, wlitige and rance, . . . and hét ꝥ hí áwendon mid heora wódlican plegan his geþanc fram Críste, Hml. S. jis, 53 : 65. Add

gilp-georn

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Ne beón gé tó rance ne tó gylpgeorne, 40, 19. See next word

wæter-frogga

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-frogga, an; m.
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A water-frog Wæterfrocgan (ranę in aqua) hwílon hí man gesihð of wætere, and swá þeáh sécað tó fúllicum mórseohtrum, Chrd. 96, 27

Linked entry: frogga

fen-ýce

(n.)
Grammar
fen-ýce, an; f. [ýce a frog]

A fen-frogpălūdis rāna

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A fen-frog; pălūdis rāna Me is fenýce fóre hreþre a fen-frog is more rapid than I in its course, Exon. 111 a; Th. 426, 9; Rä. 41, 71

Linked entries: fænucæ faerucae

efen-háda-bisceop

(n.)
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One of like rank with another, a co-bishop Sumes bisceopes mínes efenhádan cujusdam coepiscopi mei, Gr. D. 43, 22

ilf

Grammar
ilf, [The gender of ælf, ilf seems nowhere decisively fixed, but the forms dún-ylfa, -ælfa seem to show that at any rate sometimes it is feminine.]
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Sý ꝥ ylfa þe him sié, þis him mæg tó bóte, Lch. ii. 290, 29. Add

þróh

rancor

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glosses rancor Rancor thróh (thróch, Erfurt Gl.) vel invidia, vel odium (tróh rancor, Corpus Gl.), Txts. 92, 874

Linked entries: tróh þweorh

weoruld-hád

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Add: a secular rank or order Þeán þe ús ná ne lyste tó þǽre sprǽce gecyrran, wé becumað genýdde tó ðǽre for gewille þára woruldháda (worldly men, cf. weoruld-mann; ), Gr. D. 209, 24

heáh-þungen

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-þungen, adj.

Of high rank, distinguished, noble

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Ða kyningas and ða óðre heáhþungene men kings and other men of high rank, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 22. Móton wyt ðonne unc on heofonum heáhþungene beón we two may then be exalted in heaven, Soul Kmbl. 315; Seel. 161

Linked entry: heáh-geþungen

ǽtrian

(v.)
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Grammar ǽtrian, ǽt(t)ran. to make poisonous. Cf. ge-ǽttred. to become poisonous or corrupt Ǽttredon tabescerent, Angl. xiii. 366, 14

med-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
med-strang, adj.

Of moderate meansof middle rank

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Of moderate means, of middle rank Ic lǽrde wlance men and heáhgeþungene ... Ic lǽrde eác ða medstrangan men (cf. Honsl. Th. i. 370, 20, see under medume) ... and þearfum ic lǽrde, Blickl. Homl. 187, 13-17

ge-heort

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Ꝥ hí hí gereordodon, and ꝥ hí wurdon þegeheort-ran wið þám áwyrgedan strangan and þone ealdan wiðerwinnan, Hml. S. 23, 241. Add

hring-íren

(n.)
Grammar
hring-íren, es; n.
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The iron rings of a coat of mail Gúþbyrne scán heard hand-locen hringíren scír song in searwum the corslet shone, hard, hand-wrought, the bright iron rings rang in their armour, Beo. Th. 650; B. 222

Linked entry: íren

ge-þynge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þynge, es; n.
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Substitute <b>ge-þyng, ge-þyngo;</b> f. and add: rank, condition Missenlicræ yldo and getincge (-tinge, v. l. = -þyn(c)ge (?) men homines condicionis diuersae et aetatis. Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 23, 27