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fiþer-féte

Grammar
fiþer-féte, -fóte.
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Take here fyfer-fýte, feþer-fðte in Dict., and add:, Fiðerfóte fugel griffes, Wrt. Voc. i. 2 2, 44. Eall ðæt fiðerfðte byð, Hex. 14, 30. Fiþerféte[s] quadrupedis, An. Ox. 1854. Fiþer-fétum quadripedante, 14.

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geard

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Hé ofer þone geard (hege, v. l. sepem ) stáh, 23, 26. Hé stáh upp on þone geard (hege, v. l. ), 24, 20. Hé sette wíngeard, and hege ł geard ymbtýnde ðane plantavit vineam, et sepem circumdedit ei, Mt. R. 21, 33.

abrotanum

(n.)
Grammar
abrotanum, =

abrotonon ⬩ southernwood

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abrotonon southernwood, Herb. 135; Lchdm. i. 250, 16

fenol

(n.)

the herb fennel ⬩ fēnĭcŭlum

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the herb fennel; fēnĭcŭlum, Wrt. Voc. 79, 8

rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
rǽde, adj.
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Mounted Rǽdum here equitatu, Hpt. Gl. 525, 25

ge-metfæstan

(v.)
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Take here ge-mætfæstan, ge-metfestan in Dict

seoleþ

(n.)
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Take here the passage given under seolh-ýða (?)

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spittan

(v.)
Grammar
spittan, to spit.
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The instances under spyttan should be taken here

mattuc

(n.)
Grammar
mattuc, <b>, mattoc, mettoc, meottic,</b> es; m.

A mattock ⬩ kind of pickaxe

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Ðonne hét hé hiene (the rock) mid fýre onhǽtan and siððan mid mattucun heáwan rupes igni ferroque rescindit, Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 186, 19. [Mattok bidens, Wrt. Voc. 234, 10:

un-treów

(n.)
Grammar
un-treów, e; f.

Bad faith ⬩ faithlessness ⬩ perfidy ⬩ fraud

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Heó ðæt leóht geseah ellor scríðan, ðæt hé hire þurh untreówa tácen iéwde, Cd. Th. 48, 10; Gen. 773

fǽge

fey ⬩ damned

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Hé fǽgra manna forðsíð foregleáw sǽde, Hml. Th. ii. 152, 2. doomed to eternal death, damned Æt heldore þǽr firenfulra fǽge gǽstas æfter swyltcwale sécan onginnað ingong, Gú. 532

fleax

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Hé hét bewindan heora handa and fét mid gesmyredum flexe, and fýr under bétan, Hml. S. 4, 393. Add

ge-bisnian

(v.)
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Add: to set an example, serve as a model Hé þá leóde gebígde tó Godes geleáfan, and him wel gebysnode mid weorcum, Hml. S. 26, 73. Heó hym eallum gebysnode mid góddre gedrohtnunge tó Godes þeówdóme, 2, 125.

on-hrínan

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Hé ne mæg þám sáre mid handa onhrínan, Lch. ii. 198, 24

spircan

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Hé hét mycel ád ontendan on ymbhwyrfte ðæs mǽdenes and mid pice hí besprengan and mid spyrcendum ele, Hml. S. 9, 118. (Both these passages refer to the same circumstance.)

weald-leðer

(n.)
Grammar
weald-leðer, es; n.

A rein

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Heó wæs on gyldenum scryd, and æt ðam wǽron gyldene hors, and on ðám wǽron ða wealdleðer swá up getíged, swá swá hig urnon tó heofenum up, Shrn. 156, 12.

ge-brosnung

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L. 15, 10. in a moral sense Heó bútan gebrosnunga wæs geeácnod, and on þǽm cnihtge-beorþre heó á clǽne þurhwunode, Bl. H. 3, 17

un-gewitt

Grammar
un-gewitt, <b>. I.</b>
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Heó út eóde mid swá hálum and gesundum andgyte, swylce heó nǽfre ǽnig ungewit oððe unhǽle hire heáfodes næfde ita sanato sensu egressa est, ac si eam numquam insania capitis ulla tenuisset, Gr. D. 176, 25. Add

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for-beódan

(v.)

to forbid ⬩ to restrain ⬩ check ⬩ to prevent

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Hé bodode geleúfan, and unriht forbeád, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 20. Ǽlc unriht geold he forbead, Chr. 1087; P. 223, 32.

ge-gada

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gada, an;

A fellow-traveller ⬩ a companion ⬩ associate ⬩ comes ⬩ complex ⬩ conspirans

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He feóll ðá adún and ealle his gegadan into helle wíte he fell down then and all his companions into hell torment, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 59, 93, 87. Afeóll se deófoll mid his gegadum the devil fell with his companions, Hexam. 10; Norm. 16,18