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fnǽrettan

(v.)
Grammar
fnǽrettan, p. te

To snortneigh

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To snort, neigh, make a loud sound with the breath Frendens hnǽgende, fnǽrettende (printed fnæs-, but see E. S. xi. 511), vel grymettende, frendit i. stridet dentibus, rugiet grymetteþ. Wrt. Voc. ii. 150. 52-55

gór

Grammar
gór, = <b>gár.</b>
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See <b>gár; IV,</b> where add Tó ðes gáres súðende, C. D. v. 86, 28. Cf. on ðone gáran ufwerdne, 356, 16 (the three passages refer to the same place)

lyffetung

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Ðæt mód undercrýpð seó leáse liffetung (adulatio), 3r. D. 35, 16. Manna lyffetunge ic lufode tó swíðe, Angl. xi. 113, 51. Þás magon þyllice óðre mid lyffetungum tó leahtrum gehnexian, Hml. S. 16, 174. Add

mónaþ-seóc

Grammar
mónaþ-seóc, I. add: —
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Wiþ þon þe mon sié mónaþseóc; nim mere-swínes fel, wyrc tó swipan, swing mid þone man; sóna bið sél, Lch. ii. 334, i. Mónoþseóc inerguminum (cf. deófelseócne, 4934), An. Ox. 2, 404. Man ferode . .

wealdan

Grammar
wealdan, <b>. V c.</b>
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For second passage see <b>weald; II</b> above. Add Þonne hié heora willan móton wel wealdan when they could quite do what they wanted, Ors. 2, l; S. 60, 7

níþ-full

(adj.)
Grammar
níþ-full, adj.

Enviousmalicious

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Envious, malicious Ǽfre biþ se níþfulla ( envious ) man on gedréfednysse, forðan ðe se anda his mód ǽlcere gástlícere blisse benǽmþ, Homl. Th. i. 606, 2.

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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Wæs seó treówlufu hát æt heortan, Cri. 539. Him wæs geómor sefa, hát æt heortan hyge murnende, 500: El. 628 : Gú. 1182. On hátum torrido (castitatis ardore ), An. Ox. 1779.

ge-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lang, -long; adj.

Alongbelongingdependingconsequent

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Frægn se Scipio hine on hwý hit gelang wǽre Scipio asked him to what it was owing, Ors. 5, 3; Bos. 103, 42. Ðǽr is help gelong help comes from there, Exon. 75 a: Th. 281, 13; Jul. 645 : 83 a; Th. 313, 8; Seef. 121

Linked entries: -lang ge-lenge ge-long

sǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽne, adj.

Slow, dull, sluggish, inactive

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Hé (a sea serpent) on holme wæs sundes ðé sǽnra (the slower in swimming), ðá hyne swylt fornam, Beo. Th. 2876; B. 1436. Ic sceal sécan óðerne ellenleásran cempan sǽnran I must seek another warrior less courageous and active, Exon.

dóm-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
dóm-bóc, f. [bóc a book, q. v.]

DOOM-BOOK, a book of decrees or laws lĭber judĭciālis

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Óþ-ðæt he com to ðám dómbócum, ðe se heofenlíca Wealdend his folce gesette until he came to the doom-books, which the heavenly Ruler appointed for his people, Homl. Th. ii. 198, 18

Linked entry: bóc-tǽcing

land-fird

(n.)
Grammar
land-fird, e; f.

An expeditiona land force

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Se man ðe ætfleó fram his hláforde sý hit on scypfyrde sý hit on landfyrde þolige ealles ðæs ðe hé áge and his ágenes feores, L. C. S. 78; Th. 1. 420, 9.

Linked entry: fird

lengu

(n.)
Grammar
lengu, indecl. f.

Length

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Se ðe lífa gehwæs lengu wealdeþ he who determines the length of every life, Exon. 40 a; Th. 133, 2; Gú. 483. Tele nú ða lengu ðære hwíle, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 6 note

Linked entries: leng lenge leng lengeo

þóþer

(n.)
Grammar
þóþer, (-or, -r), es; m.
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Ic wolde witan hweðer ðú eác wite ymbe ðone þóðer ðe seó lýne on áwriten is, Shrn. 174, 16-175, 1. Ðá ágan se cyngc plegan wið his geféran mid þóðere, and Apollonius yrnende ðone ðóðor gelǽhte, Ap. Th. 13, 1-3

ymb-sellan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-sellan, p. -sealde
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Seó fǽmne wæs ymbseald mid ðon campweorode, Blickl. Homl. 11, 24. Sondbeorgum ymbseald, Exon. Th. 360, 23; Wal. 10. Ða ymbsealde sint mid sixum eác fiðrum gefrætwad, Elen. Kmbl. 1480; El. 742

geoguþ-hád

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In geogoðháde þæs líchaman costung wealleþ, and þonne fram þám fíftigoðan geáre cólað seó hǽte, Gr. D. 102, 21. wæs þá gyt on his geogoðháde ( in annis juvenilibus ), 298, 25.

forþ-genge

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Cf. forþ, 1 b Hú mæg se geleáfa beón forðgenge, gif seó lár and ðá láreówas áteoriað?, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 3, 8. Hé mid his bénum fylste þæt ðǽra bydela bodung forðgenge and Gode wæstmbǽre wurde, Hml.

Róm-pening

(n.)
Grammar
Róm-pening, es; m. A penny paid to Rome. v. Róm-feoh
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Rómpenegas (cf. seó ǽlc heorþpenig ágifen be Petres mæssedæg, 116, 4), Wulfst 113, 11.

Linked entry: Róm-feoh

ge-anlícian

(v.)

to make liketo act towards

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Add: to make like Se wyrttruma gehwylcne man him geanlícað, Lch. i. 318, 12. Ic beó geanlícod (assimilabor) uiðerstígendum on seáðe, Ps. L. 27, 1. Þe lǽs þe hé sig geanlícod þám hunde ne adsimuletur cani Ll. Th. ii. 136, 16.

móna

(n.)
Grammar
móna, an; m.: but also móne, an; f.

the moonmoon as in new, full moon

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Se níwa móna, Lchdm. iii. 264, 26. Móna se forma, se óðer, se þridda, etc., pp. 184-196. [Ful]les mónan plene lunae, Kent. Gl. 210. Nǽfre búton on níwum mónan, Lchdm. iii. 242, 23.

ge-fealdan

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Add: to wrap up, roll up Ðæt yfelwillende mód gefielt hit self twyfeald oninnan him selfum, and sió twyfealdnes ðæs yflan willan hiene selfne twyfealdne gefielt oninnan him selfum malitiosae mentis duplicitas sese intra se colligit, Past. 242, 6-9.