FÆST
FAST, fixed, firm, stiff; solid, constant, fortified ⬩ fixus, firmus, sŏlĭdus, constans, mūnītus
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Fæste móde fixa mente, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 14; Exon. 8 a; Th. 1, 10; Cri. 6. Se wille fæst hús timbrian he will build a firm house, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 7, 10 Cd. 151; Th. 189, 1; Exod. 178. Mid fæstum geleáfan with firm faith, Boutr.
ge-cynd
nature ⬩ kind ⬩ manner ⬩ condition ⬩ gender ⬩ natura ⬩ indoles ⬩ ingenium ⬩ proprietas ⬩ modus ⬩ qualitas ⬩ conditio ⬩ genus ⬩ generation ⬩ nakedness ⬩ generatio ⬩ natales ⬩ partes ⬩ genitales ⬩ verenda ⬩ offspring ⬩ proles
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On swíðe lytlon hæfþ seó gecynd genóg with very little nature has enough, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 10. Is sió þridde gecynd betere the third nature is better, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 373; Met. 20, 187. On ða beteran gecynd into the better nature, Andr.
ge-sǽlignes
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Bt. 14, 2 ; F. 44, 5. <b>I a.</b> a hap, fortune, an event :-- Gesundfullum gesǽlinessum secundis successibus, An.
Linked entry: sǽligness
hríþer
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Hrýðeres belle . . . bið ánes sciłł weorð, and is melda geteald, Ll. Th. i. 260, 16. Begete hé þára syxa ǽnne æt ánum hrýðere, oþþe æt þám orfe þe þæs weorð sý, 160, 1. Be .xxx. pæñ. oþþe be ánum hrýðere, 232, 7.
hættian
To take the hair and skin from a person's head
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To take the hair and skin from a person's head Ðonne dó man út his eágan and ceorfan of his nóse and eáran and uferan lippan oððe hine hættian then let his eyes be put out and his nose and ears and upper lip be cut off; or let him have the hair and skin
diht
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Hí leofodon him be heora ágenum dihte, be nánes ealdres wissunge, Hml. A. 44, 502: Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 8. <b>II a.
FOR
FOR ⬩ on account of ⬩ because of ⬩ with ⬩ by ⬩ pro ⬩ propter ⬩ per ⬩ according to ⬩ pro ⬩ sĕcundum ⬩ juxta ⬩ For ⬩ instead of ⬩ pro ⬩ lŏco ⬩ vĭce ⬩ For ⬩ on account of ⬩ because of ⬩ through ⬩ pro ⬩ propter ⬩ per
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Úre gást biþ swíðe wíde farende for his gecynde, nalles for his willan our spirit is very widely wandering, by reason of its nature, not by reason of its will, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 4, 5. For hwilcum þingum quas ob res, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Som. 46, 15.
emn-æðele
Equally noble ⬩ æque nōbĭlis
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Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 17: Bt. Met. Fox 17, 27; Met. 17, 14
Linked entry: efen-æðele
frécenlíce
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Add: frǽclíce in peril Sé þe hine ádl gestandeð, sé bið frécenlíce gestanden, Lch. iii. 182, 6, 22. Frǽclíce bið his þing, E.S. 39, 328
of-slítan
to wound by the bite
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to wound by the bite (of a snake, dog, etc. ) Ða ðe ofslitene wǽron the Israelites who were bitten by the serpents Num. 21, 9
heals-fang
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Substitute: A legal payment of varying amount according to the status of a person, to be paid by him as a due or fine, or to be received by him or on his account for injury done to him, to be paid as a due Medemra þegna heregeata: hors and his gerǽda
lád-teów
A leader ⬩ guide ⬩ conductor ⬩ general
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Ládteáw, Bt. tit. 36; Fox xviii. 4. Láteáu, Kent. Gl. 131. Ládtow dux, Ps. Surt. 30, 4: 54, 14. Mín ládþeów dux mihi, Ps. Th. 30, 4: Ps. Spl. C. 54, 14. Ðú eart ǽgðer ge weg ge ládþeów tu semita, dux, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132. 37. Látteów dux, Ælfc.
Linked entries: lǽttewestre lǽd-teów láteów látwa
HEARD
HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave ⬩ durus, rigidus, asper, acer
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Kmbl. 465; An. 233: Beo. Th. 689; B. 342. Ðes hearda heáp this stout band, 868: B. 432. Wíges heard bold in battle, 1776; B. 886: Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 27; Crä. 39; Byrht. Th. 135, 38; By. 130: Andr. Kmbl. 1677; An. 841.
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tilian
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Laboratores syndon weorcmen ðe tilian sculon ðæs ðe eall þeódscype big sceall libban laboratores are workmen, that have to obtain by their efforts that by which all the nation has to live, L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 306, 35: Beo. Th. 3651; B. 1823.
wacian
To watch ⬩ wake ⬩ to remain awake ⬩ not to sleep ⬩ to be freed from obstruction ⬩ to open ⬩ to be alert ⬩ to watch ⬩ be on the watch ⬩ be on guard ⬩ to watch ⬩ be on the watch to injure
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Skt. 2, 8. in a bad sense, to watch, be on the watch to injure Wacaþ se ealda, Fragm. Kmbl. 61; Leás. 32. (v. Blickl. Homl. 227, 7) wacian
láð
harm ⬩ evil ⬩ injury ⬩ hurt ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief ⬩ pain ⬩ annoyance ⬩ enmity
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Hit sóna nǽnig láð ne biþ it [the pain] will soon be no annoyance, Herb. 1, 11; Lchdm. i. 74, 10. Hé mé nówiht láðes ætýwde ille mihi nil inimicitiarum intulerit, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 25.
heonan
afterwards ⬩ from now
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Voc. ii. 44, 55. local, where there is motion, from this place or spot Mé lǽrdon Rómíne ꝥ ic gewát heonon (from Rome) onweg, Bl. H. 191, 14. Ic heonon nelle fleón fótes trym, By. 246: Gen. 2149: B. 252: Jul. 253: Gen. 415.
twádæg-líc
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Lasting two days Twádæglíc (twydæglíc, Bd. M. 350, 32) fæsten is genóh tó healdenne biduanum sat est observare jejunium, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 8
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efnes
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Quite, just Efnes hit bið gelíc réna scúrum, Wlfst. 149, 5. Eal ꝥ ús þincð ǽmtig . . . bið emnes mid þý eal gefylled, Dóm. L. 150
ge-mengedlic
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Perhaps permixtim should be read, and the English words would then be adverbs) permixtum, Txts. 85, 1542