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feórþling

(n.)
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Syx tída wyrcað ánne fýrðling, and feówer fýrðlingas wyrcað ánne dæg, Angl. viii. 318, 47. Dele 'feórþung, e; f. . . . example,' and last two examples, and add

ah-lǽca

(n.)
Grammar
ah-lǽca, an; m. [ah- = ag- = æg- = æc- nequitia; lǽc ludus, donum; -a the personal termination, q. v.]

A miserable being ⬩ miscreant ⬩ monster ⬩ miser ⬩ perditus ⬩ monstrum

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A miserable being, miscreant, monster ; miser, perditus, monstrum He wiste ðæm ahlǽcan hilde geþinged he knew conflict was destined for the miscreant, Beo. Th. 1297; B. 646: 1983 ; B. 989

clýfa

Grammar
clýfa, clífa, an; m, [cleófa, cleófan to cleave, divide, separate] .

A chamber ⬩ cubiculum, cubile ⬩ A cave, den ⬩ antrum, caverna, cubile

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a separate place for man, — A chamber; cubiculum, cubile Ne máge we hreppan ǽnne wyrm binnon ðlnum clýfan we may not touch a worm in thy chamber, Homl. Th. ii. 416, 23. On díglum oððe on incófan, oððe on clýfum in cubīlibus, Ps. Lamb. 4, 5. On his incófan

Linked entries: cleófa clífa

fæsting-men

(n.)
Grammar
fæsting-men, festing-men, -menn; pl. m. [fæsting an entrusting, men, v. man a man]

Servants of the king entrusted to the keeping of the monasteries while going from place to place ⬩ servi rēgii ad cūram monastēriōrum commendāti in regno obeundo

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Servants of the king entrusted to the keeping of the monasteries while going from place to place; servi rēgii ad cūram monastēriōrum commendāti in regno obeundo Terram lībĕrābo ab refectiōne et hābĭtu illōrum omnium qui dīcuntur fæstingmen, Th. Diplm

Linked entry: festing-men

LǼTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼTAN, p. lét, leórt; pp. lǽten. The ellipsis of a verb in the infinitive, the meaning of which may be inferred from the context, not unfrequently takes place after lǽtan; and the connection of many of the meanings which follow with the simple one seems explainable in this way.

to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let

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Piers P. iv. 160-161 moste peple ... leten mekenesse a maistre and Mede a mansed schrewe. Loue lete of hir liȝte and lewte ȝit lasse: Orm. 7523- uss birrþ lætenn unnorneliȝ and litell off uss sellfenn and lætenn wel off oþre menn], L. I.

Linked entries: aweg-lǽtan leórt

swát

(n.)
Grammar
swát, es; n. [The passages in which the gender is marked are doubtful. Ðæt swót. Lchdm. iii. 98, 17, occurs in a late MS.; ísen swát, ii. 296, 18, may be a compound; ða swát, iii. 72, 28, may be a mistake for spátl, v. ii. 56, 15. Dutch has a neuter, German and Scandinavian have masculines.]
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Geseoh seolfes swæðe, swá ðín swát ágeát, blódige stíge, Andr. Kmbl. 2881; An. 1443: 2552; An. 1277: Beo. Th. 5380; B. 2693. Him for swenge swát ǽdrum sprong forð under fexe, 5925; B. 2966. Beswyled mid swátes gange, Rood Kmbl. 45; Kr. 23.

Linked entry: swǽtan

nealles

(adv.)
Grammar
nealles, nalles, nallæs, nallas, nales, nalæs, nalas; adv.

Not ⬩ not at all

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Homl. 121, 11: Andr. Kmbl. 3180; An. 1593. Nales ðæt án ðæt ... ac eác swelce not only ... but also, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 27: 1, 7; Swt. 40, 4. Nalæs ðæt án ðæt ... ac swylce eác, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 4 : 1, 14; S. 482, 24 : 4, 29; S. 608, 17.

Linked entry: nalas

wirs

(adv.)
Grammar
wirs, cpve.: wirrest, wirst; spve.;

Worse ⬩ worst

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Grammar wirs, marking an inferior degree of what is desirable or proper Ðæt hié wiers ne dón ðonne him man bebeóde ne minus, quae jubentur, impleant, Past. 28; Swt. 189, 18.

Linked entries: wyrs wiers wirrest

set-hrægl

(n.)
Grammar
set-hrægl, es; n.
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Ic gean tó Cristes weofede ánre lytlere goldenre róde and ánes sethrægles ( an altar-cloth? ], Chart. Th. 564, 10, 18. Án lang healwáhrift and þríó sethrægl, 538, 4

Linked entry: setl-hrægl

lactuca

(n.)
Grammar
lactuca, an; f. This word seems to retain its Latin form in the nominative, but otherwise conforms to English usage, and is generally treated as a weak noun. The form lactucas, however, occurs in the Leechdoms, which, though it looks like a strong plural masc., seems to be singular
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Him is nyt ðæt hé hláf þicge and lactucas ðæt is leahtric it is beneficial for him to eat bread, and lactucas, that is, lettuce, 16; Lchdm. ii. 194, 6

Frysa

(n.)
Grammar
Frysa, Friesa, an; pl. nom. acc. Frysan, Frisan, Fresan; gen. Frysena, Frysna; dat. Frysum; m.

A Frisian ⬩ Frīsius ⬩ Freso

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Gyf Frysna hwylc ðæs morðorhetes myndgiend wǽre if any of the Frisians should be a rememberer of this deadly feud, Beo. Th. 2212; B. 1104. Ic wæs mid Frysum I was with the Frisians, Exon. 85 b; Th. 322, 24; Wíd. 68: Beo.

Linked entries: Fresan Friesa Frisan

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

brægd-boga

(n.; part.)
Grammar
brægd-boga, an; m. [brægd, p. of bregdan
to draw, bend,
brægd
deceit
; boga
a bow
]

to draw, bend, ⬩ deceit ⬩ a bow ⬩ A drawn ⬩ bent bow ⬩ a deceitful or fraudulent bow ⬩ arcus incurvatus vel fraudulentus

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A drawn or bent bow, a deceitful or fraudulent bow; arcus incurvatus vel fraudulentus He in folc Godes forþ onsendeþ of his brægdbogan biterne strǽl he [the devil] sendeth forth, amongst God's people, the bitter arrow from his deceitful bow, Exon. 19

ealdor-lic

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Twá and hundseofontig þeóda ealdorlicra mǽgða ... xv mǽgða ealdorlicera (-e, MS) and mycele, Angl. xi. 2, 46, 48. authentic, v. ealdor, III Ealderlicum authentico, An. Ox. 5151

Linked entry: aldor-líc

be-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
be-feolan, l. be-feólan, dele first passage, and add: p. -fealh, -feall, -feal, pl. ful(g)on.

to bury ⬩ to bear ⬩ be pleased with ⬩ to apply oneself earnestly to something ⬩ to be urgent with a person ⬩ to press ⬩ to persist ⬩ persevere with something ⬩ to persist in ⬩ continue

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trans. to bury Mon sceal morðor under eorðan befeólan þe hit forhelan þenceþ, Gn. Ex. 115. [Cf. O. Sax.] to bear, be pleased with Ne eaþmódnesse iuc ná leng befeólan nellaþ nec iugum humilitatis diutius sustinere contenti sunt (contendunt, v. l. ),

un-willa

(n.)
Grammar
un-willa, an; m.

What displeases ⬩ displeasure ⬩ what is not desired ⬩ against one's will ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ not voluntarily ⬩ without one's consent ⬩ in despite of one

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Hé drýhð deófles willan and Godes unwillan, Wulfst. 12, 13. against one's will, unwillingly, not voluntarily, without one's consent, in despite of one. Grammar un-willa, alone Se ðe monnan nédes ofslóge, oððe unwillum, L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 22.

sculdor

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Add: sculdra, an Hé dó of mæssehacelan and twyfeldende hí onbútan lecgehim on wynstran sculdran (in sinistra scapula), Angl. xiii. 406, 588

FINOL

(n.)
Grammar
FINOL, finul, finel, fynel, fenol, es; m: finule, finugle, an; f.

The plant FENNEL ⬩ fēnĭcŭlum

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The plant FENNEL; fēnĭcŭlum Finol fēnĭcŭlum, Glos. Brux. Recd. 41, 28; Wrt. Voc. 67, 43: L. M. 2, 34; Lchdm. ii. 238, 29. Genim finoles wyrttruman take roots of fennel, 1, 37; Lchdm. ii. 90, 6: 2, 11; Lchdm. ii. 188, 19: 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 194, 23. Of

Linked entries: fenol finel finugle finul

preówt-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
preówt-hwíl, e; f.
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The time taken to close and open the eye, the twinkling of an eye Preówthwíle, beorht (bearhtme?) atomo (έν άτομω in an instant.

Linked entry: be-prenan

geáp

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geáp, glosses cornas, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 39 : ii. 16, 76. [Sievers, Angl. xiii. 325, would read coruas=curuas; but the list of words in which the first example occurs contains no other instance of an adjective, and the second example occurs among a group of words very similar to that in which the first is found: so that cornas seems meant for a noun. Perhaps geáp might be the same form as in earn-geáp; or could it be connected with Icel. gaupa a lynx ?]

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