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blǽd-fæst

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bleó-fæst

(adj.)
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bleó-fæst, adj.

Beautifulpleasant

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Beautiful, pleasant

ealde-fæder

(n.)
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a grandfather. Cf. eald, VI a On Arcestrates cyne-ríce his ealdefeder. Ap. Th. 28, 9. Se cing Eádmund ys bebyrged mid his ealdefæder Eádgáre, Chr. 1016; P. 153, 22

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eald-fæder

(n.)
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eald-fæder, an ancestor; in pl.
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fathers, forefathers Ealdfædera cnósle auita stirpe, An. Ox. 1600. Þú forðfærst tó þínum ealdfæderum tu ibis ad patres tuos. Gen. 15, 15. Swá hé behét heora ealdfæderum ( patribus eorum ), Jos. 21, 41

eard-fæst

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Dele 'earth-fast,' and add: domiciled: of human beings On ðǽre dene Drihten selfa þára eádmétta eardfæst wunigað (cf. Crist eardað on þǽre dene eádmódnesse, Bt. 12; F. 36, 22), Met. 7, 38. Þá Seaxan wǽron eardfæste néh þǽm gársecge Saxones, gens in Oceani

fǽcen-líce

(adv.)
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fǽcen-líce, adv.

Fraudulentlydeceitfully

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Fraudulently, deceitfully Faecenlíce fraudulenter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 28

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fæder-feoh

Similar entry: fæderen-feoh

fæder-lic

ancestrallineal

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Add: of a father Hé ðeign from faederlica forbeád byrgen discipulum a paterna vetuit sepultura, Mt. p. 15, 17. referring to the Deity. Similar entries v. fæder, II Birhtu federlices (paternae) wuldres, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 200, 31. Of héhþe þæs fæderlican

fæder-ríce

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fǽred-lic

(adj.)
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fǽred-lic, adj.

Sudden

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Sudden Wundrodon ealle men ꝥ on swá lytlan fæce hine nán man findan mihte . . . and se cásere and his þegnas wǽron sárie for his fǽredlican (cf. fǽrlican, 225) áweggewitennysse all men wondered that all of a sudden nobody could find him . . . and the

fæst-gongel

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For 'faithful' substitute ' steady-going, ' and for 'faithful soul' substitute ' constant mind. '

fæst-hafol

strongfirmsteadfasttenaciousretentiveparsimonious

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Add: that holds fast Fæsthafellæstum (-nestum, An. Ox. 4595) gerǽpod tenacissimis (vinculis) inretita, Hpt. Gl. 512, 63. strong, firm, steadfast God, fæsthafol strængð unástyred on þé þurhwunað Deus, tenax vigor inmotus in te permanet, Hy. S. 11, 2.

fæst-mód

steadfast

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of constant mind, steadfast. Hé tómiddes þám líge tó Gode ánmódlíce clypode, and on þǽre frecednysse fæstmód þurhwunode, Hml. S. 31, 872. Add

feorh-fægen

(adj.)
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feorh-fægen, adj.
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Glad to live Ðá hí ðus hí sylfe earhlíce betealdon, þá hét se cásere hí faran swá hwider swá hí woldon, and hí feorhfægene him fram sóna ðanon eódon, Hml. S. 23, 309

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féster-fæder

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Fésterfæder nutritor, Gr. D. 228, 22. Drihtnes engel hine gelǽdde tó sumum sǽ and his fésterfæder mid hine, Shrn. 91, 1. Add

fóre-fæder

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Dele

fóster-fæder

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Add: of human beings, lit.: Fósterfæder altor, i. nutritor (Alexander, who brought up Athanasius), An. Ox. 2841: Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 62: 92, 28. Fóstorfæder, 100, 7. Jóseph, Crístes fósterfæder, Hml. Th. i. 30, 6: 42, 4. Fóstorfæder, 148, 34. Cóm hire

geheald-fæst

(adj.)
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geheald-fæst, adj.
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Safe, secure Byrne sió gehealdfæste lurica tutissima Lch. i. Ixxi, 2. Gehealdfæstesðe, lxxiv, II

ge-fægen

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Hé sceolde beón ðǽre sprǽce swá micle gefægenrasuá him máre ðearf wæs, and ðæs ðe gefægenra ðe hé hím suá eáðmódlíce and suá árlíce tó spræc, Past. 305, 6-8. Add

gin-fæst

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Substitute: ample, liberal, noble (an epithet of God's gifts) Þú glǽm hafast, ginfæste giefe, geoguðhádes blǽd, Jul. 168.Hé gemunde mægenes strenge, ginfæste (gim-, MS. ) gife, þe him God sealde, B. 1271. Hé ginfæstan gife, þe him God sealde, heóld,