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fore-beácen

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Hér wǽron réðe forebécna (-býcna, v. l.) cumene ofer Norðanhymbra land ... ꝥ wǽron orméte lígræscas, and wǽron geseowene fýrene dracan on þám lyfte fleógende, Chr. 793; P. 55, 32. Forebeácna portentorum, An. Ox. 4969.

fúle

(adv.)
Grammar
fúle, adv.
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Foully. in a physical sense Lazarus þe læg on byrgene fúle stincende, Hml. Th. i. 496, 28. Eal se líchoma stincð fúle, Lch. ii. 236, 14. Hé stanc swá fúle ꝥ man hine ferian ne mihte, Hml. S. 25, 545.

frum-cenned

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Dele last passage, and add: first-born Næs þæt cild for ðí gecweden hire frumcennede cild swilce heó óðer ácende, ac for ðí þe Críst is frumcenned of manegum gástlicum gebróðrum, Hml. Th. i. 34, 24.

ge-wittig

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Cf. ge*-*wit; Hé cwico wæs þá géna, wís and gewittig, B. 3094. having intelligence, having discretion Ꝥ cild þe læg on cradele . . . þá gýtseras lǽten efen scyldig and hit gewittig wǽre, Ll.

gifol-ness

(n.)
Grammar
gifol-ness, e; f.
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Liberality, munificence Sint tó manienne ðá ðe mildheortlíce sellað . . . ðý lǽs sió gídsung ðæs lǽnan lofes ádwǽsce ðæt leóht ðǽre giofolnesse, oððe eft sió giofolness sié gemenged wið unrót-nesse, oððe eft for dǽm giefum his mód fægnige ne dationis

Linked entry: gifelness

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, to mean. I a.
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Hwæt mǽnde Sanctus Paulus, ðá hé his láre suá cræftelíce tósceád . . . búton ðæt hé ongeat Títum hwéne monðwǽrran . . . and Timotheus hé ongeat hátheortran . . 291, 19. Add

mis-lícian

(v.)
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Ðý lǽs hé mislícige ðǽm ðe hé ǽr hine selfne sealde ut ei placeat, cut se probavit, Past. 131, 3.

of-gán

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Add Ábæd Ósgár abbud æt Ælfhere ealdormenn ꝥ hé móste ofgán ꝥ land æt him mid sceatte. Ðá tíþode se ealdorman him, and se abbod sealde him ðá án hund mancosa goldes, C. D. B. iii. 547, 6

riht-gifu

(n.)
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The word occurs in a section of Cnut's laws headed 'De officiis domino debitis', but what was the nature of the obligation to which it is applied is nowhere explained Hláfordes rihtgifu stande ǽfre unáwend, Ll.

sárigness

(n.)
Grammar
sárigness, e; f.

Sadness

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.), sorreȝen inoȝe, Laym. 27560. In eche sorinesse, O. E. Misc. 76, 125. [Wiþ muchel sorinesse, Horn. 922]

sceadwung

(n.)
Grammar
sceadwung, e; f.

An overshadowing

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R.) in one land days are longer, in another shorter, because of the way in which the shadow falls on the earth, Lchdm. iii. 258, 4.

scenc

(n.)
Grammar
scenc, es; m.

A draught, cup

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He lette heom bringen schenches of feole cunne drenches, Laym. 13461

búgan

(v.)
Grammar
búgan, p. ede; v. a. acc.

To inhabitinhabitare, incolere

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To inhabit; inhabitare, incolere þenden git móston án lond búgan while ye might inhabit one land, Exon. 123a; Th. 473, 20; Bo. 17. Ðǽr ic wíc búge there I inhabit a dwelling, 104 b; Th. 396, 22; Rä. 16, 8: 103a; Th. 389, 23; Rä. 8, 2.

Linked entries: a-búgan búgende

heáfod-burh

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-burh, gen. -burge; f.

Chief town, capital, metropolismetropolis

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Hí becómon æt néxtan tó ánre heáfod-byrig Suanir geháten they arrived at last at a chief town called Suanir, 494, 2. Cartaina heora heáfodburh Carthage their principal city, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 29

geá

etiam, jam

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Geá geá, 34, 11. where the question is put negatively Ne canst þú huntian búton mid nettum? Geá (etiam), bútan nettum huntian ic mæg, Coll. M. 21, 23. ; 'Láruua iúr ne unhand cáseres gæfel?' ; Cueð: ; 'Gee (gǽ, R. etiam)', Mt.

a-sígan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sígan, p. -sáh, pl. -sigon ; pp. -sigen

To declinego downfall downdelabioccidere

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Lǽt ðínne sefan healdan freán dómas, ða ðe hér men forlǽtaþ asígan let thy mind observe the Lord's decrees, which here men permit to decline, Exon. 81, a; Th. 304, 24; Fä. 75

Linked entries: a-sáh a-sigen

BÁR

(n.)
Grammar
BÁR, es; m.

A BOARaper

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Lamb. 79, 14

efen-hleta

(n.)
Grammar
efen-hleta, -hlytta,an ; m.

A consort, companion, fellowconsors

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Lamb. 44, 8

Linked entry: efen-hlytta

eówode

(n.)
Grammar
eówode, es; n: eówod, e ; f.

A flock, herd grex

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Lamb. 77, 52. Feminine, He nýtenum lǽcedðm forgeaf, ahredde fram wódnysse, and hét faran aweg to ðære eówode ðe hí ofadwelodon he gave medicine to animals, saved them from madness, and bade them go away to the herd from which they had strayed, Homl.

for-dyttan

(v.)
Grammar
for-dyttan, part. -dyttende; p. -dytte; pp. -dytted, -dytt, -dyt

To close or shut entirely upstop upoppīlāreclaudĕreobstruĕre

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Lamb. 57, 5. Ǽlc unrihtwísnes fordyt múþ hire omnis inīquĭtas oppīlābit os suum, 106, 42. Is fordyt múþ sprecendra unrihte þing, obstructum est os lŏquentium inīqua, 62, 12.

Linked entry: for-dettan