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FRÓFOR

(n.)
Grammar
FRÓFOR, frófer, frófur; gen. frófre; f: v. <b>II;</b> but frófor and frófer are sometimes m.

comfort ⬩ solace ⬩ consolation ⬩ help ⬩ benefit ⬩ profit ⬩ refuge ⬩ sōlāmen ⬩ sōlātium ⬩ consōlātio ⬩ auxĭlium ⬩ refŭgium

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Hý symle frófre ðǽr fundon they ever found comfort there, Exon. 45 b; Th. 155, 15; Gú. 860: Andr. Kmbl. 190; An. 95. Him Dryhten forgeaf frófor and fultum to them the Lord gave comfort and succour, Beo. Th. 1400; B. 698.

ge-þrowian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrowian, -þrowigan; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To suffer

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He æt ðǽm unlǽdum Iudéum manig bysmor geþrowade he suffered many contumelies at the hands of the wicked Jews, Blickl. Homl. 23, 31

slege

(n.)
Grammar
slege, es; n.
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Add: the handle of an axe (?) Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán, ac him forwyrnde sum óþer, swá ꝥ hé ꝥ hylfe gelǽhte and wiðhæfde ꝥ slege (held back the pole of the axe) þone slege the stroke, might have been expected), Hml. S. 31, 154

toft

(n.)

a piece of ground, ⬩ messuage, ⬩ homestead ⬩ a place marked out for a house or building ⬩ a square piece of ground with walls but without roof ⬩ an enclosed home-field ⬩ campus ⬩ an elevated piece of ground ⬩ a field where a house or building once stood.

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And ic an þe préstes toft into þe kirke fre . . . And ic an Léfquéne fítténe acres and an toft . . . And Alfwold habbe, mid tón þe hé hér hauede, .xvi. acres mid tofte mid alle. Chart. Th. 580, 6-27. v. Grmm. R. A. 539

hleahtor

a laugh

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An.

Linked entry: hleahtrian

on-scyte

(n.)
Grammar
on-scyte, es; m.

an attack, assault ⬩ an attack in words, a calumny, backbiting

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an attack, assault Salomon ðæt mǽre hús Godu betǽhte, him and his folce tó gescyldnysse wið ǽlces yfeles onscyte as a protection against the assault of every evil, Homl.

Linked entry: scyte

hleóðor-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
hleóðor-cyme, es; m.

A coming that is attended with sound [of trumpets; cf. hleóðor cwom býman stefne, v. hleóðor], ⬩ the coming of an army

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[Cf. þrym-cyme a glorious coming.] Thorpe and Bouterwek translate oraculum, prophetia; Grein takes cyme as a separate word, and as an adjective

ǽc

(n.)

an oak

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an oak. Dele; the passage belongs to ác, q. v. an oak. Dele: the passage belongs to ác, q. v

lecg

(n.)
Grammar
lecg, e; f.
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Leo takes lecg = gift, legacy, and then a dish of three pounds and a cup of equal amount would go to make up the amount of eighty mancusses. As regards the value of a handseax, Chart.

ge-strangian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strangian, -strongian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [strangian to strengthen]

To make strong ⬩ strengthen ⬩ confirm ⬩ establish ⬩ rōbŏrāre ⬩ corrōbŏrāre ⬩ confortāre ⬩ conflrmāre

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Bebeód Iosue and gestranga hine præcĭpe Iosue et corrōbŏra eum, Deut, 3, 28. Ne biþ gestrangod man non confortēmur hŏmo, Ps. Spl. 9, 20: Ps. Th. 138, 4, 15. Wes ðú gestrangad and ne ondrǽd ðú ðé be thou strengthened and fear not, Blickl.

Linked entries: ge-strongian strangian

ilfette

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Æt ylfethamme, C.D. iii. 130, 34. Add

graþul

(n.)
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a gradual, an antiphon sung between the Epistle and the Gospel at the Eucharist, so called because it was sung at the steps of the altar [Alleluia] for graþulum byþ gesungen Alleluia pro gradualibus canitur, Angl. xiii. 436, 1020

æf-éstig

(adj.)
Grammar
æf-éstig, æfstig; adj.

Envious ⬩ emulous ⬩ jealous ⬩ invidus ⬩ æmulus

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Envious, emulous, jealous; invidus, æmulus Sum eald and sum æféstig ealdorman an old and an envious nobleman, Th. Apol. 14, 19

Linked entry: æfstig

irfe-gewrit

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-gewrit, es; n.

a will ⬩ testament

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; then no man made known to me any testament or any witness that it was any other than as we two before with witness agreed, Chart.

ǽþ-rýt

Grammar
ǽþ-rýt, l. ǽ-þryt[t], -þryte,
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(In any but the first of these passages perhaps ǽþryt is a noun; v. next word, and cf. ǽhþrot is pertesum est, An. Ox. II, 166.)

trúð

(n.)
Grammar
trúð, es; m.

A player on a trumpet ⬩ an actor ⬩ buffoon

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A player on a trumpet, an actor, buffoon Trúð liticen, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12; Zup. 40, 7: Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 66 (the word occurs in a list of terms connected with amusements).

apostol-hád

(n.)
Grammar
apostol-hád, es; m.

The apostolic office ⬩ apostolatus

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Kmbl. 28; Ap. 14. Gesette bisceop ðám leódum and gehálgode þurh apostolhád set a bishop over the people and hallowed him through the apostolic office, Andr. Kmbl. 3300; An. 1653

seowian

(v.)
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Álces mannes miht þe on módignysse færð is þám gelic swilce man siwige áne bytte, and bláwe hí fulle windes, and wyrce siððan án þyrl þonne heó tóþunden bið on hire greátnysse, þonne tógǽð seó miht, Hml. S. 34, 316. Add

bearhtm-hwíl

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Áne berhtmhwíle (bærht-, v. l.) áswygode seó stefn parvo momenta vox siluit, 52, 28. Add

worþ

(n.)
Grammar
worþ, weorþ, wurþ, wierþ, wyrþ, e; f; es; m. : wyrþe, wirþe
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(v. wyrþe-land, and first extract under I),
es; m.

a close ⬩ an enclosed place ⬩ an enclosed homestead ⬩ a habitation with surrounding land ⬩ land ⬩ a place enclosed by buildings ⬩ a court ⬩ hall ⬩ a place ⬩ street

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Ic gean ðara twégra landa æt Cohhanfeldæa and æt Cæorlesweorþe, 272, Ðæt land æt Ægeleswyrðe, 125, 10.

Linked entries: ryge weorþ wyrþe-land