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EORNOST

(n.)
Grammar
EORNOST, eornust, eornest, e; f.

EARNEST, earnestness, zeal ⬩ sērium, stŭdium

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Cot.] with such zeal, Past. 15, i; Hat. MS. 18b, 27. On eornost, eornust or eornoste in earnest, earnestly, Ælfc. T. 12, 8: Homl. Th. ii. 250, 30: Mt. Bos. 5, 18 : 13, 17: Gen. 14, 15.

FÉGAN

(v.)
Grammar
FÉGAN, p. de; pp. ed

To join ⬩ bind ⬩ unite ⬩ fix ⬩ jungĕre ⬩ pangĕre

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To join, bind, unite, fix; jungĕre, pangĕre Heó fégeþ mec on fæsten she binds me in a fastness, Exon. 107 a; Th. 407, 22; Rä. 26, 9. Freóndseipe fegþ it unites friendship, Somn. 128; Lchdm. iii. 206, 4.

ferhþ-loca

(n.)
Grammar
ferhþ-loca, ferþ-loca, fyrhþ-loca, an; m.

Soul-inclosure ⬩ bosom ⬩ body ⬩ mentis clausūra ⬩ pectus ⬩ corpus

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Soul-inclosure, bosom, body; mentis clausūra, pectus, corpus Ðæt ðín nama, Crist, in úrum ferhþlocan sí feste gestaðelod that thy name, O Christ, be firmly established in our soul's inclosure, Hy. 6, 5, 32; Hy. Grn. ii. p. 286, 5, 32.

Linked entries: ferþ-loca fyrhþ-loca

innian

(v.)
Grammar
innian, p. ode

To get within ⬩ put in ⬩ bring in ⬩ put up ⬩ lodge

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To get within, put in, bring in, put up, lodge Hé werodaþ syððan hé innaþ interius recepta dulcescant, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 31.

apulder

(n.)
Grammar
apulder, For n.? substitute f., and add apuldre (-er ?), es; m.
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Voc. ii. 54, 41. Swétre apuldre rind, Lch. i. 358, 14. Tó ðǽre háran apoldre, C. D. v. 148, 29. On þone longan apuldre, of þám apuldre, C. D. B. iii. 586, 8. The word occurs not infrequently in charters, v. Cht.

bróc

(n.; part.)
Grammar
bróc, es; m? [bróc, p. of bracan]

An inferior horse, a shaking horse, jade ⬩ caballus, equus vilior

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M. 2, 6; Lchdm. ii. 184, 13

þæt

(adv.)
Grammar
þæt, adv.

After that, ⬩ then

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Th. 186, 3-12 This use is very common in charters

bearg

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Voc. ii. 55, 51. Bearg porcaster, 97, 19. Bearh magalis, 78, 35. Worn berga . . . in ðá bergas (ðám bergum, L.) grex porcorum . . . in porcos, Mk. R. 5, 11, 12, 13. Sunor bergana grex porcorum, Lk. L. 8, 32. Ðá bergas porcos, 15, 15. Berg, Mt.

fór-cuman

(v.)
Grammar
fór-cuman, p. -com, -cwom, pl. -cómon, -cwómon; pp. -cumen [fór before; cuman to come]

To FORE-COME ⬩ go before ⬩ prevent ⬩ prævĕnīre

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Ic fórcom on rípunga prævēni in matūrĭtāte, 118, 147

Linked entry: fóre-cuman

feld-denu

(n.)
Grammar
feld-denu, e; f.
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A valley in which there is pasturage (?) On feld*-*dene; andlang dene tó wuda, C. D. v. 86, 20. On feldene; andlang feldene on ðone hagan, 356, 9

Linked entries: denu fild-denu

ge-willan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-willan, to boil.
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Take here <b>ge-wyllan</b> in Dict., and add Of geweldum wíne ex passo, i. ex caleficato vino, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 26

Linked entry: ge-wyllan

hǽþ-cole

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Voc. ii. 105, 16. Hǽícole colomate, 15, 20. Hǽþcole stena, i. 68, 68 (in a list of plant-names)

gop

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Add: The metre makes góp probable, though perhaps not quite certain: at least a short vowel occurs in the similar verse: Is þæs gores sunu, Rä. 41, 72

lind

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Add: I. Lindan tilię, An. Ox. 2, 8. In ðá geápan linde, C. D. iii. 375, 5. II Stód under linde, under leóhtum scylde, Lch. iii. 52, 19

Eástre

(n.)
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II. On þára Eástrana mǽrsunge, Bd. 3, 17; Sch. 272, 5. Oð Eástru usque in Pascha, Chrd, 23, 36. Ǽr Eástrun, 115, 18

on-swebban

(v.)

to put to sleep (but generally of the sleep of death), lay to rest ( in the grave)

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to put to sleep (but generally of the sleep of death), lay to rest ( in the grave) Onsuebbaþ sepeliant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 44. Onsuebdum sopitis, 120, 73

swertling

(n.)
Grammar
swertling, es; m.

A tit-lark

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A tit-lark Swertling ficedula (in later glossaries ficedula is translated rooke, Wülck. Gl. 583, 12 nuthage = nuthatch, 702, 32. See also sucga), Wrt. Voc. i. 29, 10

hwæder

(adv.)
Grammar
hwæder, hweder; adv.

Whither

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Whither: Hwæder gá ic ego quo ibo, Gen. 37, 30. Ic gesette him hwæder hé búgan sceal constituam tibi locum, in quem fugere debeat, Ex. 21, 13. Gif hé eów áxie hweder gé willon si interrogaverit 'quo vadis?' Gen. 32, 17

Linked entry: hwider

níd-bádere

(n.)
Grammar
níd-bádere, es; m.

One who exacts toll

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One who exacts toll Ic him álýfde alle nédbáde tuegra sceopa, ða ðe ðǽr ábǽdde beóþ from ðǽm nédbáderum in Lundentúnes hýðe, and nǽfre ic ne míne lástweardas ne ða nédbáderas geþrístlǽcen ðæt heó hit onwenden, Chart. Th. 29, 7-14

Linked entry: bádere

fleah

Grammar
fleah, l. fleáh,
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Voc. ii. 131, 43. Ðeós eáhsealf mæg wiþ ǽlces cynnes broc on eágon, wiþ fleán on eágon, Lch. iii. 292, 2. take here II under fleá in Dict., and add: