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un-fæstrǽd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fæstrǽd, un-fæstrǽde, -rád; adj.

Infirm of purposeinconstantunstableweak

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Infirm of purpose, inconstant, unstable, weak Unfæstrǽd inconstans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 4. Ðá ongon hé ǽresð herigean on him ðæt ðæt hé fæsðrǽdes wiste and sóna æfter ðon suíðe líðelíce hierd[d]e ða ðe hé unfæsðráde (unfæstrǽdes, Cott. MSS.) wisse prius

restan

(v.)
Grammar
restan, ;p.; te

To restto cease from toil, be at restto rest on a couch, to sleepto rest in death, lie dead, lie in the graveto remain unmoved; or; undisturbed, be stillTo rest one's selfof cessation from toil

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Ðonne hé reste hine, ðonne wæs his seó æþeleste ræst on nacodre eorþan, Cd. Th. 95, 25; Gen. 1584

Linked entry: ræstan

fæderen-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
fæderen-cyn, fædren-cyn, -cynn, es ; n. [cyn a race, kin]

A paternal kin or race păternum gĕnus

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A paternal kin or race; păternum gĕnus Hiera ryht fæderencyn [fædrencynn, Th. 87, 14, col. 1] gǽþ to Cerdice their direct paternal kin goes to Cerdic, Chr. 755 Th. 86, 14, col. 1. We areccan ne mágon ðæt fædrencynn we cannot tell the paternal kin, Exon

mán-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
mán-cynn, (?) an evil race. v. mann-cynn;
2 (last passage).

un-foresceáwod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-foresceáwod, adj.

Unconsideredhastywithout due consideration

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Unconsidered, hasty, without due consideration Næs hit ná fǽrlíc geðóht oððe unforesceáwod rǽd, ðæt se ælmihtiga God ðysne middangeard gesceóp, ac wæs ǽfre æt fruman on his écum rǽde, Hexam. 14; Norm. 22, 5

Linked entry: fore-sceáwian

fór-rídan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-rídan, p. -rád, pl. -ridon; pp. -riden

To ride beforeinterceptpræequĭtāreintercĭpĕre

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To ride before, intercept; præequĭtāre, intercĭpĕre Fórrád sió fierd hie fóran the force rode before them. Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 25. Ða men hie fóran fórridan mehton bútan geweorce the men they might intercept outside the work, 894; Erl. 93, 11

rísan

(v.)
Grammar
rísan, p. rás; pp. risen (different word from preceding?)
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To seize, snatch away, carry off Benjamin is rísende wulf lupus rapax, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 27. Se rísenda rabula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 68. Ðære rísendan rapaci, 79, 83. Wulfas rísænde ł woedende lupi rapaces, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 7, 15

ge-leómod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leómod, -leómad; part. [leóma a ray of light]

Rayedfurnished with raysrădiātus

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Rayed, furnished with rays; rădiātus Comētæ synd geleómade [MSS. R. P. L. geleómode] comets are furnished with rays, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 16, 20; Lchdm. iii. 272, 4

Linked entry: -leómod

ge-rípan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rípan, p. -ráp, pl. -ripon; pp. -ripen

To reapmĕtĕre

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To reap; mĕtĕre Hie heora corn geripon they reaped their corn, Chr. 896; Th. 172, 32, col. 2. On ðæt gerád ðe he ǽlce geáre gerípe on the condition that each year he reap, Cod. Dipl. ii. 398, 21

Linked entry: rípan

æfter-rídan

(v.)
Grammar
æfter-rídan, p. -rád, pl. -ridon; pp. -riden

To ride afterequo in-sequi

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To ride after; equo in-sequi Híg ða sóna æfterridon ídelum færelde secuti sunt eos per viam, Jos. 2, 7

a-rídan

(v.)
Grammar
a-rídan, p. -rád, pl. -ridon; pp. -riden

To rideequitare

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To ride; equitare He út of ðam mann-werode arád he rode out from the crowd, Ors. 3, 7 ; Bos. 62, 22

Linked entry: a-rád

fýr-leóma

(n.)
Grammar
fýr-leóma, an; m. [leóma a ray of light, beam]

A fire-beamigneus splendor

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A fire-beam; igneus splendor Fýrleóma stód geond ðæt atole scræf a fire-beam stood through that horrid den, Cd. 216; Th. 272, 32; Sat. 128

rǽcan

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Rǽc fultume tribue auxilium, Rtl. 41, 11: 23,9

a-rinnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-rinnan, p. -ran, pl. -runnon; pp. -runnen

To run outpass byto disappeareffluerepræterire

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To run out, pass by, to disappear; effluere, præterire Ðæt sý [MS. sie] cwide arunnen that the word be run out, Salm. Kmbl. 960; Sal. 479

hræd-rípe

(adj.)
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See instances given under rǽd-rípe. (l. ræd-rípe.)

cyn-ren

(n.)
Grammar
cyn-ren, cyn-ryn,es; n. [cyn a kindred, race, nation, family, generation; ren, ryn a course]

A family course, family, generation, kind, nation, posteritygeneratio, genus, natio, progenies, propago

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A family course, family, generation, kind, nation, posterity; generatio, genus, natio, progenies, propago He forlét his ríce and his cynren he left his country and his family, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 27. Cynren generatio, Wrt. Voc. 72, 49. Ðis ys Thares

wíg-trod

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-trod, (?), es; n. : -trodu (? v. wíg-rád), e; f.

A war-trackthe road along which an army has passed

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A war-track, the road along which an army has passed Wítrod ( = wígtrod) gefeól heáh of heofonum handweorc Godes on to the track where the host of Israel had passed fell from the heavens the lofty walls raised by God's hand (cf. se ágend up árǽrde reáde

Linked entry: wí-trod

twi-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twihynde man was a
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ceorl Twelfhyndes mannes wer is twelf hund scyllinga. Twyhyndes mannes wer is twá hund sciłł. ( the article then deals with the case of the former, and concludes: Eal man sceal æt cyrliscum were be ðære mǽðe dón, ðe him tó gebyreþ, swá wé be twelfhyndum

rǽdan

(v.)
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rǽt ús and recþ ipse reget nos, 47, 12. Drihten mé rǽt ( regit ), 22, 1. God ðe rǽt and gewissaþ eallum gesceaftum, Chart. Th. 239, 34. Hé reht anð rǽt eallum gesceaftum, swá swá gód steóra ánum scipe, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 25.

cyne-wirþe

(adj.)
Grammar
cyne-wirþe, adj.
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Royal, noble Kynewyrðe rǽd hyt ys geþúht and trumlic, Angl. viii. 308, 33