FNÆST
A puff ⬩ blast ⬩ breath ⬩ flātus ⬩ anhēlĭtus
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Hyt bringþ forþ ðone [MS. ðane] fnæst it will bring forth the breath, Lchdm. iii. 100, 13: 116, 24. Fnæstas [MS. fnæstiaþ] swíðe beóþ fortogene the breathings are very hard drawn, L. M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 242, 7
Fresan
The Frisians ⬩ Frisii ⬩ Fresōnes
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The Frisians; Frisii, Fresōnes He mid Wilbrord done hálgan bisceop Fresena wæs wuniende ăpud sanctissĭmum Fresōnum gentis archiepiscŏpum Vilbrordum morābātur, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 8: Beo. Th. 2191; 8. 1093.
Grantan-brycg
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Forbærndon Granta-bricge they burned down Cambridge, Chr. l000; Th. 264, 5, col. 1: 264, 8, col. 2: 265, 7, col. 1
bismer-líc
Disgraceful, ignominious, dirty, unpleasant ⬩ turpis, ignominiosus, fœdus
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On ðone bismerlícostan eard in the most unpleasant province, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 73, 34
Linked entry: bismor-líc
ge-innian
To bring in ⬩ include ⬩ to fill ⬩ supply ⬩ charge ⬩ præstare ⬩ includere
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To bring in, include, to fill, supply, charge; præstare, includere Wolde God geinnian ðone lyre God would supply the loss, Homl. Th. i. 12, 24 : 180, 18 : L. In. 62; Th. i. 142, 4 : Th. Apol. 23, 7.
sidelíce
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Ac ðonne se láreów ieldende sécþ ðone tíman ðe hé his hiéremenn sidelíce on þreátigean mǽge . . . nonnulla aperte cognita mature toleranda sunt, cum rerum minime opportunitas congruit, ut aperte corrigantur . . .
þurh-sleán
to smite through ⬩ strike through ⬩ to smite
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Th. ii. 30, 21. to smite Ic ðerhslǽ ł hríno ðone hiorde percutiam pastorem, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 27. [O. Frs. thruch-slá: O. H. Ger. durh-slahan percutere, pulsare.]
þistel-twige
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A goldfinch or some other bird that eats thistle-down. [In E. D. S. Pub. Bird Names, p. 58, thistle-finch is given as a name of the goldfinch; Halliwell quotes: 'Carduelis a linnet, a thistle-finch' (1581). Cf. O. H.
un-þeáwfæst
Of bad habits ⬩ vicious ⬩ ill-mannered ⬩ ill-conditioned
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Of bad habits, vicious, ill-mannered, ill-conditioned Hit is bysmorlíc dǽd, ðæt ǽnig man ǽfre swá unþeáwfæst beón sceole, ðæt hé ðone múð ufan mid mettum áfylle, and on óðerne ende him gauge ðæt meox út, Engl. Stud. viii. 62, 15.
Linked entries: þeáw-fæst un-geþeáwfæst
be-norþan
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(English gaugers that you have sent down benorth the Tweed, Rob Roy, c. 4) Benorðan Dalmatia sindon Pulgare, Ors. I, I; S. 22, 13. Him is be-norðan Creticum se sǽ, S. 26, 33. Beeástan him . . . and benorðan, S. 28, I.
bridel
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Ðone brídel ðínre mettryrnnesse, Past. 467, 2. Ic gesleá ǽnne brídel on his weleras, Hml. Th. i. 568, 33. Þæt wíf sceolde him tógeánes gán and his brídel onfón, ii. 142, 18. Lupatis brídlum frænis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 61.
for-þrǽstan
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Woruldcara forsmoriað ðæs módes ðrotan ... swilce hí ðone líflican blǽd forðrǽstne ácwellon, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 12
ge-tirgan
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Wearð seó módor biterlíce gegremod fram hire ánum cilde ... wolde ðone sunu þe hí getirigde mid wyriungum gebindan, Hml. Th. ii. 20. 6. Sume ðá hǽðenan wurdon mid andan getyrigde, i. 562, 29. to vex, afflict, oppress Getyrged pertritus, Wrt.
up-weardes
Upwards
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Upwards Hé onginþ of ðám wyrttrumum, and swá upweardes gréwþ óþ ðone stemn, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 150, 2. Hé biþ upweardes (cf. swá sprincþ hé up, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 24), Met. 13, 54. Hió stíhþ á upweardes, 13, 62. Hé hæfde his handa upweardes, Blickl.
Linked entry: uppe-weardes
wed-bryce
Breach of a pledge or engagement
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Breach of a pledge or engagement Gif hé ðæs weddie, ðe hym riht sý tó gelǽstanne, and ðæt áleóge . . . béte ðone wedbryce swá him his scrift scrífe, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 6-21.
spón
A chip, shaving
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Genim ðone wyrttruman . . . þwít nigon spónas, Lchdm, ii. 292, 2
FOLDE
the earth ⬩ dry land ⬩ tellus ⬩ terra ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ district ⬩ region ⬩ territory ⬩ rĕgio ⬩ tractus ⬩ plăga ⬩ terrĭtōriuni ⬩ the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ hŭmus ⬩ sŏlum ⬩ earth ⬩ clay ⬩ terræ līmus ⬩ lŭtum
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Foldan sceát a region or tract of the earth, Exon. 9a; Th. 5, 21; Cri. 72: 20b; Th. 55, 6; Cri. 879: 116a; Th. 445, 20; Dóm. 10: Bt. Met.
ge-restan
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(l b) of animals, to lie on the ground :-- Ic scíp míno giresta dóm ego oves meas accubare faciam, Rtl. 10, 3. to desist or refrain from exertion Ic fligu and gerestu, Ps.
ge-tǽcan
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Ic ðé wille getǽcan ðone weg þe ðé gelǽt tó þǽre heofen*-*lican byrig viam tibi, quae íe domum revehat, ostendam, 36, 1; F. 172, 28: 40, 5 ; F. 240, 17. to shew a person the direction that must be taken, the direction being marked by a preposition, to
wer-gild
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Gif hé hine selfne triówan wille, dó ðæt be cyninges wergelde, L. Alf. pol. 4; Th. i. 64, 2. Gif hé ládian wille, dó ðæt be ðæs cynges wergilde, oþþe mid þryfealdan ordále, L. Eth. v. 30; Th. i. 312, 7.