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feá

(adv.)
Grammar
feá, adv.

Even a little, ever so littlepărum

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Even a little, ever so little; părum Ne mágon feá gangan they cannot walk even a little, Ps. Th. 134, 18

sundor-wine

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-wine, es; m.
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A special friend, an intimate friend:?-Ne áswíc sundorwine, ac á symle geheald rihtum gerisnum, Exon. Th. 301, 34; Fä. 29

hnappian

(v.)
Grammar
hnappian, hnæppian; p. ode

To slumber, sleep, doze

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To slumber, sleep, doze Ne slǽpþ ne ne hnappaþ se ðe hylt Israhél non dormitabit neque dormiet qui custodit Israel, Homl. Th. ii. 230, 6. Hnæppaþ, Ps. Spl. 120, 4. Se ðe hnæppaþ qui dormit, 40, 9. Ða mǽdenu hnappiaþ the maidens slumber, Homl. Th. ii.

Linked entry: hnæppian

gift-feorm

(n.)
Grammar
gift-feorm, e ; f.
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A wedding-feast Be þám ꝥ preóstas ne beón æt giftfeormum, Nap. 33

wlóh

(n.)
Grammar
wlóh, (; gen. wléh ; f. ?)

A hemfringe

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A hem, fringe Næs him gewemmed wlite, ne wlóh of hrægle álýsed, ne loc of heáfde, Andr. Kmbl. 2941 ; An. 1473. Seó hálge stód ungewemde wlite, næs hyre wlóh ne hrægl, ne feax ne tel, fýre gemǽled, Exon. Th. 277, 34; Jul. 590. Wlóh wédes his fimbriam

mangere

(n.)
Grammar
mangere, es; m.

A mongermerchanttraderdealer

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A monger (in iron-monger, cheese-monger, &c. ), merchant, trader, dealer Mangere mercator vel negotiator, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 72. Hwæt sægst ðu, mancgere (mercator) ? Coll. Monast. Th. 26, 23. Ne preóst ne beó mangere a priest shall not be a merchant

prófian

(v.)
Grammar
prófian, p. ode
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To esteem or regard as Gif feorrancumen man búton wege gange, and hé ðonne náwðer ne hrýme ne hé horn ne bláwe, for þeóf hé is tó prófianne he is to be regarded as a thief, L. Wih. 28 ; Th. i. 42, 25 : L. In. 20; Th. i. 116, 2

tæflere

(n.)
Grammar
tæflere, es; m.

A gamester, dicer, gambler

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A gamester, dicer, gambler Teblere, teblheri aleator, aleo, Txts. 36, 7. Tæflere aleator, Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 8: i. 66, 49: 284, 30. Wé lǽraþ, ðæt preóst ne beó hunta, ne hafecere, ne tæflere, ac plege on his bócum, swá his háde gebiraþ, L. Edg. C. 64;

Linked entry: teblere

min

(adj.)
Grammar
min, adj.

smallmeanvile

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small Ne ðé sunne on dæge ne gebærne ne ðé móna on niht min ne geweorþe may the sun not burn thee by day, nor the moon withhold her light from thee by night, Ps. Th. 120, 6. mean, vile Hwílum cyrdon eft minne mánsceaþan on mennisc hiw at times the vile

Linked entry: min-dóm

and-sæc

(n.)
Grammar
and-sæc, n.
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Berst se teám swá wel swá hé sylf andsæc worhte . . . á bið andsæc swíðere þonne onsagu, Ll. Th. i. 290, 15-17. Ne beó hé nánes andsæces wyrðe he shall not be entitled to make denial, 288, 9. Þone þe tó nánan andsæce ne mæge, 228, 14. 'Ne mæg ic wunian

ge-dyrstlǽcan

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Add: to presume, absolute Audeo ic dearr audens gedyrstlǽcende, ausus gedyrstlǽcð, ausurus sé ðe gedyrstlǽcð. Ælfc. Gr. Z. 247, 3-5. with an object Gif wé mid rícan mannan hwæt embe úre neóde manian willað, þæt wé ne gedyrstlǽcað ( prae sumimus ) bútan

ge-stala

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stala, an; m.

A thief;fur

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A thief; fur Ðæt he ne gestala nǽre that he was not a thief, L. In. 25; Th. i. 118, 15

Linked entry: stala

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, es; m.
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A patch, clout Ne ásend nán man scyp (scep altered to scyp, MS. A.: ðæt ésceapa commisuram, Lind.) of níwum reáfe on eald reáf; elles ðæt níwe slít, and se níwa scyp (as before in MS. A. and Lind.) ne hylpþ ðam ealdan, Lk. Skt. 5, 36: Mt. Kmbl. 9, 16

Linked entries: scyp é-sceapa ǽ-sceap

mǽting

(n.)
Grammar
mǽting, e; f.

A dream

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A dream On xxii nihta seó mǽtinga biþ eall costunge full; ne biþ ðæt ná gód swefen, Lchdm. iii. 156, 7. Gé mǽtinge míne ne cunnon, Cd. 179; Th. 224, 24; Dan. 141

candel-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
candel-stæf, es; m.
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A candle-staff or stick; candelabrum Ne hí ne ælaþ hyra leóhtfæt, and hit under cyfe settaþ, ac ofer candelstæf neque accendunt lucernam, et ponunt eam sub modio, sed super candelabrum, Mt. Bos. 5, 15

Linked entry: sceaft

sǽ-ostre

(n.)
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a sea-oyster Hé nǽnine óþerne mete ne þigeþ búton sǽostrum, Nar. 78, 23

Linked entry: ostre

hand-hefe

(n.)
Grammar
hand-hefe, es; m.

A burden

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A burden Ne gehrínaþ ðǽm hondhæfum non tangitis sarcinas, Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 46

ENGEL

(n.)
Grammar
ENGEL, ængel, angel, engyl; gen. engles; dat. engle; pl. nom. acc. englas, engel; gen. engla; dat. englum; m. An ANGEL, a messenger; angelus = ἄγγελος
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Se engel him to cwæþ dixit illis angĕlus, Lk. Bos. 2, 10: 1, 13 : Mt. Bos. 28, 5 : Gen. 22, 12. Godes engel stód on emn hí the angel of God stood before them, Homl. Th. i. 30, 15, 17: Mt. Bos. 1, 20, 24: Jn. Bos. 5, 4. Ðæt mæg engel ðín eáþ geferan that

in-here

(n.)
Grammar
in-here, es ; m.

A native armyhome-force

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A native army, the army of a country, home-force Se here férde swá hé sylf wolde and se fyrdinge dyde ðære landleóde ǽlcne hearm ðet him náðor ne dohte ne innhere ne úthere the Danes went as they liked, and the English levy did every kind of harm to

on-bæc

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Add: of motion. in retreat from a point reached Geong onbæcc ł mec behianda uade retro me, Mk. L. 8, 33. Eádun onbæcg abierunt retrorsum, Jn. L. 18, 6. in return to a point previously occupied Ne áwoendað onbæcc non redeant retro, Lk. L. 17, 31. Ne