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þearfend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þearfend-líc, adj.
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Th. 128, 11; Gú. 402. of things, scanty, insufficient Ðæt ðú ne forgite míne þearfendlícan gegirlan (cf. se fiscere tóslát his wǽfels on twá and sealde Apollonige ðone healfan dǽl, 11, 27), Ap. Th. 12, 8

un-getogen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getogen, adj.

Uneducated

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Hé geceás siððan woruldlíce úðwitan, ac hí módegodon, gif hé ǽr ne gecure ða ungetogenan fisceras, 578, 14

cneówian

(v.)
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Se fiscere cneówige æt þæs cáseres gemynde, Hml. Th. i. 578, 9. Hí Godes hús séce and cneówige þǽr úte, Wlfst. 155, 9. Man ne mót cneówian on Sunnandagum, Hml. S. 12, 7. Singe hé þreó hund sealma cneówigende ( genuflectens ), Ll. Th. ii. 134, 14

hunta

(n.)
Grammar
hunta, an; m.

A hunter

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Eal wéste búton ðǽr huntan gewícodon oððe fisceras, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 29. Wéste land bútan fiscerum and fugelerum and huntum, Swt. 17, 26. Bethsaida is gereht domus venatorum ðæt is huntena hús, Shrn. 78, 9.

sprott

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Hé cwæð ꝥ hí ealle ne mihton, ne fisceras ne hé sylf, gefón ǽnne sprot, Hml. S. 31, 1271. Add

fugelere

(n.)
Grammar
fugelere, fuglere, es; m.

A FOWLERauceps

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Ðǽr gewícodon fisceras oððe fugeleras where fishers or fowlers encamped, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 9. Fugelerum [MS. fugeleran] with fowlers, 1, 1; Bos. 20, 5

Linked entry: fuglere

ge-fiscian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fiscian, p. ode
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.), to fish for, catch or try to catch fish Críst dyde þæt hí mid his heofonlican láre manna sáwla gefixodon . . . be dám cwæð se wítega : 'Ic ásende míne fisceras, and hí gefixiað hí' ( ego mittam piscatores, et piscabuntur eos, Jer, 16, 16), Hml.

Linked entry: fiscian

un-gelǽred

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelǽred, adj.

Untaughtunlearnedignorantunskilled

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Tó hwon ðú sceole for ówiht ðysne man habban ungelǽredne fiscere ( St. Peter ), Blickl. Homl. 179, 14. Ungelǽrede wé syndon idiotae sumus, Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 8.

Linked entry: un-lǽred

un-spédig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-spédig, adj.

without meanspoorindigentbarrenpoorunproductive

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Hégeendebyrde ðone unspédigan fiscere ætforan ðam rícan cásere, Homl. Th. i. 578, 9. Eádge biðon ða ðaerfe, ðæt is unspoedge menn beati pauperes, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 3 note.

æt-foran

(adv.)
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Jos. 3, 6. temporal, marking date Ætforan scs Andreas mæssan, Chr. 1010; P. 141, 3. l, marking priority Swá wel haldan swá ǽnig kyngc ætforan him betst dyde, Chr. 1066; P. 200, 22. marking precedence, preference Hé geendebyrde þone unspédigan fiscere

irþling

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Críst geceás hyrdas and yrðlingas and fisceras, and hí tó láreówum gesette, Hml. S. 5, 225. a bird (some of the same Latin words are used for the wren. v. wrenna) Irðling cucuzata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 21. Eorþlinc birbiacaliolus, Hpt. 33, 241, 56

huntian

(v.)
Grammar
huntian, p. ode

To hunt

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To hunt Ic ásende míne fisceras and hí gefixiaþ hí míne huntan and hí huntiaþ hi of ǽlcere dúne and of ǽlcere hylle I will send for many fishers and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters and they shall hunt them from every mountain

nett

(n.)
Grammar
nett, es; n.

a neta mosquito-netnet- workweb

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Úres fisceres nett nostri piscatoris rete, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 19, 57. Feallaþ on nette his cadent in retiaculo ejus, Ps. Spl. 140, 11. Ic mín nett út lǽte laxabo rete, Lk. Skt. 5, 5: Mt. Kmbl. 4, 18. Lǽtaþ ðæt nett on ða swíðran healfe, Jn.

ést

favourluxuries

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Se fiscere ðá éstas him beforan legde þe hé him tó beódenne hæfde, Ap. Th. 11, 25

práfost

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Hé tó andsware cwæð, ꝥ hí ne mihton ne fisceras ne hé sylf gefón ǽnne sprot. Ðá cwæð se hálga wer, 'Wurp út nú þín net,' Hml. S. 31, 1268

ge-endebyrdan

Grammar
ge-endebyrdan, ge-endebyrdian.
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Add: to assign its proper place to an object, place in order, place Se Hǽlend geendebyrde þone unspédigan fiscere ætforan ðám rícan cásere, Hml. Th. i. 578, 9. Þeáh ðe hé endenéxt on Godes ríce sý geendebyrd, ii. 82, 2.

leás

(adj.)
Grammar
leás, adj.

loosedestitutevoid ofwithoutvainfalselyingdeceitfuldeceptivefaulty

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Fiscere ðone leásostan a fisherman most false, 179, 14

Linked entry: -leás

Finnas

(n.)
Grammar
Finnas, gen. a; pl. m.
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Bos.] to the White Sea, as defined by Ohthere in the following example Ne métte Ohthere nán gebún land, syððan he fram his ágnum háme [Hálgoland, q. v.] fór; ac him wæs ealne weg wéste land on ðæt steór-bord, bútan fisceran, and fugeleran, and huntan

wéste

(adj.)
Grammar
wéste, adj.
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of open country, waste, uncultivated and uninhabited, desert Ðara Terfinna land wæs eal wéste, búton ðǽr huntan gewícodon, oþþe fisceras, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 29: 1, 10; Swt. 48, 25. Ðeós stów ys wéste desertus est locus Mt. Kmbl. 14, 15.

ge-weorc

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Hwanon fiscere ancgel . . . ? nis hit of mínon geweorce ?, Coll. M. 30, 35. Ꝥ hí férdon on þæt geweorc þæs Godes wordes, Bd. l, 23; Sch. 50, l. v. ǽfen-, brycg-, ealu-, fasten-, land-, stán-, sulh-, tigel- timber-, weall- web-geweorc. <b>IV a.