FIRAS
Living beings ⬩ the chief of living beings ⬩ men ⬩ mankind ⬩ hŏmĭnes ⬩ vĭri ⬩ gĕnus hūmānum
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Biþ ánra gehwylc flǽsce bifongen fira cynnes every one of the race of men shall be invested with flesh, Exon. 63b; Th. 234, 5; Ph. 535: 73a; Th. 273, 1; Jul. 509: 92b; Th. 347, 18; Sch. 14. Fira bearn children of men, Cd. 21; Th. 26, 17; Gen. 408.
Linked entry: fyras
hunta
A hunter
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Wé lǽraþ ðæt preóst ne beó hunta ne hafecere we enjoin that a priest be not a hunter nor a hawker [cf. Chaucer's Monk: 'He ȝaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters been noon holy men'], L. Edg. C. 64; Th. ii. 258, 7.
hird-ness
watchful care ⬩ taking charge ⬩ taking care ⬩ a watch ⬩ guard ⬩ a watch
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On hú mycelre Godes heordnysse (custodia) beóð þá þe cunnon hí sylfe forseón on þysum lífe, 39, 30.
godspell-bodung
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Seó ealde ǽ and wítegan wǽron oð Ióhannes tócyme; siððan ongann godspelbodung ( lex et prophetae usque ad Iohannem; ex eo regnum Dei euangelizatur, Lk. 16, 16), Hml. Th. i. 354, 16. Æt him ongann seó godspellbodung, Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 16. Iúdas Machabéus
beódan
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Man beád him út binnan .v. nihlan he was ordered to leave the country within five days, Chr. 1048; P. 177, note l. Man beád þá[m] folce þider, 1052; P. 175, 28.
hlútor-ness
sincerity ⬩ simplicity
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Mid úre heortan hlútternesse (puritate) . . . úre gebeda beóð andfenge, R. Ben. 45, 17-22. Seó eahtoðe miht is seó sóðe eádmódnyss . . . mid módes hlúttornysse; for ðan sé ðe wís byð, ne wurð hé nǽfre módig, Hml. S. 16, 369. Add:
strǽgl
A covering for beds, a rug, a mattress, bed
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A covering for beds, a rug, a mattress, bed Strégl (g over a), strél aulea, Txts. 43, 249. Strél stragua, 99, 1907. Strǽl vel bedding mataxa vel conductum vel stramentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 29. Strǽle mínum (-e ?) ic wǽte stratum meum rigabo, Ps.
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ofer-gán
to overspread ⬩ to overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquer ⬩ to pass a point or limit ⬩ to pass a moral limit, to transgress ⬩ to pass across, traverse, cross ⬩ to pass, pass off or away, be over, come to an end ⬩ To be over ⬩ to come upon, attack
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To be over (with anything) Ðæs ofereode ðisses swá mæg it is all over with that, so may it be with this, that trouble is over, so may this be Exon.
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dynt
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, a shilling must be paid. If the bruise be black in a part not covered by clothes, there shall be a fine of thirty scatts. If it be in a part covered by clothes, for each bruise there shall be a fine of twenty scatts, Ll.
eall-swá
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Ben. 131, 12
ánunga
Entirely ⬩ necessarily ⬩ by all means ⬩ plane ⬩ prorsus ⬩ omnino
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Entirely, necessarily, by all means; plane, prorsus, omnino, Beo. Th. 1272; B. 634
aweg-beran
to bear ⬩ carry or convey away ⬩ asportare
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to bear, carry or convey away; asportare, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 37
cénþu
Boldness ⬩ audacia
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Boldness; audacia Cræft and cénþu strength and boldness, Beo. Th. 5385; B. 2696
efen-werod
A soldier of the same company, a fellow-soldier ⬩ commănĭpŭlāris
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Ben. Lye
fáh
coloured ⬩ tinctus, colōrātus
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coloured; tinctus, colōrātus Blóde fáh coloured with blood, Beo. Th. 1873; B. 934
feor-stuðu
A slanting post? ⬩ obstīpum
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Ben. Lye Feorstuðu obstupum? Wrt. Voc. 290, 11
fóre-snotor
Highly sagacious ⬩ prudentissĭmus
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Highly sagacious; prudentissĭmus Fóresnotre men highly sagacious men, Beo. Th. 6305; B. 3163
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for-nam
took away ⬩ destroyed ⬩ consumed
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took away, destroyed, consumed, Beo. Th. 2415; B. 1205: Ps. Th. 77, 53;
forþ-asliden
passed or gone before ⬩ tumbled or fallen down ⬩ prælapsus ⬩ prolapsus
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Ben. Lye
forþ-teón
To lead forth ⬩ make known ⬩ discover ⬩ betray ⬩ render up ⬩ prōdĕre
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Ben. Lye