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ǽr-gedón

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Dryhten hine ðreáde for his ǽrgedónum weorcum, Past. 443, 27. Ðá ðe ðá ǽrgedónan synna wépað, 177, 23. Add

fýr-ræce

(n.)
Grammar
fýr-ræce, (?), an; f.

An implement for removing ashes from a fireplace

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An implement for removing ashes from a fireplace Ferrece (= ? fýrræce) vatilla, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 7. Cf. fýr-scofl

Linked entry: férrece

heall-wahrift

(n.)
Grammar
heall-wahrift, es; n.

Tapestry for hanging on the wall of a hall

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Tapestry for hanging on the wall of a hall Ic geann mínum suna ánes heallwahriftes, Chart. Th. 530, 33

ofer-líhtan

(v.)

to outshine

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.; Fox xii. 2

á-stípedness

(n.)
Grammar
á-stípedness, e; f.

Bereavement

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Bereavement Hé waes byrnende for þám heáfe þǽre ásteópnesse (-stépednesse,v. L.) orbitatis luctu aestuans. Gr. D. 165, 12

Linked entry: -stípedness

hyð

(n.)
Grammar
hyð, gen. hyððe ; f.

Advantagegainprofitbenefit

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Ða ðe for lirum hwílwendlícra hyðða heófiaþ those who mourn for losses of temporary advantages, i. 550, 29. On earmra manna hyððum for the advantage of poor men, L. I. P. 19 ; Th. ii. 328, 11.

Linked entry: hyðe-líc

hádor

(adj.)
Grammar
hádor, hǽdor; adj.

Clear [applied both to light and to sound], bright, sereneclarus, splendidus, serenus, micansbright (of the sky, stars)

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Fox 22, 47; Met. 22, 24. Scóp hwílum sang hádor on Heorote at times the poet sang clear-voiced in Heorot, Beo. Th. 998; B. 497. Seó sunne on hádrum heofone scíneþ the sun shines in the clear sky, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 15 : Bt. Met. Fox 28, 95; Met. 28, 48.

ge-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hycgan, -hicgan; p. -hogde, -hogede, -hogode; pp. -hogod [see March, § 222]

To thinkconceiveconsiderdevisereflectbe mindfulthink aboutcareintendresolve

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Fox 13, 52; Met. 13, 26. On drihten helpe gehogedan speravit in domino, Ps. Th. 113, 18 : Exon. 33 a; Th. 105, 5; Gú. 18

a-berend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
a-berend-líc, adj. [berende bearing]

Bearabletolerablethat may be bornetolerabilis

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Bearable, tolerable, that may be borne; tolerabilis Aberendlíc broc bearable affliction, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 4, note 5

Linked entry: berendlíc

allunga

(adv.)

altogetheromnino

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altogether; omnino Ðe allunga underþeóded biþ unþeáwum who is altogether subject to vices, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 20

alo-malt

(n.)
Grammar
alo-malt, es; n.

Malt used in making alebrasium ad cerevisiam conficiendam

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Malt used in making ale; brasium ad cerevisiam conficiendam Genim alomalt take malt for ale, Lchdm, iii. 28, 8

Linked entry: mealt

féhan

(v.)
Grammar
féhan, ðú féhst, he féhþ

to takeseizecaptāre

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to take, seize; captāre, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 16: Exon. 107 b; Th. 410, 1; Rä. 28, 9

Linked entry: a-féhþ

fiórþa

(adj.)
Grammar
fiórþa, seó, ðæt fiórþe; adj.

The fourthquartus

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The fourth; quartus Seó [MS. þio] fiórþe bóc the fourth book, Bt. 40, 4; Fox 240, 9, note 14

forþ-scype

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-scype, es; m.

A going forthgrowthprofectus

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A going forth, growth; profectus For his forþscype onstyred mōtus ejus profectĭbus, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 28, note

fylle-seócnys

(n.)
Grammar
fylle-seócnys, -nyss, e; f.

The falling sicknessepilepsyĕpĭlepsiaἐπιληψία

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The falling sickness, epilepsy; ĕpĭlepsia = ἐπιληψία Wið fylleseócnysse for the falling sickness, Herb. 61, 3; Lchdm. i. 164, 9

fyrd-man

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-man, ferd-mon; pl. -men; m.

A military mana soldiermīles

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A military man, a soldier; mīles He sceal hæbban fyrdmen he must have soldiers, Bt. 17; Fox 58, 33

Linked entries: ferd-mon fird-man

gǽlnys

(n.)
Grammar
gǽlnys, -nyss, e; f.

Wearisomenesstediousnessloathingdisgusttædium

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Wearisomeness, tediousness, loathing, disgust; tædium Slǽpþ sáwel mín for gǽlnysse dormĭtāvit ănĭma mea præ tædio, Ps. Spl. 118, 28

ge-anlícian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-anlícian, p. ode; pp. od [líc like]

To make likelikenassĭmĭlāre

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To make like, liken; assĭmĭlāre For hwam geanlície we heofena ríce cui assĭmĭlābĭmus regnum Dei? Mk. Bos, 4, 30

geár-mǽlum

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
geár-mǽlum, adv. [mǽlum, dat. pl. of mǽl, es; n.]

Yearlyquotannis

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Fox 1, 10; Met. 1, 5

hyge-frófor

(n.)
Grammar
hyge-frófor, e; f.
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Comfort for the mind or heart, Elen. Kmbl. 709; El. 355: Hy. 9, 13; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 13