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Anglo-Saxon

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of-settan

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wæs ofseted and geswænced mid hefigre mettrumnesse his líchaman qui cum gravi molestia corporis fuisset depressus, Gr. D. 298, 3. is nú mid ylde ofsett, Hml. Th. i. 614, 20. Wurdon hí ealle mid ógan ofsette, Hml.

FEAX

(n.)
Grammar
FEAX, fex, es; n.

Hair of the headthe lockscæsăriescŏmacăpillus

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He hæfde blæc feax he had black hair, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 34

Linked entries: fæx fex

hirde

(n.)
Grammar
hirde, hierde, heorde, hiorde, hyrde, es; m.

A herd, shepherd, pastor, guardian, guard, keeper

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hæfþ geset his englas ús tó hyrdum he hath appointed his angels as our guardians, Homl. Th. i. 170, 10

ríceter

(n.)
Grammar
ríceter, rícetere, es; n.

powerdominionrulegreatnessgloryviolenceforce

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Ðam láreówe gedafenaþ ðæt hogie hú manegra manna sáwle mǽge Gode gestrýnan ... ná hú micel mǽge mid his rícetere him tó geteón it behoves the teacher to strive how many men's souls he can gain for God, not how much he can draw to himself by his

Linked entry: rícceter

feorh-hyrde

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-hyrde, es; m.

Life-guardian or protectorvītæ custos vel protector

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Life-guardian or protector; vītæ custos vel protector He hine bæd ðæt he him feorhhyrde wǽre he prayed that he would be his life-protector, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 5 : Hy. 9, 8; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 8

efn-þeów

(n.)
Grammar
efn-þeów, es; m.

A fellow-servantconservus

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A fellow-servant; conservus Ðæm hláforde is to cýðanne, ðæt he ongiete ðæt he is efnþeów his it is to be made known to the master, that he understand that he is his fellow-servant, Past. 29; Hat. MS. 38 b, 18

lendan

(v.)
Grammar
lendan, p. de

To arrive

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To arrive, come to land Man hine lǽdde tó Eligbyrig ... sóna swá lende on scype man hine blende he was brought to Ely ... as soon as he arrived he was blinded on board ship, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 27; Ælf. Tod. 14

ofere

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Mið þám þá wearð sóna ofere, nyste hú. Ðá þá ofere wæs, þá cóm him láteów ongeán, Vis. Lfc. 7-9. from above bebeád genipum ofere ( desuper ), Ps. Rdr. 77, 24

teosu-word

(n.)
Grammar
teosu-word, es; n.
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An injurious word Þá swíðust óðre men mid tesowordum tǽl[d]e in his renceo, þá earnode mé þæs écan teónan, Nap. 62. Þá oftost tesoword spræc in his onmédlan gealpettunga, þá earnode mé þára mǽstan benda, 27, 39

slífan

(v.)
Grammar
slífan, sléfan; p. de

To slip or put a garment on a person to dress carelesslyA garment rumpled up about any part of the persona snore slop worn by bankers or navigators

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To slip or put a garment on a person hine sylfne ungyrede, and ðæt reáf ðe on hine hæfde sléfde on ðone foresprecenan man . . . Sóna swá mid ðan hrægle swá miccles weres gegyred wæs Guthl. 16; Gdwin. 68, 18.

Linked entry: slífe-scóh

Lindisfaran

(n.)
Grammar
Lindisfaran, pl.
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Hér forþferde Higbald Lindisfarna biscop, Chr. 803; Erl. 61, 22. wæs on ðam munuclífe ðe is Lindisfarneá geháten, Homl. Th. ii. 142, 6

bil

Grammar
bil, bill.

a falchiona bill

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sceal habban æcse, adsan, bil, Angl. ix. 263, 1

citel

(n.)
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hét mycel fýr onǽlan and ǽnne cytel þǽrofer gesettan, and bǽd þǽre fǽmne fét and handan innen þone weallende cetel gesetton, Hml. A. 178, 286-9. Cytelas lebetes, An. Ox. 7, 319. Add

Linked entry: cytel

for-beornan

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Gif hwæs weorc forbyrnð, hæfð þone hearm si cujus opus arserit, detrimentum patietur. Hml. Th. ii. 588, 30. Lígýðum forborn bord, B. 2672. Forborn þurh þæs fíres fnǽst fíf and hundseofontig herges, Jul. 587.

freót

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Add: the condition of being free Ǽlcon men freót þe wíteþeów wǽre, oðþe mid his feó gebohte, Cht. Crw. 23, 28. Gif þeów mon wyrce on Sunnandæg bútan his hláfordes hǽse, þolie his freótes, Ll. Th. i. 104, 6.

ge-léfed

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gehǽlde mistlíce gebrocode men, blinde and deáfe and dumbe and mistlíce geléwede, Wlfst. 99, 4. Hér syndan þurh synleáwa sáre geléwede tó manege, 165, 26. of age, advanced.

leóf

Grammar
leóf, as a form of address.
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Ðá cwæð heom eallum; 'La leóf, ic bidde eów', Hml. S. 23, 580, 720. v. leóf; 1a

ge-mǽre

(n.; v.)
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hine gelǽdde ealle þá gemǽru, swá him of þám aldan bócum rǽdde, C. D. v. 140, 32. Ne oferstepe ðú ealde geméro ne transgrediaris terminos antiquos, Kent.

a-middan

(adv.)
Grammar
a-middan, adv. [a = on in, into; mid middle]

In the middleinto the midstin medium

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In the middle, into the midst; in medium Arís, and stand hér amiddan surge, et sta in medium, Lk. Bos. 6, 8

Linked entry: on-middan

fémne

(n.)
Grammar
fémne, an; f.

A virginyoung womanvirgo

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A virgin, young woman; virgo Fémne sceal hire freónd gesécan the virgin shall seek her friend, Menol. Fox 548; Gn. C. 44