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fiht-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
fiht-wíte, es; n.

A fine for fightingpugnæ mulcta

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A fine for fighting; pugnæ mulcta He áh fihtwíte he has fines for fighting, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 3, note 6, MS. B

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Fres-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
Fres-cyning, es; m.

A Frisian kingFresōnum rex

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A Frisian king; Fresōnum rex Nalles he Frescyninge breóstweorbunge bringan móste he could not bring the ornament to the Frisian king, Beo. Th. 5000; B. 2503

Linked entry: Frys-cyning

gifol

(adj.)
Grammar
gifol, giful; adj.

Generousbountifulliberallargus

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Generous, bountiful, liberal; largus He swá gifol is and swá rúmedlíce gifþ he is so liberal and gives so abundantly, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 202, 14

blæc-fexed

(adj.)
Grammar
blæc-fexed, adj.

Having black hair, black-hairednigris capillis

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[blæc black, feax, fex hair] Having black hair, black-haired; nigris capillis He is blæcfexed [MS. blæcfexede] he is black-haired, Homl. Th. i. 456, 16

bóc-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-gestreón, es; n.

A book-treasury, librarybibliotheca

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A book-treasury, library; bibliotheca He ðider micel bócgestreón and æðele begeat he acquired there a great and noble library, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 2

ge-bild

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-bild, adj.

Boldbraveconfidentaudaxfortisfīdens

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Bold, brave, confident; audax, fortis, fīdens He mid gebildum móde hine ealne gedranc he drank it all with a bold mind, Homl. Th. i. 72, 25

Linked entry: ge-byld

ge-glídan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-glídan, p. -glad, pl. -glidon; pp. -gliden

To glidefalllabi

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To glide, fall; labi Ðá he sceolde into gegíldan Nergendes níþ when he must fall into the Saviour's hate, Cd. 221; Th. 288, 6; Sat. 376

ge-hwettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwettan, p. te; pp. ed

To whetexciteexcītāre

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To whet, excite; excītāre He gehwette and tihte ðæra Iudéiscra manna heortan he whetted and instigated the hearts of the Jews, Homl. Th. i. 26, 31

ge-lendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lendan, p. de

To endow with land

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To endow with land Ða seofon mynstru he gelende mid his ǽgenum those seven monasteries he endowed with his own lands, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 29

Linked entry: ge-lent

ge-ondettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ondettan, p. te; pp. ed

To confessconfĭtēri

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Gif he hit geondette if he confess it, L. In. 71; Th. i. 148, 3

æþeling-hád

(n.)
Grammar
æþeling-hád, es; m.
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Princely condition Sóna swá his cynedóme gecoren wearþ, wæs swíþe gemundige his behátes þe on his æþelincghade Gode behét. Lch. iii. 438, 5

fugelian

(v.)
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Ǽlcne man lyst, siððan ǽnig cotlýf on his hláfordes lǽne getimbred hæfð, þæt móte huntigan and fuglian and fiscian, Solil. H. 2, 10. Add

óht

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ne dorston ofer ꝥ geþrýstlǽcan ꝥ óhte gréttan þá hálgan stówe rihtgeleáffullra manna nequaquam ulterius praesumserunt catholica loca temerare, Gr. D. 235, 6. Add

tíþ

Grammar
tíþ, l. tygþ, týþ.
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ástrehte hine sylfne ... biddende his Drihten ... Æfter sumum fyrste ástód úp anbidigende unforht his béna tíða, Hml. S. 31, 219. See next word. Add

ofer-habban

(v.)

to command, govern

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to command, govern móstan ðám læppan friþ gebicgean ðe under cyngces hand oferhæfdon [geweald ofer hæfdon (?)], L. Eth. ii. l; Th. i. 284, 14

spearcian

(v.)
Grammar
spearcian, spearcan(?)

To sparkleemit sparksscintillo

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To sparkle, emit sparks sweartade (spearcade?) ðonne spreocan ongan fýre and áttre, Cd. Th. 269, 24; Sat. 78. Sparcendum scintillante, Hpt. Gl. 501, 5

CILD

(n.)
Grammar
CILD, cildes, cild, sometimes cildru, cildra ; n.

A CHILD, infantinfans, puer

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Ðæt cild wixþ and gewurþ eft cnapa and eft syððan cniht the child grows, and then becomes a boy, and afterwards a young man, Hom. Sax. Þurh cildes hád in the state of childhood, Exon. 65a ; Th. 240, 15; Ph. 639.

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scrudnian

(v.)
Grammar
scrudnian, scrutnian; p. ode
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T. ) hwæt ða feáwa syndan ðe his willan wyrcean willen et querens Dominus in multitudine populi, R. Ben. 2, 16. Míne gebroðra, scrutniaþ mid wáclícum wurðe Godes ríce biþ geboht, Homl. Th. i. 582, 25.

Linked entry: scrutnian

sundor-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-cræft, es; m.
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Ðæt sundorcræfta sumne eác cunne that each have some craft of his own that he knows, L. I. P. 9; Th. ii. 314, 29.

swice

(adj.)
Grammar
swice, adj.
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deceitful, fraudulent wiðstandaþ ðam swican (or subst. ? v. swica) Antecriste, Wulfst. 198, 14. [He minne fader biswak þurh swike his craftes (mid his luþer craftes, 2nd MS. ), Laym. 14865.]