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flæðe-camb

(n.)
Grammar
flæðe-camb, [MS. -comb], fleðe-camb, es; m.

A weaver's comb ⬩ pecten ⬩ pectĭca

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A weaver's comb; pecten, pectĭca, Glos. Brux. Recd. 40, 15; Wrt. Voc. 66, 23

Linked entries: fleðe-camb flæþ

FROM

(adj.)
Grammar
FROM, freom; comp. fromra; sup. fromest, frommast; adj.

FIRM ⬩ strong ⬩ stout ⬩ bold ⬩ strenuous ⬩ fortis ⬩ strēnuus ⬩ rich ⬩ abundant ⬩ excellent ⬩ ūber ⬩ abundans ⬩ præstans

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FIRM, strong, stout, bold, strenuous; fortis, strēnuus Ic eom on móde from I am firm in mind, Beo. Th. 5048; B. 2527: Exon. 46 a; Th. 156, 13; Gú. 874. Ic eom forþsíþes from I am strenuous of departure, 124 b; Th. 479, 21; Rä. 63, 2: 126 b; Th. 487,

Linked entries: fram freom fromnis frum

frecian

(v.)

to be greedy ⬩ eat voraciously

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to be greedy, eat voraciously Freceo (for the verbal inflexion cf. fraefeleo, 103, 49), mengio (=ic menge, 58, 42) lu[r]cor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 13. Freced(-o?), 51, 14

Linked entry: freceo

cúþra

(adj.)
Grammar
cúþra, more sure, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 40; comp.
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of cúþ

cym

Grammar
cym, come, Exon. 13a; Th. 23, 22; Cri. 372; impert.
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of cuman

ge-camp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-camp, -comp, es; m. [camp a contest, war]

Warfare ⬩ a contest ⬩ battle ⬩ mīlĭtia ⬩ certāmen ⬩ pugna

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Warfare, a contest, battle; mīlĭtia, certāmen, pugna Gecampes feld certāmĭnis campus, Greg. Dial. 2, 3. On gecampe in warfare, Byrht. Th. 136, 18; By. 153. Iosue com mid gecampe to him mid eallum his here vēnit Iosue et omnis exercĭtus cum eo adversus

GE-DÉFE

(adj.)
Grammar
GE-DÉFE, -doefe; comp. -ra; superl. -est, -ust; adj.

Becoming ⬩ fit ⬩ proper ⬩ seemly ⬩ convenient ⬩ agreeable ⬩ decent ⬩ quiet ⬩ mild ⬩ meek ⬩ gentle ⬩ kind ⬩ benevolent ⬩ congruus ⬩ convĕniens ⬩ dĕcens ⬩ opportūnus ⬩ hŏnestus ⬩ quiētus ⬩ mansuētus ⬩ bĕnignus

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Becoming, fit, proper, seemly, convenient, agreeable, decent, quiet, mild, meek, gentle, kind, benevolent; congruus, convĕniens, dĕcens, opportūnus, hŏnestus, quiētus, mansuētus, bĕnignus Swá hit gedéfe wæs as it was fit, Beo. Th. 3345; B. 1670 : Ps.

Linked entry: deáf-líc

weorold-cearu

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Seó þiccnys þára woruldcara (woruldlicra ymbhogena, v.l.) swíðe áwésteð ánra gehwilces biscopes mód uniuscujusque praesulis mentem curarum deasitas devastat, Gr. D. 41, 7. Heorte tóbróden ymbe woroldcara cor dispersum in rerum curis, Chrd. 70, 19. Add

ge-hnyssan

(v.)
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to afflict Se gehnysta gást, hiorte geclánsod and geeádméded spiritus contribulatus, cor contritum et humiliatum Ps. C. 127. Cf. hnossian. [But gehnyst might belong to ge-hnyscan. Ci. ge-hnistun under ge-hnescan; V. 2.] (?)

Linked entries: hnossian -hnyssan

bearhtm

A twinkling of an eye ⬩ an instant

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A twinkling of an eye, an instant:Add: On breahtme in atomo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 27: 46, 60. Þonne (at the last day) englas bláwað býman on brehtme (cf. 1 Cor. xv. 52), Cri. 882

þeóstrig

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóstrig, adj.

Dark

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Dark All líchoma ðín ðióstrig (tenebrosum) biþ, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 23: Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 34. Ðióstrig ł blind hearta caecatum cor, Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 17. Ðurh ðrióstrie wegas per vias tenebrosas, Kent. Gl. 21

Linked entries: þýstrig þrióstrig

dysig-nes

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Eálá on hú micelre dysignesse men nú sindon O dura mens hominum et cor semper inhumanum, Ors. 3, 9; S. 136, 17. Swá hwæt swá wé þurh hwylce dysignesse gedón habban, Hml. A. 143, 137. Add

á-hátian

(v.)
Grammar
á-hátian, p. ode
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To become hot Áhátode concaluit, exardescit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 44. Áhátode heorte mín concaluit cor meum, Ps. L. 38, 4. Sé cymð of þám swíðe ácólodan magan oþþe of þám tó swíðe áhátodan, Lch. ii. 60, 19

Linked entry: hátian

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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Grammar swá, rel. pron. As, that Forgylde ðæt ángylde and ðæt wíte swá tó ðam ángylde belimpan wille, L. Alf. pol. 6; Th. i. 66, 3. Ðon gelíc swá lǽcas cunnon such as doctors know, Lchdm. ii. 192, 23. Brúcan swylcra yrmþa swá ðú unc ǽr scrife, Exon.

Linked entries: swǽ eall-swá se

treddan

(v.)
Grammar
treddan, p. de.

to tread under foot ⬩ trample upon ⬩ to investigate ⬩ examine

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to tread under foot, trample upon Treddun proterunt, Txts. 84, 749. to investigate, examine, v. á-treddan Weorð mé heorte forht ðǽr ic ðín hálig word tredde ii verbis tuis formidavit cor meum, Ps. Th. 118, 161

Linked entry: a-treddan

deófol-gilda

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Se ðeóda láreów sǽde þæt deófolgyldan ( idolis servientes, 1 Cor. 6, 9) nabbað Godes ríce, Hml. Th. ii. 330, 25. Þá deófolgildan ( the prophets of Baal ), Hml. S. 18, 112. Þá leásan deófolgildan þe Baal wurðodon, 369. Add

treppe

(n.)
Grammar
treppe, træppe (v. (?) colte-træppe ( = colt-trap ?) ramnus, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 47), an; f.

A trap

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A trap Ic beswíce fugelas mid treppan decipio aves decipula, Coll. Monast. Th. 25, 15

Linked entry: træppe

fóre-cuman

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-cuman, part. -cumende; ic -cume, ðú -cumest, -cymest, -cymst, he -cumeþ, -cymeþ, -cymþ, -cimþ, pl. -cumaþ; p. -com, -cwom, pl. -cómon, -cwómon; pp. -cumen

To come forth ⬩ come before ⬩ prevent ⬩ prævĕnire

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To come forth, come before, prevent; prævĕnire Ðæt ðú sí fórecumende Drihtnes onsýne in andetnesse quo præoccupando făciem Dŏmĭni in confessiōne, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 42. God fórecymeþ me Deus prævĕniet me, Ps. Spl. 58, 10. Fórecymþ prævĕniet, 67, 34.

Linked entry: fóre-cymeþ

æðele

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
æðele, eðele; comp. -ra; sup. -ast, -est, -use; adj.

noble ⬩ eminent, not only in blood or by descent, but in mind ⬩ excellent ⬩ famous ⬩ singular ⬩ nobilis ⬩ generosus ⬩ præstabilis ⬩ egregius ⬩ excellens ⬩ noble ⬩ vigorous ⬩ young ⬩ nobilis ⬩ novellus

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noble, eminent, not only in blood or by descent, but in mind, excellent, famous, singular; nobilis, generosus, præstabilis, egregius, excellens Se eorl wæs æðele the earl was noble, Cd. 59; Th. 72, 5; Gen. 1182. He sægde Habraharne, æðeles geþingu he

Linked entry: eðele

án-cummum

(adv.)
Grammar
án-cummum, adv. [án one, cummum the dat. of cuma a comer]

One by one ⬩ singly ⬩ singulatim

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One by one, singly; singulatim, Jn. Lind. War. 21, 25

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