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on-findan

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Se cyning ðæt anfunde, þæt him mon geswicen hæfde, 1, 12; 8. 52, 6. with clause Hé anfunde þæt þæt cúþ wæs, Ors. 4, 5 ; S. 166, 30: 6, 33; S. 288, 15. Þæs anfundan Cartaginenses ꝥ hié mon oferswíþan mehte, 4, 1 ; S. 160, 4.

næss

(n.)
Grammar
næss, ness, es; m.

a nessland running out into waterheadlandpromontory

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Hié Geáta clifu ongitan meahton, cúþe næssas, 3828; B. 1912.

Linked entries: næsse ness

ge-ortríwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ortríwan, ge-ortreówan; p. de.
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.), ꝥ on úre yldo ꝥ beón mihte nec diffidendum est nostra aetate fieri potuisse, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 441, 7. with clause Hé geortreóweð hweþer hí sóðe sýn, for þon þe hé nǽfre ne cúþe þurh gewisse áfandunge . . . hí geortreówdon hwæðer hí sóðe wǽron þe nǽron

FOLM

(n.)
Grammar
FOLM, gen. dat. folme; acc. folm, folme; pl. nom. acc. folme, folma; f: folme, an; f.

The palm of the handthe handpalmamănus

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Heó genam cúþe folme she took the well-known hand, Beo. Th. 2610; B. 1303: Salm. Kmbl. 339; Sal. 169: Ps. Th. 128, 5.

Linked entry: folme

for-sleán

cut throughto slaykillto destroylay wastefinishto routoverthrowto condemn

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Add: to injure by striking, cut through or break with a stroke, wound with a blow Heó slóh tó his hneccan, and mid twám slegum forslóh him þone swuran percussit bis in cervicem ejus et abscidit caput ejus, Hml. A. 111, 305.

cýþþu

Grammar
cýþþu, (-o).
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Þurh þæs (the bishop's brother) cýþþo (cýðþo, cyððe, v. ll.) gelamp þæt se cyning þone biscop lufade per cujus notitiam rex ad diligendum episcopum pervenit, Bd. 3, 23; Sch. 300, 7, (2 a) familiar, intimate knowledge, friendliness. v. cúþ Heó gelaðode

Linked entry: cýþ

nama

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Þæt tácen núgiét cúþ is on þǽre eá noman þæs consules sleges Fauiuses testatur hanc Fabii cladem fluvius Allia, sicut Cremera Fabiorum, 2, 8; S. 92, 17, Bizantium . . . be his noman wæs gehátenu Constantinopolim a Constantino . . .

scín-cræft

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scín-cræft, scinn-cræft, es: m.
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Ðá cwǽdon hí, ðæt hí scinn*-*cræftas ne cúþan, 90, 10. Se sceocca eów lǽrþ ðyllíce scíncræftas, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 106. ¶ In the following the word is glossed as if it were scíncræftiga :-- Scíncræfta hierofhantorum , Wrt.

á-heardian

(v.)
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Hire wæs áweaxen swá áheardod hýd ( obdurata cutis ) swylce olfendan, Gr. D. 287, 4. Tácn áheardodre lifre, Lch. ii. 204, 4.

Linked entry: heardian

FEOR

(adv.)
Grammar
FEOR, feorrv, fior; comp. fyrr, fyr, fier; sup. fyrrest; adv.

FARat a distanceprŏcullongebeyondmoreoverultraporro

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Feor ðú dydest cúþan míne fram me longe fēcisti nōtos meos a me, Ps. Lamb. 87, 9.

Linked entries: feorr fior

wíg-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-cræft, es; m.

war-craftmilitary skilla warlike arta warlike enginewarlike forcemilitary power

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Voc. ii. 58, 33. warlike force, military power (abstract or concrete) On Thessali hé ðæt gewinn swíþost dyde for ðære gewilnunge ðe hé wolde hî him on fultum geteón for heora wígcræfte, for ðon hié cúþon on horsum ealra folca feohtan betst Thessaliam

slege

(n.)
Grammar
slege, slæge,es; m.

a stroke, blowof a serpent's sting,a striking, beating,stamping, coiningclashing, collisiona crash, clap of thundea fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violencea defeat, loss inflicted on an army; cladesa stroke of affliction, punishment, diseasean instrument for striking a slaya plectrumplectro]a stroke, blowslayingplaga, ictus, tusio, percussio :a blow, defeat; n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy

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Kmbl. 26, 31 a defeat, loss inflicted on an army; clades Ðæt tácen núgiet cúþ is on ðære eá noman ðæs consules sleges Fauiuses testatur hanc Fabii cladem Allia, sicut Cremera Fabiorum Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 92, 17.

Linked entries: slæge hearp-slege

FEL

(n.)
Grammar
FEL, FELL, es; n.

skinhidepelliscŏriumcŭtis

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A FELL, skin, hide; pellis, cŏrium, cŭtis Fel pellis, Wrt. Voc. 65, 11: 86, 37: 283, 33. Næs hyre feax ne fel fýre gemǽled neither her hair nor skin was marked by the fire, Exon. 74 a; Th. 278, 1; Jul. 591. Fell pellis, Wrt. Voc. 71, 18.

Linked entry: fell

FREMEDE

(adj.)
Grammar
FREMEDE, fremde, fremþe, fræmde; adj.

Strangeforeignestranged fromdevoid ofaliēnusperegrīnusaliēnātusaversusremōtusexpers

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Ðonne beó we fremde fram eallum ðám gódum then should we be cut off from all those good things, St. And. 8, 10. Feorcund mon oððe fremde a far-coming or a strange man, L. In. 20; Th. i. 114, 15: L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 21: L. C.

timbran

(v.)
Grammar
timbran, timbrian; p. ede, ode.

to build (lit. or fig.)constructto instruct,edifyto cut timber

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Surt. 68, 36. to instruct, edify Hé nówiht elles dyde ðonne ðæt folc mid godcundre láre timbrede nil aliud ageret quam plebem Christi verbo salutis instruere, Bd. 2, 14; S. 518, 10. to cut timber (?).

tó-stencan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-stencan, p -stencte; pp. -stenced, -stenct.

to scatter the parts of a wholedisperse a number of objects gathered togetherto destroy the integrity of a wholedissipatebring to noughtoverthrow

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Ofermódignyss seó ðe englas cúþe beswícan, micele má menn tóstencean (dissipare), Scint. 83, 13.

HÝD

(n.)
Grammar
HÝD, e; f.

HIDEskin

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Ic bicge hýda and fell ego emo cutes et pelles, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 29. Horses hýda hí habbaþ him tó hrægle pelliculas equorum ad vestimentum habentes, Nar. 38, 2.

Linked entry: hýd-gild

hwanan

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Hwanan sceal mé cúþ beón ꝥ ic mid líchomlicum eágum geseón ne mæg?, Bl. H. 21, 19. Dauid sylf nemde hine drihten and hwanon is hé his sunu?, Mk. 12, 37. the cause or reason for a result Hwanun is mé ðis ꝥ mínes drihtnes móder tó mé cume?

swá

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Add Hé cwæð swá seó ilce wíse þá manigum men cúþ wæs be his sage aiebat sicut tunc res eadem multis innotuit, Gr. D. 318, 26. ꝥ hé sealde þám óðrum swá hé nyste áttor drincan ut ei nescienti in potu venenum daret, 158, 29 : 327, 8 : Hml. S. 30, 88.

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, fiscnoþ (-naþ), fixnoþ, es; m.

fishinga fishing-grounda catch

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. ; ac seó þeód þone cræft ne cúþe ðæs fiscnoþes nemne tó ǽlum ánum docuit eos piscando uictum quaerere . . . ; sedpiscandi peritia genti nulla nisi ad anguillas tantum inerat, Bd. 4, 13; Sch. 420, 5-11.