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fédan

(v.)

to suckle ⬩ nurse ⬩ to feed up ⬩ fatten ⬩ to support ⬩ maintain ⬩ nurture ⬩ educate ⬩ foster ⬩ to nourish ⬩ sustain ⬩ to bring forth ⬩ To graze

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Gif hié mon ongemang ðǽre ðreátunga fét mid sumere heringe, Past. 303, 1. Wiþ feóndseócum men, þonne deófol þone monnan féde oððe hine innan gewealde mid ádle, Lch. ii. 136, 25. His mæ-acute;gas hine féden, gif hé self mete næbbe.

Linked entry: fóster

án-eáge

(adj.)
Grammar
án-eáge, án-ége, án-íge, án-ígge; adj. [án one, eage an eye]

One-eyed ⬩ blind of one eye ⬩ monoculus ⬩ luscus

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One-eyed, blind of one eye; monoculus, luscus Gif he hí gedó áneáge if he make them one-eyed, L. Alf. 20; Th. i. 48, 25, note. Gif híg ánége gedó si luscos eos fecerit, Ex. 21, 26

hangian

(v.)
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him fore wolcen hangað, Met. 5, 4.

démere

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Hí beóð ðá démeras and him ne bið nán dóm gedémed, Hml. Th. i. 396, 19. Doemeras judices, Mt. L. 12, 27. Hwǽr syndon démra dómstówa?, Wlfst. 148, 31. Add

flocc-mǽlum

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Hié wǽron flocmǽlum þiderweard þǽm óþrum tó fultume they were flocking to the place to the help of the others, Ors. 4, 10; S. 200, 19. Hí nocmǽlum fécdon mid heora híwum, Hml. S. 25, 235. Add

un-wrecen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wrecen, adj.

unavenged ⬩ unpunished

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Th. 4877; B. 2443. of crime, unpunished Gif hí ðæs wilniaþ, ðæt him hiora yfel unwrecen sié be ðæs gyltes andefne, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 7

án-feald

(num.; adj.)
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him ánfeald gód, Bt. 39, 6; F. 220, 8.

lást

(n.)
Grammar
lást, lǽst, leást, es; m.

A step ⬩ footstep ⬩ track ⬩ trace

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Hit on lást of his tungan útábirst tó openum bismere ad extremum usque ad apertas lingua coutumelias erumpat, 38, 7; Swt. 279, 8.

Linked entry: lǽst

frǽcednys

(n.)
Grammar
frǽcednys, -nyss, e; f.

Danger ⬩ peril ⬩ perīcŭlum

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Danger, peril; perīcŭlum Saca mid frǽcednysse hit getácnaþ it betokens disputes with peril, Somn. 122; Lchdm. iii. 204, 33

þunring

(n.)
Grammar
þunring, e; f.

Thundering ⬩ thunder

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Thundering, thunder Swá stór þunring and lǽgt wes, swá ðæt hit ácwealde manige men, Chr. 1085; Erl. 219, 22

ge-sáwenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sáwenlic, ge-sawenlic ?; adj.
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Visible Hit is earfoðrecce hwæt hé gesáwenlicra (-sew-, v.l. ) wundra geworhte. Wlfst. 22, 14. Cf. ge-sewenlic; for-sáawenlic

sealm-wyrhta

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Swá swá se sealmwyrhta cwæð, 'Hé hit gecwæð, and þá gesceafta wǽron geworhte,' Hml. Th. i. 122, 13. Add

wítegendlic

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Hé fela þing feorran oft wiste, ǽr þan þe hit gewurde, þurh wítigendlicne gást, Hml. S. 31, 1010. Add

fyrs-sceaga

(n.)
Grammar
fyrs-sceaga, (?), an; m.

A furze-thicket

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Onbútan færsscagan on ðá díc ðæt hit cymð tó ðǽre ródæ, C. D. iii. 229, 29

smeoru-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
smeoru-sealf, e; f.

A grease-salve

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A grease-salve Gif ðú wǽtan dést tó oððe smerusealfe, ne meaht ðú hit gelácnian Lchdm. ii. 148, 23

teón-word

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Þá hǽþenan weras his word hefiglíce onféngcon, and hine mid teónwordum ( injuriis ) éhtende wǽron, Gr. D. 250, 20. Add

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

á-þreátian

(v.)
Grammar
á-þreátian, p. ode

To force away

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To force away Ðæt mon wielle æt óðrum his yfel áðreátigan, and hine on ryhtum gebringan, Past. 293, 10

in-segel

(n.)
Grammar
in-segel, es; n.

A seal ⬩ signet

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Geþenc nú gyf ðínes hláfordes ǽrendgewrit and his insegel tó ðé cymþ hwæðer ðú mǽge cweþan ðæt ðú hys willan ðǽr on gecnáwan ne mǽge consider now, if your lord's letter and his seal come to you, whether you can say that you cannot recognise his pleasure

Linked entries: in-sigle -segel

hordere

(n.)
Grammar
hordere, es; m.

A treasurer, steward, chamberlain ⬩ treasurer

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Se hordere cwæþ him tó andsware gif hé ðam biddendum sealde ðæt hé nán þing næfde his gebróðrum tó syllenne then he bade his steward give the glass vessel to the requesting subdeacon.