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feoh-spillung

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-spillung, -spilling, e; f.

Money-wastingprofusionpĕcūniārum effūsioprofūsio

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Money-wasting, profusion; pĕcūniārum effūsio vel profūsio Man ðǽr ne gespǽdde bútan manmyrringe and feohspillinge man gained naught there except loss of men and waste of money, Chr. 1096; Erl. 233, 30

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fylle-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
fylle-wærc, felle-wærc, es; n.

The falling sicknessepilepsyĕpĭlepsiaἐπιληψία

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The falling sickness, epilepsy; ĕpĭlepsia = ἐπιληψία Of ðæs magan ádle cumaþ hramma and fyllewærc from the disease of the stomach come cramps and epilepsy, L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii. 174. 25

Linked entries: felle-wærc fille-wærc

ge-yrnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-yrnan, p. -arn, -orn, pl. -urnon; pp. -urnen

To runariseexoririsurgere

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To run, arise; exoriri, surgere Ðá georn ðǽr sóna upp genihtsumlíc yrnþ and wæstm then an abundant crop and grain [fruit] soon rose [ran] up there, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 40

ge-blót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-blót, es; n. [ge-, blót a sacrifice]

A sacrificesacrifĭcium

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A sacrifice; sacrifĭcium Bútan geblóte without sacrifice, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 102, 14. Hí swylc geblót and swylc morþ dónde wǽron they made such sacrifices and such murders, 1,8; Bos. 31, 8

ge-feálíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-feálíc, adj.

Pleasantjoyousdelightfullætus

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Pleasant, joyous, delightful; lætus Ðǽr is éðellond fæger and gefeálíc there is a country fair and joyous, Exon. 42 a; Th. 141, 18; Gú. 628 : 44 b; Th. 151, 18; Gú. 797

un-tósprecendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tósprecendlíc, adj.

Ineffable

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Ineffable Rícsiendum úrum Dryhtne, ðæmhiéhstan and ðæm untósprecendlícan (cf. regnante Domino nostro, summo et ineffabili rerum Creatore omnium, 106, 19) ealra þinga and ealra tída Scippende, Chart. Th. 124, 8: 388, 24

westerne

(adj.)
Grammar
westerne, adj.
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Western Ðá ástáh westerne wind and bleów flante favonio, Bd. 5, 19; S. 635, 20 note. Com Æþelmér ealdorman þider and ða weasternan (westenan, v. l. ) þægnas, Chr. 1013; Erl. 148, 16

ende-þrǽst

(n.)
Grammar
ende-þrǽst, e; f.

An enddestruction

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An end, destruction Heó þrowað deáð bútan deáþe and ásprungennesse and ændeþrǽste bútan ænde þæs wítes mortem sine morte, et defectum sine defectu, et finem sine fine patitur, Gr. D. 337, 9

fæst-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
fæst-heald, adj.
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Having fast hold, firmly joined, firmly cemented Hí swíðe fæsthealdne weorcstán upp áhwylfdon, and ǽfre swá hí neár and neár eódon hí fundon ǽlcne stán on óðerne befégedne, Hml. S. 23, 423

feld-land

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opposed to wood-land Ðæs landes gemǽra ðe gebyriað intó ðǽre westmestan híde feldlondes and wudulandes, C. D. iii. 262, 19. Ðone þriddan æcer feldlandes and healfne ðone wudu, 4, 10. Add:

ge-hróp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hróp, es; n.
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A cry Mín gehróp ( clamor meus ) cóm beforan his ansýne, and eác on his eáran hit eóde, Ps. Th. 17, 6. Ongyt míne stemne and mín gehróp intellige clamorem meum 5, I

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gearc

(adj.)
Grammar
gearc, ?; adj.
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Ready, active, quick On orde stód Eádweard se langa, gearc (gearo? cf. þá flotan stódon gearowe, wíges georne, 72. But see yark ; adj. in D. D. and gearcian) and geornful, By. 274

geatolic

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Add: adorned, splendid. of persons Geatolic gúðcwén golde gehyrsted, El. 331. of things Hý sæl timbred, geatolic and goldfáh, ongytan mihton, B. 308. Bil . . . wǽpna cyst . . . gód and geatolic giganta geweorc, 1562

húsel-fæt

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Add: — Nelle wé ꝥ in cyrcean mon ǽnig þing inne healde, bútan þá þe tó þǽre cyrcean frætwum belympað, ꝥ is hálige béc, and húselfata, and mæssereáf . . . Ll. Th. ii. 406, 33

lútan

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Heó leát tó siege, and hé slóh þá tó mid eallum mægene she bent to receive the blow, and he struck at her with all his might, Hml. S. 12, 211. Add

mæsse-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-þegnung, e; f.
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the service of mass On óþran dagan on þǽre fíftan tíde and sixtan and seofoþan nis ná niæsseþénung álýfed, ac man mót swíðe wel mæssan singan on ǽrnemorgen, Angl. xi. 8, 15

myrigþ

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myrigþ, myrhþ.
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Take here mirigþ in Dict., and add Wel mæg gehwá witan ꝥ gif áhwǽr is myrcð (myrhð, v. l.) and wuldor, ꝥ þǽr (in heaven ) is unásecgendlic wuldor, Hml. S. 12, 92

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spédig

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Se ríca and se þearfa sind him betwýnan nýdbehéfe. Þám sþédigum gedafenað þæt héspende and dǽle; ðám wǽdlan gedafenað þæt hé gebidde for ðane dǽlere, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 30-33. Add

wiþer-dúne

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Add: , -ðýneuphill (opposite of of-dúne), steep (?) Se weg is swíðe neara and wiðerdýne, Gr. D. 322, 20. Neara and wiðerdéne is se hálega weg, swá swá Dryhten sylf cwæð, Nap. 69

ǽ-lǽte

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-lǽte, an; f.: es; n.

A desert

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A desert Ǽlǽtan (á-, Wrt.) deserta, s. vocata quae mm seruntur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 14. Wéstensetlan ðe feor fram mannum gewítað and wéste stówa and ǽlǽtu lufiaþ, R. Ben. 134, 12