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fæder-éðel

(n.)
Grammar
fæder-éðel, gen. -éðles; m. [éðel a country, home]

Father-land, paternal home păterna rĕgio, patria

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He bebeád, ðæt ǽlc cóme to his fæderéðle he gave orders that every one should come to his father's home, 5, 14 ; Bos. 114, 18, 22

up-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
up-weardes, adv.

Upwards

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Upwards onginþ of ðám wyrttrumum, and swá upweardes gréwþ óþ ðone stemn, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 150, 2. biþ upweardes (cf. swá sprincþ up, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 24), Met. 13, 54. Hió stíhþ á upweardes, 13, 62. hæfde his handa upweardes, Blickl.

Linked entry: uppe-weardes

fela-wlonc

(adj.)
Grammar
fela-wlonc, adj.

Very statelyvalde magnĭfĭcus

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Very stately; valde magnĭfĭcus Mec brýd triedeþ, felawlonc, fótum the bride treads me, very proud, with her feet, Exon. 103 b; Th. 393, 28; Rä. 13, 7

Linked entry: wlanc

un-fricgende

(adj.)

not questioning

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not questioning Mé sægde ðæt wíf hire wordum selfa unfricgendum the woman of her own accord told me without my asking, Cd. Th. 160, 12; Gen. 2649

ende-fæstend

(n.)
Grammar
ende-fæstend, es; m.

a finisher

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One who puts the last touches to a work, a finisher On wyrhte gileáfes and endefæstend in auctorem fidei et consummatorem (Heb. 12, 2), Rtl. 27, 29

Linked entries: fæstan fæstend

ge-cwilman

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Take here ge-cwylman in Dict., and add Ge-cwylmdon secto, Germ. 400, 524. Heora líchaman sceoldon beón mid mislicum tintregum gecwilmede, Hml. Th. ii. 424, 18

Linked entry: ge-cwelman

of-féstre

(n.)
Grammar
of-féstre, (?), an; f.
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, one who received a child into her own house to nurse Ælflǽde offéstran, Cht. Crw. 23, 22. Cf. cild-féstre

Linked entry: féstre

sǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
sǽgan, de

To cause to sink

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Só giségid wurð sedle náhor hédra sunna,Hel. 5715), Exon. 207, 15; Ph. 142

winn-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
winn-dæg, es; m.

A day of labour or of struggle

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A day of labour or of struggle Fela sceal gebídan leófes and láþes se ðe longe hér on ðyssum windagum worulde brúceþ, Beo. Th. 2128; B. 1062

Linked entry: win-dæg

án-daga

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Tó þám ándagan þe him gewissode, Hml. A. 97, 167. hæfð gecweden ándagan, ꝥ sceall ácwellan míne mǽgðe, 99, 262. Ꝥ mann sceolde settan swylcne ándagan Gode, ꝥ binnan líf dagum þám folce gehulpe, 108, 211.

irfe-weardness

Grammar
irfe-weardness, irf-weardness, e; f.

An inheritance

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God cwæþ ðæt sylf wǽre heora yrfweardnyss, Homl. Th. ii. 224, 7. Ðonne biþ úre seó yrfeweardnes nostra erit hereditas, Mk. Skt. 12, 7

Linked entry: irf-

melc

(adj.)
Grammar
melc, meolc; adj.

Giving milkmilch

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geseah wilde hinde melce and se geþyrsta mon meolcode ða hinde, Shrn. 130, 3. Wið tittia sár wífa ðe beóþ melce, Herb. 19, 4; Lchdm. i. 112, 26. Meolce breóst ubera, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 14

ge-stillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stillan, ge-stellan, ge-styllan; p. ed.
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Take here ge-styllan in Dict., and add: To reach by leaping (v. stellan to leap), to assail, attack (of disease) wæs gestelled (correptus) mid feferádle, Gr. D. 276, 13. Gestelled and geðreád, 286, 16: 288, 8.

ge-ceorfan

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Gecearfa abscidi, Mt. p. 14, 15. to behead a person gecearf (giceorf, R.) hine decollauit eam, Mk. L. 6, 27

Linked entry: ceorfan

hideres

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Take here hidres in Dict., and add: local þǽr lange hyderes and þyderes sécende fór, Hml. S. 236, 730. figurative Sió ábisgung hine scofett hidres ðædres, Past. 169, 13.

Linked entry: hidres

mǽþ

Grammar
mǽþ, mowing.
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Se Godes þeówa cwæð: 'Árís and ber þis gréne híg þám horsum . . . nú is lytel tó láfe þysses mǽþes (cf. máweþ heig on þissere dene, 2), and swá þis gedón byþ, ic gá æfter þá' leva fenum viride, porta pabulum jumentis; ecce ego, quia parum superest,

heáfod-weard

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-weard, e; f.

A guarding of the [lord's] head, attendance as a guard upon the king.a body-guard

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So in Beowulf it is said of Wiglaf that he 'healdeþ heáfodwearde,' keeps guard over the dead king, Beo. Th. 5811; B. 2909

hors-hwæl

(n.)
Grammar
hors-hwæl, es; m.

A walrus

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A walrus Swíðost fór ðider tóeácan ðæs landes sceáwunge for ðǽm horschwælum for ðæm hie habbaþ swíðe æðele bán on heora tóþum his principal object in going there, in addition to the observation of the country, was to get the walruses, for they have

Linked entry: hwæl

toln

(n.)
Grammar
toln, e; f.

Toll

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Heore is ðæt scip ... and se tolne of ealle scipen eorum est navicula ... et theloneum omnium navium, 318, 1

Linked entry: tolnere

fóre-settan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-settan, p. -sette, pl. -setton; pp. -seted, -sett

To set beforeproposeshutclose inpræpōnĕrepropōnĕrepræclūdĕre

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He fóresette on his móde ðæt he wolde cuman to Róme propŏsuit ănĭmo vĕnīre Rōmam, 5, 19; S. 637, 23. Hí ná fóresetton ðé on gesihþe his non propŏsuērunt te in conspectu suo, Ps. Spl. 85, 13: 53, 3.