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fódder

(n.)
Grammar
fódder, fóddor, fóddur, fóder, fódor; gen. fódres; dat. fódre; n.

FODDERdry food for cattlehaycornprovenderfood generallyjūmenti pābŭlumfœnumĕdūliumpābŭlumescavictusa case from which anything is feda casecoversheaththācaθήκη

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Voc. 35, 54. v. boge*-*fódder

Linked entries: fóter FÓÐER

hwílum

(adv.)
Grammar
hwílum, hwílon; dat. pl. as adv.

At times for a timesometimeswhilome

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Ic secge ðæt ic hwílon ǽr forsúwode I say what I sometime before passed over in silence, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 27. Hwílan ǽr, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 106; Met. 29, 53.

Linked entries: HWÍL hwílon

læppa

(n.)
Grammar
læppa, an; m.

A skirtlappetlobelapa detached portiona district

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Hér sint tácn áheardodre lifre ge on ðám læppum and filmenum here are symptoms of a hardened liver both on the lobes and the membranes, L. M. 2, 21; Lchdm. ii. 204, 4. Sió lifer hæfþ fíf læppan, 2, 17; Lchdm. ii. 198, 1

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LÍM

(n.)
Grammar
LÍM, es; m.

LIMEcementmortarglueglutenpaste

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Swá lím gefæstnaþ fell tó sumum brede as glue, fastens a skin to a board, 44; Som, 45, 25. Límes calcis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 52. Áfæstnod ic eom on líme grundes infixus sum in limo profundi, Ps. Spl. 68, 2.

meolc

(n.)
Grammar
meolc, meoluc, milc, e; f.

Milk

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Wyl on meolcum boil in milk, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 296, 19. Mid cú meolcum, 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 218, 22. From milcum ádóen ablactatus, Blickl. Gl

Linked entry: milc

betonice

(n.)
Grammar
betonice, an; f : also Lat. betonĭca, æ; f.

The herb BETONYbetonĭca officinālis

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Wyl on ealaþ betonican boil betony in ale, L. M. 1, 16; Lchdm. ii. 58, 24.

Linked entries: betoce bettonice

þicness

(n.)
Grammar
þicness, e; f.
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Ðicnyssa condensa, 28, 9. referring to dimension, thickness, depth, a thick body. v. þicce, IV Hreóflícre þicnesse elephantina callositate, Hpt. Gl. 519, 31. Hit næfde eorþan þiccnesse non habebat altitudinem terrae, Mk. Skt. 4, 5.

Linked entry: þicce

þegen-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þegen-scipe, es; m.
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S. 15; Th. i. 384, 13. a body of thanes Sce Adrianes wæs ðæs cáseres ðegnscipes ealdorman, ðe Maximianus wæs nemned, Shrn. 59, 24. bravery, manfulness, gallantry. v. þegen, VIII, þegenlíc Beóþ nú gehyrte, and healdaþ mid ðegenscipe ða hálgan Godes ǽ

for-lǽtnes

abandonmentdesolationneglectabandonmentcessationintermissionremissnessremissionpardonlossputting awaydismissiondivorce

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S. 23 b, 7. putting away, dismission, divorce Of boec forlétnise de libello repudii, Mt. p. 18, 8. Similar entries v. án-, betweohn-forlǽtness

ge-þrǽstan

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Vos. 104, 16. to vex, distress, afflict. the body Þá ásweóll him se líchama ... sárlíce hé wæs mid þám sáre geswenced ... þá sǽde hé him þone intingan þurh hwæt hé ǽrest swá geþrǽst wǽre ( causam vexationis suae narrabat ), Guth. Gr. 153, 18.

on-scunian

(v.)
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Ðý lǽs hié herigen hiera gódan weorc, and onscunigen ðæt hié selfe suá dón ne bona laudent, et agere recusent, Past. 231, 13.

sǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽne, adj.

Slow, dull, sluggish, inactive

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Mægencræft móda gehwilces ofer líchoman lænnie and sǽnne might of the mind over the body weak and dull. Met. 26, 106. Hé (a sea serpent) on holme wæs sundes ðé sǽnra (the slower in swimming), ðá hyne swylt fornam, Beo. Th. 2876; B. 1436.

bróc

(n.)
Grammar
bróc, es; pl. brócu; n: bróc, gebróc,

Affliction, misery, tribulation, trouble, labour, adversity, a disease, malady, sicknessafflictio, miseria, tribulatio, labor, adversitas, morbus, ægritudo

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metaphorically, that which violently breaks from the body or mind; hence, Affliction, misery, tribulation, trouble, labour, adversity, a disease, malady, sickness; afflictio, miseria, tribulatio, labor, adversitas, morbus, ægritudo God nyle nán unaberendlíce

full

(adv.)
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Þes moncwealm wæs on Rómánum full (fulle, Bos. 55, 24) II geár (per biennium), Ors. 3, 3; S. 102, 9. [See full; adv.] <b>V a.

þín

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þín, prop. poss.
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Gif ðæt þíne ágne (ágnan, Bod. MS.) welan wǽron, 7, 3; Fox 20, 17. where the noun is qualified by an adjective For þínum ídlan gilpe, Blickl. Homl. 31, 14. For þínum gódan willan ... ða leán eallra þínra gódena weorca, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 14-16.

for-beódan

(v.)

to forbidto restraincheckto prevent

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Hé forbeád þæt mon náne fæste bóc ne leornode (praecepit ne . . . ), 6, 31; 8. 286, 3: Chr. 1012; P. 142, 19. combining (a) and (b β) Forbeéd hit se bisceop ꝥ hí ne weópon, Nar. 32, 12. with gerundial infin.

hwæt

(adv.; int.)
Grammar
hwæt, adv. or interjection.
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indirect questions Ic ðé mæg eówian ðæs bisna þá ðe magon getrymian tó þám ꝥ þú nást hwæt þú læng siofige, Bt. 36, 1; F. 172, 28. in clauses expressing astonishment, how, what Eálá hwæt Drihten deófles costunga geþyldelíce ábær O how patiently our Lord bore

on-wreón

(v.)

to uncover, discloseto uncover, open, remove a coveringto make known, shew forth, reveal, discoverto shew the (hidden) meaning of anything, to explainto shew, display so as to avoid concealmentto display what is bad, to exposeto reveal

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Áne bóc on his wítegunge, ðe him God sylf onwreáh, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 44. Ðeáh ðe him God onwríge wísdómes gǽst, Exon. Th. 273, 14; Jul. 516. Ðam ðe se sunu wyle ðone Fæder onwreón, Mt. Kmbl. ii. 27.

ge-bétan

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Gebéte mid fulre bóte, 330, 26. (β 3) by adverb or phrase :-- . ii. bóte gebéte, Ll. Th. i. 4, 2. Gebéte hé ꝥ be þǽm þe seó dǽd sý, swá be were, swá be wíte, 168, 5.

þrítig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrítig, þrittig; num.

Thirtythirty (years old)

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Grammar þrítig, alone Ðam sceal .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte (cf. in next line: Ðam sculon .v. sciłł. tó bóte), L. Alf. pol. 56; Th. i. 94, 28. Hwæt gif ðǽr beóð þrítig? God cwæð: Ne dó ic him ná láð, gif ðǽr beóþ þrítig rihtwísra, Gen. 18, 30.