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gif-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
gif-fæst, adj.

Gifted with ⬩ capable of ⬩ fitted for ⬩ capax

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Gifted with, capable of, fitted for; capax Sum biþ wóþbora giedda giffæst one is a poet gifted with song, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 20; Crä. 36: Cot. 57

þegen-gilde

(n.)
Grammar
þegen-gilde, es; n.

The wergild for a thane

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The wergild for a thane Gyf þrǽl þegen fullíce áfylle, licge ǽgylde; and gyf se þegen þæne þrǽl, ðe hé ǽr áhte, fullíce áfylle, gylde þegengylde, Wulfst. 162, 10

ge-fægnian

(v.)
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Hé gefægnode for þæs feóndes deáþe, Gr. D. 120, 8

a-wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wundrian, p. ade; pp. ad

To make a wonder of ⬩ vertere quasi miraculi ad modum

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To make a wonder of; vertere quasi miraculi ad modum Eów sceal ðæt leás awundrad weorþan the falsehood shall be made a wonder of for you, Invent. Crs. Recd. 1161

fǽr

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr, fér, es; m.

A fever ⬩ febris

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A fever; febris Wið þriddan dæges fǽre and feórþan dæges fǽre for a third day's fever and a fourth day's fever, L. M. cont. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 12, 27

flór-stán

(n.)
Grammar
flór-stán, es; m.

A floor-stone ⬩ stone used for pavement ⬩ tessĕra păvimento sternendo designāta

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A floor-stone, stone used for pavement; tessĕra păvimento sternendo designāta Lytle feðerscitte flórstánas little four-cornered floor-stones; tessellæ, Ælfc. Gl. 61; Som. 68, 67; Wrt. Voc. 39, 50

heort-ece

(n.)
Grammar
heort-ece, es; m.

Pain at the heart

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Pain at the heart Heó wið heortece well fremaþ it is very beneficial for heartache, Herb. 18, 3; Lchdm. i. 110, 19: ad cardiacos, 89, 3; Lchdm. i. 192, 16

iú-leán

(n.)
Grammar
iú-leán, es ; n.
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A reward for something done long ago Iúleán ðæs ðe hine of nearwum Widia út forlét a reward, because in time past Widia released him from straits, Wald. 2, 7

Linked entry: geó-leán

wrásen

(n.)
Grammar
wrásen, e; f.

A band ⬩ tie

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wrasen; Similar entries for suffix cf. (?), bodan fundus, 98, 10), óst nodus (cf. nodos bende, 95, 27, nodorum rápa, 61, 68), Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 79

ǽwisc-berend

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwisc-berend, es; m.
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A name for the middle finger (cf. in Cotgrave le doigt sale the middle finger); impudicus (digitus), Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 22. middel finger medius vel impudicus, 44, 6. Cf

be-smittian

(v.)
Grammar
be-smittian, p. od

To pollute ⬩ defile

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Ox. 4156. moral Heora for*-*mænig mid ídelum lofe byþ besmittad multos ex eis cenodoxiae morbus commaculat, R. Ben. 139, 19

Linked entry: smittian

eorþ-rest

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For ' A resting . . . Cot. 31 ' substitute

ge-sibsumnes

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Of þǽre offrunga þe man for gesibbsumnysse offrað de pacificorum hostiis, Lev. 7, 32. Þ wé úre gesibsumnesse and geþwǽrnesse fæstlícost ús betweónan healdon, Ll. Th. i. 246, 22. Add

hǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ, e;
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Ger. ] See next word, and hǽþung, for-hǽþan

or-tydre

Grammar
or-tydre, l. -týdre,
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and add Nolde úre Drihten for his myldheortnesse ꝥte ðes middangeard nǽre (wǽre ?) ortýdre manna cynnes, ac áscyrede tó lafe ꝥ ꝥ wé eft of áwócon, Angl. xi. 2, 42

séþan

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Secgende and séðende ꝥ him swá gelumpen, for ðan ðe hé Godes templ tawode tó bysmore, Hml. S. 25, 541. Add

storm-sǽ

(n.)
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Ger. sturm-wint turbo: Icel. sturm-viðri tempest, for similar compounds.)

heardness

(n.)
Grammar
heardness, e; f.

Hardness

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Hardness For eówer heortan heardnesse ad duritiam cordis vestri, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 8: Mk. Skt. 10, 5. Ðú æteówdest ðínum folce heardnyssa ostendisti populo tuo dura, Ps. Lamb. 59, 5

cneó-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
cneó-wærc, cneów-wærc, es; n?

A pain in the knees; ⬩ genuum dolor

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A pain in the knees; genuum dolor Wið cneówærce for a pain in the knees Lchdm. iii. 16, 16. Wið cneów-wærce L. M. 1, 24; Lchdm. ii. 66, 11

Linked entry: cneów-wærc

six-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
six-gilde, adj.

Requiring six-fold payment or fine

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Diácones feoh .vi. gylde a deacon's property (when stolen) shall be paid for with a sixfold fine, L. Ethb. I; Th. i. 2, 5