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feax

a bush

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Heó hire wætres bæd, and hí þwóhg, and hyre feax gerǽdde (crines composuit), Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 232, 9. Hí habbað beardas oþ cneów and feax oð hélan (comas usque ad talos), Nar. 35, 2.

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ge-máh

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ge-cwéman

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an feó oþþe an áðe let the one man do the other right, satisfy him by payment or by giving security on oath (or agree upon payment or security ), Ll. Th. i. 30, 20

ná-hwæþer

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Add: as adjective Náðrum werode ne becymð nǽfre nán ende, Hml. Th. ii. 608, 9. God hine ne neádode on náðre healfe, Hex. 22, 30. <b>I a.

Wil-tún

(n.)
Grammar
Wil-tún, es; m.

Wilton in Wiltshire

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Ad monasterium sanctae Dei genitricis Mariae quod dicitur Wiltúne, v. 214, 14. Uenerabili collegio Christicolarum in illo celebri loco qui dicitur Wiltún ad aecclesiam Sanctae Mariae, 227, 6. Ad usum sanctimonialium in Wiltúne degentium, iii. 23, 15

á

(adv.)
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á, <b> (ó);</b> adv.
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</b> at any time; unquarn. in any case, at all Mid máran unrǽde ðone him á behófode ( than was at all proper for him) Chr. 1093; Erl. 229, 3. Gif hé ó wǽre gecnyssed mid mænniscre herenesse, Gr. D. 59, 28. Eá lá !

þenden

(adv.; con.)
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While. where the periods of the actions marked by the verbs in the conjoined clauses are co-extensive, as long as, (all the) while (that) Ic Drihtne singe þenden ic wunige on worulddreámum psallam Deo, quamdiu era, Ps. Th. 103, 31.

flód

flooda riverwatera flooddelugethe Delugea torrent

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Srt. 31, 6. a great outpouring of water, a torrent Flód compluvium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 66.

eóh

(n.)
Grammar
eóh, = iw; m.

The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = eó, the name of which letters in Anglo-Saxon is eóh = íw a yew-tree taxus

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The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = eó, the name of which letters in Anglo-Saxon is eóh = íw a yew-tree; taxus, — hence this Rune not only stands for the diphthong eo, but for eoh a yew-tree, as, — RUNE [Eóh] biþ útan unsméðe treów, heard, hrusan fæst yew is

ge-andwyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-andwyrdan, -andwerdan; p. -andwyrde ; pp. -andwyrded, -andwyrd

To answerrespondēre

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To answer; respondēre Ne mihton hig agén ðis him geandwyrdan non pŏtĕrant ad hæc respondēre illi, Lk. Bos. 14, 6 : Bt. 41, 2; Fox. 244, 23. Geandwyrde [geandwerde MS.

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nebbian

(v.)
Grammar
nebbian, p. ode

To turn the face towards anyoneto retort upon anyone

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Se ríca besihþ on his pællenum gyrlum, and cwyþ : 'Nis se loddere mid his tættecon mín gelica.'

rǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdness, es; f.
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Rǽdnessum, 15, 26. an arrangement, agreement, condition Ðæt ðeós gerǽdnis stondon móte in écnesse, and ðis syndon ðara manna naman ðe æt ðære rédnisse wǽron, Chart. Th. 168, 30. v. ge-rǽdness, rǽde

god-sunu

(n.)
Grammar
god-sunu, a; m.
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A GODSON Ðá onféng he him and æt fulluhtbæþe nam æt ðæs B' handa him to godsuna then he accepted him and took him from the font at the bishop's hand as his godson, Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 18.

ge-bismerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bismerian, -bismrian, -bysmerian, -bysmrian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [ge-, bismerian to mack]

To mocklaugh atderideprovokeillūdĕreirrīdērederīdēreexacerbāre

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To mock, laugh at, deride, provoke; illūdĕre, irrīdēre, derīdēre, exacerbāre Draca ðes ðe ðú hywodest to gebismrienne him drăco iste quem formasti ad illūdendum ei, Ps. Lamb. 103, 26.

ge-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líhtan, p. -líhte

To alightapproachcome

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To alight, approach, come Gelíht of his horse desiliit ab equo suo, Gr. Dial. 1, 2. Ðá gelíhte se cuma then the stranger alighted, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 34. He gelíhte to ðæm hearge propiabat ad fanum, Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 11.

rendan

(v.)
Grammar
rendan, p. de

To rend, tear, cut

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Heo haueð bipiled mine figer, irend of al þe rinde decorticauit ficum meam, A. R. 148, 23. Þe reue rende his clades, Jul. 70, 7

wuldor-beáh

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-beáh, gen. -ges; m.

A crown

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A crown Wuldorbeáh corona, Ps. Spl. 64, 12. Wulderbeáh, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 5 : Hpt. Gl. 438, 24. [For] wuldurbeága pro corona, 458, 22. [Tó] wuldurbége ad coronam, 460, 5. Wulderbeáge tropheo, 508, 64. Wuldorbeág coronam, Ps. Lamb. 20, 4.

andgit-full

(adj.)
Grammar
andgit-full, (-get-).
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foreþanclíce

(adv.)

carefully

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Þæt se ealdor swíðe rihtlíce and foreþanclíce (provide) eal gestyhtige, R. Ben. 15, 18. Hé wærlíce and forðonclíce háwode caute ac sollicite attendit, Gr. D. 203, 17. Add:

frum-cirr

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frum-cirr, <b>-cerr, -cyrr.</b>
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Take here <b>frum-cyrr</b> and add: definite, first time as opposed to second, third, &amp;amp;c. Æt frumcirre . . . æt óðrum cirre . . . æt þriddan cirre, Ll.