ge-fégan
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Ox. 2254. (1 a) of the structure of words or sentences :-- Gif se nama bið geféged of twám ansundum dǽlum, if the noun be compounded of two complete parís, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 88, 4. Feáwa coniunctiones beóð gefégede, 266, 10.
Sunnan-dæg
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, and to be from 3 on Saturday until dawn on Monday :-- Healde man ǽlces Sunnandæges freólsunga fram nóntíde ðæs Sæternes-dæges óþ ðæs Mónan-dæges líhtinge, L.
resten-dæg
A day of rest, Sabbath
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Se Sæternesdæg wæs geháten restendæg... on ðam dæge læg Cristes líc on byrigene, and hé árás of deáþe on ðam Sunnandæge, and se dæg is cristenra manna restendæg, Homl. Th. ii. 206, 3-33.
diácon-hád
The office of a deacon, deaconship ⬩ diaconātus
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The office of a deacon, deaconship; diaconātus On diáconháde in deaconship, Homl. Th. ii, 120, 13
Linked entry: deácon-hád
fǽr-fyll
A sudden or pernicious fall, a precipice ⬩ repentīnus cāsus, præceps
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A sudden or pernicious fall, a precipice; repentīnus cāsus, præceps On fǽrfyll in præceps, Cot. 112
Linked entry: fill
fyrlen
Distance ⬩ distantia
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Distance; distantia For ðám mycclan fyrlene on account of the great distance, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 43
fyrwet-geornnes
Curiosity
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Curiosity For fyrwetgeornnesse ðæs wundres for curiosity on account of the miracle, Blickl. Homl. 69, 22
un-getynge
Unapt of speech ⬩ not eloquent
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Unapt of speech, not eloquent Ic eom ungetinge on sprǽce incircumcisus sum labiis, Ex. 6, 12
Linked entry: ge-tynge
un-wærness
Heedlessness ⬩ want of caution ⬩ imprudence
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Heedlessness, want of caution, imprudence Þurh ðás unwærnysse hé gebringð hine on helle, Wulfst. 299, 7
Linked entry: wærness
wíþig-bed
A bed of willows ⬩ an osier-bed
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A bed of willows, an osier-bed On ðæt wíðigbed, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 437, 21
mersc-mylen
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A mill in afen On hore paðe intó merscmylne; of merscmylne, C. D. vi. 100, 12
Linked entry: mylen
wæter-leást
Want of water
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Want of water Ðæt folc wearð geangsumod on móde for ðære wæterleáste, Homl. Ass. 108, 177
wǽðe-burne
A fishing-stream (?)
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Of ðæm geate on wǽdeburnan; andlang wǽðeburnan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 27
fyrs-gára
A triangular piece of land covered with furze
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A triangular piece of land covered with furze On ðane fyrsgáran, C. D. iv. 8, 35
weódian
To weed ⬩ clear the ground of weeds
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To weed, clear the ground of weeds Me mæig on sumera . . . weódian Anglia ix. 261, 12
fót-lǽst
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Add: e; f. a foot-print Þá fótlástas wǽron swutole on þǽm stáne, swá hié on wexe wǽron áðýde. Bl. H. 203, 36. Hwæþer þú mage tócnáwan hwæs fótlǽsta þú geseó on þissere flóre ástapene, Nap. 79.
gráf
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Add: [The word seems feminine in the compound wíþig-gráf in the following passage On beorg; ðonne on wíðiggráfe; ðonne on ðone weg, C.
ge-weald
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Hé hié mid hungre on his geweald geniédde, Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 26. Hé wæs on þǽre cwéne gewealdum, El. 610. Hí ( devils) habbaþ manega sáula on heora gewaldum, Bl.
þeóf
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Further a thief who was taken in the act, or taken in flight, or who resisted, instead of being handed over to justice (on cyninges bende, L.
Linked entry: þeáf
mæðel-stede
A place of assembly ⬩ place where a meeting is held ⬩ a place of hostile meeting ⬩ a battle-place
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On ðam meðelstede ( the place of the last judgment ), 169; Th. 212, 20; Exod. 542. a place of hostile meeting, a battle-place Hé ne meahte on ðæm meðelstede wið Hengeste wiht gefeohtan, Beo. Th. 2169; B. 1082
Linked entry: hleóðor-stede