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FÓÐER

(n.)
Grammar
FÓÐER, fóður, es; n.

food ⬩ food for cattle ⬩ fodder ⬩ ălĭmentum ⬩ jūmenti pābŭlum ⬩ that in which food is carried ⬩ a basket ⬩ cophĭnus ⬩ κόφĭνos ⬩ that in which food for cattle is carried ⬩ a cart ⬩ cart-load ⬩ vĕhes ⬩ plaustrum ⬩ nunc massa vel vŏlūmen plumbi

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Se ceorl, se ðe hæfþ óðres oxan ahýrod, gif he hæbbe ealle on fóðre to agifanne, agife ealle.

Linked entry: fódder

fætels

(n.)
Grammar
fætels, fetels, es; pl. nom. acc. fætelsas, fætels; m. n. A vessel, vat, sack, bag, pouch; vas, saccus, pēra = πήρα, marsūpium =

μαρσύπιoν

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Ðeáh man asette twegen fætels full ealaþ oððe wæteres, hý gedóþ ðæt óðer biþ oferfroren if a man set two vats full of ale or of water, they cause that either shall be frozen over, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 23, 8.

Linked entries: fetels fételsco

ge-nóg

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-nóg, -nóh; adj.

ENOUGH, sufficient, abundant ⬩ satis, sufficiens, abundans

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ENOUGH, sufficient, abundant; satis, sufficiens, abundans He hæfþ on his ágenum genóh he has of his own enough, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 8. Ðǽr wæs genóg drinc sóna gearu there was soon drink enough ready, Andr. Kmbl. 3067; An. 1536.

Linked entries: ge-nóh ge-nóh

hlíwe

(n.)
Grammar
hlíwe, an; f.

A shelter

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Tó ðǽre strǽt; on ðá streátan hlýwan; of ðǽre hlýwan, C. D. iii. 229, 28. Tó poshlíwan; ðonne of poshlíwan, 82, 2

pyffan

(v.)
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to breathe out Pyfte gást efflauit flamen, An. Ox. 18, 42. Pyf on þínne scytefinger, Tech. ii. 121, 12. Piffendes spirantis, An. Ox. 1885

Linked entry: pyf

BRAND

(n.)
Grammar
BRAND, brond, es; m.

a BRAND, fire-brand, torch; ⬩ titio, torris ⬩ a burning, flame, fire; ⬩ incendium, flamma, ignis ⬩ A sword; ⬩ ensis

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Bronda beorhtost brightest of fires or lights, the sun, 93 b; Th. 350, 170 ; Sch. 65.

Linked entry: brond

boh

Grammar
boh, l. bóh,

sprig

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Voc. i. 33, 16, and also weak forms of g. pl.] a shoulder of an animal Boog armus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 82. Bog armum, 7, 17. Ðone suíðran bógh, Past. 81, 19. Gif hors on hricge oððe on þám bógum áwyrd sý, Lch. i, 290, 10.

mǽg-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-lagu, e; f.

Law regulating the duties and responsibilities of kinsmen

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Law regulating the duties and responsibilities of kinsmen (mǽgas), e. g. in the matter of paying or receiving certain parts of the wergild if one of their number slew or was slain Hé (mynster-munuc) gǽþ of his mǽglage ðonne hé gebýhþ tó regollage, L.

heópe

(n.)
Grammar
heópe, an; f.

A hip ⬩ seed-vessel of the dog-rose ⬩ also the plant on which the hip grows[?]

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A hip, seed-vessel of the dog-rose; also the plant on which the hip grows[?] Heópe butunus [i.e. button, Fr. bouton, knob ], Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 90; Wrt. Voc. 30, 36. Genim brér ðe hiópan on weaxaþ take briar on which hips grow, L.

eáþ-metto

(n.)
Grammar
eáþ-metto, indecl. sing; pl. nom. acc. -metta; f.

Humility ⬩ humĭlĭtas

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On ðam stáne eáþmetta on the rock of humility. Bt. 12; Fox 36, 22: Bt. Met. Fox 7, 65; Met. 7, 33

Sætern-niht

Grammar
Sætern-niht, Sæter-niht,e ; f.

Friday night,

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Friday night, the night between Friday and Saturday His (Christ) líc læg on byrgene ða Sæterniht and Sunnanniht his body lay in the sepulchre on the nights of Friday and Saturday, Homl. Th. i. 216, 27

neoþe-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
neoþe-, nioþo-, niþe-weard; adj.

Low ⬩ situated beneath ⬩ bottom of

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Of neoþeweardum imis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43. 57. Fram his hnolle ufewerdan óþ his ilas neoþewerde from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 27

líc

(adj.)
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</b> the corporeal or material nature or state of man, the material body and its properties, the flesh. of kinship Þú sægdest bast Sarra þín sweostor wǽre, líces mǽge (kinswoman according to the flesh). of sins of the sense Fyrene gestǽlan, líces

hangra

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A wood on a hill-side, and add Tó foxhangran; of ðám hangran, C. D. vi. 106, 1. Of ðám ellenstubbe on ðone yfemestan hangran, iii. 384, 5. [For a discussion of the word and for a number of compound forms in which it occurs see Cht. Crw. p. 134.

beand

(n.)
Grammar
beand, es; m.

A band ⬩ bond ⬩ vinculum

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A band, bond; vinculum On beandon in bonds or captivity; in vinculis, Chr. 1069; Erl. 207, 15

stán-geat

(n.)
Grammar
stán-geat, es; n.
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An opening to pass through between stones On stángeat; of stángeate, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 81, 16

ǽ-smogu

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-smogu, pl. n.
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The slough of a snake; exuviae Sceal mon nǽdran ǽsmogu seóþan on ele, Lch. ii. 236, 4

Linked entry: in-smoh

ceafl-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
ceafl-ádl, e; f.
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Disease of the jaws Him becumað on missenlica ádla . . . sweorcoþu, ceafládl (cealf-, MS.), Lch. ii. 240, 20

heort-gryre

(n.)
Grammar
heort-gryre, es; m.
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Terror of heart, mortal terror Fela cynna egesan geweorþað on eorðan folce tó heortgryre, Wlfst. 86, 15

Linked entry: gryre

hylu

(n.)
Grammar
hylu, e; f.
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A hollow Of ðǽre wylle on þá hyle; ðonne be ðǽre hyle, C. D. iii. 407, 12

Linked entry: wyla