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un-feferig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-feferig, adj.

Not feverish

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Not feverish Syle drincan on wíne, gif unfeferig sý; gif on fefere sý, syle drincan him on wætere, Lchdm. i. 164, 19

Linked entry: feferig

dróf

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Take first passage under drófig, and add Gyf fæger wæter geseó.... Gyf hine méteð ꝥ he dróf wæter geseó, Lch. iii. 168, 27

neáh-lic

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dyde gelíce þon swylce swýþe leóhtlíce slépe and wæs áweht tó þǽre neálecan stefne (ad vicinam vocem), Gr. D. 8S, 9. Add

rǽdend

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Add: a diviner On gelícnysse wigleres and rǽdendes wénð þæt nát in similitudine arioli et coniectoris aestimat quod ignorat, Scint. 75, 12

wǽg

Grammar
wǽg, weight.
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Add Ælc man þe riht démeð, hæfð wǽga on handa, and on ǽgðere sceale byrð rihtwísnesse and mildheortnesse, Ll. Lbmn. 474, 6

ǽ-fæstlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-fæstlic, adj.

legitimatereligious

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Ox. 851. religious forgitt ðæt ǽr ǽfæstlices (-fest-, Cott. MSS.) geðóhte obliviscitur quidquid religiose cogitavit, Past. 57, 8

brim-fugel

(n.)
Grammar
brim-fugel, gen. -fugles; m. [brim, fugel
a bird, fowl
]

a bird, fowlA sea-fowlsea-gull

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A sea-fowl, sea-gull; marina avis He gesihþ baðian brimfuglas he sees sea-fowls bathe, Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 12; Wand. 47

cuc

(adj.)

quickalive vivus

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quick, alive; vivus He lét cucne he left alive Ors. 6, 2; Bos. 116, 41; Gen. 1, 20; Ælfc. Gl. 35; Som. 62, 90

Linked entry: cucon

hindrian

(v.)
Grammar
hindrian, p. ede

To hinder, obstruct, keep back, repress

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To hinder, obstruct, keep back, repress Á sceal hǽðendðm hindrian he must always repress heathenism, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 306, 7

hirde-belg

(n.)
Grammar
hirde-belg, -belig, es; m.

A shepherd's bag

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A shepherd's bag Ðá nam he fif stánas on his herdebelig then he took five stones in his shepherd's bag, Blickl. Homl. 31, 17

scræf

(n.)
Grammar
scræf, screaf, scref, es; n.
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Ðǽr ( hell ) biþ fýr and wyrm, open éce scræf, Cd. Th. 212, 10; Exod. 537. Cirice on scræfes onlícnesse, Blickl. Homl. 197, 18. férde tó ðam munte and on ánum scræfe ( in spelunca ) wunode, Gen. 19, 30: 23, 11.

á-bisgian

(v.)
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Ðá hwíle ðe ðá ǽmettan ymbe ðá stédan ábisgode beóð dum formicae circa eos occupatae sunt Nar. 35, 15. wiþ, to employ against wið ðone here ábisgod wæs, Chr. 894; P. 37, 8. with acc. of time, to employ time in a pursuit Munecas ðe heora cildhád habbaþ

Linked entry: a-bysgian

for-sweltan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sweltan, he -swilt; p. -swealt, pl. -swulton; pp. -swolten

To die awayperishpermŏri

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To die away, perish; permŏri Manig wíf forswilt for hire bearne many a woman dies because of her child, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 11, note 17. Forswealt disparuit, Cot. 65: 190

unriht-crafing

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-crafing, e; f.
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An unjust claim Hér kýð on þissere béc ꝥ Huberd cræfede ánne wífmon mid unrihte . . . Huberd wæs leósende þǽre wífmanne for his unrihtcræfinge þá and ǽfre mó, Cht. Th. 633, 16-28

Linked entry: crafing

sicetung

(n.)
Grammar
sicetung, sicettung, siccetung, siccettung, e; f.
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angsumlíce siccetunga teáh swá ðæt ear*-*foþlíce orðian mihte he drew his breath painfully and heavily, so that he could hardly breathe, Homl. Th. i. 86, 8.

ǽw-breca

(n.)
Grammar
ǽw-breca, -brica, ǽw-bryca, -an; m. [ǽw marriage, breca a breaker]

A breaker of the marriage vowan adultereradulter

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A breaker of the marriage vow, an adulterer; adulter Se ðe his ǽwe forlǽt, and nímþ óðer wíf, he biþ ǽwbryca [Wilk. ǽwbrica] he who leaves his wife, and taketh another woman, he is an adulterer, L. M. I. P. 16; Th. ii. 268, 30

bisceop-þegnung

Grammar
bisceop-þegnung, -þénung
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wæs bewered fram þǽre biscopþegnunge ab administrando episcopatu prohibito, Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 380, 17. forlét his biscopþegnunge relicto episcopatus officio, 3, 24; Sch. 312, 13.

niht-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
niht-hwíl, e ; f.
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The space of a day, four and twenty hours Gif ǽnig man wǽre áne niht on helle, and eft wǽre æfter þám of álǽdd . . . ne áwacode nǽfre for eallum þisum, tó ðám wérig wǽre for þǽre ánre nihthwíle, Wlfst. 147, 9

sǽ-healf

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-healf, e; f.
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The seaside Bæd hí ánre sylle, þæt mihte þæt hús on ðá sǽhealfe ( a parte maris) mid þǽre underlecgan, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 33. lǽdde scipfyrde tó Scotlande, and ꝥ land on þá sǽhealfe mid scipum ymbelæg, Chr. 1072; P. 208, 13

sél

(adv.)
Grammar
sél, adv.
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Add gebæd for hine, and him wæs sóna sǽl (sél, v. l.); and hine þá genam oravit, moxque ilium melius habentem tulit, Gr. D. 247, 25. Add Næs him ealles ná þe sél þæs þe georne hédde, Hml, S. 23, 638