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FEALLAN

(v.)
Grammar
FEALLAN, to feallanne; part. feallende; ic fealle, ðú feallest, fealst, felst, fylst, he fealleþ, fealþ, felþ, fylþ, pl. feallaþ; p. feól, feóll, pl. feóllon; pp. feallen; v. intrans.

FALL, fall down, faildefĭcĕre

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Ic fealle cădo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 7; Som. 32, 54. Se rén fealleþ the rain falls, Ps. Th. 71, 6: Exon. 56 b; Th. 201, 25; Ph. 61: Salm. Kmbl. 603; Sal. 301. Se hagol fealþ the hail falls, Ex. 9, 19: Bt. 6 ; Fox 14, 29: Boutr. Scrd. 18, 25.

Linked entries: feallend-lic ge-feallan

feormian

(v.)
Grammar
feormian, part. feormende; p. ode, ade; pp. od; v. a. [feorm food] .

to supply with foodfeedsupportsustainentertainreceive as a guestcherishbenefitprofitvictum suppĕdĭtāreepŭlāresuscĭpĕresuscĭpĕre hospĭtiofŏvērecūrārevălēreto feed ondevourconsumevescicomĕdĕreconsūmĕreto cleanse, FARM or cleanse outmundārepurgāreexpiāre

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He feormaþ ǽlc ðara, ðe blǽda byrþ, ðæt hyt bare blǽda ðe swíðor omnem, qui fert fructum, purgābit eum, ut fructum plus affĕrat, Jn. Bos. 15, 2.

níde

(adv.)
Grammar
níde, neáde, neóde, níde, niéde, nýde; adv. ( a case of níd, q. v.).

of necessityas a naturalinevitable consequencefrom force of circumstancesof necessitybecause a law, natural, moral or human, is to be satisfiedfrom forceunder compulsionwithout free-will

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Ælfc. C. 21; Th. ii. 350, 15.

be-swícan

(v.)
Grammar
be-swícan, bi-swícan; ic -swíce, ðú -swícest, -swícst, he -swíceþ, -swícþ, pl. -swícaþ; p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen; v. a. [be by, swícan to deceive]

To deceive, entice, seduce, delude, betray, offend, supplant, weaken, evadedecipere, illicere, seducere, illudere, prodere, scandalizare, supplantare, deficere, evadere

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Ic beswíce illicio, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 67. Gif hwá fǽmnan beswíce unbeweddode if any one entice an unbetrothed woman, L. Alf. 29; Th. i. 52, 5.

Linked entries: be-swác bi-swícan

ge-munan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-munan, ic, he -man, -mon, pl. -munon; also ic -mune, he -monþ, pl. -munaþ; p. -munde; pp. -munen [a verb whose present tense is the past tense of a lost strong verb, cf. Lat. memini]

To remember, bear in mind, considerrecordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari

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Ic gemune ðé recordor tui, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Som. 44, 2. Ic gemuna meditabor, Ps. Spl. 62, 7. Seó leó gemonþ ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana the lioness remembers the wild manner of her parents, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 12.

sweotol

(adj.)
Grammar
sweotol, swutol, switol, swytol, sutol (-ul, -al, -el); adj.
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Swutol is constat, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Zup. 206, 7: liquet, Zup. 207, 6. Ðæt is swíþe sweotol tó ongitanne be sumum æðelinge, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 18.

sweart

(adj.)
Grammar
sweart, adj.
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Ælfc. Gr. 8 ; Zup. 27, 9 : caeruleus, Hpt. Gl. 516, 14. Wuduréc sweart, Beo. Th. 6281; B. 3145. Hræfn sweart and sealobrún, Fins. Th. 70; Fin. 35.

Linked entries: swart swertling

þeów-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
þeów-dóm, es; m.
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Service; in an unfavourable sense servitude, slavery, bondage, thraldom Ðes þeówdóm haec seruitus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 33; ZuP. 60, 7. Þeówdóm mancipatio, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 57: famulatus, ii. 147, 35. Þeówdómum famulatibus, 34, 3. Ðeówdóm is twyfeald ...

wunung

(n.)
Grammar
wunung, e; f.

dwellinglivinga dwellinghabitationplace to live inbeingexistenceliving

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Ðæt hí sceoldon habban ða fægeran wununge ðe se feónd forleás, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 6. Hé him ðǽr wununge getimbrode, Shrn. 13, 16. Spyrian hwár ða mánfullan wununge habban, L. Eth. ix. 40; Th. i. 348, 26.

Linked entry: wunian

ealdor-dóm

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M. 30, 25. rule, government, any official position involving command of others His ealdordóm ys on eaxle factus est principatus super humerum ejus (Is. 9, 6), Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 14. Licge se ealdordóm on unfriðe, Ll. Th. i. 286, 34.

fullíce

(adv.)
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Th. i. 190, 15. of completed action Praeteritum perfectum ys forðgewiten fulfremed: steti ic stód fullíce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 124, 7. [O. Sax. fullíko: O. H. Ger. follícho funditus, largiter. ]

ge-férscipe

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Th. ii. 242, 18. an association, a guild Scute ǽlc man swá pænig, swá healfne, be þæs geférscipes mænio, Ll. Th. i. 234, 10.

ge-þyncþ

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ge-þyncþ, ge-þyncþu.
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examine recti judicis muta merita ordinum qualitas actionum, Past. 411, 25. (1 a) of a thing personified :-- Þes dǽl (the participle) næfð nǽnne stede of him selfum, ac byð of worde ácenned, and becymð syþþan tó his ágenre geþingðe (-þincþe, v. l. ), Ælfc

god-webb

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Of þám cnihtum hí álǽddon áweg tó wircenne godeweb, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 20. Iúdas funde gold and seolfor, godeweb (god-, v. l.) and purpuran ( they got much gold and silver, and blue silk, and purple of the sea, 1 Macc. iv. 23), Hml. S. 25, 359.

Linked entry: gode-webb

hwider

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Elles hwider aliorsum Ælfc. Gr. Z. 225, 10. Elles hwyder ofer ꝥ ( ne) aliorsum ulterius (progredi valentes ), An. Ox. 3781 : Wrt.

of-teón

(v.)
Grammar
of-teón, pp. -togen and -tigen.

to withdrawto take away what a person has, deprive a person of anythingto withhold, keep back, deny a person anythingabstrahere

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Búton seó syncopa ðonei (of the gen. pl.) ofteó, Ælfc. Gr. 10; Som. 14, 55. Nó Ælmihtig ealra wolde Adam and Eve ârna ofteón, Cd. Th. 58, 29; Gen. 953.

cépan

(v.)
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Þám þe ǽniges crístendómes cépað on heora lífe, Ælf. T. Grn. 14, 10. with clause Se deófol syrwð ymbe Godes gelaðunge, and cépð hú hé mage crístenra manna sáwla fordón, Hml. Th. i. 240, 1. to care about, desire to have. with gen.

rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd, es; m.
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Se rǽd wæs ǽfre on his rǽdfæstum geþance, ðæt hé wircan wolde ða wunderlícan gesceafta, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 4. Hé him tó rǽde genom ðæt ... cui rei consilium utile ratus est, ut ... Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 166, 27.

Linked entry: rád

faru

goingpassingsailinga journeyvoyagean expeditionproceedingscoursepathprocedurethe trainthe troopsthe followersthe attendantscarriage

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Lucas mid Paule siððan síðode on his fare, Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 39. "Hwanon cóme ðú?" Hé andwyrde: " Leóf, næs ic on nánre fare" (non ivit servus tuus quoquam), Hml, Th. i. 400, 24.

macian

(v.)
Grammar
macian, <b>. I.</b>
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Hé wolde hine macian tó gode, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 43. causative uses. with dependent clause, to cause something to happen, bring it about that Hí macedon hit þá ꝥ ǽr wæs ful ríce, þa (ꝥ?)