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DEÓFOL

(n.)
Grammar
DEÓFOL, deóful, dióful; contracted to deófl; gen. es; dat. ; nom. pl.deóflu , deófol; gen. deófla; m. n.

DEVIL ⬩ diabŏlus

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Nú þencþ menig man and smeáþ hwanon deófol cóme?

Linked entry: deóful

FRÓFOR

(n.)
Grammar
FRÓFOR, frófer, frófur; gen. frófre; f: v. <b>II;</b> but frófor and frófer are sometimes m.

comfort ⬩ solace ⬩ consolation ⬩ help ⬩ benefit ⬩ profit ⬩ refuge ⬩ sōlāmen ⬩ sōlātium ⬩ consōlātio ⬩ auxĭlium ⬩ refŭgium

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Wæs frófor cumen comfort was come. Cd. 72; Th. 89, 4; Gen. 1475. Frófor eft gelamp sárigmódum comfort afterwards came to the sad in mind, Beo. Th. 5875; B. 2941.

ícan

(v.)
Grammar
ícan, iécan, ícean, ýcan ; p. íhte, ícte

To EKE ⬩ increase ⬩ add to ⬩ augment

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Hí sculon ǽlce dæg eácan [Cott. MS. ýcan] ðæt mon ǽlce dæg wanaþ, Bt. 26, 2 ; Fox 94, 1. Ýcan, Judth. 11 ; Thw. 24, 11; Jud. 183: Exon. l08 a; Th. 413, 3 ; Rä. 31, 9. Ýcean augmentare, Bd. 2, 4 ; S. 505, 16.

Linked entries: écan íht

ildan

(v.)
Grammar
ildan, p. de

To delay ⬩ tarry ⬩ defer ⬩ put off ⬩ postpone ⬩ procrastinate ⬩ connive at ⬩ dissimulate

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Kmbl. 25, 5, Hé ilde [Cott. MS. ielde] and þafode ða scylda dissimulavit culpas, Past. 21, 1 ; Swt. 151, 22. Hé ða gewilnunge náht lange ne ylde he did not long delay that desire, Th. Ap. 1, 17.

Linked entries: ældan ildian ilding

leód-biscop

(n.)
Grammar
leód-biscop, es; m.

a suffragan

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In Rtl. 194, 34-40 occurs the following 'Chore episcopi; Grece core, Latine vicari, episcopi: hii in vicis et villis constituti habentes licentiam constituere gradum minorem, non presbiterum neque diaconum, propter scientiam episcopi in cujus regione

ge-gán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gán, p. -eóde, -ióde; pp. -gán.

to go ⬩ go or pass over ⬩ come to pass ⬩ happen ⬩ ire ⬩ præterire ⬩ evenire ⬩ to occupy ⬩ overcome ⬩ overrun ⬩ subdue ⬩ occupare ⬩ vincere ⬩ subigere ⬩ to observe ⬩ practise ⬩ exercise ⬩ effect ⬩ accomplish ⬩ observare ⬩ exercere ⬩ perficere ⬩ efficere

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to go, go or pass over, come to pass, happen; ire, præterire, evenire Heó mihte gegán ofer eall ðis eálond vellet totam perambulare insulam, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 2. Se ðe gryre-síþas gegán dorste who durst go ways of terror, Beo. Th. 2929; B. 1462.

Linked entry: ge-yde

stearc

(adj.)
Grammar
stearc, adj.
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Kmbl. 1126; El. 565. hard, rough, strong, of wind or weather Stearc winter aspera hyems, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 17. Se stearca wind norþan-eástan, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 18. Se stearca storm, Met. 6, 11. Stearc storma gelác, 26, 29.

Linked entries: stearc-heard streac

cunnan

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Leófre ys ús beón beswungen for láre þænne hit ne cunnan ( nescire ), Coll. M. 18, 22. Hé wilnade mé tó cunenne cupidus me nosse, Nar. 18, 1. Ic getnune . . . cunnendum [mé] memor ero . . . scientium me, Ps.

fætt

Grammar
fætt, l. fǽtt,

plump ⬩ corpulent ⬩ obese ⬩ fatted ⬩ plump ⬩ full-bodied ⬩ substantial ⬩ oleaginous ⬩ unctuous ⬩ rich ⬩ fertile ⬩ productive ⬩ rich

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Voc. ii. 83, 67: 18, 52. rich (of food) Fǽtt broþ pingue jus, Coll. M. 29, 13. Fétto pinguia, Kent.

for-sleán

cut through ⬩ to slay ⬩ kill ⬩ to destroy ⬩ lay waste ⬩ finish ⬩ to rout ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to condemn

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: Forslægenum expletis (cf. expuncta, expleta, Corp. Gl. H. 482), Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 1. to make slaughter of, defeat with slaughter, beat an enemy. as a military term Hié mon gefliémde and swíþe forslóg, Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 20: 3, 9; S. 124, 3.

ge-wǽde

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Gewóedo uestimenta, 23, 34. (2 a) the garment of a soldier, cf. gúþ-gewǽde :-- Uil mec (a coat of mail ) hátan mith hęliðum hyhtlic giuǽde, Txts. 151, 12.

hǽtu

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Ic drífe sceáp míne tó heora lǽse, and stande ofer hig on hǽte ( aestu ) and on cyle, Coll. M. 20, 13. of sexual passion Seó gecyndelice hǽtu þurh ꝥ mægen þæs Hálgan Gástes gestilleþ on þé ( the Virgin Mary ), Bl.

hrínan

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L. 16, 24. to come into contact with Nó hafað hió fót ne folm, ne ǽfre foldan hrán, Rä. 40, 10. to touch, strike with a (pointed) weapon Siððan ic hríno hildepílum láðgewinnum, Rä. 16, 28.

orf

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. ¶ Cattle-stealing, it may be inferred from the statement of the oxherd in Ælfric's Colloquy, 'Ealle niht ic stande ofer þá oxan waciende for þeófan, Coll. M. 20, 291', was a crime whose prevalence justified the attention given it by the law.

hǽr

(n.)
Grammar
hǽr, hér, es; n.

Hair, a hair

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Ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre ne on nægle that iron come not on hair, nor on nail, L. Pen. 10; Th. ii. 280, 20. Ne losaþ ðæt heáfod ðonne ða hǽr beóþ ealle geedstaðelodd the head perishes not when the hairs are all restored, Homl. Th. ii. 542, 35.

Linked entry: hér

HORN

(n.)
Grammar
HORN, es; m.

A HORN, a drinking-horn, a cupping-horn, a trumpet, the horn-shaped projection on the gable-end of a house [v. Dasent's translation of Njála, plate 3, p. cvii], a pinnacle ⬩ a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet, husk ⬩ cornu, tuba ⬩ a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet; a corner ⬩ n. cornu, tuba, promontorium

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Gif feorrancumen man oððe fræmde búton wege gange and hé ðonne náwþer ne hrýme ne hé horn ne bláwe for þeóf hé biþ tó prófianne if a man come from a distance, or a stranger, go out of the highway, and he then neither shout nor blow a horn, he is to be

corþer

(n.)
Grammar
corþer, gen. corþres; n: corþer; gen. corþre; f.

A band ⬩ multitude ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ body ⬩ train ⬩ pomp ⬩ multitudo ⬩ cohors ⬩ copia ⬩ pompa

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A band, multitude, company, troop, body, train, pomp; multitudo, cohors, copia, pompa Cirmdon caldheorte, corþer óðrum getang the cold-hearted cried out, troop thronged on troop Andr. Kmbl. 276; An. 138.

sóþlíce

(adv.)

Truly, really ⬩ certainly ⬩ verily ⬩ Now ⬩ then ⬩ for ⬩ autem ⬩ ecce ⬩ enim ⬩ ergo ⬩ nam ⬩ vero

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Ic sóðlícost wéne, 164, 28. as conj. Now, then, for; representing Latin autem, ecce, enim, ergo, nam, vero Sóðlíce losep hyre wer Joseph autem vir ejus, Mt. Kmbl. 1, 19 (and often).

Linked entry: sóþ-líc

trúwa

(n.)
Grammar
trúwa, trúa, an; m.

(good) faith ⬩ faith ⬩ belief ⬩ confidence ⬩ trust ⬩ a solemn assurance of good faith ⬩ a covenant ⬩ word ⬩ faithful care ⬩ protection

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Skt. i. 7, 56. faith, belief, confidence, trust Se trúwa (trúa, Cott. MSS.) micelre orsorgnesse fiducia magnae securitatis, Past 35; Swt. 243, 12. Be geleáfan oþþe trúwande fide, Scint. 126, 16.

Linked entry: trúa

framian

(v.)

to do good ⬩ benefit ⬩ absolute ⬩ to do good to an object. ⬩ to get good ⬩ derive benefit ⬩ profit ⬩ make progress ⬩ to prevail

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Framige (prosit ) ánra gehwylc óþron on cræfte hys, Coll. M. 31, 25. Hú hé swýþor þám sáulum framian (fremian, v.l., prodesse) mæge, R. Ben. 119, 19. Framian (fremian, v.l.) expedire, 121, 9. Grammar framian, with prep.