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FIRAS

(n.)
Grammar
FIRAS, fyras; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

Living beingsthe chief of living beingsmenmankindhŏmĭnesvĭrigĕnus hūmānum

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Biþ ánra gehwylc flǽsce bifongen fira cynnes every one of the race of men shall be invested with flesh, Exon. 63b; Th. 234, 5; Ph. 535: 73a; Th. 273, 1; Jul. 509: 92b; Th. 347, 18; Sch. 14. Fira bearn children of men, Cd. 21; Th. 26, 17; Gen. 408.

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Cyménes óra

(n.)
Grammar
Cyménes óra, an; m.

Cymen's shore, near Wittering, Sussex Cymēni lītus, qui ibi naves ad terrain appulit. Nunc nomen amisit, sed fuisse prope Wittering, in agro Sussexiensi, Charta Donatiònis quam Cedwalla Rex Ecclesiæ Selsiensi fecit, planissĭme convincit

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Camden and, after him, Gibson say, in the preceding Latin, this place was near Wittering on the coast of Sussex. They rely on a Charter which Kemble [Cod.

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fultumend

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Ox. 3807. a helper of a person (gen. ) Þú eart mín fultumend, Ps. Th. 26, 11. Crístenra manna fultumigend, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 4.

cristen

(adj.)
Grammar
cristen, def.se cristena; sup. se cristenesta; adj. [Crist Christ]

Christian christianus

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Cristnu gesamnung the Christian church Ps. Th. 44, 11. Gif hwá cristenes mannes blód ageóte if any one shed a Christian man's blood L. Edm. E. 3; Th. i. 246, 2; Ps. Th. 106, 31.

un-besorh

(adj.)
Grammar
un-besorh, adj.

Not the object of carethat one does not care about

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Not the object of care, that one does not care about Ðá hét se cyning clypian him tó unbesorge men ( men that he didn't care about ), Homl. Th. ii. 486, 9

Linked entry: be-sorg

hand-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
hand-geweorc, es; n.

Work of the hand, handiwork

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Work of the hand, handiwork Ðæra hǽðenra anlícnyssa sind gyldene and sylfrene manna handgeweorc the idols of the heathen are of gold and of silver, the work of men's hands, Homl. Th. i. 366, 26: Deut. 4, 28.

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hám-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
hám-fæst, adj.

Resident, dwelling at home

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Resident, dwelling at home Hú mæg ðǽr ðonne ánes ríces monnes nama cuman ðonne ðǽr mon furðum ðære burge naman ne geheórþ ne ðære þeóde ðe he on hámfæst biþ how can one great man's name come there, when the name of the town even and of the people among

ge-witnes

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Hié bǽdon þæt hé on þǽre gewitnesse (cf. ge-wita; 2 c) wǽre þæt þæt ríce emne gedǽled wǽre they asked him to be witness that the kingdom was evenly divided, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 18.

swice

(n.)
Grammar
swice, es; m.
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Th. 139, 5

Linked entry: swicc

Eádbald

(n.)
Grammar
Eádbald, -bold, es; m. [eád happy, bald bold]

Eadbald, son of Ethelbert, king of Kent. He succeeded his father to the kingdom of Kent in A.D. 616, and died in A.D. 640

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this year [A.D. 616] Ethelbert, king of the Kentish people, died, and Eadbald his son succeeded to the kingdom, who disregarded his baptism, and lived in heathen manner, so that he had his father's widow to wife, Chr. 616; Th. 40, 2-9: Bd. 2, 5; S. 506

feorh-hord

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-hord, es; n.

Life's treasurethe soulspiritvītæ thēsaurusănĭma

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Life's treasure, the soul, spirit; vītæ thēsaurus, ănĭma Líf biþ on síþe, fǽges feorhhord life is on its journey, the spirit of the fated, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 7; Ph. 221.

freó-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
freó-bearn, es; n.

One free-borna noble childprōles ingĕnuafīlius nōbĭlis

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Freóbearn Godes the noble son of God, Exon. 17 a; Th. 40, 24; Cri. 643. Freóbearn wurdon alǽten líges gange the noble children were delivered from the course of the flame. Cd. 187; Th. 232, 19; Dan. 262

twelf-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-gilde, adj.
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Ethb. 1; Th. i. 2, 4

eorþ-scræf

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-scræf, es; n.

An earth-cavern, a gravecăverna, antrum, sĕpulcrum

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An earth-cavern, a grave; căverna, antrum, sĕpulcrum Hie be hliðe heáre dúne eorþscræf fundon, ðǽr Loth wunode they found by the slope of a high hill an earth-cavern, where Lot dwelt, Cd. 122; Th. 156, 27; Gen. 2595: Exon. 115 a; Th. 443, 11; Kl. 28.

festing-men

(n.)
Grammar
festing-men, -menn
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servants of the king entrusted to the keeping of the monasteries while going from place to place, Th. Diplm. A. D. 823; 67, 2: A. D. 828; 79, 30

fífel-dór

(n.)
Grammar
fífel-dór, es; n.

Monster or terror-doormonstrōrum mărīnōrum porta

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Monster or terror-door, the river Eider, the boundary between Holstein and Schleswig; monstrōrum mărīnōrum porta Bí fífeldóre by the monster-door, Exon. 85a; Th. 321, 8; Wíd. 43

beód

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Th. ii. 276, 32: Lk. 16, 21. ꝥ Of þám crumum þe of hyra hláforda beódum (beád mensa L.) feallað Mt. 15, 27. Under beádum, Mk. R. 7, 28. Hé beheóld þá beódas and þá þénunga, Ap. Th. 14, 18. <b>Ia.

á-stígan

(v.)

downwardupwarddownward upwardto descendgo down intoto ascendmount

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Wé gelýfað þæt of mancynne swá micel getel ástige þæt uplice ríce, Hml. Th. i. 344, 13. Ástígan þæt heofenlice ríce, ii. 82, 9. Scyp ástígan, Lch. iii. 184, 13

sæc

(n.)
Grammar
sæc, sæcc, e; f.

Strife, contest, conflict

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Ðǽr biþ ceóle wén slíðre sæcce there (at the rocky shore) the vessel may expect fierce conflict, Exon. Th. 384, 17; Rä. 4, 29. Hé sæcce ne wéneþ tó Gár-Denum, Beo. Th. 1205; B. 600. Se æt sæcce gebád wíghryre wráðra, 3241; B. 1618 : 1910; B. 953.

Linked entry: sæccan

níþ-gæst

(n.)
Grammar
níþ-gæst, es; m.

A maliciousmalignant guest

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A malicious, malignant guest Hé ðone níþgæst ( the dragon ) slóh, Beo. Th. 5391; B. 2699. Under níþgysta ( the devils who persecuted Guthlac ) nearwum clommum, Exon. Th. 134, 21; Gú. 511