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for-liden

(adj.)
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for-liden, adj.

Much-travelled

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Much-travelled, that has travelled far and wide Se ilce Nathan wæs forliðen (cf. gelyðen, 26, 13), þæt hé wæs gefaren fram ǽlcen lande tó óðren, and fram sǽ to sǽ, swá þæt hé hæfde ealle eorðe gemǽren þurhfaren, St. A. ix. 11

fréced-lic

(adj.)
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fréced-lic, adj.
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Perilous Hit ús is frécenlic (frécedlic, v.l. ), Hml. A. 139, 24

frécedlíce

(adv.)
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frécedlíce, adv.
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In peril Scipu frécedlíce geyrnað. Archiv cxx. 298, 6

freclíce

(adv.)
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freclíce, adv.
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Greedily Geseah heó ǽnne leahtric ... heó hine freclíce bát ( avide momordit ), Gr. D. 31, 1

Linked entry: fræclíce

fremedlíce

(adv.)
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fremedlíce, adv.
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Perfectly Þurh þæt fremedlíce ( perfecte ) ys ge-herud, Scint. 129, 3

fremsume

(adv.)
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fremsume, adv.
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Benignly, kindly Gedó nú fræmsume frófre þíne tó þínum gódan gástes willan benigne fac in bona voluntate tua, Ps. C. 130

Linked entry: fræmsum

for-liger

(adj.)
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for-liger, adj.
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Forliger mechus, cha, chum, An. Ox. 18 b, 57: adulter (cf. later glossary: Adulter forliȝer vel æwbræche, 95, 76), Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 68. Swá hwá swá his ǽwe forlǽt and óðer genimð, hé bið þonne eáwbrǽce and eác forligr, Hml. Th. ii. 322, 34. (Perhaps the

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forligeren

(adj.)
Grammar
forligeren, adj.

Adulterouswhorish

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Adulterous, whorish Forlírinys lupanaris (incesti piaculum ), An. Ox. 8, 232

forliger-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
forliger-lic, adj.

Adulterous

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Adulterous Þǽre forligerlicere adulterinae, An. Ox. 4246. Forligerlicum incesto, 4249. Forligerlicum húsum prostitutis, 5174

for-micel

(adj.)
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for-micel, adj.
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Very great Is ðæt formicel scyld quanta sint mala, Past. 349, 17: Lch. iii. 436, 8. Þú miht witan ꝥ ꝥ gecynd is swíþe mice). Ýs ꝥ formicel gecynd ꝥ ..., Bt. 34, 11; F. 150, 33. Hé áh þæs formycle þearfe ꝥ ..., Ll. Th. i. 372, 13

for-scytlic

(adj.)
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for-scytlic, adj.
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That may be shut or bolted Þǽre forscytlican dura vectifere valve, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 55

Linked entry: -scytlic

for-wirnedlíce

(adv.)
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for-wirnedlíce, adv.
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With restraint, abstemiously Se man ðe wile on ǽlce tíd heardlíce and forwernedlíce lyfigean, sé bið fulfremed. Gyf þæt þonne hwylc mon sý, þæt him on his móde tó earfoðe þince, þæt hé on ǽlce tíd swá forwernedlíce lyfige, tylige hé þonne húru þæt hé

Linked entry: for-wernedlíce

frófor-lic

(adj.)
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frófor-lic, adj.
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Consolatory, of consolation Hé cwæð fróferlicum wordum tó ús eallum: 'Conuertimini, filii, reuertentes,' Wlfst. 49, 16

frumlíce

(adv.)
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frumlíce, adv.
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Originally; originaliter, An. Ox. 1155

gefyrn-gewiten

(adj.)
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gefyrn-gewiten, adj.
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Long-past On ðám gefyrngewitenan tíman, Hml. S. 23, 8

ge-gaf

(adj.)
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ge-gaf, adj.
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The passage given here belongs to gegaf-sprǽce, q. v., but perhaps the adjective ge-gaf may be inferred from the compound gegaf-sprǽce along with the noun ge-gaf; cf. ídel-sprǽce, yfel-sprǽce. Cf. too gegaf-sprǽc and dol-sprǽc

ge-genge

(adj.)
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ge-genge, adj.
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Convenient, suitable, agreeable Unc wearð God yrre for þon wit him noldon hnígan mid heáfdum . . .: ac unc gegenge ne wæs þæt wit him on þegnscipe þeówian wolden, Gen. 743

ge-girelic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-girelic, (?); adj.
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Pertaining to clothes Gegerelican amiculis (cf. gegerelan amiculis, 5, 20), Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 80

Linked entry: girelic

ge-girnendlic

(adj.)
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ge-girnendlic, adj.
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Desirable Gegyrnendlice desiderabilia, Ps. Rdr. 18, 11

Linked entry: girnend-lic

ge-hæft

(adj.)
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ge-hæft, adj.
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Gif wífe hæftnýd gelympe, gif se wer onfó óðrum wífe and ꝥ gehæfte ( captiva ) ymbe .v. winter cume, Ll. Th. ii. 152, 6. Ðæt dumbe and ðæt gehæfte neát subjugale mutum, Past. 257, 11. Hé mót gehæftne man álýsan, Wlfst. 294, 32. Add