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FEFER

(n.)
Grammar
FEFER, fefor, es; m.

FEVERfebris

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Wið ðone cólan fefor against cold fever, Herb. 138, 2; Lchdm. i. 256, l0. Ða feforas beóþ fram anýdde the fevers will be forced away, 143, 4; Lchdm. i. 266, 13. On mycelum feferum magnis febrĭbus, Lk. Bos. 4, 38.

Linked entries: fǽr fefor

FLET

(n.)
Grammar
FLET, flett, es; n.

the groundfloor of a houseārĕaa dwellinghabitationhousecottagehallhăbĭtātiodŏmuscăsaaula

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Th. 3141; B. 1568: 3085; B. 1540. a dwelling, habitation, house, cottage, hall; hăbĭtātio, dŏmus, căsa, aula Gif ðæt flet geblódgad wyrþe if the house be stained with blood, L. H. E. 14; Th. i. 32, 14.

Linked entries: fled flett

hreppan

(v.)

to touchtreat

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Ðeáh hí hwá hreppe heó hit ne gefrét though any one touch it [the soul] it does not feel it, Homl. Swt. 1, 220. Ða réðe deór ne dorston hí reppan the fierce beasts durst not touch them, 4, 405.

mán-full

(adj.)
Grammar
mán-full, adj.

Evilwickedflagitiousproducing an evil effectdire

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Ðone mánfullan flagitiosum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 52. Mánfulle anð syn*-*fulle publicani et peccatores, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 10, 11: Mk. Skt. 2, 15, 16. Ðonne ús mánfulle menn onginnaþ cum insurgerent homines in nos, Ps. Th. 123, 2; Andr. Kmbl. 359; An. 180.

ge-wemman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wemman, p. -wemde; pp. -wemmed, -wemd

To staindefilepolluteprofanecorruptvitiatemarinjurecoinquĭnāreturpārepolluĕreprofānārecorrumpĕrevĭtiārecontāmĭnāreviŏlāre

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Hí on ðam temple gewemmaþ ðone resteðæg in templo sabbătum viŏlant, Mt. Bos. 12, 5. Ic honda gewemde I have polluted my hands, Cd. 52; Th. 672; Gen. 1094. Ðú gewemdest his hálignesse on eorþan profānasti in terra sanctĭtātem ejus, Ps.

Linked entry: wemman

selen

(n.)
Grammar
selen, sellen, sylen, e ; f.
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Ðú onfénge selena accepisti dona, Ps. Spl. 67, 19. Góde sylena syllan. Mt. Kmbl. 7, 11. Sylene, Lk. Skt. 11, 13. a giving, donation, grant His handseten and sælen. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 89, 12.

Linked entry: sylen

sculdor

(n.)
Grammar
sculdor, pl. (dual ?) sculdru (-o), sculdra; m.
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ðone swíðran sculdor, Lchdm. ii. 198, 19. Duru ðæt mannes heáfod ge ða sculdro mágan in, Blickl. Homl. 127, 9. Sculdra scapula (-ae?), Wrt. Voc. i. 71, 19. On bǽm sculdrum in utroque humero, Past. 14, 3 ; Swt. 83, 9, 21.

síc

(n.)
Grammar
síc, es; n. : but síce, es; m.
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Of ðæm beorge on ðæt síc; ondlong síces ofer ðone bróc, 38, 28 : 35, 7. In wǽtan síce; of ðæm wǽtan síce in ða bakas, 382, 7: 386, 11. In ðæt wǽte sícc; of ðam síce, 386, 16. On ðæt eástre síc, 438, 28. In ðæt síc, 31, 12. [Syke rivus, Wrt.

swicol

(adj.)
Grammar
swicol, sweocol; adj.
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Áfandod þurh ðone swicolan deofol, Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 45. Ða swicolan virum dolosum, Ps. Th. 5, 6. Se ðe wæs swicolast and se ðe litelícost cúðe leáslíce hiwian unsóð tó sóðe. Wulfst. 128, 9.

Linked entry: sweocol

þicness

(n.)
Grammar
þicness, e; f.
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Gyf hwá mycelne hracan þolige, and hé ðone him eáþelíce fram bringan ne mæge for ðycnysse, 284, 24.

Linked entry: þicce

un-besacen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-besacen, adj.

unmolested by litigationnot made the subject of litigationuncontested

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Hé him gedó ðone ceáp unbesacene let him make the chattel secure from being the subject of litigation, L. In. 53; Th. i. 136, 7 note

andettan

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Voc. ii. 34, 48. to confess what one has done wrong Hé andette and cwæð, 'Sóðlíce ic syngode,' Jos. 7, 20. to confess, admit the truth of a charge, unfavourable statement, &c.

á-sceacan

(v.)
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Wé sceolon ásceacan ðone sleacan slǽp ús fram, Hml. Th. i. 602, 15. His geoc of heora swuran ásceacan, 212, 10: R. Ben. 98, 14. Hé of þám slǽpe ásceacen wearð, Hml. 8. 31, 891. to shake (trans.)

Linked entries: sceacan on-sceacan

be-settan

to setplaceto applyto surroundto besiege

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God ðá sáwle beset on ðone líchaman, Hml. Th. i. 292, 31. He him sawle on besett, ii. 206, 25. þá hé on his geleáffulra heortan beset, 524, 12. to place hope, reliance on, inflict persecution on Deófol Godes gecorenum éhtnysse on besett, Hml.

éce

(adj.)
Grammar
éce, adj.
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Dele bracket, and add: perpetual, to all time Oð ðone fyrst þe hé bócland and ǽce yrfe geearnige, Solil. H. 2, 12.

eges lic

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eges lic, l. eges-lic,
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Se egeslica dómes dæg, Bl. H. 27, 27. Egeslices horrentis, An. Ox. 3635. Mid egeslicum gebode imperio terrente, i. tremefaciente, 1940. Egislicum gehlýde furibundo strepitu, 3810. Cyrme egeslicum (-o, MS.) fragore horrisono, 4418.

fǽr-lic

(adj.)

suddensuddenfortuitous

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Add: sudden, that is unexpected, that happens without warning Ðý lǽs eów hrædlíce on becume se fǽrlíca (repentina) dómes dæg, Past. 129, 21. Feerlic (fér-, R.), Lk. L. 21, 34.

for-lǽtnes

abandonmentdesolationneglectabandonmentcessationintermissionremissnessremissionpardonlossputting awaydismissiondivorce

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Similar entries v. for-lǽtan; VII. 2 Seó anfengnes médsceata on dómum ys sóðfæstnesse forlǽtnes, Ll. Lbmn. 476, 31. cessation, intermission, Similar entries v. for-lǽtan; VII. 3 Ꝥ hié wacedon búton forlǽtnesse, Bl.

ge-timbrung

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Þá stánas bǽron tó þæs húses getimbrunge ( ad aedificationem domus ) ge ealde men ge geonga, Gr. D. 321, 22. Ealle ðás getimbringe hé geendode binnon ðrím geárum, Hml.

sacerd

(n.)
Grammar
sacerd, es; m.

A priest

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Ðone clǽnan sacerd ( Christ ), Exon. Th. 9, 19; Cri. 137. Suíðe ryhte ða sacerdas ( sacerdotes ) sint gehátene sacerdas, ðæt is on Englisc clǽnseras, forðæm hié sculon látteówdóm gearwian ðám geleáffulum, Past. 18, 7; Swt. 139, 14.