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ge-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrd, fate.
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Add:; es; n. Conditio, i. status, natura, sors, regula, lex gescæp, gewyrd, gescæft, gebyrd, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 62. [ In view of the Latin words (regula, lex) in this gloss perhaps the passage Men. 66, given in Dict. under below.] fortune Gewyrdes fortunae

fæstan

to fastto abstain

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fæste fram eallum bigleofum, Wlfst. 285, 24. to fastas a remedy: Gif sió ádl sié weaxende, fæste .ii. dagas tógædere, Lch. ii. 218, 1. to fast as a matter of ecclesiastical discipline. absolute Ic fæste tuwa on wican, Past. 313, 6.

fald-gang-penig

Similar entry: fald-gang

fǽman

(v.)
Grammar
fǽman, p. de; pp. ed [fám foam]

FOAM or froth spūmāre

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ToFOAM or froth ; spūmāre Fǽmþ spūmat, Lk. Bos. 9, 39. Fǽmende spūmans, Mk. Bos. 9, 20

Linked entry: FÁM

fægen

Grammar
fægen, fagen

glad

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Add: glad. absolute Faegen conpos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 73. Fægen voti compos, 124, 11. with cause of gladness given, in genitive Hilarius nine underféng, fagen his cymes, Hml. Th. ii. 504, 19. Fægen (fagen, v. l.) his gecyrrednysse, Hml. S. 26, 133.

un-þorffæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þorffæst, adj.

Uselessneedless

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Useless, needless Unðor[f]fæst bidda ineptum rogare, Rtl. 179, 34

Linked entry: þorf-fæst

faru

Grammar
faru, <b>; IV.</b>
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dele, and see ealfara

ge-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fæstan, to fast.
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Þonne wyrð gefæst swá fæla fæstena swá bið daga on .vii. geárum. Ll. Th. ii. 286, 26

fatu

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in Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 63: 41, 35 is Latin ( = fato)

FÆGEN

(adj.)
Grammar
FÆGEN, fægn; comp. fægenra; sup. fægnost; adj.

FAIN, glad, joyful, rejoicing, elatelætus, gaudens, hĭlăris, elātus

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Ic bió swíðe fægn [Cott. gefægen] gif ðú me lǽdest ðider ic ðé bidde I shall be very glad if thou leadest me whither I desire thee, Bt. 40, 5 ; Fox 240, 25.

fætels

Grammar
fætels, l. fǽtels and (?) fǽtel,

a vessela bag

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Fǽtel, 73, 56. In fǽtelsum in sitharciis, 45, 79. Twá hund mittan meluwes on fǽtelsum (on saccum in saccis, Gr. D. 145, 27), Hml. Th. ii. 172, 4

færan

(v.)

to goīre

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to go; īre Ic fære eo, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Som. 34, 67

fæstan

to entrustcommit

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Similar entries v. ende-fæstend. to entrust, commit In hondum ðínum ic fæsto (commendo) gást mínne, Lk. L. 23, 46

fǽcan

(v.)
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Gyf ꝥ geneódige ꝥ úre ǽnig tó óðrum fæce (the other version has: Gif gebyrige ꝥ for neóde heora hwilc wið úre bige habban wille, oþþe wé wið heora) mid yrfe and mid ǽhtum if from necessity it happen that one of us wants to go to another (and trade) with

Linked entry: facian

Fæppingas

Grammar
Fæppingas, v. Fær*-*pingas.

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ban-fáh

Grammar
ban-fáh, l. bán-fáh

adorned with bone

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adorned with bone (of a hall)

felan

(v.)
Grammar
felan, p. fæl, pl. fǽlon; pp. folen

To stickadherehærēre

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To stick, adhere; hærēre Ðæt ic in ne fele ut non inhæream, Ps. Surt. 68, 15

Linked entry: felgan

fiolan

(v.)
Grammar
fiolan, p. fæl, pl. fǽlon; pp. folen

To reachproceedcomeprocēdĕrepervĕnīre

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To reach, proceed, come; procēdĕre, pervĕnīre Hit fiolan ne mæg eft æt his éþle it cannot come again to its own region, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 308; Met. 20, 154

gestaðel-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
gestaðel-fæstan, p. -fæste; pp. -fæsted [staðel a foundation, fæstan to make fast]

To foundestablishstăbilīre

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To found, establish; stăbilīre Ic gestaðelfæste stăbĭlio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Som. 34, 54

hoh-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
hoh-, hog-fæst; adj.

Firm of mind, prudent, wise

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Firm of mind, prudent, wise Hogfæstum prudentibus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 25

Linked entry: hog-